Buzzin Mobiles

iBabe from Rapid Mobile

With the latest creation from Rapid Mobile, iPhone and iTouch users can control the Babe of their dreams from the palm of their hand, guaranteeing hours of entertainment whether on the move or down the pub with mates!

Armed with a gorgeous model and a stunningly produced professional video, users can ask iBabe to dress up in skimpy outfits, dance to different styles of music and sweat and pant in daily exercise routines.

Using advanced software techniques with carefully captured video – and the acting skills of gorgeous model Funda Onal, who has starred in some of legendary dance label Ministry Of Sound’s sexiest music videos – iBabe includes the following features:

•    Control the babe of your dreams in the palm of your hand;
•    Ask iBabe anything you want.
•    A collection of high quality sexy videos – you ask, she reacts.
•    Dress her up in sexy lingerie, skimpy outfits or your wildest fantasy.
•    See her sweating and panting in her daily exercise routines.
•    Watch her show off her sexy dance moves to different styles of music.
•    Click on shuffle to uncover iBabe’s sexy secrets.
•    Save your favourites and check out iBabe’s highlights.
•    BONUS CONTENT – Exclusive gallery of iBabe’s hottest pictures.

iBabe producer Des Paul said: “From a production perspective iBabe was a very exciting project, designing all the possible sequences, styling the model and making sure the transitions from scene to scene worked. We now have an App that is fun, a little bit cheeky and will put a smile on your face.”

iBabe is available now through the Apple App Store, further details available at iBabe.co.uk.

tapulous

iPhone application developer Tapulous says that its Tap Tap Revenge game series has been installed on over twenty million phones and has been played more than 600 million times, with sales approaching $1 million per month.

Tapulous, who employ just twenty staff, provide all the evidence needed to see the growing demand for applications for the iPhone and clearly demonstrate the growing success of start-up companies designing programs for Apples iPhone and other mobile devices.

Apple have over 50 million users of iPhones and iPod touches, which is a massive market to tap into and experts are predicting growth in mobile apps in the next two years will match that recently seen by gaming sites such as Zynga, Playfish and Playdom.

Tapulous generates income from the sale of some games and selling advertising and songs through its games, the company is funded by an input of  $2.8million through investors and venture capital groups.

rihanna

Following their tie up with the R&B singer, Nokia have launched a Rihanna app, which promises to bring fans closer to the star by delivering the latest news, music, photos and exclusive video content to Nokia’s entertainment rich handsets N97, X6 and 5800 Xpress Music.

Video content includes live footage from the recent Rihanna album launch event that saw the singer launch her latest release globally via Nokia technology.

Additionally, fans can access music samples, a Rihanna biography and photo library, and, when available, information on Rihanna’s forthcoming 2010 tour. The App content will be unavailable elsewhere and will be regularly updated for fans.

The App also provides a direct link to the Nokia Music Store where fans can download exclusive album content including a Nokia bonus track, Hole In My Head, written and produced by Justin Timberlake.

In addition, an exclusive Donni Hotwheels remix of Rihanna’s smash single, Russian Roulette, is also available to those who download her album, Rated R, exclusively via the Nokia Music Store.

The free Rihanna app is available on Ovi Store.

Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app

Smirnoff have joined up with the London publication Time Out magazine to introduce a brand new iPhone app that is set to transform Londoner’s social lives.

The Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app is launched on December 14th and features up to the minute Time Out content on one-of-a-kind events and experiences in London. The information will include the best nightlife, culture and dining out experiences in the capital as picked out by Time Out’s expert team of editors.

Every month Smirnoff & Time Out will offer the chance to explore exceptional nightlife and entertainment around the world through competitions that can be entered either through the iPhone app or the microsite, beginning in December 2009 with the chance to win a trip to New York.

Lovers of unique nightlife and culture without iPhones can also access the information at www.timeout.com/smirnoff. Content will include the ‘Smirnoff Hot Picks’ round-up of the weeks can’t miss events, a ‘booking ahead’ service and a unique library featuring some of London’s most iconic past events.

The Smirnoff & Time Out app features:

Geo-location technology that allows users to view Time Out & Smirnoff recommended activities around their exact position within seconds, complete with event previews.

Up-to-the-minute recommendations and event information, with functionality to send preferred event picks to friends.

Functionality to  add favourite cinemas, restaurants, venues and areas, allowing users to keep-up-to-date with what’s on in their favourite places.

The Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app can be downloaded free here.

In the run up to Christmas, UK has seen a huge rise in the increase in popularity of mobile broadband suppliers offering free laptop deals to entice new business, but a report from Broadband Expert suggests that despite the credit crunch many mobile providers and retailers are turning away fifty percent of potential customers due to stringent credit checks.

In fact Broadband Expert say that one, perhaps over zealous provider is rejecting 75% of sales after running the necessary credit checks.

Many mobile providers are offering the mobile broadband and free laptop deals over a contract period of 18 to 24 months with a typical monthly cost of  £25 to£40. These contracts require no down payment from the customer and represent a significant risk to the retailer.

Rob Webber Commercial Director at Broadband Expert said;

“Companies are spending huge amounts on advertising campaigns promoting these offers yet when the consumer comes to sign up, there is a strong chance they will be refused based on a credit check. The stringency of credit checks is an interesting barometer of the confidence retailers have in consumers meeting repayments with many only unwilling to extend these deals to those without a very good credit rating.”

Webber also adds that the mobile deals are “particularly popular with students and those on lower incomes who can not afford the upfront costs of a new laptop, yet these are the people most likely to be excluded from these offers.” He also notes that the “rejection rates demonstrate a different strategy with some companies prepared to take a more of a gamble to fill their order books and others choosing to play it safe by only targeting better off consumers they perceive as being low risk.”