Mobile app download site Getjar has launched the Getties a new annual competition for the best application on a mobile platform. The awards are open to applications written for Android, BlackBerry, Java, iPhone, Symbian and even Windows. A panel of industry heavyweights will select 18 nominees (3 in each of the 6 categories) from the…
Day: 18 May 2010
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Smartphone sales on the rise
iSuppli handset figures for the first quarter of 2010 are out and they contain yet another indication of the smart phone’s revolutionary impact on mobile, as both RIM and Apple rose to the fifth and sixth positions in the global market for all types of cell phones, while Motorola fell to eighth place. RIM, whose…
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Visa confirms iPhone payment service
As we reported a few weeks ago Visa will be launching a NFC (Near Field Communication) add-on for the iPhone to allow iPhone users to simply flash their phone to pay for goods, get into buildings, and travel. The Visa device is an external case that plugs into the bottom of the iPhone via the…
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FT launches iPad app
The Financial Times following on from the Express the BBC – in the US – has launched an iPad app. The FT’s free iPad app – it’s sponsored by very expensive watchmakers Hublot – watch will provide access to video, markets data, investment portfolios, news and analysis. The new app integrates with the FT.com limited…
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iPhone 4G to sell 19.5 million in first year
Apple could ship over 24 million iPhones in 2010 and 19 million next-generation 4G iPhones according to a new report in Digitimes. The Digitimes number includes shipments of 4.5 million units shipped in the first half of 2010 before the new model is launched. With as many as 19.5 million next-generation iPhones in the second…
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Amazon release Kindle for Android in summer
Amazon is to launch a free Kindle app for Android to join the free versions for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, PC, BlackBerry. Kindle for Android, the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Android phones, is coming “this summer” according to the press release although there’s no…