• BlackBerry App World will be the new name of Research In Motion’s mobile application store. The company announced a sign-up page that went live at midnight for customers who want to be notified when the store opens.
• iTookThisOnMyPhone.com, a mobile photo-sharing technology company, says its camera application is now available for the Apple iPhone through Apple’s App Store. The application allows users to automatically save mobile photos to their own password-protected Web site hosted by iTookThisOnMyPhone.com.
• NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Gemalto announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby NXP would transfer its mobile services business to Gemalto. The related unit based in Sophia Antipolis, France, will continue to develop and market software and service solutions compliant with the MIFARE4Mobile interface specifications, which manage MIFARE-based applications in near field communication (NFC) mobile devices.
• Cellebrite USA announced support for the Android OS. The HTC G1, offered by T-Mobile USA, is supported by Cellebrite’s UME36 device, which can read and write phonebook, pictures, video, audio and ringtones from an old phone to a new phone, over a direct cabled connection.
• Usablenet, a mobile Web partner for leading brands, announced the launch of Nissan and Infiniti’s mobile Web sites, providing customers with the ability to view car information and image galleries, request quotes and locate dealers through any Web-enabled mobile device.
• Consumer Cellular added the Nokia 2760 to its cell phone lineup.
• Smith Micro Software reported net revenues of $26.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, a 32.4 percent increase when compared to the $20 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2007.