It's nothing new Google has demonstrated that it too can name a phone without waiting until it owns the name: its attempt to get Nexus One recognised as a trade mark has been rejected.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Only 865,000 behind the Jesus Phone Google has sold a mere 135,000 Nexus One phones since its much-ballyhooed launch on January 5, according to the latest numbers from mobile analytics outfit Flurry.… What is your recession sales strategy?

Google has apparently been denied the right to use the Nexus One trademark for its first mobile phone. The Nexus One - which was unveiled earlier this year - is set to go on sale in the UK next month, but issues have now arisen over the name. But this isn't a spat with the Philip K. Dick estate for once - it's the US trademark office that has got involved. Apparently, Google filed the tr...

It's tough to argue the fact that any operating system's success or failure has much to do with third party support. To that end, things are looking up for Google's fairly new Android OS as Opera Software has decided to come on board with a version of its Mini 5 browser for smartphones running the Android operating system. This new browser will improve the mobile surfing experience for...

Its time to give space on IntoMobile to some other note-taking tool other than Evernote (which I love). Well be talking about Snaptic, which announced that its note-taking application (3banana) on Google (NSDQ: GOOG)s Android has reached nearly 2,000,000 active installs. As far as Ive understood, were not talking about pure Snaptic client installs, ...

Google anticipates significant growth for its arsenal of mobile services according to executives who participated in a Monday webcast outlining the digital services giant's wireless vision. "Google has bet big on mobile," Google vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra said, stating that its mobile search traffic has grown five times over the past two years. "When we see desktop usage decli...

Mobile app analytics company Flurry estimates that while Apple sold 1 million iPhone devices in its first 74 days of availability on the market, the Motorola Droid actually shipped more devices during that timespan. Sales of Google's Nexus One, by comparison, kinda stunk: the company only sold an estimated 135k phones in 74 days. Flurry reaches its conclusions through applications using its s...

Image Credit: Daniel Adel, New York Times Nothing sells papers (or ads) like turning a little corporate competition into something personal. Case in point, a New York Times piece from the weekend titled "Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal," that opened with this rather ominous, one-sentence paragraph: "It looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Cue the orchestra. The l...

The Dutch version of the HTC Legend seems to be experiencing some problems in the Android Market and were not sure who is to blame. HTC have come right out and said that the restricted access to applications such as Skype and Layer is not their doing, putting the onus firmly with Google. Google are ...

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly getting ready to enhance the experience the owners of a Motorola Droid can receive from their handsets, namely to provide them with an update to the Android 2.1 version of Google's operating system. The software was announced about a month ago, but it seems that its release was pushed back ...