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Recently, Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry announced the launch of new professional-grade BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry Tablet OS. BlackBerry PlayBook offers the users oriented services. Uncompromised web browsing, true multitasking and high performance multimedia are the leading key features of BlackBerry PlayBook Professional Grade Tablet. It provides advance security features, out-of-the-box enterprise and a breakthrough development platform for IT departments and developers.

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BlackBerry PlayBook Professional Grade Tablet Introduced by RIM

The breathtaking Samsung Wave will sweep you away into a sea of apps and features. With the world’s first super AMOLED touch screen and a super-fast 1GHz processor; Wave was made for pure media playback, brilliant web browsing and effortless multitasking. The first handset to have Samsung’s new Bada operating system and social hub, Wave is also the first mobile with Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity

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The Carphone Warehouse Eyeopeners

Everyone that’s met me and has spoken about AdonisMobile have been told that this is my blog and it represents my views and opinions, and most know I don’t hold back on my opinions. I don’t write for page views, traffic or attention, I write to express my opinions and views

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Change Of Direction And Attitude

I seem to remember a problem with Swype , and how the touchscreen keyboard could easily lead to others discovering your passwords. There is a study at the University of Pennsylvania with research into the Google Nexus One and HTC G1 . They discovered that oily residues that remain on screen after being wiped off

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Problems with touchscreen passwords

On the heels of our post earlier today regarding a panel discussion at the eTail 2010 summit over mobile apps vs. the mobile Web when it comes to a mobile commerce strategy, Adobe has published a new survey that should shed some light on the debate. Adobe’s “Scene7 Rich Mobile Commerce Survey” was conducted from July 6 to July 23, 2010, to identify businesses’ strategic and tactical plans for mobile commerce over the next year.  The survey received 446 responses from representatives at leading enterprises worldwide – with most coming from North America.  Of the respondents, it found that 80 percent of companies were planning, or had already deployed a mobile website, compared to the 8 percent of respondents that were interested in applications. Granted, Adobe has a vested interest in the mobile Web over mobile apps — as its Flash technology is more prevalent and accepted there — but the survey still sheds an interesting light

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Adobe Mobile Commerce Survey: 80% Of Respondents Utilize Mobile Web Over Apps

Zagat, the global restaurant survey firm, and the mobile photo sharing startup Foodspotting are teaming up to leverage Zagat’s brand awareness and Foodspotting’s ability to make a picture worth a thousand mouthwatering words. The two businesses are joining forces to allow Zagat participants to upload food photos that gourmands snap with their mobile phones. Foodspotting, a website and mobile app company, very cleverly bypasses the glut of written restaurant reviews that litter the Internet these days, letting a picture do the talking–and the reviewing and recommending. (Admittedly I have extra appreciation for the service, since when I lived in Japan I relied on picture menus to be able to order anything.) Recommendation services have long proved a hit among consumers, what with the popularity of Yelp, Citysearch, and, to a lesser extent, ads on social networks that share with one’s friends what one has purchased.

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Foodspotting, Zagat A Tasty Bit Of Fusion

I use PayPal a lot.  In recent years it’s become a primary form of payment for me both on and offline, but one place I can’t use PayPal so easily is to purchase apps on my Android device.  That may soon change, as it’s been rumored that PayPal and Google are in talks over using the now-ubiquitous payment technology in the Android Market

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PayPal, Google Rumored To Be Partnering For Android Mobile Payments

Shopkick , a brand new LBS startup we covered recently , just announced a major new partnership with Simon Properties to install its innovative check-in/rewards technology in shopping malls across the country. At the heart of Shopkick’s technology is the bypass of GPS for location-tracking

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Shopkick Picks Up Major Retail Momentum For Check-In App, Partners With Simon Properties

At the eTail 2010 social media and mobile commerce summit, it was indicated that the mobile commerce market is worth roughly $2.5B today, with that number set to double each year over the next few years. Mobile commerce in general was dissected during a special panel where topics ranged from the current state of the industry to growth potential and even emerging best practices.

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eTail 2010: Mobile Commerce Worth $2.5B Today, Debate Rages Over Apps vs. Mobile Web

comScore today released interesting data indicating that only 8% of US-based smartphone users access Twitter from their devices, somewhat contradicting the notion that Twitter is a primarily mobile-centric service. The report from comScore , which mainly looked at what countries are driving Twitter’s worldwide usage growth, indicates that mobile access to the social service in Europe is even smaller at just 2.8%.  Given the company has over 100M users worldwide and the fact that Twitter’s 140-character message limit stemmed from SMS, it’s interesting that comScore is reporting such paltry mobile uptake. Other interesting stats from the report include the tidbit that its highest proportion of users aren’t in the US (11.9%), but in Indonesia (20.8%), followed closely by Brazil (20.5%) and Venezuela (19%).  Twitter has grown significantly across Latin America as a whole over the last year, increasing a substantial 305% to 15.4 million monthly unique visitors as of June.

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Only 8% Of US Smartphone Users Use Twitter According To New comScore Data

Vibes Media announced today they’ve now sent over one billion SMS messages, or “interactions,” between brands and consumers. The fast-growing startup said its billionth message was sent as part of a Pittsburgh Penguins mobile campaign surrounding the 2013 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Ice Hockey Frozen Four Championship, and represents a huge milestone for the company

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Vibes Media Sends One Billionth SMS, Revenues To Grow 100% In 2010

The Business Insider reported today that Dictionary.com has seen its mobile ad rates increase 177% since activating iAds.  In addition, the maker of the popular iPhone app reports eCPMs of more than $10, fill rates of between 70% and 80% and overall performance 5x to 6x better than other mobile-ad networks. While this and other app developers are undoubtedly seeing success with iAds, many question how long it can sustain over the long-term.  The early popularity of iAds played into the curiosity of users anxious to click on one and discover what it’s all about, but developers are noticing this trend is slowing down considerably.

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iAd Stats: eCPMs More Than $10, Fill Rates 70-80% – But Will It Sustain The Long-Term?

We have covered a lot of Bluetooth keyboards in the past, like the one from Freedom i-Connex and Chinavasion . This one from EFO is about the size of a credit card and has F1-F12 function keys, CTRL, ALT, DEL, and even multimedia playback buttons. Looks good for the iPhone or iPad, and you can get it for $32 or when it goes back to a non-introductory price of $40 in September. Source Related Posts Flexible Bluetooth Mini Keyboard from Brando Brando has been put out a lot of wireless keyboards such as the Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard and the L..

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EFO Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard

A Chinese mobile security solutions provider warned today that the proliferation of apps now available in the Android Market means that increasingly more malicious software–viruses, spyware, malware, and the like–now threaten Android phones. NetQin Mobile said in July that it found the program  called “Carrot App,” a tip calculator, will read all of a phone’s SMS messages and send them hourly to a designated email address; another version of the app can also “overhear” voice conversations on the phone. Today the company noted the 11-fold growth in the number of apps made available in in July 2010: 18,600 as opposed to the 1,669 apps in July 2009. Considering that one in five apps are able to access personal information, that’s a lot of potential for attacks against Android phones, NetQin said. China is a particularly nurturing place for dangerous computer programs to flourish, since many people buy counterfeit software and thus can’t access effective anti-virus programs.

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App Makers, Consumers Shoulder Responsibility For Android Concerns

The new BlackBerry Curve 3G may have just been formally announced by RIM yesterday, but that hasn’t stopped Rogers and now Bell from launching the device. Bell has announced they will be launching the new Curve 3G this Thursday, with an expected price of $349 without contract or $49.95 with three year term. In case you didn’t know the new BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 comes running OS 5.0, but is ready to be upgraded to BlackBerry 6, once it launches for other devices. You can also expect Telus to launch this device within the next week or so. So is anyone planning on picking up the new Curve 3G from Bell

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BlackBerry Curve 3G launches on Bell this Thursday

BlackBerry announced the launch of its first slider handset – Torch 9800. It is the first device of BlackBerry running on the BlackBerry OS 6. It is the next big thing in the corporate world. Blackberry Torch comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a 3.2″ HVGA+ display. It is a tri-band 3G handset.

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Blackberry Torch – Blackberry Torch 9800 Slider Introduced by AT&T

The folks at Flipboard have embarked on a quest to “transform how people discover and share content” through an innovative new offering that combines the “beauty and ease” of print with the power of social media. What does that mean exactly? Say hello to the Flipboard App for iPad, a so-called “social magazine” that coalesces in traditional print fashion the articles, posts, pics, news and updates that originate from across Facebook and Twitter. “With over 1 billion messages posted every day, social networks are quickly becoming the primary way people discover and share content on the Web.

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Flipboard Rolls Out First Ever Social Magazine

Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile Sprint announced the upcoming availability of the Motorola i1 smartphone the other day and those hoping to pick up the handset will be able to do so as of July 25th. Well, for those who may not want to wait—the Motorola i1 is currently available with Boost Mobile. As for pricing and availability—the Motorola i1 will set you back $299.99, but the good news there is that comes contract free. Otherwise, the handset is available in-store only at this time

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Motorola i1, a push-to-talk handset with Android now available with Boost Mobile

It’s been reported recently that Baidu — the Chinese search company with an estimated 70% market share — is working on its own open source mobile OS to combat the competition from Android.  Most interesting about the development is that it’s being led by ex-Googlers. During the censorship controversy between the Chinese government and Google, many Googlers left the company to join Baidu, and it looks like they’re already being put to good use.  Details on the mobile OS are scant, but reports indicate that it will definitely be open source and emulate Android in many ways.

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Baidu Working On An Open Source Mobile OS Of Its Own, Lead By Ex-Googlers

The Galaxy S, when announced, had a full 4 hours to bask in the limelight of this year’s CTIA in Las Vegas before Sprint outshone it with the HTC EVO 4G, the country’s very first 4G phone of any kind. While the EVO’s specs were clearly more breathtaking, the Galaxy S still had nothing to cry about.

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AT&T Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) review

An interesting mobile partnership to watch could be the freshly announced pairing of Crisp Wireless and Verve Wireless The joint venture aims to help deliver “rich media ad options” to local media outlets, like newspapers. Illustrating yet again the massive influx of mobile advertising efforts to the local level, regional advertisers and publishers will now have the chance to leverage the media mobile ads that Crisp Wireless has been powering for national mobile sites and apps. Verve Wireless, of course, can push the Crisp Mobile Ad Platform within the company’s massive international network of better than 700 newspaper publishers, which include such heavyweights as the Evening Post, Examiner.com, Freedom, McClatchy and Media General. According to the joint statement from both companies, the ads will be interactive and serve up nifty attributes like location awareness and click-to-call – all of which will be customized for use on smartphones and other portable devices running either Android or Apple’s iOS (like the iPad)

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Crisp Wireless Reveals Venture with Verve Wireless