Yahoo has introduced AppSpot to help you discover new apps for iPhone and Android. AppSpot also has a web presence which can then be used to send the app directly to the phone. AppSpot fills in a very important void in the app discovery phase. Smartphone market is in a gestation period just like what […] Read more
If Nissan Micra has introduced keyless ignition to Indians, Volvo is all set to spoil them for choice. Volvo is introducing cars in 2012 which come with a free app for Android and iPhone to control the car. Volvo’s car app will let you control the car remotely. You can get the position of the […] Read more
UK’s pizza lovers have one more thing to love about. A completely cashless pizza eating experience. Pizza Express in UK has enabled all its 370 branches to accept money via iPhone/Paypal app. Pizza Express has teamed up with Paypal and brought in a iPhone app. The security and getting the monies is covered by Paypal […] Read more
Is Mercedes Benz, the epitome of luxury, skimping on a smartphone app? Unless, Benz has a compelling explanation, I am inclined to think so. Benz is skimping on a few thousand dollars to bring out a smartphone app. Instead it has released a lousy mobile optimized website. You can check the website by going to […] Read more
How about having the whole of wikipedia on your iPhone/iPad? Then get ready to clear some space on your iPhone and spend some money on the app. All of Wikipedia is a offline wikipedia reading which doesn’t skimp on anything – content, user experience and money. The app costs $8.99, needs 3.86 GB space (english […] Read more
India TV Guide, a one stop shop for all TV listings, has launched its Android app. iPhone and Blackberry apps will follow. Content providers are keen on launching Android apps before iPhone and other smartphone apps. The reasons are obvious because India might soon having more Android powered phones than any other smartphone OS powered […] Read more
![1000 British Library books on your iPad for free! [app]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BL.jpg)
You just got one more reason to buy that iPad. A thousand books from British library just went free on iPad. These books are from 19th century ranging from novels and poetry to scientific books. This offer is valid for iPad only, and there are plans for releasing this for iPad’s poorer cousins – Kindle […] Read more
Indian security agencies have just one more thing to do before they crack Blackberry and Nokia’s email server problem. An iPhone app. Tiger Text is an iPhone app which is getting Indian security agencies attention. Tiger Text is a cunning little app, the intended usage has more bad ways than good. Tiger Text can delete […] Read more
Financial Times circumvented Apple’s garden and launched a iPhone and iPad optimized HTML 5 app. When other media houses were gung ho about launching a mobile app for each and every mobile OS coming up, FT decided to go the web route. This probably is one of the better approaches in dealing with the jamboree […] Read more
![An app to tell you when to pee [iphone]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pee.jpg)
Someone has taken the phrase ‘there’s an app for that’ a little too seriously. An iPhone app, appropriately named RunPee, will let you know what’s the best time to pee, in the middle of a movie. App page claims that this is a must, for every moviegoer. RunPee app provides an alert option to remind […] Read more
iPad will be replacing pilot’s flight manual on Alaska airlines. Flight manuals typically weigh 25 pounds and they are being replaced by 1.5 pound iPad. As per the airlines, that is a significant cost saving in fuel saved to carry lesser load. Of course, they failed to mention the iPad paraphernalia like the charger or […] Read more
![Dude, your laundry is done but your phone’s gone! [iphone app]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DryerBro_thumb.jpg)
DryerBro is the new app on the anvil which is using iPhone’s accelerometer to let you know that the laundry is done. The iPhone has to be prominently placed on the dryer and the app will send out a text or make a call to let you know that the laundry is done. Multiple numbers […] Read more
![Getaround : Rent your car, make money, be happy [app]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GetaroundImage_610x406_thumb1.jpg)
Getaround iPhone app makes renting your car easier and convenient. Best thing is, you can make money out of it. In the lifetime of a private car, even if is driven for 3 hours a day, the car is sitting idle for 21 hours of the day. Which means it is being used only for […] Read more
Android is catching everybody’s fancy. There’s also an argument going that Android is eating into iPhone’s share and people are preferring Android because it is open. Well that would be a discussion for some other time. For now we can safely say that a lot of activity is going on in the Android world. Apple […] Read more
![Half a million apps for iTunes app store [infographic]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/500kAppsInfographic_thumb-140x1024.png)
500,000 apps and still counting. iTunes store has reached the half a million mark. The number of available apps is little over 400,000 for the obvious reasons of app withdrawals and attrition. More than 10 billion apps are downloaded so far. There are quite a few milestones iTunes store has achieved. What better way to […] Read more
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