Yahoo Messenger with Video Chat Comes to iPhone

Yahoo Messenger with Video Chat Comes to iPhone: "

Remember that iPhone Messenger app with video calls that Yahoo promised us late last week? Well, it’s now live in Apple’s App Store.
The new version of Yahoo Messenger enables users to make video calls and stream live video one-to-one over 3G or Wi-Fi. What makes the app really interesting is the ability to establish a video call between an iPhone and an Android device (provided it has a front-facing camera) or between an iPhone and a PC.
You can also make free voice calls to your Yahoo Messenger friends, as well as low-cost international calls with your Yahoo Voice Phone Out account. Unfortunately, this last bit is available only to users in the U.S., France, Germany, Spain and Singapore.
Finally, the new version now supports multitasking, meaning you can work on other tasks on your iPhone while the app happily runs in the background.
The app is available for free in the iTunes store.

Apple’s iOS 4: Here’s What’s New

One of the most exciting announcements from WWDC today was iOS 4, the iPhone’s new operating system.

The OS, which contains around 100 new and upgraded features, will be rolled out with the new iPhone 4 next month, and it will also be available as a free software update on earlier devices, including the iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and second and third generation iPod touch with 32GB or 64GB storage.

In his keynote address, Steve Jobs chose to highlight a select few of the iOS’s new features, including multitasking, iBooks, advertising and file management. But there wasn’t enough time to cover all the upgrades and improvements. Some of iOS 4’s features that slipped under the radar include app gifting, wireless keyboard support and many others.

We first learned about iOS 4 back in April. At that point, we knew multitasking would be coming to the iPhone “in a way that doesn’t hinder performance or battery life.” Today, Jobs confirmed and demonstrated services such as Pandora and navigation running in the background while other apps were also running in the foreground.

Two other hotly anticipated upgrades for iOS 4 are the Mail app’s major facelift and the all-new app organization functionality.

Now, users can organize their iPhone apps into separate folders for better organization and easy access. iOS 4 will be able to manage up to 2160 applications on a device. Folders will feature the familiar drag-and-drop functionality that Apple device users know and love.

Email on the iPhone is also getting a major overhaul in iOS 4. You’ll be able to view messages from all your accounts in a single, integrated inbox. Messages will be threaded, and you’ll be able to open attachments using third-party apps, as well.

Apple made some significant announcements for multimedia functionality, too. iOS 4 will support custom playlist creation for iTunes, tap-to-focus video, 5x zoom for camera functions, and a Photos feature called “Faces and Places,” which allows users to sort and view photos based on where they were taken and who appears in them.

Finally, applications can now be gifted to friends and family, the background wallpaper on your home screen can be easily changed, a spell-checker has been built into Mail and other apps, and Bluetooth-enabled wireless keyboards will now play nicely with the operating system.

refer to : http://mashable.com/2010/06/07/ios4-iphone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)

Android on an iPhone

A member of the iPhone Dev Team, a group of hacker that develop software for jailbreaking iPhone, managed to install Android on a first-generation iPhone. David Wong replaced Apple's bootloader with the open-source OpeniBoot so that he could install a different operating system. He also used a version of the Linux kernel ported to the iPhone in 2008.

'It should be pretty simple to port forward to the iPhone 3G. The 3GS will take more work. Hopefully with all this groundwork laid out, we can make Android a real alternative or supplement for iPhone users. Maybe we can finally get Flash,' says David.

This is one of the many benefits of an open-source software: people can modify it and use it in new, interesting ways. You can install Android on a Windows Mobile phone, on an iPhone, on a notebook and on many other devices.

Wikipedia Releases an Official iPhone Application [Downloads]

Wikipedia Releases an Official iPhone Application [Downloads]: "

iPhone/iPod touch only: We've already seen plenty of apps that bring Wikipedia to your iPhone, but today Wikipedia launches their own official iPhone app called Wikipedia Mobile.

The application is both free and open source, and while it's currently pretty light on features (it could really, really use an autocomplete feature), the folks at Wikipedia say that they're currently focusing on simplicity and speed, but will add features based on requests over time. On top of that, because it's open source, they claim to be willing to let anyone contribute, so if you've got a great idea, you may want to consider lending them a hand.

Wikipedia Mobile is a free download, currently iPhone and iPod touch only.

Wikipedia Mobile [iTunes App Store via Mashable]

Will Palm Pre Get Cracked And Unlocked Like Apple iPhone ?

Expected iPhone Killer Palm Pre is launching in USA on 6th June, the first version of the

phone will be made exclusively available on CDMA network with Sprint, the European GSM version of the phone is expected to get released in coming months, despite no signs or expected release dates of Palm Pre GSM some online vendors are confident about its availability and had already started taking pre-orders for fully unlocked Palm Pre's for $699.95.

The Palm Pre runs linux-based WebOS and these online stores seems pretty confident that it will eventually get cracked and jailbroken like Apple iPhone, only time can tell, any takers for Palm Pre Dev Team tag ?

iPhone users to walk and read at same time

iPhone users can now walk the streets safe in the knowledge that upcoming letter boxes, errant children or dogshit can be easily avoided, without interrupting the more important act of reading email.

iPhone users to walk and read at same time

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