At this week's CTIA Enterprise and Applications conference in San Francisco, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced a new project called "Sprint ID," aimed at mobile phone customization. The Sprint ID service lets users create separate mobile profiles for work and play, each with their own application packs, wallpapers, widgets and...
Electronics manufacturer LG has scrapped plans for its upcoming Android-based tablet computer, saying that the current version of the Google Android mobile operating system (version 2.2, code-named "Froyo") isn't ready for tablets. According to a Reuters report, an unnamed LG exec said "we plan to introduce a tablet that runs...
Somewhat overshadowed by today's news that Skype is partnering with Facebook comes a long expected announcement from the VOIP company: it is also partnering with telephony company Avaya to offer unified communication services. This follows Skype moving its business focused Skype Connect service out of beta. Of the "big three"...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking to the audience at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco this week, said that his company expects mobile to dominate search at some point in the future. "Eventually, we think mobile will be the majority of the searches and the majority of the revenue,"...
When it rains, it pours! Today, there's a ton of new information about mobile advertising trends and new initiatives, all of which should catch the eye of marketers, advertisers and developers alike. For starters, a new report from Millennial Media finds Android ad requests are on the rise. Meanwhile, IDC...
At the BlackBerry Developers Conference today, RIM announced its first tablet, called the BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as new initiatives designed to make BlackBerry development easier and more profitable. As previously reported elsewhere, the tablet will run on QNX, a UNIX-like operating system RIM acquired earlier this year. Notably, RIM...
Pre-loaded mobile applications - the so-called "junk" apps (aka "crapware") that come pre-installed on mobile handsets - aren't as despised as you might think. At least that's the finding of a new study of American consumers by iGR Research. The market strategy consultancy discovered that pre-installed applications actually factor into...
A research project that aims to develop a standard for universal applications has just received £10 million in funding from the European Union. The project, called Webinos, is being led by the Fraunhofer Institute, the same group that developed the technology behind the ubiquitous music file format MP3. Webinos' end...
The big stories at Verizon Developer Community Conference 2010 (VDCC) are APIs and VCAST Apps for Day 1. Opening keynote talks and panels explored a range of topics that are on the minds of all mobile app developers.Let's take a closer look.There's an API for thatWhen you consider that all...
We ran across an interview excerpt with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson that will run in the Sunday print edition of the Dallas Morning News.There are two interesting takeaways from the interview:First, AT&T is taking a deep interest in the cloud. Stephenson talks about the networking deals it is winning by...
Research analysts at Gartner have forecasted that Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) will become the second largest platform in terms of market share by year-end 2010. Symbian, however, will remain number one. Garner also notes that by 2014, the end of the forecast period for this latest market research...
"...a tablet is, crucially, a more shareable computer. A laptop, with its fragile hinge-ware and space-gobbling keyboard, is just not comfy to share. A tablet is easier to bring to the café, easier to hand across the table or along the sofa, easier to seize in the heat of the...
Microsoft's new mobile OS has shipped to handset makers and will be appearing on phones in time for the holiday season, the company announced today.The stage is set for Microsoft to either rock the mobile world with a mainstream alternative to the iPhone and Android platforms, rebounding after a string...
How many Droids are there? How much RAM is in the Nexus One? Does the Samsung Galaxy S support Wi-Fi N? Does the Droid X have a bigger screen than the Droid 2? Can you get Android in a TV? In a car?If these are the sort of questions you've...
It's no secret that RIM is in trouble on Wall Street as it loses out in the consumer market to Android vendors and Apple. But what about RIM's core competency, the enterprise? We've been covering the rapid adoption of Android and especially iOS in the enterprise, and the availability of...
The Android platform has garnered much attention lately because of its rapidly expanding number of apps and phones on the market, so additional growth statistics should come at no surprise. Mobile Web usage on Android devices in the U.S. quadrupled in the second quarter of 2010, stealing market share from...
In December of 2009 mobile device management vendor Good Technology began supporting iPhones and Android devices. Since then the companies says 1,500 enterprises have deployed iPhones and Android devices using Good for Enterprise, around 43% of Good's overall deployments. Good has described the monthly growth of both platforms as "meteoric."...
Research firm Canalys is today reporting a surge in the worldwide shipments of Android smartphones. Thanks to Android-based products from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericssion, LG and others, smartphones running the Android operating system grew 886% worldwide in Q2 2010. Also in the U.S., the largest smartphone market in the...
Opera, the Oslo-based browser company, has released its latest monthly State of the Mobile Web Report. The company is calling this month's report the "World Cup Edition," as it takes a closer look at the continued explosion of the mobile Web in Africa and declares Chile as the winner of...
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference today, Steve Ballmer promised tablets in a variety of form factors would arrive by the end of the year from partners including Asus, Dell, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba - but offered no specifics. ASUS has already announced ASUS Eee Pad and MSI has announced...
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