Amp’d Mobile no more

Announced at the 2007 Conference as MySQL Applications of the Year – #1 in 3G Mobile Entertainment, Amp’d Mobile is no longer the poster boy within the US telecommunications.

[Amp’d Mobile Implodes: Burns $360 million, Declares Bankruptcy][1]. Wow, that’s news on a Sunday.

[1]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/02/ampd-mobile-implodes-burns-360-million-declares-bankruptcy/

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