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Google Maps (All platforms)
Not exactly a hidden gem, but if you’re not using Google Maps for Mobile then you’re missing out. Not only does it deliver the best pick-up-and-go routing for basic navigation but it is developed at such a great rate that every new version is almost a completely new [...]

FlightView’s Fan Favorite iPhone and Android Apps Upgraded for Superior Functionality

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Smartphone App Enhancements Land in Time for Back to School Travel

BOSTON (August 24, 2010) – Just in time for the back to school travel season, FlightView, the preferred flight tracking application for mobile users looking for a way to accurately and easily manage flight information for themselves, [...]

The best iPhone Real Estate Apps

There are a lot of apps out there that can help people sell their house and to help people buy a house.  If you are looking to sell your house the first thing you need to do is find out what your house is worth.
Find out what you house is worth:
Go [...]

Apple offers Volume Purchase Program for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Apps

Apple has created a volume purchase program for educators who are looking to purchase apps in large quantities.  under the plan educators can purchase several licensees to the same app at a discounted price and distribute the app to their iOS decices.
This move will help educators who are looking to implement iPads or iPod Touches in to [...]

Apple Apps Store launches Try Before You Buy

Apple has ushered in a new service on its App Store known as Try Before You Buy
Apple has launched a new section on its Apps Store, known as Try Before You Buy, which is essentially a new section with all the best lite versions of apps.
Obviously, this isn’t all that new as the App [...]

10 best Android apps

With more than 70,000 apps in the Android Market it can be hard to find the really good stuff. Here’s our pick of the 10 apps every Android user should own.
Secrets
Free
It’s important to keep some of the information you store on your smartphone locker away. With Secrets -  an app straight from Google – you [...]

Augmented reality apps for your smartphone

There has been a growing enthusiasm about a new category of app for the iPhone and Android OS. Known simply as augmented reality apps, these innovative reality browsers overlay the physical real world with virtual data courtesy of a smartphone’s built-in GPS functionality, compass and camera.
If you are an avid watcher of sports coverage [...]

NFL Apps for the iPhone: Are you ready for some football?

The NFL season is right around the corner, training camps are starting up, and you are looking for ways to keep up with your favorite football team on your iPhone. Here is a list of some of the best NFL Apps for the iPhone.
We have scoured the web looking for [...]

Best satnav Android apps

Google’s Android platform is a baby compared to the other mobile operating systems that dominate the smartphone market, but it has quickly gained attention from millions of people worldwide and crucially from the big manufacturers such as HTC and Sony Ericsson. It has also not escaped the attention of navigation software makers and you now [...]

Top 10 Symbian apps

Maps Booster
£3
Accessing Skyhook’s worldwide database of Wi-Fi router Ids, Maps Booster integrates into the standard Symbian location system, automatically triangulating your position from the routers around you. In cities, where GPS traditionally struggles because of the tall buildings blocking GPS satellite line of sight (and generating unwanted signal reflections), Maps Booster comes into its own, [...]

Top 10 iPhone Apps of The Week

Here are the Top 10 Most-Downloaded iPhone/iPod apps of the week.
The Top 10 iPhone Apps this week are all games, bar one, with the Best Alarm Clock + Weather and Temperature claiming the number four spot on the iTunes app store. Angry Birds is still holding on to the number one position, with popular iPhone [...]

I FACE LIFTING and I FACE YOGA: health and fitness apps for iPhone

I FACE LIFTING and I FACE YOGA are the first revolutionary applications that model the face and eliminate wrinkles in just one touch. Ranking first and second in the Staff Recomendation app store – Health and Fitness section.
Created by Rosa Chiara Scaglione I Face Lifting and I Face Yoga [...]

Condé Nast Offers Traveller City Guide Apps

Price: $9.99     Score: 6/10   By M. Schusterman
Travel guide apps are one of the most exciting developments in the world of iPhone apps. Condé Nast Traveller City Guides, a series of apps designed by Condé Nast, utilize a range of capabilities from GPS to augmented reality.
The first few minutes of browsing the app – [...]

World Cup = So Many Flickin’ Football Apps! What’s Our Pick?

As we are all aware, the Football World Cup (the one with the round ball) is now entering its final stages (without the US unfortunately, who made a brilliant show of themselves to get into the final 16) with only 8 teams left and a further two teams facing elimination later today. It's an event [...]

Six Awesome Apps For Learning Human Anatomy On Your iPhone/iPad

Price: Various    Score: 9/10    By Shaun Campbell
Anatomy is a notoriously hard and complex subject to learn, but it’s also one of the most common University-level courses taken by students around the world. Whether you’re a medical student, science undergrad or practicing nurse, physiotherapist or massage therapist – a solid knowledge of human anatomy is essential.
3D4Medical.com [...]

Apps Organizer

We review Apps Organizer for Android – a folder management tool
iPhone users may be going absolutely potty over iOS4’s much-delayed introduction of folders but smug Android fans have had such functionality for donkey’s years.
Being able to create dedicated folders and organize your various applications helps free up home screen space and bring some order [...]

How to get a refund from The Apps Store

We show you how to get a refund from The Apps Store
If you’ve ever bought an application that for some reason or other didn’t work, wasn’t satisfactory or just messed up your phone a little you’re well within your rights to ask for a refund.
Unfortunately, sometimes, this isn’t as straight forward as you’d [...]

Top ten Symbian apps

Maps Booster
£3
Accessing Skyhook’s worldwide database of Wi-Fi router Ids, Maps Booster integrates into the standard Symbian location system, automatically triangulating your position from the routers around you. In cities, where GPS traditionally struggles because of the tall buildings blocking GPS satellite line of sight (and generating unwanted signal reflections), Maps Booster comes into its own, [...]

How to move your old iPhone settings and apps to the iPhone 4

We show you how to move all your old iPhone settings, games and apps across to your new iPhone 4
So, you’ve just got yourself a new iPhone 4, but once the novelty has passed you’ve realised that your old device was synced up to every aspect of your personal life…
Fear not, we can [...]

iPhone’s Retina display will help iPhone Apps on iPad

Here is an interesting note: the increased resolution of the iPhone 4’s retina display will allow apps created for the iPhone at native resolution to display at nearly full screen on the iPad despite the iPad’s larger physical dimension.
See the images below to get an idea of how native iPhone Apps will look on the [...]

Top 11 World Cup apps

There are literally dozens of ways to follow the World Cup on your smartphone over the next four weeks. We’ve taken a look at the talent available and narrowed down our squad to the most talented stars. With our World Cup Apps XI you won’t miss a single kick.

ITV1 2010 FIFA World Cup
iPhone
Watch full coverage [...]

Top 10 Windows Mobile apps

Windows Mobile might be on its last legs, but there are still some great apps available for the platform. Here’s our pick of the best.

Evernote
Free
Evernote is one of those apps that completely changes the way you use your smartphone. A partly cloud-based notetaking program, Evernote is flexible enough to be used in a variety of [...]

Top 10 BlackBerry apps

Here’s our pick of the best apps for BlackBerry. All can be found on the BlackBerry App World.

eWallet
Keeping sensitive information secure on a BlackBerry is clearly important and the only safe way to keep data such as PIN numbers, passwords, bank account details and credit card information safe from prying eyes is to invest in [...]

Money saving apps are a hit with Brits

New research claims that the British public want apps that help save money and time above all others
Research carried out on behalf of LG claims that the UK population spends approximately £422.2 million pounds on mobile apps.
If that figure seems higher than expected, it’s worth bearing in mind that there are now more than [...]

Six essential business apps for smartphone users

Use your smartphone in the office? Then check out these six great apps, essential for all business users.

Office2
£3.49, iPhone
Office2 is a new entrant into the world of Office doc apps for the iPhone and represents excellent value for money. With access to Google Docs and MobileMe it also offers flexibility when managing and storing your [...]