Google News updated for Android, iPhone, WebOS
The Google mobile team has announced a new version of Google News for Android, iPhone and WebOS (Palm Pre).
Available in 29 languages, the updated Google News for mobile features “the same richness and personalization” that Google News offers on your desktop PC. There are now more stories and images displayed on the homepage, and users [...]
TomTom for iPhone 1.2 offers text-to-speech and other new features
Perhaps in response to Google’s new and free Maps Navigation for Android 2.0, TomTom has just launched a new version of its iPhone application, TomTom for iPhone 1.2, which brings a set of new features.
These new features include text-to-speech, Advanced Lane Guidance (for “extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions”), updated Tele Atlas maps for the [...]
Apple allowed to sell the iPhone in South Korea
Although KT’s executives confirmed the release of Apple’s iPhone in Korea several months ago, it’s only now that South Korea’s telecom regulator approved the sale of the smartphone on the local market.
The approval process was slow because the South Korean authorities were concerned about iPhone’s location-based services (like FindMyiPhone and Maps), which may have presented [...]
Google Earth for iPhone updated to version 2.0
Launched more than one year ago, Google Earth for iPhone has now reached version 2.0, coming with new features and support for a total of 31 languages (including Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Hebrew).
Google Earth for iPhone 2.0 lets you view custom maps (created by your or by others) via the My Maps [...]
Apple patents improved digital ink recognition techniques for pen-aware tablet
The rumors about he upcoming Apple tablet have been flying around far and wide lately.
Well, actually, the rumors about the upcoming Apple tablet have been flying around for years now. Some people even doubt that a mythical Apple tablet will ever be created.
But the crescendo of rumors from various sources these past few [...]
Orange UK launches business homescreen for Samsung Omnia Pro B7330, sells 30K iPhones
Orange UK announced that it sold more than 30,000 iPhone 3GS smartphones today, smashing what the company believes to be “the previously published first day sales records for a phone in the UK.”
Orange is the first British carrier to start selling the iPhone after O2, which had an exclusivity deal with Apple until this fall.
Vodafone [...]
AT&T May be Prepping $99 iPhone 3GS
Boy Genius revived an old rumor again today, with not one but two sources to back the claim up. Generally the more sources there are, the more reliable the claim. The old rumor was that an 8 GB iPhone 3GS was on its way to replace out the 3G model; from what it sounds like, [...]
Blacksn0w unlock for iPhone 3G and 3GS available for download
Remember yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G soft unlock app launched in January this year?
Well, now we have blacksn0w too, which can unlock both the iPhone 3G and the new iPhone 3GS, via either Windows or Mac.
The blacksn0w unlock app is free and requires iPhone OS 3.1, as well as baseband 05.11.07. To download the application, visit [...]
Study Shows Touchscreen Adoption Growing at Exponential Rate in USA
Think back to last year’s holiday season. Does it seem as though there are several more touchscreen phones available or announced this year than there were last year?
It’s not an illusion; according to comScore there are 24 million touchscreen devices in use within the United States, a 159 percent growth year-over-year from last year at [...]
Google Analytics now available for mobile apps (Android and iPhone)
Google has recently launched enhanced mobile reporting features for Google Analytics, which allow you to “see how people are using specific parts” of their mobile applications on Android and the iPhone.
The data provided by Google Analytics helps app developers find out how users interact with their apps, what features they use more and so on.
To [...]