Mobile Fridays: This Week in Mobility (Aug. 31, 2012)

Every Friday, the mobility team here at Cloud Sherpas scours the Web for the hottest, most relevant mobile technology news of the week and compiles it in conveniently-byte-sized chunks right here — for fast, easy, on-the-go consumption.

Do you have a story we didn’t cover? Post it in the comments, and join the conversation.

Enjoy!

This Week’s Top Links in Mobility ( In no particular order)

The Mobile Growth Rate is Ridiculous
Android And iOS Growing At 10x The PC Business Of The 80s.

ESPN Continues Investment In Mobile
ESPN has always been a favorite of mine when talking about companies that “get it.” If you are looking for a good example of a mobile first approach to the market, look no further than ESPN.

Facebook Ditches HTML5
HTML5 will still be a dominant player in the years to come in the mobile market, but if you are looking to deliver the best user experience, pure native is still the way to go.

Shazam Looks to Innovate on a Bigger Screen
Shazam has been innovating on mobile devices for nearly a decade and now they look to move to bigger screens.

Samsung vs. Apple: Samsung Loses
There is tons of analysis around what this means for the market, what it means for Apple/Samsung/Google/Microsoft/etc, but what it does mean is that Samsung just paid a billion dollars to be second in the smartphone market … not bad if you ask me.

This week has been pretty quiet from a mobile news perspective, but expect things to pick up in the month of September. Every major player is looking to announce some big time products to prepare for the holiday season. From the iPhone5 (or the new iPhone) to new Kindle products, there will be something for everyone. For the tech savvy, our Christmas comes early.

Mobile Madness
A list of major announcements scheduled for the month of September.

Ryan Northington (13 Posts)

Cloud Sherpas Senior Mobility Consultant for North America, Ryan is a Wireless Engineer and has worked in the instrumentation business for the last 5 years. He is recognized as an expert in wireless technology, software development and radio frequency instrumentation. In his capacity at Cloud Sherpas, Ryan specializes in assisting enterprise clients in the planning, design and development of native and cross-platform mobile applications and experiences.