Category: Video

Smartphone users swayed by mobile ads

A new survey by Google shows that smartphone users are more inclined to click. According to a new Google study, “The Mobile Movement: Understanding Smartphone Users,” released on the Google Mobile ads blog 71% of smartphone users search because of an advert they’ve seen either online or offline; 82% of smartphone users notice mobile ads,…

RIM to run Android apps on BlackBerry devices?

Even with the best will in the World, BlackBerry hasn’t a hope in hell of catching up with Android or the iPhone in the apps war, so if you can’t beat them join them. The constant criticism that the Blackberry is getting for its poor showing in the app department – 10+k apps and that’s…

How Android has taken over the World on video

This YouTube video demonstrates how spectacularly successful Android has been at conquering the world mobile market. The video from the Android Developers channel maps Android activations over time on to a world map and on to the major regions Europe, Americas, Asia, and moves from the launch back in October 2008 to January 2011. The…

Google unveils One Pass system for online content

Google has launched a new payment system that allows users to subscribe to online content for a 10% commission fee. Just one day after Apple made its App Store subscription service available to publishers, Google has already responded by announcing a similar service for its Android platform. The solution will also work in Web-based clients,…

Only 4.8% of retailers have websites designed for mobile

More than half (51%) of consumers are more likely to purchase from retailers that have mobile-specific websites according to US marketing business Brand Anywhere The “Supply & Demand of the Mobile Web for Retail” report from Brand Anywhere and Luth Research found that web retailers could increase consumer engagement by 85% simply by adding a…

Sony Ericsson playing at phones

Sony Ericsson finally confirmed the rumours of a PlayStation phone with a very expensive advert in the Super Bowl last night. The phone is named the Xperia Play and runs the Google Android OS. There’s a slide-out game controller and if the Sony Ericsson’s Facebook page is anything to be believed it will hit the…

New alternative mobile payment solution launched

New UK start up eWise payo has developed a new mobile payment app that enables consumers to pay from any of their bank accounts with existing funds and provides visibility of account balances at the time of purchase. eWise payo has launched a mobile version of it’s eWise payo online payment solution eWise payo mobile.…

Android 3.0 preview reveals new interface for tablet devices

Android has released a preview of it’s Honeycomb (Android 3.0 ) platform and it’s very tablet friendly. It also features a new interface and has plenty of new and interesting features. Google released details of it’s next major version of the Android operating system on the Android Developers Blog.The post by Xavier Ducrohet, the Android…

Is this what the iPad 2 will look like?

Mobile accessories business GearZap.com have what they think is the first video of the new iPad 2. The video was brought back by their product specialists from CES 2011 in Vegas. GearZap claim the video is of a dummy iPad 2 which GearZap believe was given to a Chinese supplier to help build iPad accessories…

Google launches the Nexus S for Christmas

Google has launched its awaited second smartphone the Nexus S onto the market. The Nexus S comes less than a year after Google’s first mobile the Nexus One and it will be the first device to ship with Gingerbread aka Android 2.3. Phone features include a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip for non-contact payments, VOIP…

Google’s Schmidt maps out it’s NFC future

As we reported earlier on in the week Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt mapped out the search giants plans for NFC and the inclusion of the technology in the next version of the Android operating system at the Web 2.0 Summit. If you weren’t there then YouTube has the full video of his interview and we’ve…

More new mobile payment systems arrive

Mobile payment systems for those without bank accounts and access to banks received a boost today as a new US mobile payment system received a $16 million investment. US cash payment service PayNearMe has received another $16 million in funding (The company previously raised $6.3 million in funding) and is launching a new mobile payment…

Why you need a mobile strategy

We’re constantly asked “why do we need a mobile strategy?” and we think that this video explains why in just over three minutes. Thanks Sybase [ad name=”Google Text half banner advert “]

Vodafone pricing on the Samsung Galaxy

Vodafone have just launched their pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and it’s fairly similar to their iPad pricing. The race is on to be the most competitive with Galaxy pricing and Vodafone are straight out of the gate with an offering that’s very similar to their iPad offering, apart from a few hidden extras.…

A feature film made on a mobile

Nokia have been trying to prove the quality and the ease of use of their new N8 mobile by creating a short feature film, that’s been created entirely on a Nokia N8 The film “The Commuter” has been filmed over the past week in and about London, featuring and all-star cast of Ed Westwick (Gossip…

50 billion mobile devices: Who’ll get rich?

With Ericsson forecasting 50 billion people and “things” connected to mobile networks by 2020 (4.5 billion today) where will the next disruption come from? 50 billion mobile devices: Who’ll get rich? is a set of perspectives from Silicon Valley, London and Belfast that were presented at a  MobileMonday Belfast& NISP CONNECT event last week (23…

Cardmobilli win Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2010

Vodafone Group named Cardmobili as the winner of its Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2010 developer competition. The 100,000 Euro top prize at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition which awards the best mobile startup from Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom has this year gone to a Portugese startup, Cardmobili. Fending off competition from 159…

Android, iOS, Bada.. Seabird!!!

Mozilla, home of the alternative open-source browser Firefox and e-mail software Thunderbird has released a spec for a potential new mobile operating system, named Seabird. Seabird is a concept developed for Mozilla’s Concept Series, an open forum for sharing your ideas, expertise & vision for the future of the Web, the Mozilla project and Firefox.…

New fast Android typing app SwiftKey launches today

Get ready to start typing at lightning speed. SwiftKey by business startup TouchType has been in beta for the last three months and as of today – 23 September –  it’s gone live on the android market – download here. By using special Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques SwiftKey claims to be able to predict your…