As much as we’d like to say that we can do the same thing on a mobile phone as we can on a desktop, the truth of the matter is that unless you’re toting a tablet like the iPad (and even then…), some tasks are just harder to do without some form of mobile-optimized view. …
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Android users who have been waiting a long time to see an app for Amazon’s Kindle electronic book reader can stop waiting, and start downloading. While a little plain and slim on features, the free Kindle app for Android–available starting Monday–does its job as an e-book reader. Once you fire it up, it lets you shop for new books or …
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It wasn’t exactly a surprise when Apple demoed video chatting that uses the front-facing camera during the iPhone 4 announcement on June 7. However, many expected Apple to introduce a Skype-made solution akin to Skype’s iPhone app instead of video chat service crafted in-house. The result of Apple’s mobile video chatting efforts is FaceTime, which can be roughly considered an …
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Getting any new geek toy takes me through the usual unboxing and tinkering routines, particularly if it’s the shiny black iPhone 4 (full CNET review) I just got in on preorder that’s so coveted that people are willing to sell spots in line for Thursday’s retail launch. Plugging the boxier, edgier iPhone 4 into iTunes was my first task. Staring …
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Here’s one way to settle a design debate: call a vote. At least that’s WorldMate‘s plan when it comes to their app’s splash screen. WorldMate, is a longtime maker of a mobile travel app–for multiple platforms–that includes tools like a trip planner, flight status alerts, currency converter, and world clocks. Starting Wednesday, WorldMate is hoping to drum up excitement for …
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There’s a reason I commute in tennis shoes–the days I literally make a mad dash for the soon-to-be departing train or bus. Sure, there are localized apps for getting schedules, but it’s also convenient that public transportation scheduling is one of a handful of enhanced features in Google Maps for Android version 4.3, new on Tuesday. Schedules toe their way …
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It’s taken Microsoft a long time to produce an IM app for the iPhone. Now it has, hours before Apple released the fourth version of its iPhone operating system, we might add. Windows Live Messenger for iPhone has many of the features we’d expect to see in an IM app, plus other social networking and e-mail extras. One screen is …
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If you’ve got an Android-powered T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide, voice company Vlingo wants to do you a favor–by giving you its $9.99 app for free. Speak the words and Vlingo’s voice launcher for Android will open apps on your phone, update your Twitter and Facebook status, dial contacts, and send e-mails and texts as you dictate them. You can also …
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Got a song stuck in your head that you can’t place? Instead of clicking up Shazam, music-ID app SoundHound may soon be the first stop for budget-conscious, Android-loving music aficionados. Today, SoundHound for Android, ordinarily $4.99, followed in the footsteps of its iPhone kin by debuting a free version. Like Shazam, SoundHound (known as Midomi, once upon a time) can …
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Google’s Android platform may only command 8 percent of the marketshare, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his keynote speech at WWDC 2010. But if you let the burgeoning number of Android smartphones in the market, Motorola’s commitment to Android phones, and the fact that Sprint stores sold out of the Android-powered HTC Evo 4G guide you, Android is …
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