Social media is a great way to get a bead on the hottest trends in almost any industry you can think of, and the Android OS has just been crowned the hottest mobile OS in the smartphone space. A new study from Norwegian consulting firm Integrasco shows that Android has pulled ahead of Windows Mobile…
Symbian^4 user interface aims to take on iPhone but underwhelms on video
By now it’s clear that Nokia needs to really up their game when it comes to creating a touchscreen user experience that can compete with every one of the big smartphone platforms out there (iPhone, Android, webOS, Windows Phone 7). Their solution? Why, Symbian^4, of course. What you see here are a couple “first glimpse”…
Palm CEO Rubinstein speaks about Project JumpStart and Palm Ambassadors helping boost poor webOS sales
When it rains, it pours. Just ask Palm and the veritable deluge of bad financial juju that they’ve been hit recently. Following on news of Palm’s adjusted financial guidance, which itself rode in on the back of its stock getting downgraded to an “underperform” rating, Palm’s CEO Jon Rubinstein issued a letter to Palm employees,…
The saga of Apple’s ‘explicit’ AppStore content continues
Apple’s attitude towards more risque iPhone app in the AppStore has caused a bit of confusion (not to mention frustration) among iPhone app developers. As it stands, Apple continues to waver on just how to deal with suggestive themes like bikinis and boobs with their apps. Following on the removal of over 5,000 iPhone apps…
ShopAlerts pushes location-based deals to any mobile phone
Sure, it might be convenient getting coupons and other retail deals delivered to your mobile phone, but 1020 Placecast wants to take that convenience to the next level with their geo-fenced ShopAlerts service that sends retail deal alerts to your mobile phone when you come within eye-shot of a store. ShopAlerts will notify you, via…
Interview: Wilson Electronics on FCC’s potential cell booster ban
For some people, cellular signal boosters are an invaluable tool to help connect to their wireless network of choice, but not everyone views signal amplifiers in the same light. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is mulling a possible ban/restriction on cellular network boosters that are used to amplify wireless cellular signal, and is looking for…
Chorus keeps growing, brings iPhone app discovery to 90 new countries
Finding cool new iPhone apps on the iTunes AppStore can be frustrating, what with over 150,000 different apps cluttering its virtual shelves. That’s where the Chorus iPhone app comes in – it’s an iPhone app designed to help you discover new finds in the AppStore by showing you what apps your friends are using –…
Almost all iPhone users would recommend phone, gender split nearly equal
Apple fans are some of the most loyal bunch of customers any tech company could ever hope to have, and when it comes to the iPhone, users are almost guaranteed to recommend the iPhone. A new report from mobile advertising firm AdMob indicates that a whopping 91% of iPhone users are so impressed with their…
Adobe kills Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, smitten with Windows Phone 7 Series
There are a couple certainties when it comes to Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 and the prospects for integrated Flash support on smartphones – Apple won’t ever allow native Flash on the iPhone, and Windows Mobile 6.5 will be left out of the Flash 10.1 party in a few months. Wait, wasn’t Windows Mobile 6.5 expected…
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 upgrades to be determined by OEMs
There’s nothing worse than plunking down a wad of cash and investing some emotional currency into a shiny new Windows Mobile smartphone, only to have it become nearly obsolete a few months later when Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 Series comes rolling through town. Microsoft knows this, and they’re apparently going to allow certain handsets…