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Speedtext: enter handwritten text quickly on your iPhone

2 March 2010

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Speedtext is an iPhone application that allows you to handwrite text into your iPhone. It is popular in Japan where text entry using Kanji characters is difficult. I suspect it is handy for people who write in other languages as well (e.g. Arabic). For people who find the iPhone’s virtual keyboard challenging, it is also [...]

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Mobile Monday SV, 8 Feb 2010: Developer Secrets – Increasing App Store Sales

4 February 2010

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A lot of pajama entrepreneurs develop iPhone applications. It’s a lucrative market for some, but the truth is there are over 140,000 apps. How do you increase your chances of being discovered? How do you make this into a business that pays the rent and food? Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is holding a seminar in [...]

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ZapMe: mobile distribution platform for brands and merchants

2 February 2010

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ZapMe is a company based in Sydney, Australia that offers a mobile distribution platform for companies. Because people carry so many different mobile devices — iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, Nokia, Android-based smartphones — companies need a simple, easy way to send offers and announcements to customers regardless of their mobile device. Companies that use ZapMe utilize [...]

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FaceCash: a simple, elegant mobile payment application

2 February 2010

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FaceCash is a mobile payment application for the iPhone and other mobile devices. You use your smartphone to pay for groceries, pizza, and more. Your smartphone has to be able to display a barcode. It works like Paypal. You send money from your bank account to FaceCash and pay for items via FaceCash. To allow [...]

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