Archive for Mobile Marketing
Sprint Said to Plan Unlimited Data Offer With Apple’s IPhone
Sprint, the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, plans to begin selling the device in mid-October under a deal with Apple for the next model, the iPhone 5, said the people, who wouldn’t be identified Царицыно в Москве because the plans aren’t public. Becoming the country’s only operator to offer the device with unlimited data service for a flat fee may help Sprint draw customers from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which already carry the phone, they said.
Skype Makes Play for Mobile Group Messaging with GroupMe Acquisition
Skype announced it will acquire GroupMe, a group messaging smartphone app for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7 that lets you create group texts, make conference calls, and share photos and your location. This is the second acquisition for Skype this year after buying video streaming service Qik in January.
Terms for Skype’s GroupMe acquisition were not disclosed, but some estimates peg the acquisition around $85 million, according to AllThingsD. Skype is itself being acquired by Microsoft, which purchased the Internet telephony company in May for $8.5 billion.
HTC Seeks Apple Import Ban
At this rate, it soon won’t be possible to buy a cellphone at all, and we’ll all be reduced to tin cans and string.
The latest move in what’s become a cats-cradle of tangled patent lawsuits is an attempt by HTC to block US imports of Apple’s iPhone, iPad and Mac.
HTC has filed lawsuits in Delaware and with the International Trade Commission aiming to ban imports of the Apple devices. The company’s already had some success with the ITC, which last month ruled that Apple’s computers – though not its mobile devices – infringed HTC patents.
