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Zapd Aims for the Big Leagues With Web Publishing Mobile App (Plus Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Pressplane has launched its latest creation, called Zapd, an iPhone application that allows you to build a Web site from the phone in 60 seconds. Here’s the story of two very enthusiastic entrepreneurs who believe they’ve stumbled upon something great.

Mobile World Congress Notebook: Battle of the Behemoth Booths

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Aiming to capture the flavor of Barcelona, Mobilized’s Ina Fried reports back on some of the more massive booths at Mobile World Congress, including a two-story booth devoted to Android and an entire hall of wares from Sweden’s Ericsson.

Sony Ericsson Aims to Play Its Way Back Into Android Smartphone Lead

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

In an interview, Sony Ericsson’s chief technology officer tells Mobilized how the company aims to capture the lead in the Android market through quick adoption of new versions and by tapping the technology strengths of its parent companies.

Nokia’s Stephen Elop Responds to Those Who Oppose His Big Windows Phone Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 5:37 am PT

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Says Company Needs to Unify Its Experience Across Devices

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

In addition, Costolo announced the company will offer crowdsourced translations of the service into Russian, Turkish and Indonesian. Also doing own translation to Portuguese later this year.

Qualcomm Aims to Heat Up Phone Chip Race with Dual-Core, Quad-Core Chips

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 11:00 pm PT

Qualcomm is announcing a new series of chips including dual-core processors this year, with plans for a quad-core chip that will begin sampling next year. Although the company was a little late with dual-core chips, it sees an opening with the new processors, as well as by recent moves by Nokia and Microsoft.

Checking In With Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley at Mobile World Congress (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

At the outset of his first-ever trip to Barcelona for the big cellphone industry trade show, Foursquare’s chief executive sits down to talk about the future of his location-based service.

Mobilized Hits Barcelona as Mobile World Congress Kicks Off

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 12, 2011 at 11:33 pm PT

Embracing her newbie status, Mobilized’s Ina Fried aims to get a quick sense of the city ahead of the start of the big cell phone trade show on Monday.

New BlackBerry Browser Thankfully More Like Safari Than Mosaic

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 16, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

The mobile browsing experience on Research in Motion’s BlackBerry is widely considered among the worst around. Inefficient and miserably slow, it is easily bested not just by the browsers of rival smartphones like Apple’s iPhone, but by third-party alternatives like Opera Mini. So long-suffering BlackBerry owners will be glad to hear that an all-new Web browser is on the way.