Microsoft are going to be boosting the number of apps developed for the Windows Phone 7 platform, by paying developers to develop for the platform and compensating developers who don’t make as much as they expect. But will this be enough? When you decide to build an application on a particular platform there are a…
Month: July 2010
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Fashion shopping comes to the iPad
Shopstyle.co.uk launches fashion shopping application on the iPad Fashion shopping site Shopstyle.co.uk, which brings together Britain’s favourite brands and stores under one digital roof, has launched a new fashion shopping application for the iPad. Called ShopStyle Mobile, the free app is based on their previous iPhone app, and has been enhanced for the iPad. The…
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Mobile ticketing is driving the m-commerce market
A new study by Juniper Research shows that the rapidly increasing usage of mobile devices for tickets for all kinds of travel and entertainment plus sports events will be one of the main factors driving the growth of mobile commerce. Mobile ticketing transactions are forecast to exceed $100bn (based on gross transaction value) as soon…
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Android App Market downloads pass 1 billion
According to the best estimates of web site Androlib the Android market has passed the 1 billion download mark and it’s growing exponentially, and Google announce 160,000 Android activations a day in their 2nd Quarter results. Less than two years after Google opened its Android Market application users have already passed the 1 billion downloads…
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More iPhones hit Tesco…oops
With incredibly bad timing Tesco has emailed all the users who expressed a preference for an iPhone 4 on their Tesco Mobile website an email saying that they’re receiving new stock. The email sent out this afternoon says; “Great news, from today Thursday 15th July, iPhone 4 is back in stock in Tesco Phone Shops,…
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LogMeIn Ignition now available on Android
LogMeIn remote access software now on Android It seems like software companies are going into overdrive to get their programs transferred to mobile, and remote access business LogMeIn is no exception. Last week we told you about their new remote access/backup product for iPad, and now we’re happy to announce that on Monday (19 July)…
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Apple press conference to address iPhone issues
Apple is to address iPhone 4 issues at Friday press conference. According to a report in the Guardian, Apple has called an impromptu press conference tomorrow (Friday 16 July) to explain the problems with the iPhone 4 and to stop increasing speculation over an iPhone 4 recall . In a brief email, Apple invited press…
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IOS 4.01 now available to developers
Apple has released their pre-release version of iOS 4.1 to developers and it has the “fix” for the antenna problem. We still don’t know when it will be released to end-users but it shouldn’t be that long, a few weeks tops. As well as the fix there appear to be a few other tweaks in…
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Now you can bet on the iPhone being recalled
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…
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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…
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British Gas meter reading app goes with a bang
You don’t see too many figures for business apps, most business app users tend to be circumspect about their success or failure, so it’s good to see that something as mundane as a meter reading app is doing so well. In the notes for version 2 of British Gas’s iPhone meter reading application they reveal…
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RIM launches MobileMe like wipe and backup service for BlackBerry users
RIM has launched an invite-only, limited beta BlackBerry wipe, find and backup product BlackBerry Protect. Millions of mobile phones go missing every year and the value of the data on those phones is increasing disproportionally to the cost of the handset. Five years ago the most costly part of losing a phone was the cost…
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Businesses wasting cash on mobile broadband
A survey by mobile broadband advice site Broadband Genie found that more than half of the visitors to their site did not know how much mobile broadband data they use each month. In many cases, the visitors could be paying hundreds of pounds for data they don’t use. In a survey of more than 1,000…