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Engadget also claims there will be a built-in camera and a headphone jack as well. It will also serve as an e-book device, similar to the iPad’s own “iBook” app.

There has been no more information concerning pricing for the Courier, but because of the larger amount of features it is rumored to have, it is expected to be more expensive than the iPad

The Courier is to be released prior to the holiday season this year, which means by the time it is released, the iPad will have been part of the tablet market for over half a year—meaning more rumors about future updates, such as cameras on both sides of the device, tethering, and Flash support for Safari could cause possible Courier purchasers to refrain from purchasing until an iPad refresh.

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The new 30 second spot, backed by The Blue Van’s catchy tune “There Goes My Love,” races through a variety of iPad features.

It quickly demonstrates browsing through photo albums with finger gestures, then shows how to download ebooks from the new iBook Store and using the new full screen versions of Mobile Safari and Apple’s Maps application based on Google’s Map service.

It also highlights the expanded version of the iPhone OS’ email app, iTunes media playback featuring the movie “Star Trek,” and a subtle mention of page layout and word processing within Apple’s multitouch version of iWork’s Pages app.

The fast-paced new ad then flashes through a rapid sequence of other apps including Maps and iTunes album playback to finish with the iPad’s April 3 launch date.

The ad is available on Apple’s website, but has not yet been added to the company’s YouTube channel.

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Mobile ad spending worldwide increased 74 percent last year, to $913.5 million, Entrepreneur magazine reports in this month’s issue. That’s a tiny fraction of overall ad spending, but the trend is clear if you look at the kids: more than a third of Millennials get their mobile ads on Apple devices, according to one report, and Google controls 21 percent of the space, according to Entrepreneur. The two tech giants are coming from opposite directions: Apple has a great phone product it wants to leverage for mobile ads; Google has a head start on mobile ads it wants to supplement with a new phone product. The bottom is line is both companies want a bigger piece of mobile advertising.

And the land grab has been accelerating. Last week, Google won a potentially crucial patent for location-based advertising, according to a Monday VentureBeat report. What it means is still unclear, but some argue that the broad patent may give Google a lock on the market. It could be a cause of concern for small companies without large patent portfolios and it could raise questions among big companies, too. Still, VentureBeat notes that such patents are often defensive rather than offensive.

Apple was in talks with AdMob, a mobile ad network, in November, but Google ultimately bought it for $750 million. By January, Apple had found another advertising firm, Quattro Wireless, to buy, a move which shocked the advertising community. Yesterday, Silicon Alley Insider reported on Apple’s latest job posting for its growing mobile ad team, part of what The Insider calls a staffing “blitz.”

And then there are the underdogs. HootSuite, the popular Twitter client, has teamed up with 140 Proof, a nascent Twitter ad network, to serve ads within Twitter streams for mobile clients, TechCrunch reported Tuesday. Mobclic, another ad network, bought an iPhone analytics service, most probably to provide advertisers with more accurate statistics about the people viewing their ads, according to paidContent. It beginning to look like 2010 could be the breakthrough year for mobile advertising.

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Since the introduction of the App Store in 2008, a new mobile gaming juggernaut has emerged, seemingly out of nowhere — the iPhone/iPod touch. With the forthcoming launch of the iPad, whose larger screen and more powerful CPU could make it a gaming powerhouse, it means there are now three very big players in the mobile gaming market… and Sony is in an untenable position already.

Sony is hoping to change that. According to a leak to the Wall Street Journal, Sony is hard at work developing a range of handheld products designed to compete directly with Apple’s mobile platform. One, a smartphone built in tandem with Sony Ericsson, would be a PSP phone designed to compete with the iPhone and iPod touch; the other, a hybridization of a PSP, e-reader, and netbook, would be Sony’s answer to the iPad. Both devices would have a dedicated online store available to them, but the store itself isn’t scheduled for deployment until later this year at the earliest.

I’m going to give Sony some free advice: if you want to have any hope of even competing with Apple’s mobile platforms, to say nothing of surpassing them in sales, then gather up the marketing and engineering teams that developed the PSP Go, march them into an auditorium, and fire them all. The PSP Go has been savaged in reviews for its high price point, limited functionality compared to the older full-sized PSP, and download-only gaming catalogue. All these factors have combined to make the PSP Go a failure in the marketplace, and deservedly so.

Granted, the games catalogue for Apple’s mobiles is also download-only, making traditional gaming conventions like buying and selling used games just as impossible as it is on the PSP Go. But there are three ways Apple’s App Store buries Sony’s online store under a pile of cat litter: the number of games available is staggeringly higher, the average price of games is far lower, and the App Store is much easier to navigate.

To its credit, Sony not only knows the PSP Go is a failure, but more importantly, the company also appears to know why. If Sony can learn from that failure and apply those lessons to the forthcoming handheld challengers, it might be in a position to regain some of the ground that’s been lost in the mobile gaming marketplace.

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There were still some firsts for Apple in this year’s list. For one thing, Fortune says the company won by the highest margin ever and, in a coup, apparently an unprecedented (if slim) majority of the surveyed corporate leaders–51 percent–actually said they admired the company. The money quote, though, comes from BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer, who said, “The whole world held its breath before the iPad was announced. That’s brand management at its very best.”

Not only did Apple top the list of the 50 most admired companies, but it also walked away with its category–”computers,” which seems a little narrow given Apple’s markets these days–and earned top industry ranks in innovation, people management, quality of management, financial soundness, and quality of products/services. Of the other key attributes–use of corporate assets, social responsibility, long-term investment, and global competitiveness–it took second place, losing out to its highest-ranked industry rival, Hewlett-Packard, in each of those categories.

But wait, what’s this? Who’s nipping at Apple’s coattails? The second most admired company overall–and the first in its industry of Internet Services and Retailing–is none other than Apple frenemy Google, which edged out Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for the silver medal spot. In particular, Fortune alludes to Google’s Android OS and its competition with the iPhone as a major market to watch in the coming months.

Apple needs just two more years in the top spot to rival the all-time record holder GE, but as it and Google increasingly square off, there’s the potential that next year’s list will see some shake-ups on the medal stand.

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But it turns out, AT&T’s CEO doesn’t anticipate many people will even use it.

At an investor conference Wednesday, Randall Stephenson predicted that Apple’s tablet computer, which comes in both 3G and Wi-Fi-only flavors, will primarily be “a Wi-Fi-driven product,” according to Reuters.

“My expectation is that there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription,” Stephenson said.

Presumably by “another” he means in addition to a mobile wireless contract and home Internet service. But it’s a bit of an odd business decision to talk people out of potentially using your service. Especially when the iPad-AT&T deal was greeted with plenty of enthusiasm.

Somehow Apple got AT&T to agree to provide pre-paid 3G service for the iPad, as in no contract, no two-year commitment. The choices are 250MB of data per month for $15, or unlimited data for $30. But AT&T expects few people to take advantage of it?

It’s a curious statement for one of Apple’s partners, especially one as important as AT&T, to cast any sort of doubt on an upcoming product with which it’s associated. For that matter, why would a carrier say that at all? AT&T provides 3G service to PCs from Hewlett-Packard and Dell, but it hasn’t gone on record saying it doesn’t expect people to use it.

Maybe that is why AT&T decided to cut iPad 3G customers such a good deal–because they didn’t think people would use it anyway, so they wouldn’t be leaving that much money on the table.

Or, more likely, it could also be Stephenson trying to set investors, current AT&T customers, and the Federal Communications Commission at ease. The wireless operator’s problems with its 3G network have been well-publicized, and it’s even admitted to difficulties with its service in iPhone-saturated markets like San Francisco and New York.

Knowing there could be yet another burst of users flooding the AT&T network this summer when the 3G version makes its way to stores could scare away new or incumbent customers whose contracts are up for renewal and would rather avoid potential network connection issues. Plus, the FCC has also expressed its concern. Last month, the agency posted a blog calling out the iPad as a possible source of strain on wireless networks, albeit without naming AT&T specifically: “With the iPad pointing to even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon, we must ensure that network congestion doesn’t choke off a service that consumers clearly find so appealing, or frustrate mobile broadband’s ability to keep us competitive in the global broadband economy.”

The 3G version of the iPad is still roughly two months from its debut. Hopefully this doesn’t mean AT&T is signaling that its network isn’t ready for it.

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Skype’s free mobile app for Nokia’s Symbian OS has left the beta stage and is now available directly from the mobile Ovi Store or alternatively the Skype website.

Skype for Symbian will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian^1, the latest version of the mobile OS. (A list of the compatible devices is available here).

The app works over both a 3G mobile data connection or WiFi, and it allows users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls across the globe, along with gratis instant messaging, text messaging, and picture and video sharing.

Earlier this month, Skype announced a partnership with the mobile carrier Verizon to make a similar smartphone app for select BlackBerry and Android phones on Verizon’s network.

It would seem as VoIP applications spread across more mobile devices, service providers must warm up to the idea that data plans will replace voice as the main source of revenue.

Skype already runs on the iPhone over WiFi only, although a 3G-enabled version is expected soon.

The company said “soon” it will update the Symbian app so that it will work on Symbian mobiles from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.

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However, the BBC is never likely to miss out on a great opportunity, and this seemed to be an ideal chance to offer Blackberry owners the BBC iPlayer.

Therefore, it now seems that Blackberry owners will not just be sitting there checking emails, they may be catching up with last night’s television programmes via the latest BBC iPlayer web portal, especially designed for them.

This new, free-to-use service allows Blackberry users to access the BBC catch-up service for TV shows and Radio programmes, provided that a decent Wi-Fi service is available.

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HTC was the first company to manufacture a cellphone based on Google’s Android operating system. It is also making the Nexus One phone, which Google is selling directly to consumers.

In a court filing, Apple said that a bevy of HTC-made cellphones — including the Nexus One, T-Mobile’s G-1 and the MyTouch 3G — use patent-protected technologies owned by Apple without having a license for them. Apple said HTC has infringed on 20 of its patents, covering aspects of the iPhone’s user interface and hardware.

Several of the patents relate to technology behind touch screens, including one that lets a device’s screen detect more than one finger at a time.

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