Android Market update streamlines content, nukes tabs, dismantles 24-hour return policy to appease devs
Updates have been coming fast and furious to Google's Android Market for a couple weeks now, but this is the biggest shift yet -- that rusty tab-based interface is out, replaced with a rotating carousel of downloadable content, and a single scrolling pane of info for each and every app. What's more, it seems that Mountain View has heard the cries of game companies in particular, as it's got a couple of very special changes largely targeted at them -- the size cap on individual apps has been upped to 50MB, and Android Market's famous 24-hour return policy is no more.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: appstore, dec, game, minutes, mountain, return-policy, returnpolicy, softwareupdate
Aliph gets into the app game with Jawbone Thoughts voice messaging
We know, it's a bit odd to see the Jawbone name attached to something other than a Bluetooth headset or speaker, but Aliph is forging into the application game with a new voice messaging service for iOS.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: aliph, app store, appstore, dive into mobile, entry, fri, game, iphone, messaging, mobile, press-release, release, video, voice texting
Viber VoIP iPhone app: 3G calling, no registration, and totally free
You know those voice minutes you've been coaxed into buying for, like, ever? Now would be an awesome time to bid 'em adieu. Out of nowhere, Viber has swooped in to crush the dreams of Skype and every other VoIP provider out there, and if these guys can reach critical mass, avid iPhone users will certainly be able to buy a mobile plan with fewer minutes.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, appstore, entry, excellent-over, iphone, mobile, number, result, skype, sms, standard-voice, voip
Android Market update brings long-awaited ‘Related’ tab, similar app suggestions
Remember that "Related" / "Similar" tab we spotted in Google's own Gingerbread video ? Looks as if you won't have to wait for Android 2.3 to enjoy the spoils of having El Goog sort out what similar apps you may like after you download one
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: app, app store, appstore, droidd, google-android, market, match, nexusone, update-brings
Official Google Voice app for iPhone hits the App Store
A few weeks after third-party apps started filtering in , Google's launched its own Google Voice app for the iPhone, and it looks to have all the most important features: call and text support, push notifications, and voicemail access (including transcriptions).
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: app store, appstore, breaking-news, breakingnews, entry, googlevoice, hits-the-app, iphone, moment, Notifications
DVPRemote iOS app easily replaces your factory Roku remote (video)
This, friends, is what happens when convergence is approached correctly. Rather than asking you to keep yet another remote in the hopper, one Phil Irey has crafted DVPRemote -- a lovely iOS app that enables your iPhone or iPod touch to act as your main control mechanism for any Roku set-top box. The app itself has been floating around in the App Store for a tick, but its the newly released version 2.0 that's really of interest.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: appstore, from-providing, hopper, iphone, keyboard, netflixplayer, result, shuffle, tick
Ripxx ski app for iPhone great for athletes, useless for Epyx Winter Games
We received an interesting email from Ripxx this morning, stating that due to an unprecedented outpouring of comments on our previous post for its sports GPS , the company's gone and developed its very own iPhone app. That's right, instead of planning your ski trips around a piece of dedicated hardware, you can now do it on the same device you use to read Texts From Last Night while sitting on the loo
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: app store, appstore, bucks, iphone, north, pmd, ripxx, speed, sports, Texts, Trainer, Vertical
Google lets you search Androi… er, make that iPhone apps from your iPhone
We'll admit, we didn't see this one coming: pull up Google on your iPhone's browser, and you'll now discover there's an "iPhone Apps" option that lets you search the App Store . Looks pretty much like any other type of Google search, but results contain apps' star ratings and the first few lines of their descriptions; tapping on a link boots you right into the App Store itself.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: appstore, boots, contain-apps, iphone, iphone app, iphone-apps, iphoneapp, iphoneapps, itunes, mobile, phone-apps, ratings, result, star-ratings, store
Google Voice apps returning to iPhone app store
It's been a long time coming -- now native Google Voice apps have finally returned to the iTunes App Store. This, after a fourteen month hiatus in which we saw an FCC investigation into the matter that culminated in a loosening of App Store restrictions
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Appearance, approval, apps-returning, appstore, coming-sometime, googlevoice, gv mobile +, gvmobile, investigation, store, time, voice
Verizon gearing up for Android V Cast App store?
We're guessing Verizon has been pretty happy with the results of its V Cast App store for BlackBerry , as it looks like the carrier's now accepting submissions in the Android category for software that'll propagate its eventual marketplace on that mobile platform.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: appstore, conference, developers, droid, mobile, now-accepting, v cast apps, Vcast