Asurion AddressBook unlocks Android’s social media potential
A new application called Asurion AddressBook launches on the Android Market tomorrow, opening up new ways to use social media on the phone — and instantly making the iPhone look even more outdated for not running applications in the background and its lower app integration…. Continue Reading
Android phones give carrier services more muscle
Google’s Android phones have emerged as major competitors to the red-hot iPhone. And now Android seems to have yet one more thing working in its favor: Carriers have figured out that it offers them some very valuable options to help them differentiate their services from… Continue Reading
Google launches AdSense for mobile phones — reveals “high-end” strategy
Google has just released AdSense for high-end mobile phones.
It’s a way for advertisers to places ads beside content that is browsed on smartphones, a move that further highlights the search engine giant’s strategy for mobile: It wants to target high-end mobile users.
It’s also significant in… Continue Reading
Q&A: Flurry, T-Mobile push boundaries on carrier-developer collaboration
Flurry, a company that provides analytics for mobile applications, and T-Mobile have teamed up to release a free analytics platform for the T-Mobile development community focusing on Android, BlackBerry and J2ME. With even more app usage data, T-Mobile will be able to improve its retail strategy… Continue Reading
Silicon Valley software developers to get WiMAX network soon
WiMAX, the next-generation technology that will replace aging Wi-Fi networks with smarter, faster Internet access, is slated to launch in the Bay Area in 2010. But a small cadre of software developers will be able to access the network much sooner.
A twenty square mile network,… Continue Reading
Get ready for Android apps on your refrigerator
Google has been saying for a while now that its Android operating system — currently limited to mobile phones, including T-Mobile’s myTouch launching today — isn’t just for mobile phones. The bigger vision is to see Android on netbooks and even other devices around the… Continue Reading
Palm’s Pre fails to help Sprint, and RIM snickers
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Q&A: Verizon says it will be the first to offer ‘true’ mobile video
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Verizon promises developers access to a “billion” customers
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MobileBeat 2009: Feedback about content, news and dealmaking
Last week, about 500 people attended MobileBeat, our sold-out mobile conference in San Francisco.
Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Most people said they enjoyed the content debates and the jazz-filled reception afterward. In one case, a startup entrepreneur said he got three meetings with venture capitalists… Continue Reading
MobileBeat: Listen to panels on mobile gatekeepers and startup competition part 2
Stitcher has delivered more audio recordings of Thursday’s MobileBeat conference. The first link is for the panel entitled What Will the Gatekeepers Do Now? The AppStore and Beyond (pictured above), moderated by Matthaus Krzykowski. And the other is the MobileBeat 2009 Startup Competition — Apps… Continue Reading
14 finalists picked for MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition
VentureBeat’s team of experts has selected 14 finalists for our MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition.
We’re revealing the full list at our conference on July 16, but here are some teasers about the seven finalists for the top “mobile services” category and seven finalists for the top… Continue Reading
Adobe’s Flash 10 for Android: A big win for mobile web apps
On Adobe’s earnings call last week, chief executive Shantanu Naraye said his company will introduce version 10 of its Flash multimedia player for Android this October at Adobe MAX 2009. This comes on the heals of handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson’s announcement that it will release… Continue Reading
MobileBeat2009 speakers: Nokia board member Tero Ojanpera, Palm’s Michael Abbott
We’re delighted to announce two of the speakers at our MobileBeat2009 conference, to be held in San Francisco on July 16.
The conference comes at a time of considerable tension in the mobile industry: Apple is getting ready to release the next version of its iPhone… Continue Reading
Mobile 2.0 Europe — bringing together mobile influencers
Announcing Mobile 2.0 Europe: a two-day event on June 18-19, 2009 in Barcelona that will explore the emerging Mobile Ecosystem and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, presented by Dotopen and the Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee.
After 3 events in San Francisco and a successful Mobile 2.0 Europe event… Continue Reading
EconSM Conference — May 14th, San Francisco; discount for VentureBeat readers
Twitter. MySpace. Bebo. Yahoo! Verizon. Nokia. Nielsen Mobile. comScore. And more. They’ll all be at EconSM: Social Meets Mobile on May 14th in San Francisco. For those who know it’s not enough to be social anymore—that you have to be mobile—come for a lively discussion on the… Continue Reading
MEX conference highlights mobile user experience
On May 19 and 20, 100 of the brightest minds in mobile telecoms are gathering in London for a very different style of event — the MEX Mobile User Experience conference.
Participants from the world’s leading network operators, handset manufacturers, software developers and media companies work… Continue Reading
Vodafone blitzes Europe with second Android phone, HTC Magic
Phone carrier Vodafone will launch the new Google Android smartphone called the HTC Magic in Germany next week.
It can record video, sports a nifty mobile address book, has touchscreen technology and has a qwerty touch keyboard (which you can have a look at here). The… Continue Reading
How much will Skype pay EU carriers for the success of its iPhone app?
Skype’s iPhone application, which lets users make cheap or free calls over their phone data plans, is a raging success. Barely a week after its release at the end of March, 2 million users had downloaded the application, representing almost 10 percent of iPhone users.
But… Continue Reading
Details of HTC Android phones emerge through new style of marketing
Two days ago T-Mobile sent an email to Engadget to invite them to an press event on April 21st. Billed as a “private launch event,” it has tech blogs wondering what the news will be: Will the company be announcing a new Android device? Or… Continue Reading