Mobile Industry News 11/3/09

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

 

Will People Line Up For The Motorola Droid On Friday?

from mocoNews

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has a big marketing splash planned for Friday when the highly anticipated Motorola Droid first goes on sale. The blitz includes extending store hours, in-store demos and a big interactive event in New York’s Time Square called, “DROID Does Times Square.”

Several positive reviews have hyped the $200 phone as the biggest iPhone contender currently on the market, but it’s unclear how well it will ultimately be received by consumers. Will it be a true competitor to Apple’s iPhone? Will people line up at 7 a.m. to buy one? If not the Droid, maybe consumers will flock to other smartphones? Verizon is rumored to release 15 new phones, mostly smartphones, including the BlackBerry Storm2 before the end of December, reports Boy Genius.

 

What were Americans' top 10 favorite phones in August?

from FierceWireless

Smartphones are seen as a major growth engine for wireless. According to recent research from comScore, they are also becoming some of the most-favored phones of U.S. consumers. The following is a countdown of the top 10 most satisfying cell phones in the United States in August. The information comes from an August survey of 15,000 U.S. mobile subscribers over the age of 13, and includes devices that have installed user bases of more than 100,000. ComScore asked respondents to rank their satisfaction with their device on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest

 

Opera Launches Opera Mobile 10 beta

from Mobile Marketing Magazine

Opera Software has unveiled the beta version of Opera Mobile 10 for Nokia and other Symbian/S60 handsets. The release includes Speed Dial, tabbed browsing and password manager features, and is available for free download here. 

Pictures and specs: Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 Android phone

from FierceWireless

Sony Ericsson unvield its new Xperia X10 Android phone, which the company said "introduces a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time continuously introducing new features and capabilities." Check out pictures and specifications for this new gadget.

 

UPS launches iPhone app to cater to busy holiday season

from Mobile Marketer Homepage Feed

With the holiday season right around the corner, United Parcel Service launched a new iPhone shipping application that lets consumers track and ship packages and find retail stores.

 

Analysts Predict Strong Q4 Mobile Phone Sales

from Mobile Marketing Watch

Handset sales have been on the decline throughout most of 2009, but according to research firms, the worst is behind us and Q4 is poised for a return of growth across all mobile handset segments.