Google announced yesterday that they had extended their Book Search project to mobile, which means that they’ve turned iPhones and Android handsets into book readers. Which is a pretty cool concept, I’d say. The portfolio consists of 1.5 million free books that are in the public domain (ie out of copyright), which normally means pretty [...]
1.5 Million Free Books for iPhones
by Russell Buckley on 06. Feb, 2009 in New launches, Uncategorized
iPhone, Mobile Advertising and Search
by Russell Buckley on 25. Sep, 2008 in Analysis
One of the characteristics we’ve noticed at AdMob is the phenomenal amount of mobile web pages viewed on iPhones. It’s a combination of a great device, combined with fixed rate data packages (removing click-fear), but also great timing, as there’s more and more compelling content out there, which just didn’t exist a year ago. So [...]
Will You Buy an Android Phone?
by Russell Buckley on 19. Sep, 2008 in Analysis
Next week should see the launch of the long awaited Android phone and Strategy Analytics are forecasting that they’ll take 4% share of the Smartphone market in Q4 in the US, according to our friends at Mobile Entertainment. This equates to 400,000 handset sales, which seems like quite a lot to me for a high [...]

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