The NBA has officially launched all 21 Mini-Bobbles for the Google Android. They can be downloaded from the Android Market place. Currently, T-Mobile offers the G1 by HTC running the Android operating system.

It’s official, 11 new NBA Mini-Bobbles have been launched in the itunes app store. Below are picturs of the 11 new apps:

As promised, Apple just debuted its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0. Much of the news seemed developer-centric, but there are certainly plenty of consumer implications down the road, along with long-awaited functions like copy and paste, A2DP, MMS and universal Spotlight search. Improvements include:

App and developer functionality

• Peer-to-peer connectivity over Bluetooth for gaming and other info-swapping.
• Paid apps will have the potential to be subscription fee-based, and can include optional paid content that can be bought from right inside the app.
• Developers can now build apps that call out to Google Maps, and can also finally bring Apple-blessed turn-by-turn to the phone.
• Devs can also connect with hardware accessories over in their apps now, such as a blood pressure monitor — or perhaps a keyboard? Connectivity works through the dock connector or over Bluetooth.
• Long-promised push functionality will at last be included, but apps won’t run in the background.
• Developers can add streaming video and audio to their apps, along with in-game voice use.

General functionality

• Cut, copy and paste. At last! You can shake the phone to undo and redo the action, and it works with both text and photos, allowing Mail to send multiple photos at a time.
• MMS, along with forward and delete for multiple messages.
• A2DP stereo Bluetooth.
• Unlocked Bluetooth functionality on 2G iPod touch.
• Spotlight has been added to a new home screen page to the left of existing pages, allowing for universal search on the phone.
• Tethering is built into 3.0, and Apple will work with carriers on that — who will have the last say on its implementation, most likely.
• App Store will be available in 77 countries.

Apple apps

• A new app called Voice Memos which lets you record notes and reminders.
• A revised Stocks app, with news stories and a landscape view.
• Landscape keyboard available in all major apps.
• CalDAV support has been added to Calendar, along with subscriptions support in the .ics format.
• Apple’s major apps have all been expanded with search functionality.
• Note Sync to sync your notes.
• YouTube account support.
• Form auto-fill.
• Phishing protection.

A developer beta of OS 3.0 is available today, and the 3.0 update will be coming to consumers this summer as a free update to all iPhone 3G customers. It’ll also work for 1st gen iPhone owners, though they won’t receive A2DP or MMS due to hardware limitations. iPod touch owners will be able to update for $9.95, just like last time.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/apple-previews-iphone-os-3-0/

If you love bobbleheads, but don’t have any space to display them, maybe a virtual bobblehead is for you.

Last month, a company called Appetizer Mobile entered into a partnership with the NBA to design virtual bobbleheads — the heads moving the same way a real bobblehead does.

Jordan Edelson, a 24-year-old tech entrepreneur who runs the company, says Apple, has sold thousands of them at 99 cents each since the moving images of 10 players — including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming — hit the iPhone App store last month.

People think something like this is cool to show to their friends,” Edelson said.

As an added bonus, anyone who buys a bobblehead can click on a link and get 10 percent off merchandise of that player from NBAStore.com. The NBA says that sales of LeBron’s virtual bobblehead are slightly outpacing the virtual bobblehead of Kobe Bryant and that plans are in the works to unveil 11 more players by the playoffs.

Edelson, who typically gets paid an upfront development fee and then shares sales revenue with the client, said his goal is to work with other leagues to further leverage their brands on the mobile handset platform.

Said Edelson: “Given what’s happening with our economy, this allows a company or brand to utilize their intellectual property at a minimal cost.”

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