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You nature lovers out there should definitely check out the LeafSnap iPhone app because this is basically an electronic field guide for identifying trees. The really neat thing about this is that it will let you snap pictures of leaves to identify a tree. I tested out the LeafSnap iPhone app this morning on my…
Apple is slowly-but-surely rising to greater heights worldwide as it just took Nokia for its top spot in smartphone market share in western Europe. The shift is significant because that is Nokia’s stomping grounds. If there is any name in mobile technology trusted and respected in that part of the world, it’s Nokia. However, without…
ING DIRECT updated its iPhone app with the Bump functionality, allowing its Electric Orange Checking account customers to conduct Person2Person transactions. As a result, users can simply Bump two iPhones to securely send money to one another. In order to start the transfer, Electric Orange customers enter a dollar amount into ING DIRECT’s mobile Person2Person…
Most folks find it annoying to have to be at a computer when updating their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad devices because of the need for iTunes. While it has been great for Apple, and prevents the need of having to roll out updates in batches due to size and other restrictions, some folks just…
The next iPhone or iPad may receive a substantial increase in audio quality if a tweet from famed technology journalist Leo Laporte is true. He says: “I have it on good authority that Tomlinson Holman (of THX fame) is joining Apple to run audio. Major upgrade.” Besides sound quality, Holman’s other field of expertise is…
It seems like only yesterday that we were saying iOS 4.3.3 was going to come out soon to fix that pesky location tracking issue for the iPhone. Oh wait, it was two days ago, and just like that the update is available via iTunes. So if you’re terribly worried about your iPhone tracking you and…
Mr. Number updated its popular mobile application that lets users control who can call them and when. Available for the iPhone and Android smartphones (and soon for BlackBerry), the new version brings the concept of status from instant messaging to mobile voice and text. Just like you would do on an IM client or Facebook,…
Blurb thinks there’s still untapped space in the user-generated media, hence they’ve launched Blurb Mobile for iPhone, allowing users to quickly create stories, featuring photos, videos and audio. Once created, these stories can then be shared via social networks including Facebook and Twitter, or by email. In other words, Blurb’s idea is to provide users…
The Samsung Galaxy S II is going to be a hugely popular device because it’s one of the first Android smartphones to pack a dual core processor and because the previous Galaxy S sold over 10 million units in nearly every market in the world. Being that Samsung is a South Korean firm, their home…
Last fall, we learned that Apple has completely decimated everyone in the smartphone industry in terms of value share. The iPhone maker commands a small percentage of the entire smartphone market, yet its earnings and value dominate all the other manufacturers combined. It’s really impressive, if you think about it, and the mounting pile of…