Three new mobile apps hit Vodafone 360 from WIN plc

Vodafone 360 is the service that the operator uses to try and tie all of your communications into the network. It’s a “converged” comms hub - whether on your mobile or your computer, the plan is that you can access your phone phone, email, chat and social networks all in one Vodafone-branded place. But it’s also an application centre, and today WIN plc has announced the launch of three new apps over 360.

4 Chinese handset vendors develop taste for JIL

Rating: Connection with Wholesale Applications Community likely

Four Chinese handset manufacturers suddenly get excited about JIL (Joint Innovation Lab) compatibility. Could this have something to do with the earlier announcement that the Wholesale Applications Community is going to be heavily biased towards JIL and OMTP BONDI? Probably.

Mobile operators joining forces to fight Apple App store? It’ll never happen, says Mobango

Yesterday saw a remarkable announcement from 24 different mobile operators. The group, which contains some of the largest mobile operators in the world, claimed it would launch an open platform to deliver applications to all mobile phone owners. But according to Fabio Pezzotti, Founder of mobile app store Mobango, that is never going to happen.

Sprint 2010 plans include app store, WiMAX and more Android

Sprints financial results from the third quarter of this year show that the company is starting to turn it’s bad fortunes around. Losses are slowing, and mobile is picking up. The big question was “what will Sprint do next?” And with talk of application stores, WiMAX and more Android devices, Sprint is trying to answer some of those questions.

Good news! Boost for mobile apps and widgets as manufacturers sign on to JIL

I’ve long been a fan of the Joint Innovation Lab and what it stands for (see below), so I was delighted to see the news today. Four major mobile handset makers have signed on to the organisation, providing a solid base to what was previously a group comprised only of operators. Perhaps most importantly, one of those manufacturers is RIM - meaning that the JIL has also gotten the support of a mobile operating system with a decent and popular app store.

Verizon launches social networking apps for digital TV

Verizon has interesting news releases for it’s digital TV service, FiOS TV, today. The operator has launched services that provide mobile application and social networking service on your television. It is even launching an Open Development Platform that will allow third party developers to provide widgets on the FiOS service, just like a mobile app store.

Verizons mobile application store; why we should have seen it coming

Verizon dropped jaws around the world by announcing it is working on open, Java-based application development. Third party developers will be able to create apps that will run across the Verizon network. This took a lot of people by surprise - but there have been hints that this was coming.

What’s the deal with Verizon apps?

Initially [...]

Qualcomm tackles mobile Internet retail with new Plaza service

Qualcomm Incorporated has announced an addition to it’s Plaza suite - The Plaza Retail solution. This has been designed to ensure that anyone selling applications can guarantee an easy-to-understand process that works exactly the same across a multitude of devices.

Wait, wait, wait - go back a step. What’s Plaza?

Plaza was launched last year, and was [...]

Live fast, die young: mobile applications have high popularity, short shelf-life

Mobile ad network Greystripe today released its quarterly Consumer Insights Report. Certain results from it has caused them to announce that mobile apps for the iPhone have become the new CD singles. What do they mean by that? It comes down to the shelf-life of an app. Mobile applications have a tendency to be at [...]

1 billion mobile application downloads? There really was an app for that.

It’s the countdown everyone has been waiting for. Late last night, the Apple application download counter, which we first saw two weeks ago, finally hit one billion downloads.

We don’t know who the downloader of that billionth app was, but they’re getting $10,000 in iTunes credit from Apple. Along with a 17-inch MacBook Pro, a 32GB [...]

Future Of Web Apps conference kicks off in Dublin

Quick report from FOWA so far - written by Paul M. Watson - see his blog, http://paulmwatson.wordpress.com/

Eoaghan McCabe and Des Traynor from Ireland’s own Contrast took center stage early on at a packed FOWA Dublin this morning. Covering 200 slides in 10 minutes they spoke about using and breaking conventions. Their most contentious convention to [...]

RedZebra Mobile®™ Helps Put Out WildFire in South Africa’s Cape Town Region

26th April 2008:  Cutting edge mobile phone-based image and GPS technology is helping South Africa’s Cape Town based Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) to identify, tackle and put out fires in the ecologically sensitive Table Mountain National Park region.

The Volunteer Fire Services is utilising Red Zebra Mobile®™ mobile image management technology to take images of wildfires [...]

Sprint V-Enable’s mobile local voice search with FreeMobile411

V-ENABLE has announced the availability of a full-featured downloadable version of FreeMobile411 to Sprint customers.

How does it work?
Well users hold down the talk key of the phone and speak what they are looking for. The results are then displayed on the screen.
What is the value add?
Well. Apparently this voice search is not only for residential [...]

Nokia brings Microsoft Silverlight to S60 and Series 40 devices

Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS, as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to create rich, interactive applications that run on multiple platforms in a consistent and reliable way.

“Today’s consumers are very clear in [...]

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