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  • Metago Launches Version of ASTRO File Manager Customized for Kyocera Echo, the Nation’s First Dual-Touchscreen Smartphone

    Posted on July 7, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Apple now accepting iOS 4 apps, multitasking ahoy

    Apple now accepting iOS 4 apps, multitasking ahoy

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Although we've been running iPhone OS 4 -- now known as iOS 4 -- since it was first announced in April, we actually haven't been able to try out any of the fancy new multitasking features, since no third party apps have been released with support yet. That's all about to change: as of today, Apple is accepting iOS 4 apps, which means we should see quite a few apps that take advantage of multitasking on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as make use of the 1500 other new APIs in the system when it launches on June 21.

    That's definitely good news, but we've got a feeling Apple's unique take on iPhone multitasking will take a few people by surprise, as only certain tasks are allowed in the background -- and apps that need to run persistently, like IRC and IM clients, still won't really work at all. In fact, there's already some rumblings by devs that they need additional backgrounding tools in order to provide features that users are asking for; Instapaper's Marco Ament has proposed a network polling API that would allow his app to update content in the background, for example. We'll see how quickly Apple responds to these requests, but for right now we're just happy we'll finally be able to switch away from a Skype call or GPS app while using our iPhones.

    [Thanks, Oliver]

    Apple now accepting iOS 4 apps, multitasking ahoy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Opera Mini for iPhone gets 2.6 million users in 2 weeks

    Opera Mini for iPhone gets 2.6 million users in 2 weeks

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Safari on the iPhone is by no means a bad mobile browser — in fact, it’s arguably the best one out there. Just because people have something good doesn’t mean they don’t want to peek at what else is out there, though. Even if someone’s dating the finest supermodel in all the lands, they’ll still [...]

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  • Google Maps for Android gets Bike directions, Location Sharing, Navigation Shortcut

    Google Maps for Android gets Bike directions, Location Sharing, Navigation Shortcut

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    If you're running Android 1.6 or later, go pop into the Market and update Google Maps. You've got some new toys waiting for you.

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  • Windows Phone 7 Gets Another Twitter App: Twikini

    Windows Phone 7 Gets Another Twitter App: Twikini

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    A few days ago we wrote about Mel Sampat, a member of the Windows Phone 7 development team who had chosen to leave the team to pursue his own endeavors, part of which included making third-party apps for the very platform he helped make. You might assume that his history with the platform would make [...]

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  • Dolphin browser for Android adds multitouch support on Droid

    Dolphin browser for Android adds multitouch support on Droid

    Posted on November 29, 2009 | No Comments
    We've already seen that the Droid is perfectly capable of implementing multitouch gestures in third-party apps, and the most high-profile (if not the most important, period) implementation of that is in a good web browser where non-stop zooming is a way of life -- especially when browsing sites designed for desktops. Dolphin -- which has been kicking around for a couple months in the Market -- has just added multitouch support on the Droid, which automatically makes it an interesting alternative to Android's mediocre (well, mediocre by WebKit standards, anyhow) built-in fare. Follow the break for a video overview -- or better yet, if you're running Android and you've got a couple fingers to spare, just check it out yourself.

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    Dolphin browser for Android adds multitouch support on Droid originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Palm now reviewing paid applications for the App Catalog, sales begin in mid-september

    Palm now reviewing paid applications for the App Catalog, sales begin in mid-september

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    The Palm Pre has taken a lot of heat for its limited App Catalog, which, months after the launch of the device and its respective SDK, still only contains roughly 30 applications. It’s easy to look at the numbers and forget the backstories; the iPhone went a whole year and entire model before they even [...]

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  • Google Says Mobile App Stores Have No Future

    Google Says Mobile App Stores Have No Future

    Posted on July 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple’s iPhone App Store may be a resounding success. But Google says app stores are a dead end. Sour grapes? Maybe. It’s no coincidence that Google has placed its money on web-based applications, for its mobile Android operating system as well as its forthcoming Chrome OS. Vic Gundotra, Google’s engineering vice president and developer evangelist, said on [...]

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  • WebOS 1.1 coming with new apps

    WebOS 1.1 coming with new apps

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Looks like WebOS 1.1 is coming in "the next 30 days" with some new applications as well as exchange server policies that allow for remote wipe and smarter password controls. A tipster leaked this slide which is purportedly from the secret lair of Palm herself.

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  • IPhone OS 3.1 Fixes Video Editing, Adds Bluetooth Voice Control

    IPhone OS 3.1 Fixes Video Editing, Adds Bluetooth Voice Control

    Posted on July 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has taken the latest build of iPhone OS 3.1 in its gentle hands, climbed to the roof of the Cupertino campus and lofted the update to the winds, shouting “Fly, my little one! Fly!” The beta version of the next update contains some new features, most of which will only be useful to 3GS owners. [...]

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  • Uncle Walt brings it home with his Pre review

    Uncle Walt brings it home with his Pre review

    Posted on June 4, 2009 | No Comments
    You’ll notice that our own Palm Pre review hasn’t run yet - long freaking story - but I enjoyed Uncle Walt Mossberg’s look at the Pre during which he basically confirms that there will be a new iPhone next week. He calls this the bes...

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  • Palm Pre to come with Twitter Search and iTunes Sync

    Palm Pre to come with Twitter Search and iTunes Sync

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
    The Palm Pre will be Twitter friendly. In a demo of the Palm Pre at the D7 conference a few minutes ago, Twitter search was showcased as one of its universal search options (along with Google and other search engines). Other features shown in the demo included the ability to sync the Pre to iTunes, download music over the air from the Amazon MP3 store, run multiple apps at the same time, and integrate third-party apps with other apps on the device such as the calendar. For instance, if you buy a movie ticket through a Fandango app, it can make an entry on your calendar.

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