All those Android smartphone owners who have been wondering when they can ditch the outmoded Opera Mini 4.2 browser in favor of the latest beta can now unfold their pouts, stop that kicking, and remove their pounding fists from the floor. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android has arrived. On Thursday, Opera Software pushed out …
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Vlingo is an app that’s been around awhile in the mobile space, but a new version for iPhone is causing some uproar. With Vlingo for iPhone 2.0, the company commits the sin of opacity by updating its rather good voice search and dialing application to version 2.0 without making it clear that you can only unlock the intriguing new features …
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Article corrected 3/3/2010 at 12:00 PT (SuperPages.com supports its own version of Yellow Pages) and updated stability issues at 2:00 pm PT. The field of iPhone search apps is already crowded with Yelp, Urbanspoon, and Zagat for dining; Flixster’s Movies app for showtimes; YellowPages for people; and Google Mobile App for just about everything else. Now here comes Poynt, a …
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We’re big fans of most Android apps that can help us get the skinny on nearby restaurants and bars, Yelp included. We weren’t overly impressed with Yelp’s initial attempt for Android, however, but the last two updates have brought it closer in line with Yelp’s other mobile apps. A small but significant update on Wednesday fills in two missing holes …
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A tiny tweak to search results in Google’s mobile site could help some users, and proves once again that advertising is Google’s core business at least as much as search itself. Starting Tuesday, Google.com users on the iPhone, Palm Pre, and Android smartphones may notice that they can click a phone number in a sponsored ad to call an advertiser’s …
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Like the love child of Barcode Scanner and Google Goggles, Google’s new Shopper app for Android (rated review) uses the smartphone’s camera to find you deals and steals. Although you can scan any barcode, Google is positioning Shopper as an entertainment tool to identify CDs, DVDs, and video games from scans of their covers. Google also links up its voice …
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“Opera Mini” and “iPhone” are two words that fit uncomfortably together given the current state of the mobile industry, yet as Opera Software announced last week, it has combined them just the same. Moreover, the maker of desktop and mobile browsers for multiple platforms has been demonstrating the iPhone-capable browser at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Opera has …
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BlackBerry users have been waiting patiently for years, really, for Skype to release a version of its VoIP client for BlackBerry smartphones. If that’s you, you’re in luck. On Tuesday, Skype announced at the Mobile World Congress a partnership with Verizon that will bring a 3G-capable Skype app to Verizon smartphones. That includes several BlackBerrys, like the Curve, both Storms, …
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The update gets you streaming shows live. NPR If you follow National Public Radio News on your Android phone, head into the Market to update the latest version. Why? Two words: live streaming. Starting Tuesday, NPR News 1.2 became available in the Android Market, and it opens the app up to a feature that had been sorely missing–the capability to …
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What’s new in Google Maps for Android? Star ‘power.’ Google It’s standard fare for Google to incubate a mobile app feature on one platform before rolling it out to the others. That’s why an update on Tuesday to Android’s Google Maps app will please Android users, who will see an uptick in productivity on the Maps, but will excite few …
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