MobilityFlow has released ‘Android Animated Widget Contact/Launch’, the snappily named widget that lets you get quick access to your contacts.

BT has given iPad users easy access to over two million Wi-Fi hotspots for BT broadband customers, who can now go online anywhere as if they were still at home.

Shazam premium users can now use Shazam in conjunction with Spotify, while free users get the same link-up soon.

The largest budget hotel chain, Premier Inn, is now making it easy to book a room at any of its locations in the UK.

ALK Technologies is giving all CoPilot Live v8 users a free map update, bringing more accurate street maps and points of interest ahead of Christmas.

CNN has today launched the CNN app for the iPad, with an enhanced user experience that takes full advantage of the large screen and multi-touch user interface of the iPad.

Further changes to Android Market, to be rolled out over the following two weeks (if you’re running Android 1.6 or above) is the most radical change to the app store since it was first launched, but the 24-hour refund is being slashed to just 15 minutes.

iPhone users can now order train tickets from their phone with the latest version of the The Trainline app. Tickets can then be collected from hundreds of stations around the country.

Picsel UK’s Smart Office brings ‘best-in-class’ document viewing and editing to Android, iOS and bada OS users.

Android Market is finally going to show content ratings for apps and games, allowing users to get more information about content, as well as filter or block categories at a later stage.

Slice It!, the hit game on the iOS platform has arrived on Android, with an exclusive release via the GetJar application store.

eBay has updated its iPhone application and added a new barcode scanning feature to help compare prices of products in-store, as well as adding products easily when selling items.

Angry Birds for Android has just been enhanced, along with the release of a version compatible with the many Android smartphones using QVGA-resolution displays.

Opera has today released a beta version of Opera Mobile, offering a number of enhancements over Opera Mini, such as faster page rendering and adjustable zoom levels with near instant text redrawing (thanks to the use of the Opera Presto rendering engine).

Shazam has introduced its music tagging application for Windows Phone 7, with unlimited tagging during the launch period. Tagged tracks can be purchased and downloaded from the Zune Marketplace.

Skype has been officially launched for Andoid, after earlier versions were pulled from Android Market for reasons unknown.

Sygic has launched Mobile Maps 10 for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian.

The we7 music streaming service has today come to Android, offering free access to millions of songs.

Nokia is making it easier for developers to build apps for Symbian and MeeGo.

DataViz has released V4.0 of Documents To Go with features requested by existing customers.

ALK has announced CoPilot Live v8 Truck, with maps that will keep large vehicles away from hazards.

A new web-based service from MyCall.mobi is hoping to eradicate the need to use expensive directory enquiry services.

NAVTEQ Natural Guidance makes navigation devices work like a real person giving directions.

Angry Birds is finally coming to Android – starting with a beta release on Friday

Microsoft has unveiled the first wave of Xbox LIVE games to launch on the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 series platform.

Flash for your iPhone? This isn’t official and requires some hacking – are you up for the challenge?