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MWC 2012: Top 10 Best New Apps

There’s so much new gadgetry coming out of the MWC 2012, it’s easy to overlook some of the most popular and least expensive gear to debut, namely the apps. Microsoft has run away with the apps crown at this show because they used the conference to unveil the Windows 8 Consumer Preview software. Included in that release is the opening of the Windows 8 store, and the new apps there are free during the duration of the preview.

Nokia released a few new apps for the Windows Phone system, and Nokia has also united Bing Maps with their own Maps app. The singular design is now available in both app versions. Additionally, there are new apps for the PlayStation Vita, and we included a couple of new useful iPhone apps and Android apps, of course. The focus has been on Microsoft, and perhaps the most popular app unveiled for Windows Phone was Skype (beta).

Finally, Samsung announced an app contest for the Galaxy Note. The best new app that takes advantage of the Note’s S Pen will win $200,000 and there’s a popular choice award given to the app consumers like best. Developers have until April 2 to submit their new Galaxy Note specific apps. Start the slideshow to see the 10 best new apps from MWC 2012. Let us know in the comments if you’re checking out the Windows 8 preview and what you think of the new apps.

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306873/20120229/mwc-2012-top-10-best-new-apps.htm

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Nokia New Drive Transport and Reading Apps for the Lumia Range

Nokia has announced Nokia Transport and Reading apps at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, along with updates for its existing apps for the Windows Phone 7.

The updates will be available at the Windows Phone marketplace from next month and includes improvements in Nokia Maps, and the Nokia Drive, full with offline use (you can stop complaining now) and feature speed limit alerts.

Coming to the new apps, the Nokia Transport was first announced at CES in January. His one will let you plan your journeys in 46 major cities across the world, through train, underground, tram, monorail, and bus. It will tell you the quickest route from one point to another.

Next one is Nokia Reading, which is more than just buying books and reading on the go. Users can choose the font size, brightness of the screen as well as whether the text is black on white or white on black.

The app also includes news feeds from other websites-you can add your own RSS feed-based on a variety of subjects. This one will be available in April, no sign-in or subscription.

Source: http://www.gizmocrave.com/11159-nokia-new-drive-transport-and-reading-apps-for-the-lumia-range/

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Google Tests QR Code Log-In From iPhones, Android Smart Phones

Google completed testing a remote log-in feature that let users test authenticating a Google Gmail session by scanning a QR code with an iPhone or Android handset.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has wrapped up its hush-hush testing of a new authentication feature that lets users log into their Google accounts by scanning QR codes from Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone or handsets based on the Android operating system.

Source: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Tests-QR-Code-Login-from-iPhones-Android-Smartphones-631546/

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Samsung skewers Apple fanatics in new ad

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Samsung attempts to undermine Apple’s mystique and its hold on consumers with a Galaxy S II ad that presents hard core Apple fans as lemmings who are so blinded by marketing that they can’t acknowledge a superior phone.

It isn’t the first time Samsung has taken a shot at Apple. The company ambushed the launch of the iPhone 4S in Australia by offering $2 smartphones in a temporary shop just metres away from the official Sydney Apple store.

The ad, which was set to premiere on Facebook Tuesday evening and then hit TV on Thanksgiving in the US, doesn’t mention Apple or the iPhone 4S by name, however. Instead, fans are shown lining up outside an Apple Store-like location nine hours before it opens. “Someone just left,” says one woman. “Why would they be leaving when we’re only nine hours away?” asks her male companion. “Uh oh,” says another guy in line, reading off his phone. “The blogs are saying the battery looks sketchy.”

Just then, a cool group of young men and women come into the line’s view sporting a Samsung Galaxy S II. The crowd is drawn to the phone, although one guy haughtily dismisses it. “I could never get a Samsung,” he says. “I’m creative.” “Dude, you’re a barista,” his friend replies. The ad also makes much of the S II’s 4G compatibility available on US versions of the phone (iPhones are still on 3G), which leads to the kicker: “The next big thing is already here.”

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/samsung-skewers-apple-fanatics-in-new-ad-20111124-1nvmv.html

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How Does the Windows Phone Marketplace Stack Up at 40K Apps

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In just over one year’s time since its public unveiling, the Windows Phone Marketplace has allegedly passed the fabled 40,000 apps mark. But that’s not a number that’s coming straight from Microsoft: The website All About Windows Phone, which uses a customized tracking system to showcase Windows Phone apps and games, is making the claim on this one.

According to All About Windows Phone’s Rafe Blandford, it’s expected that Microsoft will be able to hit 50,000 apps by mid-January given the current daily app publishing counts. However, these are—and could very well be—subject to change.

Blandford notes that the average number of apps published daily over the past four weeks is "significantly higher" than the averages from this summer. The marketplace now sits at around 165 new apps being added each day, and additional momentum could help carry Microsoft to the fabled 50,000 app milestone by the end of the year.

The numbers don’t lie: Of the 40,189 apps listed at the time of All About Windows Phone’s analysis, just around one-fourth, or 10,882, were apps that were added at some point within the past three months. Nearly 12 percent of the marketplace’s total apps were added within the past 30 days and, of these, the apps-to-games ratio sits at around 85 percent to 15 percent, respectively. As well, around 68 percent of these apps were free.

But don’t fire up your Windows Phone assuming that you’ll be able to see all 40,000-plus apps at once.

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396672,00.asp

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