Mobile companies around the world are trying to show us, that their AppStores are the best AppStores. Apple, Google, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft, and many other firms joined the AppStore hunt, and even mobile operators seem to be catching up slowly with preparations on similar launches. Now the question is, is this the future?... Read full article
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What if Google bought Nokia? Thats the question that I asked myself in the hypothetical “WHAT IF” series on Blog HungryMobile. The two largest companies - one in the internet space, and one in the mobile space.... Read full article
I was thinking for quite some time on what the next What if series would be. For those of you who haven’t followed the What if Facebook merged with Nokia, I suggest you read the first of this new series of articles. The what if series is supposed to bring an answer and vision to a possibility that two companies would merge, or if some particular set of events would happen. I chose GOOGLE this time as buyer, and AOL as the seller in this case.... Read full article
I would like to end this review of Google mobile services with an ending article. Not to only critisize Google’s services, which was part of what I’ve done in the articles in the past two weeks. Of course, what can be better with Google then Google Maps. Google Maps Mobile is available throughout all different series of handsets. It’s available for iPhone, gPhone, JAVA, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. This makes Google Maps a perfect experience on mobile phones.... Read full article
I have been using Google services on mobile phones for quite some time - and I have been quite happy with most of them. I would like to write a bit about Gmail today, which I hope mailing should be an important thing for Google. ... Read full article
This week, I wanted to take a closer look on the latest version (new launched in last weeks) of the Google Mobile search product, the key product for Google on the internet. I tested with a quite regular better handset today, the Nokia N95. I took a look at all key parts and came to the fact that Google on most devices displays WEB searches on mobile devices first before it displays mobile results. Is this a good thing? Let’s see.... Read full article
Today I would also like to follow-up on the article on Will Google Chrome be mobile? which also followed a comment from Michael (Chromevoice.com), who agreed with the article. To add up ontop of that, recently Engadget reported that Android and the new Android OS will have a Google Chrome like browser. “During the press conference, the question came up about whether the G1 would use Chrome and the answer came back, “Yes, call it Chrome Lite”. “... Read full article
Some weeks ago I have been trying to search the web for any reference to Google Maps Mobile API - with zero results to be able to find anything. Fortunatelly for everyone, its already available. Google Maps has a released what they called a Static API, where it generates static images perfectly usable for mobile phones. The documentation can be found here. The result can look like the image pasted on the left.... Read full article
Google’s stock today in the 24 hours is down by 0.2 - 0.5%, as Google announces delay of it’s key mobile platform - Android. Google, in my humble opinion, overvalued the press release earlier this year on Android, and didn’t understand all the handset requirements and communications with operators involved in the process, and the whole project got delayed. The platform is to be launched in early 2009.... Read full article


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