AdMob has unveiled agenda for its upcoming Developer Day, which takes place in San Mateo on March 25th (and which we’ve already announced at IntoMobile). Here’s what they’ll talk about starting at 1pm: Implementing AdMob iPhone and Android SDKs New AdMob Publisher Tools and Features Developer Tips: Ad Placement and Best Practices Introduction to the…
LG announces 3rd annual “Design the Future” competition with more than $80,000 in prizes
LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING (online marketplace for creative services) and Autodesk to hold a competition to “define the future of mobile communication.” The goal is to design the “next revolutionary LG mobile phone” and compete for more than $80,000 in prizes. Speaking of prizes, here’s what you can win: First Place: $20,000…
Microsoft gets official on Windows Phone 7 cut-and-paste and unlocked emulator goodies
There’s a lot of chatter going on right now about whether or not cut-and-paste and true multi-tasking will ever make it into Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series platform. Well, today Microsoft themselves are getting a little more official – if just as vague – on the whole issue of which features may, or may not,…
Nokia N900 Maemo gets Sat Nav thanks to Sygic Mobile Maps
The first turn-by-turn voice guided navigation application for Maemo phones has just become available for European Nokia N900 users, with Sygic Mobile maps for Maemo. With the full set of navigation features, multiple user settings, fast route calculation, user-friendly operation and the latest maps situated on-board of the device, Sygic Mobile Maps turns the Nokia…
Bet you can’t type this fast on your iPhone
Think you can type fast on your desktop or laptop computer’s keyboard? Well, chances are pretty good that the iPhone user in the video below can tap-type significantly faster with his two thumbs than you can with eight fingers helping your two thumbs. According to an iPhone typing speed test, YouTube user “konceptzoflife” can hit…
Public Mobile Announced – Yet Another Carrier in Canada
Public Mobile is opening up ten stores in Toronto and 15 in Montreal today, marking the entry of yet another wireless service provider in Canada. Public Mobile’s main selling point is a $40 plan (prepaid, no contract) that offers unlimited talk and texting within the city and “free unlimited Canadian long distance for life” if you…
AT&T intros Airo Wireless A25is, rugged WinMo smartphone
AT&T announced a new member of its rugged family, Airo Wireless A25is, which they say is the “world’s first intrinsically safe-certified smartphone.” Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the A25is has undergone intrinsic safety certification testing and approval for UL 913 (North America) and also meets rugged military specifications (MIL-SPEC 810-F/G). In other words, it is…
New Apple patent hints at iGroups location-based social network
Location-based social networks are all the rage these days. Any mobile app worth its salt has some sort of tie-in with geo-location data. Apple may soon be jumping into the social networking waters themselves. A new patent application hints at Apple’s plans for a new type of location aware social network that gives groups of…
Mobango pushes the envelope in application discovery
Mobango is telling anyone that wants to listen that the combination of its app-promotion service and the Mobango UGC community of 5m members, helps developers to be dramatically more effective in driving downloads of their apps compared to traditional promotion methods. Mobango has apparently found that its Pay per Promoted Downloads Platform (PPD) service is 5 to 20…
Microsoft and SFR launch the Messenger Edition 251 phone in France
Microsoft and SFR are launching a new messaging device in France called Messenger Edition 251. The phone comes with a full QWERTY (actually that’s AZERTY) keyboard, email software and pre-installed Windows Live Messenger client. In addition, there’s a QVGA landscape display (touchscreen?), 2-megapixel camera, web browser, music player, FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity support and a…