Archive for July, 2009

Weber On the Grill iPhone app unraveled

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Weber-Stephen Products has unveiled a new application called the Weber’s On the Grill for the iPhone. This innovative application will offer a wide range of recipes along with other facilities. Through the application, customers can tag their favorite recipes and even make a personal list of items to be purchased from the grocery store. It [...]

Microsoft announces Mobile App Store for developers

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Microsoft has announced its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store to software developers. According to PCWorld, registered developers can now submit their mobile phone software applications to the company. Todd Brix mentioned that the company will offer several exciting prizes for its applications based on downloads, revenue, usefulness and more. It is likely that developers [...]

iPhone can be hijacked via SMS

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Recently, an SMS vulnerability in the iPhone was revealed by researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner. They discovered that invisible SMS bursts can be sent to an iPhone which enable hackers to completely control any of the iPhone’s functions. This SMS will contain only a single square character and if users get such an SMS, [...]

Windows Mobile to be Windows Phone

Friday, July 31st, 2009

If the news reported by IntoMobile is to be believed, Microsoft is going to put an end to the usage of the term Windows Mobile. This name is going to be replaced by Windows Phone. This name change will occur with the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5. This was done in a bid to unravel [...]

InstantService launches InstantMobile Chat App

Friday, July 31st, 2009

InstantService has made public a chat and email management solution called the InstantMobile application. Ideal for corporate customers, this application is apt for today’s jet speed lifestyle. It will act as a medium for multi-channel communication between companies and customers. Users will be provided with a platform to interact with service agents via their handsets [...]

Apple asking developers to submit keywords for easier App Store search

Friday, July 31st, 2009

AppleInsider reports that recently Apple accepted that it needed to make improvements so that users can easily locate App Store software. Post this announcement, developers have been asked to submit a list of keywords for their applications to improve searching through the App Store. Apple has asked developers to send up to 255 characters worth [...]

Unofficial Google Voice for Palm Pre

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Recently, it was reported that the Google Voice App was rejected by iPhone when it was submitted for approval. There were speculations that the rejection was due to pressure form AT&T which has an exclusivity agreement with iPhone. Android and BlackBerry users have already received the Google Voice App. Now, according to Engadget, even the [...]

NFL Mobile Live application available on Palm Pre

Friday, July 31st, 2009

With the football fever at its peak, Sprint has launched the NFL (National Football League) Mobile Live application for the Pam Pre. Through this tool, users can be updated with all the latest happenings in the world of their favorite game. According to Mobilewhack, Sprint claims that this application is faster than any other application [...]

Citi Bank brings Citi Mobile application to smartphones

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Citi Bank has launched the Citi Mobile application for smartphones like BlackBerry, Palm, iPhone along with other high-end mobile phones. Smartphone users can conveniently perform various banking activities via their device’s mobile browser irrespective of time and place. They can check bank account balance along with activity as well as pay bills and arrange recurring [...]

Walmart to release BlackBerry Curve 8520 for $50

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

There were speculations earlier that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be released by Walmart on August 5. Now Mobilewhack reports that this device will carry a price tag of $50. The smartphone possesses a 320 x 240 resolution color display, 2 MP camera and 3.5 mm stereo headset jack. The camera comes with zoom as [...]