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- Deep Discounts On Smartphones Drive U.S. Adoption Rates To Nearly A Third18 March 2010, 12:28 am
Special offers on many of the popular smartphones in the fourth quarter drove penetration to nearly a third in the U.S., according to The NPD Group, a wireless market research. The report found that smartphones are now in the hands of about 31 percent of the U.S. population, growing from only 23 percent in the year-ago period. Of those phones purchased in the fourth-quarter, nearly two-thirds cost $150 or less, and many more were bought for even less. “Although we are seeing more expensi...
- Google's Trademark Application for 'Nexus One' Is Denied; Launches On Sprint Next17 March 2010, 11:51 pm
Just as Google (NSDQ: GOOG) starts being more aggressive at rolling out the Nexus One to more carriers, it was socked in the gut with this bad news: its trademark application for the phone has been denied. Google’s application was denied because of “a likelihood of confusion” with a trademark held by Integra Telecom’s ‘Nexus’ brand, reports MarketWatch. That didn’t stop Sprint (NYSE: S) from announcing today that a version of the Nexus One will be avai... - Yahoo Buys Social Sports Startup Citizen Sports17 March 2010, 11:51 pm
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has hinted for several months that it would be buying more companies and it’s finally made an acquisition—buying up social sports startup Citizen Sports, which it says will compliment Yahoo Sports, the top sports site in the U.S. And, indeed, the move immediately gives Yahoo clout in the social networking and mobile sports spaces, where it has been weak. Citizen Sports owns a series of popular sports apps on the iPhone and on social networking sites, including wh... - Mobile Social Network MocoSpace Soars To 11 Million Members17 March 2010, 11:49 pm
MocoSpace, a social network that is primarily accessed on the phone, has reached 11 million users. While that may pale in comparison to the 100 million people using Facebook on cellphones, it easily surpasses the 560,000 using Foursquare. However, it is more in line with the 500,000 users that MocoSpace says are logging in on a daily basis to the network. MocoSpace VP of Business Development & Marketing Casey Jones said: “Scale is a critical piece to being able to deliver on the promise ... - mocoNews Quick Hits 03.17.201017 March 2010, 8:38 pm
» An app-happy world has one research firm tripling its projection for total U.S. app revenue in 2010 from $537 million to $1.6 billion. [MoBlog] » Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo discusses the company’s U.S. and acquisition strategies, and says how the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) partnership has its benefits. [BusinessWeek] » Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) discontinues protective iPhone/iTouch screen films, possibly in an attempt to show off screen durability.... - Sprint To Unveil The First 4G Phone Next Week?17 March 2010, 5:09 pm
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel may unveil the first 4G phone next week at the big CTIA wireless conference in Las Vegas. The device, which is reportedly made by HTC and called ‘the Supersonic,’ will run on the company’s WiMax network, which is being built by Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), reports the Wall Street Journal, which quotes people familiar with the matter. If the company does reveal a device, it will easily beat Verizon Wireless to the punch, which is not expected to have a 4G h... - Why Google Phone Sales Will Still Lag After Coming To AT&T, Rogers17 March 2010, 4:44 pm
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) says the Nexus One, which is the first device it is selling directly to consumers, is now available with frequencies used by AT&T (NYSE: T) in the U.S. and Rogers Wireless in Canada, in addition to the one that’s been available for T-Mobile USA. The phone will be sold at www.google.com/phone and will cost $529, a hefty price tag considering the $179 subsidized version available with a T-Mobile contract. While common sense may lead you to believe that sales will in... - Evidence That Apple Is Onto Something: There Are 38 App Stores, And More On The Way17 March 2010, 4:04 pm
Here’s another chart with hockey stick-like projections for the global mobile applications space: The market is set to grow to $17.5 billion by 2012, which will be greater than the value of all CDs estimated to be sold that year. The report was commissioned by GetJar, which distributes free applications on the behalf of developers worldwide, and was conducted by Consultant Chetan Sharma. ... - @ SxSWi: Spotify CEO Ek Says Spotify Passes 320,000 Paid Subs But Mum On U.S. Date17 March 2010, 5:58 am
If you were hoping that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek would use his South by Southwest Interactive keynote to announce a launch date for the U.S., no such luck (although Rafat has a source who says possibly end of May). Ek’s biggest bit of news: Spotify now has more than 320,000 paid subscribers, up from the 250,000 number the company last acknowledged earlier this year. Nothing specific on the pace. What’s holding Spotify back in the U.S.? “We are seeing a lot of support. We want to ... - Universal Music Releases An iPhone Game To Promote Artists, Sell Tracks17 March 2010, 4:49 am
Universal Music Group was early to tap into the whole music gaming phenomenon by partnering with Tapulous to make iPhone apps for artists such as Lady Gaga and Souja Boy Tell ‘Em. Now it’s branching off and working with others to create even more gaming applications. The record label’s latest app is called Six-String and is now available for $4.99 from the App Store for the iPhone or iPod touch. The game was developed by Frontier, which makes popular guitar simulators for the...
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