Handhelds News

Thursday, September 9, 2010

• Apriva Launches Mobile-Payment Application for iPhone
  Apriva, a Scottsdale, Ariz., wireless-payments company, on Sept. 8 announced the release of its AprivaPay wireless point-of-sale application for Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The application enables mobile merchants to accept credit and debit card payments
  
• EdElder LLC Launches 'gwiggle,' a Personalized Baby Book App for iPhone
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• MasterCard's MoneySend Now for BlackBerrys
  MasterCard Inc. on Wednesday released a dedicated application for BlackBerry owners who want to use MoneySend, the card company's mobile person-to-person payment system. MoneySend, which is based on technology from Obopay Inc., allows MasterCard issuers
  
• Nokia bids to regain ground in smart-phone market
  via Bloomberg The N8 Symbian offers streaming and on-demand TV on a 3.5-inch screen. Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, has a lot riding on its annual showcase event next week as it tries to claw back ground lost to Apple's iPhone and
  
• Nokia bids to regain ground in smart-phone market
  Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, has a lot riding on its annual showcase event next week as it tries to claw back ground lost to Apple's iPhone and devices based on Google's Android software. The Finnish company is likely to focus
  
• iPhone 4 problems may be limiting sales
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• Sponsor Me Introduces the World's First Action Sports Social Media Site to Offer Full Functionality on the iPad and iPhone
  DANA POINT, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sponsor Me is currently in its final beta testing of its action packed social media website. The soft-launch has been a huge success, and continues to be tested by thousands of students from prestigious
  
• Google To Play Live Interpreter via Smartphones
  Internet search giant Google unveiled new technology Tuesday that slowly interprets conversations between two people who do not speak the same language. The software was demonstrated during a presentation by Eric Schmidt, chief executive of U.S.-based
  
• iOS 4.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch released
  The latest software for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for download from Apple. The download is free via iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Besides upgrades to new features for games, photos and high-definition videos, Apple is using
  
• Sponsor Me Introduces the Worlds First Action Sports Social Media Site to Offer Full Functionality on the iPad and iPhone
  DANA POINT, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sponsor Me is currently in its final beta testing of its action packed social media website. The soft-launch has been a huge success, and continues to be tested by thousands of students from prestigious
  
• Sponsor Me Introduces the World's First Action Sports Social Media Site to Offer Full Functionality on the iPad and iPhone
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• Review of the iPhone 4
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• iPhone iOS 4.1: See Numeric Signal Strength and How to Keep Field Mode Enabled Forever
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• iPhone iOS 4.1: Send HD Video to YouTube
  The cameras of many mobile phones have been able to upload high resolution video to YouTube for a while now. With iOS 4.1 Apple brings the uploading of HD video to YouTube to the iPhone party.
  
• NFL 2011 for iPhone
  Gameloft's keeps everything that made NFL 2010 successful, and adds on a small handful of gameplay and visual improvements. The result is a fun football simulator, with a few new minor annoyances, but a very solid enjoyment factor. Last football season,
  
• Rumor: T-Mobile Getting iPhone 3GS This Year
  Sure, iPhone rumors are a dime a dozen, but they do help to enliven an otherwise dull workday. Everyone loves gossip about the mythical Verizon iPhone, or even unconfirmed reports about an upcoming iPhone 4 with a redesigned antenna. But there's always
  
• Security Woes Don't Deter Smartphone Users
  As smartphone sales continue to grow--more than sixty million were sold in 2Q10 alone--a new survey from the Pew Institute shows that most American users of the devices are receiving spam and/or malware on them. The survey of more than 2,200 Americans by
  
• BlackBerry HS-700 Bluetooth Headset Hands-On
  Research In Motion (RIM) is known first and foremost for its BlackBerry smartphones, but the Canadian company also manufactures and markets a wide-variety of related software and accessories, including its (BES) and BES Express for corporations and a
  
• Mophie releases Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4
  If you own an iPhone 4 and find that you burn too quickly through its battery despite the 16 percent capacity bump, you have a new battery expansion option from an old favorite. Mophie has announced the . Maker of accessories for a variety of Apple
  
• mTrip app for iPhone uses augmented reality
  NEW YORK: The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale. But isn't getting lost part of the fun of traveling? For me, yes. For others,
  
• iOS 4.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch released
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• iOS 4.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch released
  The latest software for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for download from Apple. The download is free via iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Besides upgrades to new features for games, photos and high-definition videos, Apple is using
  
• Rumor: iPhone 3GS Coming To T-Mobile?
  Rumors of a T-Mobile iPhone have been going around for some time now, and the latest rumor claims that a manager at T-Mobile believes that T-Mobile USA could soon be offering Apple's iPhone at its carrier stores. While such a move would be good news to
  
• iOS 4.1 For The iPhone And iPod touch Released
  iOS 4.1 was recently announced by Apple, and now the latest update to Apple's iOS is available to the general public. In case you missed the announcement, iOS 4.1 fixes several bugs such as slow performance in the iPhone 3G, Bluetooth connectivity and
  
• XtremeMac Introduces Two New iPod/iPhone Speaker Docks
  XtremeMac has launched two new audio docks for the iPod/iPhone, namely the Luna SST and the 3 in 1 Microdock . The Luna SST features dual independent alarms and a detachable speaker that can be placed separately from each other. The quirky feature is
  
• ROAMpay Credit Card Processing For iOS, Android, And BlackBerry
  We've seen a few iPhone credit card payment systems recently, and now other platforms will be getting the credit card love too, in the form of ROAMpay from QuickPay Merchant Services. ROAMpay is a credit card machine that supports iOS, Android and
  
• AT&T Speculates that Android, iPhone 4 Cannibalized BlackBerry Torch Sales
  Fred Devereaux, AT&T President of Wireless Operations in the U.S. West, expressed surprised that sales of the carrier's U.S. exclusive BlackBerry Torch were not better given the fact that the device is the best BlackBerry to date, in Devereaux's personal
  
• Poll: AT&T Led More to Avoid iPhone 4 Than 'Antennagate'
  About 20 percent of mobile phone users said the antenna problem on the iPhone 4 caused them . But more than 60 percent said it was because of Apple's exclusive carrier contract with AT&T--and that they couldn't use carrier Verizon Wireless--that they
  
• 'Google Instant' On Smartphones May Be Wishful Thinking
  Google officially introduced its new for desktop search at an event today in San Francisco, but I couldn't help looking forward a little bit toward using Instant on a mobile device. Google already has a prototype, and says the new functionality will
  
• Apple releases iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch
  Apple has released version 4.1 of the iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The update fixes several security problems and bundles in some interesting new features too. The update was announced in Apple�s launch event last week, and now
  

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