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Spb Software today announces the amendment of Spb TV channels catalogue with over 40 new mobile TV channels. The majority of the newly added channels were suggested by Spb TV users. Today, approximately one hundred of international mobile TV channels are available via Spb TV.
Spb TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer, designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world. A downloadable software client, Spb TV makes a wide range of international live TV channels available for viewing directly on Windows Mobile phones.
FileMaker Inc. is owned by Apple. It makes 2 database programs: FileMaker and Bento. And now Bento has been released for iPhone! Isn’t it amazing? No more your iPhone can be ridiculed as fart machine. Now it is a business tool! If you like database software, you will be chuffed about this superb app.
SlingPlayer for iPhone still is not approved, so release of Bento for iPhone might as well be the biggest, most important, new app release in May 2009!
Here is how this app looks like:
As a regular user of Log Me In for my home PC’s this announcement caught my eye. Get fast, simple access to your remote Internet-connected LogMeIn computers whenever you want, wherever you are and soon with your Blackberry Storm. If you haven’t used this before you install a small application on your client PC and then you can access it and take full control from a remote source through the Log Me In web interface, it works really well and has saved me lots of times before. You can register now for information on the Blackberry Storm version right here.
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve moved past Apple’s iPhone in the first quarter to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S., research group NPD said on Monday. RIM, which already dominates the corporate smartphone market in the United States, also had three of the top five best-selling consumer smartphones in the period, with the Storm at No. 3 and the Pearl at No. 4, NPD said. T-Mobile’s G1 ranked No. 5.
The iPhone was the top-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in both the third and fourth quarters of 2008. The Curve was second and the Palm Inc’s Centro was third.
Some countries are more prude than others. Obviously USA is more prude than UK, but UK is more prude than Germany, where topless ladies can be found on front page of newspapers (compared to page number 3 in UK).
Apple corporation is located in USA, that is very prude, so no wonder that they are forbidding adult content in apps. Apple has rejected an app, because an Apple employee has noticed the following pictures (screenshots from the rejection letter – noticed and made by Apple!):
Think of it as "Twitpic for sounds instead of pictures". Brilliant idea! … but we are not certain about execution.
Here is how this app looks like:
Pocketnow have been reviewing the the Acer DX900 and if you don’t know, the DX900 features support for both high-speed 3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA) and 2G (GSM/EDGE) communications, as well as GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity, a high-resolution VGA display, and a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera and is one of the world’s first dual-SIM and dual standby Windows Mobile handsets to support HSDPA and EDGE.
We have three videos after the break, unboxing, hardware tour and a demo of the two lines working together.
The specs of the Omnia HD are really nothing to sniff at, even with though they oddly excluded Windows Mobile in favour of Symbian. It looks a little plasticy but have a look as the Phonearena video review after the break for a simple look at this emerging device.
There seems to have been a little jump in the quality of games now being released for the iPhone and iPod Touch, we have just seen the release of an excellent port of Tiger Woods PGA Tour and now we find out that Terminator Salvation is on it’s way too. Gameloft have released a trailer and the graphics and game play look stunning. Taking into account the Apple advertising campaigns recently especially for the iPod Touch gaming is now very much a serious option on the platform. Take a look at the trailer after the break.
Microsoft have released a pdf document giving developers a lot of guidelines to enable them to get their application in the forthcoming Marketplace application store. It is a positive measure as at least they will avoid the hit and hope method that iPhone developers have to go through each time they submit an application.
The Windows Marketplace for Mobile presents a very compelling opportunity for developers to monetize applications. The Marketplace delivers an end-to-end solution for end-users to discover, purchase, and download Windows Mobile 6.5 applications. This includes an end-user experience on the device, a PC website, as well as a self-service portal for developers to submit their applications for listing in the Marketplace. Once applications pass the core test criteria, sections 1 through 13, they are designed Compatible with Windows Phones applications. The test criteria also form the basis for application testing standards that applications need to pass in order to be considered for the Marketplace. All Marketplace applications, with the exception of Widgets, that pass the submission process also earn the Compatible with Windows Phone designation. The Marketplace has several additional requirements that applications need to meet.
You can download the document directly from Microsoft here.
via Alli Flowers
Spb Software today announces the amendment of Spb TV channels catalogue with over 40 new mobile TV channels. The majority of the newly added channels were suggested by Spb TV users. Today, approximately one hundred of international mobile TV channels are available via Spb TV.
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