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Flash is everywhere except for the iPhone

shirubia — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:56:31 +0000

Flash adds support for Smartphones, except for the iPhone

Adobe said on Monday that they are joining up with many handset operating systems. The list includes of companies to have Flash Player 10.1 support include Rim, Nokia, Microsoft, and Palm. Who’s missing? Apple.

Sometime early 2010 expect all your anti-iPhone buddies to be running Flash 10.1 which offers accelerated video and graphics capabilities while conserving battery life, streaming video in fancy HD, and a browser based web applications.

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Military Kinetic Power Backpack Likely to See Consumer Variant

shirubia — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:28:56 +0000

Talk about going green, imagine charging your iPhone or laptop with this backpack. As of now the kinetic charging backpack is being designed for the military, but the I’m sure we will see some variant for consumers. The pak is suspended on a rail that generates electricity as you walk/run/horse back ride etc. The power is stored on a litium ion battery which can later power standard usb devices. You can lock the rack so the pack stays still if your not trying to charge anything. About 8 watts of power can be generated when walking, and about 44 watts when running.

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Itchin’ for a Sketchin’?

shirubia — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:50 +0000

AutoDesk, creater of the CAD application that so may Engineers use all the time, has just announced a new iPhone/iPod Touch App that is available in the App store now, for only $2.99. The iPhone app dubbed, SketchBook Mobile, offers a full set of sketching tools in a streamlined and intuitive user interface.

Key features of the app include having up to 6 layers for a single drawing. The app also comes with 25 different brushes and customizable brush settings. Colors, of course, can be customized as well.

[topiphonenews]

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Texas Instruments offers new Calculator App

shirubia — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:11:16 +0000

Ever heard of an BAII Plus? Well this nifty calculator should be familiar with those of you who are realtors, accountants, stock brokers, or any other business type people. This financial calculator can spit out all the answers to your financial type questions. It’s essentially a digitalized version of the real thing. The app will cost you $15 bucks, which is the excactly how much the real thing costs. This makes me wonder, which one would you rather have?

[topiphonenews]

iPhone finally gets support for C#, sorta

MMS Finally Available for the iPhone!

shirubia — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:59:51 +0000

MMS finally working on the iPhone. How do you enable it? All you’ve gotta do is plug the iPhone 3G/3GS into iTunes, run a small minor update, then restart the phone. Once it boots back up, you’ll be able to enjoy the perks of what everyone else have been doing for a while now, send pictures. Welcome to 2009!

Suprise Suprise, USA leading in Mobile Data Boom… USA! USA!

shirubia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:04:16 +0000

While China and India are well on their way to dominate the in Voice transmission, when its comes to mobile data, the good ol’ USA carriers are leading the charge, showing strong growth in terms of overall traffic and revenue. A lot of the growth in the US is a result of the availability of 3G services, simpler flate-rate data plans, and of course cheaper and alluring devices like the iPhone. Some interesting facts to come out of the report done by the GigaOm Pro Analyst Network include:

-Mobile data now accounts for 25% of total globa service revenue

-Verizon is the second-largest carrier in terms of mobile data, edging past China Mobile and closing in on NTT DoCoMo, which had revenues of $8B

-U.S. data revenues were $20.6B vs. $16B for Japan and $8.6B in China during the first 6 months of this year.

-The top 10 global wireless carriers now account for 63% of global mobile data revenue.

-Biggest mobile growth was registered by Verizon, AT&T, and Softbank. Two of those three companies sell the iPhone.

-Data revenue for the overall industry was up about 10% from the 2nd half of 2008. Showing that the current crazy for Smartphone is boosting mobile Internet usage.

For more detail about the findings hit up the link.

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New Starbucks App Uses iPhone to Pay for Lattes

shirubia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:55:17 +0000

Starbucks pushed out two new iPhone apps, one of which is a virtual starbucks card that lets you manage your balance. Additionally, if your one of the lucky folks in Seattle or Silicon Valley, you can actually pay for your drinks via an on-screen barcode! The app will also allow you to view previous transactions.

The other Starbucks app dubbed myStarbucks can track down your nearest Starbucks using the iPhones GPS. It also has a drink builder to store your custom drinks. You’ll also be able to look up nutritional info. How much for both apps? FREE.

[gizmodo]

Pre Taking Mindspace Real Estate From iPhone?

shirubia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:47:50 +0000

A new research report from market research firm, Interpret, has discovered that despite being disadvantaged in the marketplace, Palm has managed to take a chunk of mindshare with the Pre. The report suggests that the Palm Pre is only number 2 to the iPhone 3GS iin this metric. The study looked at the convincing factors behind purchaser’s decisions about which smartphone to buy, narrowing the list down to 3 major components:

1. That the phone was indeed “smart”
2. That the phone was cool and hip
3. That the phone would make the user awesomely productive

Rating the most popular phones such as the BlackBerry Curve and Storm, G1, and iPhone (wheres Windows Mobile?), the report found that the iPhone and the Pre balanced the 3 factors in a way in which consumers accepted the higher price tags. Other smartphones, specifically the BlackBerrys were lopsided, offering more of one factor and less of the other.

Should Apple be worried about Palm? Nawww.

To view the entire report follow the link here: Signature Smartphones: Gaining Mindshare in Order to Gain Market Share

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Griffin’s new iTrip FM Transmitter

shirubia — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:40:11 +0000

Griffins new iTrip FM Transmitter is one of the first iPhone accessories to be controlled by an app! Pretty exciting stuff. Taking advantages of the iPhones OS 3.0’s app integration, the iTrip lets you control everything from the touch screen rather than from the physical buttons on the transmitter.

“Users connect iTrip to their iPhone or iPod touch running iPhone OS 3.0, open the app, and are greeted with a large, simple display showing tuning controls and a SmartScan button, Griffin’s trademark technology that instantly locates the best available frequency.”

While the app is free, the iTrip will cost ya $50.

[Griffin]

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Screw all the Fancy Stands, get a Coat Hanger!

shirubia — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:34:35 +0000

Simple, easy, albeit a ghetto solution to your iPhone stand needs… Or any phone stand needs for that matter. Watch the video, and let your mind come up with whatever crazy stand you can think of.Maybe you got an iPod too, might as well throw that into the equation and create a dual iPhone/iPod stand!

[Gizmodo]