The Last Call app for the iPhone tells you just how drunk you are. This seems a little redundant because I have a brain app that tells me when I’m drunk and it’s backed up by a mouth app that starts to slur after 5 drinks. In any case, the app will even suggest a course of action after you’ve had one too many such as calling a cab. I was kinda hoping it would suggest something along the lines of “that girl to your right just broke up with her boyfriend. Move in!”
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Barack Obama has talked about his BlackBerry before, saying that it’s his guilty pleasure and he can’t stop checking his email. Well all of that may have to change because according to the law, the general public must have access to his entire official correspondence. Clinton also had to cease e-mail services because of this same issue. The only solution proposed would be an email system where he could receive but not send. If that’s the case, maybe Barack will be able to enjoy a BlackBerry Pluto after all (I assume he gets unreleased devices from RIM).
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Along with the November 18th release of “I Am… Sasha Fierce,” Beyonce is making several of the tracks available exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers over the operator’s VCAST over-the-air music service. Beyonce will also be taking over the VCAST site between Nov. 14 - 18 by posting her favorite albums, songs, playlists and more on the main music storefront page. Fans can also text “Beyonce” to 8901 to download any of the exclusive titles.
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Remember those videos of the kids popping popcorn with their mobile phones? Well it looked like a hoax and it turned out to be one. The video was meant as a viral marketing campaign to get people to buy more Bluetooth headsets. The logic was fairly simple in that if you can convince people to not put a phone to their ear, they’ll buy a headset.
About 5 months after the video was revealed as fake, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus released a statement saying the following:
Read more about the viral video after the jump
At the Adobe MAX conference, Andy Rubin demoed Flash running on the Android G1 to prove that the platform worked well on mobile. The demo was also somewhat of a call-out to Apple to say that their platform should be on the iPhone, and they no longer have excuses to not implement it. During the same presentation, Rubin confirmed that Google and Adobe are working together to make sure Flash runs on Android devices.
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We recently updated you about MocoSpace and we’ve got some more exciting news for you from the social network designed specifically for mobile phones. Today MocoSpace is exclusively previewing brand new music from 2008 American Idol winner David Cook.
The new track titled ‘Declaration’ is available to the over 4 million registered users of MocoSpace via a phone number (571.730.6184) they can dial from their mobiles. After a MocoSpace shout-out from Cook, listeners will hear the song in its entirety and then a message about signing up for text alerts from the artist. Cook, who won the American Idol contest in May of this year, is releasing his self-titled debut album on November 18th.
So if you’re a David Cook fan, or just want to meet some cool people on your mobile, I suggest heading over to MocoSpace.
FunMobility, today announces the launch of America’s Best Mobile Flix (aFLIX), the first interactive video sharing service and mobile social network, on Verizon Wireless. aFLIX will enable Verizon Wireless customers to easily create unique mobile video experiences and share user-generated content with other mobile phone users across multiple carrier networks.
Using aFLIX, Verizon Wireless customers who have phones with video capabilities may share their mobile videos as life happens. Customers can upload videos into categories such as Comedy, Kids Vids, Crazy Pets, Sports Hijinks, and many more, or create a profile with their videos and share public or private messages with other members. Customers can also review, comment, rate and share every video on aFLIX right from their mobile phone. Videos with higher ratings are featured in a special “best videos” category every month, and customers are automatically presented with the highest-rated video they have not yet seen when they open the aFLIX application on their phones.
FunMo.com, will power the aFLIX application, which can be downloaded directly from Get it Now or Media Center for a $4.99 subscription.
Slydial is a free service that let’s you dial any mobile phone number and get directed straight to voicemail, which can be helpful when you have to communicate with someone without wanting to, you know, communicate.
Previously, using Slydial was a bit cumbersome, requiring you to call “267-SLYDIAL” first then manually entering the number you’d like to call. However, Slydial has launched an application for BlackBerry, allowing you to simply select a contact from your address book. You can find a download link below, as well as a link to more Slydial videos. My personal favorite was the “Mulligan” video, but I couldn’t find any embed code.
Personally, I don’t find typing in search queries into Google all that difficult, but Google plans to have a mobile application that will allow you to say your search terms rather than type them. The strange fact in this news is that it’s going to launch on the iPhone first.
The reason for this is that Google has separated its mobile division from its Android division. The mobile team is therefore only concerned with getting apps out the door and selling, rather than creating a better mobile community for a select group of device owners.
“I want to bring the most valuable applications to as many users as possible,” said Gummi Hafsteinsson, senior product manager for the mobile team. “We treat all high-end [mobile] platforms equally.”
In order to get the voice search, all you have to do is have the Google Mobile App for iPhone. The voice search will come in the form of an update. To use speak search, simply open the app, hold the phone up to your ear and tell the Google Genie what your heart desires. Stay tuned for the update!
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The Price is Right is now available for iPhone by FremantleMedia. The game is fairly large in size, weighing in at 84.5 MB, but you’ll get 16 of the minigames featured on the game show. More features include:
A friend of mine once went on The Price is Right and he managed to win the whole showcase. Although it wasn’t what he expected. At the end of it, you have all these prizes, but you have to pay tax on them. In the end, I think he walked away with a few hundred and was told to keep quiet about his winnings.
The Price is Right is available on the App Store for $4.99
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