Cellphone Loyalty-card Replacements [List]

- CardBank
- cardMobili
- CardStar
- Key Ring
- LoyaltyCard
- OneGratis
- PlacePop
- Punchd
- Scanaroo

Apple over-coming iPhone log-in hell by integrating Facebook?

Image via CrunchBase

The biggest nightmare for me using the iPhone is logging into every stupid App I download. Lately it sounds like Apple might be looking for a way to fix this by integrating Facebook Connect. Facebook no doubt already has the largest user-base and effective log-in platforms known.

Safari already offers an option to remember passwords but does nothing for the problem described. Each iPhone App wants you to create an account with yet another user-name & password. This annoyance is most noticeable once you find yourself restoring the phone to it's original configuration. Few of these accounts do little more than store user-settings in the cloud, from what I can tell. It's not like they ask many personal questions beyond what do you want your user-name & password to be.

I'm not overly concerned with privacy but I know there's been lots of commotion regarding Facebook's overly complex privacy settings. I'm guessing Apple will likely just make it an option to speed up the log-in process on Apps.

NEWS LINKS:
- Pocket-lint - Facebook integration on way with iPhone OS 4.0
- Gizmodo - Facebook Might Be Built Into iPhone OS 4

Google phone store closing!?

This is my plead to Google, please re-purpose the Google phone site into a useful comparison tool for picking the right Android phone hardware & Apps to meet customer's needs. Am I only one who cares to compare? Also Google would you please set a proper example to company's like Apple. Yes that fruity company that tries to convince us all they always know what's best & shouldn't question their leadership, that's a joke people.

Overall I just want an easy way to look over the latest & greatest Android hardware & Apps. Perhaps even add a social layer to the mix. I know Google has failed at that in the past but this is new, this is Android. I want a way to sync my phone and share my travels. Come on Google! Show me having options stands to better my options instead of the complete opposite. Right now I'm confused by the abundance of Android phones on different networks. Help me to see through the confusion & complexity. The phone companies aren't going to do it, that's for sure.

SYNC/BACKUP FEATURES:
- photos (example Picasa integration)
- music
- SMS, MMS (make search-able via online interface)
- App preferences
- phone settings

LINKS:
- Google Phone

Personalized Wardrobe [List]

SUBSCRIPTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS:
Bombfell
Frank & Oak  
StyleSeek
Trunk Club

SUITS:
A Suit That Fits
DressMonkey
Indochino
Modern Tailor
My.Suit
Oumlil

DRESS-SHIRTS:
Bespokeable
Blank-Label
Bleuflamme
Cut on Your Bias
Hamilton 
J. Hilburn
Joe Button
Second Button
ShirtsMyWay

DRESSES
CONTINUUM: Ddress
Cut on Your Bias 
UnitedStyles

T-SHIRTS:
Reactee
SonicShack
Twitgear

SWIMWEAR:
Shortomatic

Mobile Platforms

This is certainly somewhat unexpected. Especially given who everyone is competing with but Samsung, Creative, and some others are releasing mobile platforms of their own. Not sure what chances these have against Apple & Google. Regardless of what you or I think these new platforms do seem to bring a lot to the table with regard to user-interface design.

PLATFORMS:
- Aliyun OS
- Apple - iPhone OS
- Baidu Yi (based on Android)
- Google - Android (user-interface replacements Aro, Borqs, HTC - Sense UI, Intuitive User Interfaces, CyanogenMod, Fluffy Spider, petitpetit PTPT, Rightware - Kanzi, Samsung - TouchWiz, SPB Shell 3D)
- Microsoft - Windows Mobile (user-interface replacements HTC - Sense UI, Intuitive User Interfaces, SPB Mobile Shell)
- Mozilla - Firefox OS
- Open webOS
- RIM - BlackBerry OS
- Sailfish
- Samsung - bada
- Smartisan (based on Android)
- Tizen

APP STORES:
- Apple Apps
- Samsung Apps

DISCONTINUED:
- ACCESS Linux Platform (user-interface replacements ELSE Mobile)
- Azingo
- Creative - Plaszma OS
- MeeGo (merger of Moblin & Maemo)
- Nokia Ovi
- Symbian