MobileBeat 2010: Tablet apps, TV apps, and more

Mobile platforms like iPhone and Android are moving beyond smartphones, and they’re bringing a flood of applications along with them. iPhone apps already work on tablets. Google promises that Android apps will be part of Google TV. To look at this “apps everywhere” trend, we’ll have executives from a swath of companies — Google, Nvidia, and Fox Digital Media — at our MobileBeat 2010 conference on July 12 and 13.

To get up-to-speed on this topic, check out this in-depth post that VentureBeat’s Devindra Hardawar wrote last week. He took a close look at tablets and TVs, and also touched on new frontiers like cars. Here’s the 100-word version:

We’re going to see a war between Android, iOS, and other mobile operating systems on unexpected battlefields. But today’s emerging players aren’t the only potential challengers. HP is in the process of buying Palm, with the hopes of taking its WebOS far beyond smartphones to printers and other consumer devices. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has promised a new version of its aging mobile OS. Now imagine a BlackBerry PC designed to give on-the-go office workers fast access to email and corporate documents, without the legacy of a Windows PC.

The point is that mobile operating systems, while originally designed for phones, have the best shot at spreading everywhere there’s a computer processor and a screen.

We’ll have one of those big platform players at MobileBeat — Google’s Director of Mobile Jason Spero (pictured), who recently joined the company through its AdMob acquisition. Offering the media industry’s perspective, we’ll have Gregg S. Colvin, vice president of business development at Fox Digital Media. And from the hardware side we’ll have Neil Trevett, a vice president at graphics company Nvidia, who’s in charge of enabling compelling applications on Nvidia smartphones and tablets.

For all conference details, including speaker and agenda updates, check out the MobileBeat 2010 website, then register here. Hurry — tickets are limited.