China Mobile launches preview of mobile application store

Here’s another quick story that caught our attention from China, along with the Ericsson piece from earlier. China Mobile has apparently launched a preview version of an upcoming mobile application store today.

Mobile Advertsing: Velti revenue up on Telefonica deal

An interesting article in Reuters today about Velti made me take a closer look at the company and create a quick SWOT analysis (see below).

iPhone vs Android: mobile device stats looking good for Google OS

Mobile analytics firm Flurry has released the latest in its “Pulse” series of reports. These reports compare key categories of mobile application performance for the four main app platforms: Apple, Blackberry, JavaME and Google Android. Flurry claims that the latest report shows Android is starting to chip away at the iPhones’ lead.

iNov8 launches push platform for mobile multimedia content

Australian company iNov8 has beta-launched the Mobile Media Player in the US. The platform is a push-based mobile content service, sending any format of content to subscribers based on their preferences. The New York Racing Association is testing the service to push horseracing clips to users. Subscribers can then interact with the ads, placing bets [...]

Yahoo at MWC 2009: Marco Boerries introduces Yahoo! Mobile

Marco Boerries, Yahoo’s Executive Vice President introduced Yahoo’s new mobile Internet portal at MWC. Yahoo! Mobile will roll a lot of Yahoo’s services into one aggregator, including Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo OneSearch, as well as investing heavily in widgets. It is being touted as your “starting point for the internet” and is designed to offer [...]

Mobile content services for Brazil from m-Wise and Boltcel

m-Wise and Boltcel have announced a partnership in Brazil. MOMA, the mobile entertainment and marketing platform from m-Wise, will manage and deliver Boltcel content in Brazil.
BoltCel is partnered with David2Mobile, an Italian mobile content provider. Following their expansion into the Brazilian market, the companies decided to acquire a hosted content delivery platform, and went with [...]

Seeqpod releases Windows Mobile App

Rating: Playable mobile search engine is the first on Windows Mobile

Seeqpod Inc.’s mobile app is dedicated towards searching for playable media and then playing it, all with one program. Once the app has located rich media files (including flash, audio, video, text, Wikipedia articles, etc.), it can immediately perform a variety of functions. It can [...]

Viigo helps charitable foundations this christmas with free advertising space

Rating: Canadian charities receive free advertising space on mobile ad network
Smartphone advertiser Viigo has donated a chunk of it’s mobile advertising inventory to three Canadian charities this Christmas. The move is meant to help the foundations to spread their message this festive season.
The ALS Society of Canada, Canadian Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation and Crohn’s and Colitis [...]

Windows Mobile will surpass Blackberry as mobile platform of choice for field workers, according to Cognito study

Rating: Trend shows that companies with mobile workforces favour Windows Mobile

Cognito specialises in mobile workforce management, specialising in real-time tracking and scheduling technologies for their clients. Cognito has finished a huge poll of it’s customers, and two main trends have emerged.
First, companies found that far more people are familiar with Windows, so that devices [...]

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