Browsing Category: iPhone Browsers

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Skyfire 2.0
The Skyfire 2.0 brings flash video to the iPhone… finally. According to the folks at Skyfire this app is an add-on to the current Safari mobile browser and is available at the app store for $2.99. Normally, we’d link to the app however it’s been taken down because they can’t seem to handle all the transcoding on their servers. Try following them on Twitter to find out when the app is going back up.

PhoneDisk
Wish you could mount your iDevices like a USB drive? You can with PhoneDisk. This desktop software works for both Mac and PC and all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. To learn more check out the full post at GeekBeat.TV

VLC Media Player
Sadly, the VLC Media Player featured on Geeklish #01 may be vanishing from the app store very soon. One of the developers over at VLC has filled copyright infringement against Apple for adding DRM to the open source media player, apparently a violation of GNU.

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Music Courtesy of Vital | Licensed by Creative Commons.… Continue Reading

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Metaio the company that launched the Junaio AR browser last November, have recently made a few very interesting announcements — image recognition, tracking and a mobile development kit.

This has just been made possible on the iPhone with the release of the iPhone’s new OS, developers now have access to the camera’s API and live camera data opening the gates of possibility for things like 3D animations overlaid in your augmented reality browser.

Previously, using this type of reality browser (with only GPS data), you’d typically see information in form of an icon overlaid on the screen. As a quick example, if you were viewing a monument and fired up your AR browser, you’d likely see the Wikipedia icon pop-up on the screen with an option to “read more” on Wikipedia.… Continue Reading

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In my latest column in the Globe and Mail I review 2 apps that will assist you in meeting your daily calorie burn. I also take a look at the newly released Opera Mini Web Browser for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. … Continue Reading