Windows Live Search has been running their standalone voice-activated search and location app on BlackBerry since mid-July, but it looks like that partnership is going to deepen further, as RIM has announced that Windows Live Search will be powering local search within the BlackBerry Maps application, as well as being built into the Browser (presumably…
ACCESS’ NetFront deployments surpass 600 million worldwide
ACCESS announced that worldwide deployments of its NetFront Browser for mobile phones and Internet-enabled devices surpassed 600 million mark at the end of August 2008. Figures for total NetFront product installations and device models are as follows: Date – total installations – models October 31, 2003 – 108,380,000 – 267 September 30, 2005 – 214,030,000…
Yahoo! oneSearch now a default mobile search engine on AT&T MEdia Net
AT&T and Yahoo! announced it’s Yahoo! oneSearch that will power mobile Internet searches made through AT&T’s on-deck MEdia Net portal. Yahoo! oneSearch will provide customers who search AT&T MEdia Net with access to news, financial information, weather conditions, Flickr photos and Web images, as well as Web and mobile web sites. Yahoo! oneSearch will also…
NVIDIA and Opera Software team-up to accelerate mobile web browsing
NVIDIA Corporation and Opera Software are collaborating to bring the full desktop Web-browsing experience — including support for JavaScript, accelerated vector graphics, and video content — to smartphones and mobile Internet devices. As a result, NVIDIA will offer an optimized Opera 9.5 browser in its suite of pre-integrated, in-house and third-party software for the NVIDIA…
Report shows the busiest browsing handsets
AdMob‘s monthly report for August has been released, giving us plenty of juicy data from across 5,000 mobile sites to reveal which devices are gobbling up the most ad impressions as well as giving us some general usage stats. Nokia still rocks the roost, taking 13 of the top 20 spots (N70, N95 and N73…
Skyfire adds Silverlight support; Olympics fans rejoice!
Super awesome Skyfire browser, which is unfortunately still in the private beta stage, has added Silverlight support. The addition of Silverlight is made seamlessly in the backend, without requiring users to install a new plug-in or even update the browser version. The news is especially interesting in the times of Olympics, as all of the…
Webkit-based Iris browser for Windows Mobile hits final preview stage
Back in February, we reported that a company called Torch Mobile is bringing the Webkit-based browser to Windows Mobile. Up until now, we haven’t heard much from them and now they’ve announced that the final preview, version 1.0.13, is available. According to the company’s blog post, big leaps in stability, performance and features were made…
UK: users are doing more than making calls with their mobiles!
Reuters is reporting that users of Mobiles in the UK are diversifying their usage of device from just making calls, to include sending texts, taking pics, and checking the interweb on the move. Nothing surprising there I’m sure you’ll agree, but the stats (which is derived from the Mobile Data Association’s research) are quite interesting….…
W3C out with Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
W3C has unveiled a new document titled “Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0” to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from mobile devices. The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered. In that…
Skyfire for Symbian S60 officially enters private beta stage; We have 50 beta codes to share!
Skyfire is officially launching its awesome web browser for Symbian S60 based devices. As you’re probably aware, with Skyfire browser you can enjoy Flash video and AJAX based service without having to launch a separate application. For one thing, Google Maps works perfectly on Skyfire. And now the best part – we got 50 beta…