Google has updated their mobile search page for those visiting through Safari on iPhones running OS 3.0. Now your search will take into account My Location, to provide location-contextualized results. The feature has been included in the iPhone Google Mobile App for a long time already, but this is a cool addition for those who…
BlackBerry Finally Getting Tabbed Browsing in OS 5.0
Wow, I’d bust out the party hats if the fact that this is news wasn’t so depressing. Poking around a preliminary build of BlackBerry OS 5.0 has revealed tabbed browsing, a nearly ancient feature found in any other self-respecting mobile browser. In its current development state, switching tabs isn’t easy (requires working through the menu,…
Perez Hilton Mobile for BlackBerry Storm 9500 and Curve 83xx Series
If you’re into the whole celebrity gossip thing (bleh), and you’re packing a Storm 9500 or BlackBerry Curve 83xx series device, you may want to install this handy little app. New from BlackBerry Enterprise, comes the Perez Hilton Mobile launcher. The app is simple, all it really does is install an icon on your homescreen…
Google Product Search for Mobile Expanding Rapidly
Awhile back Google launched their Product Search for iPhone and Android. Since the initial launch, support has been added for the Palm Pre, and now, Google has announced support for all devices (with a data connection) in the UK, US, Germany and South Korea! Groovy. So how does it work? As per usual, enter your…
The Weather Channel Launches Next-Gen Mobile Website
Do you need to know what the weather is like constantly? Or, do you simply enjoy checking the forecast to help plan activities for the days ahead? No matter the case, you may want to check out the next gen mobile website just launched by the folks at The Weather Channel Interactive. Their new ‘3.0’…
Wikipedia Mobile Finally Leaves Beta… and She’s Good.
Wikipedia has officially launched the mobile version of their site with support for the iPhone, Android devices, the Kindle, and the Palm Pre. This news was a long time coming, as the ‘alpha-beta-development-maybe-kind-live mode’ (as Wikimedia puts it) site was up for around 6 months already. If you own one of the devices mentioned above,…
RIM Launches Mobile Friendly Version of the BlackBerry Support Forums
RIM has added a link from mobile.blackberry.com to a new mobile-friendly version of the support forums. After an initial look-see, I’d say RIM has a lot of optimization and tweaking to do here… But overall, it’s just plain good that RIM has at least started the ball rolling on this new mobile-friendly version. Perhaps the…
Fennec Coming to Android?
Last week, the Android Native Development Kit was released, allowing developers to code their apps in C or C++, rather than using the Java virtual machine apps had been running on to date. This new tool has tickled Mozilla’s fancy, and they’re now considering bringing their in-development mobile browser, Fennec, to Android as a result.…
Adobe Flash Player 10 beta coming soon to a smartphone near you!
We’ve been waiting for it to happen. Adobe’s Flash technology has been slow to make a big push into the mobile space, Adobe it looks like Adobe will finally go live with their anticipated Flash Player 10 beta this October! The arrival of Flash Player 10 beta release for smarpthones will bring the mobile world…
HiT Barcelona: popIn allows “searching on the spot”
popIn is a Japan-based company that provides users with the ability to contextually search the web based on the selected word/phrase in the web browser through a plug-in. At the same time, they also pitch website owners to allow their site visitors with the same functionality without any plugin, using nothing but a JavaScript. In…