New applications will blend real and virtual worlds on cellphones. New Scientist reports.
“… Instead of completely immersing a person in a virtual environment, augmented or mixed reality involves adding digital features to the world they see around them. So what are the advantages of augmenting your reality? Simply, the technology allows you to point a [...]

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Email ‘n Walk lets you compose emails on the go.
To send an email while on the move, just enter the subject and message text while a transparent view shows the world around you via your iPhone’s camera. Then, just hit “send” to send the message to the iPhone mail app. One of the coolest apps [...]

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Apple hasn’t been known for looking too favorably on various applications submitted to their App Store, sometimes with vague reasoning. This time the reason is apparent, but that probably won’t be much comfort to those looking forward to the app in question, Drivetrain, which would allow users to remotely control the Transmission Bittorrent application. Commenting [...]

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eBay launches an official PayPal app that allows you to send money to your friends and family using your existing PayPal account.
In their own words: It’s fast, easy and secure. Just pick an amount and a contact, and we will take care of the rest. You can choose from 16 different currencies and can [...]

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We’ve seen text messaging services and iPhone apps that guide mobile users to the nearest restroom, but this Japanese mobile phone software takes the search to another level, according to The Telegraph.
“The Check A Toilet program, created by the software company Access Co, enables mobile phone users to search for maps highlighting the nearest public [...]

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If you’re looking to score one of the latest and coolest games for the iPhone, we highly recommend you watch out for Gameloft’s Terminator: Salvation game for the iPhone. The video above is a sample of what you’ll be getting in their latest iPhone game, and even though we’re not exactly sure how game play [...]

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For a majority of the corporate world, BlackBerries are used as your lifeline for everything. But after reading about Executrac, you may think twice about accepting one from your company the next time they offer you one. The Exectrac GPS Tracking software is a super sleuth type of program that can be installed on [...]

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Zillow iPhone app allows you to view real estate information on every home around you — as you move.
Walk or drive through a neighborhood and see estimated home values, homes for sale, recently sold homes.
GPS technology pinpoints your location and then displays real-time real estate information and data as you go. You can also search [...]

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Less than two weeks after the early-look Android 1.5 SDK was launched, the Android Dev Team has now unleashed the Android 1.5 SDK, release 1.
Also known as Cupcake, the Android 1.5 SDK can be downloaded from here.
Of course, since the SDK is targeted at developers, simple Android users are still not able to upgrade their smartphones [...]

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Are you feeling kind of depressed lately or know someone who does? Here is a nifty little iPhone app that could be useful in your situation. The Sad Scale iPhone app from the Deep Pocket Series is a handy tool in assessing your present emotional state and is now available at the App Store. By [...]

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The popular TV & radio magazine from the BBC, the Radio Times, has launched an iPhone application. The application, as you might have guessed, allows the user to browse tv & radio listings; 400 channels and stations are listed and the listings cover a week long period.
Users can customise the app to suit their viewing/listening [...]

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The V21 firmware update for the Nokia 5800 looks to be finding its way into the world at large. The main improvements in the update apparently revolve around the handset’s camera and in general performance upgrades.

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One of Apple’s new iPhone ads targets small businesses by showing them how they can use iPhone apps to process credit card transactions, print shipping labels and check on the delivery of an order. [via MacWorld]
“There’s an app for that” has become the standard refrain in a series of television advertisements that Apple runs during [...]

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Apple’s iPod Touch and iPhone are proving to be a valuable tool to members of the U.S. military, according to a report in Newsweek via News.com.
“The U.S. military in the past would give a soldier an electronic handheld device, made at great expense specially for the battlefield, with the latest software. But translation is only [...]

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Citing concerns that it would strain the data network, AT&T may have compelled Apple to deny approval for an application called SlingPlayer that would allow users to view television on their iPhone, according gadgets blog Electronista.
The report credits “a source close to Apple’s approval process,” but does not contain any comments on the record. So [...]

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