Don’t bet all your money on this but the Omnia Pro seems scheduled to arrive in July. And it would be illogical not to arrive during that period especially since the competitors are going to launch a whole new iPhone. The phone will sport both a touchscreen and a QWERTY slide-out. We should expect a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen display, Windows Mobile 6.1 which should be upgradeable to 6.5, a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, flash and video recording and a price to match it all. We’ll be waiting for confirmation so feel free to tell us more if have more info on the Omnia Pro.

via SamsungHD

Tags: Mobile News, Mobile Software, Omnia Pro, Samsung, Samsung, Windows Mobile

Get a taste of 3D fighting with the launch of the latest game for the iPhone, Iron Fist Boxing. Iron Fist Boxing has great graphics, plays well on the iPhone’s touch screen, and has terrific character variety. But the truth is that it all boils down to repetitive gameplay that feels shallow and half baked.

Iron Fist basically revolves around a simple idea. You pick a fighter, and the game chooses many competitors for you to fight. It follows a “career mode”, if you will, where your fighter gains experience.

The game really shines, and the 3D modeling is beautiful. Textures look good, and the fighters are very well presented, in both visual terms and variety. Punches and kicks are animated well, and hitting an opponent sends sweat and blood flying. It’s especially motivating when blood goes all over the place during a slow-mo special attack. While it does look great, there really isn’t much to see.

Aside from the aforementioned side exercises during story mode, the only place you will really see is the ring. Audio is good, too. The game has a fitting sound track that complements itself nicely, and the sound effects during fighting work just fine. Especially enticing is the countdown after you’ve knocked down the other fighter.

(Source) 411Mania

Tags: 3d modeling, Apple, career mode, Cell Phones, great graphics, iPhone, iPhone, iron fist, Mobile Software, punches, terrific character, touch screen

The full version of this popular game from Konami is now available at the Apple app store. Metal Gear Solid Touch, takes players through five chapters told in 20 stages featuring Old Snake and a few enemies that any Metal Gear fan would be familiar with. Characters appearing in the latter eight stages of the game will have new abilities. The game tests players’ strategic insight with enemies like the dreaded Gekko and gameplay mechanisms such as controlling the Metal Gear REX.

The game will make use of the iPod Touch and iPhone’s touch features, also utilizing the iPhone’s shake capabilities to launch attacks during the Mantis Boss Battle. After a player has completed all 20 stages, a Survival Mode will be unlocked. This mode challenges players to complete the stages one after the other without their life being replenished at the start of a new stage.

iPhone and iPod Touch users who already have the initial version installed on their devices will receive this update for free, while a sort of demo of the game called the Metal Gear Solid Touch Lite, will soon be made available for free so that fans can get a taste of the game. Those who don’t have the game can download it from the Apple App Store.

(Source) Game Guru

Tags: Apple, Apple, Cell Phones, enemies, gameplay, Gekko, iPhone, iPhone, iPod Touch, konami, metal gear fan, metal gear rex, Mobile Software, survival mode

The iPhone has many features and among them include an integrated GPS software depending on the app of your choice. For natives of Austin, Texas, a new traffic software is available in the Austin Traffic 2.0 from Kerlmax.

Kerlmax has announced an update to Austin Traffic 2.0, the premier mobile traffic tool for Austin, Texas. Austin Traffic is a tool to give you information about current traffic conditions on roadways in the Austin area. Over thirty Austin thoroughfares are currently supported and selectable. Version 2.0 of the iPhone application adds map links, animated traffic camera images, incident detail views, and improved customization of the settings.

Austin Traffic is useful for route planning. If you are stuck in an unexpected traffic jam, it’s easy to launch and quickly see if there is an accident or what else might be up ahead. Should you take a different road? Are you going to be late getting home? Let Austin Traffic help you determine the answers.

(Source) Macsimumnews

Tags: Apple, camera images, Cell Phones, current traffic conditions, gps software, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, map, Mobile Software, roadways, traffic camera, traffic software

3 UK subscribers will be able to enjoy unlimited Skype calls and messages as long as they are Skype-to-Skype, and the carrier will not charge any fees for any of those services. That will all happen starting with May 1 for every compatible 3 headset and this summer the offer will be available for every 3G phone on the network. So now that we have a Skype-friendly carrier, we’re waiting for everyone else in the business to officially open their minds when it comes to VoIP calls.

via gigaom

Tags: , Mobile News, Mobile Software, Other Brands, Skype, UK, VoIP

We all know that there are various ways to access PCs and for people who hold talks and presentations, the need for flexible interface is a need. Guess what? With an iPhone, you can control your PC from a distance with Air Mouse Pro!

The top half of the Air Mouse Pro Screen features a two-button trackpad, while the bottom half gives you a keyboard, along with controls for browsing the Web and playing movies and music. Using the accelerometer and touchscreen of either an iPhone or iPod touch, Air Mouse works over a local Wi-Fi network to control your computer’s mouse and keyboard.

Before using the app, you do need to install a small application on your computer-there’s a version for both Mac OS X and Windows users-which manages the connection and controls many of the mouse and keyboard settings.

Price: $6.00

(Source) PC World

Tags: accelerometer, Apple, Cell Phones, flexible interface, iPhone, iPhone, keyboard settings, mac os x, Mobile Software, mouse pro, mouse works, music, pc world, touchscreen, trackpad, Wi-Fi, windows users

He can read minds.  He can screw around with your thoughts and make you bend to his wishes.  Now, he can find you discount coupons in your favorite mall and save you some pennies.  Yep, in addition to playing the mind-reading cop Matt Parkman on Heroes, actor Greg Grunberg has teamed up with two guys on Twitter to create an iPhone app called Yowza!!, which can find coupons at a store near you when you are out in the mall shopping.  The software will also keep track of how much money you have saved and the coupon’s barcode can be read straight off the iPhone’s display.

Yowza!! is available for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch free of cost on the iPhone AppStore

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Tags: Apple, application, Cell Phones, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile Software, software

Conner Mulcahey from Weston CT is the lucky guy that downloaded Apple’s one billionth application from the iTunes App Store. And he’s just 13 years old. He’s going to be pretty popular in school, at least for a little while as he’s about to receive prizes from Apple worth over $13,000. 13-year olds are apparently also in love with the App Store. And Conner wasn’t downloading a game but a swapping application from Bump Technologies called Bump. For the rest of us that didn’t win, we can always wait for the next billion downloads to try our luck again.

via Apple

Tags: 1 billion, App Store, Apple, Apple, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Winner

Unlike other big names in the mobile business, Samsung managed to bring in some cash in the first quarter of 2009. Overall the company has done batter than in the last quarter of 2008 bringing in a total of $459 million. The sad part for Samsung is that a 72% drop compared to the same period of last yer. As for Samsung’s mobile division, it has grown 36% in revenue which is pretty good considering the current times. With all the phones Samsung announced at the beginning of the year, we’d be surprised for it not to make a profit. We expect Samsung to sell even more phones in the following months as more handsets will be unveiled.

Tags: Business, Earnings Report, Mobile Software, profit, sales, Samsung, Samsung

Google Product Search is an application which will find your favorite products as long as they are being displayed on the Internet somewhere. And now there’s a version of it for iPhones and Android smartphones. You’re probably going to find the mobile version quite similar to the PC regular search utility. And you won’t have to install anything on your handset. Simply go to google.com and find the “shopping” tab in the “more” tab. All that from your mobile device. Unfortunatelly Google Product Search is currently available in the USA and the UK for now.

via Google Mobile Blog

Tags: Android, Google, Google Product Search, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software

Now you no longer have to limit yourself on the traditional desktop or notebook to engage in a web conference call. You can use your iPhone to do so, thanks to this new app courtesy of Persony.

Persony announces its free Touch Meeting web conferencing application is now available for download from Apple’s iTunes App Store. Now mobile professionals can use the power of web conferencing hosted on their iPhones from anywhere in the world. Included with the iPhone web conferencing service is a free integrated audio conference service with audio controls.

Touch Meeting allows anyone to host or attend a meeting from either a computer or an iPhone. The application is browser-based and cross-platform with no downloads for desktop users.

Features:

• Support for desktop-iPhone, iPhone-iPhone, and desktop-desktop conferencing
• Participant invitations via email or SMS
• Scheduled or impromptu meetings
• Desktop, presentation and photo sharing
• View and zoom into desktop presenter’s screen on an iPhone
• Participant list and permission controls
• Text messaging, whiteboard, and file transfer
• Share live camera snapshots or photos from an iPhone
• Share content from online media libraries
• Free audio conferencing and audio controls

(Source) eMedia

Tags: Apple, camera snapshots, Cell Phones, cross platform, desktop presentation, desktop presenter, desktop users, file transfer, free audio conferencing, impromptu meetings, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, iTunes, live camera, media libraries, mobile professionals, Mobile Software, photo sharing, share content, traditional desktop, web conference, web conferencing service, whiteboard

Journey through a snowy Winterland where you will be tasked to rescue some squirrels is what this new iPhone game app has to offer. The new game is the Bobby Carrot 2 Winterland which is now available on the Apple App Store which you can download for $0.59; Bobby Carrot 2 is the second instalment of the classic series.

The whole principle of the game has not changed, just collect your carrots within the levels in order to open the magic exit, watch out for the traps though. Carrot Mode: 30 levels and Easter Egg Mode: 20 levels. If you want to install Bobby Carrot 2 Winterland just search “Bobby Carrot 2” on your iPhone’s App Store.

Main features include 30 puzzle levels with some pretty cool new puzzle elements, also featuring built in 20 Easter egg levels as a bonus.

(Source) Phones Review

Tags: Apple, Apple, bobby carrot, carrots, Cell Phones, easter egg mode, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile Software, new game, puzzle levels, squirrels, winterland

For the people who love to play in the motorcycle niche, you can do so with the availability of the new 2XL Supercross for the iPhone. Very few developers have pushed out games for the iPhone that are AAA titles, but even fewer developers have produced AAA iPhone titles their first time around.

2XL happens to be one of them and it’s no surprise that Supercross is one of the best selling titles for the iPhone and iPod Touch. They’ve managed to translate their console and PC experience that dates back to 1994 over to the iPhone platform without overdoing it like others have, and just keeping things simple.

(Source) MobileCrunch

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, games, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile Software, motorcycle, pc experience, supercross

No wonder that absolutely everyone wants their own app store. Apple has scored a hit with this kind of product and now, less than a year later, the iTunes App Store has finally hit one billion downloads. A lucky guy or gal has won a bunch of prizes from Apple. We have no idea who it is but that lucky winner will go home with the following:

• a 17-inch MacBook Pro,
• a 32GB iPod touch,
• a $10,000 iTunes gift card
• a Time Capsule.

That’s well over $13,000 in prizes but I am sure Apple can afford to pay the price, right?
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Tags: App Store, Apple, Apple, Billion, downloads, Mobile News, Mobile Software

I don’t know about you guys but Wikipedia is one of my favorite places to go while on the web. The information might not always be accurate but you will surely get a general idea of the topic you were researching. And Wikipedia is a must-have on one’s mobile.

Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced a partnership and European subscribers should be happy to know that Orange phones will get Wiki content soon enough. What you can expect is Wikipedia-dedicated channels on Orange’s web and mobile portals at first, Wikipedia-based widgets and even applications. That means Wikipedia will load a whole lot more faster on Orange phones in the near future. The service will be launched in the UK, Spain, France and Poland at first but other European markets will follow.

via Press

Tags: applications, Content, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Orange, Other Brands, widgets, wikipedia

Apple seems to be slipping a bit as far as screening the apps they make available at the app store. Today, Apple issued a public apology for the highly controversial iPhone app, Baby Shaker. The application, which appeared in Apple’s App Store on Monday and cost US99 cents ($A1.40) to download, allowed a user to violently shake an iPhone screen to make a baby stop crying.

After enough shakes, the hand-drawn baby displayed on the screen stopped wailing and a large red “X” appeared over each eye.

“This application was deeply offensive and should not have been approved for distribution on the App Store,” Apple said in a statement on Thursday.

“When we learned of this mistake, the app was removed immediately,” it said. “We sincerely apologise for this mistake and thank our customers for bringing this to our attention.”

Apple’s apology came one day after The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, a New York-based group which seeks to prevent brain injuries from Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), strongly condemned the “Baby Shaker” application, which was submitted by an outside developer called Sikalosoft.

(Source) SMH

Tags: Apple, Apple, apps, baby stop, baby syndrome, brain foundation, brain injuries, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile Software, public apology, red x, sarah jane

Have you ever considered being on the naughty side of life? Well if you haven’t, you may love or hate what mobile technology has to offer. AshleyMadison.com has launched Ashley Madison Mobile allowing users with Mobile devices to “Have an Affair. Anywhere.” As Ashley Madison founder, Noel Biderman, explains, “Millions have people said they would have an affair if the right opportunity presented itself. Here is their opportunity.”

History has shown that cases of infidelity significantly increase as society provides people with more opportunities to cheat. The first major shift occurred when women entered the workplace, introducing them to a whole new level of freedom, as well as a whole new dating pool of men. Another major spurt resulted from the introduction of the internet and infidelity sites such as AshleyMadison.com. Now, with the launch of Ashley Madison Mobile, cheating has become easier and more progressive than ever.

Ashley Madison Mobile is sure to forever change the way people pursue their indiscretions. AshleyMadison.com already boasts over 3.5 million members and Biderman believes that number could reach 20 million with the continued adoption of iPhones, Blackberries and other 3G devices.

(Source) Press

Tags: 3g devices, adoption, Apple, ashley madison, Cell Phones, indiscretions, infidelity, mobile devices, Mobile News, Mobile Software, mobile technology, naughty side, pool

We were expecting Windows Mobile 6.5 to be unveiled way ahead of the first phones capable of running the new OS. May 11 was said to be the day when that was all going to happen. Unfortunately we have to shut down your hopes and dreams as that’s not going to happen. Microsoft denied everything. It said that everything was misunderstood and Microsoft will only demo Windows Mobile 6.5 features and functionality. Or is Microsoft just pretending to deny the whole release?

via msdn

Tags: microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Windows Mobile 6.5

Singapore Airlines has given people a better and convenient way to make sure that they don’t go through the hassles of booking their flights. Singapore Airlines has introduced a new service which will allow customers to check in for their flights with their mobile phones.

Passengers can check in using their handsets in the two days before their scheduled flight, and up to two hours before their departure time. The service is compatible with a wide variety of devices, including iPhones and BlackBerrys, and has been tipped to make travelling more convenient and hassle-free.

Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it is planning to expand its mobile services further down the line, possibly allowing people to book tickets with their handsets. The application can used by most web-enabled mobile phones and can be accessed anywhere in the world.

This comes shortly after SAS Scandinavian Airlines started a trial which involves passengers using their handsets to check in via text message and obtain a mobile boarding pass.

(Source) Velti

Tags: blackberrys, Boarding Pass, Cell Phones, departure time, flights, handsets, hassle, iphones, mobile check, Mobile News, mobile phones, mobile services, Mobile Software, sas scandinavian airlines, singapore airlines, text message

For people with mobile phones that run on the Windows platform, here is the latest software brought to you by Spb Software. Spb Software has released Spb Mobile Shell 3.0, the next-generation user interface for Windows phones.

According to Handango Yardstick, Spb Mobile Shell was the world’s number one bestselling application of 2008 among all mobile platforms.

Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 accounts for two different smartphone use scenarios: at work and at play. The application offers distinctive ‘professional’ and ‘lifestyle’ desktops, integration of picture contacts with Facebook, account-sensitive email indicators, handsome time and weather screens, widgets, responsive kinetic scrolling, signature 3D animation engine, and other appealing assets that change the way a Windows phone is used altogether.

Previous versions of Spb Mobile Shell were shipped by a number of innovative phone makers, such as Acer, O2, Pharos, Sony Ericsson, and Toshiba, have won numerous awards, and have been the choice of millions of customers. “It was challenging to design 3.0, as customer expectations are quite high,” comments Yaroslav Goncharov the Spb Mobile Shell Product Manager and CTO at Spb Software.

Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 is compatible with Windows phones running Windows Mobile 5 and later Professional platforms, qVGA, VGA, Square QVGA, and WVGA screen resolutions are supported. A free, 15-day trial can be downloaded, or Spb Mobile Shell can be purchased for 29.95 USD from http://www.SpbSoftwareHouse.com.

(Source) Press

Tags: animation engine, Cell Phones, customer expectations, generation user, mobile phones, mobile platforms, Mobile Software, screen resolutions, Sony Ericsson, spb mobile shell, windows phone, windows platform, wvga