CTIA announced the five finalist in the Big Idea Contest. The five finalists are:
BroadSoft – BroadTouch Business Communicator - BroadTouch Business Communicator is a full unified communications experience enabling service providers to transform the way individuals communicate by making voice, video, business directories, call logs, instant messaging and presence available on a single interface that spans a user's mobile devices and platforms, including Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
RootMetrics is helping to fuel the 4G LTE wars with a "4G Mobile Madness" sweepstakes on Twitter, to test 4G LTE data service and win new smartphones or money towards breaking your contract.
Getting the new smartphone such as a Droid RAZR MAXX, Samsung Galaxy S II(Skyrocket or Epic Touch) or iPhone 4S seems to be the better deal because RootMetrics will only pay up to a $200 to break a contract.
While the stars ascend to receive Oscars tonight, there are apps and mobile helpers for fans. The Academy of Motion Pictures has developed award-winning mobile apps and ways to participate in the red carpet event.
Even though Academy Award nominees are getting free star-spangled Droid RAZR MAXX red carpet edition smartphones, Android users who are 50% of the market can't download an official Oscar app. However, there's plenty going on online and on Twitter to keep mobile movie fans happy.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus made it to best lists for all carriers as well as Verizon Wireless and received great reviews. It continually is backordered on Amazon and is the only Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone available on a U.S. Carrier. You can win one of four Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones for free during a current Twitter promotion, this week.
First, you'll have to follow Verizon Wireless USA on Twitter. Then to enter today before midnight ET, Tweet a photo of your funniest face to unlock your chance to win the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review:
While the nerds invade Las Vegas for CES announcement there were many hot stories during the first week of 2012 that center on the top smartphones, top tablets Galaxy Nexus and new products.
Readers wanted to know what the top best coolest smartphones of the year were across all carriers, for the first year that Apple's iPhone didn't come in first place. They also like to read all the articles that lead up to the best of the best lsits.
2011 was a stellar year for smartphones at Wireless and Mobile News. The top best coolest hottest list displays speed, power and beauty. Our countdown, started last week showing results by carrier, including for Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.
2011 is the first year, in the four years of the Wireless and Mobile News' Top Ten Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones Review of Reviews list that an iPhone does not top the list. It is also the first year that BlackBerry has no entries at all.
Women in Wireless (WIW) announced that five of its members, including co-founders Veronika Sonsev (CEO of inSparq) and Charlotte Fors (VP of Sales Americas at mBlox) were honored by Mobile Marketer as "Mobile Women to Watch in 2012."
Other WIW members included in the list are Diana Epstein of Jumptap, Lisa Abramson from Rhythm New Media and Viki Zabala from Fiksu.
We've heard little about the Asus Transformer Prime since the preorders sold-out. However, Asus still wants you to have happy holidays and is giving away some of its top products in a sweepstakes through the new year. The next prize will be awarded Sunday.
The Asus Facebook page also shows new photos of the Asus Transformer Prime next to the Zenbook UX21. They look a lot a like. In fact, the Transformer Prime looks like the a baby Zenbook.
Tonight, the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), announced the winners 7th Annual Global Mobile Marketing Awards for Innovation, Creativity and Leadership, now called "The Smarties™. Comedian Elon Gold was master of ceremonies of the event at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
The 2011 MMA Mobile Marketing Awards winners are:
MOBILE MARKETING ACADEMIC OF THE YEAR
William F. Humphrey, Jr., MBA; Debra A Laverie, Ph.D. for “Brand Community and Location Service Social & Mobile Research” USA/NA.
At CTIA Enterprise and Applications in San Diego the Samsung Galaxy S II , Samsung Epic 4G Touch was on display in all its big thing glory while it won in three categories of the Hot for the Holidays awards. The camera-focused HTC Amaze won the shutterbug category and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(4G LTE) won for games and entertainment.
The Toshiba Thrive tablet comes with Honeycomb 3.0 and lets viewers see Flash websites in the browser. Toshiba is promoting the new Android tablet with Twitter follower contests and Flash Mobs. Toshiba is planning to break the world record for...
The finalists presenting at this week's MobiTechFest East venture conference in Cambridge, Mass., have been announced. The winner will receive a $50,000 prize package.The 13 companies selected to present at MobiTechFest seek a range of funding seed - first institutional...
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