Remember when we told you about NetBlender’s BD Touch technology that promised to bring interactive Bluray player controls to your iPhone and iPhone 3G? Right, well, it looks like the French release of Iron Man on Bluray Disc will be using NetBlender’s BD Touch technology as part of the “Remote Haxey” application for the iPhone…
Japan’s Softbank Mobile gets first major corporate iPhone customer
Softbank Mobile has recently scored its first major corporate customer for the iPhone in Japan. It’s a management and technology consultancy firm called BearingPoint. BearingPoint’s idea is to help its consultants improve the productivity and enable them to get information more easily. For that purpose, the company has ordered “at least 1,000 units” of the…
Apple Reaches Goal of Selling 10 Million iPhones in 2008… Three Months Early!
I had to admit, when Steve Jobs and Apple stated their goal was to sell 10 Million iPhones in 2008… I considered that quite a lofty goal. I mean, there’s so much competition already out there in the marketplace, and you know that the other big-wigs are going to be out to get Apple… releasing…
eWallet iPhone Application – Keep all your account information handy with your iPhone
In our push to converge all sorts of devices and daily activities into fewer and fewer gadgets, we seem to have overlooked the wallet. With memberships to all kinda of organizations, accounts at all manner of institutions, and multiple identification cards, our wallets are brimming with pieces of plastic and paper taking up space. Chalk…
Apple’s iPhone 3G is second best-selling US mobile phone, No. 1 US smartphone
In a move that takes a page straight out of Motorola’s RAZR playbook, Apple has rocketed to the top of the US sales-charts with their iPhone 3G. According to NPD, Apple has seen its iPhone 3G become the No. 2 best-selling handset in the US. Motorola’s RAZR V3 still takes top billing as the overall…
Use web-apps without Safari on iPhone 2.1 OS
Web-apps promised to make native mobile applications a dying breed. But, with web-apps requiring a constant wireless connection and the need to run within a mobile web browser, native applications are still running strong. But, with the iPhone 2.1 OS, Apple has taken the first step to making web-applications just as powerful and convenient as…
Obama app hits the AppStore
Political marketing is getting better every day. We’ve just spotted the first official iPhone application for one of the candidates in the presidential race. It’s the Obama ’08 app which is now available through Apple’s AppStore. Some of the Obama ’08 app features include: Call Friends – lets users you a difference any time you…
Flickr’s redesigned mobile website looks better on the iPhone
Flickr has a new mobile website, which now works much better on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Located at m.flickr.com, the revamped mobile site is rich in JavaScript usage, assuring the whole page doesn’t refreshes that often. Rather, Yahoo-owned image service serves results in the same window, making photo sets easier to browse. In addition, all photos…
fring for iPhone leaves pre-release stage
Fring is now available in the Apple AppStore, allowing iPhone and iPod Touch users to take and make Skype calls and stay in touch with their buddies from multiple IM networks — including MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM. The app is now out of pre-release stage and many of the known…
Nokia E71 wins Phone of the Year
The 2008 Mobile Choice Awards went down last night, and the Nokia E71 went home as the big winner, but Samsung did pretty well for itself, too. Other notables include… Phone of the Year: Nokia E71 Best Smartphone: Nokia E71 Best Manufacturer: Samsung Best Cameraphone: Samsung i8510 Best Music Phone: Samsung F400 Readers’ Choice: iPhone…