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Google's Android Market On Track To Hit 150,000 Apps By Next Year

mocoNews  Dec 24 09

Google’s Android Market growth has not been as fast or furious as Apple’s App Store, however, as more Android handsets are sold, that’s expected to change.

In fact, the Android Market may have as many as 150,000 apps by the end of 2010, according to Flurry, a mobile-application analytics firm, which merged with Pinch Media yesterday. In November, Apple said it had around 100,000 apps for the iPhone, which completely overshadows the 12,000 Android apps in existence. In an interview with Bloomberg, Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf said: “A lot of developers have come onto the Android platform” because of efforts by Verizon Wireless, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to promote the system. Full story...

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mocoNews  less than a day ago

When I spoke with SpinVox buyer Nuance, as it began planning the future for the voicemail-to-text firm last month, it said it would pitch the service harder to network operators, stop offering new direct consumer accounts, but continue to maintain the service for existing subscribers.

Palm's Struggles Will Handicap Its Ability To Ward Off Upcoming Competition

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Palm’s poor performance was no surprise today since it sent out a warning last month that sales were falling way short of expectations.

T-Mobile USA Confirms Partnership Talks WIth Clearwire

mocoNews  3 days ago

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Apple's iPad May Be Off To A Good Start, But Content Deals Are Still Lacking

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MobiTV Now Letting People Store TV Offline On Their Phone To Watch Whenever They Want

mocoNews  3 days ago

MobiTV has fixed a digital rights management issue that was prohibiting it from offering users the ability to store content on their phone and then play it offline or on other devices.

Yahoo Expands Its Search Distribution Partnership With Telefonica To Spain

mocoNews  3 days ago

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