One of the major complaints of Android users till now was the lack of .avi and .divx playback. This issue seems to have been solved by the RockPlayerBase video player, supported on Android 2.1 and bringing XviD, DivX, MKV and RMVB playback on the platform, as claimed by soyandroide. This app will vary in performance depending on the smartphone you’re...
Fresh after the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 were announced, we’ve learned that the iOS 4 SDK was out as well as iTunes 9.2 beta. Both will be needed, for some syncing action and the registration is being enforced. In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s what iOS 4 is all about: - iOS 4 debuts this summer, but a developer preview is...
SPB Software has just announced an update for the Windows Mobile version of the SPB TV application, now available in version 2.0. It’s important to mention that the software is free of charge and subscription free, as it generates revenues from advertising. The ads that pop up in SPB TV last only as long as the channel buffering takes place, so...
Smartphones are becoming more and more mainstream these days, specially thanks to HTC, that’s launching a budget smartphone and the reasonable prices of high end devices. Also, as the devices progress, apps become more popular, so their usage increased, as shown by a recent Nielsen report: “The State of Mobile Apps”. Said report shows...
Nokia and Intel’s brainchild, MeeGo has finally been released in version 1.0, but only for netbooks right now. Also, we learn that the MeeGo 1.1 handset UI development will debut in June, so phones will also get their share of the platform. What’s available right now is the MeeGo Netbook User experience release, that will be followed by...
After showing all the Adobe Flash love that one can get at Google I/O 2010, the search engine giant has another reason to appreciate Adobe’s work: its Reader app is now available on Android. Adobe Reader for Android is now found in the Android Market, allowing users to access PDF files on their devices for free. This version of Adobe Reader supports...
There’s a brand new Kindle app for Android, that provides a great reading experience on your handset, replacing the Kindle device. You can access the books you have on your e-reader even if you don’t have the Kindle with you and you can sync your last read page and annotations between devices. Text size can be adjusted, bookmarks can be...
Twitter for iPhone is now available over here, in the latest version you’ve been waiting for. Tweetie is now gone, being replaced with the official Twitter app for Apple’s handset, complete with a new icon and many new features, that get detailed after the screenshot below. Ex-Tweetie, now Twitter brings a reorganized search option, allowing...
A brand new version of the Bing for Windows Mobile app has just been released yesterday, packed with new and interesting features. The folks of Pocketnow managed to test the software, focusing on the Bing Navigation function, that gets demoed in the video at the end of the article. Bing Navigation comes with voice-prompt text-to-speech navigation,...
The folks of XDA have done it again, this time managing to make a Nintendo Wiimote work with handset games. We’re talking about pikipirs, a forum user who worked on the compatibility between the Wiimote and his Android handset. Here’s Donkey Kong Country running on a Google Nexus One, controlled by the Nintendo joystick: The setup is easy...
