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“PCs will soon seem very archaic,” said Trevett, whose firm currently relies on the PC market to make a living. “Mobile computing is the future. Mobile is the web, the web is mobile, the two are really integral,” he continued.

Motorola is betting on Android, RIM says its “ridiculous growth” proves people like Blackberry just fine as it is, and Yahoo is unsure whether or not tablets are mobile devices, according to a panel this morning at MobileBeat 2010 in San Francisco

Flashing his 750 million dollar smile on stage at MobileBeat 2010, Admob’s Omar Hamoui coyly discussed how it had felt to be courted by both Google and Apple, the potential implications of an Apple block on the firm’s mobile ads and what contingencies were in place to cope with that eventualit

Nowadays, with smartphones becoming the “must-have” devices for anyone under the age of 40 in the developed world, the distinction between enterprise phone and consumer phone is blurring and so are the distinctions between which operating systems are business focused and which are more for personal use.

Android phones may be taking the world by storm, but a shortage in AMOLED displays could prove a stumbling block and hinder Google’s efforts to run away with the smartphone cup.

Motorola is trying to ‘charm’ its way into consumer hearts with its new Blackberry look-alike Android device. The much rumored Motorola Charm has now been confirmed and legitimized by the firm itself, and will be sold exclusively through T-Mobile in the US this summer.

It would seem that the word “Android” pops up everywhere nowadays. It’s the in word when it comes to anything mobile related, a true challenger to the iPhone throne as king of the smartphone heap, so it is perhaps a little surprising that its creator, Google, seems to have been unwittingly holding it back from even greater glory.

HTC is seeing its strategic alliance with Google pay off, quite literally, with the firm reporting an incredible second quarter in which its revenue jumped up 58% and profits soared 33% year on year.

While it may be Winter in the land down under, Aussie telcos are heating it up with the launch of a whole bunch of sugary Android goodies.

Cisco has surprised the world yet again, announcing at the company’s Cisco Live 2010 conference on Tuesday that it would come out with its own tablet, called “Cius,” aimed at corporate users and singularly-focused on delivering high-quality video conferencing.

On Tuesday Google officially announced the release of its Android 2.2 (Froyo) update, which it said would be rolled out to its Nexus One smartphone over the course of this week. As well as offering improved speeds and performance, the updated software also brings Flash 10.1 to the device and mobile hotspot capabilities.

Google’s Nexus One is continuing its global sales tour, with Vodafone’s Australian branch – Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) – today announcing it is getting ready to sell the Google Nexus One in Australia, exclusively on Vodafone.

Last week RCR spent some time in Singapore, sniffing around the expo center for wireless whisperings and network news. We weren’t disappointed.