Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Android, Application programming interface, Google, Google Gear, Mobile phone, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile USA, Windows Mobile
Sony Ericsson has unveiled an upgrade to its PlayNow online music service called PlayNow Arena, which features about 1 million music tracks from major music labels. Separately, the company debuted the TM506 mobile phone, a slim clamshell handset designed for T-Mobile USA that will be able to tap into the carrier’s new 3G network. mocoNews.net (8/22) , InformationWeek (8/21)
After hinting that it would do so last June, Google’s mobile team has released a Geolocation API for Google Gears. This works both on mobile phones and laptops running Gears, but developers will find it most useful for mobile applications. Unfortunately, they will be limited in that regard because Google Gears Mobile still only works on Windows Mobile phones, even though an Android phone is about to launch. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/google-offers-a-geolocation-api-for-gears-but-it-only-works-on-windows-mobile 8/22)
Google is nearing an agreement with Verizon to become the default search provider on the wireless provider’s devices and give it a share of advertising revenue. Both carriers and Internet companies view mobile search advertising as an area of rapid growth for the future. (Iwantmedia 8/22, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121937308672462691.html 8/22)
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