A new iPhone spy application was recently released under the name “Mobile Spy.” This spy program, previously only available for Symbian and Windows Mobile systems, is now commercially available for any iPhone and iPhone 3G user.
This program runs silently on any iPhone and sneakily records phone call information such as duration time of calls and incooming and outgoing numbers. Also SMS exchanges can be fully recorded and logged. All of this information is then surreptitiously uploaded to a server that can be accessed on-line from any computer.
The intended use of this program is for parents and employers to keep an eye their kids and employees, respectively. This will ensure that no one is making any trouble under your watch. The company, Retina-X Studios is very pleased with the results so far and is hoping to expand also into e-mail logging and GPS tracking, basically turning your mobile into a bird tracking tag. Possibly taking a lot of the fun out of human hunting.
While this could be a useful tool for employers to ensure that there is no personal business done on company phones you better beware of who you’re letting make a “quick calls” on your iPhone. Otherwise your Ex might have a little more access to your new social life than you want.
Get involved and do it with mobility. A new web app has been designed for the Apple iPhone 3G which allows you to access President-Elect, Barack Obama’s website Change.Gov. This app was designed by Cerado, who also designed the Change.Gov widget. This was due to Change.Gov opening its content.
This web app was made to optimize web access to the Change.Gov website from your iPhone 3G. This means you can comment, contribute, access information and articles all from your Apple mobile.
The app furthers the ability of mobile users to get fully connected to the world and is an extension of Barack Obama’s campaign strategy of keeping voters involved with regular texts and e-mails. This political network is now even more accessible with the iPhone app and will make even more people more politically savvy.
Street View for Google Maps is no longer limited to the HTC G1, Apple iPhone 3G and the Blackberry! That idea factory of Google has just released the Google Maps street view function for smartphone operating systems Windows Mobile and also for Symbian S60 3rd edition.
A new commercial [see below] shows all of the functions that are now available for a whole bunch of new smartphones with the release of Google Maps 2.3. The main function of course is the Street View which gives pictures of points on maps so you can situate yourself according to landmarks.
Other handy features include searches for business and destinations which gives phone numbers that will let you call the location instantly. Also get instant walking directions from your own location so getting lost is now next to impossible.
This new release will give a huge boost to other smartphones on the market who were lagging behind the G1, iPhone 3G and Blackberry. What makes it even better is you don’t even have to buy a new phone to get these great new features working.
Will this new release sway you from the iPhone or G1 and consider a different smartphone? Let us know!
Tired of your Blackberry friends teasing you about your iPhone 3G not being able to do a simple cut and paste of text? Well it’s time to do some teasing back.
Some have already attempted to develop methods to bring cut and paste to the iPhone, but have always gone through the Apps store and not been terribly successful. Pastebud takes a different approach and combines javascript bookmarks and other webservices.
The program will operate between Mail and Safari and allow you to take pieces of text and transfer them to new messages. This is technically not a full cut and paste function as it only allows you to do this through only those two applications, but it does address many people’s complaints as these are the two most heavily used programs.
The Pastebud service is scheduled to launch December 12th as the programmers are still putting on the final touches.
The Global Economic Slowdown has been hitting almost everyone hard in the last few months, but one company that didn’t seem to get the memo is HTC.
The sales of HTC made for revenues of US $528.57 million in November, which marks a 22.1% increase for the year and a 10.8% jump from last month’s sales. The boost in sales is being attributed to such popular models as the HTC Touch Diamond and also the HTC G1, the first device touting the Google Android mobile OS.
With sales like these the High Tech Computer company should have no problems reaching their stated revenue goal of NT$48 billion (Roughly $1.4 billlion USD) for the fourth quarter.
HTC has been on a rampage lately release such heavy hitters as the Touch Diamond, Touch HD, Touch Pro and also the G1. With such advanced devices catering to some of the more high end/high tech users it isn’t surprising their success in such an unforgiving market right now.
It may be still a little presumptuous to jump on board the HTC train, but with numbers like this it is hard to resist not trying to pick up some stock.
It was recently announced that Google is launching a new exclusively smartphone AdWords feature for businesses wishing to advertise products and services with Google. This service is geared towards mainly the G1 which features the Google and Android OS and also the Apple iPhone 3G. Google ads on the iPhone? Talk about ubiquity!
Although this is geared towards those phones mentioned above this service is going to function on any smartphone that is using a full fledged HTML browser. This is going to be useful for advertisers getting a grip on that new internet crowd who have become cyber-aware recently through their smartphone purchases.
Although to the user this isn’t going to mean much more than a few extra ads on your browser, for us on the consumer end we are hoping that this will ultimately lead to lower costs of phones and services as there will be much more ad revenue coming just from people using their phone.
How do you guys feel about it? Do you want less ads, or do you think this may lead to better and cheaper service in the long run? Shout out how you feel!
It’s hard not to feel the effects of the iPhone everywhere. It’s even harder if you’re a mobile manufacturer trying to keep up with the amazing dent it has put into the mobile smartphone market. However if you’re Nokia you’ve most likely have your team of resident geniuses working on a defense strategy.
With the recent announcement of the N97 many folks out there are still drooling over the possibilities of that sleek, QWERTY keyboard phone, but the cynics amongst us are still wondering if keys are just a thing of the past and we all have to get on the touch screen train.
As usual Nokia has failed to disappoint. Unfortunately details are limited to the picture above that was taken from a presentation at Nokia’s Capital Market Day 2008, but these presentations are usually meant to entice investors into sinking some dough into new projects.
The picture shows an edge-to-edge fully touchscreen interface, smart widgets, multiple home screens and integrated services.
The actual announcement of any phone using this interface or model has yet to come, but we can have some faith in Nokia for being able to consistently produce some quality products. Hopefully we’ll be seeing a few more solid details on these developments soon.
Do you think that Nokia is going to be able to compete on the full touch, smart phone market?
Nokia recently held their Nokia World ‘08 convention in Barcelona to announce some of the their upcoming dealings and new plans for the coming year. Despite their announcement of significantly pulling out of the Japanese GSM market Nokia is still making waves in the industry with their new innovative products and way of delivering them to customers.
Systems like the Google Android Marketplace and the Apple iPhone store have been significantly changing the way people use their mobile phones and Nokia, being one of the more highly adaptive and smart market players aren’t ones to ignore those trends. Last year Nokia launched Ovi (Finnish for door) which was meant to act as a one stop shopping place for mobile users where they could find news and products. This service was offered in conjunction with carrier plans from T-Mobile and Vodafone and not as an independent service like the iTunes Apps store. Nokia is now taking great steps to expand Ovi’s services. At Nokia World ‘08 they announced Maps on Ovi as well as Mail on Ovi.
The Maps on Ovi service will be a service offered to customers who wish to plan out routes on their PCs, sync their phones up with the program and then have route plans and day trips held with them in their phones. These routes will function in tandem with built-in GPS systems and allow users to meander freely without losing their way.
The Mail on Ovi is described as a service that is going to give the world easy access to e-mail without the use of a computer. The vast majority of the world population does not have access to e-mail and Nokia is attempting to offer an alternative with Mail on Ovi. The service would allow people to create mobile e-mail accounts accessible by phone and by PC. Also still allowing full access to free online mail services such as Google or Yahoo Mail.
The Nokia World ‘08 did not stray away for what Nokia is known for. One of the big announcements that has the mobile blogosphere abuzz is the announcement of the N97. This is a powerful new slider phone with fully QWERTY keyboard and some quite impressive features. Many of the new Ovi services were made in conjunction with the N97 and demoed on that model. The GPS system coordination with the Maps on Ovi service looks impressive and is likely to wow users all around the world.
It remains to be seen how anyone is going to come out of this Global Economic Slowdown, but with Nokia thinking in big picture terms with them investing their resources into apps support such as the Ovi system, they may be a sure bet to remain on top as they have been doing so for the last few years.
How do you think they’re going to fare in this changing market? Can they keep up? Let us know what you think.
With the HTC G1 doing some damage to the iPhone 3G’s smartphone dominance we wanted to give some iPhone users a few reasons not to reconsider their purchases. Even though it lacks the full Google integration of the G1 there are some great Google apps (not actually made by Google) that can have your iPhone 3G functioning with the Google monster and giving you all the convenience you need
This is a juiced up Text Editor and lets users access Open Office, MS Word, Excel and also syncs with Google Docs too. This is an app that is good looking and for a limited time only quite reasonably priced at $2.99. We’d recommend this for anyone who uses the great Google Docs features.
Saisuki is an extremely useful tool for any one who organizes their business and personal affairs online with the Google Calendar system. This two-way syncing system is great for keeping everything order and up to date. You can also time out synchronizations so connections are not left on when not in use.
Fring is a great app that is available for many different mobile operating systems. This app can also be used to access Skype, MSN messenger and many other applications. However you can use this app to access your Google talk and chat online wherever you are. A great free app that is great for all kinds of users.
This Google Contacts manager lets you keep and separate your iPhone contacts and Google contacts and have access to them both simultaneously. It is also possible to use this app with multiple Google accounts and sync your phone with each of them.
This fantastic free app will let you update your Blog on the fly and for not a single penny. Unfortunately you can only access Google’s Blogger and not any other blogging site, but nonetheless this is a useful app that lets you inform your loyal readers about your every single move, no matter where you are.
Do you have any tips for us of other Google apps or useful iPhone apps that have caught your eye? Let us know.
