Applications

MeetMe for iPhone lets you meet friends halfway

Remember MeetWays, that tool we covered that would let you find the exact mid-point between you and someone else? There's now a competing service that does the same thing on your iPhone.

MeetMe, from Basara ($1.99 Yelp, and can be filtered from a large directory of categories. In my go with the app, I used the directory to find restaurants, hotels, and bars. There are also more specific things like day spas, specialty coffee shops, religious organizations, and various health care institutions.

Along with using contacts from your address book you can also type in a starting/end … Read more

Apple blocks Google Voice app for iPhone

The long-awaited Google Voice application for the iPhone has been officially shot down by Apple.

There were a scattering of reports on Monday, and then a Google spokesperson confirmed it: "Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users--for example, by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers."

In addition, all third-party applications that use Google Voice have been pulled by Apple, according to a report in TechCrunch. The developer of one of those apps, GV Mobile, … Read more

Yahoo Mobile site gets iPhone overhaul, syncing

Yahoo has been busy. Last week, it announced a new customizable home page you can personalize by adding favorite Yahoo services and social-networking modules. On Tuesday, Yahoo unveiled a new iPhone-optimized design for the iPhone's Safari browser that invites you to sync the modules between the PC and your iPhone.

Here's how it works on the desktop. When you navigate to Yahoo.com from your browser, you'll be able to click a link at the top of the page to try out the redesigned home page. You'll then move to m.www.yahoo.com (which is … Read more

Resident Evil 4: iPhone zombie-whompin'

Some people like chocolate, some like vanilla. Some go for Glenn Beck, some for Jon Stewart. And some dig vampires, while others love their zombies.

Me, I'm just waiting for the day I can buy a chocolate zombie Stewart. Until then, I will sit here eating Trader Joe's Swiss 72 percent Dark Chocolate (world's best), listening to The Daily Show in the background and whompin' the undead in Resident Evil 4.

Hot on the heels of Resident Evil Degeneration, the console classic just arrived in the App Store for $7.99.… Read more

My Favorite New Tip: Viewing Email in a Pinch

The good people over at PreCentral.net really make owning a Pre an exciting unfolding. With each new update, users play and test and hack and then post everything they find.

Yesterday, Jonathan Downer posted a tip for previewing email. This feature is thought to be new with WebOS 1.1 though it was not one of the many noted by Palm when they released the update. We know about it now because it was reported in the forums by Pre Central user imop45 and also over at jkOnTheRun.

The short-but-sweet original tip:

Go into your inbox and pinch out … Read more

THE APPS STORE

I'm back to talk about a few apps I downloaded, but before I do that, I want to inform you about what just happened to me. I just received my SPRINT phone bill and there was an extra $70 added onto my bill for call forwarding. Actually 350 minutes of call forwarding at .20 a minute. The reason for the call forwarding, which I've never done before, was so I can test drive the Palm Pre, but the Pre has it's own phone number so I just forwarded all my calls from my cell phone over to … Read more

Ghostly app streams music for your mood

Mood-based music playlists have been a holy grail for audio entrepreneurs since the dawn of the MP3. There's just something unshakable about the idea that your iPod might sense your mood and play music to fit your precoffee grogginess or sun-filled Saturday frolic. Unfortunately, everyone from MIT to Memorex has experienced mixed success trying to crack the music mood algorithm.

The problem with automatic playlists based on mood is that the scope of music can often be overwhelming (what's more energetic, Techno or Oompah Polka?) and the technology used to analyze and assign mood attributes to music files … Read more

Road test: Navigon's flat-rate iPhone navigation app

I don't know which is more disappointing: that it took this long to bring navigation software to the iPhone, or that most vendors are charging monthly fees for it.

That's one reason I was excited to try Navigon's MobileNavigator, which has a flat-rate price of $69.99 (until August 15, at which time it jumps to $99.99).

Steep, yes, but to me that's much more attractive than paying $9.99 per month for AT&T's Navigator or Networks in Motion's Gokivo. (TomTom hasn't yet announced a pricing plan for its forthcoming nav app.)… Read more

Landscape Mode on the Pre

Last night, I was reading a few things on my Pre via Google Reader and I accidentally tipped it for a second, throwing the article I was reading into a much easier to read landscape mode.

This got me thinking: I can count the times I've used my Pre in landscape mode on one hand. And most of those times happened only because I was just playing around, not really using the phone/trying to do anything.

So...why don't I use the Pre in landscape mode more often?

Aside from the fact that you have to hack to get email to re-orient in landscape mode, … Read more