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Mobile Advertising Not Meeting Expectations? 2007-12-13 08:26:00 There are several reasons why advertising on your mobile device has not yet taken off, and this article from Business Week Online posted on KTUV.com outlines some of them. "Wireless carriers, meanwhile, have been slow to embrace ads, fearful their customers will be driven away [BusinessWeek, 11/26/07] by floods of text-message spam or banners and pop-ups crowding such a tiny screen". I know the technology exists for text message based advertising because I receive them regularly from a retailer. I should point out that I had to "opt in" for the ads. How tolerant would wireless customers be of text based messaging pushed to their phone when they didn't opt in remains to be seen. I strongly expect Android based handsets to have the technology to display visual ads on the same during normal use, such as making calls, text messaging or even listening to mp3's. However, with that much data being constantly pushed to your device wireless carriers will be forced to offer unlimited data ... Advertising

Desktops & Laptops Soon to Be Obsolete? 2007-12-13 07:52:00 Paul Higgins of Business Day writing for theage.com.au offers his opinion of where mobile computing is heading, and we think he's right on the money. There's been a lot of discussions surrounding MID's or mobile Internet devices, and Higgins seems to think they will be even smaller than what we might have thought in the past. "A recent story in Wired describes how researchers at Arizona State University are producing computing memory that is one-tenth the cost of flash memory (the predominant memory system in current mobile devices) and 1000 times as energy efficient. A thumb drive using the technology could store a terabyte". You can read the full article here. While it may be difficult for some to imagine a landscape without clunky desktop and laptop computers, with memory and cpu chip set technology continuing to shrink in size, it's inevitable. Obviously it will have to be affordable enough for the masses, but that to is guaranteed to happen. 10 years ago I paid $1000 for ... Amp

Fear Mongering, Playa Hatin' or Legit Concerns? 2007-12-12 15:24:00 When you're done visiting AndroidGuys today, head over to SeachEngineWatch and read what Adam Saroca, GM of Jumptap has to say about Google's offering to the mobile industry. Don't get us wrong, we're all for privacy here. Heck, we love what Ask.com just recently announced and wish Google would adopt a similar plan, but we're not gonna freak out and get all Big Brother on you if they don't. Check out a couple of quotes from Adam and tell us if you think they hold water. Look at what Google can do with mobile phones: see every contact people dial, track and serve what ads they see. It's clear their intent is to have all search and advertising run through their toolset... Android is more than just a Trojan horse. Android can take away all search and advertising revenue streams from mobile operators... So tell us, do you think Google is watching every number you dial on your Android phones? Do you think they keep a database of which cell phones call GOOG-411 and for for what ...

Random Facts and Statistics About Cell Users 2007-12-12 10:00:00 The following statistics were taken from an RCR News article from yesterday. Some of these may surprise you, some might underwhelm you.13.6% of American homes have only cellphonesMore than 28% of renters were wireless only.Nearly 31% of adults ages 25 to 29 lived in households that used only cellphones.Men were slightly more likely than women to live in a household that had cut the cord.The most useless statistic we found? According to the survey, wireless-only adults were twice as likely to be binge drinkers, were more likely to be current smokers and were twice as likely to report not having health insurance as people living in homes with landlines. The entire survey can be found here.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

It's Time to Start Using That Sweet Little Phone 2007-12-12 08:44:00 "Google is no longer someone to watch to see what they do next, they're now someone you watch over your shoulder if you're another company," Forrester Research Inc. senior analyst Charles Golvin says. That's a heck of a statement, isn't it? Globe and Mail has a write up today that essentially tells us that the time for using smart phones is at hand. Golvin says to keep an eye on Google, Nokia, and Research in Motion as they all will push harder to gain footing in the consumer market. Globe and Mail expects 2008 to be the year of the data plan as surfing the web using a mobile device will become faster and cheaper. They also reference the fact that Nokia has been making Google-like moves by buying up smaller companies along the way. And here we thought it was going to be year of the rat. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

More 700MHz Auction Speculation 2007-12-12 07:58:00 We've mentioned here before that the potential bidders in the upcoming spectrum auction do not have to publicly disclose their intent. We've talked about companies here in the US who we know are in and who we think are out. Well, it's time to look abroad now as we learn Asian outfits to enter scrap for 700MHz spectrum. Business Week tells us that DoCoMo, KDDI, SK Telecom and the Blackstone Group are looking to possibly cough up a few billion to help out Google and Co. in the 700MHz C Block auction. A quick note; The Blackstone Group is a private equity firm that has invested in wireless businesses including Global Tower Partners and Deutsche Telecom (DT), who is the parent company of T-Mobile USA. Although they may not be forming some Justice League type conglomerate, they are at least considering getting their feet wet come January. So why would foreign companies want to come stateside and play with the other kids? We’re told that the average data bill for someone here in ...

John Bruggeman of Wind River Touts MID's As Next Big Thing 2007-12-11 20:44:00 In a podcast interview with Dana Gardner's Briefings Direct, John Bruggeman of Wind River seemed pretty certain that the success of Google's Android rests on the success of MID's or Mobile Internet Devices. "Android will lead, he says, to a new class of potentially free mobile internet devices that do everything a PC does, only smaller, cheaper and in tune with global mobile markets that favor phones over PCs for web connectivity". He also suggests that Google's business model for Android is going to change the way carriers solicit revenue from its customers. "What’s new [in Android] is the business models that open up, and the new opportunities. That’s going to fundamentally change the underlying fabric of the mobile phone space and it’s going to challenge the traditional operators’ or carriers’ positions in the market. It’s going to force them, as the supply chain, to address this. … Carriers potentially are going to have to embrace completely new revenue and se ...

Guest Blogging Again 2007-12-11 15:47:00 Scott's article on what you need to know about the 700MHz spectrum so far was picked up by the guys over at AskTheAdmin. Head over there to read all kinds of good tech stuff that you might not find anywhere else. Thanks again to Karl and the other admins over there for showing some love to the AndroidGuys!AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Blogging

Nokia Prepares for Battle 2007-12-11 11:37:00 Still smarting from being snubbed by Google to join the OHA (Open Handset Alliance)Nokia is hard at work fighting back. Unlike Google they are taking a different approach by purchasing other companies and dumping money into developing them, rather than hoping developers write software for their OS. You can read the complete article here on Today@PC World. Does this mean Nokia will never become a member of the OHA? My guess is not any time soon. A shame really, but never say never. My guess is that Google and Nokia will eventually find a reason to make nice. Nokia is the largest handset manufacturer in the world, owning some 39% market share, and that could translate into a lot more handsets running Google's Android.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Nokia

Nokia Looking to Emulate Apple? 2007-12-11 10:31:00 In a move that can only be seen as flattering to the Apple iPhone business model, Nokia is looking to copy their approach to mobile operators by sharing revenue. Nokia states it has no desire to charge a "kick back" to mobile operators for handsets, but instead will attempt to use this same model from the service side, such as music or navigation services. Now I love Nokia's handsets, particularly their Nseries, but here in the states you will be hard pressed to find a service they offer on US networks. I can see this model working overseas, but even that isn't a guarantee. Mobile operators generally like to sell their own services, and now you're going to make them share the revenue they make by selling yours?. You can read the complete article here at Pocket Lint. I am sure there are folks smarter than myself running Nokia, but this one seems way out there. Now if Nokia offered a product or service that none else did, such as the iPhone I would give it a greater chance of ... Apple  Nokia

Android in Action 2007-12-11 10:30:00 The image you are looking at is of a core module/reference board running Google's new OS Looking closer, you'll notice a phone call coming in while using Google Maps. One can imagine a group of nerd-types standing around like Alexander Graham Bell when they fired this up. The march is on and it will be sooner rather than later, that we'll see more pictures and videos hitting the internet. Respect knuckles go to Digital World Tokyo for the heads up. And have fun over at Keitai Watch trying to make sense of the article. There are a few pictures worth perusing though. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

HTC Gets More Props 2007-12-11 10:21:00 You may have gleaned from our pod casts that we are huge HTC fans, and it's always good to hear other people singing their praises as well. HTC saw revenue increases in November 07', as well as 2007 overall. You can check out the full article here at InformationWeek It may very well turn out that HTC will be Google's most significant handset manufacture in the OHA. GO HTC!AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

LiPS Forum completes mobile Linux spec 2007-12-11 07:21:00 Competition is healthy, and Google's Android is going to see it's fair share before it's all said and done. In an article found on The Register, LiPS (Linux Phone Standard) announced completion of the LiPS Release 1.0 specifications on Monday. They claim their platform will truly offer interoperability unlike Google's Android. Looks like the wars are beginning to heat up, and we as consumers will be the beneficiaries. Game on! You can read the complete article here. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

Motorola up for Sale? 2007-12-10 17:12:00 Dell, HP, RIM are names being thrown around today as potential buyers for Motorola should they be acquired by a competitor. Now, a Motorola sale is not something new as this has been brought up before. What gives this more leverage now? Could it be the CEO change? Stock is down and they seem to be struggling to stay afloat with other companies like Samsung and Nokia cleaning up. How will this bode for the Open Handset Alliance should something develop? Would the new company be grandfathered in or could they decide to pack their bags and leave? Rest assured that AndroidGuys will have more on this as it develops.CNBC: Motorola For Sale?AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Motorola

iPhone,Android Take Different Approaches to Security 2007-12-10 14:57:00 On application security architecture, Android gets an “A-minus,” while the iPhone gets an “F.” The next category is “openness,” which refers to the ability of outsiders to see into and contribute to security of the device. In this category, open source Android (graded “B”) tops the proprietary iPhone (”D”). Read the rest of this article at IT Business Edge.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Iphone