Author Archive: Gareth

CookingCapsules review for G1

CookingCapsules is a nice application that allows G1 users to cook a recipe step-by-step quite easily.  It is preloaded with a few recipes that you can choose from (at the moment, there are 4 Indian an d 4 French inspired recipes), like the “Chocolate Pots de Creme,” “Kheer,” and some others, too.  It tells you how long the video is and how long it will take to prepare the dish.  Each recipe has a video of how to prepare it, a shopping list of items required to make it, and text instructions, too.  I personally think the application can be handy to have but needs some improvement. Read about my experience with CookingCapsules after the break.

Free DivX Player From DivX

Just when we thought Windows Mobile is losing out on entertainment and games because developers are swarming to other platforms either because of the software/hardware support for those titles or because of the newness of some of these other platforms, DivX is bringing its DivX Player to Windows Mobile, according to CoolSmartPhone.
Users can download the new Player from DivX. Now, you don’t have to get an official DivX Certified phone to run the player.

Shapewriter 2.0 comes to the iPhone

ShapeWriter 2.0 is an awesome new input method for touch screen devices. It works by drawing a line from letter to letter to spell out a word. In theory it should be a much faster way to input text. There is a little bit of a learning curve, but it feels a lot more natural than the on-screen keyboard in windows mobile, and I think out will be even better than the iPhone’s soft keyboard with a little refinement.

Users wary of mobile banking

Around the world mobile devices are becoming integral parts of the banking system. Usage differs from country to country; from sms money transfers in Africa, to full scale mobile banking in Japan and Korea. However a new report suggests that mobile consumers in the USA do not feel comfortable using their handsets to interact with their banks. According to the report consumers are worried about handset security, hackers getting into their account, and what happens if the phone is lost.  While these concerns are legitimate, mobile devices are often a far safer way to remotely access a bank account, than using a PC over wifi.

The report discusses some things that may reassure a nervous public, like offering complete fraud protection, and a guarantee to reimburse you if anything should happen, the same kind of steps that eventually made people comfortable using atm’s and debit cards.

Android Market to accept paid applications very soon

Eric Chu from the Android Market has sent out an email announcing that the Android Market will support priced applications starting early Q1 2009. Given the country-by-country work required to set up payment support for developers in different countries, they will enable priced app support in Q1 for developers operating in these countries in the following order: (1) United States and UK; (2) Germany, Austria and Netherlands; (3) France, Italy and Spain. By the end of Q1 2009, they will announce support for developers operating in additional countries. Developers operating in the above listed countries should begin finalizing their priced applications, including determining the appropriate pricing strategy. This is great news and we should now see some big name applications appearing in the Market for all you Android users.

via Android Community

Star Wars light saber application for Windows Mobile

The iPhone has had this application for a while and now you can also get this fun application for Windows Mobile phones that have an accelerometer. The application is free so if your a fan of Star Wars it is a must have application for a bit of fun. Works on the HTC Touch Diamond/Pro/HD. It uses the accelerometer to make the fighting sounds when you swing the phone around. You can download it here.

Customize G1 photos with PicSay

There is one thing that the camera is severely lacking on the G1 phone and that is: customization. This camera is no joke! Basically, what you see is what you get.  Unfortunately, users are not given the option to add anything neat to their pictures – until now. If you’re into customizing and adding extra things to your photos, then the PicSay application is perfect for you.  

iPhone 3G sim unlock yellowsn0w now available

We told you earlier today that the iPhone 3G sim unlock was imminent well it is now live and has to be installed via an already jail broken iPhone 3G Cydia or Installer application. The great news is it works with the latest 2.2 firmware and actually only works with the latest version so make sure you update via iTunes before following the procedure we have below. Enjoy your now sim lock free iPhone 3G. Full details after the break.

yellowsn0w iPhone 3G unlock will work on firmware 2.2

The Dev Team has made yellowsn0w compatible with the newer baseband.You can upgrade to a jailbroken firmware 2.2 on your iPhone 3G using PwnageTool (MAC) or QuickPWN (Windows/MAC) regardless of the baseband. Now Windows users will no longer need to get a custom firmware to prepare their iPhone 3G for the unlock. Stay tuned for the yellowsn0w package which will be available in Cydia by 12 PM PST at the latest. Just checked and it is still not there so stay tuned and we will let you know when it is available.

via yellowsn0w

Pocket Informant for iPhone to be shown at MacWorld

Pocket Informant for iPhone will be showing a near final release at MacWorld Expo this January 6-9th in San Francisco. “We are very excited about this release as we are able to bring our award-winning productivity software to a powerful new platform. Of course, we took time to leverage many of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and while Pocket Informant is brand new to the iPhone, we have a vision for this product that’s very exciting. Version 1.00 is a powerful GTD tool and Google Calendar client. See us at MacWorld for a demo.”