AppMobi has launched MobiUs, a mobile web app Browser developed specifically to run apps written in HTML5. MobiUs is a new mobile browser that, for the first time, powers web apps and even websites with the same capabilities as native apps.

What this means is that a webapp will have access to features like gravity sensing, accelerometer, GPS, camera, sound and vibration, file system, of the smartphones and therefore will work in the same way as the native apps that you need to download and install on to your phone before using them.

MobiUs works either as a standalone mobile browser or it can power web apps and websites with full native app functionality from a person’s favorite mobile browser, such as the Safari browser for iPhone. MobiUs for iOS is available in the Apple App Store as a free app. Android version is not yet available but will be available within first three months of 2012.

Until now, web apps and websites have had limited capabilities, technically incapable of utilising most of the hardware and software features of the smartphones. This mean that web apps never became as popular as native apps.

MobiUs integrates APIs (Application Programming Interface) from PhoneGap and appMobi to give web apps the same performance, look and feel as native apps. HTML5 offline caching lets MobiUs run web apps even when network connectivity is unavailable. Once a web app is bookmarked in MobiUs, the app is stored on the smartphone, so it loads instantly and can run with or without Internet connectivity, just like a native app.

“Because gameplay accounts for a large percentage of the time, people spend with their smartphones. AppMobi has embedded its DirectCanvas HTML5 game acceleration technology within MobiUs. DirectCanvas supercharges the performance of a game’s physics calculation and screen drawing by an astounding 500 per cent, making web games played via MobiUs as fast and responsive as native app games,” appMobi said in a statement.

Interestingly, MobiUs is also claimed to be the first smartphone browser to enable push notifications for HTML5, giving web apps the power of push notifications not just in the form of familiar text notifications, but with full multimedia messages powered by HTML5 that can include text, animations, audio and video messages.

MobiUs also includes appMobi’s 1Touch digital wallet technology, allowing developers to include a single click payment process within their web apps.

Dolphin mobile Browser does not pose any threat to users’ privacy, its developers have said dismissing reports that claimed the browser store user data on its server.

A couple of days ago, a member of XDA forum alleged that Dolphin browser’s webzine feature saves browsing history on the Dolphin servers. But the developers of Dolphin browser, in a blog posting, stated that the information that has been circulating in the market pertaining to the security issues is wrong and the dolphin browser is secure as ever posing no threat to its user’s identity.

“At Dolphin, privacy and user safety has always been (and will continue to be) our top priority. A few days ago, it was called to our attention that our newest version of Dolphin HD for Android 7.0 relays browsing information to a Webzine-specific URL. This information was never stored on our servers, and no browsing information has been captured about our users,” said Dolphin developers in the blog post.

“Webzine simply performs an ancillary check if we can view current webpage in Webzine format. It is not critical and we have temporary removed this functionality in our latest update yesterday. In terms of security, on a scale from one to ten, this is a zero. Dolphin does not store browsing history nor user personal information and we have never done so in the past,” it further added.

The Toggle webzine feature that is responsible for all this confusion has been immediately disabled on the mobile browser to avoid further confusions or issues. But as the developers feel that this feature is a relevant one for the users therefore it will be added to the browser later as an optional feature and it will be up to users to use it on their own discretion.

Sony Ericsson is planning to roll out an update of Facebook Inside Xperia feature for most new Xperia devices including the Xperia Play and the Xperia Arc. The new Facebook Inside Xperia version 2.0 will integrate Facebook with Xperia devices at the user interface level for better and easier access.

The update will be rolled out along with the Gingerbread 2.3.4 upgrade this month which was announced by Sony Ericsson for many countries including India except a few Nordic countries where the update was rolled out last month.

In the new update, the Facebook Inside Xperia gets a far better integration with the user interface making it easier for the users to access it from any place in the device or while doing several different tasks.

Mainly the Facebook Inside Xperia will now allow users to share pictures, music and even applications from within the phone and without the need of any separate or standalone application. Along with that, music and video recommendation functionality has been added to the version 2 of the Facebook Inside Xperia so that users can simply do a one touch recommendation for music and videos alike.

Last but not the least the Facebook Inside Xperia now has a deeper integration with the media galleries of the device as well so you can simply access any picture or multimedia content and share it on Facebook. Also users will be able to access all the pictures uploaded on Facebook right in their image gallery without having the need to install a stand along application for that.

Duke Nukem, a first person shooter game of yesteryears that rocked the console based gaming first followed by the PC based gaming, is set to jolt the Android in 3D. The game was widely liked because of the bold new gaming environment it provided and not to forget the first person shooter advantage.

Duke Nukem 3D is a first person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by Machineworks Northwest LLC. The story is simple the user gets to be macho Duke Nukem who fights the alien invasion. The game play is pretty interesting with the mighty foot basic kick attack to knock down aliens without wasting bullets from guns. Otherwise you will always have your faithful side arms to knock down some Alien Foes.

The game however is not free and users will have to pay the price to lay their hands on this classic first person shooter game that has rocked the gamer’s minds since 1991.

The game is available for a price tag of Rs 49 from the Android Market and can be installed on devices running Android version 1.6 and above making it available for almost any and all Android devices. The game price tag includes the Episode 1 but for other two episodes they will have to additionally pay around Rs 40 each.

The game has been optimised for delivering better graphics quality so it might perform differently on different devices, depending on the hardware configuration.

The application is available on the Android Market and can be downloaded on the device using the device’s application store or by visiting this link as well.