Nokia app incompatabilities shock

Vodafone to drop Wayfinder for navigation

Can exclusive operator deals save Yahoo! from Google?

Yahoo! announced today that it has been named the “Exclusive Search Service” for the Telefonica mobile portal in Spain. As the largest operator in Spain, Telefonica Espana can push a lot of people through Yahoo! on mobile - which is especially tasty for the search provider since it will be handling the search advertising as well. This is part of a larger agreement to roll out Yahoo! on Telefonica mobile portals in 15 countries across Europe and Latin America. But how does it stand up to Google on mobile?

China Mobile kills on mobile data, plans to continue

“Better than expected” is a phrase that seems to be popping up quite a bit these days. A number of big players in the mobile industry have reported that trends aren’t as bad as expected - and while profits aren’t exactly soaring, losses are at least being stemmed. China Mobile joined that club today - announcing that 2009 losses have been stemmed, and that a massive contributing factor in that has been strong value-added services like mobile internet.

Mobile content sends DVD to No. 5

Rating: 1.1 million downloads can’t be bad

Being a big fan of Quincy Jones III’s (QD3) Dad, GoMo News thought his tie up with mobile promotion specialist, Myxer was worth a mention. Especially since it resulted in 1.1 million downloads and put the DVD into the Number Five slot on ITunes (you know, the site that sells music).

Xobni Outlook add-in goes BlackBerry

Rating: Responds to user pressure

Pressure from existing desktop users has led to Xobni launching a mobile version of its product for the RIM Blackberry, according to Xobni’s Eric Grafstrom. Best known as an add-in for Outlook, Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry offers fast-searching for emails, addresses and SMS.

Those missing St Patrick’s Day apps – an update

Rating: Irish pub finder still a challenge

Those amused by GoMo News’ story ‘Finns Irish apps go missing‘ will be pleased to hear that the whereabouts of two have been confirmed. Nokia has admitted the third isn’t quite ready and the fourth is still AWOL.

Good & Bad news for Android lovers

Rating: Nexus One sales poor while 3 promises six handsets

Android lovers have just been hit with both Good news and Bad news. The Good news is that UK operator, 3, is rumoured to be readying no fewer that six Android based handset while the Bad news is that Flurry has revealed that sales of the Nexus One have continued to be pathetic.

Genera’s F1 app is officially unofficial

Rating: Has blessing of Formula One Administration after all

When Formula One Administration released its ‘official’ 2010 application in time for last Sunday’s [March 14th] Grand Prix, there was some suggestion that the ‘unofficial’ F1 apps would be closed. However, Genera Interactive’s Enrique Tapias Fraga has ardently denied this.

Mobile social networking in London

Yesterday saw the second Social Media World Forum run in London - an entire day of presentations and speeches by the social media community. I was chairing the mobile branch of the event , so I didn’t get a chance to do any interviews, but there were a lot of interesting tidbits about mobile social networking that I pulled from the event.