Mobile Industry News 11/10/09
Quattro Wireless' daily take on interesting and important news for the mobile industry. See something today that we missed? Post it in the comments or send it our way on twitter @intheq
Forbes
Validation, schmalidation. Former Lycos Chief and venture capitalist Bob Davis wasn't saying Google's acquisition of adMob for $750 million in stock "validates" Quattro Wireless, the rival mobile advertising startup he's backing.
Apple Shoots Past Nokia As World’s Most Profitable Handset Vendor
GigaOM
Apple became the world’s most profitable handset vendor in the third quarter of this year, reports Strategy Analytics. “We estimate Apple’s operating profit for its iPhone handset division stood at $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009,” wrote analyst Alex Spektor. That means Apple overtook Nokia, whose operating profit came in at just $1.1 billion.
GigaOM
Nokia is hoping to recapture some of its lost glory in the smartphone space with the N900, the flagship device that began shipping today. The long-awaited handset runs Nokia’s new Maemo 5 operating system and boasts some pretty impressive features, including 32GB on onboard memory, multitasking functionality, and a 5-megapixel camera with video capability
Analyst: Motorola sold 100,000 Droid smartphones
FierceWireless
Although anticipation was high, lines outside Verizon Wireless retail stores to purchase the Android-based Droid smartphone were relatively short last Friday when the device went on sale. Nevertheless, one analyst says that Motorola sold around 100,000 Droid units in the first weekend of its release.
Web Browsing and App Downloads on the Rise, says Nielsen
Mobile Marketing Magazine
Browsing the web was the fastest growing activity on UK mobile phones between the second and third quarters of 200p, according to new research from The Nielsen Company. The number of Britons using mobile Internet increased by 1.6 million, from 8.8 million in Q2 2009 to 10.4 million in Q3 2009. This means over one-fifth of people in the UK with a mobile now use their handset to browse the web.
HTC Expects To Sell Up To 6 Percent More Phones To 'You' This Quarter
mocoNews
Taiwanese handset maker HTC launched its first-ever consumer-facing ad campaign that’s all about “You” late last month. The multi-million dollar advertising blitz has the goal of raising the awareness of its Windows Mobile and Android-based mobile phones, and now we are hearing just how much they think the ads will boost sales.
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