After previously running a story about questionable business ethics between two competing applications developers, a third developer has stepped forward to further expose immoral behavior lurking within the marketplace. A host of smartphone manufacturers announced Apple-esque applications marketplaces of their own this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Another highlight of the event took place at the TeleAtlas booth, where Slovakian company, Sygic, demoed a full blown turn-by-turn GPS iPhone application. After reports that the App Store had surpassed the 20,000 applications mark, Apple had officially announced that there are 15,000 and counting proving the early estimates to be a tad confusing. Additionally, Google has demoed a few off-line applications allowing mobile devices to access data that has been locally stored on the device without any network connections.
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In a recent meeting with analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple COO Tim Cook commented on having ideas for a netbook, as well as iPhone price reductions. Market data from research firm NPD Group had shown mac and iPod sales to be down 14 percent in the month of January. Apple’s 20″ cinema displays have been discontinued, which could point to a possible upcoming refresh. A leaked Mac Mini image shows what could be an update that includes five USB ports, and Apple’s hardware updates may be shifting toward annual refreshes.
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Adobe has announced their first full-blown mobile flash player, yet the iPhone is unsurprisingly absent from the list of supported devices. An artful dodger in a city known for its pick-pockets, managed to swipe a Microsoft “iPhone Killer” prototype from the pocket of Telstar CEO Sol Trujillo at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
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