‘Mobile’

There is a new rumor running around, that Apple may be adding iAds to books downloaded on from their iBooks store. While this would mean a continuous cash flow from books, even after you buy the book, it also means you may see a splash of color at the bottom of your books.

One good thing about this could mean that Books that would normally cost you 10 bucks, may be brought down in price with the promise of ad clicks and revenue from them. But, who would want ads in their books? I know I wouldn’t. I’m all for people finding new and inventive ways to make money, however adding ads to a book shouldn’t be one way.

Via 9-to-5 Mac

Uh-oh. While looking for a new Ad Website, I happened to stumble across Chikita. While looking through their blog, I noticed this interesting post about Google’s Android. Looking at this graph, you may say “That just means more Android Apps have ads!” however, from this graph you see something VERY interesting.

Android user’s are more likely to click on an ad then iPhone and iPad users. While, yes, combined Apple’s userbase is more valuable then Google’s operating system, however when you realize that there are three different Apple products out there, this becomes that much more impressive. So, that means people with apps for Android can make more money then people with apps for iPhones and iPads.

Via Chikita

Google has really been in the news recently, and it is for good reason. They’ve just been updating things left and right. The newest thing to feel the update fever has been the mobile version of Google Finance and believe me, it needed a good update.

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CNET has learned something interesting happening to Gmail, it seems that Google has been testing Gmail Call, where you can have the ability to call any phone, both in the US and Canada, for free. Google already lets you do this with Google Voice, however that requires you have a cell phone, as it calls your phone and then the person your calling. With this, you can just place the call and use the Mic and Speakers on your laptop or desktop and talk to someone.

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The cool guys over at Droid-Life pointed out in a news post that Flash 10.1 is available to Android 2.2 phones in the Android Market, except it was only for Root users. However, if you want Flash on your non-root phone that has Android 2.2, then head on over to Droid-Life where they have the APK file hosted!

Via Droid-Life

It seems that Google is finally adding Push Notifications to it’s iPhone apps package. This is good news to anyone that relies heavily on Google’s slew of online apps. They can now sync their phone, just as before, and get push notifications for Gmail and Google Calendar. Your gonna have to update them from the App Store, but it’s definitely a welcomed update, especially since Gmail debuted with the iPhone and it didn’t have this function out of the box.

Ever missed an appointment or important email because you were away from your desk? Now Google Mobile App can help with push notifications from your Google account to your iPhone — an icon badge shows you’ve got new mail in Gmail, and Google Calendar event reminders appear right on your home screen.

Via GoogleMobileBlog

It seems the rumor mill is a buzz again today, with news that Verizon and Apple are still in talks to bring the iPhone to the best wireless provider in United States (Having tried T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, I can say this with confidence.)

It’s been known for sometime that Verizon is beginning to lay out plans, as well as getting ready to start constructing the infrastructure, for their LTE Network (4G network). It seems, however that they are also planning on coming out with something called SVDO that would allow for Date and Talk to be done at the sametime, something most phones on Verizon network (Okay, all) can’t do, but that the iPhone on AT&T can do without breaking a sweat.

It’s premature to think that Verizon will never get the iPhone, as it is natural for a company to want to make money and having a phone available on as many wireless providers would make sense. The snag, seems to be however, that Apple and Verizon are trying to decide if they should release a iPhone 4 as an SVDO device or wait for the iPhone 4G to be released (iPhone 5)

Still, being a first-gen iPhone user, I would LOVE to get an iPhone on Verizon’s network, especially since AT&Ts sucks for the greater New York area.

Via Appleinsider

Well, well, well… Those guys over at XDA-Developers can sure work wonders. As anyone who’s ever purchased a phone and tried to get it unlocked, it’s a hassle. Carriers don’t like it when you buy a phone from them, only to cancel the service a few months later and get a cheaper service from a competitor. Many times, they just don’t wanna unlock the phone for you.

Well, it seems that the Samsung Galacy S series (Captivate on AT&T and the Vibrant on T-Mobile) are actually easy to unlock, thanks to a tool developed by Xda-Developer.

This is cool, but remember you always download and use these tools at your own risk, as there is always the chance that you can brick your phone and void your warranty, but hey, you already know that if you looking at the Xda website, right?

Via SlashGear

I love Capital One, don’t get me wrong, but it’s beginning to seem like Bank of America is the bank to get behind. Bank of America announced the other day that they have signed up a few major corporations to help them test their new Mobile Payments platform. Instead of using your credit card, you would have to have a special SD Card inserted into your phone (Don’t worry iPhoners, there’s apparently an addon you can use) and you would wave your phone in front of a reader and bam, your payment will be received.

This differs from what the Carriers are working on, where the chip is pre-installed into the phone, instead of using up your SD Card slot. Regardless of who ends up being the first out of the door with a fully working model, being able to not have to carry around your wallet (When your just hanging out with friends) is sounding nice. Now, if we can just get these things to be accepted at Bars and Restaurants!

Hit the jump for the list of shops that are helping out with this “Beta”.

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Today, the internet exploded with news out of South Korea. Apparently, LG is making a tablet and not just any tablet, they are making the iPad Killer that every company with a mobile division is trying to come up with. A company that has shown that even being late to the game means nothing *cough* smartphones *cough* can accomplish huge things, especially with their goal to sell 5 million units by the end of the year…

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This little ditty will be a weekly post, showing you all what we think is the iOS, Android and Blackberry apps of the week! We will be posting this every Friday Saturday, in the afternoon. This post will show you what we feel is the top app of the week, based off of the top 10 apps. We will be giving you a description of the app and any other relevant information on it (Including a link to buy/download it.)!

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The folks over at Engadget got a very big surprise when Dell sent them a prototype for their upcoming Android Phone, the Dell Thunder. From the screenshots and video they took, the phone looks and runs beautifully and is a great high end addition to the Android phone line-up. (Screenshot below from their gallery)

Currently, there’s no definite date on when the phone should be released, however the phone that they were sent is a prototype back from April and some changes may have occurred to the software and/or hardware. If your thinking of trying out an Android phone or looking for a new android phone, definitely check out their exclusive preview (Link) and definitely wait until it is released, is definitely worth the wait!

Source Engadget

A few months ago, Google announced that the Nexus One, or the Google Phone, would no longer be sold through Google themselves and would be sold out in all stores. Instead, the phone would be used for Developers of Google Android Apps to buy and use to test their apps on, and using the Nexus One as a testing device is a really bright idea especially since Google had a hand in creating it.
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BoyGeniusReport reported this morning that the next version of Android will be title Honeycomb, and will likely be Android 3.1 or 3.2, but will probably not be Android 4.0, especially when you look at the past updates by Google for Android they usually have a major release, followed by one or two small incremental updates.

Androdi 3.0, Gingerbread, was announced shortly after Android 2.2 was given a release date, and is rumored to be hitting devices this fall, bringing cloud services with it for the Android devices.

Via BGR / Source Techradar

Here’s some interesting pieces of news for you Verizon FiOS subscribers (Hey, me too!), Verizon plans on adding many new features to your subscription, including cloud services!

First up, Verizon plans on introducing cloud services, allowing you to sync up to 70 gigabytes of data with their servers, allowing you to access from any 5 devices. This is awesome, cause while Google has said that Android 3.0 won’t be released for the majority of current Android devices (Which means Droid 1.0 users won’t get Google’s cloud services), we can still use Verizons cloud based services, which are being added free of charge it seems. It’s is supposed to be launching by the end of this year, so this is good news!

Read on for the other exciting bit of news coming from Big Red!

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