Archive for December, 2008

Starter Kit: Essential apps for your BlackBerry

Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Go to the BlackBerry Starter Kit

So you’ve got a new BlackBerry? The good news is, it comes with great features right out of the box. The better news is that there are hundreds of fun and functional third-party apps to power up your fresh hardware. In our BlackBerry Starter Kit, we’ve rounded up …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Palm releases its own app store. So what?

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

In the year since Palm released the Centro as an attempt to revive its lagging business, I’ve barely heard a whisper about new applications or energy for the Treo and Centro lines. Yet late Monday night, the device maker released its own app store download for Centro and Treo …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Coveroos take your phone very personally

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
BlackBerry Curve with snowboarding design

Coveroos replace the original back cover on your mobile device with a custom cover featuring lasered artwork. Click on the image above to see more Coveroo designs.

(Credit: Coveroo )

Wish you had a snazzier-looking phone to go along with that Vivienne Tam notebook?

A new product called Coveroo lets you …

Originally posted at Crave

Bluetooth to go: Speakers for your cell phone and MP3 player

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The BS300 is truly pocketable.

(Credit: Samsung)

You don’t need much more than your MP3 player–whether it’s a standalone device or an app built into your cell phone–to enjoy all your favorite tunes on the go, but certain accessories can up the entertainment factor.

For example, if you …

Originally posted at Crave

Skype’s latest beta: A worthy Windows Mobile update

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Skype for Windows Mobile 2.5 beta(Credit: Skype)

Skype for Windows Mobile 2.5 beta, released on Tuesday, essentially brings changes made to Skype’s desktop VoIP client (download|review) to Windows Smartphones and Windows Pocket PCs.

The application’s display is compact, intuitive, and full-featured.

The mobile version places tabs for your various actions at …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

First Look video: Evernote for Windows, Mac, and Mobile

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

How do you take and keep notes to yourself? With a desktop calendar, or even with Post-Its?

The freemium note-taking service Evernote not only takes multimedia notes–audio, photo, and text–but also syncs them …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Skyfire hops into the UK, onto VGA phones

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Skyfire logo

Skyfire’s latest update to its mobile browser, version .85, brings forward a flurry of minor features and functionality, including support for new phones and the official release of its beta to the UK.

The prior restriction to North American phone numbers may not have stopped industrious users overseas, however. …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

BlackBerry’s mobile Web site gets a refresh

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

BlackBerry's mobile-optimized site.

BlackBerry's cleaner, better-organized mobile Web site.

(Credit: RIM)

On Tuesday, Toronto-based RIM relaunched its mobile-optimized Web site, mobile.blackberry.com. The result is a crisper, livelier look that has an accelerated loading time and rearranged categories of information.

Top of the list is a search box (BlackBerry Answers), …

Originally posted at Webware

Five financial Android apps to regulate your dough

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Android alien

With the economy in continuing decline, keeping tight control over your money is no longer just for obsessives. These financial apps for Google Android help you count every penny.

Personal Budget Droid is a simple budget- and bills-tracker that lets you create multiple monthly budgets for groceries, housing costs, and …