Vodafone is now taking pre-orders of the all-new Blackberry Storm2. The new Blackberry Storm2 features Wi-Fi and is expected to hit stores by October 26. Among the new features of the Blackberry Storm2 include the “Sure Press” technology, Blackberry OS 5, quad band, a 3.2 megapixel camera with zoom and 2GB of internal memory. The Storm2 will come free for customers who avail of it at Vodafone with a £35 month contract.

(Source) Mobile News

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Back in April, Skyfire was looking for Alpha users of its mobile browser. Now after that phase has been done with, Skyfire for the Blackberry announces its beta phase, oozing with enhancements from the previous alpha version.

Among the expected enhancements for the Skyfire Beta version include new keyboard shortcuts and the “Switch to Skyfire” option which is similar to the multi-tabbed browsing we see from Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Other features for the beta version include:

• Text Entry in Thumbnail view
• Contextual zoom with Camera Corners

While the Skyfire browser seems to show a lot of improvements from the alpha release, users are warned that it is still not perfect. Errors and slow performance are still being debugged so don’t set your expectations too high.

(Source) Softpedia

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The summer can be an artistic season if you are creative enough and thanks to SnowGlobeMaker.com, you can do so with this nifty app called the SnowGlobe Maker Beach Edition which is now available at the Apple app store for only $0.99.

Express yourself and show your unique designs. In fact, you can even make one for your dad before Father’s Day comes this Sunday. Use it to personalize your text messages, a new unique way to brighten up another person’s day.

Features:

• a library of unique, lifelike inserts, backgrounds and bases
• an editable text label
• two zoom levels
• a custom tropical theme song
• auto or shake snow styles (with beach sand instead of snow)
• a random option for auto-customizing
• an integrated snapshot menu
• support for Shake, Touch, Tap, and Pinch gestures on both the iPhone and iPod touch

(Source) Press

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Earlier during the first quarter of this year, we all caught a glimpse of the thin Motorola Stature i9. Now Boost Mobile offers something different, more on the outside appearance as it introduced the red version of the thin flip phone from Motorola.

The eye-catching Motorola Stature i9 in red is available starting today at www.boostmobile.com with free shipping for the price of $299.99 with no contract, credit check or hidden fees. Following the online launch, the red Stature i9 will be available through various other Boost Mobile retail and distribution channels.

Features:

• Nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie
• 3.1 Megapixel Camera with 8x Zoom and Flash
• Video Camera
• Music Player
• High Resolution External Display with Dynamic Touch Controls
• Stereo Bluetooth

(Source) Press

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Touch screen technology has apparently gotten the better of us but apparently there is a new software that allows anyone to scroll the iPhone screens with the use of a finger. Aesthology has released Finger Memo 2.0, a handwriting app for the iPhone and iPod touch that supports unlimited canvas sizes and unlimited undo and redo.

The app lets you scroll back and forth across the canvas with finger touches, and also includes a fast scrolling feature that speeds up the process. In addition, the app includes three color pens, an eraser, support for pinch zoom and landscape mode, a shake function that acts as Undo All, thumbnail previews of all memos, and the ability to export them to Photo Library. Many of these features are new in version 2.0.

The app costs $1.99 and is currently available in Apple’s App Store.

(Source) App Scout

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Another classic game is going to be available for the iPhone soon. Thanks to the efforts of First Star Software and Chillingo, Boulder Dash will be soon playable on iPhones which was first seen via Apple. First Star Software has re-engineered Boulder Dash for the iPhone and iPod Touch to make use of “multi-touch; ‘pinch’ zoom; the ability to switch between portrait and landscape modes on the fly”.

The major hurdle for this game to make it to the iPhone is one of controls. Past iPhone Boulder Dash clones have failed to successfully make this transition. In the original version, quick joystick control was required to navigate some of the more complicated mazes. First Star Software has chosen to go with a variety of control options to accommodate different players.

There are two virtual pad controls and one swipe control. Virtual control pads offer the up/down/left/right buttons in a standard plus-sign configuration (screenshot) or divided (screenshot) into separate up/down or left/right controls. Meanwhile, the swipe controls allow you to swipe anywhere in the direction you want to go. Swiping and holding allows you to continue moving in that direction.

(Source) Touch Arcade

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