Back in April, Yahoo Mobile announced a unique approach to searching for nearby restaurants with the Sketch-A-Search app for iOS. The concept of the app couldn’t be more simple: pull up a map of the area that you’re currently in, and then sketch a circle (or any approximation of a shape) around the neighborhoods or …
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Slacker Slacker Radio, the intuitive online music player that lets you stream a variety of preprogrammed and custom-made radio stations, has been churning out apps for mobile devices for a while now, with the first one coming to Blackberry devices in early 2009. Of course, in the quickly evolving cell phone space, staying relevant means making sure you’ve got new …
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Music subscription service Rdio first gained attention back in June when Kazaa founders originally announced it as their latest foray into the digital music space. The service got official a couple months later with a Web service and apps for Android and iOS devices. Today, Rdio added one mobile OS to the mix: Windows Phone 7. Much like Slacker for …
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Evernote The ever-functional and increasingly popular note-taking application Evernote has been available on desktop and mobile devices for a few years, though the app for the Android OS became available only at the beginning of this year. Today, the company made some noticeable improvements to the interface and functionality of the app with version 2.0. The first thing Evernote addressed …
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Just in time for the midterm elections, app developer Handmark has launched two new political news apps, one aimed at liberals and the other at conservatives. PolitiCaster Left and Politicaster Right popped up in the Android Marketplace today and can be downloaded for free as both are ad-supported. On the left is a sample screen shot from PolitiCaster Left; the …
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Shortly after announcing its gorgeous–but poor-sounding–app for iOS, Napster has released an update for its Android mobile software. Now, Android users who subscribe to the service for $9.99 per month can save playlists and albums for offline playback. With this new feature, the Android app is directly in line with the iOS app in terms of both functionality and interface. …
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V-Moda Vibrato Remote earphones (photos) +2 more See all photos V-Moda has gained quite a reputation for its stylish, low-profile earbuds. The good word has been helped along by the fact that these ‘phones offer plenty of low-end thump for those who have only experienced the anemic bass offered by stock earbuds. The latest model to be pumped out of …
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Screenshot by Jasmine France In terms of music apps, Napster lagged behind the competition until its caching-capable mobile program hit the iTunes music store. Luckily, what finally did arrive is a pleasure to behold. Clearly a lot of effort went into designing the look and feel of the Napster for iOS app. The interface is quite simply one of the …
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SPB Software SAN FRANCISCO–Generally, OEM software isn’t of particular interest to consumer product reviewers, but I couldn’t help but be drawn in by the sweet-looking user interface (UI) development being shown off by SPB Software at the CTIA Fall 2010 show. This multiplatform solution, called Mobile Shell, is currently up to version 5.0, which is compatible with Windows Mobile, Android, …
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SAN FRANCISCO–This may come as a surprise to those of us who have been using fully featured, multimedia-capable smartphones for a while now, but the idea of connecting one’s cell phone to a computer isn’t entirely natural for many consumers. At least, that’s what SanDisk is banking on with its Media Manager pack, which the company showed off during MobileFocus …
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