APPCON, the first mobile app centric conference, is offering special discounts through June 27, 2010, allowing interested companies and individuals to register for just $495. That money, which BTW is $300 less than the full price, buys you visit to the Expo Show Floor, the full conference, including all networking events and educational sessions. APPCON…
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SMS GupShup’s mobile social network surpasses 150 advertisers
SMS GupShup, which is India’s largest social network with over 30 million users, announced that more than 150 advertisers have run campaigns on its network. Among the companies that used the network to spread its message we find such brands as eBay India, ICICI, Pepsi, Airtel and Tata. According to SMS GupShup, mobile communities are…
QoTD: HTC: “What we deliver now is 10% to 20% of what we want.”
Forbes interviewed Horace Luke, the Chief Innovation Officer at HTC. He joined the company in 2007, and has a history with Microsoft, where he worked on the XBOX and Windows Mobile, Nike, where he designed exhibition spaces, and has also designed furniture, jewelry, and even dabbled in architecture. A modern renaissance man. When Forbes National…
Chart of the Day: Nokia used to be 14x larger than Apple, but is now 1/8th the size of the Cupertino fruit
Bloomberg came out with a chart today that will no doubt be used as ammunition by Apple fanbois in internet forums the world over. It shows Apple’s market cap, today, at being roughly $247 billion. That’s the same market cap Nokia had back in the year 2000, which let me remind you, was a full…
HTC Mozart to be first Windows Phone 7 device, ships in October?
After seeing Windows Phone 7 Series in Barcelona earlier this year, and then rejoicing at the decision to simply rename the operating system Windows Phone 7, we’ve all but lost much of the enthusiasm we once had when Steve Ballmer was in front of us, on stage, kicking ass and taking names. Since we first…
Apple Surprises iPhone Pre-order Customers With June 23 Delivery Date?
Apple has apparently been sending out e-mails telling iPhone customers who are set up for iPhone 4 home deliveries that they will be getting their handsets a day early – June 23. Say what?! Apple is notorious for keeping strict launch and delivery dates and have gone as far as telling delivery companies not to…
HTC EVO 4G gets wireless N enabled by Android hackers
The Sprint HTC EVO 4G has all the innards within it to support Wireless N, but HTC chose to leave it out of Sprint’s (first) superphone. Luckily, this is Android, and the developers over at XDA have found a way to get it working. If you’re completely new to Android, it would not be suggested…
Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 rumored to have 1Ghz Snapdragon processor
Remember how the Motorola Droid 2 was caught on video earlier today with a passing mention that it will be bringing a 1Ghz processor to Verizon’s Android lineup? Right, well, according to the Android phone’s official Twitter account – which was discovered today, no less – the Droid X will come “armed with [a] 1Ghz…
$1,000 iPhone app profitable, going to expand
You know the iPhone app ecosystem is something special when a $1,000 app is thriving. That’s exactly what’s happening with BarMax, as the the $1,000 app is profitable and the creators plan to expand. The iPhone program helps California law students pass the state’s bar exams. According to TechCrunch, the program has already generated more…
Farewell Once More, Sweet Unlimited 3G for the iPad
Remember when AT&T announced its ridiculous (or ridiculously awesome, depending on whom you ask) new data plans? The one where unlimited data would forever be gone? Yeah, well the unlimited option finally disappeared from the Apple iPad 3G today and we shed a single tear. However, for those who purchased the iPad prior to June…