Isn't Shazam a wonderful app? I use it all the time to identify awesome music that I hear. It doesn't matter better I have a wifi connection or 3G it just irks for me. I can find out the tin and it allows me to download, view on YouTube or email the link to whoever I want. Yes I love Shazam.
 TracyandMatt Blog have posted their review of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. "At the end of 2011 Google introduced their third Nexus phone and second collaboration with Samsung. Making headlines this device has proved to be one of the important phones of the year and yet another contender to know the iPhone from the mantle. Has Google and Samsung hit a home run or is this their a lacklustre hardware attempt to unleash the latest version of Google's mobile phone platform, Android?"
 10 great jailbreak tweaks for your iPhone over at idownloadblog. "Every time I jailbreak a new device for the first time, I try to reconsider what I really use, and what I really need. I also try to take into account a few things, like stability. If certain apps gave me headaches in the past, I’ll just make sure not to install them again (goodbye WinterBoard). It’s the perfect occasion to start on a clean slate. This being said, I’d like to share with you all the jailbreak tweaks that are currently installed on my iPhone 4S…"
 Good news, Show 160 of the Phones Show is available for your viewing pleasure - "Review of the 4.65", 720p-screened Galaxy Nexus"
  [From Hans] Samsung still reviewing when the Samsung Galaxy III is to make an appearance. "The Samsung Galaxy S II has clearly been of the most popular Android-based smartphones ever, if not the best, so it’s only natural to crave for a Galaxy S III release as soon as possible. However, even though the next generation Korean handheld was originally rumored to make its official debut at the 2012 MWC, it seems that we might wait for a while before catching a glimpse of it after all. "
 [From Hans] If you fly Delta and have an Android phone then you'll want to know, "Delta Air Lines' Fly Delta Android app has long been one of the first things I install on a phone. It's well-designed, and has added a couple killer features since its release nearly a year ago -- mainly the ability to view upgrade/standby lists and check and change seats from your phone, and more recently they added the ability to track your checked baggage. Good stuff.
And now Delta's added even more functionality in Version 1.7. Here's the full changelog.
Check in for flights arriving or departing international locations
Discover Delta’s valued partners within the "Traveling with Us" section
Support for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwhich) [sic]
Fixes for many of the bugs reported by our customers, along with several speed enhancements"
I like playing Pop Words, it's very much like Boggle, you have to make words from a grid of letters. It's good fun, your timed and you have to make an assortment of words. You have to beat the clock and if you do you can move onto the next level which is naturally a little more difficult. So search for Pop Words in the app store and have fun.
 [From Hans] Samsung need to start thinking about creating a phone that is different if they are to stay ahead of the game according to computerworld. "Samsung knows it needs to find something unique if it is to stand against not just Apple, but Microsoft with Windows 8, and, indeed, Motorola/Google once devices from there begin to appear. Arguably, Samsung -- the number one smartphone maker at one point last year -- has the most to lose in the event the GOOG/MOTO combo begin to manufacture integrated, well-designed Android devices. The market is already deeply competitive, so this could push things over the edge."
 [From Hans] Is jalbreaking your iPhone about to become illegal again? "Jailbreaking - or freeing your iPhone, iPod or iPad from Apple's constraints to allow access to additional applications and extensions not available on the App Store - has been a thorn in Apple's side for some time. The latest Absinthe iOS 5 jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S received a million downloads within just 3 or 4 days. Back in 2010 the United States government ruled that jailbreaking was not illegal, which caused quite a shock back at Apple headquarters"
 [From Hans] Providing the Police with Blackberry devices is apparently not working according to news reports. "An £80 million programme to equip police with smart phones is failing to provide value for money, auditors said Friday. The National Audit Office (NAO) report said the scheme has left some forces with more devices than officers, while others have just one between 100. It added that only one in five forces used the devices effectively, concluding that "value for money has not yet been achieved". A review of the scheme -- intended to issue frontline officers with BlackBerrys and personal data assistants (PDAs) -- found that some forces only had them available to one percent of officers, while in others this rose to 151 percent."
Good morning PalmAddicts this is the view that I am waking up to this morning, taken with my iPhone it shows the sunrise over the bay. As I mentioned yesterday I'm staying on an island off the coast of Wales, within the UK, it is very remote but the scenic views are absolutely awesome as you can see from the above picture. I hope that you had a great Saturday and I will continue to write my iPhone user diary over the forthcoming days.
 [From Stephen Trew] Tim Cook's letter to employees on its approach to the NYT article. "“We will continue to dig deeper, and we will undoubtedly find more issues. What we will not do — and never have done — is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this you have my word.”"
 [From Stephen Trew] Interesting interview with onetime Palm head Jon Rubinstein "On the heels of the news of his departure from HP Friday, Apple veteran and onetime Palm head Jon Rubinstein spoke with AllThingsD about the move and the fate of Palm’s webOS. Why leave Hewlett-Packard now? A few months before we shipped the TouchPad, I told Todd Bradley (executive vice president of HP’s Personal Systems Group) that once we shipped I wanted to move on. And he asked me to stay for a while in an advisory role and to help out with the transition to webOS and brainstorming about the directions of PSG, so I told him I’d stick around. And I did. And now there’s a path for webOS and PSG has its path and it’s time for me to move on. This has been in the works for quite some time."
I'm living on a remote island this week with no broadband, just GPRS on my iPhone. Sometimes it's nice to get away from technology but at the same time not being with broadband Internet can be a struggle. I'll report on my findings throughout the week. For the next week PalmAddicts will be very much a personal blog of my mobile usage and how I'm coping with being on a remote island off the united kingdom with my iPhone. The location I'm on is windswept to say the least. I have electricity and a nice house; a beach to myself and views out to sea from my bedroom, see the below photograph and you'll see what I'm facing :-) not having broadband is strange but I'm sure I'll get used to it. In the meantime I have my iPhone, I've checked the weather forecast, I have games loaded on my iPhone and I hope to go dolphin spotting tomorrow, naturally out to sea. I'm posting this entry from my iPhone and I can check my email [don't expect speedy responses], twitter and Facebook so it's not as if I don't have any communication plus I can make phone calls so I'm not completely isolated. I'll update PA with my thoughts and experiences over the coming days, in the meantime I hope that you enjoy your weekend.
As I mentioned having my iPhone camera comes in handy including this wonderful sunset I was fortunate enough to experience tonight.
 [From Adria] If you can help Adria then email apssw2@gmail.com "Hi, I look on a regular basis on the net for any software for my iphone that is palm software or like it. I love parts of the iphone, mostly frills, but the productivity end of it is extremely poor compared with my palm. The treo had a superior phone grouping system, and calendar. Messaging is probably equal or close enough. What can I do? "
 [From Hans] Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features, read about the features. "Google's improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update. Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS's built-in calendar app. The setup's not exactly seamless; you need to navigate your Windows Phone to the Google Sync page, login and check the boxes found there. While testing on our phones, although one device was able to immediately sync, the other couldn't pick up on our multiple calendars. We had to delete and re-assign our Google account to the phone in order to get it working. :
 [From Stephen Trew] Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World's Largest Smartphone Vendor. "Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world's largest smartphone vendor as measured by unit shipments."
 [From Stephen Trew] If Steve Jobs were alive he was have declared war on the NYT now. Their apps would have been pulled from the App store. "Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about every worker in our supply chain” — This morning, The New York Times published a lengthy report with details about the harsh conditions of working in the factories of an Apple parts supplier or Apple product manufacturer." Read in full.
I love Evernote it's one of my most used apps and allows me to store notes and have them synchronised with my iPhone, iPad and Macbook's. It took me a while to start using it but now that I am usurping I don't think I can foresee a time that I won't be using it. Very useful. Also available for iOS and Android and I also think for Blackberry too.
 CrackBerry's Interview with RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins makes for an interesting listen. "Just as the news became public Sunday night that Thorsten Heins was named the new CEO of Research In Motion, I received a phone call from him letting me know personally that he won the leadership race and it wouldn't be CrackBerry Kevin and a Ham Sandwich at the reigns of RIM in 2012. It was a classy gesture and a clear signal that RIM moving forward will be more engaged with its user community."
 Another day and another court case, "The patent wars rages on in the smartphone and tablet markets and the latest salvo comes from none other than Motorola Mobility, which is currently in the process of being acquired by Google. On Wednesday, the company filed yet another patent lawsuit against Apple, seeking an injunction against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. The patents involve technologies related to wireless antennae, software, data filtering and messaging."
 [From Danny M] Thieves swapping stolen iPhones for cash. "Apple has created a customer service system that helps iPhone thieves make money on the swag they have stolen, it has been claimed. The company's customer service plan means any phone under warranty can be serviced, as it is the phone that is tied to the warranty rather than the owner."
 [From Hans] Motorola pulling in big numbers. Motorola's just announced it's fourth-quarter and year-end earnings, and we're getting a pretty clear picture of what sold -- and what didn't -- in 2011. Here's the breakdown:
For all of 2011, Motorola sold 18.7 million smartphones and 1 million tablets (Motorola Xoom, Xyboard/Xoom 2)
For the final three months of the year, Motorola sold 5.3 million smartphones and 200,000 tablets.
 [From Hans] iPhone made up 8.3 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market. "The latest research from Strategy Analytics pegged Apple as the "star performer" among mobile phone makers last quarter. The company's sales of 37 million iPhone accounted for a highest-ever 8 percent market share, according to the firm. For all of 2011, Apple's 93 million iPhone units gave it a 6 percent share of the worldwide handset market. "Apple’s growth was fueled by intense demand for its refreshed iPhone 4S, as well as the availability of three generations of iPhones at a variety of price points at operators like AT&T in the United States," said Associate Director Alex Spektor. "
 Samsung just made $42 billion on sales in the Q4 2011. "It might not be making as much money as the competition in Cupertino, but that doesn't mean Samsung isn't raking in cash at an astonishing clip. We reported earnings estimates a few weeks ago, but now it's official that the firm posted a 5.3 trillion won ($4.7 billion) operating profit in Q4 2011. That represents over a 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) increase year over year. In all, it pulled in 47.3 trillion won ($42 billion) in sales, thanks in no small part to the over 300 million phones Sammy sold last year. "
 [From Hans] Interesting to note, thanks to Hans for the heads up. "I'm not on the run yet. But I've been warned. AT&T doesn't like what I'm doing. The mobile carrier sent me an email out of the blue last week. Apparently I had reached a milestone: I'm in the top 5% of the carrier's heaviest data users."
 [From Stephen Trew] A new version of Google Earth is available today. "Google+ is taking over the Earth — well, Google Earth, anyway. The search giant rolled out the latest version of Google Earth today, and while it boasts much improved graphics, the big enhancement to take note of is its integration with the company’s Google+ social networking and identity service."
I love having my iPhone on hand to take snapshots and this awesome cloud display grabbed my attention.
 [From Stephen Trew] The mobile space moves so fast. It is amazing to see Nokia struggle so quickly. "The key financial question for Nokia is whether it can ramp up its Windows Phone business faster than its existing Symbian sales tail off."
 [From Stephen Trew] Looks like TVs of 2012 will set the trend for sofa conferencing. "As you read these words, millions of people are conducting video chats using the popular Skype service, now owned by Microsoft. Most of these calls are low-resolution encounters between two individuals, conducted over personal computers."
 [From Hans] The roadmap for the Blackberry isn't looking good. "We've heard some rumors about what RIM had in store for its beleaguered BlackBerry brand, but we're just now seeing some evidence to support those claims. The fine folks over at BGR have gotten their hands on what appears to be a copy of the company's 2012 roadmap, as well as a handful of slides detailing some upcoming products. It looks like an HSPA+ equipped PlayBook is in the works, packing both NFC and a 1.5GHz CPU for good measure, as well as a pile of Curves aimed at the entry-level market. "
So how have I been using my iPhone today well basically I will call checked my email, twitter, Facebook and then checked Flipboard which is, I would say my favourite app because it allows me to check social fees and my favourite website in a user interface that is graphically pleasing. I've also had a quick game of angry birds and also Farkle which is a fun game that is a combination of both skill and luck. I've also used Google maps to track a route for a journey that I'm taking tomorrow which will take me to any islands where I can only drive onto it when that tide is out so I'm going to be living remelts for a week. As you can imagine that is going to take a lot of planning. Actually I've used notes to plan a itinerary of what I need to take and I've also used trip boss to help me organise my week away. So these are the tasks that I have signed my iPhone to help me with today and naturally it's only 3 o'clock in the afternoon so there is more than my iPhone will be helping me.
Almost 60% of all tablet sales are the iPad. "Releasing figures based on worldwide shipments of tablets during the fourth quarter of 2011, Strategy Analytics shared that 26.8 million tablets were shipped during the quarter, a 150% increase over the same period the year prior." Read in full: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/01/26/ipad-58-of-tabs-in-q4/
If your planning trips then TripBoss is essential. Believe me, I know because I use it myself :-) "Trip Boss™ travel manager modules help you manage all your travel data. Manage the whole travel experience, for Business and Personal, International and Domestic travel, to achieve the ultimate in travel data synergy. Highly configurable and flexible, this award-winning app has been completely updated, with beautiful and compelling graphics, user interface, and includes all the latest mobile goodies, such as get-location, real-time currency rates, and photo receipts." TripBoss is available from the US iTunes Store / UK & European iTunes Store
 [From Stephen Trew] That is one popular phone "Apple sold some 37 million iPhones in its most recent quarter. Turns out most of them were the iPhone 4S. Though Apple declined to break down iPhone sales by model when it reported first-quarter earnings earlier this week, a recent study by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) does just that. And it finds the iPhone 4S to be the most popular model of the device, by far. "
 [From Eric] Microsoft paid Nokia quite a lot of money for support according to WMPoweruser. "From the financial quarter results released by Nokia today, a surprising thing to me was revealed. As part of the broad strategic aggrement with Microsoft, Nokia will receive platform support payment from Microsoft every quarter. For example, last quarter Microsoft paid $250 million to Nokia for supporting Windows Phones. Even though Microsoft pays Nokia for support, Nokia will continue to pay Windows Phone licensing fees to Microsoft."
 [From Hans] This is mega money. "Apple announced having paid over $1 billion to developers in June of 2010 after two years of the App Store sales involving over five billion downloads. This number than jumped to $2.5 billion and more than doubled in both size and pace in just one year. After the launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple ended up selling 250 million iOS devices and the App Store had grown to a total of 18 billion downloads, paying out over $3 billion to developers. The Cupertino giant has no reached $700,000 in payments to developers in just this past quarter, pushing its cumulative payouts to developers above $4 billion. "
As I mentioned below this is absolutely awesome it's a Siri extension called Lingual and what this does is translates any spoken words into a number of languages, in fact over 30 languages. Again your iPhone needs to have been jailbroken, but give it a try and see if it is of use to you. I know for me it will be. As I mentioned below you obtain via Cydia.
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