mocoNews Quick Hits 11.9.09

Motorola's Droid for Verizon

»  Talk about a marketing blitz: *Verizon* and *Motorola* will spend $100 million before the year’s out to promote Droid. [AdAge]

»  And just in case Droid needs more competition, RadioShack has lined up as the latest retailer that will offer the iPhone. [Dealerscope]

»  There’s um … no app for this. The Florida Keys tourism board has launched a set of video ads (for the web and TV) that mimic Apple’s App Store ads, in the hopes of getting techies to think about a relaxing, dis-connected vacation. [YouTube]

»  One out of every six mobile phones worldwide will be able to share data, make payments via NFC by 2014. [Cellular-News]

»  More bad news for *Nokia*. The company’s recalling 14 million chargers for three handsets that were manufactured this year. [CNET]

»  Guests at the Hilton, Embassy Suites and Doubletree hotels will be able to check-in, check-out and order grub via iPhone with the launch of a trio of new apps from Hilton Worldwide [USA Today]

»  Loopt app upgrade gives Blackberry users location-aware mobile social networking, too. [Release]

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