In case you were wondering if you can paint using the iPhone well the simplest answer is that, yes, you can paint, and there are various apps “for that”. And if you’re going to paint using your iPhone or iPod touch then you might as well get inspired by an artist. David Hockney has been using various gadgets to work his magic and now he is painting with his iPhone. His iPhone paintings have been exhibited at the Tate Gallery and Royal Academy in London and in various Los Angeles and German locations. The artist has been using the initial version of Brushes so that’s the app to get if you’re planning to start your painting career on your iPhone.

via nybooks

Tags: App Store, applications, brushes, David Hockney, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile News, Portable Devices, software

The Sidekick Download Catalog has updated today with additions of both Facebook and Twitter applications. The applications are available for the 2008 Sidekick, Sidekick LX, and Sidekick Slide.

The Facebook application is free of charge, although the Twitter application does not share the same fate, costing a rather pricey $2 a month.

The 2009 Sidekick came pre-packaged with these applications.

via Gizmodo

Tags: applications, Cell Phones, Facebook, sidekick download catalog, sidekick lx, sidekick slide, software, T-Mobile, twitter

Google Voice has been banned for the app store and the FCC is thoroughly investigating it. But no matter what conclusion will be drawn, you’ll still be able to use Google Voice on your iPhone, and not necessarily as an independent app. Instead you’ll be able to access a web-based version of Google Voice. It looks like the app will be transformed into a web-based app which will offer basically the same features. Nothing is official just yet but we’ll be really curios to see how will Apple ban a web-based Google Voice app.

via NYT

Tags: App Store, Apple, Apple, applications, fcc, Google, Google, Google Voice, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Web app

My Tether is an application for your Palm Pre which will help you tether your device. Unfortunately the app is not officially supported just yet and it might never be. My Tether will let you use the Pre as a modem or as a 3G router and it will let you connect your computer to the Pre via USB, Bluetooth or WiFi.

My Tether is available in two versions. 1.5 is available for free although you’d have to know how to install and configure it while version 2.0 costs $10 but it also comes with an automated installer. See how it all works in the video above!

via Palm Infocenter

Tags: applications, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Palm Pre, Portable Devices, tethering

If you’re not willing to wait for Pre developers to come up with new applications then there’s good news for you. There’s at least a way for you to install and enjoy homebrew applications on Palm’s newest phone. In fact, we have two solutions for you!

You can get a desktop app, the WebOS Quick Install which will work on Mac, PC or Linux and will let your drag and drop applications straight to your Pre.

The other solution is called fileCoaster and it will let you install IPKs straight on the phone. While these ingenious solutions are available out there for now, you should make sure you take advantage of them at once since Palm might decide to somehow block them with a future firmware update!

via precentral

Tags: applications, fileCoaster, Homebrew, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, pre, software, software, WebOS Quick Install

September is the glorious month when iPhone OS 3.1 will be available and that’s when you can expect augmented reality apps to be available in the App Store. You could certainly do well without augmented reality applications but since they become more and more frequent, why not take advantage of them?

How does exactly augmented reality work? Well these apps will use the camera of your phone to offer you information which overlays onto real-world objects. Unfortunately in order for these apps to work you will need an iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 3G lacks a compass and therefore it will simply not do.

Just check out the video above to get a glimpse of what augmented reality can do with your iPhone 3GS. Excited yet?

via LAT

Tags: App Store, Apple, Apple, applications, Augmented Reality, iPhone, iPhone OS 3.1, Mobile News, Portable Devices

It’s official! Palm Pre developers you can celebrate today! The Mojo SDK is out there. The development kit is now available which means you can start programming all the applications you want for the webOS platform. So far there are only about 30 applications ready to be installed on those Pre smartphones but we’re counting on you guys to start creating even more. Anxious and really determined to create your first Palm Pre app? Well hold your horses for just a little while since Palm is not accepting any developer submissions until later this fall. Don’t forget to drop us a line if you have a hot Palm Pre application ready!

via The Official Palm Blog

Tags: applications, developers, Mobile News, Mojo, Palm, Palm, Portable Devices, pre, SDK, smartphone, webOS

In case you wanted to be able to order pizza straight from your iPhone well then that’s now possible with Pizza Hut’s iPhone application. And the application is not as boring as you’d expect it to be. The app takes advantage of some iPhone features like the accelerometer and the multitouch display. As you can easily see in the video above, you can shake and tilt the phone, pinch the screen and zoom in and out in order to customize your order. Whether you order pizza, pasta or wings, you’ll have fun doing it. And there’s even a simple racing game included. Will that Hut Racer make you crave for more Pizza Hut every day?

via Pizza Hut

Tags: Apple, Apple, applications, Food, Hut Racer, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Pizza hut, Portable Devices

I don’t think you need a new Twitter application for your iPhone but just in case you want one that’s capable of getting you better push notifications then you should check out the iTweetReply. The app is now available in the App Store for just $2 and, like I said, it’s coming with improved push notification. Other Twitter applications already offer push notifications for mentions and direct messages but iTweetReply works with any mentions and direct messages.

And here’s what you can expect from iTweetReply:

• Replies and Direct messages using Push appear as an SMS and enable you to quickly reply
• Simple user friendly Twitter client
• Shows Replies, Direct messages and your Timeline
• Shake to reload
• Show Conversation view for both Direct Messages enabling for the history of a conversation to show like an SMS
• Upload and share photos using TwitPic
• “+” to add people into a reply or send a Direct Message from a Twitter contacts list

What do you say? Ready to pay the $2?

via iTunes

Tags: App Store, Apple, applications, iPhone, iTunes, iTweetReply, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, push notifications, twitter

While Apple is preparing to celebrate its App Store first year of existence, the competition is still working hard on their own application stores. RIM for example has managed to get no less than 2,000 apps ready to be downloaded on your favorite BlackBerry phone. The number is pretty impressive although not comparable yet to what Apple has to offer. The BlackBerry App World service will be available in Europe soon and BlackBerry owners from Italy, France, Germany and Spain will be able to enjoy some of these apps sometime this month. How many apps have you installed so far on your BlackBerry phone?

via Bloomberg

Tags: App Store, App World, Apple, applications, BlackBerry, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, RIM

I don’t know about you but I usually make sure I go to the bathroom before going to the cinema. That way I am not going to miss even the most boring parts of a movie. But just in case you’re used to taking bathroom breaks during movies there’s an application telling you when to do that.

With RunPee for iPhone you will know exactly when to make a run for it and pee. The application is great for getting you to the bathroom while making sure you won’t miss a thing. And the application will tell you what happens during that particular break so you’re actually not missing any action. RunPee is available now from the App Store for just $1 but I’d still go to the bathroom before a movie if I were you!

via Mashable

Tags: App Store, Apple, applications, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software, RunPee, software

Google has been offering Adsense for use on mobile handsets for some time now but has generally left iPhone and Android application developers turning to services like AdMob.

Today, Google has launched a beta program for Adsense for Mobile Applications which will allow mobile developers to display adsense ads directly in the application of choice.

Since it’s only a beta, the program is currently only open to application developers.

More information can be had here.

Tags: ads, adsense, Android, App Store, applications, Cell Phones, Google, Google, iPhone, mobile, Mobile News

If you’re interested in getting your app working on the Palm Pre then that’s apparently really easy right now. There’s a loophole in the OS which will let unsigned apps to be run on the phone. Your custom software is now available for your Pre without having to rooting the phone in order to install it.

You should take advantage of this as soon as possible as Palm will definitely fix this error in a future firmware update. And by taking advantage we don’t advise you to conceive and evil apps and then make them available for anyone to download. You should develop apps like this tip calculator right here! Simple, safe, easy to use. At least until the Palm store gets more apps that’s the best alternative to get some apps to your favorite smartphone.

via engadget

Tags: applications, firmware, hack, Homebrew, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Palm, Palm, pre

If Palm wants to make the most of the Pre and its webOS then it should make sure those interested developers will be ready to unleash their creativity on the webOS platform as soon as possible. With the high standards Apple has set in the mobile application business, most customers choosing a smartphone will want lots of available applications.

Palm is going to expand its Mojo SDK early access program and more developers will be accepted soon. By more we mean thousands of new devs getting access in the following weeks. The SDK will be however released for the public only later this summer. We’ve already seen that early Pre buyers have already download 700,000 apps and we’re counting on that number to increase significantly over the next couple of months.

via Palm

Tags: App Store, applications, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Mojo, Palm, Palm, SDK, webOS

Google Voice is not available just yet but according to recent rumors the service is coming and it will be available tomorrow for everyone interested in it. We’d love to know more about all the features of Google Voice sooner especially since we have just heard that Google Voice will support number porting sometime soon. We’ll be waiting anxiously tomorrow to see if that’s really happening and bring you back all the details.

via cnet

Tags: applications, Google, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, software, voice

Microsoft’s app store is on the way and we’ll be curios to see if it will be able to outperform Apple’s store. So far we’ve heard mixed news about Marketplace and we’d have to see the actual store to make our own mind. News about it keep coming in and today we have more info about the sharing policy for application purchased from the Marketplace for Mobile. It looks like Microsoft will allow buyers to install the apps on up to five phones. Say you reset your phone, then you will be able to reinstall your favorite Windows Mobile apps at no cost. An other scenario has you sharing the application with four more people. That’s great for us, but what about the developers. Don’t they lose money?

Well here’s what Microsoft says about the whole sharing situation:

Microsoft knows the frustration of losing favorite apps and personal information when you lose, upgrade, or add a phone. For this reason, if you buy an application on Windows Marketplace for Mobile, you’ll be able to reinstall the application on a limited number of additional phones simply and free of charge. As outlined in the terms of use for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, this ability is limited to phones owned by the person who purchased the application. Application sharing is not permitted. We believe people will find a high value in mobile applications they purchase through the Windows Marketplace, and we will also be offering a refund policy that will make it easier to shop for applications with confidence.

So there you have it folks. Microsoft Says NO to application sharing… Everyone should buy their own apps!

Tags: applications, marketplace, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, sharing, software, Windows Mobile

I guess you’re not cool anymore these days if you can’t offer your own app store to your customers. Vodafone has just joined the club as it has announced its application store. According to Vodafone the store will contain “mobile internet applications and services”, which doesn’t exactly sound like a regular store. Vodafone will have a SDK and a set of APIs this summer ready for software developers. Vodafone is ready to “provide partners and developers with customer controlled access to other network capabilities, such as location awareness, enabling them to create even more innovative mobile internet services and applications” so those future Vodafone apps might be quite useful in the future. And let’s not forget that Vodafone has almost 300 million subscribers to please.

via Vodafone

Tags: App Store, applications, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Vodafone, Vodafone

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

A leading provider of productivity software for smartphones, Splash Data, announced its SplashPhoto and SplashNotes applications are now available. Both work on iPod touch and iPhone and both offer wireless synchronization with Windows and Mac OS X desktop applications however they are available separately. SplashPhoto offers iPhone and iPod touch users a quick and easy-to-use photo organizer. This unique desktop application allows users to organize their image collections into personalized categories and, once synchronized, the images are arranged accordingly on the iPhone or iPod touch.

SplashNotes is an effective notetaking and outlining application that syncs directly with companion Windows or Mac software. It gives users the ability to create outlines of any size and complexity, attach photos and notes and display lists. SplashPhoto and SplashNotes are available for $4.99 each from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore

Tags: applications, iPhone, iPhone, ipod, Splash Data, SplashNotes, SplashPhoto

Samsung is going to enter in the mobile application business as it has already made its TouchWiz UI available to developers. Samsung will be working with Yahoo, Google and AccuWeather to offer “rich connected applications” or TouchWiz Widgets to its customers. More developers should arrive in the near future so we might see a whole new range of applications made for Samsung’s TouchWiz phones.

Samsung will work with UI Evolution and it will offer:

… a set of developer tools for Samsung to support the easy development of our rich connected mobile applications. Based upon the Eclipse IDE, developers will have a custom interface allowing them to easily access code samples, FAQ’s, device emulation, and submission of content for sale through the Samsung Rich Connected Application storefront.

The great thing about this new TouchWiz apps is that they will work no matter what the OS will be. Samsung can release Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android phones with TouchWiz on top and the applications will work flawlessly. This sounds like a recipe for success for an app store. I’d be more interested in purchasing applications which can be later on taken to a different OS. Will Samsung succeed in the app store business?

Tags: App Store, applications, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Samsung, Samsung, TouchWiz, UI