A new version of the communications workhorse Skype has been released for iPhone and iPod Touch users running OS 2.2 or 3.0.
Useful new features in this release include the ability to access Skype voicemail from your iPhone as well as to send low cost SMS messages via your Skype client.
Sign into Skype via 3G, WiFi, GPRS or Edge and see who is online - then instant message them whenever, and wherever the mood strikes.
Is the iPhone 3gS too fast for it's own good? There are now reports that the super-thin device has over heating issues. Does this have anything to do with the new 3.1 OS update?
Only two weeks after launching the 3.0 software update for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is now working hard to deliver an update to the iPhone OS. The iPhone SDK 3.1 beta was pushed out to developers last night, and the recipients report the software already has a few new features and refinements.
It actually seems like the developers at Beejive read my review and took note and changed one of the major 'thing' I did not like about the application. Pretty sure everyone agreed with me on it as well. The problem was when you were typing a message, you were typing inside a bubble which made viewing/reading the IM very difficult when they were being sent to you.
Beejive has done it again. They have released an upgrade to their IM app for the Storm, which is still in beta. You can read the old review I did last time by... [Read More]
After skipping this feature last week I had a bit of a hard time this week for most platforms in trying to narrow it down to just one add-on per platform. There have been many new apps released and a few sneak peeks at some good things to come but here are the add-ons chosen for this week.
Android Smartphones Ever wish you could use your Android phone... [Read More]
Will this be dubbed NIM (Nokia Instant Messenger)?
The new Nokia Messaging offered by Nokia Beta Labs is compatible with Yahoo Messenger and Ovi -- more services are expected to be compatible in the future.
This release is available today for the E75 - the first device bundled with a lifetime subscription to the Nokia Messaging service. Nokia will be adding support for more devices and communities soon!
Boygenius just reported that Palm has released webOS version 1.0.4 as an OTA update for the Palm Pre. It's rumored to address some corporate Exchange issues, the “homebrew app” loophole and other bugs.
Sense UI-infused firmware for HTC Magic / Dream users. Engadget reports that "WiFi and Bluetooth don't work at the moment, and the camera is all funkified, but the real treat here is the first implementation of Flash 10 on Android, even if it is a bit laggy on the RAM-starved G1."
Also noted: "The widgets are also on display, and other than Flash the general experience is apparently pretty snappy. Naturally, the xda-dev folks won't be... [Read More]
I know many have been waiting very impatiently for the arrival of the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630. The awesome news is that a July 12th release date is finally official and you can pre-order it NOW! Another unexpected twist is that the Tour is available in two flavors, with and without a camera. So far those whose jobs prohibit a camera phone you are no longer stuck with the 8830! As you can see in the image, the price for both models is the same, $199.99 with a two year contract. Features
Network Support: Dual–band 800/1900 MHz CDMA/EV–DO Rev. A networks;
Google move paves way for Firefox on Android -- At present, Android applications are written in Java and run on Google's Dalvik Java virtual machine. However, last week, Google announced the Android Native Development Kit version 1.0 that lets software run natively on the Linux layer below, though the company sees it as a way not to run full-fledged applications as much as to run components of ordinary Android applications.
This means that the door's opened for a mobile version of Firefox on the platform, something that wasn't previously available. A year ago, Mozilla said that... [Read More]
Smartphone developers wanting to take advantage of on-demand digital printing as part of their applications need look no further than AmazingMail.com, Inc.'s online Web-to-print service. Developers can integrate with AmazingMail's on-demand printing services to send personalized direct mail directly from hand-held devices, including the ability to spontaneously send postcards composed from "in-the-moment" smartphone photos.
Two iPhone developers have already taken advantage of Phoenix, AZ-based AmazingMail's Web-to-print capabilities. Postino, from Italy's AnguriaLab LLC, allows... [Read More]
Ok this is for the Europe Market but....Could the USA be next? We can only hope! As stated in the article, "One charger for any mobile phone... where's the catch?"
From EndgadgetMobile
"While the free-market works pretty well when, uh, left alone to be free, sometimes it needs a push from a visible hand. Case in point, phone chargers, at the moment some 30 different types of chargers are used on handsets throughout Europe. Today, the European Commission received industry backing of its phone charger... [Read More]
"Atlanta – Innovative French company and European 2D mobile barcode leader, Mobile Tag, announces today that its Datamatrix embedded software application mobiletag, that allows mobile phones to read 2D barcodes simply by using the phone's camera to provide quick access to external content such as movie trailers or promotional information, is now downloadable on the Android Market for GPhones, and on the BlackBerry App Store.
The solution that was launched for all other mobile phones back in 2006 is now ready... [Read More]
The Hero is HTC's first phone to embody HTC Sense - an intuitive, seamless experience built upon three fundamental principles - make it mine, stay close, and discover the unexpected.
Make it Mine
With HTC Hero, personalization reaches a level never before possible. Rather than burying important content under layers of menus, the HTC Hero lets you put it at glance view, with a selection of widgets that can be placed right on the
It actually seems like the developers at Beejive read my review and took note and changed one of the major 'thing' I did not like about the application. Pretty sure everyone agreed with me on it as well. The problem was when you were typing a message, you were typing inside a bubble which made viewing/reading the IM very difficult when they were being sent to you. 
