Mobile Industry News 11/9/09

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

Google snaps up mobile ad startup for $750 million
AP - Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web on phones.

LiveBlog: BlackBerry Developers Conference keynotes
RIM's big guns take the stage at the company's flagship event

Flurry of Smartphones Coming This Christmas
Ad Age
What a difference a year makes. Last year, the iPhone ruled the smartphone roost, barely stirred by early challengers like the BlackBerry Storm and Android G1. This holiday season, more than a dozen touchscreen smartphones are out to take on Apple, with device makers and carriers banking on hearty appetites among consumers who want a minicomputer in their back pocket.

ANA Urges Marketers: We Must Be the Ones to Lead the Country Out of Recession
Ad Age
If someone is going to lead the U.S. out of recession, the Association of National Advertisers made a case that it should be the marketers, trotting out a group of CMOs to detail how they've led major turnarounds or fueled record growth during the group's annual conference.

BlackBerry Adds Advertising, In-App Transactions, Alerts And More To App Store
mocoNews
Research In Motion has announced a slew of updates for developers, who are distributing apps in the BlackBerry App World. The updates are in line with what Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) offers on the iPhone today, and will allow for in-app advertising, in-app purchases and new push and location services.

Radioshack To Sell The iPhone
Silicon Alley Insider
RadioShack will begin selling the iPhone this month in their Dallas-Forth Worth and New York City stores, Bloomberg reports.
The rest of the United States will be able to buy the Apple smartphone in their local Radioshack sometime in 2010.

Shazam Encore Debuts on the App Store

Mobile Marketing Magazine
Mobile music discovery service Shazam has launched its Shazam Encore application on the Apple App Store.