iPhone support Web 2.0 applications : Apple announced that its revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29, 2007. Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone’s services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security. “Developers and users alike are going to be very surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced it has unleashed the mobile game and personalization content based on the much-anticipated July 4, 2007 movie release of the live-action Transformers film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, Inc. The launch is the first release from the licensing agreement between Glu and HPG, Hasbro’s licensing division, to bring the Transformers brand and characters upon the fast-growing mobile gaming market.

Bango published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services. By working as a “global exchange” for the mobile web, Bango is able to provide a unique insight into where users are coming from world-wide and what handsets they are using. The top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango* in April 2007 were the UK at 27%, the US at 21%, South Africa at 11%, India at 9% and Indonesia at 3%. In total, Bango detects mobile web users from over 190 countries.

Know someone online you'd like to talk to on the phone, but don't have their phone number - or don't want to give them yours? Chances are you know their email address. Now, that's all you need to call them, no matter where they are, for free. Jangl, Inc., the company bridging the web and the phone, announced it is unveiling an easy-to-use service that lets you call anyone with an email address, anywhere in the world.

Opera and Palm, Inc. announced that the new Palm Foleo mobile companion will use the Opera web browser to provide customers a user-friendly web experience. Based on Opera 9, Opera for the Palm Foleo offers intelligent navigation features and support for advanced Web 2.0 applications using Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). Opera’s Software Developer Kit (SDK) proved to be a quick-to-market solution in tailoring a browser suitable for the cutting edge of mobile technology.

The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for mobile operators, is to collaborate with Microsoft Corporation on a global research programme to determine consumer user trends and the mass market potential of notebook PCs with embedded mobile broadband - enabling access to the Internet anywhere with mobile coverage. Today the market for mobile broadband is rapidly growing among notebook buyers who need mobile high speed data connectivity. International business travellers, road warriors, field information workers and other PC buyers find it essential.

Smart SMS Corp. has partnered with the Africa Foundation For Aids (AFFA) to create a mobile campaign that will allow cell phone users to text in donations. Smart SMS Corp.’s VP of Marketing Eric Robinson says, “This partnership demonstrates how technology can benefit charities. The ability to donate money is now at the fingertips of generous people." AFFA VP Ashley Clyde Sherman initiated the idea of getting people to text in their donations and is excited that the idea is now a reality for his organization.

Tourist Mobile, one of the worlds leading Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), announced that it has partnered with Sonim Technologies, the leader in Push-To-Talk IMS solutions for mobile operators, to launch Austria's first standards-based Push-To-Talk system. Tourist Mobile's customers will now have early access to Sonim's XP1 mobile "tough phone" along with Sonim's high performance Push-To-Talk service.

Skyworks Solutions, an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced that it is supporting LG Electronics’ ramp of its record-selling Shine handset. The Shine, which is LG’s second model from its Black Label Series, is leveraging the SKY77340, a highly integrated quad-band EDGE power amplifier - used to support the world’s largest markets in Europe and the United States. Skyworks’ modules are also being utilized across LG’s GPRS and CDMA Chocolate phones, which have sold ten million units globally since the end of 2005. LG’s Shine weighs a mere 115 grams, stemming from its unique stainless steel material base.

dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, announced more than 500,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the domain's commercial launch in October 2006. The continual growth of .mobi registrations illustrates that content developers are focused on delivering quality sites and applications to mobile phones for consumers to use. Millions of pages of content are now live on .mobi sites and many of the world's leading brands have gone ".mobi" over the past few months.