I have been using Fring and Nimbuzz to make Skype calls on my iPhone, but now I am excited to get the official Skype app due tomorrow.

CNET and PCWorld are reporting that Skype is coming to the iPhone tomorrow, BlackBerry devices in May. Fring and Nimbuzz should be easily bested by the official Skype App that doesn’t need the extra audio transcoding. The SkypeOut calls will work over WiFi only and will use your iPhone Contacts in addition to many of the other features you’ve used from the desktop client. iPod touch (second generation owners will require earphones with an embedded mic to talk. For a hands-on preview of the Skype iPhone app read here.

UPDATE: Engadget is reporting that Skype for iPhone is LIVE in Japan already.

MLB.com has brought us a updated version of their iPhone app this year that includes Gameday Audio so you can listen to every game LIVE. You can choose the home or the visiting teams announcers.

This year it will cost you $9.99 or you can opt for a free “lite” version.

Continue reading MLB.com At Bat 2009 Arrives for iPhone/iPod touch…

TechCrunch is reporting that Lala, the popular online music service will be bringing an innovative app to the iPhone that allows for streaming your music library from the cloud.

No date for availability yet, but it sure looks cool.

Continue reading Lala Music Streaming Coming to iPhone…

G-Map U.S. East and G-Map U.S. West for the iPhone have returned to the App Store with version 1.3 and a higher price which is now $24.99 increased $5.

Adds Improved Interface and audio tone for turn-by-turn instructions. Also adds a feature for deactivating the auto-lock on iPhone as well as adding display total remaining time and distance to the destination while driving.

Continue reading G-Map for iPhone Returns to App Store…

25,000 30,000 apps. And counting!

With the App Store soon approaching 30,000 apps for the iPhone the criticism, usually from non- iPhone users, gets a little silly. They love to point to the small, mostly free or cheap “fart” apps. I have owned a Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm, and Nokia devices and usually find the apps on the iPhone to be superior.

Continue reading SlingPlayer, Skype and Sirius XM Coming to App Store…

Buy this adapter and get your new Mac with Mini Display Port to work with HDMI-equipped TVs.

The PTC Premium Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter is a $20 (plus shipping) cable, supports only video being displayed on you will have take the audio out from your Mac separately. This is due to Apple’s Display Port not having audio.

Since most HDMI-equipped TVs are HDCP compliant so this allows for playing HD content, including HD iTunes. See more here on Gizmodo.

Apple has announced Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from Monday June 8th to the 12th at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco.

Tickets for 5-day event will run $1295 through April 24th, at which time Apple plans to increase the price by $300.

Apple is expected to use this year’s conference to show off a feature-complete version of its Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system, possibly unveiling an updated interface theme if it does not do so in developer builds that arrive in the weeks leading up to the conference. New iPhone? Maybe!

Google Docs has added basic drawing allowing people to add graphical elements such as organization charts or diagrams to their online word-processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

This new features is based on technology Google acquired in April 2007 withy the buy of Tonic Systems, according to a Google Docs blog post.

Telestream has just released Wirecast 3.5, an update to its live streaming video production software. Version 3.5 now allows for streaming live video using Flash platform. New control options provide the ability to turn streams on or off, or automatically recover a lost connection. Users can also turn off the automatic device detection. Wirecast 3.5 can now also work with live stream Mogulus and Ustream services.

Presentations can include audio, multiple video cameras, movies, desktop content, images and titles. Chroma Key technology allows blue- or green-screen effects, while users can also add transitions between segments.

Continue reading Wirecast 3.5 Adds Flash Streaming, Ustream & Mogulus Support…

OnLive a startup company will delivers high-quality, streaming 3-D gaming to Macs and PCs or Internet-connected television. This may surely shakeup the gaming industry and especially the console makers.

Continue reading Watch Out MS-Sony-Nintendo, OnLive is Coming…

Nimbuzz (free) has just updated its iPhone and iPod touch app adding more VoIP options, a dial-pad and the ability to make VoIP calls to landlines and cell phones via SkypeOut or Nimbuzz’ VoIP other partners. Nimbuzz also has a feature to use VoIP calls without a WiFi connection in more than 50 countries (uses cell minutes). Second generation iPod touch owners can also use Nimbuzz to make SkypeOut calls with a microphone headset.

Other new features include Twitter status updates within the Personal Message feature, the ability to add new buddies on various instant messaging services, support for MobileMe user names with a dot, and various other usability and stability improvements.

I downloaded this update and tried it out making several SkypeOut calls to landline phones and even calls in both directions using Skype to Skype. The sound quality was quite decent. Since this is a free download go and try it yourself.

Apple is now selling HD (high definition) movies in the iTunes Store as well as renting them. The HD version – is selling for $19.99 as compared to the usual $14.99 for SD (standard definition) versions. Pre-orders Quantum of Solace and Twilight are available as well as several others that can be purchased right now. The HD movies also come with an SD version for your iPhone and iPod.

Guess we can see another reason why Apple claims Blu-ray is a “bag of hurt” as described by Steve Jobs himself. A guess it would be a “a bag of hurt” to Apple’s bottom line!

This “roadable” aircraft, the Terrafugia Transition took flight for the first time March 5, 2009.

I reviewed G-Map recently and have it installed on my iPhone. It is an excellent map solution for directions. It offered turn-by-turn navigation without voice. Now it has disappeared from the App Store.

XRoad’s website said G-Map US East and West coast maps were being improved. By improved does this mean it will re-appear as a full turn-by-turn navigation solution as part of the Premium App Store? Apple seemed to indicate at Tuesday’s iPhone 3.0 unveiling that turn-by-turn navigation would be allowed if developers bring their own maps, which XRoad G-Map does. We will have to watch this one.

UPDATE: G-Map U.S. East and West returns at $24.99 with version 1.3.

Pandora Radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your Blackberry. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it.

Already a Pandora user? Even easier. Just sign in. Pandora on Blackberry is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Enjoy all your existing stations – and create new ones right from your Blackberry.

Joining Slacker and IHeartRadio, Pandora comes to some Blackberry models. It seems T-Mobile users may be out of luck however. Get Pandora here for Blackberry.

Continue reading Pandora Comes to Blackberry…

Videos are showing up on YouTube of iPhone 3.0. I thought I would share.

Continue reading iPhone 3.0 Video Walkthroughs…

Apple unveiled yesterday their iPhone 3.0 software containing 100 new features that will be rolling out to consumers sometime this summer. Developers are already downloading the beta SDK that offers over 1,000 new APIs which promises even better mobile applications than the over 25,000 that are available today.

This release brings some missed and sought after features that many iPhone users have asked for such as MMS, Cut-Copy-Paste, stereo Bluetooth, Landscape mode in all key apps, system-wide search, Note syncing, Auto-fill for Mobile Safari, Wi-Fi auto-login and subscribed calendars. Make no mistake, a great deal of what is coming in the third generation iPhone software is all about developers.

Continue reading iPhone 3.0: What You Want To Know…

The March 17th Apple event unveiled details about iPhone OS 3.0 software and released the new iPhone Software Development Kit for developers. Watch the presentation.

Apple has unveiled the new features and details of the iPhone 3.0 OS today. The developer beta SDK will be released later today and iPhone 3.0 will be set free to iPhone and iPod touch users this summer. Many dreamed about features will soon be on your iPhone!

Features include Push Notification, MMS support, cut-copy-paste across most all key apps, landscape mode in most all apps, notes syncing, better calendar support, built-in voice memo app, Spotlight search, stereo Bluetooth audio support, mailing multiple photos, Peer-to-Peer connectivity (without WiFi), improvements in the YouTube app, auto-login for Wi-Fi hotspots, Safari will now able to remember login credentials and detect phishing attempts. Not mentioned was video recording, Flash support or tethering.

Continue reading iPhone Software 3.0 Coming This Summer…

Apple has just sent out invitations to a special media event on March 17. The invite-only event is geared towards the new iPhone SDK, Apple says, and will give the media a “sneak peek” at the iPhone OS 3.0 software taking place at Apple’s Town Hall building in Cupertino at 10 AM Pacific Time.

The invitation did not say who would be presenting at the event. With CEO Steve Jobs on medical leave, marketing VP Phil Schiller or iPhone software guru Scott Forstall are the most likely, unless Steve Jobs makes a surprise appearance. I would not count on that, however.

UPDATE: iPhone software vice president Scott Forstall and iPhone product marketing chief Greg Joswiak will be hosting the event, and marketing senior vice president Phil Schiller will be present. Steve Jobs will not be there, says the company.

Can you hear the panic at Palm yet?