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.

@MWC Vodafone turns up the heat for Android app Vodafone People and Vodafone 360

Vodafone starts Mobile Word Congress with an air of arrogance, boasting:

1. New app allows full access to the Vodafone People service, including wireless syncing of contacts and aggregation of social network feeds, chat and email accounts

2. Nearly 300,000 Vodafone 360 Samsung H1 and M1 phones sold since service launch

3. Downloadable 360 services now available for 100 devices

4. Hyves social networking site now integrated

Mobile content may not be sexy, but in some places it’s still King. Flycell launches content portal in Aregentina.

Flycell is a New York based content company that specialises in entertainment for both mobile and on-line internet. It maintains its own mobile content portal in nine countries, with a focus on ringtones and wallpapers - the question is how will this kind of content compete with applications?

Nokia Maps continues its demented rise - be afraid, GPS navigators

Nokia dropped a bombshell on the navigation world two weeks ago, when it announced a completely free mobile GPS navigation service. The application is almost as good as a free-standing GPS navigation device and it’s a free download to anyone with a Nokia device that has GPS… of which there are 28 different models. So it should come as no surprise that it has been a popular download. And Nokia has announced that it has already seen 1.4 million downloads of the app.

M-Days provides a platform for mobile start-ups and applications

The MobileMonday “DemoNight@M-days” event was hosted by M-Days and MobileMonday Munich on last week, on Thursday, January 28th. It provided a platform for 7 (out of 23) selected companies to present their apps and/or business models in a 5 minute “elevator pitch” presentation. The winner was determined by applause!

M-Days bieten Bühne für Start-Ups und Applikationen

MobileMonday DemoNight@M-days

Bei der MobileMonday DemoNight@M-days, einer gemeinsamen Veranstaltung der M-Days und von MobileMonday München am Donnerstag, den 28.1., hatten die Vertreter von 7 vom Veranstalter (aus 23 eingereichten Bewerbungen) vorausgewählten Unternehmen Gelegenheit, ihre Applikationen bzw. Geschäftsmodelle in 6-Minuten Live-Präsentationen auf der Messe-Bühne vorzustellen. Der Sieger wurde dabei vom Publikum durch die Intensität des Applaus gekürt.

20,000 apps means less on Android than it does on iPhone

It’s being widely reported today that the Android Market now has at least 20,000 applications for sale - and while this is rightly heralded as a great sign for the platform, it also suffers from problems that iPhone apps don’t.

Interview with Dave Gwozdz CEO Mojiva on mOcean and promoting iPhone apps

It was a great pleasure to speak with David Gwozdz the CEO of Mojiva about the new application mobile advertising service mOcean. I had written about it before and was confused about what it meant for Mojiva and why a start-up was diversifying its brand.

Googles new focus on mobile enterprise highlights need for innovation from RIM

Google will be focusing more on business and enterprise applications for its Android mobile operating system in the future. The move is intended to make the operating system more attractive for manufacturers who want to make enterprise devices like the Blackberry.

Tapjoy deal with Pinch Media: free mobile advertising service for iPhone apps now offers analytics

We got some news in today from Tapjoy, which provides free ad optimisation for iPhone apps. The company has released a new version of it’s open SDK, and is now offering a full app analytics service from Pinch Media. Both companies will be offering their app tools from a unified dashboard for developers.

Mobile applications round-up: updates for Bytemobile widgets and Gomez app platform

Two independent mobile application stories caught our eye today. Bytemobile has announced a “widget bar” for mobile operators, which could be displayed at the top of any mobile Internet page. And Gomez has announced an upgrade for it’s entire mobile and web application development platform.

DeviceAnywhere launches LG-specific mobile development lab

DeviceAnywhere announced today that it is launching a remote mobile development service just for LG. The LG Virtual Developer Lab (VDL) has been created in partnership with the mobile manufacturer.

SingTel gets in on mobile application stores

Singapore mobile operator SingTel will have an app store up and running by the end of the year. When the App Zone is active, we’ll be one step closer to everybody having an application store.

LG staggers roll-out of mobile application store

LG is starting the ball rolling on its mobile application store. Set to launch on Tuesday, the app store will target Windows Mobile devices in its home market of Asia.

Another mobile application tops 10 million downloads over GetJar

It seems that announcing when you’ve hit 10 million on GetJar is “the thing” to do. Well ok, I would too. It’s pretty impressive. The latest to announce this accomplishment is mobile IM and chat client mig33. A large part of this success can be attributed to Pay Per Download - a GetJar program that allows developers to bid for better placement on the GetJar site.

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