Mobile Industry News 1/27/10
New York TImes
Steven P. Jobs has finally introduced Apple’s new tablet computer, called the iPad.
The question now is whether regular consumers will buy the iPhone-like device, which is priced at $499 at the entry level and can cost as much as $829.
Mobile App Developers Eager For Apple Tablet
Mobile Marketing Watch
Anticipation is rampant for the upcoming Apple Tablet set to debut tomorrow in San Francisco, and nowhere is it more apparent than with application developers.
Will Apple’s Tablet be a game-changer for mobile marketing?
If Apple is able to replicate the success it has had with the iPhone, then its tablet computer will have a huge impact on mobile advertising, branded applications and content distribution.
Will Apple’s Tablet Change The Future of Mobile Marketing?
Mobile Marketing WatchApple’s event in San Francisco tomorrow could ultimately prove to be more than just a routine product launch or the exciting update of a familiar mobile device. Tomorrow’s event at the Yerba Buena center could be a game changer for the mobile marketing industry.
Bloomingdale’s makes store window interactive with mobile
Today in Mobile Commerce Daily: Bloomingdale’s makes store window interactive with mobile; Hollister Co. enters mobile commerce.
Verizon Users: 162 Billion SMS, 4 Billion MMS In Q4, $16B In Mobile Data Revenue
Verizon Wireless recently released its Q4 2009 revenue, boasting impressive mobile data and SMS/MMS usage numbers as well. The company reported full-year mobile data revenues of $16 billion, up 31% over 2008, and representing 31.9% of Verizon’s total Q4 2009 revenue- a 26.5% increase over Q4 2008.
Booyah expands mobile gaming's horizons
Mobile gaming is becoming increasingly more complex and closer to console gaming. FierceDeveloper's latest Developer Workshop profiles Booyah, which is combining social networking with gaming. In December, Booyah launched its first iPhone title, MyTown, and the application already has more than 500,000 users playing the game an average of more than 30 minutes a day.
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