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Apple Bans iPhone App That Measures Cell Phone Radiation
iPhone Could Overtake BlackBerry Market Share in 2011
Nexus One Vs. iPhone: Clash Of The Smartphones
iPhone: Improving Search In Safari
Vatican Reaching Out With iPhone Application
Sony Takes Aim At Apple iPhone, iPad
Northern Ireland property? There's an app for that
Running For Congress? There's An App For That Too
New Photoshop For Android Includes Apple potshot
Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile Editor Now Available to Android Developers
99 Apps Launches, Bringing Restaurants into the Mobile Revolution
Apple Bans iPhone App That Measures Cell Phone Radiation
CNET's Chris Matyszczyk says:
I have no idea whether cell phone use turns your brain into a doughnut.
But I imagine if someone were clever enough to create an iPhone app that told you how much radiation your phone was emitting, and therefore how big a hole your brain might soon enjoy, you might just be interested.
Unfortunately, it seems that though there might be such an app, you won't be able to partake of its skills on your iPhone.
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http://bit.ly/8YZxk4
iPhone Could Overtake BlackBerry Market Share in 2011
Forbes reports:
Trefis is a new financial platform that allows you to see how a company's products impact its stock.
Apple and Research in Motion, with their well-known iPhone and BlackBerry mobile phones, have seen their shares in the global mobile phone market increase over the last few years at the expense of other mobile phone makers such as Nokia and Motorola.
However, RIM's market share lead over Apple has been shrinking and we estimate that Apple will be able to overtake RIM market share by early 2011.
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http://bit.ly/9mNC2F
Nexus One Vs. iPhone: Clash Of The Smartphones
InformationWeek's Shannon Suetos reports:
Pepsi vs. Coke. FedEx vs. UPS. Nike vs. Adidas. Intense competition between these companies has made the products and services they offer the best they can be. A newer rivalry that may turn out to follow this pattern is shaping up in the mobile market: Google vs. Apple. These companies are waging battle for smartphone supremacy with the Nexus One pitted again the iPhone.
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http://bmighty.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223101457
iPhone: Improving Search In Safari
ZNet blogger David Morgenstern says:
The trend for the iPhone has been "there's an app for that," hence the proliferation of narrowly-focused content apps. While that may be the best way to find what you're looking for on prominent content sites, such as the IMDB (yes, there's an app for that), often as not, users will eventually find themselves on a standard web page. Mobile Safari is a fine browser but it can be tough finding a small thing on a big page with a small screen.
However, developer Vais Salikhov offers a solution with his $0.99 plugin for the Safari browser on the iPhone. Yes, even the Mobile Safari browser can be extended, go figure. It's a bookmarklet, meaning that the user opens the plugin through a bookmark, which then presents a copy-paste field for the search text.
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http://bit.ly/bUG2uH
Vatican Reaching Out With iPhone Application
The Press-Enterprise's David Olson reports:
The Vatican is launching an iPhone application, and it chose a California priest to deliver the app's inspirational message...
The app, sponsored by the Vatican Observatory Foundation, is apparently the first from a Vatican-affiliated institution. The Rev. Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said from his Vatican office that he is unaware of any other....
Although the foundation app is apparently the first developed by a Vatican institution, the Vatican has worked with an Italian priest on an app that includes the daily prayer of the church. Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged priests to use new technology.
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http://bit.ly/9HZfV5
Sony Takes Aim At Apple iPhone, iPad
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
So say "people familiar with the matter" cited by the Wall Street Journal who point to what seem to be extensions of the PlayStation Portable into smartphone and media tablet territory.
Rumours have been cropping up on a regular basis since 2007, when Sony Ericsson admitted it was thinking about applying the PlayStation name to a series of handsets. It has already leveraged Sony's Bravia and Cyber-shot brands.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03/05/sony_to_tackle_apple/
Northern Ireland property? There's an app for that
Win an iPhone with PropertyNews.com
The Belfast Telegraph reports:
Northern Ireland property portal PropertyNews.com has launched the first iPhone application for the local market - allowing users to access thousands of properties for sale or rent anytime anywhere using an iPhone or iPod Touch.
To date the free 'app' has proven popular with house hunters with over 4,500 downloads in the two months since its release....
To celebrate the launch, the website is offering the chance to win an iPhone worth £349. To enter the competition entrants simply have to visit propertynews.com/competition before the 31st March 2010 and correctly answer the following question: How much does it cost to download the Propertynews.com app?
You can check it out at:
http://bit.ly/dqA56j
Running For Congress? There's An App For That Too
Forbes' Brian Wingfield reports:
Paul Everton, the 30-year-old chief executive of Chicago-based tech start-up Visible Vote, created a free smart phone application last year that allows users to tell their congressmen how to vote. In the process he may have helped open a new chapter in the way politicians raise money.
This week Visible Vote upgraded its mobile app to enable users to contribute to lawmakers' campaigns through credit card payments......
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http://bit.ly/asdwUb
New Photoshop For Android Includes Apple potshot
CNET's Stephen Shankland reports:
Adobe Systems released a new version of its Photoshop.com Mobile application for Android phones on Thursday night, an upgrade that came with an apparent attempt to tweak Apple's nose.....
"Third-party application developers now have access to the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor, allowing them to easily make it a part of their applications," Adobe said....
"Unlike iPhone, the Android platform allows us to make the Photoshop.com editor broadly available to developers so they can provide it within any application they are working on. Photoshop functionality can then easily be accessed from an online auction, real estate, or social media application so users can quickly fix photos and make them look their best, before being showcased," Doug Mack, general manager of Adobe's Digital Imaging and Rich Media Solutions group, said in a statement.
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Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile Editor Now Available to Android Developers
[Press Release]
Adobe Systems Incorporated have announced that third-party application developers now have access to the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor, allowing them to easily make it a part of their applications. In addition, Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ 1.1 is available, providing users of the Google Mobile™ operating system with quick and easy photo-editing and sharing capabilities. Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 enhances the camera-phone experience by providing a collection of new editing effects.
"Photoshop.com Mobile is the 'go-to,' photo editing application for iPhone and Android devices"
"Photoshop.com Mobile is the 'go-to,' photo editing application for iPhone and Android devices," said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Digital Imaging and Rich Media Solutions at Adobe. "Unlike iPhone, the Android platform allows us to make the Photoshop.com editor broadly available to developers so they can provide it within any application they are working on. Photoshop functionality can then easily be accessed from an online auction, real estate or social media application so users can quickly fix photos and make them look their best, before being showcased."
Developer Access to Adobe Technology
A new developer site now allows Android developers to leverage the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor in the creation of other application workflows. The Web site provides access to Adobe technology and promotes an ecosystem where developers have more creative freedom when developing their software. Consumers in turn are offered even better applications for their phones. Additional information on integrating the Photoshop.com Mobile editor into Android applications can be found at http://mobile.photoshop.com/android/developers.html.
More Mobile Photo Editing Options
Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 advances mobile photo editing with eye-catching effects such as Vibrant, to boost photo colors, and Pop, which brings a 'pop art' style to images. The Soft Black and White, and Warm Vintage tools can be used to add a classic and aged effect to photos. With one touch, users can also apply dramatic changes to a photo's look and feel with Vignette Blur, White Glow and Rainbow. All edits and changes can be undone so consumers can liberally apply effects and know that their original photo is safe.
Photoshop.com Online Community
The latest updates for Photoshop.com Mobile can be found on Facebook & Twitter. To join the conversation and contribute feedback, follow @photoshopdotcom on Twitter and use the hashtag #PSdroid. Photoshop.com Mobile engineers are available now to answer any questions about developer access or the new update, and their responses will be added to the Photoshop.com FAQ blog post.
Adobe Photoshop Family
Building upon Photoshop's 20 year history of innovation and leadership, Adobe offers a line of Photoshop desktop and Web-hosted solutions for every level of user. Each product in the Photoshop® family gives users across the spectrum of digital expertise the power to manage, edit, create and showcase images.
Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended software are at the heart of the Photoshop family, providing unrivaled power and editing freedom. Photoshop Lightroom addresses the workflow needs of serious amateur and professional photographers, helping them find, manage, enhance and showcase images in powerful ways. Photoshop Elements software provides accessible tools and sharing options for photo enthusiasts. Snap-shooters can quickly and easily share and edit photos with simple gestures on their iPhone or Android devices. Photoshop.com completes the Photoshop line providing an online photo sharing, editing and hosting resource for all.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 is available as a free download in all countries with Android Market in English only. To retrieve the update, launch the Android Market application via the Android device and search for "photoshop.com." More information on Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 can be found at:
http://mobile.photoshop.com/android
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit:
http://www.adobe.com
99 Apps Launches, Bringing Restaurants into the Mobile Revolution
[Press Release]
99 Apps ( http://www.99apps.com ) launched, providing an easy-to-use and affordable service for Restaurant owners to quickly and easily develop their own, customized iPhone Apps for $99 (with Android and Blackberry versions coming soon). As proof of the rapid turnaround time, 99 Apps delivered over 50 live Apps that have generated thousands of downloads during their first two months in action, and they have many more clients in queue.
"Our goal at 99 Apps is to make it fun, easy, and affordable for small businesses to develop very a customized, unique presence in the rapidly-growing mobile world," said Nick Ostroff, co-founder of 99 Apps. "We believe that all businesses, large and small, will benefit greatly from a mobile platform, and the high cost of custom development shouldn't get in the way."
Each Restaurant App is customized by the 99 Apps creative team, to capture the essence and branding of each individual restaurant. And 99 Apps makes the process very simple, using the restaurant's website to supply all the information they need to develop a very personalized mobile presence. "Our creative team can design the artwork and upload the restaurant's menu and location data using existing information on the web as a guideline for the desired look and feel," explained Natalie Cookson, co-founder. "Of course, the restauranteurs can be as involved as they'd like, but the beauty of our system is the convenience." Busy restauranteurs can trust the 99 Apps team to take the reins from start to finish, freeing up their precious time for other pressing business matters.
The finished product is a live App on iTunes along with access to a specialized web console, which provides the restauranteur instant access to all of their App information. The unique "live data" platform provides an easy way to keep customers up-to-date with the latest offers, menu updates, and special events. And by taking advantage of Apple's "Push" messaging service, restauranteurs can use the App to send out instant text messages to all of their customers, allowing them to announce special deals and events or stir up business on a slow night with exciting offers and contests.
"Our clients find that mobile Apps are a great way to engage and interact with their loyal customers, reach out to new customers, and stir up frequent, repeat business," added Natalie. "While our customers are some of the first small businesses to have their own mobile platform, we believe that they will wake up one day in just a year or two and realize that they helped bring about the mobile revolution."
99 Apps has a standard App package for just $99 and several optional Add-On packages. There is also an optional monthly service for the ability to access, modify, and add information to their App at any time. This starts at just $9.99 per month and is scaled by the number of customers that download each App.
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