Here's something I thought should have be available years ago. From the Google Mobile Blog...
Get mobile coupons through Local Search
I couldn't find any coupon offers in my area after trying a couple of local searches using terms like "electronics" and "frozen yogurt". But, if it is available in your part of the U.S. (this is a U.S. only service right now), let me know how it works for you.
The Google Lat Long Blog provides more information about this for both retailers (coupon providers) in this blog entry...
With coupons on your phone, it doesn't matter where you left the scissors
Information about both electronic mobile coupons as well as enhancements to the printable coupons are available there. Full story...
Earlier this week I wrote about Android Tapp, which provides a desktop web front-end to the Android Market that makes it easier to find and install new applications on Android phones.
If you aren't turned off by all of the negative news about Windows Phone 7 Series that came out this week, and you are eager to learn all you can about this new mobile phone software from Microsoft, you will find several videos and screenshots done by PocketNow using the emulator that is part of the developer tools.
Developers eager to have their apps in the iPad App Store when the iPad launches need to get their work completed and submitted to Apple by 5 PM, Saturday, March 27.
I use a lot of Google products including a pair of Android based phones. But, two recent products have left me puzzled: Wave and Buzz.
Check out this ZDNet item:
Roewe 350 touted as the world's first Android-powered automobile
Don't worry, I'm not trying to turn this blog into a car review blog.
The Palm Pre generated a lot of excitement as a possible iPhone-killer when it was announced in early 2009.
When T-Mobile rolled out their late-to-the-game 3G service in my area last year (they were last by years), it was a tiny corridor that seemed to stretch just a few miles.
I tend to look at all mobile market statistics skeptically. And, multiyear projections are usually the cause of a bit of eye-rolling for me.
I took Sprint's 3G/4G mobile hotspot, the OverDrive, out for a few hours for a test drive this week.
Do you remember my note from yesterday?
Verizon Rolling Out Droid Android OS 2.1 Update Over the Next Week
I didn't see any OTA (over the air) update notice for my Droid on Thursday.