A LOLdog I made using PicSay.
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PicSay’s stated purpose is to e-mail or text annotated photo messages to friends, but there’s nothing stopping you from using the free program as a makeshift photo editor.
PicSay is a simple application made especially for Google Android, but it’…
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Cab4Me Light finds your a ride in portrait and landscape modes.
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Why isn’t there ever a cab around when you need one?
The free Google Android application Cab4Me Light makes finding, scheduling, and calling cabs to your side virtually brainless. Cab4Me Light’s interface is simple and …
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(Credit: Zeemote)Zeemote isn’t sharing any details about when its fun, handheld joystick will maneuver cell phone games in North America, but developers can still hatch plans to write Zeemote-controllable games for BlackBerry phones.
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(Credit: BlackBerry)SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion’s co-founder and co-CEO, has just given the 700 registered developers at the first-ever BlackBerry Developer Conference sound but strange advice. The key to successful BlackBerry development isn’t just good programming, Lazaridis told the room, it’s physics.
Very specific physics, it turns out. Lazaridis has pointed to an image of a box with the words Bandwidth, Capacity, Performance, and Battery Life written in each corner. These are the four principles of BlackBerry’s “physics.” If developers push too hard to achieve high broadband speeds, for instance, capacity drops. On individual devices, battery life and performance trade-off.
“This is one box that it’s wise not to think outside,” Lazaridis jokes.
Lazaridis’ insight is one reason that scores of developers have gathered at the Silicon Valley conference. Another is meeting with technical experts for hands-on advice to ready their applications for the sleek BlackBerry Bold and touchscreen BlackBerry Storm–slated to hit stores within the next few weeks–and for the BlackBerry application store–anticipated to debut in March 2009.
The on-device BlackBerry Application Center and online BlackBerry Application Storefront will make it easier for the 20 million BlackBerry users on all platforms to find and download add-on applications for their specific phone models.
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