Here’s a cool one for BlackBerry users! Looks like Thumbplay is out of private beta, and is now available as a public beta in App World! Available for the Curve 8900, Bold 9000 and 9700, Tour 9630 and the Storm 9530/9550, Thumbplay offers unlimited on-demand access to any kind of music you want. Their database…
‘Gift This App’ Feature Now Available in the App Store
Yesterday a big feature enhancement hit iTunes for those that have been wanting to ‘gift’ apps. Apple has added the ability for customers to send an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad app to another as a gift via iTunes. Excellent. To do so all you need to do is click the dropdown next to the…
Dropbox App for Android Coming Soon!
Anyone that uses the Dropbox service AND packs an Android-powered device will be tickled pink about this. Apparently, the file-syncing service Dropbox is very close to launching a new Android app… and it will pack quite a few nifty features. View files from your device, upload new files and share them, even watch movies or…
Yap’s speech cloud solution used in Microsoft’s Talk to Text app for Sprint
Provider of automated cloud-based speech recognition services Yap announced that is has been selected by Microsoft to provide speech-to-text capabilities in its Talk to Text mobile application for Sprint. Initially, the new application is available for all Blackberry devices, allowing users to speak their text messages and emails. The Yap speech cloud provides fully automated,…
PadNotes note-taking app for iPad in works; Looking great!
Even though iPad is still not available, that doesn’t stop developers from working on apps. Being the first is what counts; hence I would expect to see tons of announcements for new applications on a day when the iPad finally starts selling. On that note, we bring you the story of PadNotes, which looks like…
Video: Opera officially demos Opera Mini on the iPhone, say they submitted their app for approval
Opera is playing the public sympathy card and showing the world what browsing on EDGE is like on Opera Mini versus Apple’s native Safari browser. The demo is impressive, it’s exactly what I’ve already seen at Mobile World Congress, but more importantly it’s the political equivalent of Opera going “now what motherfucker?” to Apple. The…
BlackBerry Shield to Offer Remote Wipe, GPS Tracking, and Alarm?
Back around the launch of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, there were rumblings of a security app called Shield that would be launched at the same time. Though that didn’t happen at Mobile World Congress, additional details have bubbled up regarding features. Remote Device Wipe – in case of loss of the terminal, just log in…
iPad: Applications: Barnes & Noble, Kindle, both coming to Apple’s new device
Not many people know this about me, but I have an iPod Touch. I don’t use it for music, since I never listen to music while traveling, and I don’t use it for web browsing, since I have my Nexus One for that, and I don’t use it for gaming because I’d rather hang out…
Game of the Day: Touch Tanks for iPhone and iPod Touch
I spent a few minutes this morning looking for a new, online multiplayer game to play around with. It wasn’t long before I found ‘Touch Tanks’ from the developers at FlipSide5. If you love top-down, shoot’em up strategy and action, Touch Tanks could be a winner for you. Because Touch Tanks is a freebie, you…
Microsoft Releases Bing 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch, for U.S. Only
Sad isn’t it? Having read that the Bing app was updated to version 1.1, I quickly checked to see if the app was available in my neck-of-the-woods. Of course, it still isn’t, and it looks like Canadians (like me) are not alone. The Bing app is only available in the U.S., leaving the rest of…