We’re huge fans of the Palm webOS interface – we still think it’s the best mobile operating system out there, bar none, even if the platform is woefully short of apps – so we’re very interested to hear details of the next generation OS coming up, webOS 2.0.
The lack of top notch apps in Palm’s webOS platform has proved to be a bitter disappointment to Palm Pre and Pixi users, with UK users being hit particularly hard (the Brit App Catalogue is a pale shadow of the US one, with just 2,800 apps on offer and many of them pretty unexciting).
Google has announced that their Google Mobile App for Apple’s iPhone has been upgraded to be push notification compliant.
After enthusing wildly about the photographic capabilities of the HTC Desire’s built in camera combined with the superb Vignette photo processing app, we thought we’d show you some more results – and hand over a few tips.
A new research project at the London School of Economics has spawned an interesting iPhone app called ‘mappiness which aims to chart personal happiness.
Admitting that they’ve been serving up, “a certain lack of love and attention,” the team at Evernote are hoping that Android users are the forgiving kind as they attempt to woo them with a series of gift wrapped updates.
Google have taken the wraps off their new and all-enhanced Voice Actions app for the Android mobile operating system, and we reckon we’re seeing a glimpse of what could be the future of mobile phones.
We have to admire the cheek of iPhone developers TapTapTap who, clearly frustrated with Apple’s restrictions on what apps can and can not do, decided to ‘hide’ a feature that users have been crying out for ages – a hardware shutter button.
First launched as an experimental app in March this year, Google’s ‘Gesture Search’ app for Android is a fascinating concept, letting users search for anything on their devices by just writing a letter on the touchscreen.
It’s rare to see a mobile operator paying much attention to the wishes of its customers when they’re busy trying to pursue their commercial aims, but kudos goes to Vodafone after the company backed down over their decision to foist a load of unwanted software on to HTC Desire handsets.
There’s no shortage of photo effects software available on the Android platform, but we think we’ve found our absolute favourite in the shape of the Vignette app created by the homely-sounding “neilandtheresa” developers.
Although there’s no shortage of excellent Twitter apps for the Android platform (Twidroid, Seesmic, Touiteur and Tweetcaster being our favourites), iPhone big hitters TweetDeck reckon they’ve some big tricks up their sleeves to make a real splash in the market.
Facebook has finally announced the addition of advanced privacy settings for mobiles, so that users can control who’s sneaking a-peek at their updates.
It seems that employees who spend their work time uploading status updates, posting up amusing photos and Tweeting about the minutiae of their boring work days are costing British businesses billions.
The official Android Facebook app has lagged behind the iPhone version for yonks, but it seems that the folks at the social networking uber-site are slowly waking up to the growing popularity of the platform.
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