Consumer electronics

Hooked Media Group is introducing a social gaming community for mobile devices that will be monetized via the sale of virtual currency.

PriceSpider.com has released a bar code scanner for Google’s Android devices to help consumers make better buying decisions while at a brick-and-mortar retail location.

Electronics retail giant Best Buy Mobile and carrier Sprint have partnered to drive sales of the Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Sierra Wireless.

With mobile commerce expected to blow up in 2010, Google’s new Nexus One handset may be the company’s first step in becoming a leader in that niche of the mobile industry.

To help consumers shop with confidence this holiday season, CNET and CBS Mobile announced a new mobile shopping application.

Crutchfield launched a mobile version of its award-winning Web site, Crutchfield.com, letting consumers buy and browse products right from their mobile phones.

41st Parameter Inc., a provider of fraud detection and prevention technology, expects an increase in mobile cybercrime due to the rapid adoption of new handsets and multiple operating systems.

Retrevo, a consumer electronics shopping site, has launched a mobile shopping assistant to assist consumers while at a retail location.

LOS ANGELES - Digital has truly transformed the retail model, according to an executive from Best Buy, who discussed the company’s mobile strategy at the Mobile Marketing Forum.

ABI Research found that 291.1 million mobile devices were shipped in the third quarter of 2009, which is evidence of how attached consumers are to mobility.