If Santa didn't bring you that mobile application that you really wanted then perhaps Handango can help with their sale which offers 25% off everything but you'd better hurry as today is the last day!

Officially the offer ends midnight C.S.T. so get browsing at Handango and use the code 25NOW.

Orange have released their fourth Digital Media Index which outlines their users' habits with regards data usage and it makes for interesting reading. Put simply the market for mobile data is ever-increasing which will come as no surprise to those of us who use Smartphones as their primary mobile device.

Press Release:

• 166 million page impressions on mobile social networking sites on average each month
• 3G customers increase by 86%
• Dongle subscriptions soar by more than 2,000%
  

London, 22nd December 2008: Orange today unveiled its fourth Digital Media Index, a detailed report offering an insight into customer consumption of digital media.
 
The latest findings reveal a marked increase in mobile data usage, which has almost doubled in the last quarter. This increase follows improvements to devices designed to access mobile data – from USB dongles to more advanced mobile handsets, all matched with new price plans specifically created to increase mobile internet relevancy to consumers. At the same time, the evolution of social networking to the mobile platform, combined with more effective promotion of on portal content and services, means consumers are now accessing the content they want, quicker and easier than ever before.
 
Key findings from the summer/autumn report include:

• Dongle subscriptions surge - an increase of 2,139% since January
• 3G customers soar by 86% - with 1.3 million customers added
• Mobile search increases by 30% - while local search increases by 100%
• Social networking takes off - with over 166 million page impressions on average per month
• Music downloads increase by 10% - with September specifically seeing a record 300,000 full tracks downloaded
  Figures are in comparison to the third Orange Digital Media Index which covered the three month period from November 07 – January 08
  

Paul Jevons, Director of Products, Portals and Services for Orange, said: "This latest report reflects a transition in mobile similar to what is taking place on the web – mobile is no longer simply a channel for brands to deliver packaged content in a manner of their choosing. Instead the mobile phone has become a truly interactive channel that fosters the formation of communities through social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo. It also delivers content that is personally tailored to the individual so customers can access the services they want how and when they want them."

Are you the kind of person that gets bored quite easily? I'm also betting you still love the Crazy Frog right? I knew it! Well we may just have some news that'll be right up your street, developers GX5 have released Ringtone Shuffler which does exactly what it says on the tin. Put simply it'll shuffle your ringtones with every call!

If you're sold on the idea already then head on over to their product webpage here where Ringtone Shuffler can be had for the currently discounted rate of $3.95. 

Ever fancied writing on your Pocket PC with your finger? Paragon Software have released PenReader Touch, a program that allows you to do exactly that! It requires no training and provides handwriting recognition all from the user's finger strokes!

Quote:

FREIBURG, Germany – December 2008 – Paragon Software Group, a software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, releases PenReader ouch, advanced multilingual handwriting recognition software for mobile devices that allows mobile users to write with their fingertips ather than a stylus. The program requires no additional training or handwriting adjustment. PenReader Touch automatically recognizes handwritten words and converts them into typed ones.

Features:

• Fast and exact recognition of 30 languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish symbols. The user can easily switch between the languages when writing.
• Top-quality handwriting recognition engine immediately recognizes letters; numbers (incl. Arabic numbers); standard,arithmetic and punctuation symbols; several gestures that fully duplicate main keyboard functions (shift, backspace, etc.).
• Customizable handwriting style helps to recognize text more accurately and faster, just choose a convenient way of writing various symbols in the "Copy-book" menu.
• Fast recognition of pen strokes from any application window. PenReader Touch recognizes text written anywhere on the screen and pastes it to the current cursor position.
• Options for pen width and ink color let the user customize the interface in accordance with the user's taste. Multilingual interface is presented in English and Russian.

VITO Technology have released version 1.1 of Task2Gather, their great to-do list application. The update fixes a host of bugs and comes with a rather nice price tag of $0.99 for a limited period only.

Quote:

December 10, 2008 - VITO Technology releases Task2Gather 1.1 for Windows Mobile. Task2Gather performs greatly as a personal to-do or shopping list as well as a collaborative tool for reaching common team goals. The major bugs of previous version were fixed. Moreover, the mobile version now has tag support, auto-login feature and many other minor improvements that make task management a whole lot easier.

New features:

• tags
• auto log in
• indicator showing server connection
• German and Russian languages support
• exit via menu or minimize
• estimated/spent via edit mode
  

Fixed bugs:

• landscape support
• list is shown from start

Task2Gather for Windows Mobile is available now for $0.99. Special $0.99 offer is valid until the OFFLINE MODE release. 

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