As expected, Skype has unveiled their iPhone and BlackBerry apps at CTIA Wireless yesterday (Tuesday). The app is available right now for free via the App Store for US iPhone/AT&T subscribers (sorry Canada… not sure about the UK and other parts of the world, but I assume Skype is not available in other parts of…
SHAPE Services’ multi-network IM client for iPhone, IM+, reaches version 2.0; Facebook chat now supported!
SHAPE Services announced that their popular multi-network IM client for the iPhone, IM+, has been updated. The new version builds on top of the existing foundation, allowing users to keep in touch with their buddies while on the go, no matter which IM client they happen to use. As for the new features that are…
HearPlanet’s talking tour guide goes Premium in the AppStore
HearPlanet announced the premium version of its popular travel application for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch that “provides spoken descriptions for nearly 250,000 points of interest around the world.” Moreover, the so called HearPlanet Premium adds interactive maps to the mix, enabling users to “graphically browse and interact with POS without ever leaving the application.” Among…
Car Jack Streets coming to iPhone; The game trailer is here!
Back in October of last year we wrote about Car Jack Streets, the game that brought the same kind of fun to mobiles as Grand Theft Auto did for PCs and consoles. The popular title is now going iPhone and from what we can tell, it’s slated to be an instant hit. In that sense,…
Monsters vs. Aliens movie promo application hits the AppStore
One of the leading Hollywood’s online marketing agencies, AvatarLabs, recently announced the U.S. launch of the “Monsters vs. Aliens” iPhone application to promote the upcoming DreamWorks’ cartoon. Two version of the application are available: one free (Lite) which contains all the film information, videos (trailers), images and movie times at nearby theaters, as well as…
Artprice goes iPhone, announces Android support
Artprice is joining the “iPhone wave,” allowing users of Apple’s handset and the iPod Touch to get a free access to the latest worldwide art market information, as well as read the 20 latest articles from their press agency – ArtMarketInsight.com. Artprice’s optimized-for-iPhone website enables users to access various services — including art auction and…
Quickly kill all iPhone Safari tabs with Safari Tab Closer
Jailbroken iPhones get to play with all the fun applications. That’s a fact and you’re not going to convince us otherwise. Case in point, Safari Tab Closer. Safari Tab Closer allows jailbroken iPhones and iPhone 3Gs to quickly close all iPhone Safari tabs with just a couple taps of the multi-touch display. The Safari Tab…
DirecTV iPhone application goes live on AppStore!
DirecTV is really pushing hard to bring their DVR-scheduling service to the mobile space. Following on DirecTV’s recent launch of their web-based DVR control-interface, DirecTV has gone live with a bona fide iPhone application in the iTunes App Store. The DirecTV iPhone app allows iPhone-toting DirecTV customers to control their home DVR (Digital Video Recorder)…
Skype Headed to BlackBerry, iPhone; Windows Mobile Gets New Beta
Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 Beta Uploaded by SkypeConversations The preeminent voice-over-IP application, Skype, should be finding its way to the iPhone at CTIA Wireless coming up this week, and a BlackBerry version is due to drop in May, presumably for the Wireless Enterprise Symposium.Third-party solutions for both platforms have existed for awhile (Nimbuzz updated…
Volkswagen Launches iPhone Optimized Website Featuring Access to Emergency Roadside Assistance
Fans of ‘Das Auto’ will be very pleased to know that VW has launched a mobile site optimized for viewing on the iPhone. You can check it out from your desktop at http://www.vw.com/mobile/iphone. For best results on your desktop, you may want to shrink your browser window to roughly the size of an iPhone display…