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Sky Takes Mobile TV to iPhone and iPod touch

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:00 +0100

UK’s largest mobile TV service is now available for iPhone and iPod touch.

Sky announced the availability of the Sky Mobile TV App on the App Store. The company has created a dedicated app for the service specifically for iPhone and iPod touch. The app allows users to stream live TV via WiFi and the channels available include all Sky Sports channels, Sky Sports News, Sky News, ESPN and At The Races.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/11/2009

Google Enters Navigation Market

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:26:00 +0100

It is now official and will completely change the mobile and PND navigation market. Google announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 devices.

It comes with 3D views, turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting, but unlike most navigation systems, the Navigation was built from the ground up to take advantage of the phone's internet connection, as Google claims.

The first phone to have Google Maps Navigation is Motorola’s Droid. It hits the U.S. market next week (Nov. 6th) for $199 on contract.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 29/10/2009

Motorola to Feature Blockbuster Movie Download Service in Next Generation Handsets

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:25:00 +0100

Blockbuster, a provider of in-home movie and game entertainment, announced plans to feature the BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand movie download service in select Motorola phones. Through the agreement next generation Motorola phones will feature the OnDemand application, providing on-the-go download access to Blockbuster's digital library of current movies.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/08/2009

Apple Updates iTunes, Ends Pre's iPod Charade

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:05:00 +0100

Apple has released an iTunes update that prevents Palm's Pre smartphone from appearing to be an iPod when connected to a Mac or PC.
According to Apple, iTunes 8.2.1 is a free software update that provides a number of important bug fixes.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/07/2009

iPhone App Downloads Pass 1.5 Billion

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:22:00 +0100

Apple's App Store has hit the 1.5 billion download mark just a few days after celebrating its first anniversary.
iTunes now has more than 65,000 apps available in 77 countries, with over 100,000 developers registered with the iPhone Developer Program.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/07/2009

Mobile TV "Reaching Tipping Point": MobiTV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:58:00 +0100

MobiTV has added two million new subscribers in less than six months, taking its total to more than seven million.
The company says that better viewing experiences, advances in technology and higher awareness
are all helping boost adoption levels.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/06/2009

Teething Troubles Disrupt Nokia's Ovi Store Launch

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:21:00 +0100

Nokia has officially opened the doors to the Ovi Store application site - but its answer to Apple's app store immediately ran into problems.
High traffic "spikes" - which would surely have been expected, right? - meant users experienced slow downloading and page upload times.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/05/2009

Vodafone Plans App Store For 289m Customers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:38:00 +0100

Vodafone is joining the increasingly busy application store game by launching its own venture in a number of European markets later this year.
The mobile operator will take a 30 per cent share of all app revenue - mirroring Apple's App Store.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 12/05/2009

PayPal App Introduced To Android

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:18:00 +0100

Making payments just got a little easier for owners of an Android phone with the news that PayPal has introduced its app in the Android Market.
The e-commerce business says that the app gives users easy access to many of its popular features.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 07/05/2009

Zoho Expands Mobile Device Coverage For Business Apps

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:51:00 +0100

Zoho has extended mobile support for its free web applications to all the major smartphone platforms.
Initially only available for the iPhone and Windows Mobile, Zoho Mobile now supports Android, BlackBerry and Symbian mobile platforms as well.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 28/04/2009

AQA2U Launches Twitter-like Premium Text Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:00 +0100

Text message answer provider AQA has launched a new mobile service that it claims will allow content publishers to make money by sending text messages.
In what could be seen as a reference to Twitter, AQA's CEO, Colly Myers, describes the new venture as "web 2.0 with a business model".

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/04/2009

Palm's App Catalog v. Apple's App Store. How Do They Compare?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:30:00 +0100

Mobile application stores are becoming ten-a-penny these days, what with Nokia's Ovi Store set to launch within a month and Palm's App Catalog expected with the eagerly-anticipated arrival of the Pre (next month?).
But as the potential market for app developers expands, how do the six "stores" (iPhone App Store, Android App Market, BlackBerry App World, Windows Mobile Marketplace, Nokia Ovi Store and Palm App Catalog) compare?

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 14/04/2009

BBC Launches Live Wi-Fi TV Service For Smartphones

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0100

The BBC has launched a service that allows UK viewers to watch live TV programs from suitable Wi-Fi connected mobile phones.
BBC Live TV is available in a beta test form, offering a limited number of the broadcaster's channels, plus its radio stations.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 07/04/2009

Blackberry App World Launches, 1,000 Apps Expected in First Week

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:07:00 +0100

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its application store Blackberry App World in the US, the UK and Canada, with more country launches to follow.
Unveiled at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas, the much-anticipated app store for BlackBerry smartphones will offer a mix of personal and business applications, both free and paid.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 01/04/2009

Developers' Dilemma: Mobile Website or Downloadable Application?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:03:00 +0100

Despite the rapidly increasing interest in mobile content - and the revenue generating potential it offers - uncertainty often exists over whether to develop mobile websites or create downloadable applications.
Ameet Shah, sales and business development director with Five Mobile, has raised some interesting points for those considering producing content for smartphones.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/03/2009

BMW Offers Legal Way To Drive Z4 Roadster While Using iPhone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0100

BMW has come up with a novel - and legal - way to drive its new Z4 Roadster while using the iPhone.
No, it's not some ingenious hands-free device designed by engineering geniuses at the German car-maker.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 11/03/2009

TuneWiki Adds Lyrics To Mobile Streaming Radio

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:16:00 +0100

TuneWiki is taking the idea of giving listeners lyrics to go with their mobile music a stage further by extending it to streaming radio.
The social media player already offers audio and video while displaying synchronized or translated lyrics.
Smartphone-biz.news spoke to Chad Kouse, VP of R&D and CIO of the US-based developers, at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/03/2009

Growing Appeal of Memory Card Movies For Mobiles

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:45:00 +0100

Watching movies on smartphones has in the past had its drawbacks - picture quality, screen size and memory limitations among the most obvious.
Those are fading rapidly but it seems that delivering video content to mobiles is occupying a lot of people's attention.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/02/2009

Paid Apps Imminent For Android Market

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:45:00 +0100

Google's Android Market is expected to begin accepting paid applications this week for the first time.
The move could provide a much-needed boost to the platform, which currently has around 800 applications.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 11/02/2009

Handset Names Key To US Smartphone Market Share?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:24:00 +0100

Forget a stylish smartphone packed with cutting edge features - if you want it to sell give it a cool name.
At least that's what research by Strategic Name Development (SND) claims in a report that links higher market share with cell phones having names that consumers prefer.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/02/2009

Google Launches Latitude Friend Finder Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:18:00 +0100

Google has launched a new mobile service called Latitude that lets users see the location of friends who opt to share their whereabouts.
It adds to the existing location-awareness function on Google Maps but is also an iGoogle gadget for a computer.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/02/2009

Mobile Firefox Expected On HTC Touch Pro

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:48:00 +0100

A beta version of Mozilla's mobile Firefox web browser - codenamed Fennec - could be launched on the HTC Touch Pro as early as next week.
The move is part of Moxilla's announced intention to move onto Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/01/2009

Android App Developers Get AdMob Option

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:18:00 +0100

AdMob has announced that it has launched its first advertising unit for Android applications.
The move by the world's largest mobile advertising marketplace will give developers an option for monetizing their applications on the open source device platform.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/01/2009

Skydeck Syncs Mobiles' Calls, Contacts, and Voicemails With Web Browers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:07:00 +0100

Skydeck has launched a feature-packed beta that syncs what takes place on cell phones to a web page.
The mobile startup's offering lists all contacts, received calls, missed calls, voicemails and text messages. So much so that the company is calling the new Skydeck "your cell phone, online".

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/01/2009

RIM now taking BlackBerry Application Store submissions

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:17:00 +0100

RIM's rival to Apple's App Store has moved a step closer to fruition.
The Canadian company has sent a message to all registered BlackBerry developers calling for application submissions for its application storefront.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/01/2009

iTunes To Be DRM-free As Song Pricing Altered

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:21:00 +0100

Apple is to start selling digital songs without copy protection software from iTunes along with over-the-air download songs for the iPhone.
Announcing the changes at the Macworld Expo trade show in San Francisco, Apple marketing exec Phil Schiller also detailed plans to roll out variable pricing on digital songs at iTunes with songs priced between USD $0.69 cents and $1.29.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 06/01/2009

SlingPlayer Coming To The iPhone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:07:00 +0100

The Macworld trade show in San Francisco is to get a glimpse of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone.
SlingPlayer Mobile enables users to watch any program normally viewed on a home TV set on the iPhone using a standard broadband network connection.
It will also allow iPhone users to control their home digital video recorder (DVR) to watch recorded shows, pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV, or even queue new recordings while away from home.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 06/01/2009

Seadragon App Is Microsoft's First For iPhone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:37:00 +0100

Microsoft's Live Labs has released its first application for the iPhone.
Seadragon Mobile is an experimental image viewer that aims to make high-resolution images easier to handle on a small screen.
It allows users to view enormous photo collections and high-resolution imagery using the iPhone's multi-touch intuitive interface.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 17/12/2008

TeliaSonera Launches Unlimited Mobile Music Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:26:00 +0100

TeliaSonera is to launch an "all you can eat" mobile music download service.
The Swedish operator becomes the latest mobile player to offer subscribers unlimited access to "millions of songs" from all the major record labels plus several independent labels.
The operator said that Telia Musik can be downloaded to either a mobile or a PC.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/12/2008

Opera Mini Updated And Working On Android

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:52:00 +0100

The final release of the Opera Mini 4.2 browser is now available - and it works on Google's Android phone.
Opera Mini 4.2 is the first browser alternative for the Android platform, which comes preloaded with Chrome light.
Already known for its fast internet access, Opera claims this has increased in speed by more than 30 per cent for users in the US since the previous beta version launched.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/11/2008

Threat To Gaming If Operators Don't Follow Apple's Lead

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:26:00 +0100

Mobile game sales are "flatlining" across North America and Western Europe despite increased interest from consumers, according to a report from Juniper Research.
It says that unless more operators adopt an Apple-like approach to rewarding games publishers, they will be driven away from the sector - and the number and variety of games available will decline.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 20/11/2008

Vyke Announces Mobile VoIP For Windows Smartphones

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:40:00 +0100

Vyke Communications has announced a beta version of its mobile VoIP software and service for all Windows Mobile 6.0 and higher based smartphones.
The solution is based on Vyke's stand-alone proprietary mobile VoIP technology, which the company claims allows it to provide high quality voice service while circumventing any operator handset tampering issues.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/11/2008

Web Conferencing Coming To Smartphones

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:26:00 +0100

PhoneTopp has announced an online conference and collaboration tool for use with smartphones - initially only for the iPhone and the Blackberry Bold.
Gartner estimates that in 2010, web conferencing will be available to 75 per cent of corporate users as standard facility alongside email, presence and calendaring.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/11/2008

Mobiles To Receive Unprecedented US Election Coverage

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:33:00 +0100

Whatever the outcome of the Obama-McCain contest, the unprecedented level of mobile US election coverage is expected to do much to introduce mainstream consumers to mobile content.
Media companies and mobile operators have teamed up to offer extensive coverage of the US presidential election results direct to mobile phones.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/11/2008

Windows Mobile Not Coming To The iPhone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:12:00 +0100

Suggestions that a Norweigan developer produced software that allowed Windows Mobile to be run on the iPhone look like being a hoax.
A demonstration shown by iphonefreakz.com of an application that gave users a choice of OS when the iPhone is booted up was part of a viral marketing campaign.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/10/2008

Free-to-air Is Key To Mobile TV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:36:00 +0100

People are reluctant to pay for mobile TV, favoring instead free-to-view broadcasts, according to research.
More than 330m mobile users worldwide will own broadcast TV-enabled handsets by 2013. Yet a report from Juniper Research says that less than 14 per cent will opt for mobile pay TV services.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 08/10/2008

iTunes "Closure" Threat Passes as Royalties Unchanged

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:45:00 +0100

Whether Apple would have carried out it’s threat to close down its iTunes Store rather than operate at a loss will never be known.
Apple had raised the possibility of shutting iTunes if the US Copyright Royalty Board decided to increase the royalty fees paid to publishers and songwriters.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 06/10/2008

Copyright Ruling To Close iTunes?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:47:00 +0100

The future of Apple's iTunes music store could be decided today if the Copyright Royalty Board backs a proposal to raise royalties.
iTunes’ vice president, Eddy Cue, has warned that Apple would close iTunes if the board agrees to increase royalty rates.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/10/2008

SDK For Android Developers Released

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:40:00 +0100

The Software Development Kit (SDK) for developing applications for Android and its new app market has been released and is available for downloading.
The Android Market beta is also to be launched with the T-Mobile G1, providing developers with a way to distribute their applications on that and later devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/09/2008

Microsoft Delays Windows Mobile 7

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:08:00 +0100

Microsoft is not expected to complete a final build of its Windows Mobile 7 operating system until the second half of 2009.
The delay is a significant blow for the software giant, which has been counting on the next version of WinMo to enable devices that better rival Apple's iPhone.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/09/2008

Apple Clamps Down On Rejected iPhone Apps

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:44:00 +0100

Apple is to block developers' abilities to distribute iPhone applications outside of its iTunes App Store.
The move is certain to add to the growing disquiet from application developers already unhappy with Apple’s unclear and seemingly arbitrary approvals policy.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/09/2008

New Mobile TV Channel for Nokia Smartphone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:32:00 +0100

Nokia is to start a mobile TV channel in the UK specifically for its new N96 smartphone.
Users of the new handset, which was launched earlier this month, will be able to access a service called Capsule N96 from the beginning of October.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/09/2008

iPhone Downloads Top 100m - Why Isn't Everyone Happy?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:34:00 +0100

More than 100 million applications have been downloaded from the App Store since the launch of Apple’s 3G iPhone two months ago.
This landmark was announced today to a chorus of iPhone programmers voicing their displeasure towards Apple’s unclear and seemingly arbitrary “approval” policy.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/09/2008

iPhone challenge spurs on RIM

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:09:00 +0100

For many, Research in Motion’s Blackberry has been seen simply as a corporate favorite with little appeal beyond email-hungry executives.
Yet the Canadian handset-maker is broadening its consumer reach, announcing deals with TiVo and Ticketmaster and the addition of “lifestyle” apps like Slacker Radio, MySpace and Microsoft Live Search.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/09/2008

Symbian Foundation support continues to grow

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:27:00 +0100

A further nine companies have thrown their weight behind the planned Symbian Foundation.
As well as comprising some well known Symbian names, the newcomers represent device manufacturers (in the form of Sharp and KTF) and a strong showing of software engineering and middleware companies.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/09/2008

AOL messaging comes to Blackberry

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:03:00 +0100

AOL’s email and instant messaging applications, AIM and ICQ, are to be embedded in Blackberry smartphones.
RIM and AOL have developed native BlackBerry applications for both of the IM clients to ensure they work effectively on the Canadian-made handsets.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/09/2008

Microsoft Follows Apple and Google With App Store Plan

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0100

Microsoft is to create an online software store for its Windows Mobile platform.
To be called Skymarket, the online store for mobile software follows Apple’s iPhone App Store and Google’s plans for an App Market for its Android smartphone platform.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 01/09/2008

App 'market' for Google's Android mobile platform

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:27:00 +0100

Google is to offer an applications “market” for its Android open mobile platform but has sought to distance itself from Apple’s iPhone app store.
A member of the Android team has said it is to be “an open content distribution system that will help end users find, purchase, download and install various types of content on their Android-powered devices”.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 29/08/2008

iPhone app developers target of VC funds

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:38:00 +0100

The success of Apple’s App Store is making smartphone software developers increasingly attractive to venture capitalists and phonemakers with millions to invest.
The head of one US$100m fund that invests in smartphone application start-ups has told the New York Times he expects to tap into the iPhone’s success.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/08/2008

Copy and Paste comes to iPhone

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:06:00 +0100

A college student has developed an open source framework that allows cross-application Copy and Paste on the iPhone.
Zac White says his Open Clip framework uses a shared space on the iPhone that can be accessed by applications to enable Copy and Paste – without falling foul of the iPhone SDK agreement.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 20/08/2008