Skype and Nokia have just signed a deal, that will allow the Finns to sell handsets with Skype software on board. The new smartphones with such features will be arriving in the third quarter of 2009. Skype is famous to allowing free long distance calls over the Internet on fixed lines and now they keep expanding to the mobile segment. We should be...
Adobe announced today its plans to bring the PC version of its famous Flash video player to high end handsets in the year to come. Of course, our first question was “ALL smartphones?”, with the first thought being Apple iPhone, but we’ve got no info on that. The good news is that there are enough smartphones out there to buy and use,...
HTC’s CEO and President Peter Chou has just spoiled Microsoft’s surprise, by announcing that the Redmond giant will announce Windows Mobile 6.5 this afternoon. HTC and Microsoft officials will join forces for the announcement, which means we’ll also be seeing some handsets running the new OS. Will any of them pack NVIDIA Tegra chipsets?...
In spite of being incredibly hot, the Toshiba TG01 smartphone will support some of the best apps out there, among which there’s the navigation software provided by ALK Technologies, CoPilot Live GPS. CoPilot uses the smartphone’s GPS receiver to provide turn by turn navigation and 3D/2D widescreen maps, weather conditions, fuel prices and...
ViewRanger, the famous outdoor navigation software is now available for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and other future Symbian S60 touchscreen handsets. This “off-road satellite navigation app” allows the user to access detailed topographic mapping from all over Europe and get rich content, like points of interest and leisure route guides. You...
Google now accepts paid apps into Android Market, the answer to Apple’s App store, trying to make a profit out of this initiative. Till now, Android Market only offered free apps, but now Google will sell software through it, starting with the middle of next week. Billing and payment will be done via Google Checkout and the company started accepting...
Google Documents is probably the next step in letting Microsoft Office go and choosing yet another pack of Google web apps. Now, we’ve got even more mobile functionality, since cellphone users can edit spreadsheets on the go with the aid of Google Docs Mobile. Your phone must use a web-kit-based browser (iPhone, Android G1, S60 phones) and you’ll...
Xwaves recently released a beta version of its xGPS software, version 1.2 that now comes with voice navigation. Check out the video demo below to see an iPod Touch in action and working with an iGPS360 module from Orange Gadgets: Among the features of the new version of xGPS there’s the option of bookmarking saved directions, a function that...
If you’re searching for a neat freeware flight simulator for your Windows Mobile phone, you can pick Leo’s Flight Sim, that has quite a long history. Now, the sim has been upgraded to support the latest Windows Mobile devices and use their accelerometer sensor. Leo’s Flight Simulator features 47 different aircrafts, either classic...
If you’re a Symbian device user, one thing’s for sure: you lack a decent Twitter client. There are two options at this point: either you wait for the providential Symbian App Store or keep your eyes on the Fring Twitter add-on for Symbian. The software is not ready for public download yet, but you can test it right now. Find out how, after...
