While the iTunes App Store still dwarfs the Android Market, the latter now has more free apps. According to research group Distimo, as of the end of March, for the first time, the Android Market has more free apps than iTunes. That is because the majority of Android apps don’t cost any money, whereas the reverse is true for Apple’s store. Distimo thinks this is only the beginning, and that the Android Market could eventually grow to have more apps – paid and free – than iTunes or any other app store. “If all application stores maintain their current growth pace, approximately five months from now Google Android Market will be the largest st

Elgato launches the Tivizen, a mobile TV tuner that does the same thing as PCTV’s Broadway 2T – turning your iPad or iPhone into a mobile TV.  The Tivizen supports DVB-T/Freeview digital TV standard and is equipped with ARM9 RISC decoder.     The Tivizen pocket TV tuner receives live TV signal and then stream to your iPhone/iPad (using the free Tivizen app) or Windows PC/Mac wirelessly using local WiFi network. Users can watch, timeshift and even record TV shows on iPad/iPhone, Windows PC and Mac. The mobile TV tuner offers 3.5 hours of battery life using the rechargeable battery. Elgato Tivizen comes with EyeTV 3 software for Mac and THC for Windows. It is priced at

Apple Inc. is apparently finally planning to release the highly-awaited white version of the iPhone 4 sometime in the coming weeks, according to reports by both Bloomberg Businessweek and The Wall Street Journal. The white iPhone 4 is believe to become available on both Verizon Wireless and AT&T. However, Apple has yet to officially confirm this. The white iPhone 4, as many of you might recall, has been delayed various times due to “issues with the undercoating paint.” Originally announced alongside the black iPhone 4 in June of 2010, the white iPhone 4 became very controversial over the past few months.

Yesterday, Verizon allowed customers who were already subscribers to its mobile service to pre-order the iPhone. In less than 24 hours, the carrier had to pull the phone’s pre-order page because of what it calls overwhelming demand. Verizon’s website crashed yesterday due to a record number of customers logging in to place their order for the new device. By about midnight, it was no longer accepting pre-orders. This isn’t unusual for the iPhone. When AT&T opened up iPhone 4 pre-orders last year, the site crashed almost instantly and customers were left to fervently refresh the site until they could put an order through. The entire supply of pre-order phones w

Spatial View is developing an app and hardware solution allowing users to watch glasses-free 3D stereoscopic movies and images on their iPhones and Android mobiles. The 3DeeCentral app for the iPhone will appear first. It is a portal to an online movie store where users will be able to download content designed to work in conjunction with Spatial View’s 3DeeSlide. The iPhone app has been submitted to Apple for approval, with an Android app in development too. The 3DeeSlide is a clip on lenticular lens attachment, which works in portrait and landscape modes and also supports touch-through. According to Business Insider, the experience, while not as compelling as watching 3D