If you’re an avid Apple’s iPhone, iPod, or iPad user you’ll probably be very pleased to hear that Apple has denied Google from blasting your devices with their mobile advertising. This is a breaking news story from June 9, 2010.

As you can imagine, Google is quite upset about this, especially since in late May Google acquired the mobile ad company named AdMob, from Apple Devices for a reported $750 Million. This decision also seems to have AdMob’s founder Omar Hamoui a bit miffed as well. This is also quite easy to understand, since as reported by AdMob, almost 32% of the ads served by that company in April went out to iPhone and iPod devices. That can translate into some serious future advertising revenue losses. Were your devices being bombarded with ads during the month of April?

It seems that there have been many requests made to Apple to clarify on Google’s claim, but none have been forthcoming from the company as yet.
In other breaking news, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs spoke on Monday June 8th that iAd, which is scheduled to launch in July 2010, could own a large share of the mobile advertising market by mid 2010. This is no big surprise as iAd is Apple’s own new mobile advertising platform. Personally this seems to be a well thought out plan by Steve to help boost Apple’s domination and market share even further.

All I can say is “Kudos’ to you once again”, Steve.

What are your thoughts on this new information?

Yahoo and Nokia have announced a partnership this Monday that will “leverage each others’ strengths in e-mail, instant messaging and maps and navigation services,” among other things. Mainly, this means Nokia will be granted exclusive access to Yahoo’s map service, while Yahoo will get to be the only provider for chat and mail services on Nokia’s Ovi platform.

Obvious allusions may be made to the non-exclusive partnerships between Apple’s iPhone division and Google. Whereas the iPhone is the preeminent smart phone on the market today, Nokia is still the largest mobile phone maker in the world. At 37% of all phones, Nokia makes almost twice as many mobile phones than its second largest competitor, Samsung, who is only behind 20% of the market. (Apple may have the phone everyone wants, but so far it is only 3% of the world market.)

Yahoo isn’t exactly hurting in the mobile market, either. Unbelievably, Yahoo claims to be on 37 million of the 82 million mobile phones in the United States. While that statement hasn’t been verified by an outside source, CEO Carol Bartz made the claim earlier this week in order to point out Yahoo’s presence in the mobile market even prior to the Nokia deal. Some have claimed that the figure is outrageous, and probably counts things like all mobile phones that have used their browser to go the Yahoo homepage at some point.

Regardless of the state of Yahoo on mobile phones prior to today, it is clear that now Yahoo will be a force to reckon with in the mobile market from here on out.

It seems Google’s decision to exclusively sell the Nexus One may be short-lived.  Wal-Mart Stores has already created a page on its wireless mobile phone Web site that featuring the Nexus One.  It says the device is “coming soon,” but does not include pricing or time frame information.

Google did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

The Wal-Mart page says that the Nexus may soon become available for use on other networks besides T-Mobile.  It says that the phone works on UMTS/HSDPA Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (UMTS/HSDPA).  This means the phone could operate on the Verizon and Sprint networks.

While Google is selling the $530 phone unlocked, the phone will only operate on 3G on T-Mobile’s network. Unlocked phones will make and receive phone calls and deliver slower data speeds on AT&T’s network.  Current Nexus One phones won’t work on the Verizon or Sprint networks.

Qualcomm’s awesome Snapdragon, the most powerful mobile processor, powers many new smartphones like the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and the Google Nexus will soon see an update in the form of faster versions.  We would be seeing faster, more powerful updates of the Snapdragon processors running at 1.3GHz and 1.5GHz. The current Snapdragon processor has a clocking speed of 1GHz.

Qualcomm’s SVP of product management has confirmed that these should be out there before we celebrate the 2011 New Year.

The 1.3GHZ variant will be called the Snapdragon 8X50A.  This is a 45nm version, of the current 1GHZ processor.  Manufacturers will get to see the chips by the end of January and the first devices run on it should be here by early next year or even in later 2010.

Next in line, the 8X72, the biggie!  This will be a dual core chip with TWO 1.5GHZ cores inside! The 8X72 will be capable of processing full high definition content and the first products based on it should be seen during the time of the CES 2011.

In it’s greatest effort to compete with the iPhone, the search giant has begun selling its own branded and designed smart phone, the Nexus One.  Initially available on T-Mobile’s network or unlocked, Google said their phone will also be available from Verizon as well as Vodafone in Europe.  The phone details have been published in multiple media reports.

According to Network World, customers can buy the Nexus One phone now on a new Google web page, Google.com/phone.  It’s a pricey phone selling for $530 unlocked, or $179 with a T-Mobile contract.  The Vodafone and Verizon options are expected to be available sometime in the first quarter of 2010. Buyers must use Google Checkout to buy the phone and must have a Google log-in account.

Like all new smartphones released to date, they will sooner or later go through the traditional ‘which is better’ comparison against the god of the smartphone world, the iPhone.  The Apple iPhone has dominated the smartphone/mobile world for years and hasn’t slowed down for any of it’s competition.  Although there are many who dislike the iPhone you’ve got to give it to Apple.  They changed the game in the smartphone world.

Now, Google is getting into the smartphone business with their Nexus One, a smartphone that has been tipped may be a game changer if Google goes the unlocked route and sells the unit themselves.  Can Nexus One take down the iPhone giant and capture the smartphone market for itself?  There have been many who have tried and haven’t come close.  We shall see in the coming months, though I seriously doubt it.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.

With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 seconds for users to login to their computers.

“We want Google Chrome OS to be blazingly fast … to boot up like a TV,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management for Google.

The first Chrome OS netbooks will be available in late 2010, Pichai said. It will not be available as a download to run and install. Instead, Chrome OS is only shipping on specific hardware from manufacturers Google has partnered with. That means if you want Chrome OS, you’ll have to purchase a Chrome OS device.

Google is currently working with unnamed computer manufacturers to define specifications for these computers, which Pichai said will include larger netbook-style computers with full-size keyboards, large trackpads and large displays.

Chrome OS netbooks will not have traditional hard disk drives — they will rely on non-volatile flash memory and internet-based storage for saving all of your data.

All the applications will be web-based, meaning users won’t have to install apps, manage updates or even backup their data. All data will be stored in the cloud, and users won’t even have to bother with anti-virus software: Google claims it will monitor code to prevent malicious activity in Chrome OS web apps.

“Chrome OS is a totally rethought computer that will let you focus on the internet, so you can stop worrying about your computer,” according to a Google promotional video shown at the event, held at the Google campus in Mountain View, California.

As part of its announcement today, Pichai said that Google would be releasing all of the operating system’s code and design documents to the public.

Introduced in July, Chrome OS is a Linux-based, open-source operating system centered on Google’s Chrome browser. Applications will run exclusively inside the browser, Google said Thursday.

“As of today, the code will be fully open, which means Google developers will be working on the same tree as open developers,” said Pichai.

The OS’s focus on design is consistent with the company’s stance that the future is in the web. In July, Vic Gundotra, Google’s engineering vice president and developer evangelist, spoke on a panel about app stores, in which he said native apps (such as those available for the iPhone) would be obsolete in the future, and that the web will “become the platform that matters.”

“Every capability you want today, in the future it will be written as a web application,” Pichai said Thursday.

Netbooks — lightweight, low-powered subnotebooks — were the surprise hit of 2008 and 2009. However, with the growth of netbook sales slowing — and the prices of some full-powered notebooks dropping below $400 — the continued viability of the netbook sector is an open question.

Though netbook shipments are falling below manufacturers’ expectations, the inexpensive, low-powered devices appear to still be selling well. Pichai cited research figures from ABI research indicating that 35 million netbooks shipped in 2009, more than twice the number sold in 2008.

Manufacturers have yet to announce pricing on netbooks shipping with Chrome OS, but Google expects the cost to be about the same as current netbooks. On average, netbooks cost between $300 and $500.

Videos demonstrating Chrome OS’s user interface, security, fast boot and other features are below the jump.

Nine out of ten blurry-cam operators agree, a diet of caffeine and Twinkies is best for getting those sneaky shots that make you so popular among tech blogs.  Someone has sent CrunchGear a deliriously wonky photo of what’s said to be an e-reader from a company with no track record in the tablet or ebook reader segment.

The device apparently runs Android, and there’s speculation that it’s a musical-themed gadget since there are some decidedly note-like icons up near the top of the image.  Of course, given the fact that there are exposure trails from most of the on-screen images, it’s entirely possible that those “notes” are in fact simply circular, with camera shake creating the hooked tails.

Either way, it’s seemingly bigger than other Android touchscreen devices we’ve seen previously, and we’ll always welcome a new entrant to the tablet/e-reader sphere.  Anybody have any idea what this mysterious gadget might be?

We have already heard all there is to know about the sexy Motorola DROID smartphone. In fact we posted up our full review of the handset not long ago, and we really liked it. The only thing left to know now is how well Motorola did the first weekend of sales.

Bloomberg reports that Motorola likely sold about 100,000 DROID handsets on the first weekend it was available. The sales figures are pointed at as a sign that Motorola is recovering, though it still trials Apple in the market.

Bloomberg reports that Verizon had 200,000 DROID handsets on hand and that stores sold about half their stock of devices the first weekend. Motorola is expected to sell about a million Android handsets in Q4 2009 counting the DROID and other devices. One analyst says that anyone expecting the DROID to outdo the iPhone on opening weekend had their goals set too high.

The holiday season is here and the biggest shopping day of the year known as Black Friday is only a few weeks away. The holiday season is also one of the busiest times for traveling with the airports around the nation packed with people going to see family.

Google has announced that it is giving all travelers in select airports free WiFi service during the holiday season as a gift to allow them to keep in touch. The free WiFi will be available now through January 15, 2010. Service is available in 47 different airports around the country.

Major airports in cities like Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Louis and Charlotte will offer free WiFi. Google also reports that Burbank and Seattle airports will continue to offer free WiFi indefinitely. Those who use the free WiFi service will be asked to donate money to Engineers Without Borders, One Economy Corporation, or the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Google will match any donations made up to $250,000.