Buzzin Mobiles

Over at Getjar they are getting ready for the ‘Gettie Awards 2010‘, having sifted through over 7,000 nominations from 100 countries to come up with the finalists in six categories plus an overall award.

Each category has three finalists meaning only 21 mobile apps out of the 7,000 entrants will make it through to the final stage.

The Gettie Award winner will be determined by a combination of nominations and judge’s votes. Developers get the chance to be the best within each category and best for overall application at this prestigious event.

Winners will be honored at The Gettie Awards Ceremony on July 12th. This spectacular networking event offers top developers the opportunity to showcase their work in front of industry luminaries, investors, technology press and peers.

The finalists in their respective categories are:

Best Android application: DriveSafe.ly, Lookout, Trip Journal

Best Blackberry application: Kayak Flight/Hotel Search, Waze, Cnectd

Best iPhone application: Tap Tap Revenge 3, Mint.com Personal Finance, Finger Physics

Best Java application: Snaptu, WaveSecure Backup, Trippo Voice Translator

Best Symbian application: NetQin Mobile Anti-virus, Nimbuzz, Point & Find

Best Windows Mobile application: Opera Mini, SportyPal, Glympse

Best Overall App (Gettie Award): Shazam on Android, Layar, eBuddy

The Gettie Awards ceremony will take place in conjunction with the first evening of VentureBeat’s annual MobileBeat conference scheduled for July 12, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.

GetJar CMO Patrick Mork said;

“GetJar is thrilled to honor some of the world’s best mobile applications developers for their outstanding work, 2010 is really the year of the mobile developer and the industry owes a lot to the men and women who are creating the outstanding content that’s helping drive our industry. The diversity, creativity and innovation across all the major development platforms really made it difficult for us to select these 21 finalists from the thousands of nominations we received. However, the Gettie Awards is as much a tribute to all mobile developers as it is to the select few that will be honored on July 12th.  The industry wouldn’t be where it is without them.”

movies now 2 app

With the launch of Movies Now 2 for iPhone & iPod Touch and Movies Now HD for iPad, AppSpark have improved the movie going experience for film fans who can find what films are showing in cinemas near them.

Featuring stylish yet simple user interface designs and fast processing, the apps provide instant, location-based show-times for cinemas, making going to the movies easier than ever before.

The ‘Now’ feature for iPhone not only tells users what movies are playing in cinemas near them, for added convenience the Now feature is also able to determine what movie is the easiest for users to reach by foot or car. This is cleverly calculated by taking into account the user’s proximity to a cinema and movie show time, it also considers the preview time in its calculation – an ideal feature for those who prefer to skip the previews and arrive just in time for the starting credits.

Kavin Bharti Mittal, founder of AppSpark, said;

“Our first app, Movies Now! for iPhone exceeded our expectations in terms of the positive amount of feedback and number of downloads. The app entered the iTunes App Store’s Top 100 in the Entertainment Category in the US, UK and Canada and reached the Top 5 overall in Ireland. From the reviews, it’s clear to see that iPhone users loved the apps’ user interface. With the new Movies Now 2 for the iPhone, we’ve significantly improved almost every feature in the app, its speed and functionality will blow you away!”

Movies Now HD for iPad and Movies Now 2 for iPhone allows users to:

• Access location based information with the Now feature for iPhone – find out at the tap of a screen, what movies are showing nearby.
• Browse movies – choose what to see, by simply tapping a movie poster users read descriptions for each movie, watch trailers and find out about the movie’s cast and see star ratings from Hollywood.com.
• View box office rankings
• Add theatres to a ‘favourites’ list – for faster access and search of cinemas by name or location.

Movies Now HD for iPad is currently available for an early bird price at £1.19 and comes with Movies Now 2 for iPhone at no additional cost. Movies Now 2 for iPhone is also available separately for just £0.59.

PitchPerfect Guitar Tuner App for Apple iPhone

NCH Software has announced the release of its TempoPerfect Metronome Software application for the Apple iPhone. Together with PitchPerfect Guitar Tuner, which will be available for the iPhone soon, NCH is offering two essential utilities for musicians everywhere.

TempoPerfect is free metronome software for keeping a clear and precise beat. Metronomes are essential for keeping time, improving practice sessions, and for developing a consistent rhythmic feel. TempoPerfect allows musicians to accurately set the correct beats per minute (BPM) for any tempo, and comes with a BPM reference chart for tempo markings from largo, to allegro, to prestissimo. Additional features allow you to subdivide beat patterns to hear tricky patterns like triplets, or accent the first beat in a measure when working in difficult time signatures.

PitchPerfect is an easy-to-use, free guitar tuner that eliminates the need of tuning a guitar by ear and will greatly improve the intonation of your guitar’s sound.  And while PitchPerfect is great for guitar players, it also includes presets for tuning cello, double bass, fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, viola and violin. Most instruments have several tunings available, so no matter which stringed instrument you play or what style of music, you will know your instrument is in tune. Simply play the string you want to tune to see if you are sharp, flat, or in perfect pitch. PitchPerfect is also an excellent tool for checking fret board intonation.

PitchPerfect is now available for Windows, Mac, Pocket PC and SmartPhone.

TempoPerfect is also available for Windows, Pocket PC and SmartPhone.

Over a thousand people queued outside the Apple store in London this morning as the new iPhone 4 was officially launched on sale at 7 am.

The smaller, lighter version of the iPhone has excited Apple fans across the globe and many of those queueing to purchase the iPhone 4 in London had travelled from far and wide.

Apple have promised better mobile reception on the new device thanks to a stainless steel case that acts as the antenna. The new phone also includes a larger battery and improved display giving the device more talk time.

Also the camera has been updated for the new model, increasing to 5 megapixel in line with most top end mobile devices and including a flash for the first time.

One area where Apple may have to act swiftly is sorting out the latest OS system iOS4, as there has been much adverse internet dialogue from users having serious problems upgrading.

Supermarket chain Tesco are among the many outlets offering the iPhone from today, here is a copy of their tarriffs.

The leading independent mobile applications store Getjar have announced that downloads from their site have exceeded one billion, a landmark moment for the mobile industry as this is the first and only time that a cross-platform apps store has clocked over 1 billion downloads.

The record-breaking, billionth download moment happened on June 7^th at 11:02 AM — Geodelic, an app that discovers restaurants, retailers and attractions nearby, was downloaded on an Android handset.

The first app ever to be uploaded on GetJar was ‘Just Yak’ – an app designed for the old Ericsson T610 mobile, on March 25, 2005.

The most downloaded app of all time on GetJar is Facebook’s mobile site shortcut, which provides a fast and easy way to access Facebook’s mobile website on nearly any handset or platform. It has been downloaded more than 61million times since launch late last year.

The most popular app is mobile messenger application, eBuddy, who recently surpassed a landmark 50 million downloads on GetJar with the help of GetJar’s Pay Per Download (PPD) mobile advertising service. Other popular apps include social networking and messaging apps Nimbuzz, Mig33 and Cncted, a mobile web browser – Opera Mini, Google, Yahoo! Mobile, and Fandango.

Over the last five years there have also been many surprise hits on GetJar, including the popularity of religious apps such as the ‘Bible’ app, which offers users access to the Bible’s entire contents through their mobile phone. It was downloaded more than 398,000 times in its first month alone. Islamic app ‘Azan’ has also proven a massive success, downloaded over 1.5 million times.

Ilja Laurs, CEO and founder, GetJar comments:
“We’re delighted to have reached this milestone in mobile app history. As a team, we’re dedicated to driving the app market forward through an open approach. We’ve supported over 60,000 apps from developers across all major platforms, including Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian and our open philosophy has been integral to our continued growth and the development within the industry. We’re looking forward to the next billion downloads.”