Orange Concepts » Mobile http://www.ripeorange.com/blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:11:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Follow Twitter Users Without An Account http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/08/11/follow-twitter-users-without-an-account/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/08/11/follow-twitter-users-without-an-account/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:35:34 +0000 Nick http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=394 More >]]> Twitter recently announced they are allowing people to follow Twitter users without an account through text messaging. To subscribe, all you have to do is text number 40404 with the message “follow [username]“. You will then be immediately connected to their Twitter stream and will receive text messages whenever they post a new status update.

Twitter introduced this feature mainly for the advertising aspect of things. However, you can surely follow your friends and co-workers without having a Twitter account as well. They wanted people to use it when they are out at a restaurant or at a bar and can subscribe to their Twitter accounts to receive promotions and special deals.

What do you think? Will you use this service?

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Recently RIM posted a sneak peak of their new Blackberry 6. It seems to be operated mostly using a touch screen and includes integration with Facebook and Twitter.

]]> http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/07/12/a-quick-preview-of-blackberry-6/feed/ 0 Android Gaining On Apple iOS http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/07/01/android-gaining-on-apple-ios/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/07/01/android-gaining-on-apple-ios/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:17:34 +0000 Nick http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=360 More >]]> In recent months Android has been taking a steady incline in market share as what it appears to be at Apples’ cost. Android devices are quickly approaching the number of iPhone devices. Also Android is available on all major US mobile carriers including AT&T which is the sole provider for the iPhone. Looking into the future, it is possible for Android to surpass iOS. Stay tuned for the release of Android 3.0 to try and take even a bigger chunk of market share.

]]> http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/07/01/android-gaining-on-apple-ios/feed/ 0 Apple Employee Loses Next-Gen iPhone Prototype. Letterman Gives The Excuses. http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/22/apple-employee-loses-next-gen-iphone-prototype-letterman-gives-the-excuses/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/22/apple-employee-loses-next-gen-iphone-prototype-letterman-gives-the-excuses/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:35:41 +0000 Jeff http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=320 Last night, David Letterman revealed the “Top Ten Excuses of the Guy Who Lost the iPhone Prototype.” Check it out.

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Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Flight Of A Bumblebee solely on an iPad after a concert he was giving at Davies Symphony Hall. This is extremely impressive. Most people think he used the Magic Piano iPad application, but that is still speculation.

]]> http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/21/lang-lang-wraps-up-concert-with-ipad-piano/feed/ 1 Steven Colbert Talks iPad http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/17/steven-colbert-talks-ipad/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/17/steven-colbert-talks-ipad/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:27:10 +0000 Jeff http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=310 Check out this quick look at the iPad on “The Colbert Report”…

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Stephen Gets a Free iPad
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News
]]> http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/17/steven-colbert-talks-ipad/feed/ 0 See How Your Website Looks On the iPad with iPad Peek http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/05/see-how-your-website-looks-on-the-ipad-with-ipad-peek/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/05/see-how-your-website-looks-on-the-ipad-with-ipad-peek/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:02:24 +0000 Nick http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=297 More >]]> With all this buzz of the iPad, don’t you want to know how your website looks on it? Now you can. If you go to iPad Peek you have the ability to see what your website looks like in a iPad simulator. The only thing that isn’t right about this simulator is you can view flash objects. On the iPad flash is prohibited. Go ahead and check out what your website will look like when someone views it on a iPad.

I’d say ours looks pretty good :)

]]> http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/05/see-how-your-website-looks-on-the-ipad-with-ipad-peek/feed/ 0 How To Read eBooks on your iPhone http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/05/how-to-read-ebooks-on-your-iphone/ http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/2010/04/05/how-to-read-ebooks-on-your-iphone/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:35:09 +0000 Nick http://www.ripeorange.com/blog/?p=291 More >]]> With the release of the iPad, many people are looking to put eBooks on their iPhone’s. However, Apple does not let iPhone users have access to the iBookstore just yet. Many publishers are publishing books in the both MOBI and EPUB formats.

I recently purchased some eBooks and wanted to get them onto my iPhone. There is no way to do this through iTunes. One way is to load these eBooks onto your Kindle and you can download the Kindle app from amazon onto your iPhone. I do not have a Kindle though and I was running out of ideas.

Then I came across Stanza. It’s an iPhone app and desktop application. What you do is download the app onto your iPhone and download the desktop application onto your computer. You can download Stanza for desktop here. Also search “Stanza” in your iPhone App Store and download the app for free.

What Stanza does is, takes the eBooks you have on your computer and through your wireless network shares them with your iPhone. Watch the video below to learn how to do upload eBooks to your iPhone with Stanza.

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The e-doors are open. Apple has just launched an online store full of digital iBooks made for use on the iPad. Users can browse, preview, and download a wide variety of books, but only iPad users will be able to use iBooks. A complimentary digital version of A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is being offered to celebrate the grand opening. Watch your back Amazon.

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