When the Nexus One came out back in January, I was pretty excited.’a0 Google’s Nexus One featured a fantastically beautiful and thin Android device that could finally make Android a phone platform that would cause envy, even amongst iPhone users.’a0 To this day, the Nexus One is a great device that causes heads to turn…

It turns out more and more people are reaching for their mobile phones when the time comes to help out causes they believe in.’a0 The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) released figures that show that an increasingly number of mobile phone users are donating to causes. According to the numbers, 23.4% of British, French and German…

Microsoft announced two new phones today, called the Kin One and the Kin Two.’a0 The phones, which will be offered from Verizon Wireless, attempt to be the social networker’s phone.’a0 Not aimed at heavy emailers (which a BlackBerry or Nokie E Series phone) or picture takers (where a Nokia NSeries might suffice), the Kin series…

We are pleased to release the third edition in our series of reports analyzing the Mobile Touch Web.’a0 Our January Report, examined the Touch ecosystem as a whole and described the rapidly growing segment of touch friendly Web sites.’a0 The February Report focused on shopping and services, a major subset of the touch friendly Web….

As more and more mobile customers opt for smartphones capable of surfing the web at 3G speeds (and 4G on US carrier Sprint), mobile data use is growing profoundly.’a0 According to UK consultancy Coda, data traffic will reach 327 petabytes by 2015.’a0 To put that in perspective, a petabyte is 1000 terabytes, and a terabyte…

Back in November, we launched real-time search results via our partnership with OneRiot.’a0 The integration has been great and beneficial.’a0 However, since November, things have changed and we’ve grown a bit bored with the “real-time web”. As a result, we’re continuing tracking real-time, but we’re also going on a new route.’a0 Today, Taptu is spawning…

CTIA 2010 has wrapped up and now we can look back on the news and see what the year holds for the mobile industry here in the United States.’a0 It was alarming to me how almost every announcement had something to do with Google’s Android operating system. New Handsets Galore It is impossible to me…

CTIA is happening today and it’s quite the mobile show for the US Mobile Geek crowd, aka me.’a0 🙂 The United States might be home to a lot of innovations in the technology world, but I would say in many areas we’ve been lacking in mobile technology.’a0 However, some announcements and innovations today restored a…

There’s a dark horse in the mobile industry that most people don’t hear much about.’a0 With all the talk today about Apple’s iPhone, Nokia, and the Android OS and it’s myriad of device choices…there’s a company who continues to deliver amazing results quarter after quarter and year after year. Samsung continues to perform consistently and…

This summer, Continental Airlines, a U.S. based airline, conducted a campaign to see whether a specific set of ads were more effective on a mobile website versus embedded in a mobile app on an iPhone. Partnering with MediaVest, Continental ran an ad on WhitePages.com and inside WhitePages corresponding iPhone application.’a0 The summer campaign sought to…