First the HDTVs, then the Nintendo 3DS, and now mobile phones? All of them are getting 3D! However, the mobile phone is the most interesting target — not only does it pose challenges with a smaller screen, but the fact that everyone has their cell phone with them throughout the day makes it a tricky medium to deal with. Sharp wants to dominate this. When we think of seeing three-dimensional media, we typically treat this experience as a one-off occasion — it is not something you’d imagine viewing all day long or several times throughout the day. However, that could change in the future. Sharp…

Asus isn’t planning on settling for Apple to take over the tablet market without a fight — the PC maker believes that they can compete by differentiating themselves from the competition. Asus is planning on creating at least two tablet devices, and considering Google’s Chrome OS and Android platforms and Microsoft’s Windows 7 platform to run on them. The company stated that they prefer open software solutions instead of closed systems like Apple’s. The focus will be enabling great multimedia experiences for consumers on these tablets, as it is one of the most appealing reasons for owning…

Verizon and friends want to create their own application stores to compete with the likes of the Apple App Store and Google Apps Marketplace. That’s good, right? After all, isn’t competition a good thing? In most cases, that would be true, but when a competitor holds the keys to all the doors and all owns the roads that leads to those doors, it can be very bad news. Verizon has stated at CTIA Wireless 2010 that V Cast Apps — Verizon’s application store — will learn from Apple’s ways and give developers 70 percent of profits and keep 30 percent for themselves. But the company has also stated that…

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Really interested in this concept: Rentalic lets you rent out the things you have around you aren’t using, and employs PayPal’s payments system to take deposits and more. Unlike eBay where you sell your kit, Rentalic lets you rent things out, or hire them in – unused skis, carpet cleaners, second car – whatever you may have around, whatever you might need….

Amid the unending din of posts, tweets and articles about South by Southwest Interactive, one thing became clear: mobile location apps are the next big thing. In one corner was Austin-based Gowalla, fighting on its own home turf. In the other was Foursquare, the NYC-based startup that many associate with the ‘check-in’ craze. But regardless of who wins, unless services like these open up their data, we all lose….

It looks like the iPhone, already a kind of digital swiss army knife, will someday have walkie-talkie capabilities and be able to serve as a kind of spontaneous hub where information can be sent automatically to everyone in the group. Patents dating as late as last November, but only unearthed this week, describe the new functions….

GetJar researchers reckon the CD is a dead format and smartphone applications are the new rock and roll, predicting the dollar value of app sales made  in 2012 will be far greater than that of CDs. They say mobile apps will generate $17.5 billion of revenues by 2012. The research also claims that in 2009, the number of mobile app stores jumped from eight to 38 – and is set to further increase in 2010. …

Following Monday’s look at Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has released emulation software for those who want to explore the new interface of the OS. The emulator is available at the Microsoft Download center and includes emulation software alongside games and app development and Silverlight code. Interestingly the software lacks support for copy-&-paste and multitasking, which both seem unusual to the good folk at techi.com….