Those sometimes-silly little applications could lead to another boom period, as GetJar is saying the global market will grow to $17.5 billion in two years. GetJar is the second-biggest app store in the world – behind Apple, of course – and it primarily delivers programs to a wide variety of feature phones. While smartphones get…
Gesture search comes to Android 1.6
If you’ve been pining for Google Gesture Search but are stuck with an older flavor of Android, there’s some good news. Google has made its wacky searching app available for Android 1.6 devices and higher. The app lets you easily draw letters on your screen that will be searched for in your applications, bookmarks, contacts…
BlackBerry Messenger Getting “Some Exciting Things” Soon
RIM’s Facebook has mentioned that BlackBerry Messenger will be getting “some exciting things… in the days (and weeks!) ahead”. Take that as you will – new features? Maybe, but at very least we can expect a maintenance release to tweak the UI and optimize performance, but between the visibility on Facebook and the gigantic new…
LaterDude Pro Updated to Version 3.0.2 for BlackBerry
BlackBerry app developer Fabian Heuwieser has just let me know that a new (and much improved) version of LaterDude Pro has gone live. The new version brings the app to 3.0.2, and as one might expect, brings a whackload of new features. The changelog for the new version is as follows: When you create a…
Nokia helps you celebrate this St Patrick’s Day in style
Whether you are Irish or just a little bit Irish at heart, St Patrick’s Day is often the best party of the year (especially if you’re sampling the local drink of choice :-)). If you are heading out to celebrate this St Patrick’s Day (17th March), Nokia wants to help you with four free Irish…
Auto Trader iPhone App Can Read Car Number Plates
The UK’s most popular motoring website Auto Trader has released an iPhone app that uses image recognition technology to read car number plates. The new app enables users to quickly search for vital vehicle info, making car-buying decisions easier. The Auto Trader Mobile iPhone App can provide make and model records as well as figures…
Xobni Contact Management App for BlackBerry now Available
Xobni’s much-vaunted Outlook plug-in is making the jump to mobile, starting with BlackBerry. If you haven’t seen our early look in November, Xobni dynamically updates your address book by scanning incoming signatures and CC’s on e-mails. Not only are new contacts generated, but existing ones have their information updated automatically as needed. Like webOS Synergy,…
Shorthand Mobile uses SMS to bring apps to non-smartphones
We’re always looking at the next great smartphone, but it’s easy to forget that most people are still rocking feature phones or dumb phones. Shorthand Mobile is trying to bring apps to the masses by launching a service that will utilizes SMS for web content. “While there is incredible buzz around mobile app consumption, in…
Dear Opera: Why are you showing doctored screenshots of your product?
Opera is one of my favorite companies, ever. Because of their Opera Mini product I decided to purchase a smartphone, the Nokia E61, not because it ran Symbian, but because it had a 320 x 240 pixel resolution screen, had WiFi, and it let me see more of the internet. This was back in 2006…
AppStoreHQ launches Android app directory
It’s great that Android Market now has more than 30,000 applications but it’s a pain to wade through this to find new and cool programs. AppStoreHQ is trying to solve that problem and it launched an online directory to find programs for your favorite Android phone. “We’re huge Android fans here at AppStoreHQ, and there…