Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren’t surprised to learn that Juniper Research predicts augmented reality elements within mobile applications will lead to…
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Juniper Research: Revenue from augmented reality apps and services to approach $1.5 billion by 2015
Juniper Research’s latest report is all about augmented reality. The research company has found that an increasing number of leading brands, retailers and mobile vendors are investing in mobile AR apps and services, with global revenues expected to approach $1.5 billion by 2015. According to Juniper, the installed base of AR capable smartphones had increased…
Priceline’s Hotel Negotiator Android app to use Skyhook Location Engine
Location positioning solution provider Skyhook announced that Priceline.com has integrated Skyhook’s Location Engine in Hotel Negotiator for Android to augment the native location system in Google’s mobile OS. Unfamiliar with Hotel Negotiator? We’ve already covered it in the past – here’s what it offers: The Hotel Negotiator app for Android lets travelers use their Android…
BlackBerry 2011 CDMA Lineup Leaks Including New Curve Touch, Plus More OS 6.1 Details
The other week, we got a good look at a variety of new BlackBerrys coming down the pipe, but as per usual, GSM carriers will be the first ones to the party. CDMA carriers won’t be completely left out though, and they’ll even have one handset that the GSM guys won’t – the BlackBerry Curve…
Samsung sells 10 million Galaxy S handsets in seven months
Samsung confirmed that its Galaxy S handset reached a 10 million sold milestone in a mere seven months after the device was launched in June 2010. North America leads the way with 4 million Galaxy S handsets sold. Europe comes in second with 2.5 million units sold and Asia is third with 2 million units…
ARCchart: Mobile augmented reality app revenues to reach $2.2 billion by 2015
There are no doubts in my mind that augmented reality is set for explosive growth. Let’s face it, augmented reality apps can offer more convenient way to explore your surrounding than standard maps. That said, I wasn’t surprised to learn that research firm ARCchart forecasts that revenues generated from mobile phone augmented reality applications will…
REVIEW: Samsung Transform – Sprint ID is handy, but is it enough for this phone?
The Samsung Transform isn’t like other smartphones recently reviewed by IntoMobile, which have been particularly exciting in the last few months. It seems like every week we are blessed with a new phone sporting the latest operating systems like Windows Phone 7 and Android Froyo 2.2, technologies like 4G and mobile hotspots, cameras with more…
Antoine Dodson Pitches Sex Offender Tracker App; Hide Ya Kids, Hide Ya Wife
Remember Antoine Dodson of unfortunate-but-hilarious “bedroom intruder” fame? Of course you do (hide ya kids, hide ya wife!), the man is the Internet meme of the year. His rant on a Lincoln Park rapist turned him into an instant online superstar, and the Bed Intruder Song earned enough money to buy Dodson’s family a new…
Qualcomm releases Augmented Reality SDK in hopes that you’ll want higher end smartphones
Qualcomm yesterday released an “Augmented Reality SDK” for Android that they’ll hope developers will use in order to deliver “interactive 3D content for the real world”. What does that marketing drivel actually mean? Simple, they want lots of applications out there that can take advantage of the processing power of Snapdragon chipsets, and apps that…
metaio announces junaio augmented reality browser for Symbian smartphones
Layar may go for the Samsung Wave (Bada) smartphone users, but metaio wants its share of the Symbian action… During the recently held insideAR augmented reality conference in Munich, Germany, metaio unveiled and even demoed junaio for Symbian. The popular AR app was caught running on the brand-new Nokia N8 smartphone, though we still wait…