App Rapport: Facebook Messenger 1.5, Swype, PhoneGuard, Twitter BlackBerry, Netflix & Zombie Life

App Rapport from Wireless and Mobile NewsThere  are new apps and updates announced recently for you to have a better rapport with the apps. Here's a roundup of the latest apps and updates:

  • Facebook Messenger 1.5 supports BlackBerry, Android and iOS 5. New features include the ability to see who's online, when someone is typing and faster ways to compose messages.
  • Swype Beta for Android offers improved language control, refined key layout, and redesigned settings and help.
  • PhoneGuard offers robust application suite including "Personal Security" and "Text Responsibly" platforms. The features for each platform position PhoneGuard at the intersection of safety and connectivity by disabling texting, emailing and keyboard functions of a mobile phone while in a vehicle moving faster than 10 miles per hour, empowering people to take responsibility for personal security and safe driving.
  • The Twitter for Blackberry smartphones v2.1 beta includes multi-account support and is available for download today within BlackBerry Beta Zone.
  • Netflix launched a new application in the Android Market to support Android 3.x (Honeycomb) tablets. It offers Android support to Canada and Latin America for the first time. Now Netflix members in US, Canada and Latin America can enjoy Netflix on both their Android smartphones and tablets.
  • PUSH:legal, the newest legal mobile phone application for searching, accessing, and applying state and Federal case law and statutes while on the go, is now available at the Apple App Store and Android Market (to be available on Blackberry App World in November). Converting bulky, costly, traditional legal deskbooks into a mobile platform, PUSH:legal allows all attorneys - criminal, civil, and corporate - the ability to quickly access statutes and annotated case law through a very user-friendly digital interface on the iPhone/iPad, Android, and Blackberry devices.
  • Chit Chat for BlackBerry App - Chit Chat allows access to Facebook chat on your mobile world wide with as many friends as you want and it's completely free.
  • Playforge's Zombie Life iOS game has reached the top position in the free apps game category on the App Store. Zombie Life players take on the role of a young zombie and are challenged to live life in the real world.
  • Cheetah Software Systems, Inc., a cloud-based transportation logistics solutions provider, has announced the availability of the next generation of Cheetah Mobile, currently for the Android platform, which offers a data-rich and intuitive interface that provides enhanced access to information and improves field efficiency and productivity. The Android platform supports a wide variety of smartphones and tablets on all major US carriers—Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile--including ruggedized models and those with and without physical keyboards, thus meeting the needs of any organization at a variety of competitive price points.