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There are 3 phrases that have rarely been spoken in the same sentence recently: Jobs 2009,Social Media and Mobile Technology are the exception. According to a report by Indeed, 7 of the 10 fastest growing opportunities of 2009 were social media or mobile-tech related, with Twitter showing the strongest growth. This isn’t surprising, of course, as growth is relative and where we were before as social media was not nearly the buzzword in 2008 as it was in 2009. The important aspect here is that as 2010 rolls through, we should expect the gains to continue and the relationship between the economy and the social web to stay tied hand-in-hand. Until the “next big thing” comes out to replace sites like Twitter and Facebook as valid business needs, we shouldn’t expect anything to change.

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Social Media and Mobile Tech Jobs Show Strongest Growth in 2009

Location based mobile ads have proven a force to be reckoned with in the restaurant industry. And as B.R. Guest’s popular chain of restaurants illustrates with its resounding mobile marketing success, the eatery’s location based mobile ads have driven substantial foot traffic to the establishments. According to the restaurant chain, mobile marketing efforts to drive both awareness and foot traffic to its Vento Trattoria and Wildwood Barbeque restaurants reportedly yielded a 5% response rate or better on most days during the campaign’s run. Mobile advisory firm Mella Media worked in conjunction with B.R.

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B.R. Guest Registers LBS Success

It’s the time of the year when every research company and industry organization puts out a prediction for what’s to come in 2010. The Mobile Marketing Association this month put out a list of 10 industry predictions for mobile marketing in North America for the coming year. What do you think about these predictions from MMA for 2010? 10. Mobile Healthcare Look out for apps that diagnose, doctors that text, and medical reminders.

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Mobile Marketing Association’s Forecast for 2010 in North America

MSI is offering tailor-made solutions with the release of the all-new Intel® ATOM processor N450 with integrated architecture for the stylish Wind Series Special Edition U135 and the U130—now covered head-to-toe with Color Film Print coating. These two netbook models are the world’s first two Intel Pine Trail platform netbooks to receive International WiMAX Forum certification. MSI Notebook Marketing Director Sam Chern noted that the Wind Series Millions Special Edition U135 is based on feedback from millions users. This feedback is being used to meticulously create a new generation of Wind netbooks that are Windows 7 pre-installed

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MSI reveals two Pine Trail Wind netbooks

Packard Bell unveils a new addition to its EasyNote line  – the Butterfly Touch  notebook which will be launching in February of 2010. The Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly Touch is actually a convertible tablet notebook with with 11.6-inch (1366×768) multi-touch display,  based on Intel CULV processor and GMA 4500MHD graphics,  the specifications also includes 2 GB of RAM, up to a 640 GB HDD and Windows 7 Home Premium. The tablet also has a Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, 5-in-1 card reader and a 6-cell battery enabling up to 8 hours of operation

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Packard Bell Butterfly Touch

Acer America, part of the world’s second largest PC vendor , today introduced its new TravelMate Timeline series of notebook PCs for business customers. The new TravelMate Timeline 8571, 8471 and 8371 are ultra-thin mobile workhorse notebooks designed for on-the-go professionals who need prolonged productivity. A long lasting six-cell battery provides up to eight hours of power(2) when Acer PowerSmart Manager is enabled. With prices ranging from $899 to $999, the TravelMate Timeline series delivers excellent performance and the capabilities most important to travelling professionals. Offering a choice of Intel Core 2 Duo Processors supporting Intel 64 architecture and equipped with the Intel GS45 Express chipset, and either 3GB or 4GB of fast SDRAM, the TravelMate Timeline notebooks provide the horsepower business professionals need for multi-tasking, e-mail, Internet browsing or powering through advanced applications

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Acer America introduced its new TravelMate Timeline series notebooks

Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Linkedin offer web badges to your social media profiles to share your interested with blog readers. I love it, you should try it! Christopher Marsley Create Your Badge Christopher Marsley Create Your Badge Janine Botwell Create Your Badge Janine Botwell Create Your Badge Christopher Marsley Twitter Page Janine Botwell Twitter Page Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman Janine Botwell MySpace Profile Janine Botwell MySpace Profile Christopher Marsley MySpace Profile Christopher Marsley MySpace Profile

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Badges? We need those Stinkin’ Badges!

Today Sony Ericsson announces the Sony Ericsson Elm phone, the Sony Ericsson Hazel phone and the Bluetooth™ Noise Shield Handsfree VH700, the newest additions to the company’s GreenHeart™ portfolio. The two mobile phones and one accessory provide consumers with an expanded range of products to make an educated green choice without compromising on design and functionality.

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Sony Ericsson to Launch Elm and Hazel, Eco-Friendly Phones

Christmas is just 9 days away and if experience is anything to go by the only way to make sure you get the gift *you* want this year, is to go out and buy it yourself. It is so easy to do, after all it can be such a hassle deciding what to buy Mum, Dad, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc, that at the end of it all you forget that little something you wanted. Instead of hitting the shops again, we’ve put together a list of some top deals available with next day delivery , so you can shop from the comfort of your home, and indulge yourself with a little something just for you. One of the leading handsets of 2009 has been the Samsung Jet , a high powered device packed full of the latest in mobile technology.

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A new mobile phone and free gift before Christmas day?

I can still remember the novelty and excitement of writing email messages back in the earliest days of the Internet. At that time – around the early 1990s – the act of dialing up and connecting via a cumbersome modem, logging into an email provider, writing a message and sending it on its way could hardly have been called “easy.” The potential was there, of course, but the actual execution left a whole lot to be desired. Flash forward to today – my entire email history, my contacts, my calender and all of my data is now carried effortlessly in my pocket – and it’s hard to believe that email used to be such a pain. How did I get from there to here?

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All Your Email In One Basket: How Email Use Has Adapted to Mobility

There’s a lot of opportunities in regards to mobile marketing these days, but many new-age methods rely on the hope that most of the target audience is equipped with smartphones.  Unfortunately, as most marketers know, that’s simply not a reality. HipLogic, a unique startup previously known as Numobiq, has the simple intention of bringing smartphone-like features and capabilities to simple feature phones, or mass market devices.  Put simply, the company’s platform is designed to bring sophisticated applications to the simplest cell phones by keeping all the complexity in the network.  In theory, HipLogic wants to bring the quick, easy interface of the iPhone, Android and Blackberry to more simple-in-nature and lightweight phones that are available for the mass market. By keeping the heavy-lifting in the background, HipLogic’s platform allows users to toggle on a more iPhone-like interface that can bring with it more smartphone-like content such as real-time data, social networking and apps.  It’s all accomplished via a free mobile app that connects the device to HipLogic’s behind-the-scenes technology that incorporates a lightweight JavaScript virtual machine connected to the cloud.  That virtual machine can then aggregate information from network operators and the Web to create mash-ups on the device

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HipLogic Brings Smartphone Tech To Simple, Mass Market Feature Phones

The concept of augmented reality (AR) is still very much in its infancy, but the opportunities it presents in the areas of mobile marketing, commerce and gaming is more than plentiful.  How far have we come in bringing AR to fruition and what does the future hold for the concept? A new report from Juniper Research projects the technology combining the physical world with virtual imagery and information will generate only $2 million in revenue next year, but the projection is set to increase dramatically to nearly $714 million by 2014.  By then, most of that revenue will be derived from things like  paid application downloads, subscription-based services and advertising, according to Juniper

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The Future Of Mobile Augmented Reality

Sony Ericsson W800: If you are familiar and have been enamored with the Sony Ericsson K750 then the W800 will have your pulses pumping even more. It is one of the most eagerly awaited releases from the Japanese-Swedish company, and the whole mobile phone industry in general. And like the K750, the W800 has brilliant function menus, a very able camera and great sounding earphones that come bundled with the phone itself. Nokia N96: The Nokia N96 is a new release following the successful distribution of the Nokia N95 in the market last year. It is considered as an amazing multimedia computer being optimized for TV and video capabilities

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Quick Mobile Phone Reviews

The Genio range of handsets from Samsung, starting with the S3650 which is also being sold under the Genio Touch product name, is proving to be very popular. And the main thing customers are talking about is the fashion jackets, the changeable back covers on the device that allow you to change the colour of the phone. These jackets are available in a wide range of colours, some patterned, some plain, and it goes to show that a mobile device is not all about the features, style conscious customers like the option to personalise their phones, too. As well as looking to attract the fashion conscious young mobile user, Samsung are also aiming the Genio range at people who want to be able to keep in touch with more than just calls, and to aid with the messaging the B5310 offers a full, side slide QWERTY keyboard, with the ideal that the Genio Pro adapts to match the lifestyle of the user. The keyboard on the Genio Pro is perfectly usable, with a finger friendly layout that will appeal to people who see messaging as an integral part of their daily communication needs

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Samsung B5310 Genio Pro Review

Acer should not be an unknown name to many purchasers of mobile electronics; they have been producing laptops for quite a while now. In fact, they are the leading laptop manufacturer in the world, and second only to HP in computer manufacture. Acer is a fairly new name in the world of mobile phone manufacture though, and really their path in this industry has started to come about since their acquisition of E-Ten products. E-Ten had started promoting its own brand, Glofiish, but since the acquisition all products will be branded with the Acer name.

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Acer Neo Touch F1 Review

Juniper Research has published their forecast that in five years, one in every six mobile subscribers in the world will possess a mobile phone enabled with Near Field Communications capabilities. The consequences, of course, for businesses, consumers, and mobile marketers will be as significant as they are promising. According to Juniper’s research, the NFC report illustrated that payments and retail transactions (including mobile coupons) will contribute dramatically in transforming the cell phone into a widespread payment tool and an unprecedented mechanism for sales and promotional opportunities for retailers.

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NFC Mobile Phone Use to Explode by 2014

lot of people miss out on traveling since they suffer from a fear of flying but a new iPhone application might be able to help them calm their nerves and get on a plane.  I honestly never thought of a phone being used for something like this but I think it’s a great idea. Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an app for its Flying Without Fear course proving yet again that Virgin Atlantic president, Richard Branson , is on a mission to accomplish just about everything he possibly can in life. “Our first iPhone app will bring the benefits of our successful Flying Without Fear course to millions of people around the world who are now using mobile technology to make their lives better,” Branson said.  “The app will put many travelers at ease and enable them to prepare for their first Virgin Atlantic flight.” The app features an introduction by Branson and then offers a number of resources to users including relaxation exercises and an in-flight explanation of a flight.  I’d love to see what this looks like even though I’m not really afraid of flying

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iPhone Helps With Fear of Flying

This is another message for all hardcore Tam Hanna-fans (or those who happened to miss my talk on Symbian at the MetaLab). Yours truly will hold two presentations at this year’s IT Underground conference, which will be held in Warsaw. Both talks are focused on mobile technology and are currently scheduled to take place on the 17th of November – look forward to the following: Attack vectors on handsets – 13h15 to 14h15 The first of the two talks will look at the various ways mobile devices can be attacked

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Tam Hanna talks at IT Underground 2009

Nokia  N97 owners have been patiently waiting for an update of the firmware for a long time, but they don’t need to wait anymore because v20 has been released. The v20 of the firmware for Nokia N97 has some notable improvements, such as: better touch screen usability; inclusion of Ovi Maps 3.1 with 3D maps; Nokia Email; improved battery performance and video stability; and VoIP support among other details. To get the update just launch the Nokia Software updater, or you can also download it via this link . Related posts: Nokia N95 sees major new firmware release Nokia Lets Users Update Own Mobile Device Software Apple releases 2.2 software update for iPhone

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eviGroup has today announced an all new 10-inch tablet which they are calling the Pad. Sure, it’s not the fabled iTablet, but it does have 3G and an artificial intelligent digital secretary/assistant that’s sure to get annoying after a few days of use. Other than that it features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, WiFi, VGA, port 3 USB ports, multicard reader, webcam and microphone. There wasn’t a mention of a release date but eviGroup is saying the device will be priced below €500.

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eviGroup shows off 10-inch 3G tablet

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today unveiled the Storm 2, a new version of its touch screen Storm smartphone, marking its latest move in the battle with Apple’s iPhone. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said the Storm 2 retains the original Storm’s clickable touch screen interface, but improves upon it with faster typing and “multi-touch” capabilities, which allows users to type on more than just one part of the screen at a time. The Storm, RIM’s first phone without a physical keyboard, was met with limited success when it launched late last year. Many users complained about its odd typing mechanism — where the whole screen moved with each tap on the virtual keyboard — and claimed that they had to press too hard on the touch screen. RIM said the new Storm 2 solves that problem with its new SurePress technology — promising that clicking the display will be “effortless” and that device will even know if a finger is “resting” on the keypad or typing

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RIM Unveils BlackBerry Storm 2, Challenges iPhone