Verizon's Flex View Delivers Movies to Smartphones

By Jacqueline Emigh | 11/14/2010

If you'd like a big choice of movies for viewing on your smartphone, Verizon is now offering a service that will give you just that. But this carrier's new Video on Demand service is only for subscribers to its FiOS service.

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SlingPlayer Mobile Streaming TV Service Now Available for Windows Phone 7

By Ed Hardy | 11/10/2010

An app that lets Windows Phone 7 users watch programs streamed from their home TV is now available. SlingPlayer Mobile doesn't require a monthly service fee, but users do have to have a Slingbox.

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Opera Mobile Browser Released for Google's Android OS

By Ed Hardy | 11/9/2010

A beta version of Opera Mobile 10.1 is now available in the Android market, giving users of smartphones running Google's operating system another option in web browsers. Its developers promise this free app is faster than its rivals.

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Skyfire Appears on iPhone App Store, Quickly Pulled Due to ''Overwhelming'' Demand

By Ed Hardy | 11/4/2010

The Skyfire web browser had its much anticipated debut on Apple's software store, but has been taken off after far more people purchased it than had been expected. Its developer promises the app will be available again soon.

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Skyfire To Bring Adobe Flash Video to the iPhone on Thursday

By Ed Hardy | 11/2/2010

Apple has given its approval to Skyfire, a web browser for the iPhone that is capable of playing Flash video. This app, which will debut on Thursday, will allow users to watch streaming video on a wide variety of web sites.

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Google's Android OS Passes an Big Milestone: 100,000 Apps

By Ed Hardy | 10/26/2010

Google has announced that there are now over 100,000 applications for its Android OS. This puts it in second place behind the Apple iOS, but well ahead of other mobile operating systems.

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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Coming to BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian, MeeGo

By Ed Hardy | 10/25/2010

Adobe said today that versions of its Flash player are headed for all of the major smartphone operating systems. When available, these will allow a wide range of mobile devices to use Flash-enabled websites.

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DataViz Documents To Go 3.0 for Android OS Offers Desktop Syncing, Support for Google Docs

By Ed Hardy | 10/22/2010

DataViz Documents To Go 3.0 for Android OS has just been released, bringing a number of new features to this suite of Office apps, including an app for synchronizing documents with a PC as well as support for the Google Docs online service.

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777 Windows Phone 7 Apps Available on Launch Day

By Ed Hardy | 10/22/2010

The first models running Windows Phone 7 have hit store shelves in Europe, and Microsoft was able to announce that users of its new operating system have 777 applications to choose from in the software store.

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Skype App Now Available for Most Android OS Users

By Ed Hardy | 10/5/2010

Since it was released in the spring, the Android OS version of Skype has only been available for Verizon Wireless customers. A version for far more devices running Google's operating system has now been released. This allows users to make phone calls over a data connection.

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New Versions of Gmail for Android OS No Longer Require System Software Updates

By Ed Hardy | 9/24/2010

Google has released a new version of Gmail which Android OS users can download and install. Previously, users had to wait for new versions of the operating system to come out to get updates for core applications like this one.

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Dropbox for BlackBerry Released, Versions for iPhone and Android OS Updated

By Ed Hardy | 9/23/2010

Dropbox is a free online file storage service. An app that gives BlackBerry users access has just been released, and the versions for devices running Apple iOS and Google Android OS have been updated.

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