Sprint and AT&T have both confirmed they will carry Google’s Nexus One handset, meaning it has a clean sweep of all four major US networks. The news comes as sales of the phone continue to disappoint.
The blooming market for phone applications could mean more apps are sold than CDs two years from now. A study predicts the current annual sales of 7 billion apps last year will rise to 50 billion by that time.
The Federal Communications Commission says it has already received positive feedback from TV broadcasters over its plans to reallocate spectrum for mobile services. It’s not known yet if that’s down to particularly generous offers in sharing the proceeds of the resulting auctions.
AT&T is launching several features typically associated with smartphones on four new budget handsets. It may be part of a strategy to find more ways to make money from customers who aren’t interested in high-end phones.
Browsing store shelves, that is. The firm has launched a revision to its mobile Shopping tool which will now give details of local stock levels.
Google’s $750 million buyout of mobile advertising firm AdMob is looking less certain thanks to Federal Trade Commission investigation. Officials are asking rival firms for their input into the question of whether it would breach competition rules.
A Japanese firm has developed a system using cellphones which could track not just a user’s movements, but even their activities. It’s aimed at businesses which want to be sure their staff are working as ordered.
The Federal Communications Commission says it is considering proposals to free up some mobile spectrum for free or cheap wireless broadband. But it’s short on details such as who would provide the service and what incentive they would have to do so,
Even hardened gamers have to leave the house sometimes. But a new function in Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Mobile 7 series means that it may be possible to simply carry on playing on the move.
It’s not just existing handsets which won’t be compatible with Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has now confirmed no existing Windows Mobile apps will work on the new system.
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