Every year at ReadWriteWeb, we look at hundreds of new web apps aimed at everyday users. Occasionally, we come across a service that stands out from the pack because it offers a novel solution, disrupts the way incumbent market leaders do business or changes the way we experience the Web.
Here is our list of the top 10 consumer web apps of 2009. These are apps and services that helped consumers use the web in new ways this year; and brought technologies that were previously only geared... Read Full Story
If you are newbie Android Smartphone user you have joined millions of others in this TechnoSocial craze. No doubt you have heard from friends and family or seen commercials on TV about all the great features these mobile gadgets offer. Your Android came with some apps and android games but these barely scratch the surface of what this device can do. The challenge for you will be in deciding which Android Apps or Games you will want to have on your device. As with most electronic... Read Full Story
Rome, Italy - Research In Motion (RIM) ( NASDAQ: RIMM ; TSX: RIM ) today announced the winners of the BlackBerry® Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards 2009. Running for the second consecutive year, the awards showcase innovative organisations in the EMEA region who are delivering compelling mobile applications and services to customers on the BlackBerry® platform. Tasked with identifying seven category winners whose apps demonstrated creativity, return on investment and popularity with... Read Full Story
As I went shopping this weekend at the mall with my wife and was waiting for her to try on countless articles of clothing, I was really glad that I had loaded my Blackberry with some good blackberry games . I enjoy playing games on the Nintendo DS but I don’t carry it around with me everywhere I go so it was great to have the games on my Blackberry for just this occasion. As I was sitting there playing a game it made me realize that with the holidays just around the corner, now is the... Read Full Story
As the Blackberry continues to evolve into a more mainstream phone that is attractive to users outside of the professional arena, it has become a convenient device for portable gaming. Since most users don’t carry around a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP along with their phone, the Blackberry is a handy way to kill some time when you are waiting in line at the grocery store, shopping with your significant other, or just sitting in a waiting room. As more and more games are released on this... Read Full Story
Wow, talk about digging deep in the memory bank. The same phone that we spotted way back in July (known then as the iPAQ K3 Obsidian ) has finally emerged in official fashion on AT&T. Dubbed the iPAQ Glisten, this all-business smartphone boasts a vanilla coat of Windows Mobile 6.5, a 2.5-inch AMOLED display, 3.1 megapixel camera, 256MB of SDRAM, a microSD expansion slot, A-GPS, 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a QWERTY keyboard, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
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Palm Z22 , Palm Z22 Handheld , Small Wonder. Your planner, journal, sticky notes and calendar all in one place. This handheld features a 32 MB of flash memory (20 MB accessible for file and software storage), Palm OS 5.4 (Garnet), a fast 200 MHz ARM-based processor, and an internal rechargeable battery (that can be charged via the included AC adapter or via the USB cable connected to your PC).
The Palm Z22 is compatible with PCs running Windows Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP (Outlook... Read Full Story
Want a touchscreen device that does just about everything. We could recommend the iPod Touch or the iPhone, but what about the Mintpass Mintpad ? A natural cousin to the old PDA devices, the Mintpad has a 2.83-inch OLED touchscreen and WiFi connectivity. It’s a useful device that serves as an electronic memo and multimedia player. In Korea it even has built-in DMB-TV. Our friends at Dapreview are quite excited about the Mintpad, and we are, too, though we have yet to have a good look at... Read Full Story
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from John, who'd like to get his paws around a multifaceted portable media player that could serve as the main source of entertainment in his whip. "I'm looking for a 5-inch touchscreen PMP or MID to effectively replace my car stereo
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Still don’t know what the Zii Egg is? Here’s the official description:
The Zii EGG is an energy efficient handheld StemCell Computer based on the powerful ZiiLABS ZMS-05 media-rich applications processor. Besides its multi-touch 3.5-inch LCD screen, it can also output HD video at up to 1080p. The ZMS-05’s 24 floating-point processors deliver up to 8 GFLOPS of raw processing power, while the StemCell Computing’s flexible architecture allows stunning display of 3D graphics on a small... Read Full Story
