If you are on the market for a navigation software for your iPhone, give NDrive a chance and try its full featured US map system demo. But be quick, as the trial expires March 27.

NDrive will honor the 25th edition of the CTIA convention that will be held at Las Vegas (March 23 – 25, 2010)with a free full-featured edition of the new NDrive 10 version for the iPhone.

We are talking about a turn-by turn software solution available for many platform, that will allow you to enjoy CTIA, and that will also be equipped with a complete map of the USA,

The software will be available through the iTunes App Store from March 20 until March 27.

Here is the press release:

Porto, 18 March 2010 — official information from NDrive

NDrive announces that it will offer a free and full-featured edition of NDrive 10 during the CTIA. NDrive 10 is the new version of its successful turn-by turn software solution for the iPhone and comes with the most recent technology available for navigation systems. This special application for the CTIA will be equipped with a complete map of the USA and available to download through the Apple App Store from March 20^th until the 27^th. The software will be able to use until March 27^th, giving users the option to test NDrive 10 in a daily environment during those days.

This App was tailored for all CTIA visitors to enable them navigating in and around the exhibition in the best way possible. For this purpose we have included CTIA personalized POIs like parking lots, entrances, exits etc. inside our NDrive Communities. This information can be received by any NDrive user and therefore helps them finding their target easily and quickly. But as it is free and available in all the App Stores around the world and includes a complete map of the US, we believe that this will be a good moment for anybody to test NDrive 10 software.

NDrive is a well-recognized and innovative software developer, working with the biggest map providers and operating in more than 70 countries. The iPhone navigation developed by NDrive is the leading GPS application in more than 15 major Apple App Stores around the world, including Germany, Mexico, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Norway, Turkey, Portugal or South Africa.

Main features:

• Fully functional  TTS, SignPosts and InfoLanes;
• Actual and complete map of the USA;
• Store inside NDrive for customizing the users navigation system;
• Multi-touch technology with gesture recognition;
• Presentation of the most important buildings and landmarks in 3D;
• Over 1.500.000 POIs representing the most useful places;
• Access to a global NDrive Community for sharing information.

NDrive already offer a 7 days trial for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, but this is a first for the iPhone version, so hurry up, as the demo will end March 27.

Via: NDrive

If you own a BlackBerry, you have to check out BerryBuzz. Lucky for you, it is on sale in the JAMM store today as the Deal of the Day. BerryBuzz allows you to customize alerts by changing the color of the LED or the alerts. My favorite setting is “Disco”, which makes your LED cycle through each color. It is a great way to make sure you notice your calls even if you need to turn your ringer off.

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the JAMM Store and make sure you have your current device as a BlackBerry.

The JAMM Store Deal of the Day is SBSH’s PhoneWeaver 2 for Windows Mobile (recently reviewed on JAMM here).  You can register PhoneWeaver 2 for half the regular price today, but hurry….. today’s deal won’t be around forever!

PhoneWeaver brings a package of essential utilities designed to complement Windows Mobile phone devices. Including a real profiling management system, Today plug-in, service counters, radio activation buttons and much more!

Use the Profile Manager to define smart profiles that are activated manually or automatically based on time, appointments or phone state. Profiles can control your phone radio, Wi-Fi, push mail, Bluetooth, ringer, vibrate state and more! PhoneWeaver also adds a straightforward plug-in to your Today screen to easily switch profiles, control phone radios and track service counters. The PhoneWeaver Menu provides complete phone management through a tray-bar shortcut. Additional must-have utilities are included, designed to complete the missing features in Windows Mobile phone devices!

NEW RELEASE! – PhoneWeaver 1.2 is here! Introducing new counter items, profile icons, new today plugin layout options, advanced command line actions and much more!

Features:

• Today Screen Plugin
• NEW! – Counters displaying your pending SMS/MMS, missed calls, voice mail and emails directly on your Today screen! Tap a counter to access the corresponding services directly!
• NEW! – Choose your prefered display layout: Thumbs-layout optimized for stylus free navigation, Stylus-layout to minimal real-estate use or Custom-layout defines by the user
• NEW! – View profile icons on your Today screen indicating the current active profile
• NEW! – Lock the current profile using the padlock button. Useful for flight-mode, important meetings etc.
• Full skins support. Create and share skins at the PhoneWeaver resources forum
• View the current active profile name and trigger type icon
• Click profile name to switch between profiles manually
• Use special switch buttons to view and activate or disable your phone radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and push mail state. Optionally re-order, show or hide the led-switch buttons on the Today screen plugin
• Today screen plugin designed to fully support one-handed navigation
• ———————
• Profile Manager
• NEW! – Assign icons to your profiles that will display on your Today screen or on your tray-bar indicating the current active profile!
• Activate Agenda profiles based on appointment status, attendees state and category!
• Define time-out interval for manual profiles
• Create up to 100 different profiles that defines your phone behavior based on different variables and phone state
• Four profile types are available: Manual, Time, Agenda or Power
• Configure Time profiles based on day of week and activation hour with up to four different times/days per profile!
• Create Power profiles that will be activated when your phone is synchronized with your computer and/or connected to power
• ———————-
• Popup Menu Mode
• NEW! – Taking advantage of the new Profile Icons support, PhoneWeaver will display the active profile icon as the tray-bar shortcut activating the Popup Menu
• Use PhoneWeaver Popup-Menu mode to control PhoneWeaver through a popup-menu, freeing the Today plugin real-estate from your Today screen
• Place a special tray bar shortcut at the bottom of your Today screen to activate PhoneWeaver Popup Menu when clicked
• Easily assign any hardware button to activate PhoneWeaver Popup Menu, allowing full profiles management through a single hardware button click!
• ——————-
• LightWeight and Easy To Use Options
• PhoneWeaver fulfils an essential function missing on Windows Mobile devices with phone capabilities. As such, PhoneWeaver memory footprint is extremely small, allowing users to run it without effecting their device performance
• PhoneWeaver Options layout is presented in a friendly and easy-to-use layout, for faster and easier creation and editing of your phone profiles and PhoneWeaver configuration
• Easily customize your phone profiles, Today plugin display and more!
• ———————-
• VGA, Windows Mobile 6 Support and General Features
• NEW! – Professional Profile Icons store that users can use to assign icons to profiles
• Complete multi-language support. Including English, German, French and Spanish translations
• Includes full VGA support and comes with special professional graphics for both QVGA and VGA devices
• Supports Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition, Windows Mobile 5 and new Windows Mobile 6 devices
• Complete support for all different screen resolutions and orientations, including square and landscape screens

Minimum Requirements:

• About 300kb of free space

Display Dimensions
240×240, 240×320, 240×400, 320×240, 320×320, 400×240, 480×480, 480×640, 480×800, 640×480, 800×480
Operating System
Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2003 SE, WM5, WM6, WM6.1, WM6.5

Finally, Opera has brought their browsers out of beta.  The biggest question that I had was how much??  They released them for free.  The Mini versions have always been free but the Mobile version has always in the past cost a little bit.  You can go directly from your mobile browser to m.opera.com or here from your desktop.

My personal interpretation of that is, they wanted to get this version out so they could move on to bigger and better Windows Phone things?  Just my opinion, What’s yours?

There is also an Android version (no, not just the Mini 5)  that has only been released to the OEMs.  Gizmodo has a video of it running.  The rest of you that don’t want to buy a new handset for Opera 10, you will just have to stay tuned to XDA and Modoco for them to figure that out for us.

On a personal review with only using the out of beta for a day now, it is a finished, polished version.  What are your thoughts on the new version?  What do you think will be next from Opera for the Windows Phone?

[Via Symbian-Guru]

Electric Pocket, author of the notetaking application BugMe!, has just released the program a version of the program for the iPhone.  BugMe!, originally appearing on the Palm OS platform, provides users with an interface mirroring a digital yellow sticky note.  The main plus here though, aside from being environmentally friendly (no treese for the paper) is that you can organize the notes, have them always with you and set reminders on them.  Check out the full press release below:

Electric Pocket’s BugMe! Brings Sticky Notes to the iPhone – Even on the Home Screen!

Wye Valley UK, March 18, 2010 — Today, Electric Pocket Limited is introducing BugMe!, the popular note-taker and reminder application, to iPhone users. For well over a decade, PDA and smartphone users have been using BugMe! to create notes and set reminder alarms to keep them on-task and on-time.
“BugMe! for iPhone brings the classic app to a new audience on the iPhone, as well as answering the pleas of long-time users who were missing a faithful friend!” said Iain Barclay, Electric Pocket’s chief products officer.

BugMe! for iPhone lets users jot quick notes and doodles – with their finger as the pen – just like a digital yellow sticky note. BugMe!’s handwritten notes can be organized for reference, or easily shared by email or Twitter. Users with iPhones can set an alarm time on each note and BugMe! will sound the alarm and show a reminder when the task is due.

The new release of BugMe! introduces a first for iPhone users – BugMe!’s “Save to Home Screen” feature lets users save a copy of any note to the iPhone’s app launcher screen. These small handwritten notes can be dragged and positioned as with any application icon so important BugMe! notes and reminders can be organized and visible on the iPhone’s Home Screen at all times.

The iPhone version of BugMe! enables users to start a note on a choice of colored paper styles or on photos from the user’s album. With the iPhone’s camera, users can quickly snap pictures and then jot notes directly on it for shopping reminders or a fun email or tweet.

BugMe! for iPhone is available in the Apple App Store at an introductory rate of US$.99. More information can be found on the Electric Pocket website at http://bugme.net.

BugMe! is also available for BlackBerry smartphones.

About Electric Pocket Limited
Electric Pocket has been developing mobile applications and solutions for over 10 year from its base in the Wye Valley, UK. The company’s award winning product portfolio includes apps for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and webOS. Electric Pocket provides engineering jump-start and consultancy services for companies looking to deliver great mobile products. For more information, visit www.electricpocket.com.