Betting Site PaddyPower has opened a book on the iPhone being recalled. The current odds are Yes 4/6 No 11/10 Unfortunately the bet only applies to a total recall for the iPhone 4 and the recall must be “confirmed by Apple to be due to hardware issue relating to antennae.” As Apple are still in…
Day: 14 July 2010
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Time to revenue for app developers is 36 days on average
A new report on app stores by VisionMobile should be required reading for any apps developers and publishers out there, especially those looking for revenue from their apps. According to VisionMobile’s Developer Economics 2010 report we are now in the industrial revolution era (2010-2014) of app development having gone through the difficult Dark Ages (2000-2004),…
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Android to be the leading smartphone platform by 2011
Research from Ovum and speculation from AdMob show Android is catching up fast on the iPhone lead, and Android will overtake the iPhone sometime in 2011, possibly even as early as 2010. Two recent pieces of research from analysts Ovum (see earlier Bmob post) and Android owned ad sales house AdMob show that if all…
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iPhone app download dominance under threat
The dominance of Apple’s iPhone in the mobile app download market will be eroded over the coming years as rivals make inroads. A new report by telecoms analyst Ovum states that mobile application downloads generated by non-operator application stores will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 41% globally over the next…
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Microsoft announces new additions to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft announced a series of new additions to its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system intended to make the operating system the killer operating system, with a killer app site to match. Microsoft’s new additions to Windows Phone 7 (WP7) promise tighter cloud-based integration between the mobile devices and PCs. New features include Windows…
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World Cup 2010 mobile trends
Mobile IP optimization business Allot have released their MobileTrends Global Mobile Broadband Traffic Report for the 2010 World Cup and it shows there was a huge worldwide desire from mobile users wanting to keep up to date with the scores, and wanting to watch videos of the football action. The key finding from the report…
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BMW puts your iPhone into it’s iDrive system
BMW users no longer need to fiddle with their iPhone will driving – it’s illegal anyway, so DON’T do it – instead they’ll be able to just plug in their iPhone and see the iPhone display on their cars display, and use the car’s own iDrive system to navigate and use the phone. BMW has…
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Google’s ten new essential business apps
Google took a quick pop at Microsoft at the same time as launching ten new must-have apps on to their Google App Marketplace, and while not strictly mobile many of these apps will help you in your business. First the pop at Microsoft, in the blog post by Steven Bazyl, from the Google Apps Marketplace…
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Opera Mini 5.1 for Android released
Opera has launched it’s successful Opera Mini 5.1 browser on to the Android platform. Opera Mini 5.1 improvements include allowing users to set Opera as the default browser for more convenient Internet access, and improved page layout on high-end Android handsets with large screens. Additionally, Android users get all the other updates from the Opera…