As more people continue to find ways to be more eco-friendly and conservative, here is one that should address water utility expenses. Sometimes our water bill can be controlled if we make sure that our pipes and tubes are properly working and rather than call a plumber to fix them, these are things we can do ourselves. And with Cals Plumbing Minor Toilet Rebuild app, you get a DIY tool that can assist you to fix those minor fixes needed to save you on your next water bill.

This new for 2009 app is one of seven plumbing repair downloads that can be found through the iTunes app store. To download DIY plumbing apps go to either the app store on a device or the iTunes app store on a PC.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, downloads, iPhone, iTunes, minor fixes, Mobile Software, pipes, plumber, plumbing repair, toilet, tubes, utility expenses, water bill, water utility

It’s been three months since the Nokia Ovi Store launched, and the mobile provider finally released download numbers on Thursday. Since May 26th, the Ovi Store has only had ten million downloads. Nokia has said that the average user has downloaded six items, resulting in only 1.67 million users using the store. These numbers, in comparison to the App Store’s 100 million downloads in two months, aren’t exactly appealing.

It’s important to note that that sales went up 50% from July to August, so there is still hope for the service. Fortunately, as announced yesterday, Nokia will be releasing developer tools to have more applications made for their store. Additionally, three new languages (Portuguese, French and simplified Chinese) will be supported by the end of the year. Nokia has also bumped their quota up to 500 applications will be approved every week.

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Tags: Cell Phones, downloads, Nokia, Ovi Store, software

I bet you were not expecting this but Kazaa is turning legit too. We’ve just seen the Pirate Bay getting sold and moving away from the illegal downloads business and now we hear that Kazaa is also considering taking the same righteous path. The site will offer a $20 per month plan that will let you download as much music as you want. The service will be available sometime next week, as soon as it exits beta. What do think folks? With all the music services that are available around the Internet, would you pay that monthly subscription? How much music will you be downloading every month? Will we be able to access Kazaa from our smartphones? We’ll be giving you more information as soon as Kazaa will come out with the official announcement.

via cnet

Tags: downloads, kazaa, Mobile News, Mobile Software, music, The Pirate Bay

I don’t know if it’s the last lawsuit The Pirate Bay has gone through but something has definitely changed their mind about the whole Pirate idea. Maybe it’s the $7.8 million that the Global Gaming Factory will pay for The Pirate Bay that did it. After the purchase you will probably have to pay for the content you are downloading but we don’t have all the details just yet.

Will the community behind The Pirate Bay vanish? Here’s what the Pirates say:

If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That’s the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to. And - you can now not only share files but shares with people. Everybody can indeed be the owner of The Pirate Bay now. That’s awesome and will take the heat of us.

We’ll be looking forward to see what the Global Gaming Factory is up to, especially since it’s working on a future P2P 2.0 file sharing technology!

Tags: downloads, file sharing, Global Gaming Factory, Mobile News, Mobile Software, The Pirate Bay

It looks like the Pre is clearly a hot phone and more importantly the webOS is definitely a mobile platform which should be taken seriously by potential developers. The Palm App Catalog has just hit 1 million downloads which is really impressive considering that there are below 30 available applications so far. It looks like Palm should really hurry with that SDK. The number of available apps will surely increase and so will the number of downloads. Sprint should also sell even more Pre units in the following months which means that even more people will be looking for applications. What do you think, when will Palm hit 10 million downloads?

via medialets

Tags: App Store, downloads, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Palm App Catalog, Portable Devices, pre, SDK, Sprint, Sprint

Apple is excited to announce that the latest version of their popular iPhone line, the 3G S, has gone ahead and sold over 1 million copies since its June 19th release date. Apple front-man Steve Jobs was on hand to comment on the phone’s success:

Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.

But that’s not all Apple was pleased to announce as they also let us know that the latest iPhone OS version, version 3.0, has been downloaded over 6 million times since it was released last week.

Does anyone out there still doubt that Apple is attempting to take over the world?

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We’re finally getting some numbers regarding the Palm Pre. And these numbers concern the apps downloaded so far for the Palm Pre. According to Medialets, as of June 17, 666,511 apps have been downloaded. As you can see in the graph above the number has been rising constantly so by know we should see 700,000 Pre application downloads. And I think that number will go only up as more developers will turn in their Pre apps. So far just 30 apps have been downloaded nearly 700,000 times! You do the math developers! Is it worth designing applications for the Pre? More people will get a Pre of their own in the near future so I guess there’s only one answer to that question!

Do you have a Pre running its first apps? Let us know how that works out for you!

via medialets

Tags: application, downloads, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Portable Devices, pre

To give you an idea of how many people are constantly checking apartments where they can stay in, perhaps the number of times that the Apartment Guide has been downloaded can give you an idea. To date, the Apartment Guide for the iPhone has been downloaded 230,000 times, quite a large volume that perhaps give us an idea how many people are looking for ideal places to reside in.

The Apartment Guide app gives users the ability to search, view, call and e-mail apartment listings directly from their iPhone or iPod touch. With such number of downloads, it is not surprising why it has made its way to the top 20 free utility apps over at the Apple app store.

“As the first in our industry to launch an apartment app, we will continue to meet consumer demand and push innovation in mobile. Further, with our newly enhanced version of the app, it’s easier than ever for consumers to research available apartments and local communities and view property photos while on-the-go” said Arlene Mayfield, president, Apartment Guide.

(Source) Press

Tags: apartment guide, apartment listings, Apple, apps, arlene, consumers, downloads, Innovation, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, mayfield, Mobile Software, property photos

The average electronic Kindle book from Amazon costs about $10 per title. Although approximately half the price of paperbacks, that still adds up to $240 yearly for a regular reader averaging two books per month. Fortunately, Paradise Publishers Inc, owners/operators of the popular website, www.Free-eBooks.net, has translated their library to the Kindle friendly .PRC (Mobi) format.

Thousands of titles are now available for no cost downloads ranging in categories from health, business, fiction, and more. Kindle owners will have the freedom to download unlimited titles from Free-eBooks.net including classics such as Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ and even romance such as D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Lady Cahtterley’s Lover’, to name a few, free.

Tags: books, downloads, free, Free-eBooks.net, Kindle, Portable Devices

There’s definitely something wrong with carriers’ roaming charges. A man in vacation in Mexico thought of downloading Wall-E over his wireless carrier’s network. Now that’s a wrong move in the first place, not knowing what the tariffs are. He ended up having to pay a $62,000 bill. He has negotiated the bill down to $17,000 after complaining about the initial number. These are bandwidth costs according to the carrier but it sounds weird to pay $17,000 for a 700MB file. At least everyone else learned an important lesson from this event.

via Ars Technica

Tags: charges, downloads, Mobile News, Roaming

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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With this new app, the Natural Cures App for the iPhone, you don’t have to worry about how to remedy your illness anymore! Developed by best-selling internist and researcher Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, and his wife, nutritionist Laurie Teitelbaum, “Natural Cures” shows you how to combine the best of natural and prescription therapies for better health, and this important health information is always within your reach.

“It’s like having a comprehensive doctor in your pocket who accompanies you everywhere you go,” explains Dr. Teitelbaum. “This is a quantum leap beyond doctor house calls of the past!”

“Natural Cures” presents over 100 health conditions from A to Z and their treatments — both conventional and integrative — in easy-to-understand language. Backed by thousands of research studies, “Natural Cures” is the only application of its kind on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

In its initial test version, “Natural Cures” has already placed in the top ten of the “Top Free Apps” list for the “Healthcare & Fitness” category of the iPhone — with around 1600 downloads per day, and growing.

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17 million is quite a number to ponder on but that is the figure that pertains to the number of iPhones sold to date. Apple has sold a total of 17 million iPhones, including sales of both the original iPhone and iPhone 3G, since launch, according to the company’s vice president of iPod and iPhone product marketing.

Speaking at the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3.0 software last week, Joswiak said the figure — which includes 13.7 million iPhones sold in 2008 — beat Apple’s target of 10 million by a wide margin. Including sales of the iPod touch, Apple has sold 30 million devices running the iPhone OS.

Other successes including Apple’s iPhone developer programme, which boasts 50,000 members, while the number of applications available via the company’s App Store now exceeds 25,000. There have been 800 million total downloads on the App Store so far, Apple said.

(Source) PC World

Tags: 3G, Apple, Apple, Cell Phones, downloads, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, iPod Touch, product marketing

The game may not be your typical application but kids surely love it. Regardless, it is all in the spirit of entertainment and for kids, this new software available for the iPhone and iPod Touch is sure to be great news.

“Will the Farter’ s Ultimate Fart Machine” takes iPhone fart machine applications to another level providing users with real fart sounds, pictures, fart songs and even “the making of a fart proof gallery” with video segments. Available for download in the Apple Store for $1.99.

The new application goes above and beyond other mobile downloads on the market because these are authentic farts, pictures, fart songs and even “the making of a fart proof gallery” with video segments.

Unlike other Fart Apps, “Will the Farter’s Ultimate Fart Machine” does not reproduce fake fart sounds, as none of the sounds were made by mouth, armpit or computer. Each and every sound is an authentic fart and comes straight from the “insides” of World Famous “Will the Farter.” Farting on queue, Will is credited with doing fart art on canvas; he also serenades his fans to some favorite classic songs like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Fart, Jingle Bell Fart and many more.

The download officially launched Feb. 21, to positive reviews, and “Will the Farter,” will support the application with a National Farting Tour in cities throughout the U.S.

(Source) Press

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Mobile gadgets and phones seem to have gone beyond the world of communication and messaging. At least that is what this latest report from comScore is trying to tell us.

comScore reports that the number of mobile game downloaders grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008 when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device.

“The rapid growth in smartphone adoption in the United States has provided a boost for mobile gaming, as 34 percent of those downloading a game in November did so using a smartphone,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, comScore.

“Last year, not one smartphone appeared in the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads. This year, six out of 10 are smartphones, excluding devices with smartphone-like functionality, such as the Instinct and Voyager, which also make appearances.”

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