Archive for January 2009

New WhiteHouse.gov site has no mobile version

As change comes to America led by newly-inaugurated President Barack Obama, the WhiteHouse.gov Web site has also changed. Yes, the new WhiteHouse.gov Web site has an elegant design, blog, an RSS feed with more promised and information on many topics. But still, there is no mobile version. CNN.com wrote a  story declaring that Obama will [...]

Links to the latest mobile Obama inauguration news

Here’s the latest news on ties between mobile phones, President-Elect Barack Obama and his inauguration: The Presidential Inaugural Committee is letting people sign up for text message updates. [textually] A news report that Barack Obama values mobile devices. [Politico via Smart Mobs] After much speculation about whether Obama can keep his BlackBerry once in office, [...]

Mobile apps delay next Android mobile phone

The next Android-based mobile phone is being delayed so that it can be better prepared for mobile applications, according to the manufacturer’s founder. Ed Hardy writes on Brighthand that the Kogan Agora was scheduled to debut later this month as the second mobile phone running Google’s Android operating system. The company’s founder, Russlan Kogan, released [...]

Chipotle burrito iPhone app makes possible previous Apple patent

Chipotle’s new application that would let iPhone users order burritos dissapeared quickly from the ol’ app store this week. But, it promises a trip back soon and it makes possible a previous Apple patent idea from 2007. Jeremy Horwitz over at iLounge writes that the iLounge crew was deciding on buying the Chipotle app when [...]

First photo of Hudson River plane crash taken with iPhone

Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone, reports Silicon Alley Insider. Thirty-four minutes after Janis posted his photo, MSNBC interviewed him live on TV as a witness. This comes a day after Robert Scoble wrote about how the social web has changed the [...]