I miss Vindigo. I used it constantly on my Palm V, and once it came to Verizon’s deck, I used it every day.

It’s now approaching the third week since Hotmail changed their format, which negatively effects over 350 million users. While the web version is mostly a step backward, it’s Hotmail’s Mobile Internet site that is appallingly buggy and has become frustrating to use.

With all the talk about reading books on the iPad, Kindle and the other tablets and readers coming to market, it’s nice to know that smartphones already offer eBook readers for free. So if you can handle the smaller screen, one of these could be for you.

Some of the most active movie studios in the application space are Paramount Studios, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Here is a look at what they are doing, along with an apples-to-apples review of one of their most popular superhero applications.

In the world of mobile applications, especially iPhone apps, there are many choices presented around any single category. The 2010 Winter Olympics is no exception, but unfortunately the Olympics apps are far from world-class.

One week after the Golden Globe Awards aired, a person might go into the iPhone App Store, BlackBerry AppWorld or the Android Marketplace trying to find products related to this year’s top movies. Perhaps many of the titles will even be listed in one place, such as a search for “top movies,” “movies” or “Golden Globe winners.” Unfortunately, it does not work so easily.

Retailers have begun to launch mobile applications, but there are many brands who haven’t done anything yet, so there’s still time to get products up to snuff, or improve what you already have. All ratings are based on apps built on the iPhone, because thus far iPhone apps represent the best versions that brands have produced (and not all companies have converted their apps to other platforms like Android). Read the full review, or reviews can be linked to individually: Amazon; Best Buy; Home Depot; Target; and Wal-Mart.