» Why Nintendo isn’t worried about Apple’s new Game Center. [eWeek]
» Charter (NSDQ: CHTR) Equity upgrades Nokia (NYSE: NOK) stock to buy. [Tech Trader Daily]
» RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) launches official Twitter app for BlackBerry. [TwitterMobile]
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) updates its developers’ agreement too, allowing only apps built using Apple’s propriety software. [Bits]
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will offer its Comes With Music service in China. [WSJ]
» Best Buy has sold out of the iPad but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stores are maintaining stock. [ZDNet]
» Foursquare is cracking down on “cheating check-ins.” [CrackBerry]
» Hothand Inc. gets a patent for location services and mobile advertising. [Social Times]
» AdMob says a campaign to promote Zattikka’s Finger Frenzy through its iPhone ad network was a success. [Mobile Entertainment]
» The iPad won’t save the publishing industry from itself. [Harvard Business Review]
» Experts are unsure whether the device is secure enough for enterprise use. [InfoWorld]
» How Intel (NSDQ: INTC) screwed itself out of the iPad revolution. [SAI]
» iPad users watch 3 times more video than web users. [NewTeeVee]
» What will Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) do with its pile of cash? [The Source]
» Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will try to seek a younger audience with its Project Pink phones. [eWeek]
» RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) releases updates to its Java and web development tools for BlackBerry. [InternetNews.com]
» A preview of Windows Mobile 7. [building43]
» Sales show consumers want mobile broadband but not personal hotspots. [GigaOm]
» Forget Kindle, here’s why iPad is the Google killer. [Mele’s Musings]
» Ten reasons why the iPad is good for enterprise users. [eWeek]
» The kinds of apps users are downloading. [Bits]
» There’s still no official Facebook app and the unofficial one has been pulled from the App Store. [Inside Facebook]
» Google’s Tim Bray on the problem with the iPad. [Tim Bray]
» Remember those creepy Palm (NSDQ: PALM) ads (or are you still trying to forget)? Amid lousy sales, Palm may be considering cutting ties with their ad agency. [Digital Daily]
» Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable’s Roudi explains how WiMax service fits. [Multichannel]
» Fifteen must-have features for iPhones 4.0 OS. [SAI]
» Handmark will develop and support mobile apps for Freedom Communications’ newspapers and broadcast television stations. [Release]
» New iPad users complain about shoddy WiFi reception. [TechCrunch]
» Major advertisers are spending between $75k and $300k for iPad app sponsorships even though the long-term potential has yet to be proven. [ClickZ]
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) analysts tweak price targets. [24/7 Wall St.]
» Having trouble charging your iPad in non-Apple computer USB ports? You’re not alone. [ConsumerReports.org]
» A hacker jailbreaks the device, revealing a bug found on the 3.2 version of the iPad OS. [iPhone Alley]
» FCC guts the iPad, revealing a replaceable battery and much epoxy, which suggests high durability. [CNET]
» How Palm’s marketing dropped the ball and how it plans to recover. [AdAge]
» The OC Register launches app on iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows smartphones, with plans to launch on Palm (NSDQ: PALM) later this month. [Release]
» Though Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is still a bigger company than Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), there remains the issue of frumpy vs. fresh. [MSNBC]
» HTC says its growth in the U.S. is outpacing other smartphone makers this year. [WSJ]
» ABC (NYSE: DIS) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) have both jumped on the bandwagon but NBC is sticking with just iTunes. [Hulucination]
» App pricing: Will you get your money’s worth? [Strange Attractor]
» Amazon’s e-books vs. Apple’s iBooks: Kindle is available across many platforms but doesn’t compare to iPad’s visual appeal. [PC World]
» Some of the biggest players are more or less blowing off the iPad, with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) taking the web-based approach and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) doing, well, nothing. [Google Mobile and SAI]
» Why the iPad feels like the second coming of the CD-ROM. [Boing Boing]
» The power of HTML5: How the iPad is rewiring the internet. [Hulucination]
» A quarter of all app projects are exclusively for the iPad. [Flurry]
» Apps galore: Netflix, MTVN, NPR, Yahoo Entertainment, Loopt, Lonely Planet and Discovery’s Mythbusters all unveil their projects.
» Despite the cost, political campaigns try mobile. [ClickZ]
» Currently in the works: 3D mobile touchscreens sans the glasses. [NewsFactor]
» A hands-on look at Firefox Mobile on Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N900. [Boy Genius Report]
» Mobile virus sweeps China, largely affecting Samsung and Nokia handsets. [Pocket-lint]
» Verizon customers who buy a Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre and Palm Pixi will get the 3G Mobile Hotspot for free. [Engadget]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) trails just behind Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) in China’s mobile search market. [MarketWatch]
» Sprint (NYSE: S) will offer new customers a money-back guarantee for purchases made in the first 30 days of their contracts. [Triangle Business Journal]
» MeeGo’s OS, a mobile version of Linux merging Intel’s Mobil OS and Nokia’s Maemo OS, has been revealed. [SFGate]
» Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) and France Telecom complete their merger. [NASDAQ]
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) refreshes Ovi Store with easier access, reviews features and ratings system. [Nokia Conversations]
» Sprint (NYSE: S), Boingo and other wireless service providers plan to lure iPad owners with their own data plans. [BusinessWeek]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is adding mobile support for AdWords. [Adweek]
» Several months ago, Starbucks rolled out it’s iPhone app, enabling you to present your QR code to a barista. Now the chain is accepting iPhone payments in select Target stores. [MobileCrunch]
» eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) expects to make $1.5 billion from mobile in 2010. [Mobile Entertainment]
» LinkedIn finally launches on BlackBerry, with ability to integrate with the stock BlackBerry calendar, contacts and messaging apps. [Boy Genius Report]
» In addition to the Slingbox Android due out this summer, Sling is working on versions for Windows Mobile 7 and the iPad. [Zatz Not Funny]
» Why Steve Wozniak has two iPhones and wants two iPads. [Newsweek]
» Judge rules that Twentieth Century Fox violated a consumer protection act by sending unsolicited SMS messages marketing DVDs of the film Robots. [MediaPost]
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is no longer promising iPads will be delivered by April 3. WiFi-only iPads will ship by April 12 and 3G-enabled ones will ship by late April, the company says. [Apple Insider]
» Guided tours straight from the horse’s mouth. [Apple]
» Brightcove works around the lack of Flash with HTML5 video players. [TechCrunch]
» Thanks to smaller publishing houses like Smashwords, unpublished authors can sell their work on the iPad at virtually no cost. [VentureBeat]
» Apple iPad shipment estimates are now higher than previous expectations; a Morgan Stanley analyst revised her prediction to 2.5 million iPads between March and May from 750,000 for the June quarter. [Digital Daily]
» Better than screenshots: Here’s video of the iPad App Store in use. [MacStories.net]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) says its mobile service is partially blocked in China. [LAT]
» The state of 4G technology. [ars technica]
» iPhone still leads in mobile traffic, but Android is quickly catching up. [Engadget]
» Thanks to advancements, JavaScript and hardware, mobile browsing has become faster. [jkOnTheRun]
» Explicit apps may be coming (back?) to Apple’s App Store. [iPhone Alley]
» Foursquare adds a new Windows Phone 7 feature: “hot spot” maps to show most popular places. [PocketGamer.biz]
» How server logs could reveal your cellphone number. [PCWorld
» A demo of Skype on BlackBerry. [CrackBerry.com]
» A closer look reveals the Nexus One display may not actually be 480×800 pixels. [ars technica]
» Digg has released its ad-supported iPhone app; the Android version is still in the works. [VentureBeat]
» China Unicom is currently in talks with RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) to offer BlackBerry devices. [PCWorld]
» Although iPhone dominates the global smartphone market, Android is the fastest-growing OS, says AdMob. Meanwhile, Windows Mobile has the smallest marketshare. [PocketGamer.biz]
» Nickelodeon released several iPhone apps, including a Kids’ Choice Awards one, in time for the event this weekend. Other apps include ones for Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go. [i4u news]
» MOTO Development Group did a touchscreen accuracy test using a robot; iPhone was the most accurate, closely followed by Nexus One and HTC Droid Eris. [iPhone Alley]
» Top five smartphones to look out for. [jkOnTheRun]
» A demo of ThickButtons, an Android download that predicts which letters you’re going to type next and makes those keys bigger. [Pocket-lint]
» Verizon has the rights to stream live Univision Interactive Media’s Spanish-language broadcasts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer matches from South Africa. Video highlights and interviews will be available to V Cast Video customers prior to and throughout the tournament in June 11-July 11, while all Verizon customers will have access to official music, ringtones and images. [Release]
» AT&T (NYSE: T) will be testing the use of 2D barcode scanners as the technology relates to advertising and marketing. The company is currently selecting up to 12 enterprise customers to participate in the program. [Release]
» Skype will be available this Thursday, March 25, on Verizon BlackBerries and Android smartphones. Users can make and receive Skype-to-Skype calls,—which won’t be charged against their monthly minutes or data plans—call internationally at Skype’s pricing rates, and send and receive instant messages with other Skype users.
» RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) will power MetroPCS’ new MetroMusic Store, which will launch in the second half of this year.
» Snapfinger, an iPhone app that makes ordering take-out food easy, will create a version for Android. Its network includes about 28,000 restaurant locations in over 1,600 U.S. cities.
» Ericsson’s findings show that data traffic globally grew 280 percent during each of the last two years, and is forecast to double annually over the next five years.
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Compete release new research on consumers’ mobile interests, showing that 65 percent of smartphone buyers are buying the device for the first time.
» Palm (NSDQ: PALM) laughs off reports from earlier today that it would be transitioning completely to the Android platform. [Engadget]
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is now selling unsubsidized iPhones to those without AT&T (NYSE: T) contracts—for a whopping $499 for the 8GB iPhone 3G, $599 for the 16GB 3GS and $699 32GB 3GS. [eWeek]
» Mozilla says it won’t develop a mobile version for Windows Phone 7, a reaction to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) not allowing native third party app development on the OS. [MobileTechWorld]
» Why 4G wireless just might have you cancel your traditional broadband service. [CNN]
» The number of smartphone users is projected to quadruple, exceeding 1 billion worldwide by 2014, according to a new study. [Release]