I just received all three of these today so apparently today is THE DAY to send out press releases!

Pepsi is releasing their app, Pepsi Loot, to give back to it’s drinkers when they enjoy a Pepsi product from a “Pop Spot” – a restaurant that serves Pepsi products. Think of it as Pepsi’s version of Foursquare with a prize! When the Pepsi drinker checks in at a Pop Spot the first time, and every third time after that, he is given a free music download from Pepsi’s Loot Store. It’s like Pepsi’s reward points but you don’t have to buy a bottled drink to get the points, you just have to go out to eat (or just drink).

Klondike Unfoiled! tests the unwrapping speed of it’s users. And… well that’s it. Really, all you do is see how fast you can unwrap a Klondike.

And the last product-based app of the day is from Tropicana, yup the orange juice people. Tropicana Juicy Rewards is a “must-have application [that] will help you review rewards on-the-go, enter codes and share rewards with friends.” Kind of like Pepsi Loot, when you buy Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice you put your codes in the app and you get reward points and get reward coupons that you can share with friends on Twitter and Facebook. And there’s a BONUS bowling game!

All of these apps are free on the iTunes store and are compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

According to Boy Genius Report, as of June 7th, AT&T will not be serving up unlimited data for its smartphone customers. It looks like they are really pushing for users to go with Wi-Fi as an option to bogging down their 3G network as they include in the press release that

Each plan includes unlimited access at no additional charge to more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the U.S. Customers can also use unlimited Wi-Fi at home, in the office or elsewhere if available.

These are the new plans and although current customers will not be required to change they can choose to switch to a new plan without a contact extension (in fact, I think AT&T would be happy to switch you over!):

• DataPlus. Provides 200 megabytes (MB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 1,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 150 emails with attachments, plus view 400 Web pages, plus post 50 photos on social media sites, plus watch 20 minutes of streaming video – for just $15 per month.**  This plan, which can save customers up to 50 percent off their wireless data charges, is designed for people who primarily like to surf the web, send email and use social networking apps. If customers exceed 200 MB in a monthly billing cycle, they will receive an additional 200 MB of data usage for $15 for use in the cycle.  Currently, 65 percent of AT&T smartphone customers use less than 200 MB of data per month on average.
• DataPro. Provides 2 gigabytes (GB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 10,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 1,500 emails with attachments, plus view 4,000 Web pages, plus post 500 photos to social media sites, plus watch 200 minutes of streaming video – for $25 per month.**  Should a customer exceed 2 GB during a billing cycle, they will receive an additional 1 GB of data for $10 for use in the cycle.  Currently, 98 percent of AT&T smartphone customers use less than 2 GB of data a month on average.
• Tethering. Smartphone customers – including iPhone customers – who choose the DataPro plan have the option to add tethering for an additional $20 per month.  Tethering lets customers use their smartphones as a modem to provide a broadband connection for laptop computers, netbooks or other computing devices. Tethering for iPhones will be available when Apple releases iPhone OS 4 this summer.

As far as iPad users go, AT&T said:

For new iPad customers, the $25 per month 2 GB plan will replace the existing $29.99 unlimited plan. iPad customers will continue to pre-pay for their wireless data plan and no contract is required. Existing iPad customers who have the $29.99 per month unlimited plan can keep that plan or switch to the new $25 per month plan with 2 GB of data.
(via AT&T via Boy Genius Report)

The NBA has sent a C&D letter to Google, informing them that there are apps in their Android Market that infringe copyright on a few items that the NBA owns. 90+ apps are listed in the letter from the NBA’s Legal Department and they include themes, games, news apps, widgets, tweet apps, and wallpaper apps, and not all of them are paid apps.

The news comes from a 12 page scan of the letter sent to developer HydTech. I can understand the need for the NBA to claim ownership of their own property but it seems that this is going a bit overboard, these are people who are fans of your teams and people want this kind of thing, apparently. Unless the NBA plans on releasing their own versions of the same things (which I don’t see happening) they should just let it go.

(via HydTech and the HydTech Blog)

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I was approached a while back about testing out and reviewing a new product called GoodSync2Go (or RoboForm2Go) — an easy way to sync passwords via USB drive. I was interested, merely at the fact that I would be able to load all my passwords on the USB drive and bring it around with me and not have to worry about my log in information being saved on the PC or anything like that.

So a flash drive was sent to me and I began to test just how well GoodSync2Go worked. Well you can call me impressed, I didn’t think it would work as well as it does but it definitely does the job. Using it at work is the main thing I had in mind for it and the GoodSync2Go bar that runs when the drive is plugged in makes it easy to log into sites you need to have access to. I especially like the ability to click on a site from the toolbar it automatically opens the site and logs me in.

GoodSync2Go is for Windows only, although you can sign up for Roboform Online and it will work with Mac and Linux computers via an online interface. There are also iPhone and Android clients available from their respective marketplaces.

The only thing that I noticed in my testing was in Gmail accounts. GoodSync saved the URL for the password as my Google Accounts page, but it was an easy fix to edit the URL for the saved password and point it in the right direction. Other than that it was a joy to play with and use GoodSync2Go.

GoodSync has two account types, Free and Pro, the free version of GoodSync2Go can be downloaded from the GoodSync website. Pro accounts can be purchased for $30 and include unlimited files in a sync job and unlimited sync jobs, and also free phone support.

The same guy who was first in line for an iPhone when it was released is back and he’s in line for an iPad this time. A couple of passersby got a micro-interview with him about his views on the iPod and what he has packed with him this time around. Check out the video at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).

TechCrunch is selling the DIY kit to make your own CrunchPad out of a laptop screen that you already have at hand. Just remove the screen from your laptop and use the supplied guts from the CrunchPad Kit (even an optional 4G card) and you will have your own CrunchPad that even runs flash videos! Check out the video of how to do this at TechCrunch.com.

Yup, Google has done it again. This time they have purchased Aardvark, a site that uses artificial intelligence to find the right person to answer a person’s question. I’ve posted a few times on This Mobile Life about how great Aardvark is as a social question answering service. I still use it and still love it! Hopefully this will only make the service better (and perhaps we’ll see an Android widget for it).

(via Technology Review)

The past few years have brought Augmented Reality to the forefront of mobile life. With apps such as Layar and Wikitude leading the way, it would only make sense for even more things to fall in line behind what our cellphones and webcams can already do. Keiichi Matsuda has put together what he thinks the Augmented New World would look like and, I hate to say it but, I can see the future like this and it’s scary.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop

The people over at GrafiXpressions.com have graciously agreed to give away two (2) new Motorola Droid Screen Back Overlays exclusively on This Mobile Life!

Just comment below with what you think the next overlay should be that GrafiXpressions makes for the Droid and you’ll be entered into the drawing to win one of the Droid Screen Back Overlays that are already in production (on the left). The winning entry will be picked by our patented Winnerator Pickum-Outer Machine (patent pending).

So, get your ideas in now! The winners will be drawn midnight December 18th.