mobile device

New Samsung Alias Shows E-ink Potential Goes Beyond the Kindle

Clay Dillow — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:22:09 -0400

iPhone Apps--No Longer Just For Productivity and Fun--Now a Real, Viable Marketing Platform

Clay Dillow — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:57:31 -0400

When the iPhone launched two years ago, the media (and pretty much everyone else) called it a game-changer among mobile devices. But the potential impact on advertising dollars and how they are spent is swiftly becoming the larger story. The Wall Street Journal reports industry execs expect the iPhone to push overall mobile-ad spending to $200 million this year (doubling last year's $100 million), excluding search ads and ads sent via text.

T-Mobile Announces Tony Hawk Edition Sidekick

Chris Dannen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:58:54 -0400

Today T-Mobile [FRA: DTE] debuted a new version of their popular Sidekick mobile device, offically called the Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Edition. The Sidekick, which is made by Sharp, has found immense popularity in younger demographics, so a Tony Hawk version -- he's the professional skateboarder with a line of successful eponymous video games -- shouldn't hurt. This Sidekick is more or less the same as the old ones, with a few notable additions. The most salient is a feature called "play and share," which goes along with the also-new video recording functionality.