Californian gadget vendor Apple has fallen foul of the UK’s advertising watchdog yet again, this time for over exaggerating the web speed of the iPhone 3G. Apple’s latest UK TV ad for the device was peppered with the term “really fast,” whenever it made reference to the internet connectivity. But a total of 17 viewers [...]
As 2008 draws to a close, handset vendors find themselves with a choice to make: Get more involved with the services market and thrive, or stay hardware-focused and wither on the vine.
The appearance of the O2 Litmus site site prompted much excitement among the Broadband and Internet IC team. Was another operator about to expose the inner workings of its voice, SMS and other network services to the world?
Mobile applications and services need to be tailored to the needs of each user in order to drive revenues, according to research released this week.
The head of Intel’s ultra mobile products has been forced to apologise after one of his subordinates slammed the iPhone’s performance and laid into rival chip shop ARM.
The iPhone community is foaming at the mouth yet again, in the wake of reports that software developer Adobe has confirmed the existence of a Flash player for the Apple device.
At the Mobile Web Europe conference held in London earlier this month by Informa Telecoms & Media, Russell Buckley, UK managing director of leading mobile advertising network AdMob, showed delegates the first TV commercial broadcast in the US: a static image of a map of the US overlaid with the name of the advertiser, a clock manufacturer, accompanied by a single-line voiceover – hardly what nowadays would be regarded as compelling viewing.
Web giant Google has shown its hand. At an event in New York City this afternoon, representatives from Google, T-Mobile and HTC showed off the first commercial device based on the Android platform – the T-Mobile G1.
The rest of the mobile industry could learn a valuable lesson from newcomer Apple, as the App Store takes the mobile content and apps market by storm.
Sales numbers for Amazon’s Kindle are difficult to pin down, but the device appears to be catching on virally, aided by dedicated marketing on the part of Amazon. Wider acceptance of the Kindle among users could produce a win for the device’s embryonic business model, which could ultimately apply to a multitude of wirelessly enabled consumer-electronics devices.