PAC-MAN Turns 30! Play It On Your Device For $6.99*

If you have been online today you have probably noticed that Google has been using the PAC-MAN 30 year anniversary as their image. I can hear the groans of all the people like me wondering how old that makes them because they remember when it came out in the arcade! Okay, group moan now! Uggggghhhhh! … Read more

iPhone Miracles??? Bull Crap

I was reading ESPN today and I came across a news headline that said, “Padre makes right call — appendicitis via iPhone” and I thought to myself, “What an interesting story…. I wonder how the iPhone was responsible in diagnosing appendicitis. Maybe it is some sort of special app.” I clicked on the story and quickly figured out that it was total crap and had nothing to do with an iPhone. Here is how the iPhone was used according to the article:

Not only can he pitch, it turns out he can diagnose maladies, too. Stauffer had called up a medical website on his iPhone, entered his symptoms and came up with what could be appendicitis, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

REALLY??? No sh*t any web enabled phone can do that and it is not something specific to the iPhone, so I don’t understand why “via iphone” needs to be added to the title of the article. This is not the first news article I have seen where the mere use of an iPhone has made the story news worthy.

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JAMM Interviews Yuri Selukoff of Good.iWare

Just Another Mobile Monday has continued their developer interview series and this time they’ve been chatting with Yuri Selukoff who’s part of the team behind Good.iWare whose flagship app GoodReader (a cross format reader but mostly based on pdf) has been very successful for the iLine of products.  As with their other interviews, this is … Read more

Carbonite New Application for BlackBerry And Updates Application for iPhone

Carbonite, a leading provider of online backup, today introduced a new mobile application for BlackBerry Smartphone users that provides access to their backed up files anywhere, anytime directly on their BlackBerry phone.

Carbonite subscribers who download the Carbonite application for BlackBerry Smartphone’s will be able to access the following features:

  • Browse: Carbonite customers can see files on their BlackBerry Smartphone arranged exactly as they are on their computer(s).
  • View: File types including PDFs, images, audio and video files, Excel files and Word documents, can be downloaded and opened anywhere and at anytime on a BlackBerry Smartphone.
  • Share: Files backed up with Carbonite can be attached and emailed easily from a BlackBerry Smartphone.

To learn more, Carbonite customers can visit carbonite.com/Blackberry from their computer or download the app at carbonite.com/blackberry from their BlackBerry Smartphone.

The introduction of the Carbonite application for BlackBerry smartphones is the latest in a series of mobile and remote product innovations from Carbonite to provide its customers with real-time access to their files. Carbonite provides customers with remote file access from any computer with an Internet connection through Carbonite Remote Access and released an application for iPhone(TM)/iPod touch® earlier this year. In addition to announcing an application for use with BlackBerry phones, Carbonite also is introducing an upgrade to its application for iPhone, version 1.1.

"We know our customers are constantly on-the-go and have found great value in quickly being able to access their files," said Carbonite CEO and co-founder David Friend. "Many Carbonite subscribers are small businesses who use the standard Carbonite product or Carbonite Pro, which we debuted earlier this year. Many of these business users rely on their BlackBerry smartphones and now will not only be able to access e-mail and the Web, but also all of their invaluable files they have backed up. The Carbonite application for BlackBerry smartphones continues our commitment to simplicity. With just a few clicks on their BlackBerry phone, a Carbonite subscriber can easily find an invoice from their computer and e-mail it to a customer or view photos they have backed up."

To read more jump after the break or head on over to Carbonite to check out the following apps:

Carbonite for BlackBerry

Carbonite for iPhone

 

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