Mobile

Cerulean Studios has begun beta testing Trillian for the iPhone, and BigBlueBall has new screenshots. The closed beta began tonight, and requires the iPhone OS 3.0. I’ve been running this Trillian beta on my year-old iPhone 3G for less than an hour, and I’m already impressed. Trillian for iPhone allows you to swipe to switch between open... [Read more]

Yesterday, Apple officially released the new iPhone OS 3.0 software update, which supports a slew of new features including the long awaited push notification and “catch-up” features such as support for MMS and tethering. Unfortunately, AT&T has said that MMS won’t be available on their network until “later this summer”... [Read more]

A hat tip to the Joy of Tech for skewering the latest Jesus phone — the iPhone 3G S — available beginning Friday June 19th. And if you want the iPhone 3G (not ’s’), you’ll be able to pick one up from AT&T for $99 with a two year commitment. I’m not eligible for a subsidized upgrade on my iPhone 3G, so I’ll... [Read more]

Image credit: Mobility Minded Microsoft has released a free Facebook application that gives Windows Mobile 6 users a way to stay connected on the popular social network.  MobilityMinded has a great walkthrough of all the features, with screens.  The only glaring omissions from this app are the lack of Facebook chat and the ability to view comments... [Read more]

Renny Gleeson gave this 3-minute presentation at TED, outlining how smartphones can lead to dehumanizing behavior by expecting availability. Just because we can be available, doesn’t mean we should be. As Gleeson notes, “…the technology we use to connect, actually separates and isolates.” How available should we be? What... [Read more]

Last week at CTIA, Yahoo released Yahoo! Mobile and announced Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone. Well, now the popular instant messenger is officially available for download via iTunes. The new iPhone application is available for free and gives you basic instant messaging capability with a few nice extras. Of course, you can see who is online and chat... [Read more]

Update From the BigBlue Blog

I want to extend a personal thank you to all the Facebook users who joined our BigBlueBall Fan page. We quickly passed 100 fans, allowing us to register our own BigBlueBall Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/BigBlueBall If you are a Facebook user and haven’t joined our fan page, please stop by and click the “Become a Fan” button... [Read More]