Cell Phone Apps

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How mobile websites, Web apps, and HTML5 are good for everyone

Business And Money A company named dotMobi ran a survery that returned some interesting results on major Internet players and their mobile sites. Between 2008 and this year, the the number of mobile sites has rose from 150,000 to 3.01 million. First of all,...

from 2010 by Taylor Martin 5

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Skype on all Android phones

Android Skype mobile offers many of the same features you’ll find on the desktop client. However, the mobile version adds the ability to call contacts over 3G or WiFi for free if they are a contact on Skype! Previously only select phones had...

from 2010 by Nicole Cozma 6

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Snaptic relaunches as Catch

Android Snaptic has relaunched as Catch, and also renamed their popular note-taking application 3banana to Catch Notes. Along with this relaunch comes new features and more syncing integration for people on the go. And with geotagging on notes,...

from 2010 by Nicole Cozma 0

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Commitment-Phobe’s Journey: Guilty pleasure apps

Cell Phone Apps Since the days of the original season of Survivor, indulging in celeb-reality drama has remained a tried and true way to unwind, de-stress and otherwise slow down the constant wheels turning in my head. These days, between work, home and...

from 2010 by Lauren Stern 2

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ExoPC Windows 7 Slate Tablet Computer Hands-On

Cell Phone Apps Noah goes hands-on with ExoPC's Slate, a Windows 7 based tablet computer with 1080p video out via HDMI and WiFi/3G connectivity. Live from IDF 2010 in San Francisco.

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 3

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WeTab Tablet Computer Hands-On

Cell Phone Apps Noah goes hands-on with WeTab, a Meego OS based tablet computer with HDMI video out, WiFi/3G connectivity and its own app store (!). Live from IDF 2010 in San Francisco.

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 0

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Service Tattler to relaunch as RateCred

Android Service Tattler, a micro review app for the food service industry, will be relaunching with a new name and other new features. Soon to be called RateCred, the app will now function more seamlessly with Twitter and boast a new interface...

from 2010 by Nicole Cozma 0

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AppNation: Halfbrick shows us the money

Cell Phone Apps Halfbrick shows off Fruit Ninja's new Arcade Mode and talks about the upcoming Android version of their popular game. These guys are making BANK. Plus, Monster Dash! Noah's live from AppNation 2010 in San Francisco.

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 0

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AppNation: BlackBerry, webOS and Windows Phone are Dead to Developers*

Business And Money The question that I keep coming back to when I think about apps is this: We all know there's plenty of money in Apple's iOS App Store, but what about on the other platforms? Is anybody making money - real money - developing for Android?...

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 11

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AppNation: Discount passes, developer deals, party with Noah, win an iPad!

Cell Phone Apps The first-ever AppNation conference kicks off Monday morning at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. AppNation promises to be a very interesting event, focusing on the role of apps in the mobile world: Are apps just a trend, or are...

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 1

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CBS Interactive and GameHouse to offer NCIS mobile game and contest

Cell Phone Apps Games based on TV shows and movies are nothing new in the world of app stores, but it's not everyday that a game uses unique writing and contests to help itself stand out. The folks at CBS Interactive and GameHouse have dont just that by...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 0

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Back to School: Top 10 Android apps to make life easier

Android Here we all are, sooner than we all expected, heading back to school. As Sydney pointed out in our previous Back to School session, nobody needs a smartphone. However convenient they may be or how simple/complicated they may make our...

from 2010 by Taylor Martin 6

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TV is the next killer app. Right?

Cell Phone Apps Google, Logitech, and Adobe are ramping up for a big marketing push behind the launch of Logitech Revue, the first Google TV product for consumers. Motorola and Verizon are said to be readying a tablet computer, featuring some sort of...

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 6

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MyFitnessPal: Can health apps make you healthier?

Cell Phone Apps So this week's news that MyFitnessPal was officially launching on Android caught my eye. The app is free, the iPhone/iOS version has been in Apple's Health & Fitness Top 10 since it launched last december, and both mobile apps tie into the...

from 2010 by Noah Kravitz 2

Skype updated to support multitasking on iOS 4

Cell Phone Apps Skype, one of the iOS apps that has always needed multitasking functionality to fully realize its potential, has just been updated. The Skype application finally supports iOS 4 multitasking on the iPhone 4 and 3GS. After...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 2

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Behind the App: Shazam Encore

Android I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Musil, Shazam's VP of Product Marketing, about the history of the Shazam app and the milestones it is reaching today. For those who aren't familiar with the app (you don't know what...

from 2010 by Nicole Cozma 2

Opera Mini 5.1 released for Android

Android The browser scene on Android got a lot more interesting today as Opera released their Opera Mini 5.1 mobile browser for Android. Opera Mini is a great choice for those users in an area with slower data connections thanks to the way it...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 1

Skype support pulled from fring due to legal threats

Cell Phone Apps Fring, a popular messaging client for iPhone, Android, and other mobile platforms, is known for the wide range of messaging clients it offers and recently even allowed iPhone 4 users to video chat over 3G. Due to legal threats, however,...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 12

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Android App Review: Toss It

Android Overview The Good : Toss It is a challenging game that combines simple goals with the user’s practiced skill; low, low cost of $0.00 (that means FREE, people). The Bad : How could a simple time waster be bad? The Verdict...

from 2010 by Nate Allen 7

DROID X and cell phone apps: Noah on CBS5 Bay Sunday

Android Most of the time you can find PhoneDog's own Noah Kravitz talking phones on our YouTube channel, but sometimes he even makes a TV appearance to share his knowledge. Today Noah appeared on CBS5's Bay Sunday with Sydnie Kohara to discuss...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 12

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18 Reactions to this post

"Do you have Google Wallet installed on your Android phone or tablet?"

Frank Porter That's exactly why. You'll need to root your device then do some script editing in order to make your phone appear to be one that does support Wallet on it.

Stefan Franz Nope... no support in Germany :(

Andrew Johnson I'm excited to use this tomorrow since I'd hadn't worked before on my Sprint note 2 :-P but I plan on using it a lot now!

Adrian Salazar Jr. I'm using it on my i9250 Galaxy Nexus

Brandon Holley Pffft when I was on Verizon I had it on my galaxy nexus. Just downloaded the wallet.api on it. Now I'm on sprint and I'm loving wallet on my HTC one.