Just over one week left until MobileBeat 2010, VentureBeat’s third annual conference on the future of mobile. Key industry players from across the mobile ecosystem – device manufacturers, carriers, developers, content owners – are participating, so be sure not to miss out!  Recently added to the program is John Donovan, CTO of AT&T Operations, who completes a powerful keynote lineup that includes Phil McKinney, VP & CTO of HP’s Personal System Groups, Omar Khan, Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung, and Omar Hamoui, AdMob founder and now Google’s VP of Mobile Ads. Newly added panelists include Christy Wyatt of Motorola Mobile Devices, Pooja Midha of MTV Networks Digital and Ian McKerlich of T-Mobile who join a stellar array of insiders such as Erick Tseng of Facebook and Kevin Thau of Twitter.

This year’s new two-day format will explore “The Year of The Superphone and Who Will Profit”, and will be held on July 12-13 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco.  Heavy-hitters from all sectors of the mobile ecosystem are assembling at MobileBeat 2010 to discuss, debate, and explore who’ll win in the midst of the superphone revolution, and why. Find out which of the growing number of mobile platforms is winning the hearts and minds of developers with T-Mobile, Google Mobile, Symbian and Angry Bird… take on the subject of location with Twitter’s Director of Geo, Location Labs, SCVNGR and Booyah…hear about what’s next on the horizon of the hot mobile gaming arena with Zynga, Moblyng, Chomp and PapayaMobile.

You’ll also get a peek at 20 of the hottest new startups in the applications and infrastructure/services categories showcased in MobileBeat 2010’s Startup Competition.  Help select the ones most likely to shake up the mobile world and who’ll receive the coveted Tesla Award plus accompanying fame and glory.

Agenda highlights:

Keynotes

• John Donovan, CTO AT&T Operations
• Phil McKinney, VP & CTO of HP’s Personal System Groups
• Omar Khan, Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung
• Omar Hamoui, AdMob founder and now Google’s VP of Mobile Ads

Move over, Telcos, Here comes Silicon Valley

• Samir Argawal, Nokia, Head of MeeGo software development
• Kevin Thau, director of mobile, Twitter

Mobile Platforms 1: the Future Struggle Among the Titans

• Christy Wyatt, SVP Motorola
• David Ko, Yahoo! SVP, Audience, Mobile and Local, North America
• Alan Brenner, SVP at RIM

Mobile Platforms 2: Who is Winning the Heart of Developers?

• Jason Spero, Director, Mobile, Google
• Ian McKerlich, T-Mobile, Director of Mobile Content
• Oliver Gunasakera, Symbian
• Peter Vesterbacka, Angry Bird

Building a Successful Mousetrap

• Russ McGuire, Sprint, VP of Strategy
• “Tyler Lessard VP, Global Alliances and Developer Relations Research In Motion”
• Ilja Laurs, founder and CEO, GetJar
• Laura Merling, Alcatel-Lucent, Vice President Developer Platform and Programs

It’s 5pm. Do You Know Where Your Friends Are?

• Othman Laraki, Director Geo, Twitter
• Tasso Roumeliotis, Location Labs, Founder & CEO
• Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja, SCVNGR
• Keith Lee, CEO, Booyah (MyTown)

Enabling Mobile Games

• Stewart Putney, Founder and CEO, Moblyng
• Ben Keighran, Chomp, CEO & Co-Founder
• Si Chen, PapayaMobile, CEO

For a complete list of speakers, panels, and breakout sessions, check out the full agenda here.

Join 500 mobile industry leaders — from the major U.S and international carriers, to the top device makers, developers, startups, marketers, investors, and press — for two packed days of exciting content, power networking, and deal-making.

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Key Features of Yahoo Messenger for Android

• Instant notifications
• Access your Yahoo! contacts
• Chat with Windows Live friends
• Send & receive attachments
• Write with rich text and emoticons
• Switch to Yahoo! Mail with ease

Few Screenshots of Yahoo Messenger for Android

As you know we’ll put it to the test with an official Android app review of Yahoo Messenger for Android, so download the app using the QR barcode we’ve provided above!

[Thanks Harun via Yahoo]

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Meebo is a totally free IM program that supports AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MySpace IM, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ. It uses data (not SMS) to send messages. If you use a Meebo account, your IM history will be saved so that you can access it from any computer by logging in at http://www.meebo.com

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Features:

Meebo Android App is a great way to keep a consolidated chat while on the go. You can concurrent sign on and chat on GTalk, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Facebook, Meebo, MySpace, MSN and Jabber. View your conversations, active and offline friends. It even allows you to update your status message.

Gripe Alert: You must have the the app open to receive IM notifications, so you are logged out automatically frequently. The positive benefit of this is conservation on poor battery life. Additionally you can’t send or receive new friend requests via the app, those must be done via the native app/network prior.

Video: Meebo IM

Meebo for Android from Meebo on Vimeo.

Usefulness:

For the chatty social network junkie, Meebo Android App is a decent choice. Especially if you have more than one account.

Ease of Use:

Meebo Android App is very straight-forward, simply enter your various chat network credentials and go!

Frequently Used:

Frequency of use is user dependant… really based on your IM needs.

Interface:

The chat user interface is simple and organized for mobile use.

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