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Google shows off Android’s “Cupcake” successor, “Donut”
Pah! Cupcake. Any true sweets connoisseur knows that the cupcake is at the bottom of the dessert totem pole, only ranking above those nasty red/white mints they chuck in alongside your bill. We’d take a delicious, engulfed-in-glaze donut over a...
One more thing: The Palm Pre syncs with iTunes
Per a Fortune blog, the Palm Pre syncs “seamlessly” with iTunes. It’s not that shocking considering there are apps that add this functionality to many MP3 players and smartphones. However, this is the first phone besides the iPhone ...
Android Review: Handmark’s Express News. Verdict: Doesn’t suck.
Bombarded with dozens of news sources and code-heavy web sites, mobile news browsing seems to be a daunting task at best. Even on Wi-Fi, some of the most powerful mobile phones take their sweet time rendering. Searching for a solid application that ...
Backgrounder for iPhone Adds Badge and Task List Mode
The Backgrounder utility for iPhone is now updated with more features. Backgrounder is a free application from Cydia that powers iPhone to run application in background.The latest version r277 adds a number of great features: - Added badge for Spring...
Windows Mobile sharing not really “sharing,” just “backuping”
I was about to ignore this email from Microsoft but it seems there is a nugget of wonderful info in there. Remember when we said you could share your apps with four friends - behavior that essentially works on an iPhone and the App Store when you syn...
Docomo’s cell phone line-up for this summer (part 2: PRIME and PRO series)
NTT Docomo not only announced eight new cell phones in their SMART and STYLE series today but also presented nine other models that are part of the so-called PRIME (top row in the picture) and PRO (the three devices on the right in the bottom row) se...
13 things that bug us about Android - cupcake or no cupcake
We like Android. But let’s be honest, even without that little tag, we know this is a work in progress. Having had a chance to use our Android phones regularly for several months now, we’ve come across all the issues one would expect in ...
Android goes to the hospital
A pack of medical applications was just released for Android, and it set me a-thinkin’. Although our phones are far from tricorders at this point (but getting closer), Android has a bit more of a versatile position. A powerful smartphone OS and...
20.000 Application On Nokia's Ovi Store
This month's expected launch of Nokia's Ovi Store will be the biggest application store debut to date, featuring a catalogue of 20,000 items, according to a Forbes report. In comparison, notes the report, Apple and RIM launched their stores with a fe...
Explore space on your Android phone, with StarDroid
Downloading apps onto your phone is one of the great joys of Google Android, currently doing its latest star-turn in the HTC Magic. It’s really rather cool being able to add on just about any software you like to your phone.According to the Tel...
Nokia’s Very BigHuge Giant App Store! (TM)
Nokia is planning an app store that could explode your head out of your ears and make your bladder explode in delight. Called the Ovi Store, this amazing app store will have 20,000 apps on launch, enough for all the men, women, and children in Scrant...
Swine Flu Tracker Will Soon Come to iPhone
As Swine Flu is spreading throughout the world, you probably want to get the most up-to-date status of it. (By the time I write this post, Swine Flu finally arrived Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government have just reported there is one confirmed case in...
Hands-on: T-Mobile Sidekick LX (2009)
Now that I’ve had a few hours to get acquainted with the new Sidekick LX, I figured some preliminary comments were in order. My overall impression of the Sidekick LX is still positive, but I’ve found a few things to nitpick about. So, without fur...
Second Palm Pre Details Emerge
SUNNYVALE, USA - The first Palm Pre has not started shipping yet, but details are already appearing on a second, smaller Palm Pre.The original Pre, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is understood to sell out rapidly, to create c...
iPhone Users Spend Less Than 10 Minutes Per App
Greystripe, an advertising network for mobile and games, has recently published a report showing the usage pattern for iPhone apps.It’s interesting to see that iPhone users in average only spends 9.6 minutes on each free iPhone application. And...
iPhone 3.0 Beta 4: Supports Multiple iTunes Account
A couple days ago, Apple has seeded the iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 to developers. As discovered by developers that have downloaded this beta OS, it turns out that the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 supports multiple iTunes account. You can switch between different...
Google just put ninjas into your iPhone
I don’t generally check to see what’s new in apps when I’m prompted to update, but I’m glad I did. The latest Google app update put a ninja into your iPhone. We’re all doomed.Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the se...
App Store Hits the 1 Billion Download Mark
Apple’s App Store finally reached the one billion download mark for iPhone apps. This is really amazing! In just nine months since the launch of iPhone App Store, over one billion applications are downloaded. Congratulation to Apple and thanks ...
What’s the Worst iPhone Apps on App Store?
A couple weeks ago, I got an interesting email from a regular reader. He mentioned that’s great to see all reviews of those interesting and awesome iPhone apps. But with over 30,000 iPhone apps, it is impossible that all apps are good. There sh...
iPhone Programming Newbies: You Can Also Develop iPhone Apps
After I posted the free iPhone development course offered by Stanford University, I got a number of emails from programming newbies. They all love this fantastic little device. But they just can’t stand still as an ordinary iPhone users. They w...
Android Catches Up To Palm In Mobile Ad Market Share. IPhone Still Blows It Away.
Android is making steady gains in mobile ad market share, accounting for 6 percent of all mobile ad requests measured by AdMob in its latest March metrics. That puts it neck and neck with the Palm OS, compared to a 5 percent /7 percent share split i...
Tighten Up Those Apps Or Android 1.5 “Cupcake” May Break Them
Android developers are obviously excited about the new 1.5 version of the SDK. The so-called "Cupcake" update features several new features and overall improvements. But, "don't get too excited yet," a post on the Android developers blog reads today....
Apple’s App Store: 1 Billion Served
Well, it finally happened. Apple just delivered its 1 Billionth application download from the App Store, which currently features over 25,000 apps (35,000 by one estimate) built by thousands of developers. The significance of the milestone (besides...
