Roku customers that are also patrons of Netfix have a reason to jump for joy this spring evening as the two companies have released a video showing off an upcoming redesign of the Roku-Netflix experience. Due out in June as a free software update, users will not only have a shiny new interface to stare...

Here’s a really interesting application from Nokia: Own Voice. The app works with Ovi Maps (version 3.03 or later) and it basically lets you use your voice for customized navigation instructions. You just need to record 53 required commands (i.e. “You have reached your destination” and so on) –...

One of the things I’ve always wanted to do with my smartphone — whether it was my original Palm Treo 650, or my current iPhone — was to read books while on-the-go. Unfortunately, the screens on these smartphones have all been way too small to make reading comfortable for anything more than a screenful...

Opera Mini launched on the iPhone a mere few weeks ago and the Apple handset has already has taken the top spot as the device with the most Opera Mini users, as measured by number of installs, in the US. The iPhone ousted BlackBerry, the previous reigning champ in the US, and is reportedly well ahead...

Are you a Social Addict? How about a Socialite? If you are (not that we know what those are, per se), then you may want to head up to Canada (if you’re not already there), and check out the new plans that Rogers is apparently cooking up. Along with a new, embedded Rogers-based application called Social...

Alright, well played, AT&T: you’ve sort of managed to undo Apple’s unfortunate move of eschewing nearly two decades’ worth of deeply-entrenched SIM card standards in favor of a new one that literally nobody in the consumer cellphone world is using — and for that, we thank...

After the positive reaction to the first demo video of Wi-Fi Sync – which promises to cut the cable between your iPhone, iPod or iPad and iTunes – app author Greg Hughes is back with a new video that demonstrates what sort of speed you can expect.  Obviously synchronizing over WiFi is going to be...

The Weather Channel has released a pretty big update/overhaul for their  Android app today. The most noticeable changes come in the user interface, which received updated graphics and the addition of custom tabs for different locations. A new widget comes in several sizes, and multiple widgets can be...

As I sit here typing this, I can’t help but wonder what’s gotten into Dell recently: at one point, everyone was ready to count them out of the mobile phone and devices game for good. To everyone’s surprise, though, they’ve bounced back with unbelievable velocity and they aren’t showing any...

You can’t keep a good feature down for too long. Or, in this case, segregated to specific mobile Operating Systems. Google Maps has been updated to 4.1, and with it comes support for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices. Which, if we can run a quick calculation in our head, means a literal ton of...