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McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
last week | POSTED IN Blackberry
McAfee has taken the wraps off of its Mobile Security 2.0 suite, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-phishing package that protects virtually all Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones and tablets. Android phones and tabs running 2.1 Eclair through to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are covered, as are BlackBerry phones running OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0. We’re checking up about support for BlackBerry OS 7.1 - our guess is that as this is rolling out now, support for it will be included...
A hot cup of McAfee
iTether for iOS arrives in App Store: £10.49, cocks a snook at your iPhone’s tethering plans
2 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
USB tethering on your iPhone, though a feature that’s been possible since iOS 3.0 landed, hasn’t been as straightforwards as its been on Android phones since it arrived with 2.2 Froyo. iTether is available to download from the App Store right now, costs £10.49, and enables USB tethering from your iPhone, once you’ve installed a companion desktop app on your PC or Mac. Once all that’s done you ought to start seeing delicious data flowing on the iTether app screen...
Tether tether land
RIM fires up BBM Music for the UK: MP3 mixtapes meet instant messaging
2 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Alongside the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 comes word that BBM Music has finally launched in the UK. The social-music-messager lets you listen to and play a friend’s library of 50 songs, as well as your own 50 favourite tunes. The main idea behind BBM Music that the more friends you add, the more music you’ll be able to access as part of your growing ‘BBM Music Community’ as RIM puts it. You can swap up to 25 songs a month to keep things fresh...
Black Keys
7digital Premier Android tablet app launches: iTunes for Honeycomb tabs
3 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Online music vendors 7digital have launched a tablet version of it’s existing music store app for Android phones. The Honeycomb-optimised app is available to download right now from the Android Market and gives you access to a 16 million strong library of tunes. Tying in with the existing Android phone app that launched back in May, any songs you purchase through this app will be accessible through the 7digital cloud locker on other devices. So any tunes you’ve bought previously...
Honeytunes
Huzzah! A Spotify app is finally heading to BlackBerry phones
3 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Finally, some good news for BlackBerry owners who had naught but doom and gloom last week. Spotify has announced over on its blog that its working on a BlackBerry app that’ll give you access to its vast library of online musics. Even better, there’s a preview version of the app that you’re able to test out on select BlackBerry phones right now. Only available to phones on GSM networks (that’s us in the UK and Europe), Spotify has tested its app on the BlackBerry Bold...
Berry good
Top 10 Augmented Reality Apps
4 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Augmented Reality, AR. It means your smartphone uses visual input, and combines it with online data and overlays that onto what you see; this can mean extra geographic information, or a visual representation that adjusts depending on how you move your phone. Smartphones have only recently developed into devices with enough power to deal with augmented reality apps, and combining camera input with streaming data will still sap your battery pretty quickly. But you'll find some of the most...
Augmenting your reality
The best football apps for the 2011/2012 season
5 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
With the summer transfer window closed, many footballs fans are rubbing their hands in glee for the new season. It may have already kicked off, but there's plenty of apps to make sure you don't miss a single goal. We've also included our favourite recent games. And yes, Champ Manager is in there. ESPN Goals A free app that will customise the video content depending on your favourite team, weekly video highlights ensure you miss none of the action. You can even get goal alerts sent...
iPhown goal
Back to School: Get your learn on with your smartphone, tablet and these apps
5 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
If you were among those who recently received the A-Level results you wanted and are heading off to your University of choice after summer, or you’re a returning mature student about to embark on an MA or PhD, then you may be thinking about how you can use your smartphone to make life easier for yourself. Provided you’ve been able to stump up the required funds for your course and still afford an iPad or high end Android phone then read on... iStudiez Pro - £1.99 (iPhone, iPad)...
Study buddies
How to watch TV on your smartphone or tablet
6 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
If you are heading on holiday soon and can’t bear the thought of missing the latest episode of Top Gear, or simply need some entertainment to while away the hours there are a range of TV catch-up services worth considering. Modern, more powerful devices make is easier than ever to stream video, couple this with industry wide increase in screen sizes to 4.3-inches and smartphones now are just about the right size for watching TV. The introduction of the iPad produced a mass-market gadget...
TV a gogo
Not going to Silverstone? Download these Formula 1 apps
7 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Wimbledon has come and gone and now the British public is gearing up for the next great sporting event of the year. Thousands of fans have already flocked to Silverstone in anticipation of Sunday’s race and it looks like attendance levels will reach an all time-high. If you’re not one of the many who’ve camped out or won’t be watching the live broadcast, but want to keep tabs on the action, check out these. It’ll be just like you’re actually there! Kind of....
Git yr motor runnin’
Wimbledon 2011: Best tennis apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7 and BlackBerry
7 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
The metronomic to and fro, the intermittent inclemency, the strawberries and cream, the arresting grunts of the Williams sisters (among others) yes, Wimbledon 2011 is well and truly upon us. Short of keeping a couple of tabs open on your browser, we’ve rounded up some of the best apps and ways to keep track of the action from your phone, along with a couple of run tennis games if you need something to occupy your thumbs between sets. News Apps Obviously the first port of call for any...
Fuzzy Dunlop
The best apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook
8 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Thanks to its tiny size, we’re getting a lot of use out of our PlayBook. Its app store is still nascent, but with RIM making sure that developers can easily bring over Flash-based games and functions, as well as a forthcoming app ‘player' for Android and BlackBerry phone apps, the PlayBook could prove to be a huge stomping ground for your app needs. Here’s our pick of the top apps for your PlayBook. Need For Speed: Undercover Tilting the tablet to steer may not be...
PlayBook's for playing
7digital updates Android app: MP3 downloads and compressed downloads
9 months ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Hot on the heels of Spotify’s announcement this morning comes news that 7digital has revamped its Android app. Now customers can purchase tracks on the go on their Android phone from 7digital’s 14 million-strong library. Like the Amazon MP3 app, the 7digital app features an integrated player, meaning you’ll be able to search for, buy and download songs on the go and play them in the same app. Nice. You’ll also be able to play songs stored ‘locally’ on your...
Another Android MP3 store
Facebook Deals launches in the UK, get free stuff with your mobile
2 years ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
Facebook has just launched Facebook Deals here in the UK. This Foursquare-style service allows you to check in to locations and get discounts and free stuff with your phone. For today only, the first 30,000 people to check in at participating Starbucks can claim a free filter coffee. Yo Sushi is also giving away 2000 meals to the first 1,000 people who check in to their 47 participating restaurants. Whoever said free lunch didn’t exist was lying. To check for deals, point your...
Freegans’ delight
App Friday: Turn your phone into a torch, drain your battery
2 years ago | POSTED IN Blackberry
For all those times when it’s dark and you drop your house keys or Pokemon cards there’s an app for that. We’ve done a round-up of the best smartphone apps that allow you to use your phone’s screen or the camera’s flash as an ad hoc torch. So the next time you drop your precious ring on the floor, you’ll be able to pull out your phone and find it in a (ahem) flash. For iPhone iFlash4 is a basic flash activation app for the iPhone 4 which boasts a simple...
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