SPB Radio - Listen to radio anywhere

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Following on from their excellent TV viewer there's now SPB Radio for $9.95 it's got more than 1500 radio stations built-in and ready for you to listen to. You can add your own, and search for more from every country and lots of different genres.

There's kinetic scrolling, on-screen volume control and adaptive skins. If you want to listen to music on the move and have a decent enough data plan, this is the way to go. You can download the trial or buy it online with the link below.

Link - SPB Radio

ChickenBrick Studios to release MMO game for Android

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ChickenBrick Studios, developers of my favorite Android multiplayer game Cestos, have started taking beta signups for their next work, codenamed ProjectInf. Details are scarce, but it appears to be the first massive multiplayer online game for Android. Cestos was one of the first multiplayer games for Android allowing 2-4 players to compete. ProjectInf will offer massive games with a large number of players and I’m excited to see what gameplay awaits.

This is what we know about the game so far.

* Codenamed ProjectInf
* Real-Time Networked Play
* Massive size games
* Long-term games (join and leave as much as you like, the war will keep raging!)
* Multiple types of units to choose from
* Social aspects
* Team based as well as individual gameplay
* Tons of replayability

If you would like an early look at the game, you can submit an application to become a beta tester. Just visit their site and fill out the form. Invitations should start going out this weekend. Be warned the game is in its early graphical stages, but that should be changing rapidly over the next two weeks.

Via Android and Me

Texas Hold’em King 3 Now Compatible with BlackBerry Storm 9500 and 9530

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I just received notice from Bplay that Texas Hold’em King 3 (Texas Hold’em King 2 was one of my favorite games on my old 8700) is now available for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 and 9530. Enjoy networked multi-player tournies, and a growing online community of over 100,000 players!

I can attest to this game being a solid offer. Many game modes are built-in, and the singler player mode features a ‘Turbo’ feature that fast-forwards hands once you’ve folded… this really speeds things along. Of course the multi-player mode allows you to play online against other players around the world, and in contest mode you can compete against others to win prizes.

For more information or to purchase for $4.99, hit up Bplay.

Vía IntoMobile

Google to add carrier billing to Android Market

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At the moment, users can buy apps from the Android Market only via Google Checkout – which may not be the most convenient purchase option for everyone.

Probably that’s why Google plans to add more payment methods to the Android Market.

According to CNET, a future Android OS update will offer several other paying systems. Including carrier billing – which means that, for example, T-Mobile customers could purchase apps and pay for them via their monthly bill.

Moreover, it looks like you may even be able to buy apps without using Google Checkout at all.

The new Android Market payment methods might be available as soon as T-Mobile USA launches the MyTouch 3G – but there’s nothing official about this at the moment.

Via Android Community

Koxx Weather Forecast Widget Brings the Weather to Your Android Phone

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If you absolutely need to know what the weather will be like in the following days and you own an Android phone then we have a widget ready to do that for you. The Koxx Weather Forecast is a freeware application which brings you Google and Noaa weather forecasts straight to your home screen.

You can choose between 1x1, 2x1, 2x2 and 4x1 icon widgets according to your needs. In order to get more information simply tap on the widget and get detailed forecasts for the next few days. The widgets are placed neatly on your phone and they will be automatically updated. Ready to get more weather to your phone? Follow the link below!

Download Koxx Weather forecast widget

Record Your Travels with BBTrips

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BBTrips is a freeware application made for BlackBerry phones which will help you record your travel and trips. The application uses your BlackBerry GPS to record the data which can be viewed later on your computer with Google Earth.

The application will let you record routes and save comments on your current position. The recorded tracks can be sent via e-mail to your friends and in case you want to know what’s your current location on the map or view the route on Google Maps, that’s possible too.

The freeware is available for download immediately, so, without grab it right here! Download BBTrips

Vía MobileTopSoft

Sneak peek at Meizu M8's new user interface

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Heads up, Meizu fanboys! We just got a sneak peak at the M8's new UI (said to be dropping in August when the handset gets its firmware update) and you know what? It looks like a UI. Pretty k-rad, right? Check out the other two face-melting pics after the break, if you dare.

Via Meizu Me

Two videos for mobile app developers

. Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of informational resources for mobile developers.

--Motorola is starting the online publicity for its upcoming Android-based smartphones. They did a brief interview with me, asking how mobile app developers can distribute their software (link).

--Elia Freedman of Infinity Softworks did a great presentation on his experiences selling through the iPhone App Store, and the lessons he has learned. It’s well worth watching the video here.

It's best to watch both of these, and think about them, before you develop your mobile app.

Via MobileOpportunity

National Geographic’s mobile games coming this year

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National Geographic is getting ready to go mobile, big time. To help them along the way, the TV network is joining forces with RealNetworks, and together the two companies will bring five casual games burst with educational material to mobile users. We’re not hearing which platforms they will support, but we did caught the “cross-platform” word, meaning they’re not talking “just iPhone,” which is arguably the single most popular platform to develop for these days.

Commenting on the news, National Geographic’s Paul Levine said: “Our Interactive Platforms division continues to field a broad array of highly engaging and entertaining consumer products with universal appeal across multiple platforms, incorporating the best of National Geographic’s mission, brands and franchises. Millions of families and gamers of all ages around the globe are playing our games on consoles, handhelds, mobile phones and online, and we are thrilled to work with such creative and innovative partners to deliver next-generation ‘AAA’ titles and virtual experiences to our global audiences.”

We’re certainly looking forward to see the big company such as National Geographic taking mobile seriously and are looking forward to see what they can bring to the table…

Via PocketGamer.co.uk

FlyCast 2.0 Final Beta Released!

. FlyCast, one of my favorite streaming radio applications recently posted their latest beta in the CrackBerry forums and while still not quite in final form the application is working better and better with each update. Those who have tested the beta know that FlyCast 2.0 offers caching of music to the SD card but a few more things have been added to the new beta as well such as the following:

* Storm supports both landscape and portrait mode now
* Station caching is optional
* New Twitter interface added. Tweet a song and it will post a link to the song on your Twitter feed that any user can click on to be taken directly to that station on FlyCast to hear it
* Curve 8900 is supported

Station caching is free in the beta app, at least until the final version ships to App World, while the streaming feature of course will always remain free. If you want to check the beta out and haven't done so yet be sure to grab it and leave feedback on the FlyCast forums to help make the application better.

Vía CrackBerry

Firefox mobile browser hits Alpha 2

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When Firefox released the first Alpha build of its mobile browser -- aka Fennec -- in May, it left a lot of you underwhelemed. Hey, it was an Alpha build. Don't say we (and Mozilla) didn't warn you. But work has been progressing, and Mozilla just released the Alpha 2 build. Here's what's new in Alpha 2: [via Pavlov's blog]

* Improved panning performance
* Newly designed theme
* JavaScript error console is now built in
* Improved add-on support
* Numerous bug fixes
* Improved UI polish

As per the usual, Mozilla is developing for the HTC Touch Pro. So back up your info, and get to testing. Here's the download link. (Don't have a Touch Pro? Try out the desktop versions.) And let us know in the comments how things look.

Via Wmexperts

Orange UK to offer HTC Hero

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The HTC Hero will be available from early July for free on select price plans and will be exclusive to Orange in ‘Graphite’ colour.

It's the first Android phone to offer a customisable user interface and also comes with five a megapixel camera, gravity sensor, AGPS and 512 MB of memory with space for a 16Gb MicroSD card.

Orange is offering the HTC Hero for free to customers who take out a £39.15 a month, 24 month contract.

The package includes 1,200 any network call minutes, unlimited texts, as well as inclusive anytime internet browsing.

Golden Axe slashes onto iPhone and iPod Touch

. SEGA of America has announced that Golden Axe is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This version of Golden Axe is based on the arcade release, BUT it does feature two additional levels not found in the arcade classic.


Details from SEGA:

"Play as a powerful Fighter, a mighty Amazon, or a rugged Dwarf - each with a score to settle with the evil Death Adder who has captured the king and his daughter and holds them captive in their castle. Filled with battles in dark castles, on the back of a giant turtle and even on the wings of an enchanted eagle as well as unique magic attacks for each character, Golden Axe brings players a taste of the classic title using the iPhone/iPod Touch technology. As a fan bonus, the iPhone/iPod touch version of Golden Axe offers two extra levels of the game that weren’t found in the arcade version!"

Golden Axe is now available for $4.99 from the App Store or from this iTunes link.

Vía Gaming Bits

PhoneSpy or How to Remotely Tap Someone

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Anyone jealous? PhoneSpy (but the name will change as the software evolves) is a free application from XDA Developers that will allow you to activate remote tap on someone through their Windows Mobile 5 Professional and above devices.

Download the zip and extract it to Device\Windows\Startup (or anywhere, just place a shortcut to it in Device\Windows\Startup) so that it autostarts with the Operating System. From there on it will stay memory resident and "listen" to incoming Text Messages. The moment it receives the "chetstriker" text, it will automatically call back the number it received the message from and it will activate the speakerphone so the other party listens in. The received text message is not stored on the device so the author says it leaves no trace or evidence.

Places Directly: Google decides to save the lost rangers

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While most of us who travel extensively already know a thousand different ways to find what’s around you when stuck in a rutt; a mobile phone application for that developed by Google is always as desirable as anything absolutely unwillingly new! What the Google geniuses have now developed is the Places Directly service, which allows you to locate everything from bars to medical stories, to ATMs, all on the Android.


Click on any one of the thumbnails and it will take you to a page with an overview of the place, including its address and phone number. Not just that it will also give you a tried and tested review by people who have actually gone ahead and rated the place. Pretty cool I’d say.

Would work great I guess when I am lost in some remote city, when I go on a self-indulgence trip to some god forsaken city somewhere!

Via Techfever

Symbian S60v5 Theme: iRoom Red By Dsma

. Here’s the red version of the popular iRoom theme by Dsma for Nokia N97, Nokia 5800 and Samsung i8910 HD (Omnia HD). Download the file from Daily Mobile Forum

many of your suggestions coming to life (including S60 3.1 support)

. Our first release of KiTwitts (Flash Lite 2.0/3.0 application) is available for download from the GetJar site. “KiTwitts allows your to search for twitts on Twitter using keywords”

Download KiTwitts for your Nokia S60 3rd Ed device:


If you have an E71 or E63 here is the download:


KiTwitts allows your to search for twitts on Twitter using keywords. You can view the user that twitts using the browser. The application also shows mobile ads based on your search keyword, location and device.

The application is developed for Nokia S60 using Flash Lite 2.0 to fit all Nokia devices which are Flash Lite 2.0/3.0 enabled, We are looking into supporting Nokia S60 5th Ed (Touch based) and S40 too.

via Biskero

Google Sync Announced for S60 Handsets

. Every mobile handset is a communication tool for more just conversation. Emailing has become THE most important service to mankind since sliced bread and for Nokia and Google Fans, things just got more interesting with the announcement of the Google Sync service for the Series 60 Operating System. With a Google account and a Mail for Exchange service and apps handy on the handset, you’re good to go. Users will now be able to synchronize their Google Contacts and Calendars with their handsets over the air. This means changes can be made to their contacts and calendar on the phone or desktop Google account and they would be updated immediately.


Via Official Google Mobile Blog

New Google Product Search to Android. Now with support for barcode

. New version of Product Search, a tool for comparing prices, reviews and details about many different products made by Google for Android.


Main innovation of this release, well able to search on a product using the camera in your smartphone powered by Google to scan the bar code.

Pity that such research is not yet possible in our markets, but only in the United States and Great Britain. We hope there is not to wait too long to do the same thing too. I can imagine? "Excuse me committed, I could make a photo of the box?")

Via Official Google Mobile Blog

eBuddy: Android arrives on one of the best IM client

. Finally Android arrives on one of the best Instant Messaging client available to date. Whereof I speak? EBuddy But, of course!


Completely free (and available on Android Market), this is really a good solution if you want to keep an eye on the vast majority of your contacts, allowing you to talk at once, in fact, with users of MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Facebook , Google Talk and ICQ (there is still someone who uses it?).

Among the characteristics of high eBuddy, the ability to receive messages quickly when we were offline, smiley support, the ability to receive messages in the status bar and more. Do you have a phone with Android? Try it! ;)

Via AndroidGuys