The new iPhone OS extends the set of APIs to over 1500. The iPhone SDK 4 provides developers with a broad range of technologies to enhance the functionality of their iPhone and iPod touch applications. Developers can use these new APIs to make their apps more powerful, more feature rich, and more amazing than before. They can even use new GameKit APIs to develop for Game Center, the social gaming network Apple will launch later this year.

First quarter 2010 information from The NPD Group’s Mobile Phone Track reveals a shift in the smartphone market, as Android OS edged out Apple’s OS for the number-two position behind RIM.

Kobo is a global eReading service, where you can choose from a wide selection of eBooks including bestsellers and popular titles, newspapers and magazines. Stay connected to what you’re reading and your library; from your smartphone, eReader and computer. Kobo support Android, computers, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Pre, and iPad.

When you view the images on the mobile search results pages, this is now made larger through a special image viewing page. You can also easily browse through the images by swiping from picture to picture, just like how you normally do it when browsing for photos on your iPhone Camera library or Android photo gallery.

Experts in the Mobile Industry discuss how Android is good for the industry. It is Open Source, encourages innovation and competition, allows many hardware formats to co-exist, and it is built on Linux. Well worth a watch…

Apple has introduced its latest fourth generation iPhone OS. The iPhone 4.0 OS was much awaited and Apple introduced more than 100 features including one high on everyone’s wish list, multithreading (running more than one application at the same time).

teve Jobs announced the iPhone OS 2.0 features scheduled for launching the summer of 2010 (iPhone/iPod touch) and fall 2010 (iPad) launch. Among the new features is multitasking and 100+ new features. The update also adds the mobile advertising platform (“iAd”).

AndroidLib.com reports that around 9,331 new mobile apps were added to the Android Market in March 2010. This is the biggest number of apps added to the Android App store for a given month, since it launched. In December 2009 the number of new apps added were around 3,800. Then in January 2010, these number increased to 5,500.

Investigating the life-cycle of the Printed Book and the Tablet/eReader. They looked at the ecological impact at every stage of its existence. This analysis can determine the greenest way to read.

It is my opinion that Apple appreciates that it cannot control the entire eBook market on the iPad, so rather than building closed walled garden, they are offering the easiest and best eBook experience using their iBook Store.