Filed under: Apple China Mobile announced at a news conference that it’s going after service for Apple in that country — it wants to host both the iPhone and the iPad in China for Apple. Currently, the iPhone service there is provided by China Unicom , but China Mobile has said that if the iPhone is ported over to its government-approved 3G service (similar, it seems, to the rumored deal with Verizon ), then China Mobile would be interested in offering both.
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China Mobile angling for iPad, iPhone service in China
John Forese — pronounced for EE see — has taken over as CEO of mobile analytics firm Motally , whose monthly reports VentureBeat usually writes about.
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Mobile analytics firm Motally hires Nielsen exec as CEO
Real estate site Zillow is following the success of its iPhone application today with a shiny new version for Android that will provide users with housing price data and more right on their phones. Making the case for its mobile presence, the company also announced that its iPhone app has passed the 1 million downloads mark, with users viewing 2 million homes every month.
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Zillow launches on Android, as its iPhone app hits 1M downloads
An independent study has found that the market for mobile applications will increase from $6 billion today to $17.5 billion in 2012. The study was commissioned by GetJar , the world’s second biggest mobile app store.
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Study: Mobile apps industry to hit $17.5B by 2012 with 50B in downloads
Even as the rise of free navigation apps gives most paid competitors pause (if not killing them outright ), Navigon has managed to stay well ahead of the pack with a robust, oft-updated smartphone solution, despite charging over $80 for the privilege. But now, even that last bit can change. For $30, Navigon’s MyRegion gives you its premium MobileNavigator software at around one-third the price, with the simple caveat that you only get maps for one-third of the US (East, West or Central) to go with it
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Navigon chops MobileNavigator into three regions, pick any one for $30
Filed under: iPhone You may remember that Verizon started running ads a while ago showing AT&T’s anemic 3G coverage map . AT&T responded by saying “Our coverage includes 97% of the country!” In the small print on Verizon’s ads they make it clear that AT&T does have coverage outside of 3G.
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FCC wants to know your mobile broadband speed
Filed under: Hardware , Apple , iPad Apple’s new iPad battery replacement service is actually an iPad replacement service. Apple announced this week that if an IPad requires service due to a dead or dying battery, it will replace that iPad entirely with free shipping. The service itself costs US$99.
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Apple announces iPad battery replacement service
