Mobile Fridays: This Week in Mobility (Oct. 12, 2012)

On Fridays, 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!

How Millennials drove Zipcar towards a mobile business
A new generation of works continue to push for more mobile connected businesses.

Sony Creates a Giant Frankentablet
Half PC, Half Tablet … I bet it’s great for reading books on a plane.

Microsoft Says We’ll See More Hardware Products From Them
Taking a page from Apple’s playbook, eh?

Facebook Tried to Hide Mobile Woes Pre-IPO
We all knew this, but it goes to show how a poor mobile experience affects a company’s bottom line.

Samsung Goes Smaller in a 4 inch Mobile Screen World
While the iPhone5 has a bigger screen Samsung Unveiled the SIII Mini

MIT Unveils New Research Center Solely Focused on Mobile
Wireless@MIT aims to take the lead in next-generation wireless networks and mobile computing

Blackberry Gives Developers 6k BB10 Devices
Blackberry is still hanging its hat on BB10 being able to compete against iOS and Android.

Sprint in Talk to be Bought By Softbank
This could inject 12 billion into the faltering Sprint.

Companies Aren’t Up to Speed On Mobile Initiative Spending
Even though everyone carries a smartphone, these numbers suggest that mobile still isn’t a priority.

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.