Android – Iphone – Applications

It’s funny. I had literally just checked Apple’s website yesterday to see if the shipping times for the iPhone 4 had improved any, and it was still on the 2-3 weeks schedule. Now I check today, and what do you know? Shipping is now an estimated 5-7 business days. Is supply finally catching up with demand? More importantly, does this bode well for the white iPhone 4? Read More

written by iieevvn1 \\ tags: availability, Download, Iphone, iphone 4, iphone news, latest, phone-download, shipping, topic, white

The Google Mobile app for iPhone was just updated to support Google Goggles, a feature that has been available on Android for awhile. So what is Google Goggles? And why is it a big deal?

Google Goggles is the next step toward merging the physical world with the online world. While it’s definitely a baby step, Googles is still groundbreaking in the search and mobile space. Goggles allows you to take a picture of essentially anything in real life: buildings, books, wine bottles, or just plain text, and get results from Google about that object… Read More

written by tmunzke \\ tags: app store, apps, Download, goggles, google-goggles, google-mobile, Iphone, iphone news, latest, online, phone-store, physical, physical-world, search

Pfft, lock screens, who needs ‘em anyway? With this latest tweak from Tom Zickel, you can say sayonara to that annoying lock screen for good. Of course for those of you who use your lock screen for various widgets for e-mail, weather, and the like, this may not be for you.

But for those who want to get right down to the action without delay, NoLockScreen fulfills its promises, but not without some caveats…  Read More

written by iieevvn1 \\ tags: action, Download, fulfills-its, Iphone, latest, lock screen, lock-screens, lockscreen, say-sayonara

Pleco Software, the masterminds behind the aptly named — Pleco Chinese Dictionary — announced today that after minor delay, the latest update to their Chinese language software should be out in a few weeks. Why is this news for iPhone owners, and why should you care?

Well besides the fact that it’s one of the best tools available for learning Mandarin, Pleco’s latest update features a potentially game-changing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature that undoubtedly has other developers taking note… Read More

written by tmunzke \\ tags: apps, developers, Iphone, iphone news, latest, latest-update, masterminds, news, phone-download, phone-store, pleco-chinese, the-latest, the-masterminds

The latest update for the Netflix iPhone app just hit the App Store. It now boasts video-out capabilities for the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4th generation. This update is huge for those of us who use out iDevice for everything.

I’m a little curious if this will make any difference in quality for those on the 3G/3GS using DisplayOut, TVOut2, or Resupported. Regardless, I’m excited to test out the new functionality, and may opt for some extension cables to make my iPhone AV cable reach the TV from the couch.

written by Duy Phong \\ tags: app store, Download, from-the-couch, Iphone, latest, latest-update, little-curious, netflix, phone-download, update, video