Ricky, Author at Mobile Industry Review

Google Updates Android SDK

After several companies showed off hardware running Google's Android OS, the search giant has also gone ahead and updated the SDK. Changes include an...

Light Is The Most Underused Feature On Mobile Phones

Why don't mobile phone manufacturers use lighting for more things? A multicolored LED can't cost that much more to implement, and could easily notify...

Japanese Reeling in Fish On Their Mobiles

This is absurd, completely, but if you can look past it, there's a killer idea here. First, let me lay this out for you....

Why Nokia’s S60 Touch Demo Sucked

If you've not seen it, here's the video on YouTube of Nokia's S60 Touch UI, as demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress. Thus far,...

MMCast Optimizes Content Download Times With Ads

I think this is completely brilliant. MMCast, who specialise in delivering rich mobile content and targeted ads, have come up with a way to...

Is Video Better Locally Stored or Served From The Cloud?

With Orb running up to 5 million users, I wanted to give you an idea of why so many are starting to realize the...

Symbian Blowing The Competition Away

Symbian took the liberty at the Mobile World Congress to let loose some numbers, and my, they're staggering. Anyone who thinks Symbian is under...

SRS Labs Looking At Video On Mobiles, Wants A Piece

SRS Labs, the guys who can make nearly any set of computer speakers sound awesome, announced a new tech called 'SRS CS Headphone' that...

Torch Mobile Brings Webkit To Windows Mobile

Torch Mobile has taken the blindfolds off the world to show us the Iris Browser, a webkit-based number available for Windows Mobile-based handsets. Interested...

AOL Launches Open Mobile Platform, Begs For Use

AOL announced the AOL Open Mobile Platform at MWC, supposedly making it simple for developers to create cross-platform applications for mobile phones. Rather than...

Nokia’s Motivation Behind Ovi Uncovered

Several years ago, when Nokia bought GPS navigation company Gate5, most people were confused. When they announced Nokia Maps, it was slightly more obvious,...

Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Gaming Joystick For Mobiles

Here's a cool idea, spotted by IntoMobile.com. The Zeemote JS1 is a small bluetooth joystick for use with mobile phone games. The device connects...

Nokia Sponsored The Grammy’s, But You Couldn’t Tell

Last Wednesday, Nokia announced via Press Release that they had signed on as the Official Sponsor of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Big title,...

Microsoft Living Dangerously, Buys Sidekick Company

Microsoft just announced at the 2008 Mobile World Congress that it will be acquiring Danger Inc., the company who created and supports the popular...

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