Smartphone Sales Soar in Brazil as Affordale Devices Reach More Consumers The availability of low-cost handsets reaching across all economic levels accounts for the 128% increase in smartphone sales in the first half of 2010 (compared with the same period in 2009.)  The most popular feature among Brazilians:  TV on their smarphones. webOS 2 launches early access [...]

Paid apps 70 percent of the App Store–and just a third of Android Market The Apple App Store is chock full of paid apps, with 629 new apps coming in daily.  The average price: U.S. $2.6.   But what about Android Market–where only 36% of the apps are paid apps?  Is it the spirit of [...]

Qualcomm looking to hire ‘iPhone developer guru’ Qualcomm is looking for qualified candidates who are experienced in Agile software development, and who may have already developed an app or are experienced in game creation.  Do you think you have what it takes and want to work for Qualcomm?  Check out this post for more info. An Analysis [...]

Happy Friday!  Hope you all have some great plans for the weekend–and that the weather is good wherever you are… Android Tools ‘Horrendous” Says Facebook App Creator Apparently, John Hewitt is none too happy with Android.  And he’s not alone among developers.  This could be why Android app development lags behind iPhone.  Meanwhile, HTC Working on Android [...]

Is mobile WiMAX really toast? Will the rise of TD-LTE kill WiMAX?  or does WiMAX still have a little life left in it? Nokia and Intel open joint lab for 3D mobile UX research The joint research lab will be based at the University of Oulu in Finland.  More details about what will be developed and researched [...]

Google responds to Android DRM breach, promises how-to on obfuscating code Twenty-four hours after the Android Police found that it was pretty easy to get around the new licencing service for third-party developers, Google has responded.   And they’re not about to let pirates get away with anything. Galaxy Tab Caught on Camera:  Running Froyo Samsung’s first tablet device, [...]

119 iPad apps for admins, coders, and geeks The first in a series at The Reg that demonstrates that the iPad isn’t just for “Jobsian fanboys.”    Check out part two here for more goodies. 20 best mobile sites for 2010 Find out what makes H&M, the Beeb, and dConstruct2010 some of the best in mobile.  (hat tip to digigeeky [...]

How the Symbian Developer Network adds suggested features When developer Sebastian Brannstorm submitted a request to alter the  UI of the app launcher, the Symbian Foundation was able to comply.  Read more on how the suggestion became a discussion and was then achieved. Brazil mobile subscriptions rise 1% in July One percent may not sound like a [...]

Blackberry Takes Larger Cut of Developer Revenues in Updated App World RIM has decided to cut developer revenue from 80% to 70% while still keeping 30% for themselves.  (there are, however, several advantages for consumers.)  With all of the troubles RIM’s been having in the UAE and India, maybe this isn’t the time to be sticking [...]

Facebook Location API Launches:  Read-Only for Now This readable API becomes available today, Thursday, at 2 p.m. Pacific time.  Meanwhile, Facebook Places Goes Live  on iPhone.  Check-In While It’s Hot (If You Can) Yahoo’s Top iPhone App Engineer Has Resigned Yahoo has confirmed that Sandeep Gupta, who previously worked for Apple, has resigned.  Gupta lead development of many [...]

Going Global Means Going Mobile in Emerging Markets The real growth in mobile  over the next five years will be in the Emerging Markets–BRIC and N-11 countries–where there is a growing middle-class.  This report from Nielsen has great information on this new disruption.  In my opinion, developers should be watching which handsets and platforms become popular in [...]

Smartphone OSs will dictate the future Nokia may still be the leading handset maker (according to Q2 results), but research firm Gartner says it’s not the handset that will dictate the future success of the smartphone.  Google’s savvy and aggressive marketing of Android changes the game and will make a smartphone’s OS the deciding factor on a brand’s [...]

How much can you really make developing mobile apps? Loic Le Meur brings some great insight into what one might–or might not– earn for developing a mobile app. Intel, Nokia tout MeeGo as inclusive alternative to Android At last week’s LinuxCon in Boston, MA, Thomas Miller–Nokia’s MeeGo Ecosystem Development head–and Intel open source technologist Derek Speed discussed [...]

Microsoft launching Windows Phone 7 mobile game studio Microsoft has decided to launch its own in-house game development studio to build games on this new platform, and is looking for developers. Survey Says:  Developing Mobile Websites A Priority For some reason, businesses are choosing to develop mobile websites more than mobile apps.  Or so says  new survey [...]

Global Mobile Content & Apps Competition: Call for Entries NOW The World Summit Awards are now open for nominations.  Your app or content must be nominated by a nationally recognized expert.  Take a look at the criteria for an app.  You may have developed a qualifying app without even knowing! EU joins FTC in probing Apple’s software policies [...]

First Trojan for Android Phones Goes Wild The trojan–Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a–has infected a number of phones and is responsible for sending out SMS text messages without the users knowledge or consent.  Kaspersky Lab has identified the trojan, and currently only Russian Android users are seeing the consequences, but any Android user can be infected.  (hat tip to digitalseven on [...]

I was at the Newport Jazz Festiva l yesterday, where Wynton Marsalis announced his iPhone app .  If you love jazz, Marsalis, and the iPhone, check out this new app.  Marsalis is also streaming a number of his concerts through the app, as well as through  Facebook and UStream (for those who are stuck at their laptops.) And [...]

Apple Patent Diagrams Send The Wrong Message to Developers Was Apple using those screen shots and sketches merely as examples, or is there more to Apple’s explanation?  Here’s more on that app patent that looks like an app selling in the app store. Symbian One-Ups Google:  Ships 300K Handsets Per Day Yesterday, Symbian released some Q2 figures that [...]

Nokia exec Niklas Savander welcomes your questions on Twitter Nokia’s newly-appointed head of sales and marketing will be available to answer your question  today between 6-7 p.m. GMT on Twitter.  Find him on Twitter @NiklasatNokia.  Answers will come back via Twitter or video.  Very cool! Nokia’s app development strategy:  Qt, Qt, Qt (video) Before you tune in to [...]

Motorola Said to Be Close to Launching iPad Competitor Looks like Motorola might be the first company to release an Android based tablet competitor to the iPhone.  For some reason, it’s supposed to integrate with Verizon’s FiOS TV service. Web-based jailbreak relies on unpatched iOS PDF flaw By now you’ve probably read about all the new ways [...]