Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Google adds Popular Images on Image Search for mobile

Google adds Popular Images on Image Search for mobile1Google announces Popular Images on its Image Search for mobile which lets you browse and find interesting images. You can already access the new feature of Google Image Search on Android devices and iPhones in the US.

Google has organized popular images across a few categories like Movies, Sports, Cars & Bikes, Music, and Cartoons. One special category is Trends, which shows image queries from Google Trends that have especially high recent activity. Continue reading ‘Google adds Popular Images on Image Search for mobile’

UMTS Forum: 3G/UMTS Subscriptions have reached 500 million

UMTS Forum 3G-UMTS Subscriptions have reached 500 millionThe UMTS Forum (www.umts-forum.org) confirms that subscriptions to 3G/UMTS networks have reached 500 million. The milestone comes just over eight years after the world’s first commercial 3G/WCDMA network was launched by Japanese operator NTT DOCOMO.

“While it took fixed telephone networks over a century to reach their first half billion customers, GSM achieved the same milestone in only a decade”, comments UMTS Forum Chairman Jean-Pierre Bienaimé. Continue reading ‘UMTS Forum: 3G/UMTS Subscriptions have reached 500 million’

ABBYY Business Card Reading App for iPhone now available

ABBYY Business Card Reading App for iPhone now availableABBYY has announced the availability of its Business Card Reader solution with support for the Apple iPhone 3GS, in addition to the Symbian-based version released last year. It transfers contact data such as names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and other key information from business cards directly to the iPhone address book by using the device’s camera and text recognition technology.

Delivering support for 16 recognition languages, ABBYY Business Card Reader performs almost instantaneous, on-device processing of captured information, without the need for an internet connection to access external resources. ABBYY’s own OCR (optical character recognition) technology that has won worldwide acclaim for its supreme accuracy in digitizing printed text makes the application a truly reliable business instrument. Continue reading ‘ABBYY Business Card Reading App for iPhone now available’

Android Apps featured each week in the Verizon Channel

Android Apps featured each week in the Verizon ChannelVerizon Wireless customers can find some of the most helpful, coolest and popular apps each week in the Verizon Channel in the Android Market on their DROID by Motorola. This week, customers can find:
+ Weatherbug – With this app, you can access live, local weather information and images for thousands of locations; customized maps; daily videos; severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service and much more, all free of charge.
+ Platinum Sudoku – 640,000 unique Sudoku grids, it’s available for $2.99.
+ Slacker Radio – Free personalized radio on your mobile phone
. Continue reading ‘Android Apps featured each week in the Verizon Channel’

Sony Ericsson W518a available in red via AT&T

Sony Ericsson W518a available in red via ATTAT&T Sony Ericsson W518a phone is now available in red. Except for the new color, other specification is the same as the original one such as a 3.2MP camera, music player, threaded messaging, Bluetooth, etc.

The Red W518a by Sony Ericsson is available for free on a contract via AT&T. Continue reading ‘Sony Ericsson W518a available in red via AT&T’

EarthLink’s Touch-Fill-Go App for iPhone available

EarthLinks Touch-Fill-Go App for iPhone availableEarthLink has announced the launch of its Touch-Fill-Go App on the App Store. The app lets users take a picture of any document, fill it out, organize, sign and email it as a PDF document from any iPhone or iPod touch. Touch-Fill-Go has been a great success already, ranking as high as number 8 on the list of most popular paid business applications.

The Touch-Fill-Go App lets you capture almost any kind of form or document or import an image from the device’s photo library. Forms can be completed on the go, include a person’s own signature, and be emailed as a PDF file or shared with other Touch-Fill-Go users wirelessly via Bluetooth. With Touch-Fill-Go, you can also make copies of documents and edit them at a later time, making it easy to complete the same form for multiple uses and individualize any necessary information. Continue reading ‘EarthLink’s Touch-Fill-Go App for iPhone available’

myTouch Slide aka HTC Espresso spotted

myTouch Slide aka HTC Espresso spotted0HTC myTouch Slide codenamed HTC Espresso has been spotted. DroidDeveloper has the pictures of the device. From the shot we know that the Mytouch2 comes with a slide-out 4-row QWERTY keyboard, a capacitive touchscreen 320×480p res, an optical trackpad with an integrated push button (in place of the myTouch 3G’s trackball), a camera with LED flash, a 3.5mm headphone jack. It also comes with a 1300maHr battery, ARM11 processor, and T-Mobile logo. Image follows after the jump. Continue reading ‘myTouch Slide aka HTC Espresso spotted’

Virgin Mobile Canada launching HSPA phones

Virgin Mobile Canada launching HSPA phonesIt seems we now have a date for an official HSPA launch Virgin Mobile Canada. The company is getting ready to launch the HSPA network. They will be adding the following devices: Apple iPhone 3GS & 3G, Blackberry Bold 9700, BlackBerry Curve 8530, Samsung M330, Broadband2Go MC998D, and Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372. Continue reading ‘Virgin Mobile Canada launching HSPA phones’