Smartphone owners worldwide downloaded more than 3.8 billion mobile applications in the first six months of 2010, compared to 3.1 billion in all of 2009, according to new data issued by market analysis firm research2guidance. Global smartphone revenues for the first half of 2010 exceed $2.2 billion, surpassing full-year 2009 revenues of $1.7 billion. The [...]

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The number of users accessing mobile payment systems in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) emerging markets will surge by almost a million per week to hit 290 million by 2015, consultancy Arthur D. Little predicts. High mobile phone penetration and low access to regular banking services will drive users from 32 million currently, presenting [...]

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Market Potential for (M)VAS: Mobile Value Added Services in the Middle East Source: Shariq Faraz.

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mBillionth Congress, Expo & Awards Rewarding the best mobile innovations… Innovative ideas

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I recently got the X-mini™ MAX II Capsule Speaker™ from Singapore. It indeed is revolutionary in the world of portable audio technology, striking the perfect balance of pocketsize portability and uncompromising sound quality. With a simple twist and lift, the avant garde capsule-shaped design unveils a pair of stereo speakers. These stylish speakers, which can [...]

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Facebook has launched 0.facebook.com, a mobile site that includes all of the key features of Facebook but is optimized for speed. It initially is available through more than 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges. The site is designed to help solve the barriers in using Facebook — sometimes the [...]

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Apple fans will not like this but the truth is that, just-announced Android 2.2 (code-named Froyo) looks like a winner, with plenty of capabilities that put it well beyond the iPhone. Have a look at the video to get an idea why it is better then the IPhone. Here are seven ways in which Android [...]

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Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, South Asia’s leading digital and mobile entertainment company, has launched a unique Social Music on Demand service Aircel MusicConnect for Aircel subscribers in India.The service will enable Aircel subscribers to enjoy their favourite songs via interactive voice response (IVR) on their mobile device and through the mobile internet. What’s more, users [...]

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Some of the key points from the Patent The content received at the device is displayed on the device only while the device is at or near a particular location identified by the location information. …when the mobile device is within a range of the wireless access point, presenting content on the mobile device associated [...]

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Google announced that its Latitude mobile friend finder service now tops 3 million active users, adding that more than 8 million users have signed up since the solution went live in early 2009.Latitude continues to grow 30 percent month-over-month, with over 10 percent of Android smartphone owners now using the service. Latitude enables smartphone users [...]

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