Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: AdMob, Android, App Store, Apple, iPhone, Palm OS, Smartphone, Windows Mobile
Android is making steady gains in mobile ad market share, accounting for 6 percent of all mobile ad requests measured by AdMob in its latest March metrics
. That puts it neck and neck with the Palm OS, compared to a 5 percent /7 percent share split in favor of Palm just one month before.. Windows Mobile Devices also saw a share decline from 13 percent to 11 percent, while Blackberry’s RIM OS gained a point to 22 percent, and the iPhone stayed the same at 50 percent. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/android-catches-up-to-palm-in-mobile-ad-market-share-iphone-still-blows-it-away/ 4/23)
Well, it finally happened. Apple just delivered its 1 Billionth application download from the App Store, which currently features over 25,000 apps (35,000 by one estimate) built by thousands of developers. The significance of the milestone (besides just the 1 billion mark) is that it’s taken only nine months from when the App Store launched on iTunes to hit 1 billion paid and unpaid downloads. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/apples-app-store-1-billion-served 4/23)
Apps on the iPhone are huge. We know that. As if we needed more proof, Apple moved its billionth app earlier this afternoon. But some recent data from Compete suggests that smartphone owners who don’t have an iPhone, apparently don’t love apps. Or at least, don’t download them. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/zero-remains-a-popular-app-download-number-among-non-iphone-owners/ 4/23)
Cablevision announced the successful launch of a mobile version of Optimum.net, its consumer web portal providing some 2.5 million Optimum Online customers with access to email, traffic, weather, news and TV listings. Optimum has created the site with Usablenet. (Cynopsis 4/23)
T-Mobile USA today joined other wireless carriers that have introduced embedded SIM modules that enable other devices — such as Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader — to link to operators’ cellular networks. T-Mobile also said that under a deal with Echelon, the carrier would provide embedded SIMs to support the company’s plans to bring smart-grid technology to utilities in North America. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (4/23) , Reuters (4/23)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Mobile phone, Nokia, Palm OS, Steve Ballmer, Wi-Fi, Yahoo
Nokia is ready to drop its latest XpressMusic phone, the slim 5630, during the second quarter, according to Internet reports that say the midrange Symbian 60-powered handset will cost about $260 plus taxes. The device will feature a high-speed 7.2-Mbps HSDPA connection, a 3.2-megapixel camera and the N-Gage gaming platform — only the second non-Nseries handset to carry the high-end system. CNET (2/10) , Pocket-lint.co.uk (2/10)
Palm CEO Ed Colligan
just pulled the plug on Palm OS, destroying the hopes and dreams of millions of Palm lovers around the world. Colligan also mentions that the Pre will have an app store and Palm will have no control over the content. The Pre will hit other carriers in 2010 and that they’re not too worried about Apple’s patents. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/11/palm-os-she-is-dead 2/11)
Sony Ericsson has debuted three devices: the C903 Cyber-shot camera phone, the AB900 Bluetooth car speakerphone and a Walkman music phone, the W395. The AB900 allows users to stream songs from their cell phones through their car stereo, while the 5-megapixel Cyber-shot rides the trend of companies’ integrating their devices more tightly with such popular Internet services as YouTube, Flickr and Picasa. PCWorld/IDG News Service (2/10) , Pocket-lint.co.uk (2/10)
Southwest Airlines began testing free inflight Wi-Fi service yesterday powered by Westlake Village, CA-based Row 44. (Only a few planes will be wired for now, but look for a “Wi-Fi Hotspot” sticker when you board.) Yahoo has built the service’s homepage, which is focused on providing local destination information. (Cynopsis 2/11)
Microsoft plans to unveil its own app store next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, per Business Week, part of a complete overhaul of its mobile content strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer will also announce a new service dubbed My Phone that will allow users to sync photos, contacts, videos and other content from their handset then access it from any PC or web-connected device. (Cynopsis 2/11)
Video services will spark a huge rise in the use of data on mobile networks over the next five years, predicts Cisco Systems’ latest Visual Networking Index, which expects a 66-fold explosion in data traffic by 2013 to reach 2 million terabytes — 2 exabytes — each month. In a separate study, ABI Research forecast that 500 million people would be watching TV on portable devices by 2013, but ABI said the medium would not take off until users were convinced about the service’s value. Unstrung (2/10) , GigaOm (2/10) , InformationWeek (2/10)
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