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Archive for the ‘Apps’ Category

December 20th, 2007

Traffic Jam 2 for Windows Mobile

eSoft Interactive has released the highly anticipated Traffic Jam 2, a multiplatform game for Windows Mobile and other portables. There are even versions for Windows and Mac OS X. Traffic Jam 2 is the sequel to Traffic Jam, which puts you in the puzzle solving mode to move traffic back and forth - how perfect […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

December 14th, 2007

Mactomster iSync Plugins: Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung sync!

I wrote about how Nokia now has a page with plugins for iSync. The list of phones is rather comprehensive but not complete. I happened to chance upon the Mactomster - a site that has released a series of iSync plugins for several phone brands and models. Here is the list from their website taken […]

By Jayvee -- 3 comments

December 14th, 2007

PhoneFavs: Bookmarking from your desktop to your mobile

Recently got a heads up to try out PhoneFavs, a site dedicated to mobile bookmarking on your phone. Here’s a quote from the press release that talks about what the service does:

With PhoneFavs, users can store, organize and share bookmarks and access them on any device, anywhere. PhoneFavs’ deceptively simple homepage serves as a gateway […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

December 4th, 2007

Level-Up offers Gamer SIM and grabs gamer market share

Was sitting in at a panel discussion last night for an informal eCommerce thing in Manila, Philippines. My co-panelist JC Medina of Level-Up Philippines was talking about a new Level-Up Gamer SIM card. For those not in the loop, Level-Up is probably the brand name of gaming in Asia as they hold the franchise of […]

By Jayvee -- 7 comments

December 2nd, 2007

Watch the SideShow

Windows Vista has a little brother in Windows Mobile. At least that is where it seems to be going. The SideShow application turns your mobile device into a small “Tempest Junior” for the huge desktop “Thunder Sub.”

Here are a few things up for the testing grounds according to the devs:
* New […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

November 29th, 2007

GPS Simulation using Google Maps

In the Philippines, we have a location-based SMS service that alerts family members of your approximate location. The service is not free, but has been used in the past by consumers who want to know where their loved ones are - that and really paranoid boyfriends.

In the new version of Google Maps, a new feature […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

November 23rd, 2007

SMS Mac: Send SMS

So I was listening to episode 66 of MacBreak Weekly and towards the end of the show Alex Lindsay brought up a neat SMS application for the Macintosh called SMS Mac - this was his pick of the week. What it is really is an app that allows you to easily send SMS blasts to […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

November 20th, 2007

WPhone Admin: Wordpress admin on your iPhone

WPhone Admin has won the recent contest for best application to control your Wordpress administration via the iPhone. The winner version was mentioned at the Weblog Tools blog:
There was a plugin competition of sorts held mostly on the wp-hackers mailing list on coming up with a plugin that would allow WordPress administration through the iPhone. […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

November 19th, 2007

Missing Sync 1.0.2 released

For us unfortunate Mac users who have to rely on third party apps to do certain things for us, you may have already noticed that Missing Sync for BlackBerry was released to accomodate a few new features. Unfortunately, these “new features” still don’t include the updates we had hoped Mark / Space would inculcate into […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

November 15th, 2007

Free with ads or subscription?

Would you rather have to pay for a monthly subscription for phone services or would you rather grab a free service that is supported by advertising? The IDC released findings that more than 1 in every 3 cellphones released in the future of 2011 will be a smartphone - more capable of surfing the web, […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments