Mobile Applications News & Articles

In a world where mobile phones are finding inroads into many different facets of our lives, a new study suggests a new usage pattern is about to emerge. According to Ovum, a telecom analyst firm, mobile video usage will soon gain traction.

Two main factors for this include: advancing the prospect of widely-used video usage including rollout of next generation wireless networks and a new carrier attitude of openness with regards to which applications can appear on mobile handsets.

Need a new perspective on Web browsing? Cooliris (formerly PicLens) has a solution with an impressive three-dimensional browsing experience that will hit the spot for those who appreciate images and videos. If that doesn’t sound cool enough, how about browsing in 3D on an iPhone? Thanks to Cooliris, this is now possible and it sure is pretty.

Handango, a provider of smartphone applications for various mobile platforms, has recently released its First Half 2008 Handango Yardstick, a trend report about smartphone content and applications. Games and entertainment applications are the big winners so far this year, as people turn from productivity to time wasting. The games category leaped from fourth place at year-end 2007 into the second spot behind the entertainment category — for the first time in Yardstick’s history.