I confess. No doubt about it. I am an application junkie. I love finding useful programs that make my PC more powerful and my phone more functional. I always seem to max out my phone’s memory because of my habit. That began to turn around the day I discovered a free application called Kinoma. I tried it, was so impressed by it’s graphics, intuitive ease of use, and its inclusion under-one-roof of some functions I already had individual apps for, I immediately bought the pay-version, called KINOMA PLAY, and haven’t looked back. I was also able to un-install a bunch of those now unnecessary space/memory wasters.

I’m surprised I don’t here more yelling about it, so I’m here to do just that. Take a look.

They call it a social media browser, but don’t get confused. It’s not another Opera or Skyfire or that kind of browser. It’s a powerful media connector. It will display your pictures, play your movies or music, it will stream broadcasts and podcasts, it will even connect you to your home computer if you use Orb. The list is too long to list. You need to try the free version and you’ll know immediately what it does and if it would be useful to you. I’m betting it would.

I tried it on my original AT&T Tilt and was even more impressed when I loaded it on my Tilt2, with wm6.5 and VGA screen. But they have versions for Nokia, Palm, as well as Wm smartphones without touch. They even have a version that will convert movies for your iPod or Playstation.

It’s a media integrator. From one place, you can reach your on-board media or you can reach out to your external media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flicker, Picasa, Box.net, Flight Tracker……shall I go on? I just like the look and feel of it and I think you will, too.

Kinoma Play Features:

• Available for Windows Mobile & Symbian/S60
• Custom Creatable Home Screen
• Skinning available
• Free and Paid App Store
• Video, Audio, Picture browsing
• Connect to home PC via Orb
• Streaming on-demand access to thousands of podcasts, music, audio books & radio stations
• Free version available
• Price for Full Version: $29.99

Download from HERE

Everybody and their brother has their undies in a potential knot over WSJ rumors that the iPhone will be coming to Verizon this summer.  The writing team here at JAMM has been oohing and ahhing over the possibilities…everyone except me, that is. In my opinion, this moves makes no sense, and if it is true, could be a move in the wrong direction for Apple..  Here’s why…

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Last year, I bought a Honda Goldwing (read-on, it relates to Apple).  It’s the ultimate touring motorcycle: 6 cylinder, ABS, GPS, heated seats AND grip and 80 watts per channel 6 speakers sound system…. NICE.  However, Honda, in their infinite wisdom, is offering a 6 discs CD changer that you plug into the wiring harness and control from the handle bar; for the modest sum of $700 dollars mind you! For their flagship bike they really have leading edge tech!!  I guess it’s better than Yamaha that has a really nice TAPE DECK on their top-of-the-line cruiser.

I wanted something a little cheaper with more music.  I recently heard of that new technology – MP3 players have you heard of it? – that I could plug into the bike’s sound system (may be someone should send the memo to Honda).  I have a 3.5 mm plug routed to one of the glove compartment (in the front) that works well enough but in the summer the heat from the engine seemed to be unbearable for my player and it would quit working. Furthermore, I could not control it without pulling over – how uncivilized!

I discovered a company that make an adapter that would plug into the wiring harness (where the CD changer would go) and let me run the player from the factory installed handle bar controls.  HOWEVER, it ONLY works with Apple products!!  The nice thing about it, though, is that it also charges the player.

I really did not want to buy a new one because I was planning on using it primarily on the bike.  I bought a really nice 80GB unit on E-Bay for a very reasonable price.  I’ve never had an Apple product.  The closest I came to buying one was the Newton.  Now it’s a collector’s item available on E-Bay – you can find ANYTHING on E-Bay!

A couple of years ago I bought an 8GB Zune for my wife to use while she goes ice skating.  When I set it up for her I remember liking it and being generally impressed.  But, I think I like the iPod more.  When I first installed iTunes, it took overnight to go through all my music (15,517 songs)!  Once this was over and loaded on the iPod I was ready to venture into the world according to Steve.

This is, by no means, a technical review, but I think (compared to the “old” Zune) the Apple is more elegant in execution – nothing dramatic, just nice touches here and there: the way you can blend the ending and beginning of songs, playlists to get you started, quick and easy search to name a few .

I did not expect to like it but for a 5th generation iPod, but my overall impression is very positive. Now, if only we could change the battery ourselves…

For anyone wondering, the whole hook-up, including the iPod, cost me less than half of the cost of the “antiquated” CD changer (before install cost) with about 215 times the capacity.

So, yesterday you lost the iPad presentation by Steve Jobs? Don’t worry, Apple uploaded it to its site.

Visit the Apple Special Event January 2010 page on Apple.com and choose the video quality you prefer to:

Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil the revolutionary new iPad. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4.

You can also see the video podcast directly from the iTunes Store.

Maybe you are not willing to buy an iPad soon, but Steve Jobs’ presentations are always great shows!!

Via: MelaBlog

Via: Engadget

Ever wish you could design your own front and back skin for an iPod or iPhone? Well, if you submit your own creation to Tatskinz.com during the month of November you could have a chance to see your design manufactured  and win your choice of $1000 or a white MacBook. Click here for the contest details. If you don’t have a design of your own, you can still take part by helping to choose the winners here.

I’ll also add a disclaimer that I am one of the guest panel judges, although I don’t do anything until the end…at which point I will proclaim something along the lines of “I like that one!” which will help choose the winner of the grand prize.