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Seeking memorable mobile apps
Insight perspective Mobile applications are numerous but often lacking in quality. One analyst looks at what's needed to improve them.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Developer, Cisco Catalyst, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., social networking, network, handset company
PC vendors want slice of smartphone pie
News Converging mobile PCs and smartphone capabilities push vendors toward lucrative smartphone market, but barriers to diminish impact, says Gartner.
Tags: Development/design, Smart phones, Cellular phones, revenue, mobile, handset, Smart Phone, PC Company, Gartner Inc., Sales
Asia mobile regulators lag behind West
News Region's regulators fall behind in terms of regulating and pushing mobile entertainment, but are expected to leapfrog Western counterparts.
Tags: Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Regulator, mobile entertainment, Mobile commerce, MEF, entertainment, China
Nokia buys social travel firm Dopplr
News Dopplr founder Marko Ahtisaari says Nokia shares his company's vision of improving the travel experience through social location data.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, IP Telephony, telephony company, London, Flickr, handset company, Internet, acquisition, Web 2.0
China Mobile plans its own app store
News The upcoming Mobile Market of the world's largest wireless carrier is set to go live later this year, indicating that Apple and China Mobile are done with any iPhone talks.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., International Data Group, China Unicom, operating system, mobile operating system, handset company, Apple iPhone
AT&T buys application developer
News Phone giant nabs Plusmo to help it build more apps and widgets for mobile phones, PCs, and TV.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Applications and tools, Apple iPhone, Phone, TV, cell phone, Web development, mobile, Business Strategies & Functions, Plusmo
HTC Android handset not coming until 2009
News One of the most prominent supporters of Google's Android mobile phone software is reportedly having trouble putting a phone together, and may have to delay the project.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Linux, Open source, Symbian, Google Inc., phone, software, Google Android
Nokia enters PC market with Booklet 3G netbook
News Handset manufacturer announces netbook weighing 1.25kg and just over 2cm thick, that includes many of the same features as its high-end smartphones.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Battery, Intel Corp., 3G, Microsoft Windows, Mobility, handset company, PC, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets
South Korea hits Qualcomm with antitrust fine
News Chipset manufacturer gets record US$209 million fine by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, for giving discounts and rebates to handset makers that avoid competitors' products.
Tags: Components, Qualcomm Inc., Wireless, South Korea, antitrust, Fair Trade Commission, handset company, chipset, manufacturer, Components
Avaya's Nortel buy could cause trouble for Cisco
News If Avaya succeeds in bid, the new entity would be "a very credible challenger" to Cisco in Australia's enterprise telephony market, according to analyst.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Acquisitions, Competitive advantage, Nortel Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Australia, Sales, Optus
HTC patches Bluetooth driver flaw
News Handset manufacturer issues patch for a Bluetooth vulnerability discovered earlier this week.
Tags: Cellular phones, Bluetooth, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Flaw, phone, Bluetooth, File-sharing, Microsoft Windows, handset company
Google stuffs staffers' stockings with Android phones
News This year, the search giant is giving its employees an HTC Dream, or G1 smartphone running its Android mobile operating system, as a holiday gift.
Tags: Smart phones, Bluetooth, Business applications, Browser, Google Inc., Android, Australia, phone, software, handset company
VMware moves into mobile virtualization
News The virtualization firm has announced a mobile platform, promising corporate IT departments the ability to roll out "corporate phone personalities" across a range of handsets.
Tags: Virtualization, Business applications, Smart phones, Operating systems, ARM, Mobile, VMware Inc., operating system, phone, Hardware
Hundreds of Nokia jobs under threat
News The Finnish handset manufacturer has embarked on "workforce adjustments" affecting around 600 employees, following a drop in profits.
Tags: Layoffs, Cellular phones, Workforce, job loss, Finland, financial, job, marketing, handset company, workforce adjustment
Ericsson, STMicro form semiconductor joint venture
News The two manufacturers have merged their mobile semiconductor and platforms businesses.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Mobile platforms/communications, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Venture, Semiconductor, intellectual property, software, marketing
