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Samsung Galaxy Note ICS update roll out begins

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Matthew Miller

10 May 2012 | 12:17 pm

Samsung’s Galaxy Note is doing quite well for a device that is a small tablet/large phone and the Android 4.0 update is reportedly starting to roll out now.
Cute QR Code at Jamba Juice

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Kim Dushinski

25 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am

Mobile Marketing in the Wild: After school yesterday, my daughter and I went to Jamba Juice. I spotted a really cute QR Code on the wall. The giant strawberry with a QR Code embedded in it was calling out to me to scan it.… Read the rest
My Dunbar’s Number List

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Russell Buckley

30 Mar 2012 | 7:27 am

British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, came up with the idea in a seminal 1992 essay, that the maximum number of stable relationships that a human can cope with is around 150. This is based on the development of the neocortex and also represents the approximate size of social groupings in hunter-gatherer societies. More information at good old Wikipedia if you want to find out more. Like most of us, my business/social network is way bigger that that. I have around 4,500 Twitter followers, 3,000 or so connections on Linked In and about 5,000 email addresses in my contact book – many of…
The Future of Manufacturing is going all digital

The Grain

22 Apr 2012 | 10:39 am

The Economist has [a great survey](http://www.economist.com/node/21553017) this week on the future of manufacturing with some really interesting articles on short-run digital manufacturing, labor arbitrage opportunities (potentially moving manufacturing back from China), and collaborative manufacturing in the age of collaborative consumption. Overall as with their recent [interest 3D printing](http://www.economist.com/node/18114221), these guys seem very bullish on the future of additive manufacturing technologies such as FDM and SLA. One interesting fact mentioned a few times is that the…
3 Ways to Utilize Mobile Payments

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BolderImage

19 Apr 2012 | 8:41 am

While some businesses are still toying with the idea of including mobile in their marketing strategy, the question of today is not whether or not to do it, but how to best match their efforts with consumer trends. With one of the latest trends being mobile commerce, here are three ways businesses can utilize their mobile app to offer consumers the opportunity to make payments: 1. Mobile Bill Payments If you are in an business where you collect recurring payments from your customers, you are likely to have already established a way for your customers to pay over the phone, through your…

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Gartner: mobile phone sales fell two percent last quarter, Samsung confirmed as numero uno

Sharif Sakr

16 May 2012 | 4:23 am

Gartner's latest dispatch reveals a wobbly global trade in mobile phones. Although our love of smartphones continued to blossom, with sales of that subcategory up nearly 45 percent, it wasn't enough to stave off a two percent overall decline compared to the same quarter in 2011. A total of 419.1 million handsets were sold, representing the first hiccup after nearly three years of growth and leading analysts to point fingers at a slow down in the Asia / Pacific region as well as a lack of product launches at the start of the year. Meanwhile, these figures also confirm what was already gleaned…
Galaxy S III will launch a day early -- for some UK pre-orders

Mat Smith

16 May 2012 | 3:20 am

Be still your beating heart, Samsung has announced that several customers who have already fallen for its incoming flagship's charms will get their pre-orders honored a day early. Unfortunately, it will be limited to those that ordered through its own brand store in Westfield Stratford City in London, but those lucky few will get their very own Galaxy S III at 6pm on May 29th -- half a day before the rest of the UK. We're planning to get our hands on a review model before then, so expect to see our fully-fleshed musings before the end of May.Continue reading Galaxy S III will launch a day…
iPhone waltzes into top spot of US phone satisfaction index, small carriers trump the giants

Jon Fingas

16 May 2012 | 3:19 am

We know almost too well how smartphones perform in US market share; what we don't usually see is how happy customers are once the shrink wrap's off. Going by a newly-expanded American Customer Satisfaction Index, it's the iPhone that most scratches the itch at a score of 83. Despite having just been added, Apple was noticeably ahead of a three-way tie between HTC, LG and Nokia at 75. You might not want to look if you're a freshly-minted RIM executive: the BlackBerry made its freshman debut on the charts at the bottom, or 69. Big carriers have their own reasons to wince, too, knowing that…
NTT DoCoMo hopes to expand content game with Buongiorno buyout

Zachary Lutz

16 May 2012 | 2:43 am

Japanese mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is making a play at the Italian firm Buongiorno, a mobile content provider that boasts two billion customers across 57 countries. The €224 million offer must still be approved by Italian regulators, and would reflect a purchase price of €2 per share for the entirety of Buongiorno's outstanding stock. For its part, NTT DoCoMo hopes the buyout will help bolster its reach outside the home country of Japan, although the purchase is a bit of a gamble just the same. As it stands, Buongiorno's annual operating profit hovers in the neighborhood of…
ESPN Radio app gets a refresh, now properly outfitted for the iPad

Billy Steele

16 May 2012 | 2:21 am

If you're needing to keep Mike & Mike an arm's length away at all times, ESPN has refreshed its Radio app to help with just that. Now optimized to the iPad in addition to the iPhone and iPod touch, the software allows you to sort your listening habits by sports, teams and athletes that you follow. The free version offers access to podcasts, the 20-minute SportCenter cycle, and offline listening for on-demand content. Currently, the premium version of the app is free as well -- touting custom stations / playlists, live audio pause / rewind, myESPN personalization, alerts / push…

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5 Steps To A Strong SMB Mobile App

15 May 2012 | 11:50 am

It's easier than ever to create a mobile app, but just because you build it doesn't mean anyone will come. Here's how to get consumers to actually use your apps.
Virgin Atlantic Debuts In-Flight Cellphone Service

14 May 2012 | 11:10 am

Passengers on Virgin Atlantic flights between New York and London can place calls and send text messages.
AT&T Moves Aggressively Into Remote Patient Monitoring

14 May 2012 | 9:51 am

AT&T inks deal with Valued Relationships Inc. to provide chronically ill patients with a remote monitoring service that connects them to caregivers.
9 Tips To Block Hotel Wi-Fi Malware

11 May 2012 | 9:26 am

FBI issues warning to people traveling abroad that free Wi-Fi systems can pose a threat. Learn how to keep systems locked down and safe while traveling.
Apple To Ditch Google Maps In iOS 6?

11 May 2012 | 8:46 am

Apple looks prepared to sever its long-standing ties to Google Maps with a brand new mapping application in the next version of iOS.

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Facebook May Be Worth $100B, But What Are You Worth To Facebook?

Rip Empson

16 May 2012 | 4:32 am

It’s almost here. The big day. Can you feel the excitement? Yes, if all goes according to plan on Friday, Mark Zuckerberg will ring the Nasdaq bell in a hoodie, the big blue social network will go forward with one of the largest IPOs for an internet company in history, the markets will hit a fever pitch, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse will update their statuses — and the rest of us will just go back to using Twitter. Nonetheless, Facebook is expected to go public at a valuation between $92 and $103 billion. As such, it’s pretty clear what Facebook is worth to us…
Gartner: Q1 2012 Phone Sales Declined 2%, Dragged Down By Asia-Pacific. Samsung Leads All

Ingrid Lunden

16 May 2012 | 4:25 am

Sign of a maturing marketing flattening out, a lack of compelling devices, or a contraction in the economy? Gartner today released figures that note that worldwide sales of mobile phones were actually down by two percent this quarter, to reach a total of 419.1 million units — the first time the market has declined since the second quarter of 2009, the analysts say. Gartner’s explanation is a slowdown in demand from Asia-Pacific, because of a lack of compelling new devices getting launched in the period: users are simply holding out until something better comes along. Nevertheless,…
iZettle, The ‘Square Of Europe’, Checks Out Mobile Payments In The UK With 3,000 Free Readers For SMBs

Ingrid Lunden

16 May 2012 | 1:59 am

With Square yet to reveal when or where it might offer its mobile payment service in Europe, and PayPal apparently still only talking with would-be partners, the door is wide open for more local players to jump in and pick up some market share. Sweden’s iZettle, which often gets compared to Square, is now doing just that: today it is launching its iOS, dongle-based mobile payment service to the UK, four months after its pan-nordic live launch, and as it is preparing to launch an Android version of its product later this year. iZettle kicking off its service by giving away 3,000 card…
Twilio Calling: Cloud Telephony Startup Adds An Android SDK, Now Works On 75% Of All Smartphones

Ingrid Lunden

15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

Cloud-based telephony API startup Twilio has made significant inroads into VoIP and other carrier services like SMS by launching products that work on the web and in iOS apps, supporting 90,000 registered developer accounts in the process. Today it’s widening that net considerably with the launch of a new Android client, the first SDK from the company to work on Google’s platform. And it hints that Windows Phone may be next in line. Considering that Android is currently the most popular smartphone platform globally, this potentially gives Twilio a much bigger opportunity to…
Ask A VC: Spark’s Nabeel Hyatt On Hyper Growth And Whether Facebook Is Fueling Future Rivals

Kim-Mai Cutler

15 May 2012 | 9:04 pm

Ask a VC is back this month (finally!) after a long hiatus. This week we have a freshly-minted VC, Nabeel Hyatt, of Spark Capital. Hyatt just joined Spark after 15 years of starting and building companies. His most recent company was social gaming outfit Conduit, which became Zynga Boston after it was acquired. We have a couple of questions from readers — one from Nicky, who asks whether the VC model is “broken”, and another from a reader Alex, who asks about how the landscape for user acquisition is changing. User acquisition is Hyatt’s home turf. As a general manager…

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Hughes/EchoStar: Broadband Satellite Prepared for Launch

Sam Churchill

15 May 2012 | 12:21 pm

EchoStar says their new internet spotbeam satellite, EchoStarXVII (Jupiter), has arrived at the launch facility in French Guiana (pdf). Built by SpaceSystems/Loral, it’s scheduled to launch next month. The HughesNet Gen4 satellite service, starting in summer 2012, will deliver better performance, faster speeds and superior download capacity to customers throughout the United States. It could help Hughes — now an EchoStar subsidiary– to provide competition to the ViaSat bird for delivering broadband to rural areas. The huge KA-band (20/30 GHz) spotbeam satellite will let…
T-Mobile Free Shared WiFi Killed by ICE

Sam Churchill

15 May 2012 | 11:23 am

A T-Mobile will begin enforcing its $14.99 per month wireless hotspot plan, beginning tomorrow, with HTC’s upgrade of the HTC Sensation to Android 4.0, reports PC Magazine. The carrier’s policy of letting some customers use shared WiFi for free is expected to end this week, making a Wi-Fi hotspot subscription mandatory for those who want the “Ice Cream Sandwich”/Android 4.0 upgrade, and wish to keep using the phone as a wireless hotspot. T-Mobile’s support document on the HTC Sensation upgrade on Monday came with a caveat: “HTC Sensation 4G will be required…
Ivy Bridge Laptops from Lenovo and Sony

Sam Churchill

15 May 2012 | 11:07 am

Lenovo has refreshed their entire ThinkPad lineup, each sporting Intel Ivy Bridge chips, USB 3.0, and a redesigned keyboard. The ThinkPad X230 and X230T weigh less than three pounds, pack a 12.5-inch IPS display, and are among the first ThinkPads to offer 4G connectivity. The X230T doubles as a convertible tablet, with a display that folds down flat onto the keyboard, and includes a stylus that stows into the notebook’s base. The X230 starts at $1,179, while the X230T starts at $1,479. Lenovo’s X Series includes the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, called “the world’s lightest…
Real-time Cell Phone Surveillence Tracking

Sam Churchill

14 May 2012 | 3:59 pm

Last week at the CTIA show in New Orleans, Polaris Wireless unveiled Altus Mobile, an application that lets law-enforcement personnel track suspects via their cellphone numbers or mobile equipment identifier — a 56-bit identification number that is burned into the device and is extremely difficult to modify. Detectives could follow a suspect at a safe distance because they can see the suspect’s movements and location on their device screens. Later— after the suspect meets up with other potential suspects — the officers could use their smartphones to take images that they would…
CTIA’s E-Tech Awards

Sam Churchill

14 May 2012 | 3:10 pm

CTIA WIRELESS 2012 announced the Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards winners in mobile apps, consumer electronics, enterprise and vertical markets and infrastructure, last week. In addition to the 15 awards categories, industry peers voted for their favorite entries online and onsite via text during the big telecom show in New Orleans last week. Online judging for the 15 awards categories was conducted by a panel of media and industry analysts. Nearly 250 entries were judged based on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. The…

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AMD Trinity A-Series APU Boasts Power and Battery Life

Josh Smith

15 May 2012 | 9:21 am

AMD Trinity A-Series APU Boasts Power and Battery Life is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com. AMD’s second-generation APU called Trinity, is the company’s new take on low-power... This is a summary. Please visit Notebooks.com for the full article.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon: 14 inch Ultrabook for Business

Xavier Lanier

14 May 2012 | 11:01 pm

ThinkPad X1 Carbon: 14 inch Ultrabook for Business is a post by Xavier Lanier from Notebooks.com. The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon takes the design of the ThinkPad X1, which we loved, and bumps the screen... This is a summary. Please visit Notebooks.com for the full article.
Samsung Series 7 CHRONOS 17-inch Desktop Replacement Launches

Josh Smith

14 May 2012 | 3:40 pm

Samsung Series 7 CHRONOS 17-inch Desktop Replacement Launches is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com. The Samsung Series 7 CHRONOS notebook marries a 17-inch monitor and the latest 3rd generation... This is a summary. Please visit Notebooks.com for the full article.
Ergotron WorkFit-D Review: Nearly Perfect Sit-Stand Desk

Josh Smith

14 May 2012 | 12:58 pm

Ergotron WorkFit-D Review: Nearly Perfect Sit-Stand Desk is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com. Standing while you work isn’t something most office workers think about, but it’s an... This is a summary. Please visit Notebooks.com for the full article.
Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Review – The First True Ultrabook?

K. T. Bradford

14 May 2012 | 11:22 am

Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Review – The First True Ultrabook? is a post by K. T. Bradford from Notebooks.com. Acer’s new Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 is the first ultrabook to hit the US... This is a summary. Please visit Notebooks.com for the full article.

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T-Mobile USA starts round 2 of layoffs, cutting 900 jobs

Kevin Fitchard

15 May 2012 | 5:42 pm

When T-Mobile USA laid off thousands of workers in March, it wasn’t quite done handing out the pink slips. On Tuesday T-Mobile said it would enter into its next phase of restructuring, which means 900 more layoffs on top of the 1900 job cuts it has already made. Here’s T-Mobile statement: “T-Mobile previously announced its intent to restructure and optimize operations throughout the company in order to best reposition the company, given today’s demanding and rapidly evolving marketplace. This week we are communicating to our employees a series of additional organizational changes to…
Google could be inviting more friends to Nexus party

Tom Krazit

15 May 2012 | 5:36 pm

Google may be rethinking its Nexus Android strategy in a big way. It’s reportedly getting set to team up with multiple Android hardware partners to launch devices based on the next full version of Android, instead of picking one lucky vendor to be the “lead device” for a new generation of software, as it did last fall with Samsung and the Galaxy Nexus. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new strategy will accompany the launch of Android 5.0–to be known as Jelly Bean, in keeping with Google’s sweet tooth for Android code names–and involves several…
Does your Facebook mobile app suck? Here’s why

Kevin C. Tofel

15 May 2012 | 4:19 pm

For the past year or so, I’ve noticed that my Facebook mobile apps have slowed down with each screen tap. I used to tap the screen and see the latest posts or photos fairly quickly. Now I see the “Loading” message more than anything else. Even worse: I’m constantly pulling the screen down to refresh the data, even when tapping a Facebook notification takes me to a supposedly updated post. I’m not sure when that behavior started, but it’s quite annoying and happens on both my Android and iOS devices. I long suspected these problems had much to do with…
Latest beta of Firefox’s speedy mobile browser hits Android

Kevin C. Tofel

15 May 2012 | 1:53 pm

Mozilla released a new beta version of its mobile Firefox browser for Android devices on Tuesday. Although the software is still a work in progress, it shows promise with a redesigned user interface, faster startup and page loads and support for Adobe Flash. The browser is available for free in Google Play and has been tested for compatibility with roughly five dozen Android smartphones and tablets. Among the other listed features for Firefox Mobile version 14: A new Awesome screen and easier access to top sites, bookmarks and history from the Awesome bar Plug-ins only loading upon touch…
‘Voices in your head’ audio tech appears in 1st Kyocera phones

Kevin Fitchard

15 May 2012 | 12:58 pm

We only wrote about Kyocera’s new ceramic transducer audio technology last week at CTIA Wireless, where the company said it would appear in phones “very soon”. Well, very soon came even faster than we thought. On Tuesday, Kyocera unveiled two new phones for Japanese carriers that do away with old audio speaker technologies and use ceramics to pump sound waves directly into your skull. What’s more Kyocera said it plans to bring the transducer technology, which it is calling Smart Sonic Receiver, to its U.S. portfolio in the next year. It didn’t give an exact date, but a Kyocera…

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EU data roaming price caps save business people 1000 EUR per year

Esme Vos

14 May 2012 | 4:48 am

Here’s some good news to balance the bad news coming out of Europe. Starting 1 July 2012, the EU’s data roaming price caps enter into effect, saving business people (traveling within the EU) approximately 1000 EUR per year. Families on holiday can expect to save 200 EUR. The EU estimates that the improved EU roaming regulation – taking into account calls, SMS and data – will result in a 75% savings of what people paid in 2007 for roaming fees. Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said: “By putting price caps on data we have created a roaming market for the smart…
Singapore’s nationwide fiber broadband network close to completion

Esme Vos

10 May 2012 | 4:36 am

Last January, we reported that OpenNet Singapore, the consortium whose task is to rollout a nationwide fiber broadband network, had experienced severe delays and had fallen behind schedule in connecting Singaporean households to the network. Last week, OpenNet issued a press release stating that it is scheduled to complete its obligations to roll out fiber broadband service to 95 percent of all Singapore premises by July 2012. OpenNet claims it has been working to increase its activation capacity to reduce waiting time. From the originally contracted 2,050 activation slots per week, the…
Heartland Institute loses donors over stupid billboard ad

Esme Vos

10 May 2012 | 2:00 am

The Heartland Institute, an astroturf organization that has consistently attacked the freedom of communities to set up their own broadband networks, has gotten into a heap of trouble with its corporate sponsors over a billboard ad that compares climate change believers to serial killer, Ted Kaczynski. According to The Guardian, “[t]wo dozen insurance companies, including US giant State Farm, announced an end to support for Heartland because of the billboard. The ad, which ran for just a day on a Chicago expressway, featured an image of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and the caption:…
Tales from the Towers, Chapter 35: Ubiquiti versus Canopy/Cambium for WISPs

Rory Conaway

7 May 2012 | 2:59 pm

Before you start reading this article, let me warn you first that it is longest one I’ve written and the only one in which the manufacturers I talk about see the text before publication. I have my opinions and perceptions as many of you do. However, I also wanted this article to be factually accurate and gave both manufacturers a couple of days to respond to any inaccuracies. Designing a WISP with a tower-centric model is pretty straight forward. Many of you have done that successfully for several years. In the beginning of our industry, that was pretty much the model that stands…
Edgewater Wireless Introduces Next Generation WiFi3 Technology

Esme Vos

7 May 2012 | 11:19 am

Edgewater Wireless Systems has released WiFi3 – its advanced WiFi infrastructure technology. WiFi3 technology provides three independent channels on a single wireless access point radio, delivering over 50X performance improvement when compared to single-channel access point products which are the common standard in the WiFi Access Point Infrastructure market. WiFi3 technology was developed to deliver huge benefits to smart phone, laptop and tablet users by dramatically improving download and upload performance for voice, video and data intensive applications. Traditional single-channel…

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The telecoms industry and a dual-dilemma problem

Dean Bubley

11 May 2012 | 9:09 am

I had an interesting late-night Twitter spat with Keith McMahon last night, about the appropriate future model for telecoms operator strategy. He disagrees with my stance on Telco-OTT (operators launching their own pan-Internet services) and reckons that it will accelerate "value destruction". I'm adamant it's inevitable even if it does imply cannibalisation and revenue decline taken at a macro industry level.Thinking about this more today, I've realised that my view can be explained quite simply. The telecom industry is (as far as I can tell) the first to face two classical "dilemmas"…
Phone number as OTT identifier - a problem in the making?

Dean Bubley

11 May 2012 | 3:21 am

I got an SMS this morning from a business contact - actually a client from an operator who came to the Telco-OTT workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was an invitation to download TU Me, the new Telefonica VoIP and messaging app, sent from within the app itself.But as it happens, I've already got the app on my phone. But what I don't have on my phone is this person's phone number. So I can't connect to them. And so TU Me didn't realise we already knew each other.This got me thinking. A lot of the more successful recent OTT apps (whether Telco-OTT or Internet-OTT) have used the contact list and…
Telefonica TU Me - first salvo in full-scale interoperator Telco-OTT warfare

Dean Bubley

9 May 2012 | 7:46 am

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a big believer in operators developing their own OTT-style services. I published the first full analyst report on the Telco-OTT concept it a few months back, and conducted the first public workshop (summary deck here) about two weeks ago.Telco-OTT offerings are not new - I've found over 100 examples, split between four broad categories of Communications, Content, Connectivity and Cloud. Some have been around for a decade or more, and I am adding more on a weekly basis. I've also been engaged in numerous private consulting projects and…
Summary slides on Telco-OTT rationale

Dean Bubley

5 May 2012 | 7:10 am

Last week, Martin Geddes & I ran our first public workshop on Telco-OTT services, and why both fixed and mobile operators should be developing their own Internet-based services. This was a full-day event, with a varied attendance from operators, vendors, Internet companies, regulators and others. Rather than just being presentations from myself and Martin, we ran the event to get a good amount of discussion, interaction and networking among the participants.We covered general trends in the telecoms industry that make it inevitable that the historic "federation" model of telecoms services…
Upcoming Events: Open Mobile Summit, NGMN, Small Cells & more

Dean Bubley

2 May 2012 | 4:26 am

Future of Voice & Telco-OTTFirstly, a big round of thanks to everyone who came to last week's London Future of Voice and inaugural Telco-OTT workshops. Martin & I were very pleased with the levels of insight & interaction, and the general atmosphere of learning and collaboration among supposed rivals. I've come out of the events with a range of extra thoughts and ideas, and will be feeding those back into our ever-evolving story.On that topic, we're still finalising dates for our next public FoV / OTT workshops in the US (and after that, back in UK/Europe and maybe Asia later in…

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Yahoo: The Worst Way Ever to Pick a Corporate Strategy

Michael Mace

14 May 2012 | 12:56 am

So Yahoo has burned through another CEO, and I'm sure the next step will be a lot of media sermonizing about the need to be honest in your resume, the power of the Internet to rally outrage around an issue, and importance of making an immediate and full disclosure/apology when you're in the wrong. All good lessons.But to me the most important issue, and I think a damning one, was contained in this comment down at the bottom of Kara Swisher's article on the resignation (link):"Thompson was pushing forward a vision of adding a much more significant data and commerce element to Yahoo’s…
The "Bubble" and What's Really Going on with Startups

Michael Mace

30 Apr 2012 | 12:59 am

Today's New York Times declares that there an investment "bubble" in Silicon Valley being concealed by venture capitalists, and that it's so out of control that startups are being told not to generate revenue for fear of disrupting their fantasy valuations (link).I think the article is about 1/3 correct and 2/3 nuts. Yes, some startup valuations do seem amazingly high. No, there isn't some grand conspiracy, and there isn't necessarily a bubble. This is an important issue for the mobile tech world because mobile startups are a huge part of the so-called bubble. If…
Apple is Not Sony

Michael Mace

27 Apr 2012 | 1:47 am

I'm not sure what I disagree with more, Forrester Research's glib prediction that Apple will be the next Sony (link), or the assumption that it's even possible to predict something that complicated. Let me start with the second issue.The longer I've been in the tech industry, the more I've come to realize that predictions about it are usually worthless. Leave aside the big failed dreams like nuclear-powered aircraft (link) and the transatlantic train tunnel (link). Even products that seem relatively straightforward can be very hard to predict. The industry thought…
The Two Faces of RIM

Michael Mace

17 Apr 2012 | 4:10 pm

At the risk of turning this weblog into the "BlackBerry channel," I wanted to add a couple of additional thoughts to my post on Research in Motion's recent earnings and strategy announcement (link). There was an interesting divergence in the press and analyst comments about Thorsten Heins' statement that RIM would refocus on enterprise customers. Commentators in the US and Canada generally responded to it fairly well, while those in Europe and other parts of the world were a lot more negative.I think that's because there are really two BlackBerry customer bases, one in North…
Rebuilding RIM

Michael Mace

3 Apr 2012 | 12:54 am

There's something sick about our love of disaster movies. We take pleasure in seeing great works of ego laid low -- that unsinkable ship is going down, the fireproof skyscraper is going to burn all the way to the top. I think many observers are now watching Research in Motion like a disaster movie: It's too big to ignore, too sick to survive, every quarter is a new plot twist of devastation. Some of the press coverage is taking on a mournful air of inevitability:"RIM weighs bleak options," says the Wall Street journal (link). The article quotes a customer as saying a…

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Smule/Khursh Songify for Android released: Android audio latency solved? Not so fast… (Podcast 55)

todd

16 May 2012 | 1:07 am

GigaOm reported on the first music app from iPhone music creation app pioneer Smule. Music app maker Smule finally gives Android some love It references an interview discussion I had with Smule CTO Ge Wang last year (December 2011) in which he said that Smule had not released Android apps because of the platform’s audio […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
In the MobileViews review queue: Energizer USB Chargers

todd

16 May 2012 | 12:28 am

OK. I admit it. I am woefully behind in reviewing a bunch of mobile accessories and hardware. It is embarrassing and, unfortunately, rude to the nice PR people who provided these items. So, the least I can do is let people who stumble upon this blog know what is in my review queue. First up? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Apps updated for my iPhone or iPad in the past week: 39

todd

14 May 2012 | 11:00 am

Thirty-nine (39) apps for my iPhone or iPad were updated in the past week. Here’s a summary of the updates that I found interesting. Adobe Ideas 2.0 Free 2GB Adobe Creative Cloud storage (requires membership). Sync to Creative Cloud. Evernote 4.2.0 Improvements for iPhone: Easy access to attachment features. Redesigned on-screen note information. Improved note […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
A dissenting opinion: Google+ 2.0 for iPhone is awful

todd

13 May 2012 | 3:49 pm

Everyone seems to think the recent Google+ 2.0.0 for iPhone update is the best thing since the sliced bread. I, however, have a very different opinion of the updated app: It is terrible in general and provides an especially awful experience on an iPad. The updated app focuses on the evolution of Google+ from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Windows Phone app update weirdness

todd

13 May 2012 | 4:05 am

I have a SIM-less HTC Surround that is used to try out Windows Phone apps. It works like you would expect for a WiFi-only device for the most part. The one exception is that the Windows Market app does not update software for it as expected. In fact, until last week, no app had been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union Backing New Mobile Check Deposit Effort

Michael

15 May 2012 | 1:22 pm

Delivering a cutting-edge convenience that today is groundbreaking but one day may be as commonplace as smartphones themselves, McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union is giving mobile technology a big push. With the introduction of Mobile My Deposit, McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union has taken another “progressive step” in providing innovative banking technology to better serve the ever-changing financial needs of its members. Mobile My Deposit is an enhancement to the credit union’s mobile apps and it allows members to quickly and securely deposit checks via their iPhone or…
ESPN Radio App Comes to iOS

Michael

15 May 2012 | 1:08 pm

ESPN Radio is coming to an iDevice near you. And that will certainly be good for business at the venerable sports institution. On Tuesday morning, ESPN Radio today unveiled its “single, most definitive ESPN Radio App optimized for iPhone, iPod touch and – for the first time – iPad.” The app, which ESPN says is sponsored by Lowe’s, creates a personalized sports listening experience (both live and on demand) and includes a new feature that allows fans to build their own sports stations. Additionally, fans now have the option to rewind live audio streams, including ESPN…
Apple Readying Production for New iPhone

Michael

15 May 2012 | 12:56 pm

Last October, Apple’s 5th generation iPhone – the iPhone 4S – was released to enormous fanfare, quickly becoming one of the biggest forces in smartphones. Now, as the summer rapidly approaches and Apple eyes another fall-time iPhone upgrade, rumors are surfacing about steps the company is taking to prepare for production, On Tuesday, analyst Shaw Wu told investors that Apple has slashed iPhone 4S orders by 25% already, confirms a report of Wu’s remarks by Barron’s. Sterne Agee’s Shaw Wu this morning reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Apple (AAPL) and a $780…
Facebook Tweaks News Feed for Mobile

Michael

15 May 2012 | 12:28 pm

Bigger is better for news. That’s the message from Facebook today as word comes that the social networking giant is revamping the News Feed for mobile devices. The redesign now delivers larger photos and makes it easier to see and view posts. News Feed photos are now up to three times larger, Facebook says, while posts now fill the full range of the mobile screen. The new design will be available on iOS, Android and m.facebook.com. So what’s behind the move? In addition to improving the quality of the Facebook mobile experience for users, mobile advertising concerns are also…
BIA/Kelsey Says U.S. Social Media Ad Spending to Hit $9.8 Billion by 2016

Michael

15 May 2012 | 12:11 pm

According to the latest data and corresponding forecasts from BIA/Kelsey, social media advertising revenues will grow from $3.8 billion in 2011 to $9.8 billion in 2016. If so, that activity will represent a compound annual growth rate of 21 percent. BIA/Kelsey’s U.S. Local Media Forecast (2011-2016) suggests that the local segment of U.S. social media advertising revenues will similarly grow from $840 million in 2011 to $3.1 billion in 2016. “Better performance, coupled with richer formats and creative elements, like video, will be the principal social ad market growth drivers,” says…

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O2 dips toe into Groupon's pond with tat discounts

Bill Ray

16 May 2012 | 3:38 am

Polls punters for special offer ideas Taking a leaf out of Groupon's book, O2 is asking its "Priority Moments" customers which firms it would like O2 to negotiate deals with, tapping the social networks to discover that most O2 users like Nandos regardless of their demographic.…
New Apple keyboard patent may spell trouble for Android

Rik Myslewski

15 May 2012 | 4:57 pm

Threat level hinges on lawyers' cunning The US Patent and Trademark Office has handed Apple's legal team what may turn out to be a powerful weapon in their ongoing battles against anyone with the temerity to launch products competitive with the iPhone and iPad: a patent on soft keyboards that modify their keys with the tap of an on-screen button.…
Baidu touts mobe with 100GB web drive

Bill Ray

15 May 2012 | 4:01 pm

$158 cloud-backed smartphone from 'China's Google' Baidu, the company which dominates China's search business as Google dominates elsewhere, has launched a smartphone using the company's cloud platform to reduce the price and keep the users loyal.…
Virgin straps on phone masts for the flying upper classes

Bill Ray

15 May 2012 | 6:39 am

'HELLO? Hello darling, I'm on a Virgin- What? No..' Flyers heading to New York on Virgin Atlantic will be able to make calls from the plane, thanks to a mobile mobile base station and a satellite uplink, but expect to pay through the nose for a service which hasn't proved popular elsewhere.…
HTC fires up latest Desire

Tony Smith

15 May 2012 | 5:42 am

Budget Ice Cream Sarnie phone HTC would like you to know about the Desire C, a Beats Audio-equipped phone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.…

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Popup Studios

janchip

12 May 2012 | 9:22 pm

Today’s office is a 31st story penthouse overlooking Singapore. Or at least it’s notionally a penthouse, with a frog team of four having turned it into a popup studio for a project we are currently running in the city state, with every available inch of wall space liberated to hang daily schedules, incoming data, observations, insights, ideas and iterations of the research plan. Renting someone else’s apartment comes with nuanced perks: a glimpse at an opulent lifestyle; and understanding of tastes, textures, priorities; a sense of apartment block rhythm, lilt. The Egyptian…
Air Con Norms

janchip

12 May 2012 | 8:51 pm

Back alley for smaller retail outlets in Singapore’s Chinatown. What the diversity of air conditioning units in use can teach us about the products sold, competition in the retail air conditioning market and the replacement cycle?
The Networked Urban Environment

janchip

7 May 2012 | 12:32 pm

Imagine never having to look for a parking space ever again. An essay here.
Renovate

janchip

30 Apr 2012 | 6:28 am
Xuhui Textures

janchip

29 Apr 2012 | 8:03 am

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Apple Cuts the Number of iPhones Being Produced

15 May 2012 | 3:04 pm

Apple is making fewer iPhones, according to an industry analyst. One possible reason for this: the company is already getting ready for its next-generation smartphone.
Samsung Says Two T-Mobile Smartphones Getting Android OS 4.0 Upgrades

15 May 2012 | 2:24 pm

Two Samsung smartphones on the T-Mobile network will be receiving the Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in the coming months.
Report: Customer Satisfaction with Cell Phone Manufacturers and Wireless Carriers Slips Slightly

15 May 2012 | 11:47 am

A study performed by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) showed that customer satisfaction with phones and with wireless service providers slipped slightly in the last year.
HTC One X Review: AT&T's New Top Smartphone

14 May 2012 | 9:32 pm

The One X is the new flagship Android smartphone from HTC and AT&T. It has a large display, runs the latest version of Google's Android OS, loads of other high-end features, all in a slim design. Read our in-depth review to get all the details.
Verizon Not Picking Up the HTC One Series

14 May 2012 | 1:22 pm

Verizon Wireless announced today that they will not be picking up any of the smartphones in the HTC One series.

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Evernote 4.0 for Android Launches

Adam Mills

15 May 2012 | 7:14 pm

Evernote 4.0 for Android Launches is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.Evernote 4.0 for Android has launched today bringing a brand new user interface, some new features and some improvements to older ones along with it. In a blog post, Evernote has detailed the Android update which should stand to greatly improve the productivity application. Version 4.0 overhauls the application completely. In fact, every single screen within the application has been changed. Starting with the home screen, the new home screen in Evernote 4.0 now combines all of the familiar note taking options with…
Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 Update Rolling Out by Early June

Adam Mills

15 May 2012 | 6:37 pm

Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 Update Rolling Out by Early June is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.It looks like Sony’s flagship Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia S, will be getting its boost up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by early June at the latest. A report from UnwiredView, citing a post on Sony’s forums, indicates that Sony is planning to push out Google’s latest mobile operating system to the Xperia S as early as late May and as late as early June. That means that owners of the device should expect to see the update roll out in the next few of weeks. Like…
Google to Sell Multiple Nexus Devices with Android 5.0?

Adam Mills

15 May 2012 | 5:41 pm

Google to Sell Multiple Nexus Devices with Android 5.0? is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.It appears that Google is planning to open up a Nexus program wherein the company will supply Nexus devices made by an assortment of manufacturers through its Google Play Store. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Google is apparently going to partner with up to five OEMs to supply five Pure Google devices for consumers to purchase directly from Google Those devices will evidently will then be sold unlocked, with vanilla Android, without carrier bloatware, to consumers in…
Two Months with the New iPad

Adam Mills

15 May 2012 | 5:03 pm

Two Months with the New iPad is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.Two months ago, I made the decision to buy Apple’s third-generation iPad, otherwise known as the the new iPad. After two weeks, I knew I was going to love the thing and after a month, I started using my new iPad far more then I had used my iPad 2. And now, two months in, I can’t honestly imagine not having this device at my side. I use it that much. Prior to buying the new iPad, I had a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad 2. However, I found myself using it sparingly and certainly not on a daily basis. Needless to say, I…
How To Remove an App From the iPhone Notification Center

Troy Frommer

15 May 2012 | 4:51 pm

How To Remove an App From the iPhone Notification Center is a post by Troy Frommer from Gotta Be Mobile.The iPhone notification center is a great way to stay on top of notifications, but with app after app asking for access it can easily get cluttered. Removing an app from the iPhone notification center is easy to do, and you don’t need to uninstall the app to stop the notifications. Luckily with a few housekeeping tips you can keep your notification center relevant and uncluttered. While cleaning up the Notification Center, you can also prevent notifications from showing on the lock…

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Samsung Galaxy Note ICS update roll out begins

Matthew Miller

10 May 2012 | 12:17 pm

Samsung’s Galaxy Note is doing quite well for a device that is a small tablet/large phone and the Android 4.0 update is reportedly starting to roll out now.
Laridian co-founder Jeff Wheeler leaves behind eternal legacy for mobile Christians

Matthew Miller

9 May 2012 | 9:32 am

I’ve been using Laridian’s Bible applications for over 12 years so was saddened by the news that their co-founder passed away this week at the young age of just 49.
Evernote acquires Penultimate; iPad note taking fans rejoice

Matthew Miller

7 May 2012 | 9:38 am

Evernote just announced the acquisition of Penultimate, the extremely popular inking application on the Apple iPad.
Capability and ease of use earned MOTOACTV a place on my wrist (review & gallery)

Matthew Miller

4 May 2012 | 7:45 am

For those looking to have a device that tracks workout details and serves multiple key functions, then the Motorola MOTOACTV is a device to consider.
Big Jambox delivers more portable sound in a slick package

Matthew Miller

1 May 2012 | 6:00 am

I enjoy using my Jambox with my phones and home projector to enjoy high quality audio. Jawbone’s new Jambox delivers even more sound in a larger form factor speaker accessory.

FierceWireless
AT&T, U.S. Cellular buying 700 MHz licenses for LTE

15 May 2012 | 2:48 pm

In separate transactions, AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and U.S. Cellular are looking to purchase 700 MHz licenses, mainly from Cox Communications. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Pending FCC approval, AT&T is hoping to buy eight Lower 700 MHz B Block licenses from Cox covering areas on the East Coast, including cities in Florida and Virginia. Cox paid around $28 million for the licenses during the FCC's 700 MHz spectrum auction in 2008. "The additional spectrum will be used to deploy AT&T's 4G network using LTE technology, and will increase network capacity to the benefit of all…
T-Mobile plans 900 more job cuts

15 May 2012 | 1:50 pm

T-Mobile USA will continue with its restructuring, which will lead to 900 more job cuts at the nation's No. 4 carrier, according to a memo that T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm sent to employees. The memo, obtained by The Verge, was confirmed in a separate statement that T-Mobile sent to FierceWireless and other media outlets. A T-Mobile spokeswoman confirmed to FierceWireless that a net total of 900 jobs will be lost, noting that some jobs will be eliminated, some outsourced and some created as a result of the changes within the company. In the memo to employees, Humm said the company is…
SFR plans to fight subscriber declines with low-cost offers

15 May 2012 | 11:20 am

SFR is planning radical action to counter the success of Iliad's Free Mobile after losing 620,000 customers in its first-quarter. SFR, the second largest operator in France, is looking to regain market share by launching new low-cost services. While Vivendi, SFR's parent company, reported better than expected first-quarter profits at €823 million--compared to a €765 million net profit estimated by a poll of analyst conducted by Bloomberg--the company said that the ongoing price war within the mobile sector will drag profits down in the coming quarters. This outlook has prompted SFR…
DT CFO: T-Mobile USA can stand alone

15 May 2012 | 11:18 am

Declaring that parent company Deutsche Telekom has a plan to move T-Mobile USA forward as it transitions to LTE, Deutsche Telekom CFO Timotheus Höttges said the carrier is "not a problem" for the company. Speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, he said that in the aftermath of AT&T's (NYSE:T) failed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, DT took the $6 billion breakup fee, including AWS spectrum in 128 markets, and developed a path forward. "There's always a perception that if these guys are selling an asset it must be a problem…
Majority of mobile game developers struggle to make money

15 May 2012 | 9:38 am

Mobile game developers are competing in one of the most difficult of all mobile application markets. Although the mobile game market is full of promise, it does not offer financial success to the vast majority of developers. The market is also entering a period of change, which will intensify competition. Mobile games are played by 101 million people in the United States, according to a recent study by Newzoo. Worldwide, the revenues are substantial. Juniper Research recently projected that the global mobile games market will be worth $18.3 billion by 2016. While some companies such as Rovio…

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Samsung Galaxy S III Pre-Orders From London Brand Store Available One-Day Early

Anton D. Nagy

16 May 2012 | 3:44 am

It is quite understandable why people are counting down the days to go until May 30, the day the Samsung Galaxy S III will be officially available in Europe. Carriers, e-tailers and brand stores are collecting pre-orders — and thanks to all the buzz there is no real shortage of them — and now Samsung U.K. has great news for the British who pre-ordered their unit from the Samsung Brand Store at Westfield Stratford City. Instead of getting the phone on May 30, the aforementioned brand store will hand out devices the night before the official launch date. It’s not a huge ...
LG Optimus Elite Available On Virgin for $149.99

Anton D. Nagy

16 May 2012 | 2:51 am

The LG Optimus Elite was announced for Sprint on April 17, with an availability date set for May 18, but with the same occasion Sprint confirmed the Optimus Elite for Virgin mobile, without giving out any specific details though. However, the phone on Virgin is now available three days before its Sprint cousin and it’s going for $149.99. Under the hood the LG Optimus ... Continue reading »
U.S. Customs Review Delays AT&T HTC One X and Sprint EVO 4G LTE

Anton D. Nagy

16 May 2012 | 2:15 am

The HTC One X for AT&T and the upcoming HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint — which should hit the shelves this Friday, May 18 — appear to be delayed by U.S. Customs, according to an official statement released by the Taiwanese manufacturer. The reason behind the delay, according to the wording, is “standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order“. ... Continue reading »
Pantech P8010 Hits FCC With AT&T LTE On-Board

Stephen Schenck

15 May 2012 | 7:19 pm

Back in March, an unknown Pantech Android showed-up in some benchmark data. The phone appeared to run a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 and showed signs it would arrive one day for service on AT&T. Today that same model P8010 makes its return, upon the FCC publication of the phone’s certification paperwork. Sure enough, the P8010 is packing all the bands it will need for operation on AT&T. Interestingly, besides the standard LTE bands we’ve seen the carrier use so far on phones such as Pantech’s own ... Continue reading »
What Could iPhone Production Changes Mean For Future iOS Gear?

Stephen Schenck

15 May 2012 | 6:43 pm

While Apple’s not about to confirm any rumors, there seems to be a pretty good chance we’ll have a new iPhone of some sort ready to check out this fall. Today we hear about some new reports of changes to Apple’s production orders for its current-generation hardware. Just what light might that shed on the company’s plans for upcoming iOS devices? Supposedly, Apple has already started scaling-back production of the iPhone 4S, presumably to get sales channels ready for the next iPhone taking its place. It’s not ... Continue reading »

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Japan’s Docomo buying mobile content powerhouse Buongiorno for €224 million

Robert Andrews

15 May 2012 | 3:52 am

Japan’s largest mobile telco is about to buy in to mobile media content in Europe and farther afield, by acquiring one of the space’s pioneer companies. NTT Docomo has tabelled a €224 million ($287 million, 24 billon yen) bid for Milan-based Buongiorno, which began in 1995 and has built up through acquisitions to offer mobile games, music and other services. The price is 32 times Buongiorno’s €7 million annual operating profit. Buongiorno founder chairman Mauro del Rio (pictured) is selling his 20 percent stake. Docomo says it wants to grow outside of Asia by adding…
Expect a 6 month freeze on Facebook’s Instagram acquisition

Jeff John Roberts

11 May 2012 | 3:05 pm

A former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer and antitrust expert says Facebook’s purchase of photo-sharing site Instagram will take between four months and one year to clear regulatory hurdles. In the meantime, the deal is effectively on hold. One month after Facebook announced it bought Instagram for an eye-popping $1 billion, the Financial Times reported that the deal would be delayed due to a probe by the Federal Trade Commission. Here’s what you need to know: Why is the FTC messing with the deal? The federal agency conducts a routine 30-day review of any deal over $66 million…
Nokia launches Reading app for Lumia in Europe

Laura Hazard Owen

11 May 2012 | 10:25 am

Nokia is launching its Reading app and e-bookstore for the Lumia Windows Phone in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK. In doing so, the company hopes to bring more local-language e-books to countries where e-readers haven’t yet taken off. Nokia’s app will compete with Amazon’s Kindle and Kindle apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows in France, Italy, Spain and the UK. The Reading app, first announced with the new Lumias at Mobile World Congress in February, will be available for the Lumia 900, 800, 710 and 610 this week. Nokia says, “While e-books are…
Beyond the birds: Rovio finally ready to diversify?

Robert Andrews

10 May 2012 | 5:14 am

For too long now, Angry Birds maker Rovio has talked loftily of becoming the next Disney, on its never-ending road to an IPO. But, whereas Disney got early hits with Micky Mouse’s Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willie and quickly expanded its portfolio to a host of new characters and franchises, Rovio has appeared a one-hit wonder. It had developed a whopping 51 under-the-radar mobile games and nearly fell bankrupt before finally finding its Angry Birds hit in December 2009. Now, however, Rovio appears finally to be looking beyond the birds. This video released by the company on Wednesday…
Samsung boosts its mobile ecosystem with mSpot purchase

Kevin C. Tofel

9 May 2012 | 3:32 pm

Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has acquired mSpot, a cloud-based content company formed in 2004. Until now, mSpot offered music storage with streaming playback, including song lyrics, and also movie rentals for various mobile platforms. There’s no indication if mSpot will continue to support iOS and BlackBerry devices. Currently mSpot’s movie rentals are available on either the day of or the day after the DVD release; Samsung already has its own media hub for movies but it doesn’t have a digital media locker solution of its own. Instead, Android owners of Samsung…

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Facebook amends offering, seeks $93 billion to $104 billion valuation for IPO

Dan Graziano

15 May 2012 | 10:35 pm

Facebook on Tuesday raised its initial public offering price target range to between $34 and $38 per share in response to strong demand, an increase from $28 to $35, according to a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The new price range pushes the social networking company’s valuation to between $93 billion and $104 billion. Facebook will offer a total of 388 million shares, and is looking to raise $14.7 billion. Facebook will make its initial public offering on May 18th and its shares will be listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the “FB” ticker…
Samsung announces Ice Cream Sandwich update for T-Mobile phones

Dan Graziano

15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

Samsung recently updated its website to include a list of T-Mobile devices that will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades. “Samsung is in close communication with both Google and our carrier partners to upgrade devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as quickly and as smoothly as possible,” the company wrote on its website. The manufacturer will be issuing over-the-air updates to the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unfortunately, neither T-Mobile nor Samsung have announced a release schedule for the upcoming updates. Read
General Motors to stop advertising on Facebook

Dan Graziano

15 May 2012 | 7:35 pm

General Motors, the world’s largest automaker and third biggest advertiser in the U.S., plans to stop advertising on Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. After meeting with Facebook managers to address concerns, the company’s marketing executives were left unconvinced of the effectiveness of the site’s advertising methods, claiming its paid ads had little impact on consumers. GM will thus pull its $10 million ad spend, although the automaker will continue to use the social networking site to display free content on its own Facebook page. GM is only…
Apple reportedly slows iPhone orders, increases iPad orders

Dan Graziano

15 May 2012 | 6:00 pm

Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said in a note to investors on Tuesday that Apple has reduced iPhone orders by between 20% to 25% from the 35.1 million units the company shipped in the March quarter. Wu now expects shipments of between 26 million and 28 million iPhones, lower than the Street’s consensus of between 30 million and 31 million units. The analyst also noted that Apple has an estimated 8.6 million iPhones in channel inventory, 2.6 million of which were added in the most recent quarter, allowing the Cupertino-based company to achieve supply-demand balance of between four to six…
More than 70% of users spend little or nothing on apps

Dan Graziano

15 May 2012 | 4:45 pm

Nearly two-thirds of consumers in the United States have spent money on mobile applications on at least one occasion according to a survey conducted by ABI Research. More than 70% of users spend little to nothing on apps, however, while the highest 3% of all spenders account for nearly 20% of the total amount spent. “The median amount among the consumers who spend money on apps is much lower than the average, just $7.50 per month,” senior analyst Aapo Markkanen said. “This reflects the disproportionate role of big spenders as a revenue source.” ABI Research also found that the…

Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility
Mobile Advertising Mediation

miker

10 May 2012 | 6:57 pm

The topic at Mobile Monday Silicon Valley was “Make Money with Mobile Ad Mediation”. Great topic, there’s a lot of activity around mobile advertising right now. Overall my take on mobile advertising high level remains what it was a few months ago: that we have a long way to go before we’re really delivering on the promise of what mobile could be. I’ve started chipping away at a few of those issues with a new project, and in the process dug into the details of the current mobile ads business a lot more deeply than I have in a while. There’s been a lot of…
Nook Developer Fail

miker

16 Dec 2011 | 10:07 pm

With a few new entries into the market recently from Android tablet providers there’s been a lot of noise in developer circles about the potential of the new platforms. For instance, the Nook folks had appeared at the Appcelerator developer conference and done a Mobile Monday recently to tell us how much they love developers and want us to be successful. And they spun a pretty decent tale about how developing for their platform is a good way to cut through the noise and hit some unique demographics – there are a lot of compelling conceptual points. So I figured I would put that to…
webOS Open Source

miker

12 Dec 2011 | 9:37 pm

I wasn’t planning to weigh in on HP deciding to open up webOS, cause like I’ve said before tectonic shifts with little short-term impact aren’t really that important to startups. However, I’ve been doing open source stuff for a whole lot longer than I’ve been doing mobile stuff, so I have some particularly strong feelings on this one. And since I’ve already thrown my snarky knee-jerk response out there, I should probably be quasi-serious for a few minutes and try to help out. I don’t have much free time though, so this is going to be short –…
What’s With the Recent QR Code Abuses?

miker

10 Dec 2011 | 2:04 am

I’m seeing a lot of QR codes spread around, popping up in TV commercials and in print advertisements. And in general they’re horrible campaigns. My favorite are the commercials that flash a QR code on the screen for a few seconds, and before I can even get my phone out of my pocket the code is gone. Luckily I could use my DVR to rewind and catch it.. only to find out it won’t scan from where I’m sitting. Not like I have a small TV. But I get up and scan it anyway cause I’m curious – only to get taken to a full web version of a site that really offers me no…
What’s Working and What Needs Work

miker

1 Dec 2011 | 2:37 am

We had a great discussion in the morning at Appnation, big thanks to the panel for participating and Drew and company for making it happen. The point of the panel was to try to distill a few concrete principles and lessons for folks trying to make sense of the environment, as well as call attention to anything that requires caution. Everyone was really bullish about the current environment, but there were definitely some interesting points to pull out. One of the first areas that always pops up for me when we talk macro level trends is mobile is advertising. Mostly cause I was wrapped up in…

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Updating Many Mobile Numbers and Milestones

Tomi T Ahonen

15 May 2012 | 9:37 am

We've had many stats reported recently, including Chetan Sharma's big market update and a global survey by TNS and many other data points from various sources. Lets take a survey of what kind of numbers we can confirm and update.THE BIGGEST NUMBER EVERThe 7 Billion milestone is coming in less than 12 months. We've seen this number coming. Some are already suggesting we'll hit the 7 Billion level by the end of this year 2012. I have said it will hit about March-April of 2013. The number of 7 Billion is not really the exciting number, the real number will be the point where…
The 'I Wish I Had Known This' List about 101 Things Wrong With Windows Phone Smartphones Like Nokia Lumia

Tomi T Ahonen

11 May 2012 | 9:23 am

I told my readers last year, that Stephen Elop's new Nokia Microsoft strategy with Windows Phone has only one chance to get it right. This was because I accurately predicted that the market share will fall from Nokia's 29% market dominating position using Symbian OS, to the 12% it was at year end 2011 when the first Lumia smartphones started shipping. ELOP NOW SAYS BURNING PLATFORM MEMO HURT NOKIA SMARTPHONE SALES IN 2011Note that the decline needed not be that intense, Nokia could have held to a far more gradual decline in Symbian sales if it were not for the misguided Elop Effect…
Electronic Echoes and the Bizarre War Nokia Communications Director John Pope Now Waging With Me?

Tomi T Ahonen

10 May 2012 | 6:48 am

This is so weird, so illogical, so bizarre. I am 100% sure Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa is not aware - and would not approve. That Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is not aware, and would not approve. That Nokia Exec VP of Markets, Niklas Savander does not know, and definitely would not approve. That Nokia Chief Marketing Officer Jerri DeVard is not aware - and would absolutely disapprove. Disapprove of what? Of this ridiculous war that Nokia Director of Communications John S Pope (who Twitters as @JohnAtNokia and calls himself the 'social media strategist for Nokia' - so even his TW handle…
Understanding OTT - Why Carriers dislike BBM, hate iMessage and fear Skype (updated)

Tomi T Ahonen

10 May 2012 | 2:35 am

I was just speaking in the Netherlands doing a keynote at the Mobile Convention. As I was in town, the news broke that the local incumbent fixed and mobile operator, KPN, was laying off 5,000 employees in an austerity measure, and simultaneously, Carlos Slim's America Movil was making an offer to buy about a quarter of the company. KPN has significant telecoms presence in several European countries like Germany and Belgium. America Movil is the giant telecoms giant out of Mexico, and Carlos Slim is obviously the richest man on the planet. Why would this be relevant to OTT, Over The Top…
Nokia So Alarmed: Release Full Text and Video of Skype Comment by Elop, trying to spin the story

Tomi T Ahonen

9 May 2012 | 9:57 am

So now we have more twists and turns in the Elop Skype admission from the Shareholders' Meeting. That original blog posting of mine from May 3, analyzing a few short news clippings from the Nokia Annual Shareholders' Meeting, sparked a lot of debate and controversy, not just here on this blog and on Twitter, but also on My Nokia blog, All About Symbian blog etc.PART 1 - (the most serious matter, do we need to call the Truth Police?)WAS TOMI LYING ABOUT ELOP STATEMENTMy only directly attributed quotation to Stephen Elop from that meeting about the Skype situation came from a news…

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Wireless Japan 2012 Conference

admin

7 May 2012 | 3:44 am

The 17th annual ExpoComm Wireless Japan Conf. and Trade Show at Tokyo BigSite runs May 30th - June 1st: http://bit.ly/JJPYXT
Smartphone App to Monitor Drivers

admin

5 May 2012 | 3:27 am

New smartphone app. recognizes when a traffic accident has occurred, records images before and after the event: http://bit.ly/IQwveZ
Panasonic Shifts Production to China

admin

4 May 2012 | 3:27 am

Panasonic plans to shift 50% of mobile lithium-ion battery production to their Suzhou, China facility by 2015: http://bit.ly/IxMjhQ
Disaster Proof Mobile Networks

admin

3 May 2012 | 3:19 am

A 'Disaster-proof' mobile networks project is in development by Japanese carriers with Tohoku University: http://bit.ly/IQwisd
Otosan - The Iconic SoftBank Mascot

admin

1 May 2012 | 3:19 am

Great post with full story on Otosan, the iconic SoftBank mascot, along with a Youtube TVCM collection: http://bit.ly/Lt0EjL

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DEVELOP AWARDS: David Perry to receive Legend honour

15 May 2012 | 11:42 am

Designer to collect accolade at sister publication Develop's Industry Excellence Awards
Barclaycard brings NFC payments to Wireless Festival 2012

15 May 2012 | 11:40 am

Launches PayBand for a quick one off of the wrist.
US smartphone shopping activity varies depending on store type

15 May 2012 | 9:25 am

Almost three-quarters of Americans search for reviews when it comes to electronics.
App Of The Day: TVCheck

15 May 2012 | 9:06 am

New TV-focused social network for couch potatoes.
Groupon has a $1.2bn cash pile

15 May 2012 | 8:34 am

While revenues are up 89 per cent year-on-year.

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HTC shares tumble as patent case delays U.S. sales

16 May 2012 | 1:55 am

TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. sales of two new smartphones from Taiwan's HTC Corp will be delayed due to a patent dispute with Apple Inc, a fresh blow to the company as it tries to turn around declining sales in what was once its largest market. Shares in HTC tumbled more than 6 percent after it said shipments of the phones were being held up by U.S. customs officials. Apple scored a narrow victory against HTC in a patent lawsuit in December over technology in the smartphones, one of many such disputes in the fiercely competitive smartphone market. HTC said in a statement on Wednesday that "the…
Samsung announces Ice Cream Sandwich update for T-Mobile phones

15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

Samsung recently updated its website to include a list of T-Mobile devices that will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades. “Samsung is in close communication with both Google and our carrier partners to upgrade devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as quickly and as smoothly as possible,” the company wrote on its website. The manufacturer will be issuing over-the-air updates to the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unfortunately, neither T-Mobile nor Samsung have announced a release schedule for the upcoming updates. Read
The Elevator Endorsement, Obama as Amish President, Prairie Fires of Debt, Pelois and Pedicabs (PM Note)

15 May 2012 | 5:18 pm

Obama, America’s First Amish President – That’s the Newsweek-esque headline from Yahoo!’s Olivier Knox after watching Obama on ‘The View’ and writing – “President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that daughters Malia and Sasha can use their cell phones only on weekends,...
How Facebook Swallowed The World; What Romney Likes

15 May 2012 | 3:45 pm

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: the best mashup so far of things Mitt Romney claims to enjoy, how Facebook got so, so big, and an Adam Yauch tribute from some small children in Oregon.
Canadian shoppers could have option of paying with cash, credit or BlackBerry

15 May 2012 | 3:27 pm

TORONTO - Within months, Canadian shoppers could have the option of paying for purchases with cash, credit or by BlackBerry.

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10 Commandments of Mobile Marketing

Kim Dushinski

23 Apr 2012 | 11:47 am

Not that I am comparing myself to Moses, but I am taking on the responsibility of writing out the 10 Commandments of Mobile Marketing. And while they are not being presented to you on a stone tablet, it would be wise to consider these as set in stone if you want to succeed in mobile marketing.… Read the rest
Free Call – Mobile Marketing Biz Questions Answered

Kim Dushinski

11 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am

What is your biggest question about starting or growing your mobile marketing business? I get dozens of emails and calls every week from people who are just getting started in a text messaging business or want to start doing mobile websites or mobile apps or QR Codes and are stalled at some point.… Read the rest
Super Bowl XLVI had MOBILE commercials!

Kim Dushinski

6 Feb 2012 | 1:28 pm

For four years in a row I have watched the Super Bowl commercials with a specific plan of action – to critique the ads that have a mobile call to action. I have sat ready to participate with my mobile phone by my side and for the past three years have been sorely disappointed.… Read the rest
Cute QR Code at Jamba Juice

Kim Dushinski

25 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am

Mobile Marketing in the Wild: After school yesterday, my daughter and I went to Jamba Juice. I spotted a really cute QR Code on the wall. The giant strawberry with a QR Code embedded in it was calling out to me to scan it.… Read the rest
3 Steps to Mobilize Your Business NOW

Kim Dushinski

15 Dec 2011 | 12:49 pm

Given that nearly everyone on the planet who is old enough to be a potential customer of yours (explored fully here) has a mobile phone, it is imperative that your business takes steps to mobilize now. If your customers haven’t already interacted with you on mobile, they will.… Read the rest

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Myndplay Controlling iOS and Android with the Brain

Arjan Olsder

16 May 2012 | 4:32 am

Neurosky has released a new device for PC, Mac, iOS and Android called MyndPlay. Myndplay allows developers access to raw brainwave data, giving them the power to alter the experience depending on...
Baidu Launches it’s H5018 Cloud Phone

Arjan Olsder

16 May 2012 | 4:03 am

This week, Chinese search giant Baido has released it’s long awaited cloud phone. The Changhong H5018. This new device comes with a massive 300GB of online storage, beating pretty much every phone on...
Tizen Plays Nice with HTML5

Arjan Olsder

16 May 2012 | 3:55 am

This week, Samsung has been showing off Tizen to a larger public on actual devices as both a reference device and what appears to be a Galaxy SII HD LTE device have been shows running the...
Halfbrick Builds An Empire Through Fruit Ninja

Dawn Siris

13 May 2012 | 2:22 am

Would you ever have expected to find yourself slicing fruit on your PC, iPhone or other mobile device? Not many would but we all have to agree that the thrill you get from slicing fruit and dodging...
Rovio Reports €75.4m Revenues over 2011

Arjan Olsder

8 May 2012 | 6:56 am

With hundreds of millions of downloads, business has no doubt been going very well for the Finnish mobile studio Rovio. Yesterday, the studio has shown the success it had in pure cash as it reported...

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Creating loyalty is difficult: A fascinating read for operators wondering why it’s all going wrong

Ewan

15 May 2012 | 12:23 am

Two of IBM’s top telecoms chaps have put together a terrific piece published on Telecom Asia exploring the issue of mobile operator customer loyalty. I strongly recommend anyone working at a mobile operator takes the time to read through it. On the back of IBM’s rather exhaustive telecoms consumer survey, they’ve outlined some rather direct findings. Take this paragraph, for example: The survey results reveal that globally only 18% are advocates, contrasting sharply with industries as retail and banking, where the level of advocacy is twice that of the telecom industry. A…
Look how far we’ve got to go in this industry

Ewan

13 May 2012 | 6:39 pm

I arrived into Miami this afternoon and got this message from my operator of choice, Vodafone: Welcome to The USA. Calls cost 135ppm to make & 100ppm to receive. SMS 35p + your home rate & pic msg 37p. For your £5 per day you have 25MB of data, then it’s £3 per 1MB. Click http://live.vodafone.com/zr/sa1 for free price info or call +441635691700. Emergency 112 All fine. I’m certainly not happy with it. But I can live with it. Until Apple or somebody else fixes this ultra-annoying roaming price problem. So I’ve been told I’ve got 25mb to play with, right?
New transcription offering makes HulloMail’s voicemail service better than ever

Ewan

11 May 2012 | 4:38 am

I’ve always been a fan of voicemail transcription services. I simply cannot, CANNOT stand seeing a list of voicemails and then having to click through them in a panicked manner, wondering just what is waiting for me. Visual voicemail does fix this a little bit — but for the longest time I’ve wanted the ability to quickly scan the list of incoming messages to identify the most urgent. That’s precisely the functionality that the team at HulloMail has just added. I’ve been using HulloMail for ages. I’ve also been following them for the longest time. Indeed if…
Just how much of a problem is Facebook for the operator industry?

Ewan

10 May 2012 | 6:35 pm

A thought-provoking research note from the team at Strand Consult: People who believe that Google is currently the biggest threat to mobile operators may not realise exactly how much time mobile customers are using on Facebook and how Facebook is currently changing the way over 800 million people communicate on a daily basis. The biggest difference between Facebook and Google is that Facebook is a communication tool that people use to keep in touch with their family and friends every day. via Facebook is killing the mobile operators' SMS traffic and revenue..
Rumour’n'conjecture –> Apple iPad mini set for October launch at $200-$250

Ewan

10 May 2012 | 4:54 pm

Now then if this were to actually happen — and it’s a big if — it would probably kill off any meaningful tablet competition for a good few years. It’d be “job done, thanks for coming, but no thanks” to anybody else for a long period — market pricing in the $200 range would make the thing utterly ubiquitous. I’m normally not a fan of these kinds of over speculative posts however I do like to play out scenarios in my mind and this could be a highly successful one for Apple in the medium term. Apple is indeed preparing a smaller version of its…

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Tweetless in Shanghai

Russell Buckley

19 Apr 2012 | 5:16 am

I’m currently in China on a bit of an exploratory trip, meeting various VCs, entrepreneurs, government and academic people. It’s too early to get much of an impression – I’m jetlagged and in a hotel in the western suburbs of Shanghai and about half an hour’s drive through mad traffic from the famous Bund and the centre, so will leave that for later in the trip. However, neither Twitter (nor Facebook nor Google search) work here, so my world is strangely silent. It’s quite incredible how central Twitter has become to my digital life. Maybe I’ll get…
21st Century Careers and the Decimation of the Middle Class Professions

Russell Buckley

17 Apr 2012 | 4:33 am

I recently attended a Career’s Evening at my 16 year old daughter’s school. The idea was that parents representing typical middle class professions, such as banking, military, accounting, medicine, law and marketing stood around answering questions from the kids, who ranged in age between 15 and 18. Apart from the odd mobile phone, the scene may well have taken place at any time in the last 60 years or so. And yet, things are no longer what they were and every one of those professions are going to be fundamentally disrupted by the time the children will be a few years into their…
My Dunbar’s Number List

Russell Buckley

30 Mar 2012 | 7:27 am

British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, came up with the idea in a seminal 1992 essay, that the maximum number of stable relationships that a human can cope with is around 150. This is based on the development of the neocortex and also represents the approximate size of social groupings in hunter-gatherer societies. More information at good old Wikipedia if you want to find out more. Like most of us, my business/social network is way bigger that that. I have around 4,500 Twitter followers, 3,000 or so connections on Linked In and about 5,000 email addresses in my contact book – many of…
SOS – Support Our Stores

Russell Buckley

4 Dec 2011 | 12:51 pm

This week, I’ll be speaking at the Guardian’s Mobile Business Summit, which has an excellent line up, as you would expect. If you’re going to be there, please come and say Hi. My session is about mCommerce – no surprises there. But I think we often lose sight of what mCommerce is as it embraces two areas of retail sales, one of which is much more unique to mobile. mCommerce is: 1. Like eCommerce (or PC-based commerce) but on mobile. So you buy stuff from Amazon or ASOS, or from more traditional retailers like Tesco or M&S, both of whom have thriving online…
Very Creative Spanking

Russell Buckley

30 Nov 2011 | 2:14 pm

The School of Communications Arts teaches young people all they need to know about a career in communications, from a Creative in an ad agency to a Suit in a PR agency. Every year, the intake form their very own agency and answer real briefs from genuine clients. They also win awards in competition with real agencies, so places on the course are highly prized. This year, their agency delights in the name Spank. It’s Christmas, so like a proper agency, they decided to put on a party, as you would. But how to showcase their creativity? Well, if the name of the agency is Spank, you have…

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Don't forget Vlingo - now updated

16 May 2012 | 3:54 am

In all the fuss over Apple's (effectively bought in) Siri and Samsung's (effectively bought in) S-voice, Symbian owners eager for a little voice recognition action shouldn't forget about Vlingo, free for our OS and recently updated to v2.4.50, bringing better recognition, new settings and under the hood improvements. Some screenshots and examples below, just to refresh your memory!
Concluding the N86 experiment

16 May 2012 | 3:10 am

I'm not the only crazy N86 fan, it seems - the much respected Alvin Wong has been running a two week experiment using this three year old T9-based phone (the last great N95-style dual-slide smartphone) as his only device. No touchscreens, no qwerty keypads (physical or otherwise), no 2012 cloud computing (out of the box, at least). He took the experiment very seriously and has produced a number of extensive reports, some of which are quoted and linked below.
361 Degrees Podcast - All things cloudy

15 May 2012 | 12:38 pm

In the second episode of season three of the 361 Degrees podcast we examine the consumer cloud, talking about what services we use, why we use them, and our main priorities and concerns.
YouTube Mobile in May 2012 - who needs a client?

15 May 2012 | 6:18 am

You all know I'm a fan of the Web doing the job of an application - remember 'There's a bookmark for that', from 2010? Over the last couple of years I've dipped into YouTube's mobile-optimised web site, m.youtube.com, watching it get better and better. Recent changes have improved it to the point where it's debatable whether you need to even think about sourcing a dedicated YouTube client. Read on for proof...
Towards Belle Feature Pack 1

15 May 2012 | 2:45 am

Up on Nokia's official YouTube channel is a short promo video for Symbian Nokia Belle FP1, currently rolling out, highlighting a few of its highlights (I'll refrain from being picky and pointing out that some of things mentioned are (ahem) already available, even for generic Belle devices). In particular, the video highlights improved entertainment options, personalisation choices, boosted performance, 20 new and improved widgets and a faster browser with HTML 5 support.

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Wireless Japan 2012 Conference

6 May 2012 | 6:44 pm

The 17th annual ExpoComm Wireless Japan Conf. and Trade Show at Tokyo BigSite runs May 30th - June 1st: http://bit.ly/JJPYXT
Smartphone App to Monitor Drivers

4 May 2012 | 6:27 pm

New smartphone app. recognizes when a traffic accident has occurred, records images before and after the event: http://bit.ly/IQwveZ
Panasonic Shifts Production to China

3 May 2012 | 6:27 pm

Panasonic plans to shift 50% of mobile lithium-ion battery production to their Suzhou, China facility by 2015: http://bit.ly/IxMjhQ
Disaster Proof Mobile Networks

2 May 2012 | 6:19 pm

A 'Disaster-proof' mobile networks project is in development by Japanese carriers with Tohoku University: http://bit.ly/IQwisd
Otosan - The Iconic SoftBank Mascot

30 Apr 2012 | 6:19 pm

Great post with full story on Otosan, the iconic SoftBank mascot, along with a Youtube TVCM collection: http://bit.ly/Lt0EjL

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Android Powered Washstand

SolSie

15 May 2012 | 10:02 pm

A Japanese company just shows off a prototype of an Android powered mirror mount on a washstand or in a bathroom. The mirror is acting as a giant monitor translucent screen that interacts with the user via sensors hidden behind the screen. The Android embedded device is connected to the Web via WiFi, Ethernet wire or even cellular network for its versatility in placement in public environment such bathroom in mall, Hotel, Airport, etc… The use cases are numerous such providing weight, taking photo, etc.. for healthcare facilities, product demo, weather, map, or just purely…
Google Chrome Browser Sync’s Your Tabs Across Computers, Mobile…

SolSie

15 May 2012 | 5:10 pm

Today Google released a stable version of its Chrome browser that lets users find their open browser tabs from one computer to another or even on Chrome for Android Beta. This feature is enable when you sign-in to Chrome. Along with the open tabs, you also syncs your bookmarks, apps, extensions, history, themes, and other settings as well. Oh did we mention that the back and forward buttons will even work, so you can pick up browsing right where you left off. When you sign in to Chrome, you can have your personal Chrome experience on all your devices. Just go to the Chrome menu and…
Apple is Revamping iCloud with Photo Sharing Capability

SolSie

14 May 2012 | 7:20 pm

Needless to say Mobile photo sharing is hot. As Apple is readying to announce its new mobile version, iOS6, at the company Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, this morning, the WSJ reports the Cupertino giant will add more features on its iCloud, a cloud centric service already used by 125 million Mac, iOS users to keep in sync their contents. The notable new feature is the ability to share photos. Until now, photos can only be sync’ed and displayed on the iOS/Mac devices. iCloud has been available on the Web, but only displays contents such Calendar, email, iWork documents. It…
Create Stunning Smooth Slow Motion Video on iPhone with SloPro App

SolSie

13 May 2012 | 12:52 pm

Let us introduce you to another awesome tool for your iPhone 4S videography enjoyment. A new utility called SloPro, which can simulate video capturing at 720p 60 frames per second on your iPhone 4S. The magic is in the next editing step that SloPro lets you render a portion of your footage in smooth slow motion with total absence of choppiness. The rendering amazingly does not take usual additional time at all. Once you are happy with your creation, the app lets you share to your popular Social Networking circles and even exporting your raw video to iTunes. The app is free in the app…
New Google+ for iPhone: More Immersive Social Experience (Video)

SolSie

11 May 2012 | 10:24 am

Google just released a major update of its mobile social network Google+, first for the iPhone. A version for Android will be available in few weeks with additional features as promised by the search giant. There is no mention about an iPad version. The new version is focused heavily on visual immersive appearance with large photos in the background and sleek user interface design, a great departure from Google traditional simplistic color scheme. The release timing is perfect to get ahead of the rival Facebook, which is admitting a weakness on its mobile side and the growing adoption…

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HTC One S to be launched by Telus in Canada on May 17

Florin

15 May 2012 | 3:51 pm

Telus will introduce a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone in Canada on May 17 (this Tuesday): the HTC One S. According to Mobile Syrup, Telus will sell the One S for as low as $99.99 (new 3-yr contract agreement required). Customers will also be able to buy the handset without commitment, reportedly for $569.99. In case you don’t know yet, the HTC One S features Sense 4 UI, a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display with 540 x 960 pixels, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, VGA front-facing camera, and an 8MP rear camera. The One S isn’t going to…
LG Optimus Elite available now at Virgin Mobile USA

Florin

15 May 2012 | 2:38 pm

Not long ago, Virgin Mobile USA started taking pre-orders for the LG Optimus Elite, saying the handset would be out on May 15. And today the smartphone is indeed available. Sold by Virgin for $149.99 off-contract, the LG Optimus Elite isn’t among the greatest smartphones out there – and, at this price, it couldn’t have been anyway. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features a 3.5 inch HVGA display, NFC, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP rear camera, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and a case that’s built from 50% recycled plastics. You can go here at Virgin Mobile to buy the…
Samsung Galaxy S III (16GB and 32GB) officially priced in Taiwan

Florin

15 May 2012 | 11:42 am

A few weeks ago, when Samsung announced the Galaxy S III, it didn’t say how much the smartphone would cost. Of course, various retailers – including British ones – have already unveiled their own prices. But there wasn’t any official word from Samsung on the matter. Not until now, when the South Korean company presented the Galaxy S III in Taiwan. The new handset will be available in Taiwan starting June 1, and the prices of both the 16GB, and 32GB version have been announced: 20,900 TWD ($708), and 22,900 TWD ($775), respectively. That’s less than what the aforementioned British…
Dual SIM Nokia 110 and 112 offer Facebook access and free EA games on the cheap

Florin

15 May 2012 | 10:11 am

Nokia may have lost its way in the smartphone race, but it’s still a big player when it comes to ultra-cheap handsets. And it certainly wants to keep things this way, that’s why it continues to introduce new entry-level phones, like the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112, both officially announced today. Made to “appeal to young, urban consumers who want to experience a fast, affordable online experience”, the Nokia 110 and 112 have a similar design, and share most of their features: S40 UI 1.8 inch display with 128 x 160 pixels Dual-SIM capabilities GSM / EDGE connectivity Direct access to…
Samsung adds T-Mobile devices to ICS update list

Vlad Bobleanta

15 May 2012 | 9:22 am

Last month we brought you news that Samsung put up an official list of devices sold in the US that would get updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. While that list was extensive, conspicuously missing was any mention of any smartphone or tablet sold by T-Mobile. We were promised that the list would be updated soon, and it has now happened. And thankfully, some T-Mobile devices have been added. So, in case your carrier of choice loves the color magenta, and you’d like to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich, here’s some good news. The TMo devices that are currently on…

biskero
Facebook App Center launched, something I am familiar with!

biskero

9 May 2012 | 4:30 pm

Via Venture Beat, today Facebook is launching App Center. “Today, we’re announcing the App Center, a new place for people to find social apps. The App Center gives developers an additional way to grow their apps and creates opportunities for more types of apps to be successful. In the coming weeks, people will be able to access the App Center on the web and in the iOS and Android Facebook apps. All canvas, mobile and web apps that follow the guidelines can be listed. All developers should start preparing today to make sure their app is included for the launch.” This is an…
Nokia Windows Phone Developer Day in Milan, May 4th

biskero

27 Apr 2012 | 4:06 am

Nokia Windows Phone Developer Day in Milan, May 4th. “Nokia in collaborazione con Microsoft vi invita a partecipare il 4 maggio 2012 al Nokia – Windows Phone Developer Day. Una giornata ricca di contenuti ed informazioni per approfondire e migliorare le tue applicazioni per i device Nokia con Windows Phone. Tante sessioni tecniche con approfondimenti che spaziano dalla massimizzazione delle performance, la gestione della certificazione per la pubblicazione nel marketplace, l’ottimizzazione del codice per i nuovi device low memory , interazione e utilizzo di Windows Azure e molto…
WHYMCA conference agenda

biskero

25 Apr 2012 | 7:13 am

WHYMCA conference agenda is up and it’s starting to fill up with talks. So if you are in Italy keep in mind a cool conference to attend in Bologna. Alessandro Tweet7a4f55c331f13db30c24ee97e55c7263
Adobe & HTML site up!

biskero

23 Apr 2012 | 10:38 am

Looks like Adobe is getting serious about HTML, here is the Adobe & HTML site. Now they should build the best tool to create HTML5 mobile applications like Flash Pro! Alessandro Tweet7eaad37899d2af690a2b81e965fcd8db
HTML5 for mobile, jquery mobile or sencha frameworks?

biskero

20 Apr 2012 | 5:13 pm

I am investigating several HTML5 frameworks and would like to know if anyone has feedback or comments for the following two: jquery mobile Sencha If you have suggestions for other frameworks please let me know. Alessandro Tweet0107b459680ad9e131d50722c7c7452f

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Beautiful Morning

vivek

8 May 2012 | 11:32 pm

Took these photo sometime ago using my iPhone, learning these days iPhone Photography and making my beautiful morning with Chirping birds around. If you love this, you should email me. It’ll make my day.
Sparkling Lights

vivek

5 May 2012 | 12:13 am

I recently took this photo while roaming around city. If you love this, you should email me. It’ll make my day.
Futuristic

vivek

3 May 2012 | 5:30 am

The above image is original and If you love and like to buy it, you should email me. It’ll make my day. I appreciate it. Size: 13×17 inches or 960×1280 px at 72dpi
Eco-green Camera from Ikea

vivek

30 Apr 2012 | 9:31 pm

Simple and Eco-green cardboard digital camera from IKEA
reaDIYmates

vivek

23 Apr 2012 | 11:49 pm

reaDIYmates are fun wi-fi objects that you can build easily. They move and play sounds depending on what’s happening in your digital life. “You can choose from a variety of existing designs or create your own object. Then decide what you want them to do through a simple web interface. Link them to your digital life (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, RSS feeds, SoundCloud, If This Then That!) or control them remotely in real time from your iPhone.” Very interesting!

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Coming this week, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Tablet

glenn

15 May 2012 | 11:37 am

Coming soon to retailers, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 – The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be available for $399.99 SRP. Retailers carrying the devices include Amazon, Best Buy, hhgregg, Tiger... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
WhereCamp to Hit Berlin June 22-23

glenn

14 May 2012 | 11:43 pm

An unconference for you WhereCamp enthusiasts in germany this June – WhereCamp Berlin Some details from the organizers… For those passionate about geographical specialties, WhereCamp... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Video – 3D Urban Planning Visualization With CityEngine

glenn

14 May 2012 | 1:20 pm

An interesting video from Esri looks at potential uses for City Engine in an urban planning 3D scenario… Recall, CityEngine supports the use of geospatial data such as Esri Shapefile, File... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The new Bing Social Search

glenn

11 May 2012 | 1:16 pm

Yes indeed, the new Bing is coming and according to the company this is perhaps the biggest update and news since the original launch in 2009! The new technology is best described with a few... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Coming Soon… Tidbits, Webinars, and news on Geo and Tech events

glenn

10 May 2012 | 1:30 pm

There’s been a flurry of time sensitive, event related information coming our way recently. the following is a roundup of event related news and tips that could be of interest to the Geo... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Softpedia News - Telecoms
Galaxy S III Pre-Orders Available One Day Earlier in London

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)

16 May 2012 | 3:57 am

On May 30th, 2012, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung will bring to shelves in Europe its latest Android-based flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S III. Enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for the smartphone to become available, so that they could get a taste of its quad-core power, and it appears that some of them migh... (read more)
UC Browser 8.3 for Java Now Available for Download

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

16 May 2012 | 2:49 am

The folks at UC Web have finally released UC Browser 8.3 for Java mobile phones. However, it appears that the devs plan to launch a second version of the browser completely integrated with cloud service. The “cloud” version of UC Browser 8.3 is expected to arrive in about two weeks, and promises to offer users even more... (read more)
BlackBerry Porsche Design P‘9981 Receives “Plus X Award 2012 - Smartphone of the Year”

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

16 May 2012 | 2:23 am

RIM and Porsche Design teamed up to offer BlackBerry fans the stylish P‘9981 smartphone, and the device didn’t go unnoticed. Well, at least in Germany, where the handset has been awarded for its elegant look. RIM Germany has just announced that the BlackBerry Porsche Design P‘9981 s... (read more)
Samsung Unveils Pricing for Galaxy S III in Taiwan

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)

16 May 2012 | 1:58 am

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is gearing up to putting on shelves its latest flagship model running under Google’s Android operating system, the Galaxy S III. The smartphone will make its official debut before the end of this month in Europe and is expected to arrive on the market in other countries around the worl... (read more)
Evernote for Android Gets a Fresh UI, Other Improvements

Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)

16 May 2012 | 1:11 am

Evernote has just released a new flavor of their mobile application for smartphones running under Google’s Android operating system, packing it with a fresh look and a range of other enhancements as well. The new Evernote 4.0 for Android was meant to offer much better performance levels when compared to previous release... (read more)

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[Report] Mobile Megatrends 2012

Matos Kapetanakis

15 May 2012 | 8:41 am

[Welcome to the new edition of our annual Mobile Megatrends report series. Megatrends 2012 analyses and interprets the nine most important trends of 2012, explaining how the software world is impacting the mobile business.] Mobile Megatrends 2012 View more presentations from VisionMobile The new Mobile Megatrends report Mobile Megatrends 2012 is a 96-page research report – available for free download from our website or SlideShare – dissecting nine key themes: - Handset DELL-ification and the emerging pyramid of handset OEM - Web as the new walled garden and why the web is going…
Developing for TV: Crossing the chasm between screens

Ben Hookway

26 Apr 2012 | 4:07 am

[The bright cross-screen future is creeping ever closer, with handset manufacturers and consumer electronics giants competing over the next connected screen; the TV. But what about developers - how easy is it to create apps that work across screens? Guest author Ben Hookway discusses the nuances of cross-screen development and the challenges and opportunities ahead for the smart TV market] Imagine for a moment a world of apps where there are more than 10 platforms to choose from – and where most of these platforms are closed to developers. A world where only a few applications have…
[New Survey] Developer Economics 2012: The new mobile app economy

Matos Kapetanakis

3 Apr 2012 | 4:01 am

[As we kick off our new Developer Economics 2012 survey, Marketing Manager Matos takes a look at the current trends of mobile development and how this survey plans to address them. If you want to join Developer Economics 2012, take our online survey - there are three great prizes up for grabs!] Now in its third year, Developer Economics is back for a new research on some of the hottest trends of the developer ecosystem. Once again sponsored by BlueVia, our seminal report series is about to launch, investigating key themes, such as developer mindshare, app monetization and marketing, as well…
Mozilla Boot2Gecko: can the new HTML5 champion succeed where webOS failed?

Stijn Schuermans

27 Mar 2012 | 9:37 am

[A new mobile operating system is born. Telefonica and Mozilla have teamed up to deliver Open Web Devices. The ambition is high: displace the Apple/Google duopoly and commoditize app ecosystems. But can they do better than earlier attempts like WebOS? VisionMobile business analyst Stijn Schuermans sheds light on the challenging road ahead for this new platform candidate.] “People say that I’m a dreamer, but I am not the only one.” John Lennon Mozilla, the company behind Firefox (until recently the number two desktop browser) and top-5 mobile operator Telefonica are co-developing a new…
[New report] Cross-Platform Developer Tools 2012

Seth Jones

28 Feb 2012 | 3:21 am

[We ‘re proud to announce the launch of Cross-Platform Tools 2012 - the free, industry-first report on cross-platform developer tools. You can download a free copy here. Cross-platform tools (CPTs) allow developers to create applications for multiple platforms with a small incremental cost. Their impact is both tactical in allowing developers to target more platforms, but also strategic in having the potential to disrupt the Apple/Google duopoly in mobile ecosystems.] Our report is based on a 6-month project, comprising a large-scale online developer survey (nearly 2,500 respondents)…

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Do Change Agents hold the answer to our mobile future?

Graham Brown

14 May 2012 | 4:54 am

William Gibson wrote “The future is out there, it’s just not evenly distributed.” The future of communication and how it touches our lives is already here today. Graham Brown shares insight from the upcoming book on how we can understand our future by looking back on what the Change Agents were doing before us. In [...] (click the item title for the full story)
Is the Digital Native a Myth?

Graham Brown

3 May 2012 | 6:04 am

Is the idea of “The Digital Native” and “The Connected Generation” a myth? Graham Brown speaks to my mobileYouth colleague Ghani Kunto about The Disconnected Generation in a first look at insights from his new book The Mobile Youth. We’re currently editing the Mobile Youth book so these are early insights not yet public. Details [...] (click the item title for the full story)
Quantitative Methods for Measuring Fans

Graham Brown

1 May 2012 | 2:18 am

In the Mobile Youth Academy this week we look at which quantitative methods you need to use to measure and activate your fans. Fans are key to brand engagement in the youth market. We discuss how Fans are vital to earned media. What’s measured gets done so choosing the correct metric is vital. In this [...] (click the item title for the full story)
International Sales @ mobileYouth – based in UK/IRE/EU

Graham Brown

30 Apr 2012 | 3:35 am

Application information re: Linkedin Posting How to Apply in 4 Easy Steps Call the UK office switchboard on +44 208 1338760 and you will be asked to leave a voice message (follow the instructions) Send your Resume + cover letter to the email address provided on the message Successful applicants will be invite to an [...] (click the item title for the full story)
Welcome to The Mobile Youth Academy

Graham Brown

24 Apr 2012 | 1:06 pm

Welcome to The Mobile Youth Academy. Today we begin a new chapter at mobileYouth – our very own frontline. We aim to make the Academy a space where we can share our latest findings and insights exclusively with research clients. This means if your company is an existing subscriber you can access weekly insights direct [...] (click the item title for the full story)

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HTC Reveal HTC Desire C

Jay

16 May 2012 | 1:27 am

HTC has announced details of the HTC Desire C, a budget priced Android device that carries a mid range set of features. The HTC Desire C will ship with Android 4.0 onboard, and will also run the latest version 4.0 of the Sense UI. The display measures in at 3.5 inches, and has a pixel resolution of 320 x 480. Onboard storage on the handset is set to 4GB, with expansion by Micro SD memory cards. High speed data is catered for with HSDPA and HSUPA, as well as WiFi with WiFi Hotspot support. Interestingly, the Desire C also includes Beats Audio, which is found on higher spec smartphones. The…
LG Optimus 4X HD to Launch in Europe Next Month

Jay

16 May 2012 | 1:17 am

LG has announced their flagship device, the LG Optimus 4X HD, is set to launch across Europe next month, and is set to go head to head with the Samsung Galaxy SIII. The first countries to get the 4X HD will be Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Germany and Sweden, with other countries to follow. The Optimus 4X HD will ship with Android 4.0 ICS pre-installed, and is powered by a quad core 1.5 GHz processor. The display is a sizeable 4.7 inch IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen, with a pixel resolution of 720 x 1280. An 8.0 Megapixel camera is included, which offers image stabilisation, face and smile…
O2 to Launch 42Mbps 3G in Major UK Cities

Jay

16 May 2012 | 1:07 am

O2 is to rollout a network upgrade, bringing faster 3G service to major UK cities. The update will enable DC-HSPA, (Dual-Cell High Speed Packet Access), which gives theoretical speeds of up to 42Mbps, by doubling up cell capacity to users when browsing the web. Just which 'Major Cities' are first on the upgrade list, O2 weren't prepared to confirm, although London, Birmingham and Manchester are likely candidates. Whilst the update is not 4G, it is a significant update, and a boost to O2 as the networks battle to provide the best data network possible. Three have also confirmed that they will…
O2 Ask Customers to Vote for Priority Moments Deals

Jay

15 May 2012 | 11:26 am

O2 is launching a social media campaign, seeking feedback from customers on the deals they want to see on O2 Priority Moments. O2 will be canvassing customers across the UK, giving them the opportunity to let O2 know which deals and brands they want to see on Priority Moments, for discounts, savings and experiences. Launched in July 2011, O2 Priority Moments has served up over 3,400 offers from more than 300 brands, offering savings of over £7.5m to O2's 22 million customers. Brands on offer have included Ocado, HMV, Odeon, BHS, Toni & Guy and Accesorize. The new campaign seeks to build…
Nokia Announce New Level Entry Feature Phones

Jay

15 May 2012 | 9:51 am

Nokia has unveiled two new budget feature phone handsets, that will each retail for less than €40, as they seek to regain a foothold in the emerging mobile phone markets. The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 are candybar style devices, that will offer simple, quick access to social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Email and Instant Messaging is also included, and the devices use the Nokia Browser, which reduces data consumption by up to 90%. Click here to view the embedded video. Each device supports Dual SIM functionality, and the Nokia 112 allows you to store profiles for up to 5 different…

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Samsung Galaxy S III available a day early for customers who pre-order from flagship Westfield store

Danny Brogan

16 May 2012 | 3:39 am

Early bird catches the phone Customers who pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S III from the Samsung Brand Store at Westfield Stratford City will be able to pick up the phone a day before the official release on 30 May. Pre-orders must be made with the store before 6pm on 29 May and Samsung has stressed that there will be no devices to buy in-store, apart from those being picked up from pre-orders, until the following day.? However, customers who pre-order the phone from other retailers might also be able to pick their Galaxy S III up early after Samsung stated it was giving its retail partners the…
HTC Desire C: Ice Cream Sandwich on a budget

Danny Brogan

15 May 2012 | 8:10 am

From ?169.99 PAYG HTC has launched its Desire C, a handset it bills as entry-level, but with a spec list that suggests otherwise - which may suggest why it's been bumped up from the Wildfire C. For starters, HTC has kitted the Desire C with Ice Cream Sandwich from launch. It’s also fitted with Beats Audio technology, as seen in the manufacturer’s flagship phone the HTC One X. ? HTC has skinned the Desire C with its own Sense 4.0 UI, which is showcased via the 3.5-inch HVGA display which itself is engulfed by a durable metal frame. There’s a five-megapixel camera with the…
LG Optimus 4X HD set for June arrival

Danny Brogan

15 May 2012 | 5:49 am

Flagship phones ahoy! LG will begin rolling out its 2012 Android Ice Cream Sandwich flagship phone, the LG Optimus 4X HD, throughout Europe (including the UK) from June. ? The phone, LG’s first Quad-Core smartphone, was officially unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February and after months of behind-the-scenes tweaking it’s finally ready for shipping. ? With Samsung unveiling its own quad-core smartphone in the form of the Galaxy S III, LG is hoping the Optimus 4X HD’s NVIDIA 4-PLUS-1 Quad-Core processor, the Tegra 3, will be able to compete in terms of speed, power and…
Samsung Galaxy S III official TV advert debuts

Danny Brogan

14 May 2012 | 10:50 am

We prefer the phone Samsung’s official Galaxy S III advert has been unveiled, as the mobile world prepares for the phone’s arrival on 30 May. The 60-second commercial - which is sure to appear on every advert break for the foreseeable future -concentrates more on what kind of person will use the phone, rather than the specs themselves. Indeed, there’s no mention of the phone running on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, of it’s 8-megapixel camera or even its powerful 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor. Nope, instead we get two star-crossed lovers separated by a pane of glass, a…
Virgin Atlantic to allow mobiles to be used in flight

Danny Brogan

14 May 2012 | 9:28 am

"Where are you?" Virgin Atlantic passengers will soon be able to use their mobile phones while flying with the airline, thanks to its new Aeromobile initiative. Rather than use the onboard satellite phones that tend to put a serious dent in your credit card, passengers will be able to use their own mobiles for around the same price as it costs to roam abroad.? Initially being trialled on Virgin Atlantic's Airbus A330s, mobiles will automatically connect to the aircraft's own network, which ensures there’s no interference to its onboard electronics.? Passengers will need to activate…

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Smartphones To Blame For Sagging Faces? One Study Thinks So.

Oren Todoros

16 May 2012 | 3:11 am

According to statistics released by a recent study conducted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) ’chinplants’ are quickly becoming the fastest growing cosmetic surgery trend. Care to guess what the main culprit for this crazy trend is? That’s right, Smartphones! If the ASPS study is right, sagging faces, dubbed “Smarphone face” could be behind the growing trend for skin tightening treatments and chin implants which cost around £4,290. (Source – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) “If you sit for hours with your head bent slightly forward, staring at…
Social Network iPhone Apps Roundup: 5 Apps You Need to Know

Jennifer Allen

15 May 2012 | 7:02 am

Regular iOS users will have already settled on the biggest and most popular Social Networking Apps. The likes of Facebook and Twitter need no introduction. That’s far from all the App Store offers though. There are plenty of other social apps, each focused on a pretty useful subject. This week, we take the time to look at five of the best and just what they provide. Fitocracy Having participated in the beta of the Fitocracy website, I was delighted to see the iOS app released recently. It’s the perfect motivator for those of us who love levelling up in games but could also do with…
Lenovo Proves its Point: Tablets Can be Used as Chopping Boards

Oren Todoros

15 May 2012 | 5:14 am

How do you prove your tablet screens are the mightiest? Grab the biggest chopping cleaver you can find in your kitchen, place fruits on top of the tablet, and chop away. Oh, you might also want to add cheap techno music in the background for good measure. In fact, that’s exactly what Lenovo did to demonstrate the quality of their ThinkPad Tablet screens. You may not know this but, the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablets and ThinkPad X1′s come with Corning Gorilla Glass that makes them super tough. Through the next few weeks they’re going to be releasing crazy videos showing just how…
Does the Samsung Galaxy S3 Live Up to the Hype? Here Is Our Full Review

Guy Lants

15 May 2012 | 1:18 am

After Samsung unveiled their newest flagship device, the Galaxy S3, it became apparent that Samsung plan on staying the world’s top phone manufacturer for a long time. While the new Galaxy is, hardware wise, a true superphone, it’s the effort the Korean manufacturer put on their software that makes a whole lot of difference. Samsung, however, is not alone in the Android superhone race. HTC is gunning for the top share as well with their flagship, the One X. So is the Galaxy S3 good enough to compete and become the Ultimate Android smartphone, or maybe even – The World’s top…
Graphic Elvis App for iPhone Delivers a Rich and Interactive Experience

Dan Davis

13 May 2012 | 10:51 am

Here’s a quick confession, I’ve always been a serious Elvis fan. From his early “Blue Suede Shoes, That’s All Right, Hound Dog ” days to his later “Suspicious Minds, Kentucky Rain” years. In my opinion, Elvis and comics have always come hand in hand. Commemorating the 35th anniversary in celebration of the life and legacy of Elvis Presley, Pixofactor has released “Graphic Elvis” interactive app, an illustrated, interactive and animated homage to Elvis. The app features a story by comic book legend, Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-Man™,…

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10 May 2012 | 2:00 am

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Enterprise Mobility Management 2012: The SoMoClo Edge

23 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am

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19 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am

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18 Apr 2012 | 3:50 pm

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The Costco Approach To Enterprise Mobility

Philippe Winthrop

15 May 2012 | 8:46 am

Hello from not so beautiful and not so sunny Orlando…the land of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and way too many other theme parks…and conventions. OK, enough with the crankiness. I’m here (for the second time this month) attending SAP’s big SAPPHIRENOW event…and when I... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Mobile Project Collaboration – The Third Wheel

Benjamin Robbins

10 May 2012 | 9:13 am

Mobile Only: Week 10 Benjamin Robbins, an EMF member, is spending the next year working solely from a single mobile device. Each week he shares his thoughts and experience with us on what it means to be mobile-only. Project collaboration is a pivotal exercise for enterprise computing. Organizations... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Apps vs Crapplications Part 2

Brian Katz

9 May 2012 | 12:52 pm

Brian Madden recently wrote an excellent article on how to argue about html vs native apps as well as touch versus keyboard/mouse and made some great points. It is definitely worth a read. We do diverge a little bit in our thinking though when he gets to features vs focus in apps. He quotes me [...] Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Rudyard Kipling’s Take On Mobile Enterprise Apps

Philippe Winthrop

8 May 2012 | 2:59 pm

Another day, another airplane. Well, at least that’s how I feel today. Yesterday, I was in New Orleans at the App-Solutely Enterprise event and today I am on my way to Las Vegas for the Interop show. Don’t these trade groups know it’s not nice to make us have to pick one versus the other, [...] Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Can You Hear Me Now? – Collaborative Mobile Communication

Benjamin Robbins

3 May 2012 | 9:46 am

Mobile Only: Week 9 If there is one aspect of collaboration that a mobile device should greatly excel at over a PC, it is communication. Mobile devices have two distinct advantages over desktop PCs. First, remote meetings can happen in diverse environments beyond my desk. I can be at home, in a... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.

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OtterBox Defender Series Case for Apple iPhone 4S 4 w/ Stylus (Black, Retail Packaging)

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15 May 2012 | 11:59 am

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Jabra FREEWAY Bluetooth Speakerphone (Black, Retail Packaging)

celladdons

13 May 2012 | 1:34 pm

Consider it the ultimate sidekick. The Jabra Freeway Bluetooth in-car speakerphone makes going hands-free a breeze. Featuring a 3 speaker stereo system and virtual surround sound, the thin speaker easily clips onto your car's sun visor or overhead console. The voice-controlled speaker allows you to make and take calls completely hands-free. An added dual-microphone eliminates background noise, making your calls clearer than ever. Connected through Bluetooth technology, it automatically turns on and off when you enter and exit your car. The Freeway also syncs up to read GPS directions and…
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13 May 2012 | 11:24 am

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MOTOROLA XOOM Android Tablet (10.1-Inch, 32GB, Wi-Fi)

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13 May 2012 | 4:33 am

The Motorola XOOM weighs 25 ounces and measures 9.8 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches. Its 3250 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 10 hours of video playback, up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi web browsing, and up to 3.3 days of MP3 playback.
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Top iPhone Applications for Fitness, Yoga and Jogging Fans

Guest Author

11 May 2012 | 5:17 am

Are you still using your iPhone or iPod Touch only as an MP3-player while jogging or working out in a gym? You may reconsider your attitude towards your smartphone when you install one of the thematic fitness or yoga applications that will help you to stay slim and achieve your weight loss goals. As you may have guessed, in the AppStore there are plenty of free and paid fitness applications for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. I personally chose 4 interesting fitness applications that are equally affordable and multi-functional. Feel free to take an advantage of them as well. Personal Running…
Samsung Galaxy S III has Massive Expectations to Live Up to

Guest Author

3 May 2012 | 1:19 am

The buildup before the release of a cell phone nowadays is akin to the buzz you get in the lead up to the release of a Hollywood blockbuster. It’s the same with Samsung Galaxy III; and even though the phone hasn’t even been unveiled as yet, the hype knows no bounds. With technology writers going berserk, and Samsung buffs pulling out the trumpets in anticipation, the question that one needs to ask is whether or not Samsung Galaxy S III would be able to live up to the soaring expectations. And of course, whether or not Samsung’s latest device would have enough to counter menaces…
ROM developer for HTC One X says the device has power management issues

Poonam Rodrigues

15 Apr 2012 | 12:13 pm

The much anticipated HTC One X is facing a small road block with some glitch in the power management system. The developer who has created the custom ROM for this device stated that an NVIDIA power control app known as NvCPLSvc.apk which is supposed to be in /system/app has been misplaced and is currently located in the /system/bin folder. There is not much to worry as an unofficial fix has been posted on the Xda-developer’s forum by mike 1986. This fix puts the APK in the appropriate location. The international version of the HTC One X comes with the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3…
Asus Transformer Pad 300 to release on April 22nd in the U.S.

Poonam Rodrigues

15 Apr 2012 | 12:11 pm

Taiwanese multinational Asus plans to launch their new tablet on April 22nd this year in the U.S. The tablet which was earlier named Transformer Prime has been temporarily tagged as the Asus Transformer Pad 300 due to the pending law suit filed by the toy making company Hasbro in regards to the name used for the tablet. The key feature of this tablet is that the company has facilitated the customers to buy an additional optional Android-specific QWERTY keyboard dock. The separate battery installed in the dock increases the tablet’s battery life by 50 percent to 15 hours when it is plugged…
Samsung plans to revamp the Galaxy Note 10.1 with a delayed release date

Poonam Rodrigues

12 Apr 2012 | 8:55 am

Many new spectacular devices were launched at the MWC this year. Samsung too danced to the tunes with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. The Korean multinational has now decided to change the specifications of the tablet and the release dates are still kept in closed wraps. This delay and specification change is expected as the company has come to realize that it might not exactly be the best tablet in the market. While Apple has raised the bar of quality with the high resolution new iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 seems to be limboing under it. Samsung has also stated that the…

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Five Must-Have Elements of an Awesome Mobile Marketing Call to Action: Post to MarketingProfs

kane

14 May 2012 | 1:05 pm

Wanted to let you all know that we posted another article to an Ad Age Power 150 Marketing blog, MarketingProfs. The post, Five Must-Have Elements of an Awesome Mobile Marketing Call to Action, describes the five components needed to effectively personally engage an audience: Describe the incentive Eliminate potential user-error obstacles Optimize for mobile user experience Think through a compelling user flow Find a personality Head on over to MarketingProfs to read the post and let us know what you think. And in case you need more information on creating calls to action, have a look at our…
Mobile Marketing Stats Wrap

kane

7 May 2012 | 4:23 pm

All right – starting off the week with something new here: below is a wrap up of the most recently released mobile marketing stats, presented as a rap (well, at least an attempt at one). Let’s start with the smartphone penetration dent; Nielsen says March 2012 puts the U.S. above 50 percent. So what’s that mean for the OS mix? Well, Android is at 49, iOS at 32 and RIM’s measures 11.6. As for the ethnicity contrast/compare, APAC is at 67, Hispanics 57, Blacks 54 and whites a 45% share. So guess who’s tops when it comes to browser and apps combined – it’s Google Sites,…
April Art of the Call to Action Buzz Awards

kane

3 May 2012 | 6:46 pm

Another month, another great opportunity to check in on the Art of the Call To Action buzz awards (For those out of the loop check out this link). The April top 5 according to buzz: American Airlines direct mail QR code MTA New York City text times Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport bathroom notifier Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ATM and guest services John Deere online mobile and email sign up form In addition, wanted to do something different than previous months. The ArtOfTheCTA site, now boasting close to 300 calls to action is jam packed with tons of content, from funny…
How To Make An Excellent SMS Call To Action Webinar Posted

kane

2 May 2012 | 2:14 pm

Have you ever wondered how to create the perfect SMS marketing call to action? Our presentation on How To Make an Excellent SMS Call To Action covers pretty much everything you need to know – from compliance, to incentives, design and metadata collection for ROI. You can view the recorded webinar on the Waterfall Vimeo archive or download the webinar slides from Slideshare. Stay tuned for two more webinars from Waterfall Mobile in the coming weeks. Our own Kane Russell will be presenting May 16 along with Angel on 5 Strategies For Effectively Integrating SMS, IVR and Social, and Matt…
What is Mobile DNA?

kane

1 May 2012 | 6:23 am

Today, wanted to extrapolate further on an interesting conversation I had with one of my colleagues about the subject of mobile evolution. We were talking about mobile and the Instagram acquisition, trying to put some meaning behind the concept of “mobile DNA.” Here’s my opinion: mobile DNA is is the connection between mobile data points, which companies can use to be more profitable and hedge against supplier risk. To give people some context, Zuckerberg and his CFOs did not buy Instagram the photo-sharing app for $1 billion. They bought Instagram the mobile DNA for $1 billion. Wait,…

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Walkthrough of the Available SmartPhone Operating Systems – Their Advantages and Disadvantages

Deepak Jain

12 May 2012 | 1:29 pm

If you are looking to upgrade-to or purchase a new smartphone, you must be already aware of the fact that there is plethora of smartphones available in the market with a couple of new ones adding up to the list everyday. On top of it, there are multiple number of mobile operating systems to choose from, that adds up to the chaos and confusion of a smartphone buyer. Whether you should go for the Google’s discovery – Android, and enjoy seamless multimedia on your phone; hook up with a blackberry to satisfy your need to flawlessly stay connected 24×7; or indulge yourself with…
Dear Readers We are Back

Deepak Jain

10 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

Dear Readers, Its been almost 5 months since we published our last post here at Mobile Gyaan and our team members are well aware about your concerns regarding the inactive state of the blog. But be assured that we still have the same love for mobile phones, the blog and most importantly, you readers. It’s just that, because of some personal problems and unavoidable circumstances, we could not keep you updated with ‘Mobile Gyaan’. Moreover, our editor – Kartik got busy with some personal commitments too. But we are now back and have lined up several posts and surprises for you readers,…
How many Life’s does a Mobile Phone have?

Kartik

23 Dec 2011 | 8:02 am

Note: This is a guest post by Srikanth of Priceshred.com, an online marketplace to sell and buy used mobiles. Are you are aware of the fact that a cat has nine lives? No, ain’t getting into a discussion if that’s a superstition or not, but that was the first thing that came to my mind when I learnt that even a mobile phone has nine lives i.e nine parts, each of which have different life-cycles. So, in short nine lives here too. The nine important and basic parts of a cell phone can be listed as below: 1.Circuit board 2.The LCD 3.Battery 4.Antenna 5.Keypad 6.Microphone 7.Speaker 8.The…
Benefits of Blackberry Services and Blackberry Phones in India

Deepak Jain

17 Nov 2011 | 4:37 am

About Blackberry: Of late it has been noticed that Blackberry smart-phones and Blackberry mobile operating system have taken momentum in the market, owing to a large chunk of mobile operating systems’ pie. In fact, as per reports of surveys by several organizations, Blackberry is the third most loved mobile operating system after Android and iOS. Well, this Blackberry’s growth phenomenon is not just limited to Canada – the country of its origin or in the United States. Even in India, more than 80% of elite Indian businessmen, bollywood celebs, cricketers and politicians are found…
Top Android Phones between Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000

Kartik

21 Oct 2011 | 8:22 am

In recent times, Google Android OS based phones are growing rapidly and majority of all handset manufacturers are basing their devices on this. Due to this emerging market trend, we have decided to reduce your confusion when it comes to purchasing these smartphones. In this article, we have included the top android phones in the price band of Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000. In this budget, you get handsets with at least android 2.2(froyo), a decent processor and standard features such as Wi-Fi and 3G. Here is a list of what we consider as currently the top android phones in this price range: HTC…

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eBuddy XMS updated for Windows Phone and BlackBerry with Group Chat feature

16 May 2012 | 3:45 am

eBuddy XMS, the app which lets you send unlimited SMS with a twist to other XMS users has been updated to version 2.0 for all BlackBerry and Windows Phone smartphone, bringing in the popular Group Chat feature to these devices. Now with the Group Chat feature XMS users can add upto 30 friends in to a single group conversation and have a great time chatting with them, that too for free. [ Visit http://mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
BSNL 'Bandhu' Promo plan in Kolkata offers free calls for 30 mins/day

16 May 2012 | 3:22 am

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a new promotional Scheme called ‘Bandhu’ for all its users in Kolkata Telecom Circle. With this promotional scheme BSNL Mobile users will be able to make maximum free calls of about of 30 minutes per day from each 'Bandhu' Mobile number to another. [ Visit http://mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Uninor adds the 2nd largest subscriber base since launch in Bihar and Jharkhand

16 May 2012 | 1:50 am

Uninor has managed the 2nd highest subscriber additions in Bihar & Jharkhand circle since its launch in 2010. About 4.7 million (47 lac) subscribers have opted for Uninor over the past 2 years in the two states. With these numbers, the Telenor Group hopes to continue its operations India if the auction policy by the Government allows new operators to win back licenses and spectrum. The company is under pressure due to the recent TRAI recommendations on spectrum auctions, but hopes the... [ Visit http://mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Axis Bank joins Airtel to offer financial services on your mobile phones

16 May 2012 | 1:30 am

Airtel’s mCommerce Services Limited has tied up with Axis Bank for extending banking and payment services to Indian subscribers via the mobile platform. The partnership is basically to focus on providing customers with banking and financial services on their mobile phones. Thanks to this partnership, a new no-frills savings account of Axis Bank will be opened for customers on the Airtel Money platform called ‘airtel money Super Account powered by Axis Bank’ offering customers banking... [ Visit http://mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Google talking to various handset makers to launch a portfolio Nexus devices

16 May 2012 | 1:12 am

We all know that Google tends to launch a Nexus device when it announces the iteration of its new Android version. For this it usually talks to a handset manufacturer and gives it strict specifications and so on. Today we have some exciting news Android lovers and especially the ones who love the Nexus smartphones. According to WSJ, Google is in talks with about five OEMs to create a portfolio of Nexus device including smartphones and tablets. [ Visit http://mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]

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Nuance now processing 2 billion mobile voice commands annually, even without Apple’s Siri

Matt Brian

16 May 2012 | 2:54 am

Nuance’s voice technology is now helping to process over 2 billion voice commands each year on mobile phones, even without factoring in the increased usage of Apple’s Siri technology, the company has confirmed. Peter Mahoney, Nuance’s Chief Marketing Officer, spoke with The Telegraph, detailing how the company’s voice and keyboard solutions are embedded on 6 billion devices worldwide, adding that Apple’s Siri feature was “driving a real, unprecedented renaissance in interest around voice”. With voice-interaction still in its infancy, Nuance’s figures…
China Mobile chief reveals ongoing talks with Apple over the iPhone

Jon Russell

16 May 2012 | 1:03 am

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telecoms carrier with 650 million subscribers, has confirmed that it is engaged in discussions with Apple to carry the iPhone, but it isn’t likely to be the iPhone 4S. Past negotiations are believed to have come unstuck around the operator’s desire for a share of App Store profits, while the incompatibility of China Mobile’s 3G (TD-SCDMA) network and the Apple device has complicated the matter too, but China Mobile is buoyant that a deal can be struck. Reuters reports that new China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua made the disclosure…
Japan’s DoCoMo unveils cloud services, including a translator and 5GB of storage

Jon Russell

15 May 2012 | 10:38 pm

Japan’s leading operator DoCoMo has announced a series of cloud based services that will soon launch under its new ‘docomo cloud’ initiative, that seeks to tap into the country’s growing smartphone market. DoCoMo has been working on language translation technology for some time and, on June 1, it will introduce a Mail-Hon’yaku-Concier service that helps non-Japanese readers. The application will translate SMS, email and social network messages between Japanese and English, Chinese and Korea using cloud-based technology, the company says. Focusing on storage, the…
HTC Desire C unveiled featuring 3.5-inch display, Beats audio, 5-megapixel camera and NFC support

Matt Brian

15 May 2012 | 7:19 am

Having already made the rounds under the guise of HTC Golf and Wildfire C, HTC has today confirmed the launch of the Desire C, a budget Android smartphone that features Beats audio, Ice Cream Sandwich and NFC support. The 3.5-inch smartphone is powered by a 600MHz Snapdragon S1 processor and boasts an HVGA display, Bluetooth 4.0, 5-megapixel camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage and a 1230 mAh battery. As with HTC’s One range of Android devices, the Desire C will provide owners with 25GB of free Dropbox storage and the HTC’s Sense UI, although it is not known whether it…
Smartphone ownership passes 50% in Korea, as authorities salute the productivity benefits

Jon Russell

15 May 2012 | 5:24 am

Despite a late start, smartphones have now passed 50 percent penetration among South Korea’s mobile phone owners, according to new data released by the Korea Communications Commission, which praised the associated benefits. The comission’s findings revealed the industry-wide statistics, which are reported by The Chosunilbo: According to the three mobile service providers KT, SK Telecom and LG Uplus on Monday, the number of smartphone users stands at 26.72 million, 50.8 percent of all 52.55 million mobile subscribers. The progress is particularly impressive considering that the…

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Firefox for Android beta with native Android UI now available

15 May 2012 | 1:34 pm

The latest Firefox for Android beta has an all-new, redesigned look that blends in better with the Android UIMozilla on Tuesday finally updated Firefox for Android beta with a UI and code that have been in development since late last year. The new beta app adds an all-new, redesigned look that blends in better with the native Android UI. Firefox, the highly popular third-party browser, has been available for some time on Android. The new UI in the beta is ICS-themed and falls in line with Chrome for Android. It's a great looking app and very smooth. The previous version was slow,…
Samsung lists T-Mobile USA devices due to receive Android 4.0 ICS

15 May 2012 | 12:45 pm

Samsung has released a list of T-Mobile smartphones and tablets it plans to upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS Samsung on Tuesday finally posted a list of T-Mobile USA Android smartphones and tablets that it plans to update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The list was posted late Monday night on Samsung's support forums. Google's new OS, which was first seen in the U.S. on Google's own Galaxy Nexus, is scheduled to be made available on the following Samsung smartphones and tablets: the T-Mobile Galaxy S II, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung…
HTC officially outs Desire C

15 May 2012 | 9:31 am

The HTC Desire C has been officially revealed, now rebranded to budget deviceTaiwanese manufacturer HTC has unveiled the latest smartphone to grace its production lines: the Desire C, and rather than staying at the top of the company's smartphone hierarchy, the Desire brand has been tweaked to fill the budget slot. The Desire C will offer users a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 600MHz single-core processor and 4GB of internal storage, as well as a 5-megapixel primary camera. The device will come equipped with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and will also feature HTC's superb Sense UI overlay (version…
Apple decreases current iPhone production; will likely increase supply for new iPad

15 May 2012 | 8:53 am

Is Apple preparing for the release of it's next-generation iPhone?All signs point to Apple prepping for its next-generation iPhone, expected to hit the market sometime this fall. Cnet reports on Sterne Agee's prediction that the Cupertino-based company is decreasing the production of its current handsets, possibly by as much as 25 percent from one quarter to the next. And why would Apple make such a move unless it was making room for something bigger and better, right? Slowing production of its current iPhones would give Apple's suppliers more time to pave the way for the next model. If…
Google Chrome for iPhone and iPad purportedly on its way

15 May 2012 | 8:47 am

Research group says Google Chrome browser for iOS is coming soon, but does it really matter?Google’s Chrome browser, in my opinion, is kind of amazing. Forget, for a moment, the fact that Google tracks my every move and keeps a log of every miniscule activity made when I’m logged in. When I’m not thinking about how unnervingly frustrating that is, I really like Chrome. So I was happy to stumble on this write-up from GigaOm this morning, which says that Chrome for Apple’s iPhone and iPad is coming soon. According to a Tuesday release from Macquarie Equities Research,…

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Cricket to get ZTE Nova 4.0 V8000 this summer

Joe

15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

Remember last week when we learned that Cricket would offer upwards of 10 new devices starting this summer? As it turns out, one of them might be the ZTE Nova 4.0 V8000. It’s not a high-end Android device, featuring a 1GHz processor with a 4-inch screen. But it does have a gig of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, plus the always-present microSD expansion. Plus, ti will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is a big plus. ZTE reps at CTIA 2012 confirmed that it’s headed Cricket’s way, so you can assume it’s part of that new device lineup they promised. There are no…
Voyager Mobile advertises big, but launch delayed

Joe

15 May 2012 | 9:12 am

Yesterday I read something about Voyager Mobile, a new MVNO of the Sprint network. With few MVNO launches every one seems to be something of an event. Yet Voyager seemed to be onto something. They advertised two plans: unlimited talk and text for $19 per month, and unlimited talk, text, and data for $39 per month. Even better, they planned to sell high-end Sprint Android devices, including 4G devices that use WiMax. They had planned to launch this morning at VoyagerMobile.com, and I was excited to see ho they laid everything out. Unfortunately, the launch did not happen, and it’s…
Straight Talk gets Huawei Ascend II at Walmart outlets

Joe

15 May 2012 | 7:32 am

It’s hard to believe that nearly a year ago Cricket launched the Huawei Ascend II. At the time it wasn’t that impressive a handset, clicking in at 600MHz with a 3.5-inch screen while running Android 2.3. According to a recent Howard Forums post, some Walmart stores have started selling the Ascend II for Straight Talk. It’s the same exact phone, of course, just with different branding and service plans. You currently cannot get it at Straight Talk’s website, unfortunately. As of this writing it’s just at Walmart stores. The price tag is said to be $179.99, though,…
AT&T and Leap continue to talk Cricket deal

Joe

14 May 2012 | 10:00 am

Merger and acquisition rumors are nothing new in the prepaid realm. Years ago a month wouldn’t go by where we didn’t hear someone speculating on a MetroPCs-Cricket merger. In the last few years we’ve heard little on that front, though. Instead, we hear about bigger companies trying to acquire these regional carriers. Last week we learned that T-Mobile was talking merger with MetroPCS. A few months ago we heard that AT&T was talking acquisition with Cricket. Late last week Reuters published a report restating AT&T’s interest in Leap Wireless. The talks were…
LG Optimus Elite on presale with Virgin Mobile

Joe

14 May 2012 | 7:30 am

Update: Apparently the pre-order is sold out. That was quick. The handset will go on sale to the general public tomorrow. We’ll have to wait and see if they have any units available, or if they really did sell through them all in the pre-sale. The LG Optimus Elite Android smartphone is now available for preorder from Virgin Mobile. We first learned of the Optimus Elite in March, and then Virgin made the official announcement last month. The Elite is a mid-range Android handset, featuring an 800MHz processor, 3.2-inch screen, and Android 2.3. It’s expected to ship on Tuesday, so…

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Dan Martell: Why this relentless entrepreneur has turned his focus to mobile

14 May 2012 | 11:04 pm

This is an epic episode with Dan Martell, entrepreneur, founder of Flowtown and Clarity, investor in GetAround, Udemy, Foodspotting and others, advisor to HootSuite, LocalMind, Massive Damage and others, proud New Brunswick, Canada native and the definition of hustle. What does it take to build out a string of successful mobile businesses and what does mobile mean to traditional business - that's where we start. Dan has some incredible insight into some of the top mobile companies that are challenging existing incumbents - he either invests in them or advises them. He's also turned…
This Week in Location Based Marketing #77: The Mother's Day Session (aka our divorce episode)

13 May 2012 | 11:36 pm

Welcome to This Week in Location Based Marketing where we rehash the news that matters in the location based marketing world. Welcome to episode #77 of this week in location based marketing. On today's episode we take a global tour from RVs to TataDocomo in India and everywhere in between. We ask what is up with Apple's latest patent - # 20120115512, are we seeing the end of the coupon and what does Converse see as the way to connect with customers? Plus we have our usual plethora of deals, our resource of the week PLUS special guest legendary entrepreneur and Canadian…
How publishers are leading the way in the HTML5 vs Native app debate - with InMobi's Carnet Williams

10 May 2012 | 2:40 pm

There seems to be a shift happening for the first time since the promise of HTML5 landed on the mobile doorstep over 2 years ago. Companies are moving away from native apps and putting their full efforts behind the nascent promise of the latest "build once" language - and you'll be surprised at the companies that are leading the way. Fragmentation in mobile is an understatement these days and we are witnessing the effects of that as companies are trying to figure out the answer the the HTML5 vs. native app question. A number of publishers - including the Financial Times of…
How a mobile game is changing children’s eating habits – with Smash Your Food co-founders Marta and Frederic De Wulf

8 May 2012 | 12:02 am

We've come to realize very quickly that mobile can help change behaviour a number of ways. One of the largest behavioural influences mobile has brought forward is the democratization and gamification of learning - two trends that can only be good for both the industry and for education. One perfect example of this in action is nutrition. At one point a domain for experts, mobile is bringing a broader-than-base-level awareness and understanding of the foods we eat and their impact on our body. Now, with the help of iPad game Smash Your Food, you can help educate children on the perils of…
This Week in Location Based Marketing #76: PunchCard, PayPal Media Network + why QR codes suck

6 May 2012 | 11:34 pm

elcome to This Week in Location Based Marketing where we rehash the news that matters in the location based marketing world. In this episode: Punchcard hits 15m locations but what does that mean? Also, Facebook writes another cheque and acq-hires another team, PayPal puts Where to use and Bravo goes around the world in 80 plates. All this plus our weekly M&A and funding roundup, our resource of the week and special guest Simon Liss, CTO of WeLoveMobile. Enjoy!Episode 76 Recorded: May 6, 2012 Hosts: Rob Woodbridge & Asif KhanShow highlights: 1. CheetahMail partners with Movable Ink…

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Orange Jordan dominates 55% market share in broadband segment (Jordan)

Editor

16 May 2012 | 3:31 am

Orange Jordan, a subsidiary of Jordan Telecom Group, said that its fixed and wireless broadband Internet represents around 55 percent of the kingdom’s total market share. Orange Jordan’s Chief Executive Sami Smeirat told Dow Jones Newswires that they have around 400,000 subscribers in both the wire and wireless broadband. As per the report, Smeirat said [...]
Baidu launches its first low-cost smartphone (China)

Editor

16 May 2012 | 2:41 am

Chinese internet giant Baidu, has announced the launch of its first smartphone. Built by Foxconn, the low-cost Changhong H5018 is powered by Baidu’s own mobile operating system, Cloud, as reported by BBC. The phone will be the first mobile device to run on Baidu’s Cloud Smart terminal platform and will come with 100GB of cloud [...]
KT urges government to end OTT free riding (Korea)

Editor

16 May 2012 | 2:05 am

KT Chief Executive Lee Suk-chae has urged the government and the nation’s leading technology companies LG and Samsung Electronics to pay for using its networks, according to a report by Korea Times. As per the report, Lee in a technology forum held at the COEX Convention Center, southern Seoul, that Korea needs a new paradigm. [...]
50.4% US customers use smartphones; Android accounts for 48.5% (USA)

Editor

16 May 2012 | 1:26 am

According to a recent report by Nielsen, in March 2012 smartphones as many as by 50.4 percent of consumers in US were using smartphones over basic devices, with Android maintaining its dominant position, accounting for 48.5 percent of all smartphone handsets. Apple follows at 32 percent remaining the single-biggest smartphone handset brand. However, the smartphone [...]
Virgin Atlantic offers in-flight calls between London and New York (UK)

Editor

16 May 2012 | 12:12 am

Virgin Atlantic will be soon be offering its flyers another first as the airline announces plans to be the first British airline to provide passengers with a service to make and receive phone calls in the air at 35,000ft. The announcement comes as Virgin Atlantic officially unveils its new aircraft – the Airbus A330-300, which [...]

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When to Go Broadband

23 Apr 2012 | 7:20 pm

Was there ever a time when you thought of compromising a service just because of its price? Like thinking of buying a cheaper product because you thought that it can provide the same warranty as the expensive one?
Going It Alone vs Investors in Mobile Development

9 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm

I just wanted to take a brief moment to talk about startups, entrepreneurship and lifestyle. As I've been working on my mobile app to help the bullying problem, the common wisdom is that I should get investors and build a company.
How I'm Learning Mobile App Development

5 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am

Nothing beats learning something new to put yourself in the shoes of a beginner. When you do this you realize how hard it is to find the information you're looking for. I am doing what I call 'Task Driven Learning'
Programming Creatively

3 Jan 2012 | 4:20 am

They say being lazy is a good thing for programmers. This laziness will cause you to avoid reinventing the wheel by finding an existing solution out there.
Kevin Benedict's Video Comments: Mobile Enterprise Strategies

24 Oct 2011 | 9:10 am

I am reporting all of this week from the Field Mobility Summit 2011 in Sydney, Australia where I am speaking, and teaching a workshop on implementing enterprise mobility. I recorded this episode of Video Comments mostly from Lavender Bay Park in North Sydney. In it, I share results from the Enterprise Mobility Survey 2011 and its relevance to mobile strategies.

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Our Daily App Giveaway – PhotoTropedelic

Joanne Carter

16 May 2012 | 3:56 am

Welcome once again to our Daily App Giveaway section of theappwhisperer. We value you all so much we want to share our love of apps with you. That’s why we have created this section as each day we will be giving away free apps. Today we have PhotoTropedelic apps to giveaway, each worth $1.99/£1.49. We recently mentioned this app in Our Day In the Life Series with James Clarke, if you missed that you can read it here. PhotoTropedelic uses advanced image processing techniques to analyze your ordinary photographs — translate the colors, textures, and lighting — and…
iOS – Picfx – Updated

Joanne Carter

16 May 2012 | 3:44 am

With over 100 effects, textures and frames Picfx is your go to square format photography app. Layer as many effects as you like using the "Add another" function before sharing to your favorite social network or save to your camera roll.   This app has just been updated and you can check out What’s New below. This is a free update, if you have previously purchased this app, if not you can pick it up here. It retails for $1.99/£1.49/download. What’s New? Updated graphics and icon.  Added 22 new effects.   **NEW EFFECTS added to these sets**  …
iOS – Ultimate Photo Editor – Temporarily Free

Joanne Carter

16 May 2012 | 3:26 am

Ulitmate Photo Editor is an interesting photo app and one that has received good reviews on the app store. Usually this app retails for $0.99/£0.69 but today it’s free. Just click here to download. Features Enhance – improve any photo in one click with Magical Auto Enhance filter.   Tools for lighting – Brightness, Saturation and Contrast.   Tools for adjustments – Orientation, Crop and Sharpness.   Tools for cosmetics. – Red-Eye, Whiten and Blemish.   Tools for fun. -Stickers, Drawing, Text and Meme (beta).   Effects  –…
iOS – Photo Power – Updated And Temporarily Free

Joanne Carter

16 May 2012 | 3:14 am

Photo Power is a powerful photo processing too with a good array of features, it’s just been updated, you can check out What’s New below to see the new additions. It usually retails for $2.99/£1.99 but today it’s free. You can download it here. What’s New?  # Multi-core processors acceleration (For iphone 4s+)  # New feature: Auto Contrast  # New LOMO: Smart BW  # New share: Flickr  # Improved UI  # Improved performance  # Improved Gradient Overlay algorithms  # Fixed some bugs # Modify some options in Settings  # Automatically adjust…
iPhone Photography Tutorial – How To Create Awesome Abstract Art With iPhone Photography

James Clarke

15 May 2012 | 5:30 am

Our new mobile photography tutorial section is in full swing and we’ve received much acclaim from the mobile photography community, thanks to all. If you’ve missed our previous tutorials you can read them here. My A Day In The Life article was published by Joanne yesterday and if you missed that you can read it here. I wanted to create a tutorial on this image that I have titled ‘A Boy With His Head in the Clouds #2′. It has proven to be a very popular image. It was featured in the LACDA show on April 12, in downtown LA at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, as organised…

My Santa Talk
Meeting my new friend: The Tooth Fairy App

admin

15 May 2012 | 6:24 pm

Over at contentAI studios they’ve been tinkering about with a new mobile app: MY TOOTH FAIRY CHAT Like MY SANTA TALK, it’s an interactive narrative adventure with a magical being. The ANDROID version is in early release on GOOGLE PLAY. Links to the Amazon and Kindle stores will be updated; as well as AppUP. Enjoy chatting.
The Children’s App Manifesto

admin

15 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am

contentAI studios, creators of MySantaTalk, were pleased to see and sign onto the: Children’s App Manifesto: http://childrensappmanifesto.net/ We’ve seen too many quickly hacked together children’s apps that may show off a developer’s technology nicely but have not been thought through when it comes to protecting children, particularly children’s privacy (Not to point fingers, but, those “Santa Apps” that acquire someone’s phone number and address without parental controls? ) This is a maturing Industry in it’s nascent stages. The…
Santa and his 2011 Chat – THANK YOU EVERYONE !

admin

20 Dec 2011 | 10:21 am

Preparing the revised MY SANTA TALK for 2011 took a little longer than anticipated — The new User Interface and delivery system came together in November and early December, then we timed the release to coincide with INTEL’s AppUp store featuring MY SANTA TALK last week. The results have been remarkable. High volumes of concurrent users. But, mainly very high numbers with regard to sessions running 30, 40, 50+ steps in duration (many running from 7-12 minutes)…and, while anonymous (we really don’t know who is using the app, other than by Country and device), we…
11 Days Before X-Mas. . .We’re In Amazon’s App Store…

admin

14 Dec 2011 | 4:46 pm

Cutting it a bit close this year, but, our MySantaTalk Android app (thanks @appsgeyser) passed validation and made it into Amazon’s App Store: http://www.amazon.com/contentAI-studios-My-Santa-Talk/dp/B006M5F2YG/ Passing validation for Kindle is a second step…not sure we’ll make it this year??? So, get your chat with Santa on…almost anywhere!
INTEL’s AppUP Team are all on the SUPER NICE List!

admin

13 Dec 2011 | 9:03 pm

Thanks AppUP for featuring the MySantaTalk app this week (good timing!)…. INTEL’S appUP (Windows 32 & 64)** http://www.appup.com/applications/applications-My+Santa+Talk * A Featured App-of-the-Week on 12 December 2011

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How to protect your smartphone and win a $400 Amazon gift card

Nick Marshall

10 May 2012 | 12:05 pm

If you’re like me you’ve got an army of gadgets — a few desktops, laptops, a smartphone and a tablet. The problem with owning so many devices is that the internet is becoming a cesspool for viruses and malware. A big part of why I love using Android is its openness, but unfortunately that comes at a price. Back in early 2011, a piece of Android malware named DroidDream managed to infect at least 50 applications and between 50,000 and 200,000 installations. Once infected, the software would root your device and send personal information to a remote server including…
AT&T HTC One X Review

Nick Marshall

9 May 2012 | 4:39 pm

The future of Android smartphones has arrived. The AT&T HTC One X quickly became of the most anticipated handsets of 2012 thanks to an incredible 4.7-inch Super LCD 720p display, 1.5 GHz dual-core S4 processor and the fastest 8-megapixel camera to date. I’ve had the past three weeks to get up close and personal with the One X and today it’s time to render a verdict. Let’s find out whether or not the AT&T One X should be your next smartphone. Build Quality: Materials, Dimensions, Weight The AT&T HTC One X is available in two colors: white and gray. Right off the…
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Review

Nick Marshall

8 May 2012 | 11:53 am

The Samsung Skyrocket is AT&T’s variant of the Galaxy S II with a few twists: a larger display, larger battery, 4G LTE support and faster processor. There’s a reason Samsung has managed to sell more than 20M Galaxy S IIs worldwide; the phone is superb in both performance and software. With AT&T’s latest addition, the HTC One X, now widely available, let’s see how the Galaxy S II Skyrocket stacks up to the competition. Build Quality: Materials, Dimensions, Weight The Galaxy S II Skyrocket (SGH-i727) measures 5.15 x 2.75 x 0.37 inches and weighs 4.65 ounces. For…
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Review

Nick Marshall

7 May 2012 | 12:40 pm

The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, available exclusively on T-Mobile, is a mix of the classic Galaxy S and more recent Galaxy S II. As a proponent of 4-inch smartphones, the 3.97-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display fell right into my wheel house and I was immediately drawn to the ease of one-handed use. Samsung outfitted the Blaze 4G with a superb 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor; a faster chip than it used in many versions of its beloved Galaxy S II. Let’s find out whether the Blaze 4G lives up to its name. Build Quality: Materials, Dimensions, Weight The Blaze 4G (SGH-T769) measures…
Galaxy S III official specs, photo gallery, details

Nick Marshall

3 May 2012 | 1:22 pm

The Samsung Galaxy S III is now official. Packed with a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display (1280×720), Exynos 4 Quad processor, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera and a whopping 2100 mAh battery. Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) is standard, along with HSPA+ 21 Mbps support (850/900/1900/2100 MHz). 4G support will also be added depending on the market. Here’s the complete spec sheet: Network 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz 3G (HSPA? 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz 4G (Dependent on market) Display 4.8 inch HD…

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Tablet users will help shape the future mobile app market

markus_pohl

3 May 2012 | 5:04 am

Guest post from research2guidance. Between 2010 and 2011 the global installed base of app consumers increased by 104%. While the installed base of smartphones increased by nearly 274 million, tablets were the fastest growing segment. The number of new tablet app consumers increased by 58 million. As a result, tablet owners now constitute 8.6% of the installed app consumer base. Global installed app user base +58 million in 2011 Based on Q2 projections for tablet shipments in 2012, the installed base of tablet users is set to increase more than 150% by 2013. As tablet users become a larger…
With MBA 2.0 INTERSOG Introduces Us to Its Next Generation of Mobile Business Learning Apps

max_rabinovitch

14 Mar 2012 | 2:09 pm

Long heralded as one of the mobile industry’s leading educational pioneers, Chicago based mobile app developer INTERSOG brought what is arguably the industry’s most complete professionally minded learning experience to consumers with the introduction of their esteemed Mobile Learning App franchise. Never ones to sit still and ride on their laurels though, the developer has committed itself to continually expanding, improving, and in essence reinventing its educational product lines so that they may reach more and more eager students of business on a budget. With this in mind, INTERSOG was…
The Rise in Demand for Enterprise Mobility (and IT is Listening)

faraz_syed

12 Mar 2012 | 6:47 pm

It is estimated that by 2017, the global enterprise mobility market will be nearly $174 billion, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts. New, more powerful mobile devices – namely tablets and smartphones – and mobile business apps on them are, and will continue to, help drive this trend. According to Gartner’s January 2011 worldwide IT spending forecast, global IT spending in enterprise software and apps has grown to $253 billion in Q4 2010 from $228 billion in Q4 2008, with a low point of $224 billion in Q4 2009. This represents a 7.5% growth over the 4-year stretch. This…
Cherry Media Partners with AdultAppMart to offer Cherry’s award-winning content to app developers

julia_dimambro

7 Mar 2012 | 9:42 am

Cherry Media S.L. (Cherrysauce), the industry leader for mobile erotic entertainment has partnered with AdultAppMart to offer adult consumer insight and its award-winning portfolio of specially edited mobile content to AdultAppMart’s Developers. This partnership is the next step in Cherry’s expansion into the application market and offers developers a more ‘consumer-focused’ portfolio of content to integrate into their app concepts. A special section has been added to the AdultAppMart’s developer area offering a range of content services from VOD movies to bespoke production…
With MBA 2.0 INTERSOG Introduces Us to Its Next Generation of Mobile Business Learning Apps

artyom_diogtev

2 Mar 2012 | 4:34 am

Long heralded as one of the mobile industry’s leading educational pioneers, Chicago based mobile app developer INTERSOG brought what is arguably the industry’s most complete professionally minded learning experience to consumers with the introduction of their esteemed Mobile Learning App franchise. Never ones to sit still and ride on their laurels though, the developer has committed itself to continually expanding, improving, and in essence reinventing its educational product lines so that they may reach more and more eager students of business on a budget. With this in mind, INTERSOG was…

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EU opens public consultation on reducing the cost of broadband deployments

evos

1 May 2012 | 12:46 pm

High-speed Internet underpins all sectors of the economy and will be the backbone of the Digital Single Market. For every 10% increase in the broadband penetration the economy grows by 1 to 1.5%. In this context the European Commission is seeking views on how to cut the costs of setting up new networks for high speed internet in the EU. In particular, the Commission wants to explore how to reduce the costs associated with civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay down fibre, and which can account for as much as 80% of the total cost. The Commission believes it could cut the…
Android – the new growth platform for mobile advertising

jcoops

8 Feb 2012 | 5:38 pm

As android becomes the dominant mobile smartphone operating system it is also becoming the dominant platform for mobile advertising. This was the aim of android from the start – create a channel for Google’s advertising on mobile. There are a number of reasons why android is becoming the key platform for mobile ads, above and beyond the iphone: android users are not paying for apps in the same way as iphone users – as a result, ad-funded apps are the dominant business model on android rather than paid-for apps the android system is creating new types of advertising…
Mobile advertising predictions for 2012

jcoops

9 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm

Happy New Year. It’s set to be an exciting one for the world of mobile and mobile advertising in particular. So here’s 7 predictions for the year ahead: 1. Mobile ads go rich media – whereas 2011 was all about mobile banner ads and mobile search taking off, 2012 will see mobile ads become increasing rich using video, interactives and other engaging techniques to grab attention 2. HTML 5 – this is the underlying technology driving the emergence of rich media ads. It’s also increasingly going to be the glue that allows new types of mobile services to be…
Cassandra Stand at MAX 2011

lrisuleo

30 Sep 2011 | 5:43 pm

This year I will have the honor and pleasure to represent Small Screen Design at MAX 2011 in Los Angeles and showcase our Cassandra Stand application. This will be my first MAX, so if you’ll be there too and if you like, just stop by and say Hi! Originally Posted on Leonardo Risuleo.
Cassandra Stand at MAX 2011

lrisuleo

26 Sep 2011 | 5:36 am

This year I will have the honor and pleasure to represent Small Screen Design at MAX 2011 in Los Angeles and showcase our Cassandra Stand application. This will be my first MAX, so if you’ll be there too and if you like, just stop by and say Hi! Read Original Post

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Startup Funding Roundup: These 8 Tech Startups Scored Over $73 Million This Week

Thomas Oppong

12 May 2012 | 3:47 pm

Another funding week is over, and these 8 startups have secured funding. Funding is a lengthy process but if you do not give up, your startup will be the next one tto raise funds in the near future to take your product to the next level, expand your network and partners and grow your business. But you do not necessarily need funding to succeed. Look into bootstrapping, you could take your business up the success ladder without venture funding. Friends and family are good alternatives to funding as well. These 8 startups are in focus this week. 1. San Francisco-based RichRelevance,…
Turntable.fm Is Now Available For Your Android

Thomas Oppong

11 May 2012 | 5:32 pm

Turntable.fm, a social media website that allows users to interactively share music has launched its service for Android smartphone users today. Turntable connects you and your friends in a real time music listening experience. Play music together for free on the internet or your iPhone. Turntable.fm until today was available online and for the iPhone. The Turntable.fm Android app has similar features like the iPhone app. Turntable.fm lets you play music together with your friends and other people online. Each DJ takes a turn playing a song and the entire virtual room hears the song. You can…
DEMO Launches DEMO Africa, To Be In Kenya

Thomas Oppong

10 May 2012 | 11:23 am

DEMO, a technology conference for launching innovative companies in enterprise, mobile, cloud computing, consumer, social media and disruptive technologies today announced the launch of DEMO Africa. The conference scheduled for October 24-26, 2012 will be held at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. DEMO focuses on showcasing new products from both entrepreneurs and established companies. DEMO has built a track record of selecting, coaching, promoting and making successful innovative technology companies. Produced by IDG Enterprise in conjunction with VentureBeat, the DEMO…
Startups: 5 Things You Should Never Outsource, And A Few You Should

Guest Author

10 May 2012 | 9:18 am

Whether well funded or on a shoestring budget, financial accountability is the name of the game for all startups, regardless of industry. In streamlining operations, there are some functions that should remain in house, and a few that are best left to experts outside the company – in other words, roles and responsibilities that make good business sense to outsource. Some may be logical, or even obvious, and some may be things seldom considered when outsourcing comes to mind. Let’s start with intrinsic company roles that should always remain internal: Executive leadership. Why…
The World Wide Wait

Thomas Oppong

10 May 2012 | 7:28 am

Have you tried to visit a Web site and waited . . . and waited until after over 30 seconds before something appeared on your screen? Industry experts say that people won’t wait more than 8 or 10 seconds for a site to load. I hope by now, if you own an online business, you have thoroughly tested the speed of your site and how long it takes for it to load. Customer experience begins the moment a user hits enter and waits to see what you have to offer. Remember there are hundreds if not thousands of other options for most internet users. “Slow” should be the last word on a…

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Using Ableton Live + Liine’s Lemur iPad App – Production & Performance Tutorial

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15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

More info – bit.ly In this new video tutorial, Ableton Certified Trainer Martin Delaney explains and demonstrates how to sync Liine’s Lemur controller app for iOS with Ableton Live. Martin starts by explaining the basic setup process; from downloading the app from Liine’s site, creating and connecting the software to an ad hoc network…
Pimple Popper Lite iPhone App Review

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14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

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No Android Apps for BlackBerry Smartphones

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14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

No Android Apps for BlackBerry Smartphones Article by Andy Thomson Vice President of RIM (Research In Motion) firm, Alec Saunders on Friday announced its dropdown plan of introducing sidewise Android Apps set-up for its upcoming PlayBook and Smartphones. The news was declared by VC on social
The Truth About Wicca and Witchcraft Finding Your True Power (Paperback)

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14 May 2012 | 2:00 pm

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14 May 2012 | 2:00 pm

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Near Field Communication (NFC) / Smart mCommerce
Major Italian banks and e-merchants plan to join MyBank pilot

Kenneth G. Mages

16 May 2012 | 3:30 am

EBA CLEARING confirmed today at the EBAday conference in Edinburgh and at the e-Commerce Netcomm Forum in Milan the strong support its MyBank …
Hollywood Reporter showcases Cannes Film Festival content via iPad app

Kenneth G. Mages

16 May 2012 | 3:30 am

The Hollywood Reporter is letting entertainment buffs stay up-to-date on news from the Cannes Film Festival on their tablets.
Nasdaq launches hosted media monitoring system

Kenneth G. Mages

16 May 2012 | 3:16 am

NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions today announced the launch of Media Intelligence, an intuitive SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform providing …
Al Bilad Bank uses Gemalto tech for instant card issuance at branches

Kenneth G. Mages

16 May 2012 | 3:16 am

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Al Bilad Bank, a Shariah-based financial organization, is …
Tums helps consumers fight heartburn via mobile campaign

Kenneth G. Mages

16 May 2012 | 3:15 am

Tums is using mobile advertising to promote its new product and incorporating social media into the mix to help spread the word.

TechCular
HTC Wildfire C – a budget friendly ICS droid is now Official

Priyadarshini

16 May 2012 | 3:20 am

Previously, we have seen a number of leaks regarding HTC Desire C which was also rumored as Golf and Wildfire C but now it is official. This Smartphone merely resembles the HTC Explorer but in fact it is a type of a One series Smartphone. The Desire C carries the assorted features like Android 4.0 [...]
HTC One XL Sim-Free Smartphone now available in Australia

Priyadarshini

16 May 2012 | 1:42 am

HTC One XL Smartphone is now available in Australia being SIM-free and unlocked. At present the Oz residents can only purchase the device in a black version having a price tag of AU$850 which is about €660. This handset will work on every GSM carrier in Australia and even on Telstra’s LTE network. One of [...]
Toshiba Introduced Regza AT500 nVidia Tegra 3-powered Tablet

Priyadarshini

16 May 2012 | 12:01 am

Toshiba, one of the Japanese multinational electronics companies is all set to begin shipping its newest Android tablet named as the Toshiba Regza AT500. The company has disclosed that it’ll begin shipping the device starting from May 26th, 2012 in Japan. The device is equipped with a lot of developed specifications which includes nVidia Tegra [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Notebook with Dolby Home Theater v4

Priyadarshini

15 May 2012 | 3:19 am

Lenovo has unveiled a ThinkPad series Notebook which is known as Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. It is in fact a superb device which is formed with the gathering of the certain hilarious specs. As for that it is offered with the Next generation multimedia that too with Dolby Home Theater V4, HDMI and a low [...]
HP Envy SpectreXT introduced a 13.3-inch Ultrabook

Priyadarshini

15 May 2012 | 2:05 am

HP has come out with another Envy Ultrabook named as the HP Envy SpectreXT which is a 13.3-inch ultrabook. This laptop comes equipped with many of the developed specifications like third generation Intel Core family processor, embedded with a 128GB Solid State Drive, offers Ethernet, USB 3.0, HDMI and Wi-Fi connectivity and lots more. The [...]

Windows Phone Sauce
Hit tower defense game, geoDefense Gets an Update

dbG33K

14 May 2012 | 8:24 pm

Windows Phone’s hit tower defense game, geoDefense is now receiving its version 1.4 update! This update brings a brand new LiveTile functionality to the app. When placed on the Start Screen, the LiveTile can display how many “checkmarks” and how many “stars” have been earned! For those who haven’t played geoDefense, it’s a fantastic game where you set up defenses against enemies that attempt to reach the end of the path. Upgrade your defenses using the points earned from defeating the enemies! Each level has a set amount of “lives” and if…
Wp7 Game Review: Grow

sushovande

11 May 2012 | 7:05 pm

Grow is an innovative arcade game in the Windows Phone marketplace where you have to make your fish feed on smaller fish to grow up. Conceptually, it is similar to Katamari Damacy, but the execution and visual styles are quite different. At WpSauce, we are big fans of indie games, especially ones that innovate in concept and gameplay, so we recommend you check this game out! In Grow, you play a small orange fish that starts out in the middle of an aquarium, with plenty of small fish swimming around. The idea is that you have to eat fish that are smaller than you and avoid fish that are…
HP might be joining the Windows Phone gang as well

chassit

10 May 2012 | 10:09 pm

Keen guys at WPDang noticed something interesting at HP’s Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai. In general, HP didn’t say anything particular about its mobile strategy, except for giving a little bit regular blah blah on Windows 8 tablets. But in the Q&A section, Todd Bradley at HP said: “Aside from Windows 8 tablets, HP is planning to address further needs of the consumers, and release more consumer-oriented products in cooperation with Microsoft.” Now what does this mean? “Consumer-oriented” eliminates the possibility of server products. Zune is dead.
ZTE Tania coming to China by July 2012

chassit

9 May 2012 | 11:14 pm

It was a bit weird that ZTE Tania wasn’t intended for the Chinese market the first place. After all it’s made by a Chinese brand, with lower specification that seems more like a fit for the “emerging markets”. But now according to WPDang, who has been tracking ZTE for some time, the prodigal is coming home after what looks like lackluster sales in Europe. Tania will come to Chinese consumers in July, esclusively in WCDMA flavor. The device will be rebranded “ZTE V960W”. Interestingly, ZTE has an existing device V960, which is and Android phone featuring…
Nokia’s Blown Away by Lumia events in India

Akshay Bakshi

9 May 2012 | 12:30 pm

Remember the Smoked by Windows Phone challenge by Microsoft? Of course you do. Well, Nokia is doing something similar in India with it’s Blown Away by Lumia events. Conducted in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, the contestants were asked to do simple tasks, just like in Microsoft’s challenge. The contestants get a 1000 rupees (roughly $20 ) if they win. The competition was held under Nielsen’s observation, type and time of challenges were recorded by them as well. You can see the action below:

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Two Tips for Developing a Creative QR Code Campaign

15 May 2012 | 2:39 pm

QR Codes are a great way to personally connect to your customers. However, with the growth of companies using QR Codes in their marketing materials and campaigns how do you stand out from your competition? Well, today I have two examples that will hopefully get your creative juices flowing on how to develop a creative and engaging QR Code campaign. First off, the physical QR Code that your customers will scan with their smartphone is not limited to being printed on a piece of paper. A QR Code can be created from just about anything that can live in our three-dimensional world. Box’s…
Emart's Creative QR Code Campaign

8 May 2012 | 5:42 pm

Emart just recently launched a very creative QR Code campaign to increase sales during lunch hours (12pm to 1pm). To kick off "The Sunny Sales" campaign, Emart placed QR Codes all over the city of Seoul. This might not seem very creative compared to other QR Code campaigns but Emart included two key elements making their campaign stand out from the rest. The QR Codes that Emart Placed where very visible and had a clear call to action. In addition, the QR Codes were creatively designed so they could only be scanned when the sunlight hit them between the hours of 12pm and 1pm. How…
Timberland and Microsoft Tag

3 May 2012 | 12:18 pm

When you think quality 2dbarcode marketing a brand commonly associated with rugged boots might not be your first thought however, Timberland is doing just that. Timberland has been using Microsoft Tag and QR codes for quite some time now and they’re doing a great job executing their campaigns. What make them different? Personally I think it’s their approach. “The goal of the QR code is to drive consumer engagement but also deliver a utility,” said Brian McGovern, senior manager of North America marketing at Timberland, Stratham, NH. Instead of implementing 2dbarcodes into their…
NFC Goldberg Machine

1 May 2012 | 12:55 pm

Timo a director, designer, researcher or as one could say a jack of all trades, developed an interesting project called Nearness. Timo was focusing on proximity, one of the essential properties of Near Field Communication (NFC). Instead of where most devices require touch interaction that so many of us are accustomed to, NFC requires only proximity. To demonstrate this Timo created a Goldberg machine where touch was limited to couple of instances.
Know your demographic

27 Apr 2012 | 1:11 pm

Smartphone adoption is greatest between the ages of 25 to 55. Why? The past/current prices of smartphones are significantly higher than feature phones and users between the ages of 25 to 55 have the available disposable income to purchase these pricy gadgets. However, in the near future, research predicts that prices for smartphones will start to decline and smartphone penetration will increase up to 50% with teenagers and adults ages 45 to 64 will see a comparable increase. So, what does this all mean? There’s the obvious, content consumption will grow to match the…

Nokia N97 Blog
Update your cell phone by selling old one

admin

4 May 2012 | 2:57 pm

Buying a new cell phone is not a difficult task. However, the tricky task is to exchange your previous cell phone with the new one on easy terms. But now you don’t need to be much worried about all this, as Internet makes the things so easy. All you need to do is to visit a reliable E-store and post an ad with the subject “Sell my old cell phone” along with the details of your cell phone. There you will get many bids from the people who are interested in buying your cell phone. All the people who are looking for a cell phone which you have they will bid on your ad, and you can simply…
Selecting a right Iphone developer

admin

28 Feb 2012 | 5:04 am

There are number of Smart phone available in the market, but without any doubt Iphone is the best smartphone. It is said to be a best hand held cellular phone, as it allows users to develop variety of applications by their own. Apple is continuously updating the features of Iphone so to grab more market share. Due to its flexible features the users of Iphone are rapidly increasing. The demand for development of Iphone applications is increasing, and people are looking for such companies which can develop the applications according to their needs. Selecting a Developer The primary vital step…
$24.99 is equal to whole month free calls and fax

admin

18 Feb 2012 | 8:26 am

Connectivity, no hidden charges and high quality voice conversion are the basic elements that are essential for phone service. There are many phone service providers, but one have to make sure that whether they are fulfilling the promised services. Ring Central is the best phone service provider that is ensuring the best services. They offer the money back guarantee for the un-satisfied customers. This means that the invested money is secured, if any customer is not satisfied with the services of company. Additionally, Ring Central offers many services that give it a competitive edge over…
What to expect from the mobile17 free ringtone app

admin

18 Feb 2012 | 8:17 am

If you are music fan, then Mobile 17 free ringtone app is worth considering. It is the best app that can facilitate your passion towards music. It offers numerous features that can let you enjoy the new world of music. With this app you do not need to confine your passion, to you. You can share your music files with your friends and other people. This app allows you to upload your modified music file and custom made ringtones. You can also download numerous music files by transferring it in to downloadable size. This app will convert the file and make it of accurate size that fits the memory…
Choosing your Hosting Platform

admin

4 Feb 2012 | 8:59 am

As more and more people shoot up websites for their companies or their personal pleasure, there are ongoing concerns about which web host foundation is the best choice. Most professionals acknowledge that when it comes to selecting between Unix like and Enthusiasm windows for your web web host server application, the ultimate decision really will depend on the choices of the individual. Here are some of the main variations between the two, and what that might mean for your websites. Windows Familiarity. Enthusiasm windows is the product of Enthusiasm, and Enthusiasm has confirmed that it is a…

SmashApp Blog
Games played by game developers: sneak peek into Simogo iPhone

admin

27 Apr 2012 | 5:30 am

The old marketing quote says that people make purchases emotionally and justify logically. So, when we buy an iPhone we tend to say to ourselves that it will help us be more productive, better communicators, etc. when in fact it’s usually those cute little games that made us make the purchase in the first place. But, making an awesome iOS game is not an easy job though. As a part of our Desert Island Apps interview series today we were privileged to speak with Simon from Simogo, creators of several iOS gaming hits, including Beat Sneak Bandit , Bumpy Road and Kosmo Spin. And he also let…
What’s the Next app you should install? Let Jenny Wager, creator of Next! tell you

admin

12 Apr 2012 | 8:09 am

Ok, so what’s next?:) The next interview in the Desert Island apps series is with Jenny Wager, founder of LeftTurn Labs, the creators of Next! - an amazing app which will take your productivity to the next level. And to create such a great productivity app, you really have to love this kind of apps, so it came as no surprise that productivity applications are Jenny’s favorite type of apps. When asked why she simply said: ‘I’m a nerd. :)’ So we wanted to know what was the last app she installed on her iPhone, and were surprised to learn it wasn’t a productivity app at all…
500px founders share the apps they use to have fun, get organized and be more productive

admin

6 Apr 2012 | 7:39 am

If you are a photography enthusiast (as most members of our team are) 500px is probably one of your favourite places on the web. And they also have an amazing 500px iPad app, which is also the SmashApp of the Day. So, today we have a real treat for you – we are continuing our series about the apps loved by CEOs with an interview with Evgeny Tchebotarev and Oleg Gutsol, founders of 500px, in which they let us peek into their iPhones and see the apps they use everyday, games they like to play and their favourite apps which help them stay organized. The first question, as always, was to…
Creators of best apps reveal what apps they can’t live without: Bobby Ghoshal, Founder of Flud

admin

30 Mar 2012 | 6:43 am

You already know that Smashapp is all about featuring the most exclusive content and applications. Now, we decided to go a step further – we decided to ask the people who know mobile and understand mobile which apps they just couldn’t leave without. And share this with you of course. And who’s better to be the first in the series of posts about great developers than Bobby Ghoshal, founder of Flud , that amazing news app we all have installed on our devices. Let’s hear what he had to say: When we asked him what are his favorite apps he chose: Flud, Instagram and Twitter As 10…
10 things you should not do if you want to have success on App Store

smashapp

2 Dec 2011 | 3:38 am

We’ve already talked about what to do to make a great mobile app. Why not change the story this time and talk what to avoid doing. Here are 10 ideas (in no particular order): 1. Don’t ask too many questions If your users have to fill a registration form, try to keep it to the bare minimum. Just look at Tumblr and follow their example. Keep in mind that every question the user has to answer is a new chance for them to give up. 2. Don’t rely on Apple’s feature of your app on App Store as a promotion strategy Getting featured as the App of the Week or Staff Favorite can boost sales…

The Official Lookout Blog
Lookout Around the World: Russian, Korean and Traditional Chinese Now Available

lookout

15 May 2012 | 4:07 pm

Hello, ni hao, 안녕하세요, приве́т!; The Lookout passport is getting pretty full. Our award-winning Android security app is now available on Google Play in Russian, Korean and Traditional Chinese. This is in addition to the previously localized versions of Lookout in German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Simplified Chinese. Users around the world can now keep their mobile device protected in their local language. With today’s additions, Lookout is now available in eleven different languages! Here are a few fun facts to celebrate today’s launch:…
Mobile Spammers: Get To Them Before They Get To You

Kia

11 May 2012 | 3:27 pm

Let’s face it, making phone calls is so ten years ago. Text messaging is the dominant form of mobile communication, and spammers are chomping at the bit to take advantage of that. And when you think about how little the cost of engaging in such malicious activity really is, it’s no wonder U.S. spam texts rose 45 percent last year to 4.5 billion total messages. A prospective spammer needs just a prepaid phone with an unlimited texting plan to wreak SMS havoc on millions of unsuspecting victims, all of which they can do for a minimal $50-$100 fee. With returns that see no bounds,…
Quick Guide: How to Use Plan B to Find Your Lost Phone

lookout

9 May 2012 | 3:43 pm

Many of us have felt the pain of losing our most valuable accessory, have seen a friend panic because they misplaced their phone and it’s on silent, or have heard an announcement over a loud speaker asking if anyone has found a lost phone. If you find yourself in one of these desperate situations, you could be in luck. You can download Plan B, an innovative app that can help you find your phone after it goes missing! While “Plan A” is not losing your phone, (or already having a find my phone app like Lookout), Plan B is your last resort to locating your Android device.
Chief Financial Officer Displays a Sense of Humor with Cameo on Family Guy

patty

9 May 2012 | 11:10 am

No, this is not a headline from The Onion. It’s true! Our CFO, Adriel Lares, was on Family Guy this week. In the episode Lego My Mego, Adriel can be seen in a CFO-appropriate blue suit and red tie. Image included below. And since we started the conversation, here’s more on Adriel. Relevant CFO-type facts: Before Lookout, Adriel was at Hewlett-Packards 3PAR Storage division. He led 3PAR’s IPO back in ’07 and grew its annual run rate to more than $200 million. He began his career as a treasury analyst for the Walt Disney Company. He likes cartoons! Not-as-relevant…
Sprint & Lookout Join Forces with Sprint Guardian

lookout

8 May 2012 | 8:59 am

These days, it seems that kids of all ages are attached at the fingertip to the latest and coolest mobile devices. This isn’t your eyes playing tricks on you. This is Generation Mobile. A recent study[1] found that 38 percent of kids between the ages of 13 and 17 own a smartphone, and more than 75 percent of kids ages 2 to 13 have regular access to a smartphone! Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve teamed up with Sprint on a new family product. Introducing Lookout Family, a new product that will enable Sprint customers to manage their phone security, find a family member’s missing…

Networking Exchange Blog » Mobility
How Mobility is Empowering Workers From Anywhere, Anytime

David Brickhaus

15 May 2012 | 4:36 am

One of the most transformative things about the Internet is the way it enables rapid asynchronous communication. Today you send an email, your colleague reads it and within a minutes or hours you are reading their response. The very nature of the Internet breaks down the barriers of time and location. Of course, we’ve been doing this traditional correspondence for some time, but today, with instant messaging, it happens so quickly that it has become conversational in nature. Now consider evolving tools like Unified Communications (UC) that enable chat, video, file share and…
Fielding 4G LTE Questions at an Elementary School

Sander Biehn

14 May 2012 | 9:35 am

Last week I signed up to talk about my career at my kid’s elementary school. I knew right away I was in trouble when I saw the red fire truck in the parking lot with children gathered around it. Luckily, I had put a new touch phone in my pocket before I left the office so at least I would have something to draw interest. I lit in to my spiel about how the world cannot go round without sales people and the many talents needed to be an effective salesperson. I emphasized math and correct spelling while visions of some of the best sales people I have ever known, who are hopeless at both,…
Is SAP Emerging from its Cocoon?

Michael Atkinson

11 May 2012 | 9:52 am

As I begin getting ready to get ready for this year’s SAP SAPPHIRE event, the biggest SAP-focused event of the year, I can’t help but think of the routine that is almost on auto pilot now: hotel reservations, travel plans, registration, set up, booth schedules. While the masses take the same shuttles over to the same convention center, we all will be wondering about the “surprise” this year. Will it be noteworthy enough to make even the most hardened SAPPHIRE veteran nod his/her head approvingly and say “now THAT is interesting”. Then, I heard it. “We are a database company”.
What is Mobile UC?

Maribel Lopez

10 May 2012 | 9:24 am

Maribel Lopez is the CEO and mobile market strategist for Lopez Research, a market research and strategy consulting firm that specializes in communications technologies with a heavy emphasis on the disruptive nature of mobile technologies. She is also a Principal Analyst and Vice President at Constellation Research Group. AT&T has sponsored the following blog post. Many companies I speak to consider the mobile phone just another access device. The mobile device, unlike the PC, is a device that seamlessly blends voice and data. Nobody wanted Unified Communications (UC) when it meant…
Cross-Carrier, Cross-OS Mobile Solutions From AT&T (No – This Is Not a Typo!)

Abhi Ingle

10 May 2012 | 4:17 am

When it comes to delivering mobile, all established paradigms need to be questioned, and we can start with a common one right here: If you are deploying a mobile solution, the mobile carrier can only provide a solution for you if it’s on their network and will force you to move all of your users to its network. In fact, don’t hire a mobile carrier to do this at all – carriers are inherently biased towards their own networks or to particular hardware and mobile operating systems. Now – before we go any further – do a gut check. Was that your assumption coming into this article? If…

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Hardware Options for Mobile Computing Projects

Sky Technologies

1 May 2012 | 6:48 pm

Today’s enterprise mobility planners encounter a wide variety of hardware options. How does one choose? Is hardware selection important? Does it make a difference? As employees clamor to use their own mobile device (BYOD) for business purposes, the economic savings to the enterprise from not having to buy and support a corporate-owned mobile device can be appealing, helping accelerate the move to BYOD (as if any acceleration there were even necessary). But, setting BYOD aside for a moment, is the consumer smartphone the right tool for your mobility project? Perhaps not. read more
The Mobile Computing Opportunity - Part II

Sky Technologies

28 Mar 2012 | 1:12 pm

In part I of this blog, we previously discussed the current opportunity (and challenges) facing enterprises when it comes to mobility. In this second post, we’re examining some of the top key factors to keep in mind as your business starts out on the road to mobility. read more
The Mobile Computing Opportunity - Part I

Sky Technologies

27 Mar 2012 | 5:27 pm

The benefits to an enterprise organization from deploying mobile computing solutions can be substantial in terms of cost reduction, streamlined business processes, improved levels of customer service, and even increased sales. The “app for that” phenomenon brought about via Apple’s iPhone/iPad success has helped greatly increase awareness around mobile applications and how powerful they can be. read more
Native Apps – Tell Me About The Hidden Costs

Sky Technologies

22 Feb 2012 | 6:45 pm

There has been a lot written about the benefits of native vs. web (HTML) applications for the mobile enterprise. This article is not aimed at pushing the pros or cons of each model, but rather exploring what may be the hidden costs of developing mobile applications natively. read more
HTML5 – What Does It Mean for the Mobile Enterprise?

Sky Technologies

16 Feb 2012 | 9:59 am

HTML has been around as long as the web. So what's all the fuss about? HTML5 is yet another standard for web content that is aimed at delivering a common user experience regardless of browser. By doing so, the web community is aiming to enable application/web developers to produce an experience that is acceptable to browsers on Smartphones and tablets. While this in itself may not sound like much….it is. read more

SMS Marketing Blog
New SMS Autoresponder Dashboard

Derek Johnson

15 May 2012 | 9:21 pm

I’ll be the first one to admit that we rushed out our new SMS Autoresponder feature much quicker than expected. This unfortunately caused the user interface to be a little haphazardly thrown together. Today we’re excited to announce that our new SMS Autoresponder product has a brand new interface. We’ve cleaned up the interface, removed excess text, condensed features and tried to get everything to fit without forcing Tatango users to scroll down the page. Below is the new design of our SMS Autoresponder dashboard, beautiful huh? Below is the old version of the SMS…
AT&T Using Text-to-Download for Mobile Apps

Derek Johnson

14 May 2012 | 2:35 pm

Today I went to download the myAT&T Mobile App and was pleasantly surprised that one of the ways AT&T was instructing their customers to download the app was via text message. At Tatango we’ve been encouraging app makers for some time now to allow consumers the ability to download their app via text message. By AT&T displaying multiple options like this so prominantly on their website, it further highlights the benefits of giving consumers multiple options when they’re interested in downloading a mobile app. Want to learn how to allow consumers to download your…
Tatango Launches New SMS Marketing Products

Derek Johnson

8 May 2012 | 8:42 pm

Since 2007, Tatango has been a one trick pony, focusing on SMS broadcasts. Not anymore though, as we’re excited to announce today that we’ve added SMS contests, SMS autoresponders and SMS polls to the products Tatango offers. This is a huge leap forward for Tatango, making the Tatango SMS software platform a one stop shop for all your SMS marketing needs. Not exactly sure the difference between all of the different products Tatango now offers? Luckily for you I had some time to jump in front of the camera and create the following video, where I’m able to give a…
Tatango Launches New SMS Campaign Dashboard

Derek Johnson

3 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

We’re excited to announce that we’re finally finished the overhaul of the SMS campaign dashboard interface at Tatango. As you can see below, this new interface allows you to view all of your SMS campaigns, including SMS broadcasts, contests, polls and autoresponder all in one place. The best part, you can sort via keyword, type of SMS campaign and the amount of subscribers with the click of your mouse. In addition to easily being able to sort your SMS campaigns within the new SMS campaign dashboard, you can also quick create a new SMS campaign with our new drop-down menu. Also, to…
Cool SMS Marketing Call to Action Design

Derek Johnson

2 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

I’ll be completely honest, sometimes coming up with new and unique ways to display an SMS short code and keyword can be tough, especially because it’s just a lot of letters and numbers. I was in the grocery store the other day, and saw the following SMS marketing call to action from Pepsi Max, telling customers to text PEPSIMAX to 710710 to enter their contest. Below is an enlarged version of the call to action, and I think it looks pretty cool. Just wanted to share this, hopefully it may spark some creativity when advertising your next SMS marketing campaign. FYI – I…

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Sinister smartphones: what dangers is your mobile hiding?

Pippa

10 May 2012 | 5:45 am

According to a report from last year, smartphone ownership is becoming increasingly more common as both adults and teenagers turn to these high-tech devices for their mobile communication. As revealed by Ofcom in August 2011, around 27% of UK adults and 47% of UK teenagers now own these devices and what’s more, they are slowly becoming ‘addicted’ to them. The report revealed that 81% of those who owned these devices used them to make calls every day, compared to just 53% of those who use standard mobile phones. Of those asked, 37% of adults and 60% of youngsters confessed to their…
Awesome Recycled iPad Cases you Can still use for Android

admin

26 Mar 2012 | 6:28 am

This awesome collection of 10 iPad cases could easily be modified to be used for your Android Tablet – (if you have any craft based android tablet case designs then be sure to say so in the comments) Source: http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/blog/11-upcycled-ipad-cases/ (for the full list of 10) via
American Express partners with Twitter for Synced Card Deals

Jack

16 Mar 2012 | 9:07 am

Amex (American Express) and Twitter are now joining forces to finally put an end to paper coupon. Users are now able to sync their Amex and Twitter accounts to avail discounts from known brands and retailers like Best Buy, McDonald’s, Whole Foods Market, Zappos, Virgin America, Ticketmaster, 1-800-Flowers.com, Sports Authority, Seamless.com, H&M, Gulf, FTD, FedEx Office, Dell, The Cheesecake Factory, and Century 21. By tweeting a hashtag like #AmexWholefoods, you will receive $20 off on your purchased foods worth $75 and above using your Amex card. On the first day of program launch,…
12 Gadgets that Help You Cheat on Your Girlfriend

Jack

24 Jan 2012 | 7:44 pm

PLAYAH! Source In the aftermath of the information and communication revolution adultery has become more difficult than ever. An undeleted text message or flirty Facebook comment can reveal a cheater’s tryst to their significant other in an instant. Cheetahs are cool. Source Long gone are the days of the ‘Mad Men’, when an adulterer could ‘stay late at the office’ 5 days of the week and still return to an adoring wife. In the 21st century a cheater needs to be as cunning as a spy and as thorough as CSI. But fear not, help is at hand for every love-rat out there.
7 Tablet Apps Perfect for a Freshman

admin

10 Jan 2012 | 6:30 am

Want to know how to get better grades… write better reports… and have better sex? Then, my dear freshman, this is the most important list you’ll read this year. Learn from my experience; I’m a junior now and I wish that I had these apps two years ago. 1. TabNotes TabNotes is an app that captures your handwriting, as you scribble across the screen with a stylus (or your finger). And it rocks on so many levels. For instance, let’s say you prefer mind-mapping to linear/traditional note-taking. With TabNotes, you can select different colors and draw directly on the screen. And unlike a…

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Mobile game developers struggle to replicate Zynga's success

Peggy Albright

15 May 2012 | 8:20 am

Mobile game developers are competing in one of the most difficult of all mobile application markets. Although the mobile game market is full of promise, it does not offer financial success to the vast majority of developers. The market is also entering a period of change, which will intensify competition. Mobile games are played by 101 million people in the United States, according to a recent study by Newzoo. Worldwide, the revenues are substantial. Juniper Research recently projected that the global mobile games market will be worth $18.3 billion by 2016. Some companies have found…
Android 4.0 development standards help designers embrace the platform

Alicia Waters

15 May 2012 | 7:00 am

Alicia Waters With the unveiling of Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0at the beginning of the year Android also revealed its first suggested app design guidelines, departing from its long heralded stance that apps for Android don't have to abide by any rules as long as they aren't malicious. While these guidelines are by no means mandatory, they do imply that Android's flexible policies are getting a little more structure, which has us asking a series of questions: Is this good for the industry? Is it necessary for Android to continue to compete with Apple? Or should Android revert…
iOS and Android users have different taste in apps

Peggy Albright

14 May 2012 | 1:48 pm

The popularity of a smartphone app is heavily dependent on the operating system. A new study from comScore identified the top apps accessed by iOS and Android customers and found that the two audiences have very dissimilar usage characteristics. The study, conducted in March among smartphone users age 18 and older, found that "system" apps topped the list for both iOS and Android. Among iOS customers, the iTunes store was the top-ranked app, used by virtually all (99.9%) customers. Among Android customers, the Android Market (Google Play) was the top app, used by 93.2 percent of Android…
Facebook wants and needs developers

Peggy Albright

14 May 2012 | 12:09 pm

Last week's announcement by Facebook that it is launching an App Center for distributing social apps is good news for developers. The center not only opens up the vast, untapped Facebook market for mobile apps, but it provides quality controls; innovative business terms; is friendly to iOS and Android; and it gives a big shot in the arm to HTML5. Most developers should find something they like in all of that. The opportunity to distribute apps to the Facebook community is expressed in powerful numbers. The social network has 900 million users and 488 million of these users access…
APIs are an innovation engine for developers

Peggy Albright

8 May 2012 | 9:13 am

APIs, or application programmable interfaces, are an important tool for mobile developers because they can help them create more useful applications, enhance their products and shorten the development cycle. So it's no surprise that the universe of APIs is expanding, and rapidly. ProgrammableWeb, which tracks the API market and provides a comprehensive API repository, has more than 5,800 APIs in its directory today, double the number it had in its inventory a year ago. Companies are releasing about 70 APIs each week. The mobile app phenomenon is stimulating that growth because frequently when…

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LiqhtSquared may veer into bankruptcy today, Dish's role a question mark

Tammy Parker

13 May 2012 | 7:47 pm

LightSquared has until 5 p.m. ET today to work out a deal with lenders that would keep it from being forced into bankruptcy, but reports say the company is drawing up its own plans for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in case those negotiations falter. Reuters and the Wall Street Journal both reported on Sunday that hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone, whose Harbinger Capital Partners owns 96 percent of LightSquared, is at odds with lenders regarding his future role and how best to cede Harbinger's ownership stakes in LightSquared to its creditors. The $3.8 billion hedge fund has sunk…
C Spire can't find devices for its 700 MHz band class

Tammy Parker

13 May 2012 | 5:36 pm

An executive with C Spire Wireless said the operator had to delay the commercial launch of its LTE network because it could not acquire suitable devices for its 700 MHz band class. The service is now scheduled for introduction in September, a nine-month delay from the original launch date of December 2011. The operator's band class 12 spectrum is incompatible with AT&T's band class 17 spectrum and Verizon's band class 13 spectrum, making C Spire a relatively unattractive operator partner for smartphone vendors. C Spire has not said whether its upcoming LTE launch will occur in the 700 MHz…
Smith Micro: 84% of smartphone users support automatic Wi-Fi offloading

Tammy Parker

13 May 2012 | 4:14 pm

Saving money and gaining performance outweigh privacy concerns for the vast majority of smartphone users when it comes to automatic Wi-Fi offloading for smartphones, according to Smith Micro Software. Revealing results from an online poll of more than 500 mobile consumers that was conducted on the vendor's behalf by uSamp, Smith Micro said automatic Wi-Fi connections for smartphones look attractive to 84 percent of survey respondents, who said they would allow a carrier to provide automatic Wi-Fi links in exchange for better device performance or a lower phone bill. When survey participants…
TCS aims to ease E911 issues for VoLTE

Tammy Parker

13 May 2012 | 3:28 pm

One of the big hurdles for operators preparing to introduce voice over LTE is ensuring they can provide legally mandated emergency 911 access over this IP-based voice service. At the CTIA Wireless 2012 show last week, TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) announced its TCS 9-1-1 product, which includes SIP-based emergency call routing that natively supports the IMS-based LTE network over which E911 calls are delivered. In addition, the system uses Cell ID data as well as Wi-Fi MAC address and Femtocell ID information to route a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP). To…
Spectrum Interactive swaps free Wi-Fi for coupon downloads

Tammy Parker

13 May 2012 | 2:00 pm

In a twist on advertising-supported Wi-Fi access, Spectrum Interactive will open its Free Street Wi-Fi network in London to users who select a promotional offer from one of its local brand and advertising partners. Spectrum has retrofitted 1,800 of the United Kingdom's iconic red payphone booths, turning them into Wi-Fi hotspots. Passersby who provide their mobile number and download an electronic voucher redeemable at a nearby store are promised free Internet access via Spectrum's Wi-Fi network. The service, which uses location-based advertising technology from Selective Media, is initially…

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Zynga will 'absolutely' continue acquisition spree

Sandhya Raman

15 May 2012 | 4:25 pm

Mobile social gaming powerhouse Zynga is committed to acquiring new talent and startups, a key company executive said, indicating Zynga will continue its buying streak. Zynga's Senior Vice President of Mobile Travis Boatman confirmed that more acquisitions will "absolutely" be in Zynga's future, and that they will play a big role in the company's expansion process. "I think we've got a great mix of titles--some internal, some external--if you think about games like Zynga Poker, which is one of the top performing games of all time in mobile, is obviously not an acquisition. It's an original…
Study: Tablets generate triple the data traffic of smartphones

Jason Ankeny

15 May 2012 | 10:09 am

Mobile operators may want to carefully monitor the number of tablet users they have using their wireless network. According to a new study from video optimization firm Bytemobile, tablet users drive three times more mobile data traffic than smartphone users: Apple iPad users browse 33 Web pages per session, generating about 160 percent more mobile Web usage per session than iPhone users. Bytemobile notes that operators might want to watch this trend, particularly as adoption of tablets by both consumers and enterprises accelerates. The report also provides some interesting insights into…
Muve Music doubles catalog to 10M tracks via CDBaby, TuneCore deals

Jason Ankeny

15 May 2012 | 10:05 am

Leap Wireless' (NASDAQ:LEAP) Cricket Communications unit is adding content from independent digital music distributors CD Baby and TuneCore to its Muve Music service. According to Cricket, the new partnerships will double the size of the Muve catalog to 10 million tracks by the end of 2012. The CD Baby partnership adds up to 4 million new tracks from more than 300,000 indie label artists across 850 different musical genres. In addition, the deal enables artists to upload their content directly to the Muve Music catalog, without the need for third-party record label involvement. Over…
Macy's, Foot Locker join Isis as mobile wallet merchant partners

Jason Ankeny

15 May 2012 | 9:16 am

Isis, the m-commerce network spearheaded by Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile USA, will offer its mobile wallet services across hundreds of national and regional merchants when consumer trials begin this summer. Isis will initially test its Near Field Communications-based tap-and-pay platform in the Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas regions. On Tuesday, the company announced it will roll out services across Aeropostale, Coca-Cola Company, Champs, Dillard's, Foot Locker, Jamba Juice and Macy's locations in those markets. Isis also will support mobile wallet…
Millennial Media posts $4M loss in first quarterly results since IPO

Jason Ankeny

15 May 2012 | 8:21 am

Millennial Media reported net losses of $4 million in the first quarter of 2012, the mobile advertising network's maiden quarter as a publicly traded company. Millennial recorded losses of $23,000 in the first quarter of 2011, blaming the year-over-year increase on rising operational costs. Millennial Media posted first quarter revenues of $32.9 million, a 53 percent year-over-year increase. "Overall, there is a mix and a shift toward more targeting and engaging ads, which have driven prices up for us," Millennial CEO Paul Palmieri said on the firm's earnings call, according to TechCrunch.

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SFR plans to fight subscriber declines with low-cost offers

Paul Rasmussen

15 May 2012 | 11:20 am

SFR is planning radical action to counter the success of Iliad's Free Mobile after losing 620,000 customers in its first-quarter. SFR, the second largest operator in France, is looking to regain market share by launching new low-cost services. While Vivendi, SFR's parent company, reported better than expected first-quarter profits at €823 million--compared to a €765 million net profit estimated by a poll of analyst conducted by Bloomberg--the company said that the ongoing price war within the mobile sector will drag profits down in the coming quarters. This outlook has prompted SFR…
Report: Smartphones are set to become greener by 2017

Anne Morris

11 May 2012 | 9:32 am

"Green" handset shipments will reach 392 million by 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research. This is more than ten times the number the research firm expects to be shipped in 2012, at 31 million. Of these green handsets, defined by Juniper as those containing 50 per cent or more recyclable materials and free of certain hazardous chemicals, over half will be green smartphones in five years' time. The report predicts that handset vendors will increasingly follow the Samsung Replenish approach, currently available through U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel. Sprint offers a number of…
Roundup: European mobile operators report mixed messages for Q1

Anne Morris

11 May 2012 | 9:12 am

A slew of first-quarter results showed mixed results for Europe's mobile and integrated operators in the first quarter of 2011, as some continue to battle with the ongoing effects of the global economic crisis. Telefónica, whose home market of Spain is struggling to emerge from its worst economic crisis in decades, saw its operating income before depreciation and amortisation, or OIBDA, drop 8.8 per cent to €5.08 billion in the first quarter. Analysts in a Bloomberg survey had predicted €5.23 billion. The company also suffered from the effects of users switching to cheaper…
Report: SFR faces cost cuts of €450M

Anne Morris

11 May 2012 | 8:13 am

French mobile operator SFR, still reeling from the impact of Free Mobile's launch onto the market, now looks set to face some serious cost cutting as parent company Vivendi continues its efforts to develop a new strategy for the company. A report by Bloomberg, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said top executives at Vivendi plan to reduce operating expenses at SFR by €450 million this year through job cuts, a reduction in marketing spending and renegotiating contracts with call centres. Combes The measures are aimed at offsetting a projected earnings decline of 12…
Hutchison's €2B Eircom bid spurned a second time

Anne Morris

11 May 2012 | 7:38 am

Hutchison Whampoa's second attempt to buy bankrupt Irish telecoms operator Eircom appears to have failed after the Hong Kong-based company's revised €2 billion cash bid was turned down. Reports on Friday said Eircom's court-appointed examiner Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton rejected the cash offer for Eircom because it was seen as too low, and because the bidder was insisting on completing due diligence before finishing the deal. The Irish Independent said a rejection of the offer from Hutchison and 3 means Eircom is to be handed to a group of 200 lenders led by U.S. investment firm…

HTC Phones
T-Mobile to Push Out Android 4.0 ICS Update for HTC Sensation 4G on May 16

Morti

15 May 2012 | 6:56 am

The first Android 4.0-packed smartphone was launched back in November. Afterward, every Android phone owner used to think their handset would soon be upgraded to that version but the carriers and the manufacturers didn’t hurry to push out corresponding updates, vice versa, until today only a few devices have received Ice Cream Sandwich. The HTC Vivid is one of those lucky ones. The Taiwanese company’s first smartphone to be updated to Android 4.0 was supposed to be the HTC Sensation 4G but some unknown reasons prevented it. Finally the phone’s update launch date is official.
HTC Desire C Leaked in Vodafone’s May Catalog

Morti

14 May 2012 | 7:43 am

The HTC Golf was said to be another low-end smartphone coming to strengthen HTC’s positions in the niche. Afterward, the device was renamed to the HTC Wildfire C. Now the phone has leaked in Vodafone Portugal’s May catalog with the name the HTC Desire C. The info is not official, but since the source is too reliable, we choose to consider the statement semi-official. According to GSMArena, the HTC Desire C will be packed with features that immediately throw the phone into the category of low-end smartphones. But as always, any device has its advantages to attract people. For the HTC…
AT&T HTC One X WiFi Connection Bug Can Now Be Fixed

Morti

14 May 2012 | 7:29 am

The long awaited HTC One X was launched in the US via AT&T on May 6. This model differs from other One X handsets with its dual-core processor. As you know, the carrier had to wait for its own model for a long time because Tegra 3 CPU found on the original handset doesn’t support LTE and won’t support it until 2013, while the production of Snapdragon S4 processors slowed up because of some issues. As of now, the HTC One X is available in AT&T stores but it seems the bad tradition of bugs found on the international variant of the phone still continues. Some AT&T models suffer…
HTC One X Message Notification Bug to Be Fixed Soon

Morti

11 May 2012 | 5:57 am

HTC’s most powerful smartphone suffers from many bugs. The One X has been available in the market for a long time now and since then we have been hearing about new issues found on the phone. It firstly referred to the power management. Afterward, something went wrong with the camera. Later on users discovered that the display discolors when tapped too tightly. The manufacturer took the wheel in its hands. It observed the situation and launched an update to fix each of the aforementioned bugs. And now another issue has occurred (note that only several HTC One X handsets are affected). The…
Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G LTE to Be Launched on May 18: It’s Official!

Morti

10 May 2012 | 9:14 am

We have previously reported the Sprint’s variant of the HTC One X called the HTC Evo 4G LTE will be launched on May 18. And now things have gotten not only clearer but also official. The day is confirmed. The phone will go on sale exactly on that day, so prepare some $199.99, of course if you want to get the phone. The HTC Evo 4G LTE is the highest-end model of the manufacturer’s One line, thus, it will come with a list of fine features. Its specs list includes a 4.7-inch Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen with the resolution of 720×1280 pixels protected with Gorilla Glass…

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Carnival of the Mobilists # 270

Volker

8 May 2012 | 6:31 pm

Greetings, friends. Due to the English inability to have bank holidays on days other than a Monday, this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is a day late but it is here nonetheless, and with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Network + Context + Trust = Woah!

Volker

23 Apr 2012 | 5:48 pm

So we have all heard, read, mused, spoken about network effects. What makes them strong, what makes them vulnerable, where they work and where they don’t (MyGuidie is an example where they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The (Big) Business of Mobile Games [Infographic]

Volker

23 Apr 2012 | 3:54 pm

OK, this suffering a little from the usual simplification inherent to this seemingly favourite pastime of many, namely of creating infographics, but I thought there were a few interesting bits in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
True Interconnectedness. What gives?

Volker

19 Mar 2012 | 7:46 am

I did a little talk reminiscing on what was hot at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the mobile extravaganza in Barcelona. One of the show’s highlights was BlackBerry’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Another day at the office…

Volker

12 Mar 2012 | 7:43 am

Clarification: (thank goodness) not to be found at our offices! Source: www.dilbert.com/2012-03-11/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Android Best Phone
SanDisk microSDHC 32GB Flash Memory Card (Card Only) SDSDQM-032G-B35,Black

16 May 2012 | 12:49 am

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HTC Magic A6161 Android G2 Unlocked Phone with Quad-Band GSM, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD Slot–International Version with Warranty (Black)

15 May 2012 | 2:50 pm

HTC Magic A6161 Android G2 Unlocked Phone with Quad-Band GSM, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD Slot–International Version with Warranty (Black) HTC Magic A6161 Android G2 Unlocked Phone with Quad-Band GSM, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD Slot–International Version with Warranty (Black) – The HTC Magic, powered by Android, is designed to turn heads with its chic looks, and command attention with its advanced list of capabilities. It provides the Google suite of services like Gmail, Search, YouTube and Maps geared up for use wherever your life leads…
Black Rubberized Shield Protector Case for Motorola Backflip MB300

15 May 2012 | 7:12 am

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LG OPTIMUS S LS670 2D PURPLE FLOWERS HEART LOVE CASE Reviews

15 May 2012 | 4:49 am

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Motorola Droid X for Verizon Phone – No Contract Required Reviews

14 May 2012 | 7:12 pm

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Apples Siri Says Nokia Lumia 900 Best Smartphone

Anthony Munns

15 May 2012 | 12:43 pm

Apple loves Nokia: Now what do we have hear? Apple’s Siri, espousing the virtues of their Nordic rival Nokia, in the shape of the Lumia 900 series, yes it appears that Siri has decided, in its infinite wisdom that the sleek but rather boring (app wise) Nokia Lumia is king of the smartphones. According to a report on Ubergizmo and using the data and statistics based search engine Wolfram Alpha to help determine the answers the shock reply appears to be that Siri loves Nokia Lumias, so what next for Siri? I prefer it when it appears to have no idea what the average Scotsman has to say and…
Mobile News Is Back – Explanation Contained – Sorry For The Sporadic Posts Of Late

Anthony Munns

3 May 2012 | 7:43 pm

Mobile news – Back to basics: Yes it has been sad to say that I have been lapse in my efforts to post at least one good article a day here at Mobile Inquirer, and while it is easy to lay blame at various areas, the main reasons are that I have moved house and suffered a long delay in internet connection due to BT’s total ineptitude. I also moved into offices which took some adjusting and which I am still unsure about for productivity (shared perhaps not the way forward for me), and I have also been developing a social media and internet marketing agency and really working out just…
Sell Your iPhone And Make Some Cash

Guest

24 Apr 2012 | 3:14 pm

Discover How You Can Sell iPhones Quickly and Easily The iPhone has to be one of the greatest status symbols to ever gain notoriety as being exactly that. After all there’s the running joke of “How do you know if somebody has an iPhone?” and the simple answer is that “they tell you” and you know this is exactly what happens and this would have made Steve Jobs smile every day for the rest of his life. Not only did he create a product that literally everyone wants but he also created a product that conducted its very own viral marketing campaign. Do Apple even…
RIM Have More Projects In Store According To MWC Showing

Anthony Munns

11 Apr 2012 | 12:13 pm

BlackBerry EMEA’s vice president of marketing, Rory O’Neill, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that Research in Motion is currently in the throes of many projects that will give the company a major boost in launching the next generation of BlackBerry smartphones. These projects will make the brand more visible and will also popularize the new features that will be available on new incoming T-Mobile blackberry devices as well as, Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T. One such feature is RIM’s BlackBerry financial wallet, which is now available to the public on any BlackBerry…
Mac Trojan Infects 600,000 + Macs – Huge Wake Up Call To Apple Owners

Anthony Munns

6 Apr 2012 | 3:50 am

Apple Mac Trojan: A Russian anti virus vendor has alerted the mac community that Apple Mac’s are far from immune to security issues as the site Dr.Web claims that over 550,000+ computers are now infected with a Trojan horse that apple have finally patched up last week. *note the advice is to update your O/S now. The Trojan which goes by the name of: “BackDoor.Flashback.39 trojan,” is easily installed onto unsuspecting macs. The article on Dr.Web goes on to state: “Systems get infected after a user is redirected to a bogus site from a compromised resource or via a traffic…

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Samsung loses $10 billion in market value on rumors of Apple going with a competitor’s chips

Stefan Constantinescu

16 May 2012 | 4:34 am

Apple and Samsung have an interesting relationship. They compete against each other in the smartphone space, but when it comes to components, Apple simply can’t make anything without buying screens, processors, and memory chips from Samsung. Now Apple knows this, so they’ve been doing their best to wean themselves off the Samsung tit. According to DigiTimes, Apple recently placed a ridiculously large order with Elpida for RAM chips. How big of an order? Apple effectively bought half the supply that Elpida’s factory in Japan can produce. We know what you’re thinking,…
Rumor: Apple cuts iPhone manufacturing by 25% to prepare for a new model

Stefan Constantinescu

16 May 2012 | 4:14 am

Analyst Shaw Wu issued a note to investors yesterday that says according to his sources, Apple is going to make between 20% and 25% less iPhones in Q2 2011 because the company is preparing their factories for the upcoming sixth generation iPhone. Should we believe Shaw? Absolutely. Apple shipped 35 million iPhones during the first three months of this year. Do you know how hard it is to make 35 million iPhones? It takes time to ramp up production, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that demand for the iPhone 5, which will probably be called “the new…
The FCC is mad at Verizon for treating spectrum like baseball cards

Stefan Constantinescu

16 May 2012 | 3:47 am

Operators need to buy spectrum, usually from governments, in order to build their networks. How do governments price spectrum? They have an auction, so the guy who is willing to pay the most money is also going to get the most spectrum. Verizon won an auction back in 2008 for some of that invisible gold, but instead of using it to build their network, they decided to just hold onto it so that no other company could use it to compete against them. Now Verizon wants to sell the spectrum they bought in 2008 and buy some new spectrum from a consortium of cable companies. The FCC is furious at the…
Mozillia finally releases a version of Firefox for Android that doesn’t suck

Stefan Constantinescu

16 May 2012 | 3:24 am

Mozilla is a stubborn company. They’ve been supporting Android for well over a year now, but they’ve been developing their app using their own XUL engine instead of using Android’s native user interface elements. What the hell does that mean in plain English? Mozilla put a wrapper around Firefox so that they’d have to do less work to get their application to run on multiple platforms. This wrapper, called XUL, caused Firefox to be resource heavy and more importantly it degraded performance to the point where you’d have to be a moron to use their application…
Android fragmentation visualized thanks to the developers of OpenSignalMaps

Stefan Constantinescu

16 May 2012 | 3:05 am

OpenSignalMaps is an Android application that shows you which cell towers you’re connected to, how strong your connection to said tower is, and provides users with maps that show which towers they happen to be near. Useful if you plan on moving to a new city and want to know which operator to sign-up with. Last night the developers who made OpenSignalMaps posted some pretty neat charts highlighting just how many different types of devices there are running their app. In the past 6 months alone, there were 3,997 different Android phones logged. That number is a bit inflated though since…

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Nokia 112 affordable phone gets longer battery life

15 May 2012 | 4:02 pm

It is very rare that a budget phone offers a longer battery life Nokia as usual always wants to be ahead of its competitors So it has done the same with Nokia 112 model affordable phone On the official website of Nokia we spotted the company announcing of longer battery life to Nokia 112 Let me quote the line here The smart and fast way to browse the web share and chat with a powerful battery to keep you in touch...
HTC Desire C officially launched

15 May 2012 | 3:13 pm

Finally Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has officially revealed the budget Desire C mobile phone The reports said that the new phone that will come packed with Android 4 0 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS will be introduced in the European market later this month The company has fixed a price of 200 euros around Rs 13 800 for its European customers...
Doro unveils PhoneEasy 740 featuring Doro Experience for Seniors

15 May 2012 | 2:16 pm

While the mobile phone manufacturers across the globe are avid in introducing fascinated devices with of large sized screens multiple processor and powerful GPU s Sweden based Doro is keen on focusing on elderly market segment Doro s line of products were specialized with large buttons simplified user interface and user friendly menus Doro introduced the Doro PhoneEasy 740 at Barcelona hosted event Mobile World Congress 2012...
Asus PodFone coming shortly: Video from the company suggests

15 May 2012 | 11:41 am

Asus PadFone has become talk of the town now a days Though its genuine release date is yet to be announced by its makers there re reports hinting that the PadFone which can be transformed into a tablet computer and even a laptop computer will hit the markets soon A novel video released by Taiwanese tech giant Asus points towards this Previously a representative from the company stated that the Padfone cannot be rolled out in due course as projected as Asus is confronting lack of processor supplied by Qualcomm...
Airtel Live Chat With Cricket Ace Sachin Tendulkar To Take Place On the 18th

15 May 2012 | 11:25 am

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel has made announcement about an electrifying chance for Airtel mobile users across the country to chat with the world s best cricketer Sachin Tendulkar via its well known program named Airtel Talk2Me Fans of Sachin Tendulkar can talk to the cricket superstar live and talk to him on a real time basis To enjoy this feature Airtel users have to dial 5100100 and get them registered for the Airtel Talk2Me assembly which will take place on the coming Friday May 18 at 4 p...

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Carnival of the Mobilists # 270

Volker

8 May 2012 | 6:31 pm

Greetings, friends. Due to the English inability to have bank holidays on days other than a Monday, this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is a day late but it is here nonetheless, and with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Network + Context + Trust = Woah!

Volker

23 Apr 2012 | 5:48 pm

So we have all heard, read, mused, spoken about network effects. What makes them strong, what makes them vulnerable, where they work and where they don’t (MyGuidie is an example where they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The (Big) Business of Mobile Games [Infographic]

Volker

23 Apr 2012 | 3:54 pm

OK, this suffering a little from the usual simplification inherent to this seemingly favourite pastime of many, namely of creating infographics, but I thought there were a few interesting bits in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
True Interconnectedness. What gives?

Volker

19 Mar 2012 | 7:46 am

I did a little talk reminiscing on what was hot at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the mobile extravaganza in Barcelona. One of the show’s highlights was BlackBerry’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Another day at the office…

Volker

12 Mar 2012 | 7:43 am

Clarification: (thank goodness) not to be found at our offices! Source: www.dilbert.com/2012-03-11/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Lenovo to Invest $800 Million in Mobile Devices

9 May 2012 | 2:59 am

Lenovo has big ambitions for mobile devices and puts on the line not less than $800 million to be invested in a new facility whose purpose is research and development in mobile phones, tablets and other gadgets.Continue reading Lenovo to Invest $800 Million in Mobile DevicesOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 09/05/2012
Attendee List Announced for the 3rd Annual Location Business Summit

2 May 2012 | 11:21 am

TripAdvisor, Google, PayPal, Heineken, LocalSocial, Qubulus, AKQA, Ogilvy, Vodafone and 120+ LBS and Mobile Marketing professionals to meet in Amsterdam – Attendee list just announced for the 3rd Annual Location Business Summit. Continue reading Attendee List Announced for the 3rd Annual Location Business SummitOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/05/2012
It's Official! Samsung Galaxy S3 to Be Launched on May 3

17 Apr 2012 | 7:44 am

The Samsung Galaxy S3 release date has been officially confirmed by Samsung. The smartphone, initially announced at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC 2012) in Barcelona will be presented by the South Korean company on May 3 in London, as the gadget is being promoted as the official smartphone of the 2012 Olympic Games.Continue reading It's Official! Samsung Galaxy S3 to Be Launched on May 3Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 17/04/2012
Samsung Expects 1st Quarter 2012 Profits to Double

10 Apr 2012 | 4:35 am

Samsung, now the world’s biggest-selling smartphone maker, says it expects to see its profits double for the first three months of the year.Continue reading Samsung Expects 1st Quarter 2012 Profits to DoubleOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/04/2012
Ford and Mercedes Looking to Succeed In Mobile Applications

6 Apr 2012 | 7:16 am

In a world dominated by technology and internet, it seems that neither the auto fairs are deprived of promotion and marketing campaigns for the new applications for smartphones.Continue reading Ford and Mercedes Looking to Succeed In Mobile ApplicationsOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 06/04/2012

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Leaked: HTC Ville C Specs

Simran Singh

16 May 2012 | 1:47 am

HTC is now coming with new series of ’C’ as yesterday they officially announced the availability of Desire C and Now Folks over BriefMobile got some tips for HTC Ville C Specs. According to them HTC Ville C have 4.3-inch AMOLED qHD display, 16GB of internal storage, 1GB of RAM and powered by Qualcomm S3 dual-core processor (MSM8260) of 1.7 GHZ. It have 1650 Mah Battery and 8 Megapixel Camera with VGA at Front. It will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 3.5. Source: BriefMobile
Evernote Receives Major Update With New ICS UI And Many More

Simran Singh

16 May 2012 | 1:02 am

One of the best App on Android, Evernot, Today received update which includes new user interface for ICS users and many other features. You will see new Android 4.0 designed “action bars” running along the bottom of the app that are context sensitive based on where you are in the app. Now the home screen is accessed by swiping to the left on any screen, navigation is also easier. Now you can view place from where the note is created and additionally on Map also. Grab Now: Play Link
According To A Report Google Will Sell Nexus Devices With Android 5.0 Through Google Play Store

Simran Singh

16 May 2012 | 12:46 am

According to a report by WSJ, Google will change Android Landscape as Google have program to open up its Nexus program to multiple OEM partners and offer up to five launch devices for Android 5.0, with the intention of selling the devices directly to consumers. The new batch of Nexus devices would be both phones and tablets, but all would be sold through the Google Play Store. It’s currently unknown when the new software will be rolling out exactly, but it’s safe to assume that it will be during either the fall or winter months of 2012. Although the Google Play Store only sells the…
Firefox’s New Native Beta Finally Ready

Simran Singh

15 May 2012 | 12:43 pm

Firefox’s new native beta is now available with a new UI, Flash support, and a bunch of other little improvements. Now it also supports Adobe Flash, zooming becomes smoother and pages loads faster than old version. The new version comes with an updated minimum requirement of Android 2.2 or higher. It supports only English.
Google’s Patent For Google Glasses Design Approved

Simran Singh

15 May 2012 | 12:13 pm

People who think that Google Glasses is a public stunt or anything here’s the answer for them as Google Files patent for the design of augmented reality glasses. It was filed on October 26th last and got approved today. Google has been granted three different patents today for the design of different Google Glass headsets. Names of Patent’s and specifications are as follow: US Patent D659,741: Wearable Display Device US Patent D659,740: Wearable display device frame US Patent 8,179,604: Wearable marker for passive interaction After all, with the ability to wear it over…

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Apple patches Siri to keep her quiet

15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm

Let's be honest: it was never going to last, was it? Much to the disappointment of Nokia fans, Windows Phone users, probably most Android users... OK, pretty much everyone who doesn't use iOS, Siri is no longer telling anyone who asks that the Nokia Lumia 900 is the best smartphone ever. Click here to read more...Apple patches Siri to keep her quiet is a post from: Mobot.net
One Click Root for the AT&T HTC One X

15 May 2012 | 1:30 pm

Here's one for the US Mobotniks! Thanks to an exploit discovered by sparkym3, your AT&T HTC One X can now be rooted using a very simple ‘One-Click-Root’ method! Usual rules apply. Your phone’s warranty will be voided and Mobot takes no responsibility for any damage caused to your device! Your phone may be wiped so back up anything important. Click here to read more...One Click Root for the AT&T HTC One X is a post from: Mobot.net
Act surprised: HTC has announced the Desire C

15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

Vodafone Portugal managed to draw any kind of surprise element out of the whole thing by dishing up all the important details ahead of schedule, but what the hell, we'll do our best: look everyone! It's the HTC Desire C! HTC has finally done the decent thing and given official credentials to the smartphone formerly known as the Wildfire C, which was formerly known as the HTC Golf. Don't all cheer at once, now. Click here to read more...Act surprised: HTC has announced the Desire C is a post from: Mobot.net
Penalty Soccer 2012 iOS review

15 May 2012 | 11:00 am

I’m not a massive fan of soccerball, to be honest, but once every two years (during the World Cup and European Championships) I become a football fiend, religiously watching every single game and shouting at the TV and that. Being free of football fever for another few months yet, I was however drawn to Penalty Soccer 2012, for two reasons. Firstly, it’s the second most popular free App Store download behind the oddly enjoyable Highway Rider. Click here to read more...Penalty Soccer 2012 iOS review is a post from: Mobot.net
Sexed-up iCloud to introduce picture and video sharing?

15 May 2012 | 10:00 am

The iPhone 5 isn’t expected till later in the year, probably October, but before then there’s every chance Apple will lift the lid on software-related goodies. That’s how things went down last year, anyway, with a first look at iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC in June. With this year’s WWDC kicking off in less than four weeks, the rumour mill is starting to spin fast, and now the Wall Street Journal is getting in on the action. Click here to read more...Sexed-up iCloud to introduce picture and video sharing? is a post from: Mobot.net

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Cloud Database – the Urgent Need For It

adeline

15 May 2012 | 10:37 am

Several companies in the world are moving from convectional office idea to virtual working environment. In the current set employees can work from whatever point in the world. Cloud database technology is a spectacular innovation available to support this modern working inclination. It actually is an information resource center that allows a network access to [...]
10 Best Apps to Keep You Up to Date with the London 2012 Olympics

adeline

14 May 2012 | 11:10 am

If you’re lucky enough to be in London for the Olympics this summer, there are a number of apps available to help you make the most of it. With a little help, you can enrich your experience with easy-to-follow travel information, up-to-date event results, and historical insight into London’s past. Here are 10 best apps [...]
Mothers Day Gift Ideas to Cherish your Tech Savvy Mom

adeline

12 May 2012 | 9:14 am

Money can buy you a lot of cool things, but the best gifts are those that are given with love and affection. If you want to show your love with more than just words or flowers, here are some mothers day gift ideas to cherish your tech savvy mom and make her feel just a [...]
Apps to Stay Productive Everyday

adeline

12 May 2012 | 12:18 am

If you work from home you know how hard it can be to stay on track if you’re having an off day. One solution would be to get out of the house and work somewhere else, but that isn’t always a viable option. I’ve found that using certain apps helps me refocus and get a [...]
5 Reasons Why the Galaxy Tab is Better than the iPad

adeline

10 May 2012 | 12:53 am

Here goes another head-on battle between Apple and Android. And to non-techie people like me, comparisons between two gadgets seem like deciphering the hieroglyphics. I feel for those of you who, like me, have no idea what dual-core mean, or what on earth is Honeycomb. I will try to make this as human as possible. [...]

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Building a mobile CMS website using Drupal and jQuery Mobile

sriram

14 May 2012 | 1:56 am

Drupal and jQuery Mobile are friends Drupal is an open source content management system for developing websites with a plethora of contributed modules and themes apart from a robust community. There are hundreds of thousands of Drupal sites which include corporate sites, media & publishing companies, governments, non-profits, and more. The high adoption of smartphones and tablets has pushed the demand for mobile web development. read more
5 Best Android alternatives to Instagram app

sriram

17 Apr 2012 | 4:15 am

Taking the cue about Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, Android users need not fret about photo-sharing apps to showcase their filtering skills. Instagram is an awesome app which enables users can take a photo and apply filters, effects, borders and share with friends on social networks. There are lot of instagram-like Android alternatives for filtering photos and upload photos from Web app to Mobile App. Here are 5 great Android apps for taking advantage of your Android device’s camera. Hipster read more
Google’s Project Glass: Futuristic and taunts Augmented Reality

sriram

10 Apr 2012 | 8:33 am

Google has forayed into futuristic four-eye glasses which would potentially transform the way you see and interact with the world if these devices take off. Google team taunted its “Project Glass” at Google X labs, created a Google+ page for the Google glasses. Google employees confirmed that the first-generation Google augmented reality glasses will be available to consumers by the end of 2012 for around $250 to $600. When the eyewear hits the market, it would have a phenomenal outreach to consumers. Video Ulr: read more
Facebook Timeline - 5 ways how businesses can make the most of it

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9 Apr 2012 | 12:55 am

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Twitter’s Promoted Tweets now displayed in Mobile Apps

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27 Mar 2012 | 8:24 am

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New Samsung Galaxy S3 Accessories Revealed

Gary Palman

14 May 2012 | 3:26 am

New press images have been released depicting new accessories for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3. Even after its official unveiling, people are still exciting about the upcoming release of the new Samsung Galaxy S3. And now that everyone knows the impressive specifications, which includes an Exynos 1 1.4GHz processor, a 4.8 inch 306 ppi screen and an 8 megapixel rear facing camera, Samsung have stepped forward and release more official information about the handset, this time in the form of accessories. Amongst the new accessories unveiled by the electronics giant include something called a…
LG LS970 'Eclipse' Superphone Rumoured

Jamie Kindler

14 May 2012 | 3:13 am

Recent articles about the new LG handset suggest that the specifications may sweep aside the new Samsung Galaxy S3 handset. LG has been making quite an impression on the mobile phone grapevine the past few days. Recently the mobile phone news has been dominated by rumours of an unannounced handset, currently codenamed the LG LS970. The device is known to insiders only as the ‘G’, but its official name is set to be the Eclipse 4G LTE, although the last two words of the name are currently irrelevant in the UK. It appears that the source of these rumours have gone one step further…
Nokia Lumia 610 with NFC on Orange

Collin Elder

11 May 2012 | 11:27 am

Although it is not currently used in the UK, NFC technology is starting to make an appearance. NFC is the next big feature for mobile phones, with the Samsung Galaxy S3 trialling it at the Olympic Games, so it isn’t surprising that Nokia are jumping on the bandwagon. The Finnish manufacturer have officially announced today that they will be launching an NFC version of their Lumia 610 handset exclusively on Orange. They haven’t stated exactly when the handset will be released, all they have said is that it will be “in the near future.” NFC is expected to be a technology…
HTC Wildfire C Could be Called HTC Desire C

Gary Palman

11 May 2012 | 11:19 am

Looking at the leaked pictures, the HTC Desire C looks like a baby HTC One X, which was released a few weeks ago. HTC are due to be releasing a budget handset which promises that its users can enjoy Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich operating system without breaking the bank, but it has reportedly undergone several name changes. The latest name for this handset is apparently the HTC Desire C. The handset has also codenamed the HTC Golf, although it was initially named the HTC Wildfire C. The Wildfire series has been traditionally associated with budget handsets, and as this latest handset…
NFC on Samsung Galaxy S3 Trialled at Olympics

Jamie Kindler

10 May 2012 | 5:35 am

NFC technology is not yet used in the UK, but could the Samsung Galaxy S3 change that? It truly goes without saying that the recent Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the most highly anticipated and technologically significant handsets to be unveiled in a long time. It is predicted that it will be the best selling Android handset ever, as well as leading the way for a new wave of high powered “superphones”. Now the Galaxy S3 has been called upon to play an even bigger role in our society. Visa have announced that they will be using the Galaxy s3 as their official phone for the Olympic…

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Top free iphone games

Samar Pathania

28 Apr 2012 | 12:38 pm

iPhone has become as the defacto leader in smartphones and one of the best feature of a smartphone is “Gaming”. Thanks to Apple iPhone gaming has shifted almost full time from the likes of PSP and Nintendo DS to smartphones like iPhone, Galaxy etc. The best part about gaming on iPhone is you don’t have [...]
Samsung Galaxy SIII teaser refers to iPhone users as mindless sheep

Samar Pathania

23 Apr 2012 | 12:03 pm

Apple’s arch enemy Samsung is getting ready for their biggest launch of the year “Samsung Galaxy S3″, the event is to take place on May 3rd in London. In order to generate interest and hype Samsung is leaving no stone untouched. They have released an advertisement which indirectly refers to iPhone users as mindless sheep. [...]
Max Payne comes to iPhone and iPad

Samar Pathania

12 Apr 2012 | 1:46 pm

Max Payne is a legendary game which redefined 3rd person shooting games. Launched in 2001, Max Payne is now available for iPad and iPhone plus it comes with some new features like dual pistol action time. Game is supported on iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4 and 4s and it has also been optimized for iPad retina display. [...]
Using stolen mobile phones is going to be difficult

Samar Pathania

11 Apr 2012 | 12:50 pm

Mobile phone is one the most commonly stolen gadget and these days people carry ton of personal information on their phones. But the worst part is stolen phones can be used for illegal operations like drug trafficking or terrorism which can be a issue of concern for person whose phone was stolen or lost. Worry [...]
Upload multiple pictures to facebook using iPhone

Samar Pathania

11 Apr 2012 | 12:20 pm

Facebook is the second most visited website in the world and its also the place where people share maximum photos. But uploading pictures to facebook using iPhone can be very tiring process, you have to select single picture at a time. PixUploader is a great alternate for uploading your pictures to facebook. PixUploader comes with [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Hands-on Pictures

admin

10 May 2012 | 9:41 pm

Here is some Samsung Galaxy S3 Hands-on Pictures
How to Install Google+ on iPad or iPod Touch

admin

8 May 2012 | 1:31 am

Apple has in the past week after a waiting period, the Google App + but ultimately released.Many iPhone users have the same great fun, their first posts and photos on the go to Google Add this page to post. Who but an iPad or iPod touch, calls his own remains to be left out – at least officially. Because the app can be via iTunes or the App Store to install only on iPhones.However, there is a very simple way, the application on iPads and iPod touches to bring. While the app is displayed on the iPod touch optimized, it is available on the iPad only in the small iPhone display –…
Install OS X Lion on the iPhone[jailbreak-only]

admin

7 May 2012 | 11:02 pm

Note : This article is only for jailbreak iPhone only. Most tweaks are nice and fun, and many are also very useful. A variety merely extends the capabilities of IOS. The theme called “OS X ultimatum” Hackers have the next level of modification of the iPhone achieved surface – they have done to bring OS X Lion on the iPhone – almost the entire look and feel has been transferred. Before I start in great detail explainantion on how the theme looks and what it may, here’s a video to view: The ultimatum installation is very simple. You have an jailbreak the iDevice…
8 Tips To Save HTC Desire S Battery

admin

23 Feb 2012 | 12:28 am

The HTC Desire S offers many ways to extend the battery life significantly. Here are 8 tips on how you can save your HTC Desire S battery. Basically, you should check the use of your smartphone’s power regularly manually. Choose your phone to “Settings” and go to the “battery” battery. This can make you see where the main use is for your HTC S is located. Then post the whole counteract positive and permanently save battery power. Just keep up to below tips. Tip 1: If you are in Internet connection (activate stand-by mode), you can extend the battery life…
Blackberry Playbook 2.0 OS Video Review

admin

22 Feb 2012 | 9:24 pm

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OMFGmobile Site Creator (Sneak Peak)

m.jones

10 May 2012 | 12:51 pm

As promised last week, here is a sneak peak at our brand new mobile site creator, OMFGmobile. We can’t give out too many details, a lot is still hush hush since it doesn’t launch till Monday May 14th, but we can give out enough details to keep your mouths salivating till then. Key features: Drag and drop capabilities. Drag and drop content in your mobile site, like buttons, forms, text, just about everything. Number of Templates to choose from. Select any given style and layout that best suits you and your business. You deserve a choice, there is no such thing as a…
Why Qrafter is the best QRcode scanning app for iphones and ipads

m.jones

4 May 2012 | 1:16 pm

Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 5.0 are now available on the App Store. With some design and functionality changes, as they reached another major version upgrade. Here is the list for changes: New color scheme Redesigned History screen with “swipe to reveal options” Added search to History screen Added the ability to give custom names to history items Added the ability to delete multiple items/export multiple items on history screen Added QR Code encryption option to generator screen Added X-Scanner-UA HTTP header to internal web browser Added QR Code size options for sharing QR Code images In…
QRlicous Relaunch (Sneak Peak)

m.jones

1 May 2012 | 5:13 pm

In 2 weeks QRlicious will celebrate it’s one year anniversary by relaunching all of our core websites and the new, improved client center! QRlicious clients will have their own management center to view previous QR codes, see proofs, add comments, and download final files instantly. OMFGmobile will be a easy to use drag and drop mobile website creator with an ever expanding supply of professionally designed mobile templates to choose from.The best part is, both will be accessible in the same client center, so everyone will have all their mobile marketing needs in one place. The…
FREE Mobile, Social Makeover Giveaway!

m.jones

26 Apr 2012 | 1:18 pm

QRlicious is very excited to announce our complete mobile and social give away to one of our dearest friends! It is simple, there are 3 ways to enter. You can become a follower on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, or join our wonderful non spammy email list! Why are we giving away $1,800 worth of services? It’s obvious, we want to connect better with our friends socially. The more you interact with us, the better chance you have of winning, it’s that simple. The winner will receive a complete custom designed QR code, up to three page mobile website, Fan page cover, and…
NewsFlash DOES NOT Replace QR Codes

m.jones

25 Apr 2012 | 11:58 am

Watch the video below to learn about NewsFlash, and see my rant below it. This morning I wake to all these blogs featuring MIT’s new project NewsFlash. Very cool project, don’t get me wrong, the problem I have is blogs like The Verge headlines “NewsFlash Replaces QR Codes”. First of all, NewsFlash is only detected by light, from electronic devices. It can not be printed, so what are you supposed to do with print material? It is very irresponsible, and unintelligent to not realize how NewsFlash simply can not replace the QR code. Sure, in the future we may not…

Windows Phone Apps
eBuddy XMS is bumped to version 2.0 now supports group chat

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 1:29 pm

eBuddy is a popular instant messaging software similar to multi-platform and KIK WhatsApp which supports iPhone, Android, Blackberry, MeeGo and lately Windows Phone. Now the application has been updated to version 2.0. In addition to several enhancements and minor bugs fixed in this new version we can do group chats up to a maximum of 30 users connected. Some of the features offered by this application are: Ability to add contacts by scanning the address book or Facebook Allows you to copy or delete entire conversations of messages Push notifications for received messages…
Update time for three major applications for Windows Phone: Xbox Companion App, Skydrive and SoundHound

P3RO

14 May 2012 | 1:30 pm

Update time for three major applications for Windows Phone: Xbox Companion App, Skydrive and SoundHound. Starting from SkyDrive, the update to 2.1 comes several weeks after the major update of the 2.0 hours that allow the uploading of images at full resolution without any resizing. Moving on to Xbox Live App Companion, however, was not released the changelog of the 1.2, but it can be assumed to have been made small changes and bug fixing. News more substantial, however, for SoundHound that in 1.5 we can find the lyrics of songs without exiting the application and add the geo tags. Add to…
Nokia Reading for Windows Phone rolling out this week

P3RO

11 May 2012 | 4:42 am

Nokia Reading, the reader of audio books and eBooks that will allow you to view and download eBooks directly on our smartphone and read them later offline is finally arriving. From TheVerge comes the news that the Nokia Reading presented at the Mobile World Congress which will be available exclusively for the Lumia Windows Phone range, will be released on the marketplace in Italy , France,Germany, Russia, Spain and the UK within a week time.
Call Summoner - Free trading card game for Windows Phone

P3RO

10 May 2012 | 7:49 am

Do you love card games and you like having them on yours Windows Phone and recently you have felt like 'left outside? If that is the case, you will be happy to know that now in the WP Marketplace is available an excellent title that belongs to that genre, what's more interesting its a free game and its name is Call Summoner ,developed by the software house Nex Game Studios. Summoner Call is set in the past, in ancient times when the most feared warrior was known as the Sorcerer , since he was able to summon creatures to powerful and…
The Caddie + Golf App is now available for all Nokia Lumia Windows Phone smartphones

P3RO

9 May 2012 | 1:22 pm

Vertisan and Nokia has released an exclusive app named The Caddie + for the Lumia Windows Phone smartphones.The application,remember is dedicated to all lovers of golf and is an enhanced version of the Executive Caddie. The Caddie + is a free app and available for download from Nokia Collection section of the Windows Phone Marketplace

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Tizen ported on to Samsung Galaxy SII HD (VIDEO)

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 9:45 am

The Linux-based operating system Tizen is trying to grab public attention through a series of events in order to maintain an interest for this interesting open-source alternative to mobile platforms on the market.Recently we have seen the first prototype of Samsung smartphone based on Tizen , then the release of OS 1.0 SDK and the recent was the developers conference. Also we have shown video of Tizen compatibility with existing Android applications and we have another video showing another interesting aspect of the operating system, or the…
LG Optimus 4X HD release date set for June in Europe

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 9:23 am

LG has officially announced this morning's the arrival of Optimus LG 4X HD is Europe , LG newest flagship smartphone, the protagonist of the Mobile World Congress 2012 and quad-core platform based on the Nvidia Tegra 3. The device will initially be distributed in some countries in Europe including Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden and Poland. The device represents an interesting alternative to the other quad-core smartphone that are vying for the market from HTC X One, already on the sale for several weeks and the Samsung Galaxy S3 as it prepares to reach the shelves…
Project Glass - Google patented their futuristic glasses!

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 8:59 am

Google has taken another important step forward in Glass Project, or the project regarding the implementation of innovative AR glasses which use scenarios in the future will be manifold.Big won for Google since three patents were granted by the USPTO, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. More specifically, three patents were submitted for approval on 26 October 2011, all were approved today. Recall that the project to develop innovative eyewear is now been running for several weeks and recently the first prototypes seem to have been distributed to…
Kantar: Windows Phone climbs to 3-4% market share in major markets

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 8:31 am

According to the results of a consumer survey conducted by the company Kantar , the Windows Phone market share has exceeded 3% - 4% share in key markets The best numbers were obtained in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France and the United States where in the last 12 weeks the percentage of penetration of the Microsoft operating system has grown from less than 2% (January 2012) to over 3%, increments up to 6% (in Germany). In USA even seems that sales of Windows Phone device may have equaled or exceeded the market share from RIM, thanks to the excellent sales result…
Nokia officially presented the new Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 dual sim phones

P3RO

15 May 2012 | 5:28 am

A few moments ago Nokia has officially announced two new feature phones: Nokia 110 and Nokia 112. Intended for young audiences, both phones will have 40 exclusive games for EA, direct access to Twitter and Facebook, the new Nokia Web Browser, capable of reducing data traffic up to 90%, and support Email and Instant Messaging . Do not miss even a VGA camera, FM radio, the audio / video player, microSD support (up to 32Gb) and features DualSim Easy Swap technology from Nokia, with which we can handle the fast switch between two SIM and save detailed information up to 5 different sim.

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Survey Shows That Travel Apps Can Help Prevent Teens Driving and Texting

Carl John

15 May 2012 | 3:48 pm

Recent research from AT&T as a part of its ‘it can wait’ campaign reports that teens send five times more texts a day than adults, it also shows that texting while driving increases the chance of having an accident, or near accident, by 23 times. Continue reading →The Original Post is Located Here: Survey Shows That Travel Apps Can Help Prevent Teens Driving and Texting
Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Summer Release Date in the US

Carl John

14 May 2012 | 3:11 pm

Samsung Electronics recently announced the latest upgrade to its Galaxy S smartphone series, the eagerly anticipated Galaxy S III. Continue reading →The Original Post is Located Here: Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Summer Release Date in the US
HTC EVO Design 4G Available Contract Free From Boost Mobile May 31

Carl John

11 May 2012 | 5:09 pm

Boost Mobile has announced that the popular HTC EVO Design 4G will be available on its 3G/WiMAX network for $299.99 from May 31. When paired with Boost’s Monthly Unlimited pre-pay plan it costs only $55 per month. Continue reading →The Original Post is Located Here: HTC EVO Design 4G Available Contract Free From Boost Mobile May 31
Sprint Sets May 18 Launch Date for the HTC EVO 4G LTE

Carl John

10 May 2012 | 11:07 am

Sprint says it will officially launch the HTC EVO 4G LTE on May 18 although it is currently available for pre-order. Continue reading →The Original Post is Located Here: Sprint Sets May 18 Launch Date for the HTC EVO 4G LTE
Samsung Focus 2 Available From AT&T May 20. A Budget Windows Phone

Carl John

9 May 2012 | 11:29 am

AT&T has announced that its third 4G LTE Windows Phone will be available May 20. The Samsung Focus 2 is a budget smartphone geared for productivity, entertainment and social networking. Continue reading →The Original Post is Located Here: Samsung Focus 2 Available From AT&T May 20. A Budget Windows Phone

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SAP MDM Platform Afaria Now Available on Amazon Web Services

Benjamin Robbins

14 May 2012 | 1:26 pm

SAP just announced that their MDM solution, Afaria, is now available on Amazon Web Services. This will allow Safaria clients the ability to manage and secure their enterprise mobile applications from the cloud. “As the cloud rapidly becomes the IT deployment model of choice for businesses of all sizes, Amazon Web Services is excited to be working closely with SAP in bringing enterprise solutions to the cloud,” said Andy Jassy, senior vice president, Amazon Web Services. “Adding SAP Afaria to AWS Marketplace provides customers a fast, simple, and trusted way to shop for and…
remotelyMOBILE – Live from SAPPHIRE NOW

Benjamin Robbins

14 May 2012 | 7:43 am

This week I’ll be here at thr SAPPHIRE NOW conference in Orlando. Stay tuned!
MaaS360 – Win In the Cloud

Benjamin Robbins

10 May 2012 | 8:00 am

This is the second post in a two part series of my discussion with Jim Sheward, CEO of Fiberlink, makers of MaaS360. The first post examined Sheward’s vision for enterprise mobility management. Today we’ll look at how that vision is becoming reality. MaaS360′s pure cloud strategy creates very distinct advantages. The first is that with a single platform to support, they don’t have to develop and maintain two code bases. They also don’t have to worry about supporting all the server versions that an on-premise solution would need to be compatible with. As Sheward put it,…
MaaS360 – The Vision for Enterprise Mobility Management

Benjamin Robbins

8 May 2012 | 4:42 pm

MaaS360 is an exception in the enterprise mobility management space. They have a long history of securing mobile devices from a cloud-based infrastructure way before the advent of the iPhone or iPad. Over that time they have supported millions of devices. From their initial beginnings of secure laptop dial-up access, they have skillfully transformed themselves into one of the vanguards of enterprise mobility management. The key to their success, as Jim Sheward, CEO of Fiberlink (makers of MaaS360) explained during our recent conversation, was witnessing the consumerizatoin of IT unfold.
The Desire for Enterprise Mobility

Benjamin Robbins

4 May 2012 | 7:00 am

Yesterday there was a prolific (almost heated) exchange on Twitter regarding the correct use of enterprise mobility acronyms. Enterprise mobility has introduced an entire slew of acronyms into IT speak; BYOD, CoIT, MDM, MAM, MIM, EMM, etc. (*see below for the key). However, the specifics of the Twitter exchange, and who is right and wrong, is not what I want to focus on. Instead, I want to take an historical approach as to why these new terms are emerging and how we should respond. The dominant compute paradigm is changing. The birth of enterprise computing began with mainframes. A…

Mobile Apps Designers
3 Ways iPads are Changing Business

BolderImage

3 May 2012 | 4:31 pm

What do Kleenex, Xerox, Post-It, and Rollerblade all have in common? They are all trademarks that are so popular they have become the generic term for a product. People ask for a Kleenex when they need a tissue, make “Xerox” copies (not photocopies), and rarely go “in-line skating” (rather, they go “rollerblading”). Industry experts are seeing the same trend in a recent digital phenomenon – tablet computers, better known as “iPads”. This buzz surrounding the original tablet is unlikely to fade anytime soon. According to the second-quarter profit report from Apple earlier…
3 Ways to Utilize Mobile Payments

BolderImage

19 Apr 2012 | 8:41 am

While some businesses are still toying with the idea of including mobile in their marketing strategy, the question of today is not whether or not to do it, but how to best match their efforts with consumer trends. With one of the latest trends being mobile commerce, here are three ways businesses can utilize their mobile app to offer consumers the opportunity to make payments: 1. Mobile Bill Payments If you are in an business where you collect recurring payments from your customers, you are likely to have already established a way for your customers to pay over the phone, through your…
Engage Nearby Consumers with a Geo-Fence

BolderImage

5 Apr 2012 | 9:58 am

Earlier this year we outlined four mobile trends that we anticipated to be big in 2012. We are just over 3 months into 2012 and one of those trends, location based services (AKA geo-location, geo-social), is making huge waves. The results of a recent study were released on Tuesday and indicated that of all American smartphone customers, 58 percent use some type of location based application on their phone. Combine this with the trend of increasing smartphone purchases and the market for these apps has the perfect scenario to increase dramatically. The popularity isn’t the only thing…
3 Unique Mobile Commerce Strategies

BolderImage

22 Mar 2012 | 11:33 am

To many businesses the thought of “mobile apps” brings back the same memories evoked by “the Internet” back in 2003. Is it for my business? Is it here to stay? Is it worth the risk? Where do I even begin? But, perhaps the biggest question raised both back in the late 1990s and early 2000s about the Internet and today about mobile marketing is, “can it improve our bottom line?” For many reasons, the answer is yes. Of all the potential financial benefits of mobile app development, mobile commerce is one of the most tangible. The mobile commerce trend is…
New iPad Review

Dave

18 Mar 2012 | 8:21 pm

Now that I’ve had the new iPad in my hands for over two days, I can put it down just long enough to post this blog about how much I really really really like this new iPad. On the exterior, it’s almost the same as the iPad2. It’s slightly heavier than the iPad2 and slightly taller when laid on a flat surface. None of these things is a big deal or has any negative impact on the product at all. First, everyone is talking about the retina display. And they should be. The color fidelity on higher resolution images is so much better. On the commercials and in the Apple Store,…

The Grain
The Future of Manufacturing is going all digital

22 Apr 2012 | 10:39 am

The Economist has [a great survey](http://www.economist.com/node/21553017) this week on the future of manufacturing with some really interesting articles on short-run digital manufacturing, labor arbitrage opportunities (potentially moving manufacturing back from China), and collaborative manufacturing in the age of collaborative consumption. Overall as with their recent [interest 3D printing](http://www.economist.com/node/18114221), these guys seem very bullish on the future of additive manufacturing technologies such as FDM and SLA. One interesting fact mentioned a few times is that the…
On how Kickstarter is like Groupon

21 Apr 2012 | 5:58 am

First let me get this out of the way though: I love Kickstarter. As content, it is a geek's version of InStyle magazine— something you can mindlessly browse in front of the television while "trying on" the various projects you might buy into. What's more, at $300M of capital committed thus far, there is no way that it is not a fantastic platform for artisans and other types of makers. Having said that, it bothers me that everyone seems hell bent on describing Kickstarter as the next step in the evolution of funding for new ventures, or more specifically, in referring to it as the next step…
The Stacks and their attack surfaces

2 Apr 2012 | 5:48 pm

[The Stacks](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/bruce-sterling-sxsw-2012_n_1343353.html), they are a pain. If you've never heard the term, it is in reference to the walled gardens controlled by Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. Credit goes to sci-fi author/futurist Bruce Sterling who [used it in his closing SXSW keynote](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/bruce-sterling-sxsw-2012_n_1343353.html) this year. Here it is from the horse's mouth: "[There's] a new phenomena that I like to call the Stacks [vertically integrated social media]. And we've got five of them --…
The beginning of the end for the free riders from the social exhaust

31 Mar 2012 | 10:58 pm

The [Girls Around app fiasco](http://www.cultofmac.com/157918/creepy-girl-stalking-app-girls-around-me-has-been-yanked-from-the-app-store/) is breaking a story (long in coming) about the implications of the data exhaust we create on social networks being something that could be put to somewhat questionable use. Four Square, the primary vector for location in this particular case, has shut them down already and the news cycle is such that this broke at a point where it will probably fail to jump from the tech press to the mainstream early next week, but this is by no means the last we've heard…
On the magic of version 3 (quick thoughts on the new iPad)

25 Mar 2012 | 7:07 pm

The iPad 3 adheres to the old saw in technology that there is magic in version 3. While it is true that this is in part due to how wonderfully rich the app ecosystem has become, from a pure hardware perspective, the combination of a 264 dpi display and a lightning fast cellular network is about as magical as the many reviews have claimed. At HP, the ink and paper crowd was always obsessed with what was known as the "300 dpi barrier," the thought being that until affordable displays got there, there would still be plenty of room for consumers printing the stuff that wasn't going to get stuck…

Social Barrel
Dell Apologizes To Women After Misogynous Comments

Francis Rey

16 May 2012 | 4:22 am

Dell Apologizes To Women After Misogynous Comments. (Image: ethan lindsey, via Flickr / CC) Dell has vented out its apology to all women on social networking site Google+ concerning comments delivered by a company representative at one of its events. While it is uncommon for a tech firm to acknowledge faults and mistakes to a gender group, it is also uncommon to hire guest speakers that release misogyny, or hatred for women, at events previously known to be courteous. Christiane Vejlø, a blogger for Elektonista, unfortunately heard such sharp comments as she attended the said event where…
Nokia Introduces Two New Low-Cost, Web-Connected Feature Phones

Francis Rey

16 May 2012 | 2:58 am

Nokia Introduces Two New Low-Cost, Web-Connected Feature Phones. (Image: Nokia) Nokia has unveiled two new budget phones that offer access to the Web in an effort to “connect the next billion consumers to the internet”. The Finnish phone maker touts both feature phones to compress mobile data by as much as 90 percent less than regular mobile Web browsers through cloud compression in Nokia servers. Apart from the Web browser found on Nokia feature phones, both the Nokia 110 and 112 will also come with dedicated Facebook and Twitter apps out of the box. The handset, which comes in a…
Low-Cost HTC Desire C Offers Android ICS

Francis Rey

15 May 2012 | 3:11 pm

Low-Cost HTC Desire C Offers Android ICS HTC has unveiled its low-cost Desire C smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) for roll out within this month in the European market. The Taiwanese smartphone maker will sell the HTC Desire C in red hue, with a 3.5-inch HVGA (480 x 320 pixels) display, HTC Sense 4.0 user interface, a 600MHz single-core processor and 512MB of RAM. A 5-megapixel camera sits comfortably at the back, a VGA front-facing camera for video calls, 4GB of internal storage, 25GB of free Dropbox storage and Beats Audio technology. “One of the most common…
Facebook IPO Too High, According to Recent Survey

Neal Alfie Lasta

15 May 2012 | 8:29 am

Facebook is just a fad according to fifty percent of Americans surveyed (Image: Mehfuz Hossain (CC) via Flickr) In a survey conducted by the Associated Press-CNBC, fifty percent of Americans think Facebook’s IPO is too high. Fifty percent also think Facebook is just a fad. Facebook’s debut at Wall Street could be at a hundred million dollars more expensive than Ford, Disney, and a number of other huge companies, and certainly the largest Internet IPO ever. It’s only been eight years since Mark Zuckerberg introduced Facebook to the Internet, but now around 900 million people…
Sony Posts Record £3.5 Billion Loss

Francis Rey

15 May 2012 | 5:06 am

Sony Posts Record £3.5 Billion Loss. (Image: kalleboo, via Flickr / CC) Sony Electronics Corp has posted a record ¥456.7bn (£3.5bn) loss for its previous fiscal year, while expectations for profit returns remain positive for this year. The Japanese hardware giant may have experienced the worst financial figures in its 66-year history because of the rapid decline in TV and PlayStation sales, but it continues to have a brighter outlook for the coming year, with estimates of operation profits near ¥180bn for the fiscal year ending March next year. While lackluster sales in consumer products…

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Next Galaxy Smartphone to have Exynos 4 Quad-Core processor

26 Apr 2012 | 4:59 am

Samsung has announced that their 'Next Galaxy' smartphone will have its next generation 1.4GHz Exynos 4 quad-core chipset, built on 32nm HKMG process and based on 1.4GHz ARM CORTEX A9 quad-core. It would offer 20% less power consumption over the 45n...
Samsung Galaxy S II receives Ice Cream Sandwich update

25 Apr 2012 | 5:14 am

Samsung has started rolling-out Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Galaxy S II in several countries including Italy, New Zealand, US, Australia, and Croatia. As of now Samsung has not announced any update for Indian Galaxy S II users. As f...
LG Optimus 3D MAX arrives in European market

23 Apr 2012 | 8:10 am

Finally, LG starts rolling-out glasses-free 3D smartphone - the Optimus 3D Max in the European market. The phone was first showcased at Mobile World Congress (MWC), 2012 earlier this year in February. The device is a successor of previously launche...
Lava unveils XOLO X900 Powered by Intel Atom Z2460

19 Apr 2012 | 8:53 am

Lava Mobiles in partnership with Intel today announced the world's first Intel powered handset, the Lava XOLO X900. According to Lava Co-Founder and Director Vishal Sehgal the handset will available from April 23 at a Best Buy. XOLO X900 is pow...
Actress Shazahn Padamsee inaugurates Samsung Mobile Brand Store in New Delhi

19 Apr 2012 | 6:17 am

Samsung being the leading Smartphone manufacturer opened one of the Biggest Samsung Mobile Store in the world at Select Citywalk Mall, New Delhi on April 19th. For which Bollywood actress Shazahn Padamsee was by the company to inaugurate the grand Sams...

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Android ICS Running HTC Desire C is Officially Announced

Plaban

15 May 2012 | 8:18 am

After various leaks finally HTC announces cheap Android ICS mobile HTC Desire C. It is a successor to the popular HTC Explorer which is an entry level Android mobile. HTC Desire C borrows some styling from its bigger brothers of HTC One series. This mobile has 3.5 inch LCD screen and 5 MP rear camera. It is powered [...]
How To Increase HTC One X Battery Life?

Plaban

14 May 2012 | 2:07 pm

HTC One X is a beautiful device with its polycarbonate unibody design and quad core Tegra 3 processor makes it one of the most powerful Android mobile. It has great 4.7 inch Super IPS LCD 2 HD display and impressive camera. But the battery life of HTC One X is not that impressive, though it [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich Update is Now Available

Plaban

10 May 2012 | 7:24 am

Samsung Galaxy Note users rejoice! Samsung finally started rolling out Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for Galaxy Note. This phone cum tablet device initially shipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. After release of Galaxy Note, Samsung promised Ice Cream Sandwich Update for this device. But due to some reasons the ICS update for Note was pushed [...]
Play Game and Win 20 Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Mobile Phones

Plaban

2 May 2012 | 11:39 am

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102 is the latest android powered entry level smartphone from Samsung. This is first dual SIM Android mobile from Samsung. Now enjoy cheapest call, messaging and data plans on your mobile thanks to the dual SIM feature. Galaxy Y Duos is very similar to the popular Galaxy Y android mobile. This affordable [...]
Samsung Launches ‘Samsung Mobile Brand Store’ in India

Plaban

25 Apr 2012 | 3:53 am

Samsung, India’s No 1 Smartphone company has recently launched its first “Samsung Mobile Brand Store” in Delhi. This is the very first brand store which is based in India. It’s evidenced that Samsung has provided much advancement in the field of mobile technology, but they were not having direct selling store in India. To directly reach the [...]

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TeenTech Weekly: Facebook addiction, BYOD schools, Mac infections

Charlie Osborne

12 May 2012 | 7:45 am

This edition of TeenTech weekly rounds up Generation Y and student news that you may have missed. This week we’ve read about student BYOD policies, Mac infections and Facebook addictions.1.) Gen Y grads more likely to launch start-ups. (USA Today)Take an unpredictable job market, an overwhelming variety of possible careers, and a generation that thinks differently about the workplace, and you wind up with college graduates who are taking matters into their own hands.2.) Tech health care and the problem with targeting Gen-Y.Is Gen-Y’s reliance on mobile technology detrimental to…
As the online and physical blur, digital citizenship is now paramount

Charlie Osborne

11 May 2012 | 9:27 am

Digital citizenship can be compared to the fundamental lessons children learn in the society they grow up in — from the acceptable modes of behaviour and politeness to what is legal and what is not.In the West, we teach our children not to talk to strangers, to not punch our siblings and in Britain, you never get in the front seat with a taxi driver — but how far are we pressing the core values of what it means to be a ‘citizen’ in the digital world, where some activities contain similar elements of risk?It is important for young children to learn, now, just what is…
Tech health care and the problem with targeting Gen-Y

Charlie Osborne

10 May 2012 | 3:44 pm

Generation Y may be stereotypically associated with being fed a steady diet of MP3 players, iPads and smartphones, but does its behaviour move beyond simply using social networks and search engines, and apply to the use digital networks for the benefit of their health?For a generation used to accessing information instantaneously on their mobile devices, it is possible that they may feel a disconnect from healthcare services for which technological, communicative innovation is still in its infancy.A recent survey conducted by ZocDoc and Harris Interactive polled over 2,000 adults nationwide…
Are Generation Y 'careless' in their use of Wi-Fi?

Charlie Osborne

10 May 2012 | 4:40 am

Public Wi-Fi services are being expanded across the West — from entire cities using smart grid technology to support wireless connection for its citizens, to stores offering access to the Internet in return for buying a coffee or book.However, do the younger generation consider the security implications of using such networks?Apparently, the younger generation may not.In its bi-annual Security Index survey, Unisys has highlighted that while the use of public Wi-Fi is on the rise, the security concerns of certain age groups may not be reflected in reality.The 18 - 34 age group in New…
Should CEOs embrace Gen-Y to keep them?

Charlie Osborne

9 May 2012 | 8:27 am

Employing the Generation Y can be a risky business. Opinions concerning the ones that came after Baby Boomers vary; some view the group as stereotypically lazy and job-hopping; others view them as people that require flexibility and challenge.Some businesses have given up attempting to retain such workers — that cost time and money to train — while others have began to alter their business practices to try and accommodate transitions in work culture.The iGeneration, a group beginning to move into their 30s, will eventually take up leadership roles in Western businesses.

mobiFriendly
Choice Hotels iPad App just launched

admin

14 May 2012 | 6:07 pm

Parsus (the parent company of mobiFriendly) has delivered a plethora of strategic and technology solutions for Choice over the past few years. Some of these start at the very basic conceptual idea stage and go all the way through to execution and launch. The latest solution delivered was the brand new Choice Hotels iPad App. The original Choice Hotels iPhone App was launched in 2009, and was the first location and reservation App in the Hospitality industry. From this single App consumers could search hotels and make reservations at any of Choice Hotels brands (Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites,…
Mobile Websites with: YouTube Videos

admin

14 May 2012 | 1:11 pm

Videos are one of the newest features on mobile websites. However, not all mobile websites display video the same way. Some send their users to 3rd party video hosting sites, while some close out of the browser and open a video-watching App. A select few (just over 1,000 to be exact…) use this YouTube Video module and keep their users on the mobile site all while displaying their company’s logo above the video. The YouTube Video module is similar to the RSS Feed module in it’s ease of use. Name the module, copy and paste a little bit of text, and the platform does the…
Mobile Websites with: Sub-Menus

admin

11 May 2012 | 6:46 pm

Organization of your mobile websites is critical. Mobile consumers have shorter attention spans and want precise content that can be found easily. This isn’t to say that you need to limit the content on your mobile websites, just make sure that it is organized in an easy-to-use fashion. Perhaps by adding in Sub-Menus. The Sub-Menu module makes it very easy to separate sections of your mobile websites. Maybe you work with a restaurant that has daily specials. When their customers visit the mobile site on a Friday they don’t want to scroll all the way through Sunday, Monday,…
Mobile Websites with: RSS Feeds

admin

10 May 2012 | 11:04 am

One of the most visited sections on web pages today are Blogs, but you already know that since you’re looking at our blog! Your clients probably keep up with their blog for many reasons including SEO value, to show their customers how knowledgeable they are in their industry, and to always keep content fresh. Mobile websites, on the other hand, are known for being static and only containing basic information. Completely dynamic pages have had to be custom developed in the past, but now with the RSS Feed module they are one of the easiest things to add to your mobile websites. One box,…
Mobile websites with: Reviews

admin

4 May 2012 | 3:08 pm

Consumers rely heavily on reviews from others before making decisions. Since mobile websites’ conversions are higher than desktop websites’, doesn’t it make sense that mobile websites should include customer reviews? Adding the reviews module is a simple, one-step process with the mobiFriendly content management system. You don’t have to create anything, there is no copying or pasting reviews from other websites. Just add the module, and then select the review site you want to use. There is an extensive list of popular review sites including Angie’s List, Better…

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Introducing Zoho Sites, Free Website Builder for your Business

Raju Vegesna

15 May 2012 | 11:05 am

We are excited to announce a new addition to our broad application portfolio; Zoho Sites. This new application is a website builder aimed at simplifying website creation, including mobile websites. Users can create websites easily just by dragging and dropping elements, without having to write even a single line of code. There are hundreds of Website builders available in the market already. Then, why are we launching Zoho Sites now? At Zoho, we want to offer a broad set of business tools, so that you can run your entire business on Zoho.…
Customer Spotlight: Nubifer’s search for an accounting software ended with Zoho Books

Reshma Roy

11 May 2012 | 8:26 am

With companies relying more and more on newer technology to remain competitive, it becomes crucial for the decision makers to be aware and unbiased towards better solutions. Reduced IT costs, faster implementation and better collaboration is making the technology heads see cloud computing in a different light. Nubifer Inc has taken it upon themselves to help companies welcome cloud computing with open arms. Their talented consultants, along with their slew of products and services like SaaS (Software as a Service), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) , HRIS (Human Resource Information…
Just In: Engage and Support your Customers in Twitter and Facebook with Zoho

Rodrigo Vaca

10 May 2012 | 11:15 am

We are excited to share with you the newest update to Zoho Support. We have just enabled social media integration with Facebook and Twitter so you can engage and support customers through those channels, seamlessly integrating Tweets and Facebook posts into your existing operation to increase your social reputation while improving your overall customer experience. Today’s connected customers expect a high level of support – and customers are increasingly taking to social media to get their problems fixed. You need to make sure you’re listening and have the right tools to…
Doing a task more than twice? Then, Automate it.

Sharanya R

9 May 2012 | 10:11 am

“Anything that you do more than twice has to be automated.” -Adam Stone, CEO, D-Tools Our daily work pattern will have certain activities that we repeat on and off. And when I say ‘on and off’, it means several times that span the entire workday. Take this typical cold calling scenario, for example: You, as a sales rep, have a list of leads that you call on a daily basis. Now, every time a lead accepts your proposal, you send a ‘Thank you’ email to the person.…
CRM Usage Trims Repetitive Tasks from Minutes to Seconds

David Spark

9 May 2012 | 12:02 am

Since Mark Alvarez, President of La Tortilla Oven, started using Zoho all of his contacts are inline and he can actually trace all conversations instantly. In the past, Alvarez admitted he would spend minutes digging up emails just to track past conversations. What he also loves about Zoho is the integration of all the other modules. For example all his products are integrated with customer preferences and orders. Something that would usually take five minutes to do is now taking no more than 15 seconds.…

Dagigus
Sony Xperia U - next generation SmartPhones

kibagus mahdi

12 May 2012 | 12:15 am

Detailed specifications S o n y X p e r i a U Overview Processor Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Plan Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, in Quarter 2...
Dell Inspiron 15 (N5040) Laptop

kibagus mahdi

14 Apr 2012 | 4:57 am

Detailed specifications Dell Inspiron 15 Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core P6200 (2.13Ghz) Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Display 15.6" High...
Nokia Lumia 900, 8 MP main camera

kibagus mahdi

16 Mar 2012 | 10:35 am

Detailed specifications : N O K I A L U M I A 9 0 0 DESIGN Width...
iPhone 4S width 5-megapixel camera

kibagus mahdi

22 Jan 2012 | 2:22 am

The next generation iPhone, 3G smartphone with an improved processor iPhone 4S Technical Specifications Color White and Black Capacity 16GB ...
Epson Stylus SX440W Width Smart Navigation Touch Panel

kibagus mahdi

21 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am

What's In The Box Four ink cartridges, software CD, user guides, warranty, power cable Technology ...

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“Like” It or Not: Dissecting the Value of Facebook Marketing

Kerry Skemp

14 May 2012 | 1:19 pm

A recent Forrester report on the value of Facebook marketing found that liking a brand consistently increased the likelihood to purchase, recommend, and consider that brand. BlackBerry users who liked the brand on Facebook were 5.6 times more likely to have purchased a BlackBerry than those who didn’t “Like” the brand, while Coca-Cola Facebook fans have a 95% probability of purchasing the brand, compared with a 71% probability for the general population. These results seem exiting, but there are at least two clear issues with this “research.” First, there’s…
From Disconnect to Unconference: 4 Ways to Promote Audience Involvement at Corporate Events

Kerry Skemp

10 May 2012 | 7:38 am

What’s the point of an event? As we mentioned earlier this week, events are a great way to spice up your existing marketing program and interact with people face-to-face. Typically, most corporate events are created to inform, to interact, or to sell. While most events are built at least on the premise of informing attendees, some (like, say, SXSW) are just as well (if not better) known for the social side of things, while others (Cloudforce, perhaps) focus on “selling” the benefits of a particular tool. Even when aiming to educate, conferences can sometimes put too many…
Does Your Marketing Need a Little Salt? 4 Ways to Flavor Your Existing Marketing Program

Kerry Skemp

7 May 2012 | 8:00 am

This post is the first in BookBiz, a series on (non-business) books that have inspired us to look at business differently. Stay tuned for more, or suggest a book we should read! I’m currently reading Mark Bitterman’s Salted, a gorgeous love letter to the savory mineral that covers more types of salt than I ever suspected might exist. From fleur de sel to sel gris to Japanese shio salt, Bitterman’s salts have the flavor bases covered. But does your business? It’s easy to get trapped into the routine of following a marketing “recipe”: create the call to…
8 Tactics For Engaging Social Media Sweepstakes and Facebook Contests

Caleb Hodes

4 May 2012 | 6:59 am

In a recent posting at Inc., Altruette founders Lee Clifford and Julie Schlosser wrote about what works and what doesn’t work in Facebook contests. In their initial social media push, the team crafted a seemingly fun and engaging contest. The idea was to promote a “Philanthropy Friday“, when users submitted videos about their favorite non-profits. As they explained, this promotion was like throwing a party where nobody showed up. In fact, it was pretty much exactly like that. The team switched it up with the next contest (called “Help a Mom in Need“) and got…
Social Networking Catches Up With Gaming on Mobile, Provides Authentic Info

Caleb Hodes

3 May 2012 | 7:45 am

TechCrunch recently reported that the mobile analytics provider Flurry has found that users of Android and iOS are now giving equal time to Social Networking and Gaming on mobile. In the past, gaming had consistently taken up the lead in time spent on mobile devices. Additional data support the notion that social marketing is becoming a central tactic for small businesses. Why is the shift toward social so important to the small business owner, and to marketers in particular? The end of Gaming’s 40-month reign over Social Networking in mobile clearly shows the importance of social for…

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Nokia Lumia 610 India Price Leaked| Rs. 19,999 [Rumor]

Ricky Shah

14 May 2012 | 2:32 am

This Nokia Lumia 610 India Price Leaked| Rs. 19,999 [Rumor] post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah Unlike previous rumors that predicted the price of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
AT&T Samsung Focus 2 Windows Phone Specs

Ricky Shah

10 May 2012 | 6:02 am

This AT&T Samsung Focus 2 Windows Phone Specs post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah Samsung unleashed its first ever LTE compatible Windows... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Articles: Third-Party Instapaper Client for Windows Phone Arrives in Style

Ricky Shah

30 Apr 2012 | 10:59 pm

This Articles: Third-Party Instapaper Client for Windows Phone Arrives in Style post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah Although, there is no official... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How To Increase Battery Life of any Windows Phone

Ricky Shah

28 Apr 2012 | 6:48 am

This How To Increase Battery Life of any Windows Phone post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah Many people thought that Nokia made a big mess when... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Discover marketplace apps in fun way with AppVegas

Ricky Shah

27 Apr 2012 | 3:10 am

This Discover marketplace apps in fun way with AppVegas post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah Finally, Seles Games have released ‘AppVegas’ app in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Mobile Web Book Released and Reviewed

Deltina Hay

4 May 2012 | 11:38 am

The Bootstrapper’s Guide to the Mobile Web is officially released! And here is the trailer… This is the only book you need to get your business ready for the mobile web. But don’t take my biased word for it, here is what the critics are saying about The Bootstrapper’s Guide to the Mobile Web: In this nuts-and-bolts book, social media marketing expert Hay (The Social Media Survival Guide) guides the do-it-yourselfer through getting mobile from start to finish, covering everything from style and best practices to creating apps and your own QR codes…direct,…
16 Mobile Website Best Practices

Deltina Hay

20 Apr 2012 | 10:54 am

Regardless of the solution you choose to create your mobile website, there are some best practices that should be applied to all mobile websites. Following are some mobile website best practices paraphrased from the book, The Bootstrapper’s Guide to the Mobile Web, by Deltina Hay. 1. Keep It Simple: In general, keeping your site simple means eliminating most images; simplifying navigation, layout, and design elements; eliminating Flash and other proprietary software; keeping your site free of clutter; and breaking up text and other content. 2. Prioritize Content: Space is in high demand…
Mobile Website Solutions for Everyone

Deltina Hay

18 Apr 2012 | 9:33 am

You have invested a lot of time, effort, and money into creating and optimizing your web presence. Now is not the time to let that go to waste as your customers transition to using their mobile devices to access your company! In previous articles, we discuss why you need a mobile website, how people use the mobile web, and steps for planning your mobile website. But none of that tells you how to create your mobile website, or what your options are. Luckily, you have a host of solutions available to get your web presence mobile-ready, with many of them taking very little time, effort, or money…
3 Steps to Planning a Successful Mobile Website

Deltina Hay

20 Mar 2012 | 12:07 pm

It is imperative that you offer a mobile version of your website in one form or another. But before leaping in and creating a mobile website just because you need one, pull back and plan for a mobile site that meets your customer’s needs, fulfills your business objectives, and integrates the features you need now and in the future. Here are some guidelines to help you plan a successful mobile website: 1. Plan For User Expectations In a previous post, we discussed how people use the mobile web. Mobile device users already know what they want when they get to a mobile website, and are…
How to Make Your Website a Mobile Shortcut

Deltina Hay

28 Feb 2012 | 9:24 am

You don’t need a mobile app to help your audience keep your website as fresh in their minds as their Angry Birds. Your site visitors can easily save your website as a shortcut on their smartphone or tablet, keeping your content as top-of-mind as their mobile apps. The problem is that many of your site visitors may not know how to create a mobile shortcut, so you should offer instructions on how they can. There are any number of ways to do this: You can offer a link to a page with instructions or place a short video on your site showing how they can create a shortcut on their mobile…

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Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S3 with 4G network support ready to hit US market

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15 May 2012 | 2:21 am

US users could get a 4G-supporting variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3, as per some reports. This approaching device could flaunt a Qualcomm 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 dual-core CPU – the similar chipset utilized in the Asus PadFone. This gives it … Continue reading →
Samsung Galaxy Note receives the ICS update

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14 May 2012 | 5:17 am

For a very long time, we’ve been waiting for the official update for the Samsung Galaxy Note so that it could get updated to Ice Cream Sandwich. Some courageous tech buffs even tried to try a leaked ROM to see … Continue reading →
A sneak-peek into HTC EVO Design 4G for Boost Mobile

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11 May 2012 | 5:43 am

Desire an Ice Cream Sandwich running smartphone with 4G data speeds from a leading mobile phone maker such as the HTC – and everything on a competitively configured prepaid plan from Boost Mobile? Whilst earlier unheard of, presently user can … Continue reading →
AT&T will not offer Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD

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10 May 2012 | 5:55 am

This is barely a surprise given the fact that the smartphone in question was uncovered a long four months back at Consumers Electronics Show. AT&T & Samsung have taken the decision to dump the release of the Samsung Galaxy S … Continue reading →
Rumor: ZTE Nova 4.0 V8000 ready to hit the market shelves

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9 May 2012 | 4:26 am

It seems like ZTE is ready to release the highly-anticipated Nova 4.0 V8000. Even though this device hasn’t been officially announced, it’s highly probable that it will be released soon. This device will bring an impressive set of specifications, and … Continue reading →

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Pompous Rhetoric on Broadband, Mobile Woes: An Editorial

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9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm

Leonard Grace | BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom Executives Competing at Tug of War Game After reading the recent article “How We’re Holding Back Broadband”, by Holman W. [...] BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom | Leonard Grace No related posts. Industry News for Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Wireless and Telecom sectors | Trends, Insights, and Analysis
Cablevision Dogged by Wall Street: Exec Exodus, Lackluster Financials, Competition

leonardgrace@broadbandconvergent.com (Len Grace)

6 May 2012 | 3:31 pm

Leonard Grace | BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom As Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) reported its 1st Quarter financials to investors, Wall Street took a shortsighted view of earnings leaving [...] BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom | Leonard Grace No related posts. Industry News for Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Wireless and Telecom sectors | Trends, Insights, and Analysis
Overcoming Critics of 3D Technology: Consumers Rule

leonardgrace@broadbandconvergent.com (Len Grace)

1 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

Leonard Grace | BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom I have always admired quality innovation and the Cameron | Pace Group has quietly, if not singularly, embraced 3D (Three [...] BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom | Leonard Grace Related posts: Nimble TV: Using Disruptive Technology to... Industry News for Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Wireless and Telecom sectors | Trends, Insights, and Analysis
Sprint Fights for Mobile Market Relevance: First Quarter Earnings Positive

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25 Apr 2012 | 3:05 pm

Leonard Grace | BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom Picture of iPhone 4S for Sprint Sprint’s vision along with determined action says everything. They are fighting for mobile market [...] BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom | Leonard Grace No related posts. Industry News for Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Wireless and Telecom sectors | Trends, Insights, and Analysis
Nimble TV: Using Disruptive Technology to Offer TV Everywhere

leonardgrace@broadbandconvergent.com (Len Grace)

23 Apr 2012 | 3:19 pm

Leonard Grace | BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom HBO GO Tired of waiting for TV Everywhere to materialize after a three year wait from cable operators, Nimble TV [...] BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Technology News | Broadband - Mobile - Cable - Wireless - Telecom | Leonard Grace No related posts. Industry News for Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Wireless and Telecom sectors | Trends, Insights, and Analysis

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