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15 Nov

Start reading top magazines using Zinio for Free

Posted on 2008 under Free Apps, Web Apps, iPhone Apps | No Comment

(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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If you want to read the latest editions of U.S. News, Playboy, Men’s Health, Macworld, Car and Driver or Penthouse without spending a dime, you got to checkout Zinio’s iPhone Web App. Zinio had launched an iPhone version way back in May 2008. I expected it to get subscribsion based within a month of two. But when I checked out this web app on my iPhone last evening, it was still free. On Zinio’s website, subscription to each of those mags cost $5.

To start accessing this great web app - Hit www.zinio.com/iphone on your iPhone now.

Let me share a few screenshots:

2 Nov

Build Web Apps that Mimic Regular Apps for iPhone with WebApp.Net

Posted on 2008 under Web Apps, iPhone Apps | No Comment

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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It took me a while to understand this cool web app building idea that is demonstrated on WebApp.Net. Amazing stuff. You got to download this webapp builder from this location and start building simple webapps that can mimic just like another regular app on your iPhone’s spring board. But what is this webapp.net? Over to the developer behind this magic:

WebApp.Net has been designed to mimic the actual iPhone and iPod Touch graphic user interface. It is light weigth and provides many powerful and easy to use items, based on javascript and cascading style sheets technologies, to help you designing great and must seen web applications for the Apple’s latest mobile devices.

Check out this Demo created by WebApp.net. Pretty Cool…

1. Go to this Web page on your iPhone Safari Browser
2. Save this page on your home screen by pressing + sign
3. Click on this icon on home screen and experience the different. Though this opens in Safari, it completely mimics a regular native app of iPhone. It doesnt even show Sarari’s address bar. Amazing.

This app utilitizes some hidden features in 2.1 firmware. So users one lower firmware will not be able to use this app.

Over to the Developer:

For iPhone and iPod Touch developers - Bring the power of the iPhone and iPod Touch GUI designed by Apple in your own web applications and give the the best user experience to your visitors and customers.

Features Include:

• Easy integration of proxies for cross-domain AJAX requests
• Automatically handled navigation and header title
• Compatibility with browser navigation buttons
• Easy to use and fully integrated AJAX technology, usable also with forms
• Easy quicktime media integration
• Custom form elements (toggle button, …)
• Custom events to catch slide effect, rotation, AJAX errors/success, etc…
• Ready to use advanced CSS for common iPhone/iPod Touch elements
• Per layer bookmarks (see advanced features)
• Search engine compliance (see advanced features)
• Full <script> support in asynchronous content
• Script excution in XML response
• Fullscreen support
• Auto-back option for radio selection
• Right-to-left languages support (Arabic, Hebrew, …)

Check these few apps that users have built using this app builder
Venetubo.com
TPG Transport
French Financial website

Download this webapp builder]
[via - WebApp.Net]

12 Oct

Cool On-Demand Radio Shows Webapp - BreakThru Radio

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Came across this cool on-demand radio shows webapp called BreakThru Radio. BreakThru Radio is and Indie-focused online music radio broadcaster and uses technology from TVersity. It covers diverse range of channels from reggae to rock. Macsimum News had this covered:

Designed to break the dull stranglehold of commercial radio playlist culture in the US, BreakThru Radio is a channel collection that comprises interesting new sounds presented by DJs from the underground scene: death metal, dancehall, dubstep, hip-hop, indie rock, skronk, roots country, reggae, electronica, acid jazz, ambient beats, dub, two-step or folk, whatever … The site offers its daily listeners unlimited access to underground music, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

You can access BreakThru Radio by going to iphone.breakthruradio.com.

[via - Macsimum News]

6 Oct

Watch Movies for Free on iPhone with Hollywood Pocket

Posted on 2008 under Web Apps, iPhone Apps | No Comment

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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I came across this cool webapp called “Hollywood Pocket“. This webapp makes it possible for you to stream a complete movie on iPhone using the YouTube app in iPhone. There is no charge to watch these movies as these movies are freely available on video sharing websites.

These movies are basically public domains films, and it’s legal to watch them. Moreover, it’s free. Hollywood Pocket works on WiFi and 3G. But yes, you will have to wait for about 30 seconds before the movie begin.

Check it out - go to Hollywood Pocket on your iPhone.

27 Sep

It’s now Microsoft’s turn to build apps for iPhone - Tellme Search coming soon

Posted on 2008 under Native Apps, Web Apps, iPhone Apps | No Comment

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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Google was the first big corp that jumped the iPhone bandwagon. Google came up with quite a few iPhone optimized web apps such as google search, reader, iGoogle, news etc. Then can Yahoo. Yahoo optimized its web interface for iPhone and also came up with a iPhone friendly social networking web app called ‘OneConnect’.

And now arch rival Microsoft has started building iPhone apps. Macnn has reported that MS is building a voice controlled search app called “Tellme voice-activated search” for iPhone. As per Macnn - the service allows users to vocalize their search terms, which are combined with GPS information to find the closest listings. Movie information, including showtime listings, can be retrieved through Fandango; sports, weather, driving and travel information represent some of the other focuses.

Tellme will be adapted for the iPhone’s unique interface, probably through use of a large virtual button to initiate voice, says senior Tellme director Dariusz Paczuski.

[via - Macnn]

16 Sep

Del.icio.us comes to iPhone

Posted on 2008 under Web Apps | 1 Comment

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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If you miss browsing del.icio.us bookmarks while you are on your iPhone, you now have this amazing looking web app called “iLicious”. If you are on your iPhone right now, go to - http://delicious.allabout.be right away and get a feel of del.icio.us interface. I seem to have liked this look and feel. Sharing with you all, a few snapshots from my iPhone:

Here is more about iLicious from the team behind this web app:

 With the iLicious webapp it is possible to browse through your bookmarks, tags, network and even have a look at your inbox and subscriptions. It is easy to retrieve all your favorite links with this easy webapp. 
All data is collected from the Delicious database and your username and password will therefore never be stored on our servers.

[for more on this app - go to http://delicious.allabout.be]

29 Aug

Track Hurricanes / Storms moving towards US with this webapp

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I used to look for websites which publish the storm and hurracane movements when these storms move toward the US through Gulf of Mexico. Since I have few friends in Florida and Texas, I used to be a bit worried during these hurricane seasons. Its been bad post Kathrina.

Well here is an iPhone friendly website http://i.wund.com, which can help people looking for the movements of these storms like the Tropical Storm Gustav. Found this on TUAW. Thanks TUAW.

Just in time for the first really scary hurricane of the season, Weather Underground is providing an iPhone-specific version of their mobile site that includes a tropical storm tracker. The mobile site URL is http://i.wund.com, and the tropical storm page can be accessed directly at http://i.wund.com/tropical.

[via - TUAW]

27 Aug

QuickBooks Online comes to iPhone

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One of the most popular Accounting application is now on iPhone - QuickBooks. QuickBooks Online for the iPhone is perfect for business owners on the go.

Features:

QuickBooks Online for the iPhone lets you view read-only versions of:

• Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss reports
• Bank account and credit card balances
• Vendor, customer, and employee lists
• Accounts receivable and payable
• QuickBooks Online contact information, which works with your iPhone to make calls, create emails, and even look up addresses using GoogleTM Maps

Here is how to install and start using QuickBooks on iPhone:

For existing QuickBooks Online Users

• Choose Safari on your iPhone and then go to https://accounting.quickbooks.com/m
• Log in with your QuickBooks Online user name and password.

Not a QuickBooks Online User?

That’s ok. You can try our iPhone Demo.

• Open your Safari browser.
• Enter https://accounting.quickbooks.com/m
• Select the Try demo link to open a sample company.

Check a Demo - QuickBooks Online for Free.

[via - Intuit Labs]

10 Aug

Google Translate now on iPhone - Recommended

Posted on 2008 under Web Apps, iPhone Duniya | No Comment

(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5)

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Google has this amazing new service. It has created a mobile version of its Translation service exclusively for iPhone. This service works just like the desktop version. Type a word or a sentence, choose a language you want to translate and Google does the rest. This works on iPhone’s Safari browser and CNET has this covered as well. Here is the excerpt:

The whole thing works using the iPhone’s Safari browser, which means that you need a data connection to use the service. But once you’ve searched for a word or phrase, it’s stored in the iPhone’s memory and can be accessed again without a data connection. Of course, you’re most likely to use this service when you’re abroad, so you will incur roaming data charges. Google wouldn’t quantify how much data is used, except to say that it is ‘minimal’, so hopefully your phone bill won’t be too high when you get home.

To start using this great service from Google - go to http://google.com on your iPhone, click on ‘More’ in the menu and then on ‘Translate‘.

[via - CNET]