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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
Report: No Android until fourth quarter
News Google's mobile operating system won't be available until late this year, states newspaper report. With the iPhone 3G on the way, are developers losing interest?
Tags: Open source, Cellular phones, Development/design, Software engineering/development, Mobile, Google Inc., Android, phone, software, handset company
Nokia sets Symbian app challenge
News Phone manufacturer announces mobile app competition to help drive interest and sales of Symbian devices, especially in emerging markets, says executive.
Tags: Symbian, Mobile, India, Toshiba Libretto, Symbian Inc., device manufacturer, phone, software, job, handset company
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
Developing markets fuel cell phone sales
News A recent Gartner report shows that sales in emerging markets helped boost overall mobile handset sales 13.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Sales/revenue, India, Gartner Inc., Sales, phone, Emerging Market, food, NPD Group Inc.
Apple is third in global smartphone rankings
News Statistics from Gartner suggest that the iPhone, which has been available for just one year, has already taken Apple to third place in the smartphone stakes.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Gartner Inc., Sales, Touch Screen, phone
First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010
News The move by Nokia and allies to spur the development of mobile Web applications is seen as a major strike against Google and its nascent Android platform.
Tags: Symbian, Linux, Open source, Cellular phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Google Inc., Symbian Inc., handset company, Wall Street Journal
Mobile users make same errors as disabled PC users
News Academics have called on tech companies to overcome mobile-device usability issues, after research found mobile users make the same errors as motor-impaired PC users.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Development/design, Wireless e-mail devices, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile, phone, technology company, information system, researcher
Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs as profits tumble
News Gartner fears the company's management has "given up" for the remainder of the year, after the handset maker barely broke even in the second quarter.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Environment, Microsoft ASP, job, handset company, Internet, Nokia Corp., consultant
Nokia throws BlackBerry Connect off new handsets
News The Finnish manufacturer's new E-series business handsets will not work with the BlackBerry e-mail client, as Nokia wants to give users a 'proper choice' of e-mail software.
Tags: E-mail clients, BlackBerry, Smart phones, Palm Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., handset company
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
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
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
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
