Not exactly the pure mobile news, but somewhat related, as it exists as a mobile app for various platforms. Windows client has been updated recently and is now in version 3.5 beta. I won’t go into details here, as we’re talking about a desktop app here — I’ll only point out the highlights. Updates include:…
Skyfire 1.5 released for Symbian S60
Skyfire for Symbian S60 is in the version 1.5. The application works on both non-touch (S60 3rd edition) and touch-enabled devices (S60 5th edition), and has been quite improved since the last version. Here’s what’s new: More fluid scrolling (kinetic scrolling on touch-enabled devices) Updated user interface, full screen mode and finger-friendly buttons on S60…
Belkin launches GPS-enabled TuneCast Auto Live FM transmitter for iPhone
It’s been quite some time since we first heard about the Belkin TuneCast Auto Live FM transmitter for the iPhone, but the wait is finally over. The GPS-enabled FM transmitter is now officially the only iPhone FM transmitter capable of using GPS positioning and crowd-sourced feedback to determine which FM stations are the clearest in…
Brief: Video: How becoming a Japanese porn seller and the iPhone made me rich
A Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) employee by the name of Eugene Lin wanted to get in on the iPhone hype. With over 100,000 applications in the App Store and over 3 billion applications downloaded, surely it can’t be that difficult to penetrate a market full of fart noise makers. This video tells his story of how…
Fring mobile clients for Symbian S60 and Android updated
Fring has released updated apps for Symbian S60 and Android platforms. Here’s what’s new – first the Symbian version: Changing your status is made to be even easier. Now it’s possible to dial “#” (“pound”) and “*” sign (“star”) within a call through the fring dialer. Twitter 2.0 just got a brand-new look, making it…
NSFW: Hooters Calendar Sexy Screen Wash hits the AppStore
Hooters Calendar Sexy Screen Wash is a latest NSFW iPhone app, developed in partnership between Hooters Calendar and On The Go Girls. Based on the popular Sexy Screen Wash applications from On The Go Girls, the app features six women from the 2010 Hooters Calendar: Adrean Butler, Stephanie Le, Megan Brady, Brittany Smith, Claudia Gestro…
Evernote for Symbian released as an unofficial web-runtime app
If Evernote doesn’t want to address the largest segment of the smartphone market (Symbian users), users themselves will make the app for their devices. That’s exactly what happened and we have a guy named “Pasha” releasing the Evernote client for Symbian S60 5th Edition as a web-runtime app. It’s not a full blown native app,…
PEPID releases highly specific medical application for the Palm Pre
Who says Palm Pre can’t follow iPhone with the “there’s an app for that” mantra. Take PEPID, developer of clinical decision-support information and technology for doctors and nurses (i.e. quite specific market), which has released its webOS app. I’m not sure I fully understand what PEPID does, hence here’s an excerpt from the press release…
Weight Watchers updates its iPhone app
After the initial launch in September 2009, Weight Watchers released the updated iPhone app. Among the things included in this release are new recipes, articles and cheat sheet. The application remains free and allows users to: See a new Weight Watchers Featured Recipe each day, and save 10 favorites Create shopping lists from recipes Access…
ICE is a free “In Case of Emergency” iPhone app; Hope you’ll never need it
This is one of those apps you simply must have installed on your iPhone and hope to never need it. It’s called ICE App, where ICE comes from “In Case of Emergency.” As you can presume, the application is made to keep all your emergency contact information on one place. Meaning you’ll need to set…