Digital photo frames and iPhone accessories have been simultaneously gaining ground as far as demand and popularity is concerned and now it seems that these two devices can be rolled into one with the Appstand. With the Appstand, you can now turn your iPhone into a classy digital photo frame. The Appstand seems to take the innovation brought about by docking stations only that you can dock, recharge and then showcase images while your iPhone or iPod is idle. The Appstand costs only $20 to own.

(Source) Gizmodo

Tags: Accessories, Apple, digital photo frame, digital photo frames, docking stations, Innovation, iPhone, iPhone, popularity, showcase images

Over a thousand new educational eBooks and apps are now available over at Shmoop, providing a wide array of content and educational material for the iPhone, Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. Shmoop is the known #1 high school educational publisher for the Amazon Kindle and has likewise gained popularity as well thanks to the new eReader device from Barnes & Noble. As far as the iPhone users are concerned, over 200 learning apps are available, accounting for more than 3% of all apps in the education category. Check them out and see what eBook suits you best!

(Source) Press

Tags: accounting, amazon kindle, apps, barnes noble, Cell Phones, ebooks, education category, educational material, educational publisher, iPhone, iPhone, Mobile News, nook, popularity, Portable Devices, suits, well thanks

This may not necessarily be an app for the common iPhone owner but if they are quite particular about the level of sunlight that falls on a particular part of the home (or prospective home), the Sun Seeker should be a useful iPhone app to have. With this app, real estate brokers or agents who are also iPhone owners can determine how much sun exposure rooms or balconies get at certain times of the year. Aside from this, the app can be a great tool for photography, landscaping or finding the best place to put solar panels which are gaining popularity these days.

The Sun Seeker app is now available at the iTunes App Store for $2.99.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, balconies, iPhone, iphones, iTunes, Mobile Software, photography, popularity, real estate brokers, solar panels, sun exposure, sun seeker, sunlight

Here is an appealing type of iPhone dock that should gain popularity. The dock is the Sega Dreamcast controller, a brainchild of Jay Hauf. The whole thing is a DIY type of a docking station which binds together a wild imagination and two devices that are obviously popular in the market. And apparently, Hauf made it happen and now looks like one hot dock that people are sure going to copy if not have made.

(Source) iPhone Savior

Tags: Accessories, Apple, brainchild, docking station, hauf, imagination, iPhone, iPhone, popularity, savior, sega dreamcast

The Baseball Superstars 2010 from Gamevil promises to adhere towards the continued popularity of the sport and for people looking for competent sports games to have on their iPhones or their iPod Touch. The game comes with the usual Exhibition, Season and MyLeague modes and even allows users to customize up to six players. New items and hidden freebies also highlight the Baseball Superstars 2010 which is now available at the iTunes app store for $5.99.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, baseball superstars, exhibition season, freebies, game, iPhone, iphones, iPod Touch, iTunes, Mobile Software, modes, myleague, popularity, sports games

You can forget about seeing how Nokia fares in this year’s Mobile World Congress. The telecom giant has announced that Nokia will not take part this year, apparently tightening their belt in the midst of this financial crisis the world economy is in. Actually if you think about it, Nokia may not need to be there at all considering the popularity that they have among the leaders in the telecoms industry.

And while most consumers are sure to be disappointed, other companies like Samsung, LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson are apparently pleased of this development. Why? Well for one, they have lesser worries on competing for attention for their current mobile lineup, something that Nokia has been hogging through the years. If you want to sum it all up for Nokia’s adversaries, the time to shine is now!

(Source) Mobile Crunch

Tags: adversaries, consumers, financial crisis, lg-electronics, Mobile News, mobile world, Nokia, Nokia, popularity, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, telecom giant, telecom industry, world congress, world economy, worries

After a bumpy issue, Apple and China Unicom have finally come to terms on the official distribution of iPhones in China later this year. There were rumors that the iPhone would not be launched at all but apparently all the kinks were ironed out after both parties agreed to a multi-year deal to have the popular Apple handset distributed by the fourth quarter.

With the deal, Apple is expected to further boost its popularity, covering one of the biggest markets in the world today.

(Source) Wired

Tags: Apple, Apple, Business, China Unicom, fourth quarter, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, kinks, popularity, world today

The growing popularity of Twitter has been rubbing off on most mobile phones available today. And while we already know that there is a specific Twitter program for the iPhone in the TrafficTweet, the Blackberry now has the Twitterlerts!

As you would guess, Twitterlerts for the Blackberry shows practically the same intent for mobile tweeting. With the Twitterlerts from Electric Pockets, BlackBerry users can now monitor the global dialogue by automatically scanning Twitter their chosen topics. It alerts any user of important changes and letting them easily tweet or share tweets directly from their mobile device.

Twitterlerts is now available at their website with an introductory offering of $4.99. A free trial is available for people who want to try it out first before buying the full version.

(Source) Press

Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, free trial, global dialogue, iPhone, mobile device, mobile phones, Mobile Software, pockets, popularity, tweets, twitter

It seems that the latest boom these days is to create an iPhone app for a living. At least that is the trend we see with the new apps being announced almost daily. With the growing popularity of the iPhone reaching unprecedented levels, it is apparent that some people have found a new way of income via iPhone apps which can reach as much as $100,000 if they are lucky.

But the key to a great iPhone app relies as well on education and training. For sure, iPhone app developers will agree that they need advanced information and studies to make sure that they keep in step with fellow programmers who have invested heavily in attending workshops and classes. And if there is one event that they should consider attending, it should be the iPhone Boot Camp which will be graced by best-selling iPhone authors and developers as well.

The place to be is New York City which will play host for six days of master classes from August 6 to 11. The event will be spearheaded by bestselling iPhone authors Steve Kochan, author of “Programming in Objetive-C 2.0″ and Jeff LaMarche, co-author of “Beginning iPhone Development.

The affordable early bird rates are as low as $999 for a three day workshop and $300 for one day introductory workshops. Class price includes lunches and refreshments and over two hundred pages of original instruction materials. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention.

(Source) Press

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Leading wireless communication solutions provider Cellular South is reportedly set to unveil a new Android Smartphone within the year, possibly being the first wireless company to offer a smartphone with the latest Android open source platform.

Taking its cue from the growing demand for wireless solutions to date, it seems that Cellular South is setting its sights at overtaking the popular phones in the market, including the popular iPhone from Apple. And their marketing point for this transaction is that of the Android platform which is growing popularity, touted to be the top player in smartphones in the coming years.

Cellular South expects to release more details on the new Android smartphone device soon, including the introduction date, pricing, manufacturer, model and other product features.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, cellular south, cue, Google, iPhone, iPhone, marketing, Mobile News, open source platform, popularity, product features, smartphones, solutions provider, wireless communication solutions

We are seeing quite a number of game apps going out on their own. And a lot of their popularity has been brought out thanks to Facebook, the fourth-most trafficked site to date. Among the apps that have gained popularity include Mafia Wars and now Bumer Stars Mobile, which is now standing out on its own.

Developed by PressOK Entertainment and Large Animal Games, the game is now set out on its own for the iPhone and iPod users, a prime target that many other game developers have customized their games for. If you consider over 200 million people going gaga over their game, then why not give them the privilege of playing the game alone outside Facebook? Besides the purpose has been served right? (With reference to gaining popularity to Facebook!)

Bumper Stars Mobile works on any iPhone or iPod touch and is available now on the iTunes App Store for $2.99.

(Source) Press

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The Palm Pre adds another dimension towards its use thanks to DeviceAnywhere which has just announced that they have added the popular device under its line of touch-screen technology via the DeviceAnywhere platform. This means that the Palm Pre can now be used in the development of next generation applications, adding the new interface that should come in handy for companies into developing and testing mobile content.

The turn towards mobile device interface has become apparent and surely, the Palm Pre is no pushover. It is a device that has grown in popularity and being a great ally towards business needs and operations, this new technology promises to be one benefit that companies will certainly take advantage.

Developers can also run multiple activities at the same time, as the Pre allows for multitasking between different applications. Additional connections are supported including the use of email, Wi-Fi, and GPS.

The Palm Pre phone is available now on the Sprint network in the United States.

(Source) Press

Tags: developers, device interface, generation applications, mobile content, mobile device, Mobile News, Mobile Software, multitasking, new technology, Next Generation, Palm, Palm, popularity, pushover, sprint network, touch screen technology, Wi-Fi

China has been known to be a place where locals would try to develop clones of authentic peripherals which pose as an alternative for people who cannot afford the original. And as far as headcount is concerned, it is not surprising to find over a million of them in China. Add to the fact that these figures may as well be too modest!

Although it has not yet formally entered China, the number of iPhones entering the Chinese market through various channels has reached over one million. Telecommunications consulting service company Ovum recently released a report that says it has taken little more than a year for sales of the iPhone to double in the Chinese market. However, compared with the popularity in China, iPhone sales in North America were exceeded by RIM’s BlackBerry for the first time.

At the end of 2007, consulting firm In-stat pointed out that the unlocked number of iPhones in the Chinese market reached 400,000, which means that within just more than a year, iPhone sales in China had increased by 2.5 times. Ovum estimates that if China Unicom introduces iPhone officially, sales in China will rise in a straight line.

Now is that good or bad? You be the judge.

(Source) China Stakes

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Mobile phone owners normally look towards accessories to help brighten the image and get themselves noticed with such devices. Among them include specialized headphones for a particular device to which MAcally HifiTune Headsets are sure to grow in popularity.

The headset features a metal alloy body, an integrated, in-line microphone with a button for call and playback control. Durable, light weight fabric cable should ensure a long life, and the HiFiTune headset includes a sturdy carrying case for added protection.

Macally says the headset comes with a crystal clear microphone, and sound-isolating in-ear design, while the 3.5 mm audio jack also fits original iPhone and iPods. Macally HiFiTune retails at €49,95, around £44 (US$66).

(Source) Network World

Tags: Accessories, Apple, carrying case, ear design, Headphones, Headsets, iPhone, iPhone, macally, metal alloy, microphone, mobile phone owners, popularity, source network