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Applications like Opera Mini, Layar and Lookout topped GetJar’s first annual Gettie Awards. Team IntoMobile was there last night and it was quite an interesting experience. I’ll get to the winners first, as GetJar was seeking the best Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and Android apps. The winners received some monetary reward (I don’t…
We know that Hewlett-Packard will use its recently acquired webOS platform for phones, tablets and even printers but HP could be throwing that OS on some crazy devices. How crazy? Well, are flexible displays crazy enough for you? During the MobileBeat 2010 conference Monday, HP’s Phil McKinney showed off some of the flexible display technology…
For all the guff AT&T gets about its mobile data usage in major cities, I’m pretty glad they have John Donovan as its Chief Technology Officer. Donovan’s an interesting cat. A self-proclaimed gadget freak, he carriers an HTC Android device (Aria?), a BlackBerry Bold, an iPhone 4, a Kindle, an iPad and other things. I’m…
Although we don’t have the full list of companies that will participate at the 2011 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada – we know who will keynote the event. It’s Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, who did the same this year. Ballmer’s keynote will kick off the 2011 International CES at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,…
Last night, Samsung held a little soiree in New York City to unveil the new Galaxy S series of Android devices. As usual, the event was dark, drinks were practically limitless and hors d’oeuvres were making their rounds for a somewhat hungry crowd. The main attraction, however, were the new Galaxy S devices for each…
It looks like the wireless industry will be taking its ball and going home, as the CTIA said it will be moving its annual wireless trade show out of San Francisco in response to the city passing an ordinance requiring retailers to display the amount of radiation cell phones emit. The city said the move…
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…
It’s that time of year again when our friends at VentureBeat put together their annual MobileBeat conference in San Francisco, and we’re proud to say that we’ve teamed up with them once again to offer discount passes to our readers. We’d also like to put a call out to all mobile startups in Silicon Valley…
Telegent Systems and Innocomm used the Computex Taipei 2010 to introduce the Innocomm Shark, the first Android-powered smartphone to incorporate Telegent mobile TV technology. We’ve already talked about the Shark in the past, but this time we have the information straight from the horse’s mouth. As you may know, in addition to running Android OS,…
At the Google I/O, the Cloud-to-Device API was announced, and while it’s mainly intended for developers to integrate into their own applications, you can start pushing links, directions, and files from your desktop Chrome or Firefox browser to your Froyo‘d Android phone today! This is a simple how-to to get this up and running on…