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Apple CEO Steve Jobs crammed much into this week's new product introduction, revealing a new-look line of iPods, an inexpensive Apple TV appliance, social features for iTunes and an update to Apple's mobile OS. And, yes, the iPod Classic still lives--at least for now. Get the full story here at HardwareCentral.
1-800-Flowers.com is the latest retail partner to join Qualcomm subsidiary Firethorn's soon-to-be-released SWAGG mobile application. SWAGG, which is due to launch in time for the holiday season, will give people the ability to purchase, personalize, and exchange gift cards directly from a mobile device, according to Firehorn. Announced back in January, SWAGG will also provide customers with mobile access to account information, special offers and loyalty programs. American Apparel is an example of another retailer that's signed up to take part in Firethorn's mobile coming commerce solution.
TeleNav has released a version of its OnMyWay app (free, download)--first available for the BlackBerry--for the iPhone (3G, 3GS and 4) and Android devices (v1.6 - 2.2). OnMyWay is a free notification application that automatically alerts a pre-determined person or group of people of a sender's trip status and estimated time of arrival. The program will automatically send new alerts to contacts if the user's arrival time changes while they're en route to the meeting location. The idea is to allow them to keep their hands on the wheel and not worry about calling or texting others if they're running late. See more details about OnMyWay after the break.
Avatron Software has released a free Windows driver for its Air Display app ($9.99, download), which lets you use your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch as an extra wireless monitor for your computer. The software had previously only been compatible with Macs, but now PC users can take advantage of this productivity app, which promises to deliver up to 70% more screen space--presumably only with the iPad--available to users.
iTriage (download) is a free health care app for the iPhone that allows users to research medical symptoms and find any health care provider in the nation. Sutter Health is among the first Northern California health systems to collaborate with iTriage, giving users more detailed information about the doctors, hospitals and medical clinics in the Sutter network. Sutter's expanded listings in the iTriage mobile app shows all users: capabilities and areas of specialization of Sutter Health affiliated and aligned doctors and hospitals; website links; hours of operation; contact information; etc
Ty Ahmad-Taylor, the founder of Fanfeedr -- a Web site devoted for sport's fans -- recently posted a blog post that underscores the value of non-web based customers (e.g. those using mobile devices or other platforms such as the iPad and iPhone) to his site compared to those accessing Fanfeedr through traditional PC-based browsers.
Interestingly, for instance, he found that normally Fandeer visitors stay for 1m 34s at a time. That's compared to its iPad users who stay for closer 15m each time they come to FanFeedr.
To Ahmad-Tayor, the answer that make the most sense for the most sense for the huge differential is that the iPad interface can't multitask, and that single-threaded application behavior forces users to focus solely on FanFeedr's application.
See more of FanFeedr's analysis of the iPad and mobile device usage after the break.
Callpod's Keeper is a security app that safely stores and encrypts sensitive data such as passwords, financial, business and personal information. It is available for Apple the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad as well as Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. A free version (download) of Keeper provides password management, keeping your information safe and secure with encryption (128-bit AES), according to the developer. Paid features include offsite backup, storage and restore, 24-hour access to data, syncing capability to other devices and both Mac and PC desktops, self-destruct protection and more. The premium features are available for $29.99/year via in-app purchase.
Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has released a free mobile app for online shipping services including shipment tracking, rate quotes and document viewing. The company launched the new wireless online tools in a demonstration for customers this weekend at the NASCAR Nationwide Series CARFAX 250 race at Michigan International Speedway.
The Con-way Freight Tools app is available for the iPhone and Android (BlackBerry coming soon) platforms. It allows customers to complete a variety of shipping tasks on their mobile devices, including rate quotes, tracking a freight shipment, viewing shipping documents and locating a service center.
To get the Con-way Freight Tools app, a customer can download it directly from their phone's app store (here for iPhone). Once downloaded, they should go to the phone's settings and enter their Con-way Freight web registered username and password. See here to learn more.
