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Oprah Mobile Goes Live on Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm Pre

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Are you a fan of Oprah? Well, now you can check out your fans whereabouts as well as connect with her whenever and wherever through Oprah Mobile. Developed by Hands-on Mobile, Inc. Oprah Mobile is a suite of mobile applications that you can use whether you have an iPhone, Android phone, Palm Pre or BlackBerry.

Oprah Mobile will let you access video clips and previews of  The Ophra Winfrey Show as well as quickly find out what time and channel the show is playing in your current location anywhere within the U.S. The app also lets you participate in exclusive weekly polls, listen to audio clips, read articles and view photo galleries and highlights from Oprah.com, the Oprah magazine and Oprah Radio. Yes, even keep with up Oprah’s tweets.

Additionally,  if you’re keeping an eye on show tickets, the app can also alert you whenever these become available. And for its social sharing features, Oprah Mobile also lets you share your favorite items via email, Facebook and Twitter, search by guests and contributors, sign the pledge to make your car a No Phone Zone and customize the menu to keep your favorite sections with easy and quick reach.

Excited about this app? Get it for your iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm Pre or  search for it from the Android Market on your Android phone.

Originally posted on April 23, 2010 @ 6:46 pm

People Are Digging Digg’s iPhone App

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Aside from the Digg buttons and widget generators that Digg recently made available as part of the preparation for the launch of its redesigned page, the social bookmarking site has also released a new iPhone app. And mind you, it’s a pretty cool and useful app that brings in all the Digg good stuff that we all enjoyed and have grown to love through the years.

In fact just a few hours after it was released, the new Digg for  iPhone suddenly goes to the top of the iPhone Apps Store’s “news” category.  We don’t have exact download figures yet, but the fact that it went to the top of the apps chart is an indication that iPhone users are digging the new Digg app.

If you haven’t downloaded it yet on your iPhone, now is the right time to do so. If you’ve loved Digg.com, I’m pretty sure you’d also love this  Digg iPhone app. Why? You can watch the attached video above demonstrating the many cool and touchy features of the Digg app.

Digg for iPhone app lets you browse lists of recent content, search for the topics you care about and save stories to check out later. You can also join the usual Digg curation fun by Digging and burying stories and comments right on your iPhone. You know what’s great about this iPhone app? It interface well with the touch screen features of the iPhone. And if your scanning and browsing the highly active Digg storyline, you’d notice how easy it is to so by just tapping and swiping your iPhone’s screen.

In case you’re not aware, Digg for iPhone app was created by the folks at TapTapTap. And to celebrate the release of their app, the group is giving away free iPads. Here’s how you can grab one of this most anticipated mobile device.

Originally posted on March 25, 2010 @ 4:29 pm

Hootsuite Twitter App Goes to Android, iPhone App Updated

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I’ve encountered Hootsuite a long time ago when I was reviewing Twitter apps for iPhone. I like it  a lot then that I even purchase the paid version. After the review I totally forgot about this app but it still resides in my iPhone, until now.  Hootsuite is announcing its latest project – Hootsuite for Android phones. In addition, its iPhone app now supports full Facebook integration.

In case you haven’t heard about Hootsuite or you haven’t use it before, well it’s just your usual mobile Twitter client that supports multiple accounts plus some added features such as message scheduling, statistics and now Facebook integration and landscape view feature.

For its Android version, Hootsuite lets you manage multiple Twitter accounts also. It also lets you create streams for #tags and searches, schedule messages, add followers to lists and accounts, share photos and shorten URLs of posted links and  now background notifications for incoming  messages on your Android phone’s homescreen.

Hootsuite for Android is available in both free and paid options.  The paid version adds features such as unlimited accounts, on-board, click-through statistics tracking while the free version only allows you to have three Twitter accounts.

You can get the app by searching for it on the Android market or scan the QR barcode below.

Originally posted on March 2, 2010 @ 3:32 pm

Productivity App Evernote Reaches the 2 Million Mark, Thanks to iPhone

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You know Evernote? That very useful multi-platform productivity app that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Android, BlackBerry smartphones and of course iPhone and iPod Touch? I’m pretty sure that if you’re not using it right now, you’ve probably heard about it before. Well, guess what? Evernote just reached the 2 million user  mark. Aren’t we excited?  By all means we are.

I personally like Evernote’s iPhone app. It was the first productivity app that I used on my iPhone, although I could not say that I have become more productive since I started using it.  But still, it has helped me remember things that I would  otherwise forget if I didn’t use the app.

Anyway, going back to Evernote’s recent achievement, the official Evernote blog says that they wouldn’t have achieved the 2 million user mark if not for the big push in usage given by both Android and iPhone apps.  But looking at the given stats, it seems that Evernote has to thank only the iPhone since more than 1M users used the Evernote iPhone app. While Android could only give 26K+ users.

Evernote for Windows follow the iPhone app in terms of usage with more 600K people who used it, followed by the Evernote web app.

Here’s a breakdown of  Evernote’s usage stat, in case you’re curious to know.

  • 2,062,015 total Evernote users
  • 1,005,048 iPhone app users
  • 623,900 Windows users
  • 604,480 web app users
  • 342,620 Mac users
  • 90,972 Palm Pre users
  • 80,890 Windows Mobile users
  • 78,406  BlackBerry users
  • 29,861 Android users

If you haven’t used Evernote, now is probably a good time to start using it. Who knows? – It might help you be more productive in 2010.

Originally posted on December 30, 2009 @ 6:13 pm

Want Tons of HBO Goodies?, Yeah There’s an App for That Too

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HBO joins the madding iPhone apps crowd with its own HBO Mobile iPhone app. And since they are rather a little late in this genre with other cable networks like Discovery, AMC and other already into it, HBO made sure that its iPhone app is peppered with great features to make it stand out from the rest of the crowd.

So, you got program guides, schedules as well as social sharing features and a heap of interactive features  including show descriptions and other details, cast and character profiles, episode guides, video clips and photos of  various HBO programs. For movies, the app even provides you with trailers, yup, right on your iPhone.

To boost its on-demand programs, the HBO Mobile iPhone lets you surf through its VOD service catalog.  And for those who always miss HBO shows and movies, you can set up an alerting service that will send you SMS messages whenever a show you’ve been wanting to watch will be on HBO.

For its social networking features, HBO Mobile lets you share shows, movies and HBO programs that you are planning to watch with your Twitter or Facebook contacts. You can also share this via the embedded email app.

HBO Mobile is a free app. If you spend more hours at your home watching HBO features, this app is definitely for you. You’d love the nice interface and easy navigation features of this iPhone app.

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Originally posted on December 24, 2009 @ 10:07 pm