Most smartphones with touchscreens have some sort of a lock screen that requires you to swipe a pattern or enter a passcode before you can start using your phone. This keeps you from accidentally making a phone call, deleting email messages, or topping your high score in Angry Birds if your screen accidentally turns on […]
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Pocket Informant 1.5 for Android will look much better on tablets
A few days ago WebIS released a minor update to Pocket Informant which allowed the calendar and task manager application to run on tablets with Android 3.1 Honeycomb. But to be honest, all you get is the smartphone interface blown up to fit on a much larger display. Now WebIS CEO Alex Kac says testing […]
Pocket Informant calendar and task manager now supports Honeycomb tablets
WebIS has released an update for Pocket Informant for Android which adds support for tablets running Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb. Unlike the default Google Calendar app that comes with Android, Pocket Informant bundles a To Do list with your calendar, allowing you to sync your appointments with Google Calendar and your tasks with ToodleDo. Pocket […]
Apple iCloud to offer web Calendar, Contacts, and Mail… but no Gallery or iDisk
Apple will kill off the MobileMe service when iCloud fully launches later this year. That won’t be a problem for many users, since most of MobileMe’s features will be available for free as part of the iCloud service. But Apple published a new FAQ today looking at the transition from one cloud service to the […]
Google improves Gmail, contact, calendar sync for iOS
Google has rolled out an update to Google Sync which offers new capabilities for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users who synchronize their Google data with their mobile device. The update allows users to: Search for any message in their Gmail accounts using the iOS mail app, even if the messages haven’t been downloaded. Accept, […]