Archive for Mobile

| February 8, 2010
3 comments

Top 10 Blackberry Apps to Help You Search Better

Weather you are looking for a movie ticket, a restaurant to lunch or an answer on Wikipedia, mobile apps come in handy to do some quick search and provide the information that you are looking for. Some of the apps lets you search Google or Yahoo and some of them let you look for a favorite lunch spot. Here are 10 Blackberry Apps that make your search easy and help you search better.

search

1. Wikipedia for BlackBerry

Wikipedia is the place where all go for when we look for answers. This simple app for BlackBerry is an effective doorway to Wikipedia.com. The replicated search interface will help you feel right at home by quickly grabbing and displaying your search results in your phone’s default browser. You can download the software from here.

2. Google Mobile App for BlackBerry

Google Mobile App is primarily a search app that also serves as a portal to other Google Web apps. It has a search bar, with a string of icons lined up along the top. You an clik these icons to download or launch native Google apps like Gmail and maps, or to jump to mobile Web sites. You can download the software here.

3. Vlingo for BlackBerry

This voice-transcription application does more than search the Web or place a call in response to your spoken command. Vlingo lets you to search Google or Yahoo and update your Facebook and Twitter status. Using the voice-transcription, you can also launch applications, write notes and verbally compose a text or e-mail message. You can download the software here.

4. Yelp for BlackBerry

Yelp for BlackBerry is a first attempt to get Yelp.com’s core review-reading features on BlackBerry phones. It lets you browse or search for listings, or access your recent searches. It helps to find a lunch spot, map it using Bing (movable) maps, and scan reviews for recommended entrees. Also, you’ll be able to view photos, launch the Web site, and call the number. You can download the software here.

5. Boopsie for Blackberry

Through way of different “channels”, Boopsie lets you intelligently search for content or articles on sites like IMDB, Wikipedia, Amazon and more. Using the application, you can pull up your favorite channel and then search for content on it and live results will appear on your screen for the content you selected. You can download Boopsie from your Blackberry’s browser by going here.

6. Blackberry Appworld

If you want to keep track of the apps that are out there for your Blackberry, then this Appworld is a must. Appworld allows you to browse through a wide variety of many other Blackberry apps and download and install them on the spot from the application. Many different developers contribute their applications to the library that’s available for download.You can download Appworld from your Blackberry’s browser here

7. Movies by Flixster - for Blackberry

It was a top movie app for Facebook and now its for BlackBerry also. It gets details for the top box office movies, lets you browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies and watch high quality trailers. You can also read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and view theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and show times for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada. You can download the software here.

8. XENOZU YouTube player for Blackberry

With XENOZU YouTube player for BlackBerry, you can stay in touch with your favorite videos while on the go. The videos are categorized by Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated, plus you can search for the videos of your choice. You can also bookmark a video, view the history of the videos you have watched and get additional video details. You an download the software here.

9. ebay for Blackberry

Stay on top of your eBay activities with the help of eBay for BlackBerry. It is designed to let you keep track of auctions without being tied to your computer. You an search, watch, bid and buy from virtually anywhere. Some of its key features include real-time home screen notifications of bids, calendar reminders and email notifications for auction end dates and it is compatible with PayPal. You can download the software here.

10. Poynt for Blackberry

Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theatres, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint you and quickly deliver the information you need whenever and wherever you need it. It lets you find phone numbers and connect with one click, browse websites and map directions, plan a night out i.e  book movie tickets and dinner reservations, add it to your calendar and invite your friends. Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and now in France, Italy and Spain. Download the software from here.

Technorati Tags: ,
del.icio.us Tags: ,
Category: Alternatives, Mobile, Tech Reviews | Tags: ,
| February 5, 2010
5 comments

Which are the Different Mobile Operating Systems in the Market? A Quick View for beginners

A Mobile operating system or Mobile OS is the operating system that controls a mobile device. The increasing importance of mobile devices have triggered a stiff competition among technology giants like Microsoft, Apple and Nokia. There are other players like Symbian, Palm and Research In Motion that are playing well in the smart phone market.

The figure below provides a quick view of the market share of Smart phone operating systems as of Q2/2009 that is owned by different Mobile OS in terms of sales.

Smartphone_2009

Market Data by Canalys.

Here the top 10 operating systems that are used in Smart Phones.

1. Symbian OS

Symbian is the world’s most popular mobile operating system, accounting for over 50% of smartphone sales in the world. Symbian Software Limited was acquired by Nokia in 2008 to form a new independent non-profit organization called the Symbian Foundation with the objective of creating the Symbian platform as a royalty-free, open source software Mobile OS.

theme_symbian_os

Image Source : http://www.forsymbian.org

The Symbian Foundation completed the open source release of the source code on 4-Feb-2010, for the world’s most widely-used smartphone platform. The Symbian platform, which has been developed over more than 10 years and has shipped in more than 330 million devices around the world, is now completely open and the source code is available for free. Releasing the entire Symbian platform under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) will encourage new contributors and accelerate the pace of innovation.

2. RIM BlackBerry operating

RIM BlackBerry operating system is the second popular operating system designed for business. It has a market share of around 20.9% and is mainly focused on easy operation for business purpose.

rim-blackberry

3. iPhone OS

Derived from Mac OS, the iPhone OS installed on iPhone have trendy followers who are swept by the excellent quality of UI and the apps available. In has a market share of 13.7% in the smart phone sales.

iPhone

4. Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile from Microsoft, stands fourth with a market share of 9%. It has a low barrier for third-party developers to enter and write new applications for the platform. It has been criticized for having a user interface which is not optimized for touch input by fingers, instead, it is more usable with a stylus. However, in the next major release of Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft intends to make a dramatic come-back in the industry and become a much more aggressive force in the mobile space than it has been before in the past.

windows

5. Android

Andriod from Google Inc has a 2.8% Market Share of sales in smart phone. It is an Open Source, Linux-derived platform backed by Google, along with major hardware and software developers like Intel, HTC, ARM etc. Though is very new, it already has a cult following among programmers who are eager to develop apps for its flexible, Open Source, back end. Android promises to give developers access to every aspect of the phone’s operation, something that every programmer wants to explore.

android-logo

6. Linux operating system

Linux is strongest in China where it is used by Motorola, and in Japan, used by DoCoMo. Linux operating system is used as a basis for a number of different platforms developed by several vendors like Android, LiMo, Maemo, Openmoko and Qt Extended.

7. Palm webOS

Palm webOS from Palm Inc. is Palm’s next generation operating system.

8. Bada

Bada is an operating system from Samsung Electronics that is still under development. The hands are expected to available in second half of 2010.

9. Maemo

Maemo is a software platform developed by Nokia. It is mainly targeted for smartphones and Internet Tablets. It is based on the Debian operating system and is mostly based on open source code. The OS has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian and GNOME.

10. Limo

LiMo is developed by LiMo Foundation. It uses the Linux as its operating system and has a modular architecture. It providers SDK using which application developers can write browser apps for WebKit.

Technorati Tags:

del.icio.us Tags:
Category: Dev & Productivity Resources, Mobile, Tech Reviews | Tags:
| January 21, 2010
4 comments

5 Free Cloud Storage Service For iPhone That Are Really Awesome

iPhone has some really cool Apps that support a variety of file types, you can review and share everything with colleagues and clients - from Office documents to videos; and you don’t need additional software. Whether you’re working from home, in your office or traveling, These iPhone Apps are really agile in sharing and collaborating files and media across locations and people. There are many such services but 5 are listed here. Do comment below if you know better ones.

ZumoDrive (Free 2GB)

This lets you Supersize your iPhone so you can bring all your music, photos, documents and more with you anywhere! It offers best Media Capabilities out of Cloud Apps. It lets you browse through the your music, artist by artist and much more. By the way, ZumoDrive is not just limited to iPhone but can be accessed from PC/Mac as well.

image

Soonr (Free 2GB)

Access, View, Collaborate, Search, print and more with Soonr. You can put documents with Soonr on cloud securely. It makes your team to collaborate on projects when everyone is mobile.

image

Dropbox (Free 2GB)

Dropbox is easy to sync file with online storage and sharing. It lets you access your DropBox on the go, viewing, Downloading, Take photos and syncing etc.

image

Box.net (Free 1GB)

Box.net is sharing and collaboration service that can be accessed from iPhone as well. Organize and view all of your content online in a familiar file and folder structure. Share content with direct links to files and folders, turn any folder into a public webpage in one click and create widgets to share files on a company web page or blog.

image

iDrive (Free)

Well a little bit limited but lets your iPhone contacts to be backed up and restored from Cloud.

image

Category: Alternatives, Mobile | Tags: , , ,
| January 18, 2010
4 comments

30+ Absolutely Great Health & Fitness Commercial Apps For iPhone

iPhone has been a revolution in mobile technology. It has given rise to so many finger friendly touch mobile phones that were not so good prior to iPhone. Mobile Apps are great on iPhone with finger friendly screen. Here is a top list of iPhone Apps focusing on your health. Great Apps and Must have if you want to be healthy :)

image

iFitness  ($1.99 on App Store)

iFitness provides comprehensive information on exercising, videos and much much more. It has database of more than 230 exercises, 100 videos, ability to add your own exercise, logging and more.

image

Tap and Track ($3.99 on App Store)

A complete nutritional database offline that lets you track your calorie counts! No internet connection is needed. More than 100,000 food items, 1586 food brands, 404 restaurants and more.

image

iPeriod ($1.99 on App Store)

Are you a busy woman? Track your ovulation cycles and things like that using this tiny app. Great resource for women.

image

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock ($0.99 on App Store)

An alarm clock that analyzes your sleep pattern and wakes you up when you are in your lightest sleep. That is, it wakes you up when you have rested sufficiently. Great app to wake up happy!

image

Shape-Little black dress ($1.99 on App Store)

Lets you keep fit.

image

Yoga Stretch ($0.99 on App Store)

Yoga Guru on your iPhone.

image

Couch to 5K ($2.99 on App Store)

C25K, is a fantastic program that’s been designed to get just about anyone from the couch to running 5 kilometers or 30 minutes in just 9 weeks.

image

FoodScanner ($0.99 on App Store)

FoodScanner allows you to use your iPhone’s camera to scan UPC barcodes on the foods you eat. FoodScanner is the absolute quickest and easiest way to find foods and track how many calories you eat throughout the day. Backed by DailyBurn’s growing nutrition database of 200K foods and powered by Occipital RedLaser technology, FoodScanner is THE KILLER APP for tracking your caloric intake.

image

Calorie Tracker ($2.99 on App Store)

Track you calorie goals with this app and be fit.

image

Runmeter ($4.99 on App Store)

Turn your iPhone 3G/3GS in to a powerful GPS Stop Watch.

image

Hundred Pushups  ($1.99 on App Store)

This app will teach you take 100 push ups in 6 weeks training.

image

C25K ($2.99 on App Store)

Another C25K App to keep you fit. Alternates between walking and running.

image

Eat this not that ($4.99 on App Store)

Track calories, lots of menu items listed.

image

Ambiance ($0.99 on App Store)

Create perfect Ambience to relax. Over 600 ambience tracks available.

image

Period Tracker ($1.99 on App Store)

The easiest way to track periods!

image

Nutrition Menu ($0.99 on App Store)

Track calorie, exercise and much more.

image

White Noise ($1.99 on App Store)

Provides ambience music to relax.

image

Men’s Health Workout

Largest Men’s Magazine in your hand!

image

Water Your Body ($0.99 on App Store)

Track your water consumption.

image

Two Hundreds Sit-ups ($1.99 on App Store)

For serious fitness lovers. Follow the program and do 200 consecutive sit-ups.

image

iMuscle ($1.99 on App Store)

Know your muscle in 3D!

image

aSleep ($0.99 on App Store)

Sleep Assistance on iPhone.

image

Vibrating Massager ($0.99 on App Store)

Turn your iPhone into real Massager!

image

Vision ($0.99 on App Store)

Take care of your eyes. Detect conditions like Glaucoma early with this App.

image

Pedometer ($1.99 on App Store)

Track you steps, running and keep fit.

image

Heartwise ($1.99 on App Store)

Easily track you heart rate, blood pressure, weight etc.

image

iPregnancy ($3.99 on App Store)

Keep track of you pregnancy with this great App.

image

Fit Phone ($4.99 on App Store)

Yet another Fitness program on iPhone.

image

Category: Mobile | Tags: , , , , ,
| January 13, 2010
3 comments

How to control Asthma via iphone app for free

Asthma is a serious health issue affecting millions of people around the globe. Over 4000 people die every year in the US alone. However, Asthma is controllable and careful live style imagechanges can make Asthama patients to enjoy perfectly normal life. Well, now there is even a better way to monitor your Asthma condition if you are one among those 300 million people who suffer from Asthma. AsthmaMD is an iPhone App designed by a Doctor himself and is all about tracking Asthma and taking absolute precautions’ and proper medication.

In the fight for managing asthma, researchers and patients now have a new tool in the form of an iPhone application, AsthmaMD.

Medical doctor and researcher Sam Pejham, UCSF Medical School Clinical Faculty and Director of Tri-Valley Pediatrics is the creator of the new iPhone app. Thanks for this amazing initiative and more for making it for free! (Author might charge about 10$ in future, just to cover the development cost)

Features:

  • Easily log your Asthma Attacks on the go.
  • At-a-glance view of your severity and share charts with your physician.
  • One-step process to send your asthma log and peak flow chart to your physician.
  • Anonymous, aggregate data will help correlate asthma with environmental factors, triggers and climate change.

image image image

Download it from iPhone AppStore.

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Category: How-tos, Mobile | Tags: , , , ,
« Older Entries   Recent Entries »