Archive for January, 2009

First Look video: Air Mouse for iPhone 1.5

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Infinitely cooler and more practical than the still-respected iTunes Remote is Air Mouse for iPhone 1.5 ($6). Why? You can play music and videos from any media player, for starters, not just …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

For Fring mobile VoIP app, a Last.fm add-on

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Last.fm on Fring

Fring's Last.fm add-on will play out first on Symbian S60 phones.

(Credit: Fring)

Although Fring has long let you chat with friends over Skype, IM, Facebook, and Twitter, the recent introduction of a Last.fm add-on is the start-up’s first foray into streaming content.

Starting this …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Opera Mini 4.2 shakes off its Android beta

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Opera Mini 4.2 on Android

Opera Mini 4.2 enables standard features absent in the beta.

(Credit: Opera Software)

The final release of Opera Mini 4.2 for Google Android adds regular features of the Java browser that were disabled in its November beta version. Think more of a mechanic tightening up loose nuts and …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

First Look video: Slacker for BlackBerry

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Slacker Radio started 2009 with a burst, releasing a mobile version of Slacker’s streaming-Internet radio app for BlackBerry (story|download) that takes unique advantage of its hardware and storage capabilities to add …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Vringo 2.0: Crisper video-ringtone quality, UI

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Vringo 2.0 on Sony Ericsson(Credit: Vringo)

Vringo’s video-ringtone service has been on our radar for well over a year, and the company’s fun and unusual product is just getting better and better. The release of Vringo Mobile Application 2.0, with its full-featured client for Java phones, makes up for the slight …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Control your TiVo via text message with Kwiry

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Kwiry offers TiVo control(Credit: Sarah Tew/CBS Interactive)

We already knew text messaging service Kwiry could perform some cool tricks via text messaging–things like adding products to your Amazon.com wish list or adding movies to your Netflix queue. But now the service is adding rudimentary TiVo control to the list.

TiVo already …

Originally posted at Crave

How to cache Slacker stations on BlackBerry

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Updated 5:40 p.m. PST with more information on storage capacity.

Slacker Radio on BlackBerry(Credit: Slacker Radio)

Caching radio stations to listen to later is, as far as I’m concerned, Slacker for BlackBerry’s No. 1 feature.

While sound quality and speed are excellent as long as you’re on a …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Refreshed: Windows Live Search for Mobile

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

On Tuesday, Microsoft released version 4.0 of Windows Live Search Mobile, its downloadable search and map app for Windows Mobile 5 and 6, which the company demoed last week at CES.

With this release, Microsoft is finally starting to catch up to other free clients doing mobile voice and …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Vringo adds video ringtone creator

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Video ringtone company Vringo has launched Vringo Studio, which gives user the capability to create their own video calling cards. Previously, users could only select from a pre-built library of videos on the site. With the new Vringo Studio, users can search for any video on YouTube, select a portion …

Originally posted at Webware

Slacker Radio brings BlackBerry a neat caching trick

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Slacker on BlackBerry(Credit: Slacker)

This week at CES, Slacker made good on its word and released a version of its mobile, streaming, Internet Radio app for BlackBerry.

Slacker Radio for BlackBerry, a free over-the-air download for BlackBerrys running version 4.3 and above, gratifies with crisp album art, intuitive navigation, and all …

Originally posted at CES 2009