Apps are big business. We know that. The mobile phone companies know that. And when it comes to mobile phone apps only one name springs to mind; Apple. With their revolutionary iPhone and its hugely successful App Store, Apple transformed the mobile phone application from humble time waster to all conquering juggernaut and one of [...]
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Nokia Ovi Store advertising campaign launches in the UK!
August 11th, 2010 
Rob 
Posted in Just For Fun, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications 
Tags: apps, Nokia, Ovi, Symbian 
Comments OffTwitter App launches for BlackBerry smartphones!
July 20th, 2010 Annabel That’s right, the official BlackBerry App is available to download from BlackBerry App World. As you’d expect the application provides all the functions you could ever need on Twitter including the ability to get your messages as soon as they arrive. Obviously it has the ability to Tweet, re-Tweet and send messages to other users. [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: App World, apps, blackberry, twitter 1 Comment »Android App Inventor: Does what it says on the tin!
July 12th, 2010 Rob Got a great idea for an exciting new app but don’t have the technical know-how to make it a reality? Fear not, Google have got you covered with todays launch of the Android App Inventor, a tool that promises to make developing new apps a piece of cake (relatively speaking). Android App Inventor allows first [...]
Irish up your Nokia with St Patrick Day apps!
March 15th, 2010 Rob Comedy green hat and air horn not sufficient for your St Patrick Day celebrations? Need to extend the Irish love to your mobile phone? Well, help is at hand thanks to the good (and not particularly Irish) folks at Nokia. To coincide with the celebrations being held on the 17th of March, Nokia have released [...]
Need a cab? There’s an app for that…
February 26th, 2010 Rob Here’s the scenario: You’re out in London. You need to get a cab but also want to keep an eye on your pennies. What do you do? Simple, pull out your iPhone. New to the App Store, London Taxi is a new app that promises to calculate the cost of a cab ride, taking into [...]
Ovi Store now available for Nokia N900 via software update!
January 13th, 2010 Rob We loved the Nokia N900 when we got to play-test it at the tail end of last year and judging by the staggering demand for the phone, so did you. Maemo easily grabs the headlines firmly placing the N900 atop the smartphone pile for pure power but if there was one thing we felt this [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: apps, Maemo, Nokia N900, Ovi Store Comments OffGoogle announce winners of Android Developer Challenge 2!
December 2nd, 2009 Rob In case the title didn’t spell things out clearly enough, Google have announced the winners of the second annual Android Developer Challenge. As any Android enthusiast will tell you, the Android Developer Challenge is designed to reward the innovators with cold hard cash for their efforts with a total prize pool of $1.5 up for [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: Android, Android Market, apps, Google 1 Comment »Robbie Williams launches iPhone App!
December 1st, 2009 Rob Celebrity endorsed games are nothing new, just take a look at the world of extreme sports and the phenomenal success professional Skateboarder Tony Hawk has enjoyed with his game series of the same name. It’s not even unheard of for musicians to get in on the act with such offerings as Beatles Rock Band and [...]
Posted in Mobile Phone Applications, Mobile Phone Games Tags: App store, apple, apps, iPhone 1 Comment »New App makes BlackBerry’s ready for take off!
November 26th, 2009 Rob Attention all you frequent fliers! Sick of sitting through long haul flights without being able to do anything productive? Well, help is at hand with the new Flight Mode application which is available to download for BlackBerry smartphones from BlackBerry App World. Unlike the flight modes pre-installed on nearly all phones, the app promises to [...]
Nokia N-Gage platform is no more!
November 4th, 2009 Rob Nokia have put the final nail in the N-Gage’s coffin with the announcement that no new games will be published for the platform with immediate effect. Existing games will still be available to purchase and download up until September 2010 but for those hoping for exciting new releases in the run up to Christmas, you’re [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Games Tags: apps, Games, N-Gage, Nokia, Ovi 2 Comments »
