Apple today unveiled the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0 -- the next version of the software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available today to iPhone developers, and released to iPhone owners sometime "this summer," the new iPhone OS brings over 100 new features, including some that have been missing or … [Read more...]
ICQ Beta for Windows Mobile
AOL announced an open beta of a new Windows Mobile application called ICQ Mobile. ICQ Mobile brings much of the functionality of their desktop app to your Windows Mobile device. Device Support ICQ for Windows Mobile supports devices with Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 6, and Windows … [Read more...]
AIM For iPhone Gets an Upgrade
MARCH 4, 2009 UPDATE - The ad-free, paid version of AIM for the iPhone went up on the iTunes Application Store today. As we initially reported, it costs $2.99, and is essentially the same as the free version, with the exclusion of advertising. AOL has updated their AIM application for the … [Read more...]
Google Syncs Your Phone
I can remember when... (man, I sound like my grandpa) I remember when your cell phone (we didn't call them mobiles) had it's own address book, and you had no way to back it up. If you lost the phone and didn't have a redundant storage system (paper or PC), you were screwed. Smartphones … [Read more...]
BeeJive IM Now on the Blackberry
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 23, 2009) - As a thank you to its loyal BlackBerry community, Beejive today announced a week-long sale on BeejiveIM for BlackBerry, the most reliable and user-friendly mobile IM application on the market today. This native, highly customizable application … [Read more...]
Nokia Adds Skype to Smartphones
At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Nokia announced that their new N97 smartphones will come preloaded with Skype, the popular voice over IP (VoIP) software -- a radical shift for Nokia and a major business coup for Skype. Telecom companies have resisted explicit support for … [Read more...]
Truphone Adds AIM to its iPhone App
The Truphone mobile VoIP service announced support for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) chat into its iPhone app. This comes just a couple weeks after adding instant messaging support for Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. The Truphone iPhone app is free from the Apple App … [Read more...]