I guess since it is going to be Halloween, I should probably report on Majesco’s newest augmented reality game for the DSi, Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal. The game was just announced, so it won’t be here on the 31st, but it is most certainly seasonal.

The player for Ghostwire uses the DSi’s camera and mike to scan real settings for virtual ghosts. Apparently, the player must use items to satiate the ghosts. Think of it like The Sixth Sense: the series. Any chance this game could come to mobile phones?

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Early last month Sony officially announced that they were working on several low cost ereader offerings. Today, the company has let us know that the PRS-300 (Pocket Reader Edition) is now available for $199.

This eBook reader features a 5-inch screen USB 2.0, 512MB of internal memory and comes in blue, silver and rose.

Sure, it’s no Kindle but if you’re on a budget you should definitely check this out.

via e-reader info

Tags: eBook Reader, eReader, Mobile News, Mobile Software, pocket reader edition, prs-300, Sony

For the music lovers and followers of DJ and music producer David Guetta, here is an iPhone app that should keep you up dated. Aside from sharing remixed music, the people who get this app can interact with Guetta and other fans in real time. The app was created with MXP4 and Redshift and is the first app which allows music fans to interact closely with a major music artist via their iPhone or iPod Touch. Check out the video about this iPhone app below.

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Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, david guetta, dj, followers, interactive music, iPhone, iPhone, major music, Mobile Software, music artist, music fans, music lovers, music producer, real time, redshift

The Walt Disney Corporation has plans to release an application for the iPhone, with the intention to reward users that browse their website by offering some free bonus.

The application works in an unusual way, basically users have to take photos with their cellphones of movies like “Wall-E” and “G-Force” that are displayed on the Disney.com website. If the user shoots the right frame, it will have access to exclusive content like videos and wallpapers for the cellphone. In the future Disney wants to incorporate movie posters as bonus, to get more interest in their upcoming movies.

This Walt Disney application for the iPhone is free and is already available for download.

Tags: Apple, application, iPhone, Mobile Software, walt disney

One of the most popular blogging websites on the internet - Wordpress - has announced that will present a mobile version of their website for cellphone & smartphone visitors.

There will be two mobile versions of wordpress

- The first is a modified version of the WPtouch theme and is suppose to be used by the most recent browsers/devices, like the iPhone and Android;
- The second version is suppose to be used by all the other devices, and is basically an improved theme of the old WordPress Mobile Edition;

If you visit the mobile version of WordPress and get the WPtouch version, you’ll have easy usability to access specific posts, pages, and archives, among other details like AJAX loading.

Tags: blogging, mobile, Mobile Software, version, wordpress

With Google Android’s free navigation app, it will probably make a lot of people happy with its turn-by-turn instructions. However, it does change things in the Navigation market. Apparently, Garmin and TomTom’s stock prices fell at an alarming rate.

This could be one of those times where free technology is going to overshadow those who have gotten rich off of it.

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Tags: Garmin, Google, Google Navigation, Google Navigation App, GPS, Mobile Software, tomtom

Augmented reality is a wonderful thing, and Layar has figured out another use for it: tracking government bailout money. Yes, this new app for Android and iPhone 3GS allows a user to view recovery.gov contract dollars where they are actually being used. As you can see, there are a gratuitous amounts of blue circles around Washington D.C.. My my my, isn’t that just sad.

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Tags: Android, Augmented Reality, Cell Phones, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Layar, Mobile Software

It was announced today that the app store for the Symbian platform, entitled Horizon, has today gone live in beta form. There isn’t much to choose from right now with only 50 mobile apps currently available but the Symbian Foundation promise thousands of choices in 2010.

While this is great news for Symbian users its also great news for app developers as they now have another platform to infiltrate.

Check out more here.

Tags: App Store, Beta, Cell Phones, horizon, Mobile News, Mobile Software, symbian

We just learned that Google Maps Navigation would be featured on the Motorola DROID and now Google has taken the time to detail the service.

First and foremost, Google Maps Navigation is that it is a free turn-by-turn GPS mobile application. This free application allows you to input addresses with both text and voice, it will show you traffic data, For now, it’s available only for Android 2.0 and is in beta but hopefully it will make its way onto other platforms such as the iPhone.

You can check out a 7 minute video demonstration of Google Maps Navigation above, check it out.

Tags: Accessories, Cell Phones, data traffic, free, Google, google maps, GPS, GPS, Mobile News, Mobile Software, navigation, turn-by-turn

Morotola and Verizon have finally come forth to announce the Android 2.0 powered DROID, a handset we’ve heard about for some time now.

The Motorola DROID will feature a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, slideout QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash, GPS with Google Maps Navigation, WiFi, Bluetooh and an included 16GB memory card.

Interested? It could be yours on November 6th for $199 on a 2-year contract

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Tags: Android, bluetooth, Capacitive, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, GPS, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Qwerty keyboard, Verizon, WiFi

The timing of the release of this app couldn’t have come at a better time! Cyoshi Games has announced the availability of the Scary App – The iPhone Prank which pretends to be a skills test where users will have to navigate a silver marble through a wooden maze by tilting their iPhone or the iPod Touch. Now you don’t have to finish the game. Hand the game over to another person you want to play the prank on and sucker them into believing you cannot finish all the three levels.

Once the one playing is at level 3, a grotesque screaming face will turn up in the middle of the level which is bound to scare the lights off that person. A harmless prank that is fit for the Halloween season! The Scary App: The iPhone Prank (iLabyrinth)-Screamer is available at the iTunes app store for $0.99.

Here is a demo video of the app:

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Tags: Apple, better time, demo, games, Halloween, halloween season, harmless prank, iPhone, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, marble, maze, Mobile Software, screamer, screaming face, skills test, sucker

The search for that special someone continues for many of us but thanks to technology, the Internet has provided us with an alternative by hooking on with other people via online dating sites. And now with the boom of iPhone applications, Smart Dating UK announces a special app that should help people in finding that special someone anytime and anywhere.

Called the Single Event Search iPhone App, all the user has to do is make a search query. A search could be done on preferred events such as speed dating nights or singles parties. As an alternative, users can simply key in their postal code, hit search and choose the event they want to check out in the area. The Single Event Search iPhone App is free to download.

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Tags: Apple, boom, dating uk, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile Software, online dating sites, postal code, preferred events, search query, singles parties

Flo is back for the 6th around with the release of Diner Dash: Flo on the Go from Glu Mobile. Among the things Diner Dash addicts can look forward to in this 6th installment include thrills, spills and a surprise restaurant for this latest version that is compatible with mobile handsets worldwide. Features of the Flo on the Go app include character customization where you can dress up and customize Flo according to your liking, Game Modes (Story and Endless shifts with 25 levels of play), multiple locations (5 new unique vacation locations) and connectivity to PC game. The game is now available at major carriers worldwide.

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The Apple App Store hits another milestone today. While everyone knows how hard it is to get an app approved, hitting the 100,000 mark is an achievement in itself. While only 93,118 of these apps can actually be purchased, there are minor discrepancies such as sudden pullouts of apps due to some issues. In short, the list may not be up to date.

If you want the actual count, there are 101,847 approved apps to date. Audited or unaudited, tip your hats off to the App Store for achieving these numbers and feat. Another testament to the growing success of the app store for the many iPhone and iPod Touch owners looking for specific apps for their mobile device.

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Nokia N97 owners have been patiently waiting for an update of the firmware for a long time, but they don’t need to wait anymore because v20 has been released.

The v20 of the firmware for Nokia N97 has some notable improvements, such as: better touch screen usability; inclusion of Ovi Maps 3.1 with 3D maps; Nokia Email; improved battery performance and video stability; and VoIP support among other details.

To get the update just launch the Nokia Software updater, or you can also download it via this link.

Tags: Cell Phones, firmware, Mobile Software, N97, Nokia, Nokia, v20

It seems like Apple started the run for app stores with the success of the iPhone apps, and after Google launching a store for the Wave, it is time for the Symbian Foundation to launch an application store named Symbian Horizon.

The plan for the store was announced on July 2009 and at this time Symbian has gathered over 50 applications, and they are helping developers by signing and submitting the software to target mobile application stores all around the world. At the moment there are 5 stores that support the Symbian Horizon: Ovi Store by Nokia, Samsung Applications Store, AT&T’s MEdia Mall, China Mobile’s Mobile Market, and Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow arena.

Lee Williams, Director of Symbian Foundation, comments:

We recognize that developers face many challenges in bringing their products to market on Symbian devices. In particular, the diversity of application stores in our ecosystem increases the burden on developers by requiring multiple submission and review processes. But this diversity can also offer an advantage over competitors’ closed systems, where applications sometimes receive arbitrary or commercially motivated rejections. Symbian Horizon retains this advantage while reducing the burden by becoming a conduit to multiple stores, helping developers reach the largest global mobile market in the world more efficiently.

Tags: App Store, mobile, Mobile Software, Symbian Foundation, symbian horizon

Good news for developers that create applications on the Android platform, because Google released Android 2.0 also known as Eclair, via the Android Software Developer Kit. So if you’re using the Android kit don’t forget to update the SDK and also the developer’s tools.

This new version comes with new APIs and also new features, some of the fresh capabilities include:

- unified inbox;
- SMS;
- MMS search;
- HTML 5;
- Bluetooth 2.1;
- support for multiple Google/Exchange accoutns;
- new screen sizes and aspect ratios;

Google will release another version of Android before 2010, but for now we don’t have any more details about that upcoming release.

Tags: 2.0, Android, Google, Mobile Software

Dell has today announced a new rugged tablet entitled the Latitude XT2 XFR, picture above.

This tablet will feature a 12.1-inch multitouch display, a Core 2 Duo SU9600 processor, up to 5GB of RAM, either a regular harddrive or SSD and the option of either Windows Vista or XP which is curious considering Windows 7 just came out.

If you want to pick this rugged device up you’re going to have to shell out $3,599 as that is the price point it starts at.

via engadget

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I have never played Settlers of Catan, but I have a lot of gaming friends who just assumed that I have. I’m sure you’ve probably heard of this popular board game that Wired called “the Monopoly killer”. So why not make it into an iPhone app?

Settlers of Catan can be played with four players, as long as those players are within range of the iPhone. Yes, there is no playing online option, and it will cost about $4.99.

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We just saw the unveiling of Barnes & Noble’s Nook ereader and already they have another hardware offering for you to choose from.

We first heard about this Plastic Logic developed ereader back in July when it was rumored to be using AT&T’s 3G network. Today, Barnes & Noble has come forth to announce that this ereader will be called the QUE proReader and feature a 8.5 x 11 inch e-ink display.

There is no word on how much it will be available but we do know that it will be sold at Barnes & Noble retail locations next spring.

Press release after the break.

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