Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores, which will exceed 8 billion downloads during the year. However, 82% of all downloads will be free, and that number will further grow to 87% in 2013. Last year (2009) ended with mobile application stores around the world generating more than $4.2 billion in…
Roadside America iPhone app shows you offbeat U.S. tourist attractions
Online guide to offbeat tourist attractions RoadsideAmerica.com is out with its own iPhone app. By now you’re probably guessing how it works – yap it’s location-aware app, providing users with driving directions to all of the sites presented. Additionally, you will be able to access attraction stories, visitor tips, phone numbers, opening hours (if such…
CBTReferee App provides self-help for iPhone and Android device users
CBTReferee, which is a new app for the iPhone and Android, provides users with mobile tools to assist in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, for those of you not familiar, is a ‘psychotherapeutic approach that aims to solve problems concerning negative emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal?oriented, systematic procedure. This treatment requires the…
Dawn of the Dead Game Available for iPhone
If there’s one thing better than beating the half-rotten brains out of a zombie, it’s doing it on your phone, whereever you happen to be. An officially licensed Dawn of the Dead game is now available for iPhone, allowing you to pick between nurse, police officer and salesman characters (each with different speed, attack, and…
TripIt Released for BlackBerry
TripIt has been available for Android since November, and iPhone for almost a year now, but for those who have been waiting, it’s finally coming to BlackBerry. TripIt basically keeps your travel plans all in order across a number of different applications – generally, I see notifications for it through LinkedIn, but it hooks into…
Gowalla Coming to Android and BlackBerry
In a recent interview with Om Malik, Gowalla CEO Josh Williams mentioned that an Android version of the location/check-in based social network would be available in around three to four weeks, and that a BlackBerry client was “a priority”. On top of that, it sounds like they’re going to have a big announcement in two…
Video: Micello, because American shopping malls are so big, you need a map to find the Cinnabon
In 2009 Nokia offered an application for people in Finland who visited the Kamppi shopping center. The app let them see where they were inside the building, and helped them navigate to the stores that had the stuff they wanted. The experiment was declared a “success” because over 15,000 people ended up trying it, a…
‘The Rules of Golf’ App for iPhone from the USGA
I don’t care what anyone else says, if you play a lot of golf, and carry an iPhone, this app is a must have. Forget the ‘old fashioned’ hardcopy of the rules of golf, and download the very same rules (plus a lot more), courtesy of the USGA… in their new ‘The Rules of Golf’…
BarMax Ca iPhone app helps students pass the California Bar Exam for $999.99
BarMax Ca is an expensive iPhone app, and it’s not for everyone. The price is not the only factor, though – it’s for future lawyers, only — or some other enthusiasts willing to pour out thousand bucks for the app. Developed with the help of Harvard lawyers, BarMax Ca is made to help students pass…
Voalte One iPhone app/solution improves communication in hospitals
It’s all about the healthcare these days in the U.S., hence we’re bringing your related mobile story. A company called Voalte has developed an iPhone app/service called Voalte One, which they tout as the unified communication solution that combines phone calls across the hospital PBX, text messaging via a visual user directory and user-friendly alarm…