Right now, owning an iPhone means that you also own a mini, High-definition television that can fit in your pocket and is available to you at all times. No longer are we slaves to cable providers. We have cut the cord and we are on the mobile frontier. There’s a lot of programming in the air up there, and your iPhone is ready to grab it all. Here are the best apps for watching TV on your iPhone.

Hulu is THE best app for watching TV on an iPhone, and for good reason. Think about it, how many shows do you really watch? Yes, digital cable will cover all the bases, but at what cost? You are probably paying a lot for shows that you will never watch. Hulu has a ton of content, including NEW network shows, most of which are available to you the day after they air on cable, and it will only cost you $7.99 a month.

Crackle. Crackle is great because it provides a lot of free content. If you’re sick with nostalgia for shows from the days when life was good; you know, back when you used to walk to school uphill both ways in a snowstorm, then Crackle’s iPhone app is for you. You won’t get brand new episodes of current TV shows right away, but you will be able to watch episodes of The Cosby Show or Different Strokes while waiting in line at the DMV. What’chu talkin’ ’bout, iPhone?

HBO Go. All right, you can’t miss The Wire, or that new episode of Boardwalk Empire, so you keep an HBO subscription. If you don’t already have this app on your iPhone, download it now. You’re already paying for it, and with it you’ll get all of the High-Def HBO content you love at home, on the go.

Sunday Ticket. Live sports are one of the biggest reasons why people have yet to cut the cord from their cable service provider. Direct TV’s Sunday Ticket is the solution for one sport in particular, the NFL. While it’s not free, any football fan will appreciate being able to watch whatever game they want, regardless of where they are or what they are doing. The cost for an entire season is $199.95. That’s for access to every out-of-market game every Sunday, all in HD. MLB has an app called MLB.com At Bat. Like Sunday Ticket, it’s a subscription service that gives you unprecedented mobile access to your favorite team’s games, regardless of where they, or you, may be.

It is important to remember that with any of these apps, a large amount of data usage can occur, so be aware of your data plan before you start streaming. If you have an unlimited plan, go nuts. Also, if you purchase an AppleTV for your home, you will find that AirPlay mirroring is another affordable solution to cable. Just find an episode of your favorite TV show through any website on your iPhone, then activate AirPlay mirroring and sit back and enjoy it on your TV.

There are new apps being developed every day, and it’s now easier than ever to stream live TV on your iPhone.

iPhones, iPhones everywhere! Yes, that’s right. That’s how the present scenario looks like. Considering this, most entrepreneurs are understanding the importance to create iPhone apps in order to expand their business and make it reach out to the maximum number of people.

With every passing day, the demand for good iPhone app developers is increasing by leaps and bounds. This implies that hiring an expert iPhone app developer is a tough thing to do, because of their exorbitant pricing and their lack of availability. Should this stop you from developing your own app? Me thinks NOT! Here are five easy steps that you can follow to create your own iPhone app all by yourself!

Step No. 1:
Identify your focus segment
The number of things that can be done with an iPhone is only limited by imagination. There are so many apps these days that one has to filter down to exactly what segment he wishes to follow. Do you want to make a gaming application or a utility one, what should be its theme etc. these are a few questions that you must sort out first.

Step No. 2
Research:
I cannot stress how important research is for any project. Before you start doing anything you must essentially research your competition, their strategies and applications thoroughly. Try to identify the kind of response that they are getting and from which kind of an app. Highlight the main reasons why is it being popular, and if not, what the major errors in the app are.

Step No. 3:
Skeleton
Now that you have a clear picture of the Dos and Don’ts for your app, and what theme you want it to have, it is time for you to build a skeleton of exactly what you want from the application. Draw the characters, or items (roughly) that will be a part of the app. Decide upon the entire content of the app, along with the color schemes and other nuances. Remember that whatever you decide upon has to be customer centric. Think about how the end user is going to react to the app.

Step No. 4:
Hiring a developer
Yes, you will need one. Now that you have done the entire homework bit, it will be much easier to have a developer work on it. You don’t need to rely on a developer to do all the work for you. The previous three steps will help you percolate everything to the developer with ease. Explain everything carefully and do not miss out on any details. While you are at it, do not forget to take suggestions from your iPhone app programmer to understand how you can better your application.

Step No. 5:
Reach out
Creating the app is just half the battle won. The most important work comes right after making the app. The app has to be marketed well to ensure that it justifies your purpose. Unless your app reaches out to the people, it will not make a mark, nor will it create brand awareness or generate revenue.

Conclusion:
The market of applications is enormous. There are more than a million applications out there covering various different aspects of a person’s life. Choose your kind of app wisely based on the reception you are expecting from your specific audience. Do not hesitate to spend a little money or time in order to create the best app for yourself. Remember that the best things in life are for FREE but customizing them for use comes at a Price. Happy apping!

There are always a certain number of built-in applications provided with a phone, even then the first thing we do after unpacking is to load it with our favorite apps. Well, that’s where the fun lies! One great thing about iPhone 4 apps is that you can also sync them with your iPad from PC or Mac. The App Store claims to have the world’s largest collection of mobile apps. With over 200,000 applications already existing, the App Store is still on the rise. To tell you the truth, nothing strikes me more than a FREE application. Therefore, I present you ten iPhone 4 apps that i Heart!

Loopt

If you’re an Apple lover, you must be familiar with Loopt as well. If not, then I’m at your service. Loopt is a geo-social app, which lets you know about the happenings around. Not only that, this location-based service keeps you in-touch with your family, and friends by letting them know where you are, or what you like. Their current version 3.0.1 is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, with iPhone OS 3.1 or later.

Pandora

Every phone feels useless without music. Pandora Radio is a free streaming music application available to keep you upbeat. Coordinated with the web, this app is your home to hundreds of thousands of songs. You just have to name it!

Movies

‘Movies’ by Flixster is another location-based free application that gives you all the information you need to know about movies. From show times to trailers, reviews, ratings, ticket information, and even maps of your local theaters; Movies has got it all. Current version: 4.01.

Stanza

Stanza is bookworms’ BFF. Yes! A free e Book application, fully packed with a huge collection of books, revolutionizes the whole concept of browsing and reading. Accessible in many different languages, the current version 3.0.3 is definitely a treat for all the iPhone users.

Twitter

Formally known as Tweetie, Twitter for iPhone is now available for free from the App Store. A great yet simple way to stay connected with your tweeps.

Skype

This application doesn’t really need any description. You can chat, talk, share, call, and even text anyone anywhere in the world. The current version 2.1.1 allows you to call over 3G as well. You never want to miss Skype, trust me!

Wikipanion

Willy-nilly, the Wikipedia became one of the most important part of our daily lives. For making life even better, they’ve also made Wikipanion; your companion in bad times. Wikipanion is the best app for browsing Wikipedia from your iPhone. You can enjoy all of Wikipedia’s features, plus some more!

WordPress

With the help of this application, you can now manage your WordPress blog from iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. WorPress for iPhone is very easy to organize, you can make or edit your posts, manage comments, and the new version automatically saves drafts when you quit the app.

Evernote

Evernote is amazing for the fact that it lets your create notes not only in written form, but also in terms of pictures, and voice memos. Obviously, we can’t remember everything!

Hangman free

And here I’ll wrap up with my all-time favorite game ‘Hangman’, which is available at App Store too. You can ever get enough of this very simple game, especially when the graphics are modified to a great extent. iHeart it, absolutely!

The HTC Sensation XE comes in with a large qHD screen. It runs on Android Gingerbread OS. It is also packed with a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor. This is not only a music phone; this is actually one of the finest multi-media smartphones that we have today.

The following are some of the best apps that you can install on the HTC Sensation XE. They are as follows:

Google Docs – This app will allow you to view and edit your spreadsheets and documents on the Sensation XE. All of your documents will be stored on Google’s servers. With this you won’t have to deal with slow or lengthy downloads. You will also get a synched data with this app.

Dropbox – Today this is one of the best ways to store large files online. This app will allow you to access stored files remotely and even share it with others. You can upload any file that you want from your phone. You can then access this from a connected device or your computer. You will get a starter 5GB of storage space for all of your important files.

Oanda Currency Converter – If you constantly have the need to check on currency rates, then this app is a must have for you. This is capable of converting up to 190 currencies and 4 precious metals. It boasts a stylish and easy to use interface.

Evernote – This is the app for note-taking. You can set up a task list, set reminders, write notes, and even store your photos. This is also capable of syncing across all of your devices. With this, you can say goodbye to being forgetful all the time.

Expensify – This app will help you in tracking all of your expenses. It records any payments made from your bank account and through your printed receipts. You can feed your phone images of your printed receipts through its camera. With this app, you won’t have to settle for tons and tons of receipts or messy accounting again.

TripIt – This app will give you a single master itinerary. This includes hotel reservations and flight plans. This particular app will synch to your phone’s calendar app. With this, you no longer need to be lost when it is time to take that trip for personal or business purposes.

As you can see, this Beats branded smartphone is not just for your music listening pleasure. It can do more and with the apps that you can install on this phone, it means business like no other.

These are just some of the best apps that you can have on your HTC Sensation XE.

There are four varieties of app stores: platform, operator, independent and manufacturer. This is a fragmented market with each store having its own strengths and weaknesses depending on the users’ point of view and specific requirements. This document aims to uncover the landscape of stores and where they currently stand.

Platform & Manufacturer Stores:

Apple App Store – The first and, currently, most successful store. With over 300,000 apps for the iPhone, iTouch and iPad, it has had over 7 billion downloads so far. All apps on this store are vetted by Apple for suitability, adherence to design standards and to keep the apps suitable. Apple take 30% of any income from the app.

Google Android Market – This store currently boasts 100,000 apps with 5,000+ being added weekly. It is an unregulated store so anything goes. This however means that as well as many good apps, there are also a fair amount of badly designed dross. Google take 30% of any income from the app.

Ovi Store – this is Nokia’s app store which has had 3 million downloads specifically for Nokia phones. Although the jury is still out on their new range of smartphones, Nokia’s huge installed base of Symbian devices mean that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. Watch this space.

BlackBerry App World – Specifically for BlackBerry devices, this store has around 16,000 apps and claims to have 20m phones in the market. No information on actual downloads but the devices don’t make it easy.

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace – Brand new store, currently has about 3,000 apps. Microsoft are positioning Windows Phone 7 as a more consumer-oriented platform so games are prominent. With Microsoft’s marketing might, expect this to grow rapidly.

Samsung App Store – App store specifically for Samsung devices which use Android or their own bada platforms. The store has only 800 apps and it claims 14 million bada apps have been downloaded so far.

Palm App Catalog – Now owned by HP, this store has just over 4,000 apps specifically designed for the Palm Pre. Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pre 2 in the pipeline.

LG Application Store – This store was launched in July 2009. Up until know, the store focused on Windows Mobile applications. At the moment, 2,969 content items are available.

Independent Stores:

GetJar – This is the second largest app store, after Apple, and is platform-agnostic. It claims it has over 55,000 apps across all the major handset platforms and manages 50m downloads per month. Downloading some apps, such as the iPhone apps, is a bit cumbersome, and some just don’t work. It works for developers as there’s no fee or revenue share, it doesn’t keep download data a secret and it is mobile Web friendly.

Amazon – Not yet launched, the Amazon Android app store threatens to be everything Android Market isn’t. However in the pre-launch bumph Amazon states that an app can’t be sold for less anywhere else, and that the app can’t be on offer anywhere else for more than two weeks before it’s given to Amazon. The alleged T’s & C’s also states that Amazon has sole discretion to determine all features and operations of the apps and can set the retail price.

Handmark – This is an independent application store, like Getjar. It is available worldwide and features applications for multiple major platforms. The company supports a variety of desktop, mobile web, and client app stores, including its flagship Pocket Express news and information service and a downloadable app store for Windows Mobile devices.

Appitalism – Independent of any device or platform affiliations, Appitalism combines a social community with an online store to help consumers quickly and easily discover, discuss and download the best digital content. The site’s social features empowers members to collectively determine the best apps and content for every device.

Appitalism supposedly offers an unbiased and personalized experience for members based on their interests. Other independent app stores – The following stores are a mixed bag, wach with their own strengths: Handster, Mobango, PocketGear, SlideMe, Handango, AndAppStore

Operator Stores:

All operators are starting to see the importance of developing their own stores. In the UK Orange and Vodafone 360 already have them.

If you work in the design industry, then it’s likely that you own an iPhone or plan to buy one in the future. There are several types of iPhones on the market but it doesn’t necessarily matter which iPhone you buy, unless it’s an older model that some applications no longer support. What really matters is what applications you add to your phone. Technology is what makes the world go around and in order to be at the top in your field, you should understand and use the latest technologies. Design has become so much more complex over the years. In order to be the best at design, you need to know the best apps to add to your iPhone.

Apps You Should Check Out

There are plenty of iPhone apps for designers, no matter which part of the industry you work in.

Mashable and Twitter both have applications that can be downloaded to your iPhone that will keep you up to date on everything design related. If you are into web design or graphic design, then you definitely need these apps. Consider downloading TweetDeck as your Twitter client. It has a ton of features and you can group your designer friends to more easily track their conversations.

Did you find the perfect font in a magazine or out on the street and want to use it in your next design? Check out “What the Font” and all you have to do is take a picture and the app will do its best to identify the font for you.

Do you need color inspiration? There are plenty of color palette applications to choose from. Download a few and see which ones you like best. There are also lots of color wheel applications to help you match colors.

Any designer worth their salt (what does that even mean? Ha!) knows about Photoshop, but if you don’t, it’s an extensive image-editing program available on Windows and Mac computers. What many people don’t know is that there’s also a mobile version of Photoshop available on the iPhone. It’s an extremely basic version of the original, but in a pinch, it can be quite handy.

In order to be great at what you do, you have to know what is working now and what is being created. By using the best iPhone apps, you will always be up to date and know the latest news for web design and graphic design.

Another benefit to using the right applications is that you will be able to make your phone do whatever you need it to. The great thing about an iPhone is that there are all kinds of great applications that you can download when you are on the go.

Designing for the iPhone

If you’re ready to try your hand at designing the next million-dollar iPhone app, here are some excellent tools you should check out.

The Ultimate iPhone Stencil and The iPhone UI Vector Elements are great for mock-ups because they are designed to help make your designs extremely high quality. Yahoo also makes a good design stencil kit.

There is an iPhone GUI PSD design template, which you can find by doing a quick Google search. The template allows the user to brainstorm all different types of iPhone applications, quickly and easily. It’s awesome for creating all sorts of iPhone app mock-ups and there is even a retina version for designing apps for newer iPhone with retina displays.

Wrapping Up

Your iPhone can be a great tool that can help you further your business in a variety of ways. You can regularly find inspiration, you can clients what you have in mind for their next project and you can do this all on the go. The iPhone, and really any smartphone these days, is truly an indispensable tool.

Galaxy Tab is considered as the best alternative to the Apple iPad tablet. It features a 7 inch display and is TFT type. It also has built in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 1GHz Cortex ARM A8 processor. The processor is very capable and is also being used in the Samsung Galaxy S smartphones. Here are the best apps for the Tab to make the most out of it.

YouTube: High quality online videos from sites like YouTube look amazing on the Tab’s highly dense screen. We recommend not to use the YouTube official app and use the web browser to view the videos. We also suggest setting the video resolution to 720p if you are on a high speed data connection such as Wi-Fi or 3G.

Exchange for Touchdown: If you want exchange on your Android Tab, you must get this app from the marketplace. It allows you to sync Exchange contacts, calendars, tasks, notes and of course, email.

Kindle App: You can download Amazon Kindle app from the Google Android marketplace. The application is free to download. After you sign up with Amazon, millions of electronic books are just a tap away, including several thousand free ebooks. The application allows you to read books in either landscape or portrait mode.

Angry Birds: The most popular iPad game is now available for the Android platform and it does runs like a charm on its WSVGA display that packs 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. Angry Birds is a physics based game and it requires use of logic, skill and force.

Spark Chess: This is a free chess game that looks great in landscape orientation. The graphics are very detailed and runs very smoothly on the ARM A8 hummingbird processor. Just make sure to install Adobe Air application first as the game utilizes its game libraries.

Skype: This is free VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) service that lets you make peer-to-peer calls from one computer to another. If you enroll yourself for their paid service, you can even make calls to mobile phones and landlines. If you are not in a mood to talk, you can use its text messaging feature to chat just like a normal chat client. Skype is available for free for the Galaxy Tab and is a great way to save money on long distance calls. The application also allows you to make calls and do text messaging over 3G.

Quotes are the greatest thoughts of the great people that help us in motivating ourselves during our tough time to go through quite easily. Generally, quotations are the source of encouragement but now these are also forwarded. Forwarding motivating or funny quotes has become our daily job.

Now everyone looks for the new and the best quotations available and there are tons of quotes on internet, but if you have an Android smartphone, I have something even better, a list of best apps!!

These apps offer you best quotes from different categories and you simply forward them to your contact list. Here are the 10 best free quotes apps.

1. Buddha Quotes & Buddhism Free!

Everyone must know about Buddha and the knowledge he had. Now all of his knowledge is available as quotes via this free app.

Install it on your phone and get quotes about life, success and definitely about Buddhism.

2. The Best Life

An admirable quotes that looks fair as UI is very sweet and beautiful enough to display best life quotes. This app has social integration, through which you can directly share them on the Facebook, Twitter or Gmail. You can also rate the particular quote.

3. The Greatest Quotes

This app includes the collection of great philosophers and thinkers of their time that have changed the humankind like Churchill, Lincoln, Einstein and others. You can directly share them on your social networks.

4. Love and Romance Quotes

This app includes love category quotes with pink background. You must try this app if you like love quotes. This app is available for free and you can directly share them on your social networks and can forward them via messages and e-mails.

5. Everyday Quotes

This app covers quotes from all categories in seven different languages. You can keep the quote at your home screen and share with your friends.

6. Abraham Lincoln Quotes+

Abraham Lincoln was a skillful person and his sayings are the best source of courage. This app covers all his sayings. You can install this app for free and can have access to Lincoln’s quotes about war, life, philosophy and others.

7. Brilliant Quote and Quotations.

This app covers about 3,000 quotations relating to long list of categories but this app displays a lot of ads. UI looks simple and app is available for free at Google Play Store.

8. Beautiful Life Quotes

It has got lots of options with a number of great quotes by great people, although the UI here is not so good. Daily, new quotes are updated which are available for free.

9. Bible Quotes

This app includes all the quotations from the Holy Bible which are related to human’s life. This app will inspire not only you but also those to whom you’re forwarding this.

10. Inspiring Quotes

The collection of quotations in this app has compelled me to add this app but the UI here is not good.

The iPad is said to be primarily used for reading and using the Internet. While the use of the iPad should invariably be different from the iPhone it is important to remember that people just love to play games and find little and new ways of tie-breaking themselves from doing any real work anything constructive. So if you make sure that you have got the best iPad app out there then you’re going get a lot of downloads.

Because the best app may not necessarily be something new, it doesn’t matter that people may have played it on the iPhone and the iPod. What is important is that on this new piece of technology it gains the coveted number one slot. Just like searches on Google there are a lot of matches every time you run a search but which ones do you choose first? Do you scan a couple of pages through or do you simply take the first option the pops up maybe occasionally choosing the second and third choices on the odd time the first option doesn’t grab your attention.

So if you want to make sure you get the best iPad app slot, do some research and investigate ways you’re going to get into that number one slot or at least the top 25 on the iTunes lists. Developers already use number of creative ways to ensure that their games get exposure on that coveted top 25 list. We’ve seen them release points packs as separate applications we’ve seen them cloning already popular application giving them a slightly different skin and theme. Then pass it back out there so that their fan base will re-download, hopefully all at the same time, pushing it up to number one.

We have also seen developers use Amazon Mechanical Turk, asking people to download the application if it’s free for a minimal payout of one or two cents and write a review; post articles on blogs with favourable back links and links to the application itself in an effort to increase the exposure that their game gets; making reward systems inside their games that ask you to go and grab your friends and people you don’t know get them to sign up and give your code so that you can gain kudos in-game.

It seems like developers will do just about anything to grab the number one slot and make sure that they’ve got the best iPad app out there. So remember the best iPad app is well marketed; the best iPad app will be well-developed; the best iPad app will offer something new to take into account the new customers that are going to come along and have never owned an iPhone before. The best iPad app will be one that had a developer that did not sit back and do nothing and for them the best iPad app is definitely going to be a gold mine.

You’ve just gotten a shiny new BlackBerry – it could be the latest BlackBerry Curve, a new BlackBerry Torch, or even a brand new BlackBerry Storm – you pull out your new smartphone, peel off the plastic, and dive into App World to fill your BlackBerry with the latest in mobile gadgets; but with so many apps available, which one should be the first to make its way onto your new phone? This article will help you navigate through the confused jumble of BlackBerry alarm apps that are currently on the market, helping you find the BlackBerry alarm that is the best fit for you and your lifestyle.

An Informational Morning:
Did you ever want to try a more pleasant morning wake-up than a loud buzzing alarm, or maybe you have trouble finding the time each day to read through your morning paper? If you’re looking for an all but ordinary way to wake up in the morning, then you’re in for a new experience when trying out Wakeful talking alarm. Rather than waking you up with a conventional buzzer noise, Wakeful will wake you up by reading aloud the day’s local weather, letting you know what to expect before you’ve even crawled out of bed. You’ll also get woken up to the top news stories that broke overnight, as well as the world’s most up-to-date stock information to keep on top of the markets. Wakeful is customizable, reading your name aloud as it greets you each morning: it’s a bit like your own personal butler that reads aloud the information most important to you every time you crawl out of bed.

The Horrible Sleeper:
You may have heard of the alarm clock apps that’ll track your movements while sleeping in order to wake you up at just the right time. These apps typically work by tracking your movements on the bed, however even though BlackBerry isn’t capable of tracking these movements the way some other smartphones can, we BlackBerry users nonetheless have an alternative. The Sleep Cycle app doesn’t track your movements while sleeping in order to wake you up more refreshed, however it does help you to graph your sleeping patterns in order to achieve a more healthy sleeping patterns. This is the best app for those looking for a healthier sleep, though you’ll have to make sure you’re motivated enough to graph your sleep each day!

The Bus Rider:
The creator of Bus Alarm had a fear that many of us share: falling asleep on the bus ride home and forgetting to get off at his stop! Bus Alarm has been built to solve this problem and if you’re a habitual bus rider like the app’s creator, this might just be the best alarm application for you. This alarm will alert you when you’re approaching your bus stop, leaving you the freedom to dose off against the head rest, or get lost in a captivating novel, without fearing that you may drive right by your bus stop and end up miles from home.

The Planner:
Alarm Pro is an app made for those who need to use multiple alarms in a single day: one to get up, one for their morning meeting, another to remind them to take their medication, etc. This app is the monkey on your back that will keep your day organized and on time, without the need to manually set and reset multiple alarms each day. If you’re the kind of person that needs to keep organized without putting too much thought into it, then it may be worth giving Alarm Pro a try.

For most, the alarm is something that they set to get themselves up in the morning, and it has very little impact on the rest of the day. However BlackBerry alarm apps have increasingly become an essential app for any BlackBerry user’s smartphone. With your BlackBerry alarm you can start waking up and keeping track of your day in ways that a conventional alarm clock never could. Most of these apps have a free trial version, so give them a try and see how today’s innovative BlackBerry alarms can change your life. And hey, if you don’t like it, you can have your old life back!