Nokia launched the Rihanna app for S60 touch phones (as far as I’ve understood) such as the Nokia N97, Nokia X6 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The exclusive application (as Nokia emphasizes) delivers news, music, photos and video content to Rihanna fans. That video content part is especially underlined, as it includes live performance clips from…
Microsoft updates Bing for Windows Mobile
Microsoft has a new version of its Bing “decision engine” for Windows Mobile devices. The updated application comes with improved voice search capability (better speech recognition) as well as a new location feature that automatically finds the user when searching maps to deliver better local search results. In addition, Microsoft also notes that the application…
Dragon Dictation for iPhone – Voice transcription that’s actually useful… and FREE
I may be dating myself here, but back when I was in grade school, there was this new piece of software from a company called Nuance that had the power to turn your speech into text. They called it “Dragon Dictate.” The technology sounded too good to be true. Could I really do my homework…
NPR News app going Android this month
Android users need not envy iPhone users for their NPR iPhone app. The folks responsible for the National Public Radio’s NPR News app will soon launch an Android version of the app on the Android market. And, with custom-content features that aren’t available with the iPhone, it should be iPhoners that envy the Android app.…
Google Maps for Android Shows What’s Nearby, Plus New Maps Labs
I would be sick of all of these Google announcements if they weren’t all so unanimously cool. Google Maps for Android is getting a few extra goodies, starting with “What’s nearby?” As you might expect, it shows all of the Google Maps listings closest to your GPS location. Simple, and an effective way of knowing…
Apple posts AppStore Rewind 2009 – The hottest iPhone apps of 2009
The iPhone AppStore may be brimming with tens of thousands of iPhone apps, but most of them end up dying a slow death of iPhone-neglect. Some apps, though, shine like the Sun and end up performing incredibly well on the AppStore. It’s these apps that Apple is highlighting in their year-end AppStore Rewind 2009 list…
DataViz Documents To Go Viewer available for Maemo now, 30 day free trial, $10 after that
The Nokia N900, which started shipping recently, doesn’t come with built in support to view office documents. DataViz, makers of the awesome Documents To Go software, has just announced that you’ll be able to download a free 30 day trial of their viewer software, or purchase the program outright for $10. The introductory offer will…
WordPress App for webOS Coming Soon
Huzzaw! It looks like another WordPress app is entering the picture, this time for webOS! I can already hear the polite applause from bloggers around the globe. This, according to a post over at PreCentral. The developers at Keen Studios have/are working hard on said WordPress app for webOS, and from what we’ve heard it…
Quick Update: FlipSide Music Player for BlackBerry Updated for OS 5.0
Just a quickie update here for the FlipSide Music Player users in the house. A new version of the player has gone live, and it has been updated for use with OS 5.0. The new version harnesses the power of new audio control playback features in 5.0. Play, fast forward, rewind, pause, or jump tracks…
Apple Rejected Me gathers iPhone app developers rejected by Cupertino
By now, you’re probably aware of questionable practices involved in Apple’s iPhone application approval process. Apparently, there are quite a few apps that were rejected by Jobs & Co, hence a dedicated website was created to share the pain and, I guess, help in lobbying for more open procedure. The site is called “Apple Rejected…