It’s not hard to see that Americans love their mobile apps , and Nielsen can now tell us by how much. The average US smartphone owner circa mid-2012 now brandishes 41 apps, a pretty hefty 28 percent increase from a year earlier.
Nielsen: Americans have 28 percent more mobile apps in 2012, look down on the web with disdain
May 17, 2012 Updated at 7:22 am
Rogers and CIBC make joint deal for NFC mobile payments in Canada, let you check out with your BlackBerry
May 17, 2012 Updated at 6:43 am
Canadians sometimes can’t catch a break: while NFC payments have been relatively common for Americans , Europeans and certainly the Japanese , Canucks have had to largely make do paying with ye olde credit carde. Rogers and national bank CIBC want to put an end to these antediluvian ways: starting later this year, CIBC card holders will just need to swipe an NFC-equipped BlackBerry like the Bold 9900 ( Bold 9930 for CDMA-loving Americans) at a matching terminal to pay at a given store.
Evernote 4.0 for Android hands-on
May 16, 2012 Updated at 10:05 pm
The next step in the most famous note-taking application of all starts on Android with a fully upgraded user interface in Evernote 4.0. This upgrade takes the full functionality of the application and adds on a much-improved set of graphics and organization so you’ll have the ability to make your notes, drawings, and all manner of idea keeping right at your fingertips in a way thats much nicer to look at and interact with than ever before.
How to Get Your Android App BlackBerry Ready: Fungitron for Playbook
May 16, 2012 Updated at 8:42 pm
Fungitron is a very detailed resource on mushrooms, originally available for Android devices it has been ported to the Playbook platform. You’ve probably heard a lot about how easy it is to get your existing Android app working on the BlackBerry Playbook, Here’s Peter Kovacs’ first hand account of the whole process.
Trendstop Fashion TrendTracker Premium Fashion App for BlackBerry
May 16, 2012 Updated at 6:53 pm
Trendstop.com is the world’s leading online fashion trend forecasting and analytics service. They’ve done work with lots of fashion retailers and designers such as ASOS, H&M, Next, Marks & Spencer, Forever21, Bebe and Target.
Herocraft Announces They Will Be Releasing Games on the BlackBerry Playbook
May 16, 2012 Updated at 6:14 pm
Game developer Herocraft has announced that they will be developing a number of games for BlackBerry Playbook and BlackBerry 10 platform. Herocraft is a game developer headquartered in Kalinigrad Russia, they develop games for several platforms like Google Play and Nokia Ovi and BlackBerry.
Venstar’s home thermostat boasts touchscreen, WiFi, and mobile app
May 16, 2012 Updated at 5:59 pm
Venstar is giving the good old thermostat a techie makeover with a new Skyport WiFi Key for its ColorTouch residential thermostat. The Skyport WiFi Key allows the thermostats to connect to the company’s Skyport Cloud Services, which lets users remotely monitor and control their thermostats via Venstar’s mobile app.
ReadOnTouch PRO Upgraded to Version 2.0
May 16, 2012 Updated at 1:57 pm
ReadOnTouch PRO (formerly ReadItLater) is an offline reader by Sven Ziegler for the BlackBerry Playbook. Ideal for reading whenever you find yourself in a spot that doesn’t have connectivity, it supports images and formats the articles for clear reading on the Playbook.
Android’s contribution to Google
May 16, 2012 Updated at 10:37 am
Yesterday I presented the estimated Android income statement vis-à-vis Apple’s income statement. In this post I’ll compare Android as a part of Google’s overall business.
Gartner: mobile phone sales fell two percent last quarter, Samsung confirmed as numero uno
May 16, 2012 Updated at 9:23 am
Gartner’s latest dispatch reveals a wobbly global trade in mobile phones. Although our love of smartphones continued to blossom, with sales of that subcategory up nearly 45 percent, it wasn’t enough to stave off a two percent overall decline compared to the same quarter in 2011.