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• Analysts Predict App Explosion in 2010 IDC analysts are predicting that 2010 will be the year of the app, with Apple tripling to 300,000 apps, and Android quintupling to cross the 100,000 mark.
• Alcatel Offers to Streamline Mobile App Creation Alcatel-Lucent is offering to help mobile operators bring their network resources to developers to allow for a richer set of applications.
• Telenor Introduces Mobile Services in India Telenor launches services in India; but may have an uphill task.
• Two Weeks, 5 IPhones Sold in Chinese Online Store China Unicom has sold just five iPhones through China's equivalent of eBay in the two weeks since it opened a virtual shop there.
• Groups Urge Changes to Broadband Stimulus Programs Several groups ask for big changes in a second round of broadband deployment grants and loans from two U.S. agencies.
• AT&T, Verizon Drop Suits AT&T asked the court to dismiss its lawsuit against Verizon over its "there's a map for that" ads.
• Square Credit Payment System Could be the End of Cash Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is rolling out the Square credit payment system. The gadget could revolutionize business and put a nail in the coffin of cash transactions.
• Holiday Gift Guide: Great iPhone Accessories Under $100 Take a look at this iPhone solar charger, hands-free Bluetooth device for the car, alarm clock adaper, and a a device that turns the extra space on your phone (or iPod) into a portable hard drive.
• AT&T: Not As Lousy As Everyone Thinks? How much worse are AT&T's cellular and wireless data services than those provided by the other three major carriers? Not as much as we try to make ourselves believe.
• Nokia LCD Suit Could Lower Handset Costs Nokia has filed suit against makers of mobile device LCD displays charged with price-fixing. Cheaper LCD displays could mean cheaper smartphones, but the cost savings would not likely be passed on to consumers.
• Android Developers Disgruntled with Market A recent survey found that many Android developers are unhappy with the volume of downloads and profits generated from apps in Google's Android Market. The statistics seem troubling, but may just be a sign of Android's relative youth.
• Cable Industry Floats Broadband Adoption Program A cable industry trade group proposes a broadband adoption program aimed at middle-school students.
• Gates Foundation Funds Library Broadband Projects The Gates Foundation gives $3.4 million to provide broadband connections to libraries in five states.
• Yahoo's Head of Mobile Takes on New Duties Yahoo's David Ko has taken on a new role at the company, heading up its mobile business as well as audience properties.
• Evidence Uncovered of Possible Next Gen iPhone Log data captured from a Bay Area-oriented app suggests that a next-generation iPhone prototype may already be in use. The iPhone rumor mill is in full gear speculating about the upcoming iPhone.
• Spurious Mobile Phones in India to Be Disconnected Tuesday India to block spurious phones from networks from Tuesday.
• Baidu Targets Google With Mobile Search App Top Chinese search engine Baidu.com is pre-installing a mobile service app on handsets, its latest blow to Google over mobile search in China.
• Apple Says No to the Droid's Red Glow Want the Droid's signature red glow to spruce up your iPhone? Apple won't let you have it.
• New Front Opened in India's Mobile Tariff Wars India’s Reliance has slashed SMS rates, opening a new front in the mobile tariff war in India.
• India to Set up Automatic Monitoring of Communications India setting up new system for monitoring communications in the country.
• Sept. 11 Pager Messages Published Online Wikileaks is publishing 573,000 pager messages sent nationwide on Sept. 11, 2001.
• App Store Statistics as Misleading as They Are Impressive Apple has some impressive numbers for total iPhone apps available and number of apps downloaded each month. The app store stats only tell part of the story, though.
• Palm, Sprint Pursue Lost Data From Pre, Pixi Palm and Sprint are trying to solve problems some users have had moving data from one Palm webOS device to another.
• 3G Means More Porn, China Laments Amid Cleanup China called for a cleanup of mobile porn Web sites on Wednesday as it blamed their rise on high-speed 3G mobile data services.
• China Hopes Taiwan 3G Test Will Boost Homegrown Technologies China expressed its hope that a 3G trial network in Taiwan will lead to more cooperation on technical standards between the two places.