The National Gallery is the first ever gallery to make its paintings accessible through a downloadable iPhone application, making it possible to take a mini tour of the Gallery anywhere in the world.
The Gallery has partnered with Antenna Audio and Apple Inc. in which they have designed a new application for iPhones and iTouch devices that enables people to explore a sample of the collection while they’re on the move. Designed to appeal to art enthusiasts and fans of the Gallery, this application is the first of its kind to be released by a major gallery.
The application features 250 paintings from the collection along with around 200 minutes of audio and video content, including interviews with National Gallery Director Dr Nicholas Penny, dramatist Robin Brooks, artist Maggie Hambling and Girl with a Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier.
The iPhone app also boasts twelve thematic ‘galleries’, in which users can explore a greater selection of paintings grouped by popular themes or types such as portraits, cityscapes and religious paintings. The application sits alongside the Gallery’s other audio content including its audio tours and popular monthly podcast series.
Do you ever wish you could DJ some of the hottest clubs from around the world? Spinning tracks and creating beats that livened up the party and got the people dancing? Not all of us have that opportunity to be an infamous DJ, but thanks to Grammy-nominated artist, DJ, and label owner, Paul van Dyk, his mobile application can put you on a global stage to make your own hot tracks.
There is no doubt that van Dyk is one of the hottest DJ’s around, appearing on Top 10 lists, featured in some of the biggest music publications, and with popularity the world over. His new iPhone/iTouch app gives you the controls that he uses to make your music on the go. Paul van Dyk’s specially created application by Zip Design, developed by Yuza Mobile will appeal to fans, music enthusiasts and professional DJs alike, featuring a BPM Counter, Frequency Analyser, Decibel Meter, Seismic Reader, Virtual Glow Stick, DJ Check List and an Itinerary Manager. This is no doubt the biggest iPhone app for DJ’s, artists, and music enthusiasts to hit the market, and with over 1 Billion apps already sold in the iPhone App Store, there is definitely going to be increasing demand for this product.
“I have had great fun being a part of the development team for my app over the past few months and think that both aspiring and professional DJs will have great fun using it. On a practical level, it includes everything that a DJ needs.”
(Paul van Dyk)
Watch Paul van Dyk’s introduction to the app here:
Windows Live Writer team is working on developing the Mobile Version of Live Writer, maybe the best integration tool for blogs. This is a beta version that works only on Windows Mobile 6 or superior, it is very stable even though for a beta (remember that the Desktop Live Writer version worked as a public beta for a long time). You can participate from this beta (testing, sending feedback, etc) downloading it from this link in codeplex.
Here are some snapshots from the developer team, showing also the language compatibility.
In deed this is a fine choice for all bloggers that are constantly trying to post about anything from everywhere.
The funny thing is that Twitter was born on a similar idea, showing your status and what you are doing in real time; well I guess this could help those twitter lovers to use their blogs as updated as they can.
A few days ago we wrote a quick article about the release of the video for the new Spotify Android App. Today we thought we would post about the other Spotify app that hasnt been talked about so much and that is the iPhone Spotify application.
Below is a quick video of the application in action. Enjoy!
Spotify is a music startup that has had a huge amount of press of late. Today Techcrunch and a few other sites have been talking about the Spotify application for Android and providing some screenshots of the service. However, we have now found a video that actually shows the application in action. So take a look and let us know what you think.
It’s likely that a lot of us have moved towards cloud computing for storage of our files.
Documents, spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations, a lot of these creations are now held in applications like Google Documents, Zoho Writer, or even placed in an application like Drop Box. This transition has left a great many of our thumb drives collecting dust on our desks, or lost in a drawer.
Portable Apps is just one way to bring life to your thumb drive, especially if you like your applications set up a certain way and you’re moving from computer to computer throughout your day. Portable Apps allows you to bring applications such as video viewers, word applications, browsers set up to your liking with your bookmarks, games, and other productivity applications that you may want to carry with you as opposed to having to start from the ground up as you change computers.
Portable virus scanners, portable zip applications, portable image editing software, and even portable coding applications allow a user to increase their productivity as a professional without the fear of downloading software onto another computer, especially if it’s forbidden in areas such as your work computer or a library setting.
Portable Apps promotes itself as “Convenient, Open, and Free.” Your entire life can be portable and your experience can remain the same no matter what computer you are on. Give it a try, dust those thumb drives off and never worry if a computer has the applications you need or if there is a compatibility issue.
Nokia’s much avaited application showcase the Ovi Store was launched today. The store contains both free and paid applications – “a mountain of mobile content” according to the the Nokia Conversations blog. The Ovi store is compatible with more than 50 Nokia devices, which the company believes gives them access to 50 million people.
Given the dominance of Nokia the Ovi store would be expected to have many more eyeballs than the iPhone App store, but at the moment their app section doesnt really seem upto scratch. I tried to download a new application but unfortunately the application was unavailable. The Ovi app section might not be fully operational with old Nokia handsets and thus they are waiting for replacement of handsets.
There are 1236 apps in all at the Ovi store, and navigation is, quite frankly, painful. The site is taking too long to load, perhaps unable to handle the first day traffic. Im quite surprised that Nokia released something that was this bad, but I kind of understand that they need to be in this market sooner rather than later even if they do have an inferior product.
A majority of the content available at the App store is paid, with one a few free applications. Paid content includes ringtones, mobile apps, games etc.
Overall the Ovi Store is very disappointing and I was expecting a lot more from Nokia. Im sure however with their resources and popularity over time they will get this right and will really challenge apple in terms of customers usability.
If you are currently using a smartphone and running Windows Mobile 6 or higher, then it is time to head over to MyPhone. MyPhone is Microsoft’s new OTA backup system and it is now open in beta. You receive 200MB worth of free storage, which doesn’t seem like a lot, but it should be fine for emails, contact and calendars.
If your phone is already synced with an Exchange server then MyPhone isnt going to be able to work for you. Unlike most Microsoft products the price is free so why not head over and test it out!
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today launched a Kindle Store optimized for the Safari Web browser on iPhone. Now when users of the Kindle for iPhone app click on “Get Books,” the new Kindle Store tailored for the size and shape of the iPhone and iPod touch screens automatically opens in Safari. This optimized Kindle store offers iPhone and iPod touch app users quick and easy access to the Kindle Store’s 280,000 books, including 106 of 112 New York Times Best Sellers andmost New Releases that are available for $9.99 or less.
E*Trade Securities has introduced E*Trade Mobile Pro for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, expanding customer access to market and account information. The application provides many of the same interface, security, trading and banking features available on ETrade.com to customers via their iPhone or iPod touch. The application is available for free to all E*Trade Securities customers via the Apple App Store.
Mobile Pro functionality for iPhone and iPod touch includes:
Access to bank and brokerage account details
New charting and enhanced watch list capabilities
Free real-time streaming stock and options quotes
Ability to trade stocks and options, including conditional orders
Ability to transfer funds between brokerage and bank accounts, including transfers from outside financial institutions
Live watch lists and portfolios
CompleteView of all E*TRADE accounts on one screen
Secure transactions backed by the E*TRADE Complete Protection Guarantee
There are a lot of stupid iPhone applications but this has to be the worst I have ever seen. There is no chance this app will ever get into the app store but if you’re willing to jailbreak your phone, the app is available for an appropriately expensive $7.40 US.
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The National Gallery is the first ever gallery to make its paintings accessible through a downloadable iPhone application, making it possible to take a mini tour of the Gallery anywhere in the world.
Windows Live Writer team is working on developing the 
