Augmented reality on the iPhone, Apple most valuable brand, and more in this week's mobile news

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On May 20, 2011

Augmented reality SDK coming to the iPhone thanks to Qualcomm. Apple takes 50% of mobile revenue for the month of April. Verizon and AT&T will get the iPhone 5 at the same time. Intel CEO sees chaos in the world of Android. According to WPP 2011 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Companies, Apples is […]

Apple working on text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion for iPhone

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On May 16, 2011

It looks like Apple is working on several voice integration options for the iPhone. The latest evidence of this is a patent for text-to-speech and speech-to-text converter. Here is more info from Patently Apple: According to a new Apple patent application that was published this morning by the US Patent and Trademark Office, future iPhone’s are […]

100th iAd campaign launched, Apple being sued, and more in this week's mobile news

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On May 13, 2011

Apples has launched its 100th iAd campaign, which was for Coldwell Banker. WebKit source for iOS 4.3.3 has finally been released by Apple. Apple being sued over privacy issues…again. iPad and iPhone shipments may be affected by labor and material shortages. Did the last iOS update break Wifi on the iPad?

Using Social Disincentives as a Strategy for User Retention

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On May 12, 2011

Matt Tubergen heads Recharge Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of W3i that invests in the development and marketing/distribution of freemium mobile games.  W3i is a market leader in distributing and monetizing apps with over 500 million apps distributed for W3i clients. Recharge Studios is actively seeking new investment opportunities, if you have a great idea […]

First gen iPad and iPhone 3GS frequently outsell newer Android devices

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On May 10, 2011

A new report claims that the original iPad and the iPhone 3GS often outsell newer Android devices. “Interestingly, our April checks indicated continued strong demand for the iPhone 3GS at AT&T and iPad 1 at Verizon, as these older generation products with reduced prices often outsold new Android products,” Walkley wrote in a note to […]

Contest: Daillly offering 20 codes to get 10,000 Coins for Gamebox+

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Daillly currently has a special on 10,000 coins for the Gamebox+ app and have given us 20 promo codes to giveaway to our readers. So if you would like to win one of these codes please read on. No more zillion-in-one apps that charge you upfront only to discover being full of crappy stuff AFTER […]

Apple continues to gain on Nokia in smartphone wars

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On May 9, 2011

IDC has released a report that the smartphone market has grown 79.7% in the first quarter of 2011 over the same time last year, mostly because of the release of highly anticipated smartphone models and availability. Apple had a record breaking shipment volume for a single quarter which is helping them catch Nokia as the top […]

Winners of the Mobile App Icons Giveway

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On May 8, 2011

Our contest for free Mobile App Icons was quite popular. It seems many of you liked and wanted to win the icons. Unfortunately there can only be 10, here they are: ali Steve M Gil jabroni GalarinaDev Tim Daley Hugeidea Christopher Cundey Matthias Gehan If you didn’t win head on over to Mobile App Icons […]

Apple release iOS 4.3.3, over-the-air iOS updates, and more in this week's mobile news

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On May 6, 2011

Apple releases iOS 4.3.3 with fixes for the location database issue. Rumor: Apple considering new vendors for the often critisized ambient light sensor. Are we finally going to see over-the-air updates with iOS 5? Don’t expect a new iPhone in June or July, that is if an anonymous Apple rep. knows what they are talking […]

Apple working on iOS 4.3.3 – Will fix location tracking bug

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On May 3, 2011

iOS 4.3.3 is in the works and should fix the controversial location tracking bug that recently surfaced and has been in the news quite a bit. Boy Genius Reports the following issues will be fixed: The update will no longer back up the location database to iTunes. The size of the location database will be […]