Apple Accepting iPad Applications

That’s right folks, iPad apps are now being accepted.  You can click here to start developing yours.  We also just got word that at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB Show), a new Teleprompter iPad app will be on display.

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All BlackBerry Apps Can Have Push Notifications Now

Push notifications, you know, those little pop-ups you receive to let you know there’s something new to pay attention to, have many uses.  Besides getting news updates, friend updates, and more, they can actually save battery data by avoiding queering the server constantly.  Sure some BlackBerry apps already had push, but now every developer can join in on the fun.

Here’s a link for developers to check out. BlackBerry

Yahoo Acquires App Maker Citizen Sports

The acquisition, according to Yahoo, helps strengthen its “social strategy of enriching, aggregating and distributing social content from across the entire Web.”

via [Mashable]

Mobile App Market to Grow to $17.5 Billion

GetJar is an application store so there’s a benefit to their data being on the high end, however it’s likely the data was commissioned to determine the strength of their business model.  Regardless, we can’t argue with their findings.  With the wealth of smartphones on the market.  The competition between iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Nokia, Palm, etc, it seems like we are positioned in a nice place.

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AOL Autos iPhone App

Since it’s split from parent Time Warner, AOL has professed it’s getting into the content business in a big way.  Some of our favorite sites are now in fact AOL sites (Engadget, Autoblog), and as a disclaimer, AOL has opened conversations with App24Phones and our sister sites as well. 

To that end, AOL is now getting into iPhone apps.  Their auto app is a step in that direction.  You can download it here.  I personally haven’t downloaded it yet, and will hold off on commentary until we can give it a healthy look and review.

Mini Golf For Nokia

The Ovi store is trying hard to make a dent in the app world.  While I love my 900, I find it just doesn’t have enough apps (reasons) for me to use it on a regular basis.  That of course is compared to the iPhone, Droid, etc.

Mini Golf is a great little app with more than enough courses to keep you busy.  How do you keep it exciting?  Since it’s mini golf, why not ad whacky courses?  It’s $4.99 and worth it in our opinion.  If you’d like more info, check out the OVI Store, or Nokia’s Daily App.

Click on to see a video of Mini-Golf in action.

Windows Phone 7 Series Compared to iPhone

Mac & PC Support
Windows Phone 7 Series will not support the Mac at all.  End of story here as the iPhone can support either Mac or PC.
Winner: iPhone

Cut & Paste
Windows Phone 7 Series will not support cut and paste at launch!  What the?
Winner: iPhone

Apps
Not a fair comparison by any means, as the iPhone has had a multi-year head start.  Here’s a list of the partners at launch for Windows Phone 7 Series:
AWS Convergence Technologies, WeatherBug, Citrix Systems Inc., Clarity Consulting Inc., Cypress Consulting, EA Mobile, Fandango Inc., Foursquare Labs Inc., frog design inc., Glu Mobile Inc., Graphic.ly, Hudson Entertainment Inc., IdentityMine Inc., IMDb.com Inc., Larva Labs, Match.com LLC, Matchbox Mobile Ltd., Microsoft Game Studios, Namco Networks America Inc., Oberon Media Inc., Pageonce Inc., Pandora Media Inc., Photobucket Inc., PopCap Games Inc., Seesmic, Shazam Entertainment Ltd., Sling Media, SPB Software Inc., stimulant, TeleCommunications Systems Inc., Touchality LLC and Vertigo Software Inc.

Many of these developers already create for the iPhone and other smart phones so this is a good thing.
Winner: iPhone for the head start, likely iPhone long term, but too early to tell.

PayPal iPhone App Updated, Bump Supported for Money Transfers

There’s a bunch of new changes to the PayPal app.

• You can now send a money request to your contacts
• Withdraw from your PayPal acct to deposit in your bank
• Exchange payment by using Bump

My personal favorite is the ability to now bump your phone to another iPhone and exchange a payment.

Windows Phone 7 Series Unveiled

Here’s some highlights up front:

• Accelerometer support
• Microsoft Location Service to provide developers with a single point of reference to acquire location information
• Microsoft Notification Service for pushing information to the phone, regardless of whether or not an application is running
• Hardware-accelerated video with digital rights management (DRM)
• Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming for the industry’s highest quality content viewing experience
• Multitouch
• Camera and microphone support

Check out some detailed comments and info from BoyGeniusReport

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