Hamburg, 12/14/2011 – With rad.io every iPhone and Android phone turns into the perfect radio to go. The new update contains a radio alarm clock and a sleep timer. Now users can choose their favorite station they want to hear at wake-up time from over 4.000 international internet radios and podcasts. Furthermore, the free rad.io app offers well organized station lists, sorted by genre, top 100, city, country or topic.

“With the Christmas update we are fulfilling our users’ wish for an alarm clock. That way our app accompanies the user throughout the whole day. Especially during the morning, radio is still an important medium. The mobile usage continues to be one of the biggest growth drivers for us.” (Bernhard Bahners, CEO rad.io/radio.de GmbH Germany)
In addition to the new features, the rad.io app got a new design for the holiday season and presents the best Christmas stations from all over the world including the “homemade” program http://merrychristmas.rad.io.
More information on the rad.io mobile apps/ Download links:

http://rad.io/iphone

http://rad.io/android

The best Christmas stations:

http://rad.io/xmas

About rad.io
The international radio platform rad.io provides easy access to radio stations from around the world via the internet – using a browser, social networks or mobile devices like the iPhone and now also on Android based phones. rad.io is a product of the radio.de GmbH, which is located in Hamburg, Germany and runs further platforms with radio.fr in France and radio.at in Austria since 2008.

rad.io launches Christmas update for iPhone and Android apps is a post from: Android News Blog

Makeloop lets you send your contacts questions such as Yes/No and/or Poll questions via SMS and/or e-mail.

This Android app is ideal for team events, parties, nights out and even for use in the business sector. It can organise events such as meetings, parties or conferences. It is a fantastic tool for SMS marketing.

The big difference between our app and other group messaging apps is that we sort the responses for you!

So the app will tell you who has said yes or no. Makeloop will also tell you who has chosen the various poll options you have set. This saves your time and decreases hassle sorting through emails or SMS responses. It’s clear interface makes it easy to use.

A brilliant feature is that you can send customised unique replies to individual responses so you could remind them of the details eg. ‘Great! See you in the boardroom Tuesday at 10.30am’ or ‘Too bad, you’re going to miss out on a great football game!’.

There could be a change of venue that you want to tell the group ‘The party has been moved to 26 High Street please acknowledge!’.

Also once a decision has been made you can use the app to send a message to everyone letting them know the finalised attendance or decision.

Other functions:

Create contact groups from your Gmail, Phone or Facebook contacts
Send reminders to contacts who have not responded
Create new contact groups out of a list of contacts who have given a particular response.
Copy communication events to easily create similar events
Send the results of the yes/no or poll questions by email to your contacts
Allocate incorrect responses to a particular response
Monitor changed responses
Set time limits on communication events.

Try it for FREE now on the Android Market.

Makeloop App is a post from: Android News Blog

With a 3D gaming board, several levels and numerous opportunities for individualisation, 3D Mahjong Mountain takes its players into an exciting world. The game is based on a Chinese classic game. The goal is to find matching game pieces and eliminate those. The rules say that at least two sides of the aimed piece must be exposed, which is not always an easy task. Additional difficulty levels are integrated by offering different game layouts and different pilings of the pieces.

3D design and multi touch implementation make the gaming experience easy and enjoyable. The gaming pieces can be viewed, enlarged and selected from every possible angle. This way, even half-hidden pieces can be discovered easily. The 3D view of the high quality graphics creates an exciting path to becoming a Mahjong master.

The following features are included in the base version:
- 3D gaming board
- Multi touch navigation
- Numerous background images
- Numerous gaming piece designs
- Several levels of difficulty, including a training mode
- Help functions, e.g. view selectable pieces, shuffle mode etc.
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Single levels or campaign play
- OpenFeint integration as game community
3D Mahjong Mountain is now available in the Android Market.

Link to the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobivention.game.mahjong.free

Link to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzuFRM1ZSRE

Inquiries:
Bibiana Hesseler
Director Marketing
mobivention GmbH
Gottfried-Hagen-Str. 24
51105 Cologne – Germany
e: bhesseler@mobivention.com
f: +49 221 677 811 20
www.mobivention.com

About mobivention
mobivention is an international leading provider of apps, widgets and personalisation products for smart phones and tablets. The company, founded in 2003, is highly regarded to be an innovation leader in the market. Its product offering includes the conception, production and marketing of apps, widgets and personalisation products. More than 100 app stores, mobile network operators, brand manufacturers and ad agencies belong to its circle of customers.

The company employs 25 staff members and has a longstanding wealth of experience in the development of mobile content and realisation of customer projects. This unique expertise is the basis for a successful cooperation with namable and well-known customers of various lines of business. Further information can be found on www.mobivention.com.

3D Mahjong gaming app available with new features is a post from: Android News Blog

Therefore, those who pour innumerable email accounts into one primary Gmail account and use a number of labels to organize things can easily set up plenty of different types of notifications for official purpose, emails received from friends and family members. Besides, the new feature that allows a user to control what application uses his/her gadget’s battery life, is definitely a great addition. Gmail users will now also be able to block the images on their mail using their Android phones. In addition to this, the new update also allows users to turn off sticky message related actions in landscape mode or even in all the other orientations. It also offers TalkBack support and other types of improvements in its performance.

New Version of Gmail (2.3.5) Now Available for Android is a post from: Android News Blog

So, if you are thinking why Android is being used at all, then you must know that Mozilla that has already championed HTML5 and is capable of doing some incredible things with it, the company feels that web technology has not reached a point from where their features can safely with the features offered by iOS and Android. Mozilla intends to utilize B2G to set standards for development of web applications. In addition to this, the project will also serve as a tool for promoting and encouraging even more web-based developments.

Mozilla to Create its own Mobile OS using Android Foundation is a post from: Android News Blog

Microsoft has also pointed out that these tools are really going to be easy to use and will be seamlessly integrated for mobile phone users. Users will have to sign in just for once and they will be able to access their Live account across different third-party applications. They will also be providing developers with easy to use instructions and sample code

However, while Microsoft will be more than keen to introduce Windows Live for mobile phones, what the company fails to notice is that people have now got accustomed to using iOS, Android and Mac OS X platforms. Amidst so much of competition it is very unlikely that Windows Live app for mobile will actually be able to create a space for itself.

Windows Live to Come to Android Phones is a post from: Android News Blog

While Evernote application offers snippets of all images and text notes in addition to navigation buttons for filtering and adding content. The menu that allows you to add notes gives quick access for attachments, audio recordings and even formatting.

With this latest version, viewers will also have access to advanced searches, map viewing and rich text in the form of bullets, bold font and underline, etc. You will also get a widget, which allows a user to look at recent notes and create shortcuts.

The IMDb app has been formatted all over again for the Honeycomb based tablets. However, it continues to offer similar features including browsing of local showtimes, read news based stories, browse new movies and TV shows etc. Besides, users can also see acting credits, cast lists, trivia, release info and quotes. The Google Shopper 2.0, which is essentially a new application for shopping is full of attractive discount. It also provides coupon offers and also shows offers that are nearby for Google Places.

Evernote, IMDB and Google Shoppert 2.0 updated for Android Users is a post from: Android News Blog

Scrabble offers three game modes including Play A Random Opponent, Pass N’ Play and Play With Friends. In the Play a Random Opponent mode, you will find a real and live opponent to compete with, whereas the Playing With Friends mode allows you to create user names so that you can face challenges from contacts using different platforms (and not only those having Android). The game can support as many as fifty matches simultaneously. It also offers teaching mode that allows a user to learn the tricks to play the game better and an ability to chat with enemies after the conclusion of the match, if your mobile phone has Android 2.2 or even higher.

The application does a great job by notifying a user when his/her opponent has played and it’s their turn to put a word. The moment you swipe and then tap the Scrabble icon present in the tab, you will be drawn back into the game.

Scrabble Finally Enters the Android Market is a post from: Android News Blog

Pool Party is useful for those users who wish click and images easily. The app also gives an option of uploading images to other services using the Android share function. In addition to this, the Pool Party application has a design that is similar to the Google+ application. While, some people may not find Pool Party app really amazing, they must know one thing and that is for sure that it does not over-complicate things at all.

Google’s Pool Party Allows Users to Create Interesting Photo Pools is a post from: Android News Blog

You will be amazed to see the application as it is well polished. The new app allows you to watch both archived and live content easily. It also offers a feature that lets users stream and upload live using their tablet. This feature can be effectively used to take advantage of the functionality of the camera found on the Honeycomb based tablets.

The social features offered by Ustream application are also bound to impress you. Users of Honeycomb tablets will also get an opportunity to will have the ability to indulge in streaming of comments in real-time. They will also be able to run polls straight away from the application. This is just a beginning and now Android tablets will have to do even better when it comes to designing top applications that are preferred by users.

Ustream Introduces New App for Android Honeycomb Tablet Users is a post from: Android News Blog