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NMobile and Trapster are two mobile applications that provide up-to-date, detailed maps of speed-enforcement zones with live police traps, speed cameras or red-light cameras. After launching, each application pulls up a map pinpointing the locations of speed traps within driving distance. An audio alert will sound as vehicles approach an area tagged as harboring a speed trap.
Both applications rely on the wisdom of the crowds for their data.
Remember the rumors surrounding the Google Mobile App coming to the iPhone? Well, this morning when I punched a search into the App Store ‘Goog…’ POW, Google Mobile App appeared! The app is completely free, and weighs in at a tiny 1.9MB. Interestingly enough, reviews are mixed if you check out comments in the App Store. As I write this, the average rating of the app is 3.5 stars out of 5.
The app itself is very simple and easy to use. Open her up, and at the bottom you’ll see 3 categories/buttons. Search (which provides you with the powerful Google search), Apps (which provides links to all of Google’s services including Gmail, Calendar, GTalk and more…) and Settings.
One thing you’ll want to do is open up your Settings, and enable ‘Voice Search’. By default after installation this feature is turned off. Once turned on, exit your Settings and hit the Search category. Now, when you’re in the Search section of the app you’ll notice a little microphone in the top right corner! Tap it, and speak your search into your iPhone! So far I’ve found that for best results, you really do need to hold the end of the iPhone with the microphone in it up close to your mouth. Leaving the phone away from your face on the desk or in your hand achieved mixed results… Fool around with it yourself to see what works best.
I’m just getting going on the new Google Mobile App, so stay tuned for more commentary and tips for using Google Mobile App for the iPhone!
In an interview with Michael Arrington at the Web 2.0 Summit, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega let it be known that an official, AT&T sanctioned method of using the iPhone as a 3G modem for a laptop is on the way “soon”.
What goes unmentioned is any sort of pricing information, which will undoubtedly be a determining factor in the tethering package’s adoption rate. Amongst those interested in tethering their iPhone, I’d imagine that a sizable percentage of them have already discovered alternative solutions, such as PDANet. As long as the iPhone remains vulnerable to jailbreaking, these free, surprisingly simple solutions will be available - and as of late, Apple has made no indication that they’re attempting to block jailbreaks.
Even if the tethering package turns out to be dirt cheap, would a significant chunk of those already tethering make the jump to AT&T’s offering, simply to follow the rules? Doubtful. Are there enough people out there too wary of jailbreaks (or who fear the wrath of their IT guy) to make this worthwhile for AT&T?
For whatever reason, Apple decided not to allow “landscape mode” on iPhone email. If you want to turn the phone when the web browser is open and get the larger keyboard that makes two thumb typing realistic, no problem. But the email app is portrait only.
Now a new iPhone application called TouchType (iTunes link) fixes the problem. Open the application and you get a landscape mode keypad. type an email, hit the send button and it auto-populates the email application. Type in the email addresses and you’re all set.
The application, which costs $.99, comes from the same developer, Mike Schneider, who created Direct Line (easy phone tree navigation) and Private-I (loJack for your iPhone). I like how this guy thinks.
