Smartphone Apps

Manage your settings with Control Panel for Android
Examiner.com
Quick settings are toggles easily accessible from the notification panel
which allow users to adjust various features without having to dig through
their phone's settings. Upon opening the app there are three categories of
toggles available: Sound ...
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Smartphone apps get insured
The Daily Yomiuri
Tokyo Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance Co. has started selling insurance
to firms that develop smartphone applications to cover legal costs and
compensation for damage in the event that the applications run into legal
trouble. The company expects ...
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BlackBerry 10 will launch on January 30, RIM says
CNET
@jmeth111 It does matter because in the Smartphone world, all the apps
you've purchased in that ecosystem stay with you when you change phones as
long as that phone is on the same platform. RIM is asking people to toss
away all that for what? What are ...
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Tickets, please! Smartphones, please!
NECN
After an extended trial this fall on three south-of-Boston lines, on Monday
the T officially rolled out what it's calling the mTicket system on all
North Station lines, allowing people to download a smartphone app to buy
single-ride or 10-ride tickets ...
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Verizon gets out of the Android and BlackBerry app business
ZDNet
I use a Verizon Android smartphone, the Droid 4, but I've never used any of
Verizon's built-in Android applications or gone to its app. store. It turns
out I wasn't the only one. By January 2013. Verizon won't just be removing
its apps from the market ...
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app gives off good vibrations
Sydney Morning Herald
"The Vibrative Virtual Keyboard aims to appease the frustration felt by
smartphone users when faced with drafting lengthy emails or notes on a
small on-screen keyboard. "The keyboard requires no additional hardware as
it taps into an iPhone's built-in ...
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Analysis: Google's Android finally earns respect with developers
Reuters
Eye-catching design and top-notch hardware components are key selling
points for smartphones and tablets, but vibrant digital apps and content
are becoming equally essential to a product's overall appeal. "Clearly it's
gone from being a device war only ...
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