The BlackBerry App World got some love at the Developer Conference keynote, with the announced inclusion of web-based widgets and themes. We had heard themes were coming down the pipe, and the widget SDK has been out there for a little over a month, but combined with the show’s focus on the new theme builder…
PressReader App for iPhone and BlackBerry Now Available
The folks at NewspaperDirect Inc. have launched 2 new versions of their very popular PressReader app. The new apps are for the iPhone and BlackBerry, and bring more than 1,300 full-content digital replicas of newspapers, magazines and more right to your device. Very cool. Once installed, users can browse newspapers and magazines from around the…
Craigslist Mobile for BlackBerry Coming Soon
I very rarely use Craigslist. I mean, VERY rarely… But it’s funny, from time to time when searching for new computer stuff, or just some odd, random gizmo that’s hard to find, Craigslist usually comes through for me. That said, have I ever used the site on a mobile device? Forget about it. The mess…
HD Video: iPhone App: “Speed Forge Extreme” is a Wipeout clone using OpenGL ES 2.0
Speed Forge Extreme is an obvious clone of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Wipeout franchise, but we’ll let that slide for a second because what the developers at RatSquare have done is simply stunning. Thanks to the OpenGL ES 2.0 support in the iPhone 3GS, full screen motion blur effects are now possible. No word on pricing…
T-Mobile G1 can run Google Maps Navigation, too
Read the headline? It’s not just the “Moto Droid thing” only – the good ol’ G1 can also be used for turn-by-turn navigation provided by Google Maps, thanks to the ever active XDA development community. Of course, we’re not talking about the official ROM update, but something that requires a little effort, yet delivers great…
Handmark brings Zagat To Go to Android
After conquering the iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm OS platforms – Zagat Survey is “going Android.” Handmark is their “partner in crime” and together the two companies are bringing Zagat To Go to Android. The application, as expected, provides users with access to Zagat’s ratings and reviews for over 40,000 restaurants, hotels, nightspots and…
Parker’s Car Price Checker Application launches
Entropy Digital has announced the launch of Bauer Media’s first iPhone Application for Parker’s Car Guide – the Parker’s Car Price Checker Application – which is now on-sale globally across 88 counties in iPhone’s App Store. The first deployment for Parker’s Car Guide was developed in conjunction with developer, Mobikats, and allows car buyers and…
LinkedIn App for BlackBerry Announced
It’s about time. At yesterday’s keynote, RIM announced a LinkedIn application for BlackBerry, joining Facebook and MySpace as some of the platform’s pillars social networking pillars. BlackBerry was built from the ground up for professionals, so LinkedIn really is a perfect fit. All of the expected functionality is there, like notifications in the Messages folder,…
Qik beta bringing high-res video streaming to Motorola Droid
The Motorola Droid isn’t just the first Android phone to run the latest Android 2.0 OS, it’s also the first Android phone to record video in DVD-quality 720×480 resolution. Putting clarity and video-quality arguments aside for a second, the Motorola Droid’s video camera is as high-res as you can expect in a smartphone today. Qik,…
eBay Mobile Coming to BlackBerry Sometime in November
In a quick bit of notable news from the BlackBerry Developers Conference, eBay has announced that they’ll launch an eBay Mobile app for BlackBerry ‘by the end of the month’. Awesome. Of course, I hope they’re true to their word, and we don’t see it pop up in early 2010 instead. When logged-in, your ‘My…