MacNN | Handango News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Handango, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ iPhone users creating mobile app "halo" http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/iphone.and.app.prices/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new study shows that iPhone and iPod touch owners are not only frequent buyers of mobile apps but are actively driving prices down and spurring interest in app development. The findings from an ABI Research survey in November note that the iPhone's App Store is successful enough to have skewed prices of mobile apps downwards, with software often selling for $1 to $2 instead of the $7 to $25 at ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/iphone.and.app.prices/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:40:00 GMT Microsoft outs Win Mobile 6.5, Marketplace http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/16/windows.mobile.65/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/windowsmobile65.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft today launched Windows Mobile 6.5, its next major update to its smartphone OS. The design completely revises the main interface with a new lock screen that shows quick notifications as well as a much more touch-ready main interface that includes a "honeycomb" home screen, Zune-like menus, and many other buttons and context-sensitive menus that are all sized and shaped to be used with fi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/16/windows.mobile.65/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:55:00 GMT Nokia mobile app store due next week? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/nokia.app.store.next.week/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/nokian97-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia will chase after Apple and other rivals with a mobile app portal of its own, a pair of sources claim. The reported contacts explain to Reuters that the software store will be announced at Nokia's press conference for Mobile World Congress on Monday morning. When it will go live and how its pricing strategy will work are unknown, though the shop is likely to be limited to Symbian S60 device... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/nokia.app.store.next.week/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:25:00 GMT Verizon to publish Any Device spec in March http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/verizon.any.device.march/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/lgvoyager-top.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon this afternoon said it would publish the first version of its Any Device, Any App specs on March 19th at the Open Device Development Conference. Simply titled Version 1.0, the spec will mark the earliest opportunity for companies and other device makers can produce or modify devices to have them work with the company's newly opened service. Future weeks will see Verizon help match softwa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/verizon.any.device.march/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:30:00 GMT Handango squeezing phone app developers? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/handango.cda.controversy/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/windowsmobile6-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Handango may be putting excess pressure on developers of mobile software to supply more of their revenues, according to a leaked rate card allegedly supplied to BGR. Known as the primary portal for purchasable software for BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile smartphones, the store operator is purportedly set to significantly increase the amount of revenue collected from developers hoping to u... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/handango.cda.controversy/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:05:00 GMT