GLG News by Smart Phone Software Experts (North America)

Mobile advertising is coming. Implementation will determine how successful this new revenue generator will be.

Apple announced the following:  a)Ringtones Come to iPhone  b)iPod Shuffle Available in New Colors  c)Redesigned iPod Nano  d)iPod "Classic" Gets Tweaked  e)iTunes Goes Wi-Fi  f)iPhone Price Cut

1) Palm’s Foleo was an ill-fated and short-lived project 2) Palm made the right decision by cancelling the Foleo and should instead focus on its core smartphone product line

1) iPod innovation continues 2) iPhone is facing pressure in a competitive mobile market

George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., spent his last summer before college figuring out how to "unlock" the iPhone, freeing it from being restricted to a single carrier, AT&T Inc. The procedure, which the 17-year-old laid out on his blog, raises the possibility of a cottage industry springing up to buy...

Cracking and unlocking phones is a continual activity in the mobile world. The latest revelation of a successful iPhone unlocking is unlikely to affect Apple or AT&T.

Apple has a leadership position in digital music distribution but is not making friends in the industry. This will likely come to a head as the music labels are trying to reverse their declining sales trend.

It seems inevitable - mobile phones will be in the hands of nearly everyone who can hold one and talk.

A new revenue stream for the wireless operators. Text messaging holds great promise. The leading Democratic campaigns have launched this door for two way communication.

1) The mobile handset industry, now a 1.1 billion unit annual market, is continually evoloving, 2) Apple’s iPhone has raised the bar for the smartphone segment and its influences will be seen in forthcoming products