Interdirect has a love for all smartphones - and who wouldn't after you  played this life size Angry Birds!

Interdirect is pleased to announce it has won the opportunity to develop a new mobile phone application across multiple platforms for Northampton University’s Business School. 

The application is going to be an interactive promotional tool used to encourage students to enrol at the university. Its ability to run across multiple platforms will ensure the app can be downloaded by as many potential students as possible.

Northampton Business School offers a flexible approach to learning, with both part-time and full time degree courses available, to students. The School, which is part of Northampton University has 100 staff, many with high level industry experience, excellent facilities and strong links within the commercial sector, and as such has a good reputation.

Interdirect has already developed mobile phone application for the iPhone for top UK regional shopping centre, thecentre:mk and is eager to add a multi-platform application to its growing mobile portfolio.   

Tesco has launched a new iPhone app that lets you do your food shopping on your phone!

You can search for items, add them to your basket and arrange for them to be delivered. Plus you can change an order you previously created online.So can't be bothered with the crowds this weekend? - spend a bit of time in bed and do the whole shop from home. You need to register at Tesco first.

Ocado have a simialr app that let's you buy waitrose goods. Plus Waitrose has it's own app that lets you create recipes. tesco also to a nifty Wine Finder app that lets you take a photo of the wine label to find your favourite wines.

This film is from tat, the Swedish company who develop the gesture powered 3D home screens' for Android, which are set to hit phones on the high street later this year.

The beauty of the film is that rather than making the future feel like a far-fetched fantasy, they show that this level of technology is in fact almost within our grasp.

It’s also interesting that the future in this film is an Android, not an Apple based one.

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Summer has arrived! - It took a few years, but it finally has arrived. So there is a lot more time spent out and about, and yet I still need my fix of information. Here are a few current iPhone Apps I have been using to control my addiction:

Wimbledon App

This is a brilliant little App to keep up-to-date with all things Wimbledon. It has the latest scoreboards, which when you tilt the iPhone displays them per court that you can easily scroll though. It also has 3 wimbledon radio stations, so u can listen to the action as well as having the scoreboard visible, and easily flip between different matches.

Other useful features are the schedule of play, video clips of the daily news, information on players, tweets, photos, and Spectator information if you happen to actually be at Wimbledon. A great little App, and free!

iBooks

With the launch of the new iPhone OS4 update that is free to download, you can now enjoy some new features. However the new iBooks App doesn't just appear, you will have to download it form the iTunes store. Worth downloading, there are lots of free books to try.

Absolute Radio

If you are out on your own and bored of the music selection on your iPhone, you could download a Radio App to listen to some radio stations. I've currently tried the Absolute Radio App. Pretty simple, but has the choice of the normal Absolute Radio, a rock channel and more importantly a cheesy 80s station - ideal for the summer.

Found some interesting Apps for the iPhone or even for another phone? - leave a comment and share the love.

If you are interested you can also check out the best out and about and game apps too.

International Design Consultancy IDEO have released an iPhone app, a virtual version of their 'Method Cards' first released in 2003. The 'Deck' comprises of 51 cards each one created to inspire and explore the possibilities of design.    

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IDEO Method Card iPhone Application

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