Mobile Industry News 11/25/09

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

Clearwire takes on $920M more to build out wireless networks
VentureBeat
Clearwire is raising a lot more cash as it attempts to build a national high-speed, 4G wireless network using WiMax technology. Today, it announced $920 million in debt financing.
 
Driving app Waze turns the highway into a Pac-Man game with ‘Road Goodies’
VentureBeat
Mobile driving application waze is adding a little extra inventive for users to help build out its crowdsourced maps. It already offers users points for “munching” up the road — i.e., driving around with waze and validating the app’s directions. The latest version adds “road goodies,” special spots on the map that you get extra points for driving over.
 
Amidio launches Touch DJ with ‘visual mixing’
VentureBeat
Mobile music app maker Amidio launched its Touch DJ application for the iPhone today, allowing users to spin and mix music right on their handsets. Since a demo of the app appeared on YouTube on Nov. 17, it has received 35,000 hits. People are excited worldwide.
 
How to get in on the Mobile boom
VentureBeat
Does your business have a plan for mobile? How’s this for a novel idea: Don’t just go charging in to develop your own iPhone app. Take just a little time to consider what makes the most sense for your company. Mobile advertising can be a great way to get your feet wet, while building up a full mobile presence requires a bigger investment with the possibility of greater rewards and risks.

iPhone To Be Sold In The UK Equivalent Of Walmart
Silicon Alley Insider
Is an iPhone price war about to break out in the UK? After Vodafone and Orange bagged the iPhone – when O2’s two year monopoly expired in September – we learn today that Tesco, the UK supermarket leviathan, is to sell the iPhone on Tesco Mobile, its MVNO joint venture partnership...
 
Ustream launches Viewer app for Android
VentureBeat
Interested in seeing a live KISS concert tonight? Ustream, a popular video streaming platform, has just launched their mobile viewer version for the Android platform. The live viewing application dubbed Android Viewer enables users to watch any Ustream show on Wifi or 3G.
 
T-Mobile offering prepaid BlackBerry
FierceWireless
Ahead of the holiday shopping season T-Mobile USA unveiled a pay-in-advance, no-contract BlackBerry offering, a move that dovetails with the No. 4 carrier's recent push into unlimited, prepaid calling plans.
 
Top 10 Mobile App Trends in 2012
Mobile Marketing Watch
What will be the top mobile apps of the future? In a report released today by research firm Gartner, that answer is “money transfer.”What’s more interesting to us mobile marketers is what lands in the #2 and #3 spots on their list: “Location-Based Services” and “Mobile Search.” Also, the #8 spot goes to our favorite “Mobile Advertising.”
 
Android And Palm Need Their Own iPod Touch, Fast
Silicon Alley Insider
Apple's iPod touch remains an underappreciated part of its success with the iPhone app platform.  Therefore, Apple's rivals -- especially Google Android's partners and Palm -- should seek to replicate some of that success by creating their own no-contract, wi-fi-only devices that run their respective app platforms.