Palm today told the UK press that it will hold an event July 7th regarding the Pre.
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O2 Wins the Palm Pre in UK
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Palm Pre webOS Update 1.0.4 is out!
29 Jun 2009 | 10:06 amPalm has released another new update for the Palm Pre webOS. You can download the update from the update app. The total size of the update is 12MB and can be downloaded over WiFi or EVDO. -
Jailbreak app enables MMS on original iPhone
29 Jun 2009 | 7:55 amThey said it couldn't be done. They said the radio simply wouldn't allow it. But that, as it turns out, is hooey. Despite Apple's protestations to the contrary, it appears that the original iPhone is perfectly capable of sending and receiving Multimedia Messages -
Apple iPhone 3GS Overheating Reports
28 Jun 2009 | 12:13 amIs the Apple iPhone 3GS having overheating issues? I've seen some reports circulating on the Web today that indicate some handsets might indeed be affected. And I have my own tale to add to fray. -
HTC Hero Finds a Killer App in Flash
28 Jun 2009 | 12:07 amThe HTC Hero opens up a whole world of multimedia content with support for Flash 9, intensifying the spotlight on Apple’s lack of cooperation with Adobe in bringing Flash to the iPhone.
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Engadget Mobile
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TerreStar launches ginormous satellite in preparation for service
2 Jul 2009 | 5:19 pmFiled under: Misc If you want data service on your phone positively, absolutely anywhere you happen to be in the US or Canada, this one's for you: TerreStar just successfully launched its aptly-named TerreStar-1 satellite, which just happens to be the largest commercial satellite ever deployed. This dovetails perfectly with news that the upstart satphone provider is partnering with AT&T to offer service later this year, presumably with a variant of that sweet little Elektrobit WinMo piece we had a chance to check out a few months back. Cost could be a concern, but it should be cheaper… -
LG eyes number two phone maker spot for 2012, premium brand in the works
2 Jul 2009 | 3:25 pmFiled under: Handsets, LGSitting pretty as the number three cell maker in the world would make many of the bigger names happy -- not to mention the usurped Sony Ericsson and Motorola a bit green -- but not LG, as it's now gunning for spot number two. In an interview with Yonhap, LG's president of its mobile business, Ahn Seung-kwon, stated that the company hoped to bump Samsung to the wayside by 2012 with the help of a serious new set and a premium brand. While the gaudiness of really expensive handsets disturbs us at times, we'll admit that mention that LG's looking at a foray into the… -
iPhone facing potential trademark issues in China?
2 Jul 2009 | 1:34 pmFiled under: Handsets, China Unicom, Apple Apple's on-again, off-again deal with China Unicom to officially bring the iPhone to China may still be up in the air, but it looks like it could now also be facing some trademark issues that could potentially further hold up its release. Apparently, China's Hanwang Technology owns the trademark for "i-phone" in the country, which could force Apple to make a deal with 'em before it enters the market (sound familiar?). Interestingly, Apple does actually own an "iPhone" trademark in China, but it apparently only covers computer hardware and software,… -
BluAnt Wireless' S1 speakerphone reviewed, is well liked
2 Jul 2009 | 12:33 pmFiled under: Peripherals, Others BluAnt, maker of many fine Bluetooth accessories launched the S1in the recent past and CNET's taken some moments to review it. Sure, we've seen gazillions of speakerphones that attach to the visor in your car but this one adds a fairly low price -- roughly $69 -- A2DP support for streaming your tunes, voice answering, and multipoint connectivity to the mix. CNET liked the price, tiny size, and the call quality, but were down on the volume rocker's stiffness, and the fact that S1 doesn't announce the incoming caller's info. We're all for music streaming and… -
Apple patching nasty iPhone SMS vulnerability
2 Jul 2009 | 11:01 amFiled under: Handsets, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, Apple, iPhone OS Given the hype surrounding Apple's iPhone, we're actually surprised that we haven't seen more holes to plug over the years. In fact, the last major iPhone exploit to take the world by storm happened right around this time two years ago, and now -- thanks to OS X security expert Charlie Miller -- we're seeing yet another come to light. Over at the SyScan conference in Singapore, Mr. Miller disclosed a hole that would let attackers "run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator's network in order to monitor…
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Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
2 Jul 2009 | 2:10 pmThe iPhone-maker may be on track to fix one of the biggest complaints about the smartphone, and to add RFID and biometric identification capabilities. -
WiMax Ready To Surge Again
2 Jul 2009 | 2:00 pmGrowth of the wide-area technology slowed in the economic meltdown, but analysts predict the deployment of WiMax equipment will take off again by year end. -
Google Optimizes Search For Mobile Phones
2 Jul 2009 | 1:10 pmThe search giant is tailoring its results to fit better on a mobile screen, and it will also include relevant data from Google News, Google Images, and other Web properties. -
Mobile Payments Startup Raises $8 Million
2 Jul 2009 | 12:27 pmBling Nation is entering the highly competitive space filled with deep-pocketed rivals such as Visa and MasterCard. -
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HTC Hero soars through the FCC
2 Jul 2009 | 11:47 amWell, that’s a surprise. Rumors had pointed at Sprint to be the home of the Hero here in the states - but there it sits in the FCC database, packed to its big ol’ chin with AT&T-friendly 850/1900Mhz bands. [Via EngadgetMobile] Crunch Network: TechCrunchobsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies -
Verizon succumbs to the pressure, offers BlackBerry Tour to everyone
2 Jul 2009 | 9:10 amI think the image is pretty self explanatory. VZW via BGR Crunch Network: CrunchBasethe free database of technology companies, people, and investors -
iPhone App Prices Fluctuate As Developers Adjust To OS 3.0; Nav Apps Gain Pricing Power
2 Jul 2009 | 8:29 amEver since OS. 3.0, the latest operating system for the iPhone, launched on June 17, prices among the top 100 apps in the iTunes App Store have been fluctuating wildly as developers push out apps taking advantage of all the new features in the OS. Some of the new features we are starting to see in apps include push notifications, turn-by-turn navigation, cut-and-paste, embeddable maps, access to external accessories, search within apps, and subscriptions. Mobile app distribution service Distimo just put out its June iPhone App store report As you can see from the charts above, the average… -
A few iPhone patents for you: Karaoke, fancy haptic feedback
2 Jul 2009 | 7:30 amOh, patents. Companies file you all the time, often coming to nothing, yet you still mystify us for some reason. A few iPhone-related patents have been floating around the Internet this morning; they’re sure to interest you for dozens of seconds. Take this one, which describes a karaoke application. But that’s merely a game, and a dumb one at that. These two, however, describe something a little more “important.” There’s fingerprint identification, which would identify your fingers individually for a more accurate user interface experience. That is, only your index… -
O2 confirmed as Palm Pre carrier in the UK, again
2 Jul 2009 | 7:26 amWhile it was reported in late May by the Guardian that O2 had all but locked up the Palm Pre, the UK rag is once again claiming that O2 will be the exclusive carrier for the webOS device. Earlier rumors that Palm would announce a carrier next week seem to be holding water according to this report by the Guardian. It seems that you’ll be able to pick up a Pre at your local Carphone Warehouse as well. We’ll just have to wait and see. via Guardian Crunch Network: TechCrunchobsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies
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dailywireless.org
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Webcasting on Batteries
29 Jun 2009 | 12:06 pmMike Boyd of Hillsboro WiFi and myself are providing free WiFi at Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival again this year. I am running my Clear residential modem into a Meraki Outdoor repeater which automatically meshes to 3 nearby Meraki repeaters. That gives us blanket WiFi coverage at the festival. We are providing free WiFi access — just for fun. For mobile video, I have a Clear USB modem plugged into my laptop running a Logitech 9000 USB camera. I’m tested out both Livestreaming and Ustream but was disappointed in the quality. I then contacted Livecast, out of Vancover BC… -
Europe Adopts Standardized Phone Charger
29 Jun 2009 | 10:07 amTop mobile telephone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide harmonization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday. The agreement by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others will mean phones compatible with standard charging devices are available in Europe from next year. “People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone,” said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, estimating that unwanted phone accessories accounted for thousands of tons of waste in Europe each year. The Commission said the agreement would involve the creation of an… -
Sony PSP Phone?
29 Jun 2009 | 9:45 amSony may combine a mobile phone with its Playstation Portable gaming platform, reports Reuters. It would combine functions of its portable game player with mobile phones made by Sony Ericsson. The development is seen as a way of better competing with Apple’s iPod and iPhone, as well as Nintendo’s DS. Sony announced greater integration between its mobile and gaming units last month via the launch of a new Sony Ericsson handset called the Aino. The device uses a system called Remote Play, initially developed for the PSP, that enables users to control and access media content on… -
China Mobile: Slow TD-SCDMA Sales
29 Jun 2009 | 9:15 amChina Mobile says less than 3 percent of its new mobile customers are using their new 3G network, suggesting that their TD-SCDMA network is suffering from a lack of compatible devices. China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone operator, reports subscribers grew from 457.3 million to 488.1 million during the first five months of 2009. According to a PC World report, which cites a recent China Mobile filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the operator had 746,000 subscribers on its 3G network by the end of May, representing just 2.4 percent of total net… -
Cell Phone Gap: Divided by Age
29 Jun 2009 | 8:44 amFrom cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s and the culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women’s liberation. A new study released Monday by the Pew Research Center found Americans of different ages increasingly at odds over a range of social and technological issues. Almost eight in 10 people believe there is a major difference in the point of view of younger people and older people today. That is the highest spread since 1969, when about…
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T-Mobile myTouch 3G Coming to myBackyard on July 8
2 Jul 2009 | 3:11 pmPut those rumors to rest because T-Mobile is indeed launching the myTouch 3G with Google handset on July 8. This morning I received an invite to the media event in New York City, although I’m on the fence about attending. It’s a solid 2.5-hour drive for what’s likely a one-hour event, followed by the long return trip home. I’m leaning towards going, though, because the myTouch looks spectacular so far, and I’d like to see it in person. You can tell from the pic on the invite that the myTouch is thinner and has less of a chin than the original G1 handset running… -
Coffee Break- Pre vs. iPhone Camera
2 Jul 2009 | 1:47 pmI should be working, I know it. Instead, I am having a good time using the HP Mini 1000 running Windows 7. I am in a terrible lighting situation, so I figured it was a good idea to compare the Palm Pre camera to the iPhone 3G. Note this is the older iPhone, not the [...] -
Where Did the Missing Palm Pre App Go?
2 Jul 2009 | 12:29 pmLike I do every day, I hit up the App Catalog on my Palm Pre this morning. Instead of cruising around the store by category, it’s easier to just hit the Recent tag since there’s only 30 apps. Or is it 29? There were 30 titles for the past several weeks, but apparently one went missing and I’m not sure which one it was. Nor do I know why it’s gone. Luckily, it wasn’t one of the few I’m using since they’re all still there. I know that the SDK won’t be widely distributed until the “end of summer” since that’s what Jon Rubinstein… -
Don’t Take Notes- Snap Them With Evernote
2 Jul 2009 | 11:15 amThe Public Service Announcement for the day is for those who are always stopping to jot notes in a notebook. You see a notice on a board, or even something on a computer screen, so you jot it down before you forget it. I’m here to save you a lot of time with this tip. Use Evernote, and instead of jotting notes down everywhere, snap them with your phone camera. Evernote is the note-taking app extraordinaire that lives on the web and does some seriously good things with your notes. The time saver I am sharing is the best way to get those notes into the system. When you see that sign, the… -
iPhone Monitors Temperature: Might Save Overheating, Won’t Help Global Warming
2 Jul 2009 | 9:45 amEarlier in the week, we mentioned reports of Palm Pre hardware issues, but now it seems to be Apple’s turn to take some heat. Gearlog points out an Apple Knowledge Base article that covers the normal operating temperature of the iPhone 3G and 3GS. It’s basically a common-sense approach: Use the device in temps between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, don’t store it in any extreme climates, etc. Although there was a recent picture of a white iPhone 3GS exhibiting what looked to be burned plastic on the back casing, I haven’t had any issues with my unit. I have the…
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MuniWireless
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Broadband stimulus grant guidelines released
2 Jul 2009 | 9:37 amThe NTIA and RUS have released the guidelines they will be using to evaluate grant applications. I have not read the entire 121-page document, but I will do so and post my analysis here. I am also writing a How to Get a Grant guide over the next week. The agencies are taking applications starting 14 July 2009. So get those pencils ready! Download the 121-page document from the Broadbandusa website. Note to vendors, consultants and systems integrators: if you want to advertise and be included in the Vendor directory of the How to Get a Grant Guide (and in the online vendor directory), email… -
European roaming charges reduced as of 1 July 2009
1 Jul 2009 | 9:26 amEuropeans going on holiday this summer will get a very pleasant surprise: lower roaming charges. Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner, is happy to announce that that roaming rip-off is now coming to an end. Beginning 1 July 2009, the new roaming charges are: €0.11 for sending a text message; up to €0.39 for making a call; up to €0.15 for receiving a call from another country. To prevent “bill shocks”, once a customer’s bill reaches 50 EUR, the customer will be warned via SMS if he wants to exceed the cap. From now on, people will be warned before they incur… -
Novarum tests 3G in 13 US cities: AT&T has fastest upload speed
30 Jun 2009 | 10:17 pmNovarum tested major 3G services in 13 American cities, including New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, for PC World. The test results reveal that “Verizon’s service showed a combination of speed and reliability, Sprint’s results lent credence to its ‘most dependable’ claim, and AT&T’s network showed fast upload speeds in most cities.” Surprisingly, the number of bars on your phone do not indicate the quality of the connection. Read the PC World article, A Day in the Life of 3G. *Attention vendors and consultants! Get included in the Muniwireless… -
Comcast ready to resell Clearwire’s WiMAX
29 Jun 2009 | 4:25 pmIn news announcements today cable giant Comcast announced that it would start reselling Clearwire’s WiMax services, a business move they promised earlier this year. From the press release, the main pricing plan for the service (which they are calling Comcast High-Speed 2go™) is a combo of wired cable broadband and local Clearwire WiMax for $49.99, or cable plus a hybrid 3G/4G card for $69.99: The $49.99 Fast Pack Metro service includes Comcast’s 12 Mbps home Internet service, a free WiFi router for mobility and extended coverage in the home, and 4G service that will provide up to 4… -
Massachusetts issues RFP seeking consultants for broadband deployment
29 Jun 2009 | 9:31 amThe Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Consulting Services for Initial Engagement with Private Sector Participants (No.2009- MBI-01) on behalf of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. They are seeking consulting firms that can provide services “on the development and operation of broadband infrastructure, writing requests for proposals, outreach and evaluation of industry partners and creating business plans and pricing models.” Download the RFP from the Masstech website. Responses are due by 15:00 on 8 July 2009. They will select…
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Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless
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Arbitrary "content control" from Vodafone
29 Jun 2009 | 6:38 amI've just experienced an object lesson in why it's difficult to get any form of web/Internet application and content filtering "right".I'm sitting in a cafe using the MiFi device I got a couple of weeks ago, which still has a Vodafone HSPA SIM in it. I'm currently writing up some profiles of various voice and messaging providers for a forthcoming report.But when I try to get onto some service/software vendors' website, I get redirected to Voda's overzealous "Content Control" page. Now I'm sorry, but no matter how much you might not like "over the top" VoIP services or their ability to offer… -
3G backhauled femtos.....
26 Jun 2009 | 7:40 amThere seems to be a common assumption among mobile broadband operators that when they put bandwidth caps on their offerings, most users will still only exploit a fraction of their allowance.This is probably just as well, as there are strong signs that the underlying per-GB cost of many HSPA networks stacks up rather poorly against the revenues per-GB if customers do actually use all their allocation. In the UK, 3 is giving away 15GB per month for £15, for example.At that price, I'm wondering if there's a risk that operators start attracting the "wrong" sort of customers.... for example other… -
I love the smell of phones in the morning....
26 Jun 2009 | 5:02 amForget about data plans, IM, mobile TV, LTE, two-sided markets, widgets, advertising, ringtones or payments, I've discovered the company with the best way to enhance ARPU and derive more customer loyalty.OK OK, it's Friday afternoon, but I couldn't pass a chance to make a reference to this company. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next stage of mobile handset personalisation: smell.I'd certainly pay £10 to make my phone smell of Wild Cherries. And I'm sure the crowds at Wimbledon will want their handsets redolent of strawberries and cream. Not so sure about "subtle" or "teen spirit"… -
NFC in all phones next year? Dream on....
25 Jun 2009 | 3:02 amThere's a quote from an Ericsson representative about NFC and RFID-enabled handsets reported here.Apparently, "A year from now basically every new phone that's sold will have NFC. It's a two-way, bi-directional RFID communication link that makes this device work as a tag or as a reader." [I wasn't there, so I'm assuming the quote is correct]If someone from Ericsson would like to take a spreadbet with me about NFC uptake in 2010, I'm a seller. I'd like to think I'm a fair man, so I won't hold them to the letter of "basically every" - how about merely about half? What about we say 0.00001p per… -
Femtocell applications - APIs and platform choice
24 Jun 2009 | 12:12 amYesterday the Femto Forum announced its Services Initiative to help drive both adoption and consistency for femto-based applications.In general, femto use cases can be categorised in three ways:Basic improved indoor coverage (as seen in yesterday's Vodafone announcement)Data traffic offload from the macro network, either indoor or in hotspots"Cool new stuff"Apps are in the "new stuff" category - things like triggering reminders or messages, or performing other actions when a user gets home and registers onto their femto. Or perhaps exploiting the differential speed or price of connection on…
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Mobile Opportunity
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Two videos for mobile app developers
23 Jun 2009 | 11:50 pmJust a quick note to let you know about a couple of informational resources for mobile developers.--Motorola is starting the online publicity for its upcoming Android-based smartphones. They did a brief interview with me, asking how mobile app developers can distribute their software (link).--Elia Freedman of Infinity Softworks did a great presentation on his experiences selling through the iPhone App Store, and the lessons he has learned. It’s well worth watching the video here.It's best to watch both of these, and think about them, before you develop your mobile app.Copyright 2009 Michael… -
Symbian: Evolving toward open
8 Jun 2009 | 12:05 amIt's fascinating to watch the evolution as Symbian remakes itself from a traditional OS company into an open-source foundation. They've made enormous organizational changes (most of the management team is new), but the biggest change of all seems to be in mindset. A nonprofit foundation has a very different set of motivations and priorities than an OS corporation does. I get the feeling that the Symbian folks are still figuring out what that means. It's an interesting case study, but also a good example for companies looking to work with open source.Symbian recently held a dinner with… -
A quick history of software platforms: How we got here, and where we're going
10 May 2009 | 11:49 pmIntuit and Stanford recently asked me to give talks on computer platforms and what makes them successful. (By platforms I mean software with APIs that third party developers can write apps on top of; Windows and Macintosh are both platforms, as is Java.) Platforms are a hot topic in Silicon Valley these days. The success of the iPhone app store in mobile, and Facebook on the web, have forcefully reminded people that you can grow a tech business more quickly if you get third party developers to help you. Almost every tech company I work with is trying to expose some sort of API or platform… -
Microsoft: What could have been
27 Apr 2009 | 8:57 pmLarry King LiveAired May 1, 2009 - 9:00 p.m. EDTTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.KING: Tonight, people are calling it the most important business transformation in a generation. Bill Gates, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Microsoft joins us live. Bill, Microsoft just announced its quarterly earnings, and for the first time your revenue from personal computers actually dropped.GATES: The economy is very tough, and that's affecting computer sales, just like everything else.KING: But Microsoft's revenue and profits continued to increase,… -
The lesson from OQO
27 Apr 2009 | 8:38 pmA lot of people online are lamenting the business troubles of the OQO mini-computer. Wired's commentary is pretty typical: "When OQO’s excited developers showed me a prototype behind closed doors seven years ago, it was clear that the company was ahead of its time. Now, its time appears to be up." (Link)Baloney. OQO's time never arrived in the first place. I'm always sad to see any startup run into trouble; especially a device company, because they're so rare. OQO did some beautiful things technologically. But in my opinion, they never had a chance as a business. There just wasn't a…
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MobileViews Blog
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Podcast 30: iFixit iPhone 3G S Tear Down Discussion with Luke Soules
23 Jun 2009 | 8:33 pmPowered by Podbean.com iFixit’s Kyle Wiens flew to London to be one of the first people in the world to buy an iPhone 3G S and then take it apart. iFixit co-founder Luke Soules and I discussed what Kyle found. You can find a step-by-step description with photos of the tear down process here: iFixit iPhone 3G [...] -
Mini-Podcast 10: iPhone OS 3.0 Update
17 Jun 2009 | 10:37 pmPowered by Podbean.com I updated my iPhone 3G to iPhone OS 3.0 and decided to try out the new Voice Memos app to record a mini-podcast. I apologize for the exceptionally poor sound quality. I didn’t realize that it would be so poor. I have a number of other rude OS 3.0 shocks that I discovered [...] -
Podcast 29: Sony Ericsson Unlocked Phones
10 Jun 2009 | 1:21 amPowered by Podbean.com Sony Ericsson has a number of powerful smartphones like the Xperia X1 and W995a Walkman phone. However, we rarely see them in the U.S. because they are not sold through any of the large GSM wireless carriers (AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile USA). I spoke with Sony Electronics’ Product Manager for Unlocked Phone in [...] -
Podcast 28: iFixit.com Gadget Teardowns - CEO Kyle Wiens
8 Jun 2009 | 10:04 pmPowered by Podbean.com iFixit.com is famous for its detailed photography and text descriptions of gadget tear downs (mostly Apple products). They were the group, for example, that discovered the 2nd generation iPod had an unused Bluetooth radio in it. They took apart the Palm Pre and its TouchStone induction charger this past weekend. I spoke with [...] -
T-Mobile WiFi Hotspots in Borders Seattle’s Best Coffee Area
8 Jun 2009 | 1:21 amI could find the T-Mobile Hotspot login in the AT&T hotspot splash page in Starbucks the last time I dropped by one with my netbook. However, I noticed that the Seattle’s Best Coffee (owned by Starbucks) shop area in the local Borders Book Store had an actual T-Mobile Hotspot instead of the grandfathered (for another [...]
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Mobile Marketing Watch
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Visa Teams with Monitise for Ambitious Alliance
2 Jul 2009 | 9:06 amIt seems like a match made in mobile heaven. Monitise has announced a “global strategic alliance agreement” with Visa International Service Association, a subsidiary of Visa Inc. The reported five-year agreement combines “Visa’s unmatched reach, payments expertise and trusted brand with the Monitise Mobile Money platform and toolkit.” Basically, Monitise will be an enormously helpful vehicle for Visa’s already teeming offering of mobile services (including payments, transaction alerts and special offers) by providing support and even greater reach to the… -
Verizon Wireless Offers Patriotic Jukeboxes
1 Jul 2009 | 9:26 amJust in time for the benchmark holiday of summer, Independence Day, Verizon Wireless is getting patriotic. And we can join in the fun thanks to their patriotic ringtone and ringback jukebox. Verizon Wireless unveiled the two new ringback jukebox bundles this week, which will be available through the operator’s VZW Tones Deluxe service. Customers can now choose from hundreds of patriotic, customizable tracks to prepare for whomever may ring for the Fourth of July: · “American Pie,” by Don McLean · “R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.,” by John Mellencamp · “Born In… -
MMA Releases New US Consumer Best Practices, V4.0
1 Jul 2009 | 8:13 amThe Mobile Marketing Association has released the latest version of its “U.S Consumer Best Practices Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services. More simply, its the latest iteration of guidelines in terms of cross-carrier mobile content services such as SMS, MMS, shortcode services, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and the mobile Web. Dubbed version 4.0, the new guidelines represent the first time the individual mobile marketing guidelines and codes of conduct, known as “carrier playbooks,” of the four largest U.S. wireless service providers: Verizon Wireless,… -
“MMS Lite” Debuts As SMS/MMS Hybrid Solution
30 Jun 2009 | 1:01 pmA mobile services company dubbed Grapevine Interactive has developed what they’re calling MMS Lite, a hybrid SMS/MMS solution that aims to fill the niche between simple text-based SMS and more complex and expensive MMS. Created for mobile marketers, Grapevine Interactive CTO Cliff Court states: “Mobile marketers, in particular, have been asking for a product offering more than text-only SMS but with less of the complexity and high cost of MMS.” To answer that need, Grapvine’s “MMS Lite” solution combines a notification message with a larger rich… -
New White Paper Explains All About Short Codes
30 Jun 2009 | 11:19 ammobileStorm Inc., the company that provides email, SMS, and other messaging solutions, has put out a new white paper that explains all the ins and outs of short codes. You know, those numbers to which you text a keyword if you want information about a brand, or to vote for your favorite TV show contestant. Called “The Ultimate Guide To Common Short Codes,” the mobileStorm white paper explains why this type of marketing is so important, countering skepticism against mobile marketing that still persists. Basically, if you want to stay relevant, you need to implement text message…
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The Register - Networks: Mobile
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AT&T's iPhone 'iLaunch' sets record
'Best-ever sales day' An internal AT&T memo leaked to MacDailyNews crows that "iLaunch day 2009" - yes, you read that correctly, "iLaunch" - set multiple Big Phone sales records.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing -
CPW and Vodafone finally make up
Operator discovers who's wearing the trousers Customers wanting a Vodafone contract will be able to get one at Carphone Warehouse from 7 July, signalling the end of a two-an-a-half-year experiment to see how much power network operators actually had.… The power of collaboration within unified communications -
China not demolishing Green Dam
Censorware not going anywhere after all China's controversial mandatory censorware has only been delayed rather than abandoned, according to state media.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work -
Apple grapples with wave of filth
Underage smut on the iPhone? Surely not Apple has again been caught out by an app that delivers content from outside Cupertino's control - this time it's naked pics of girls puportedly as young as 15 using a social networking application.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work -
Bidding war breaks out for T-Mobile UK
Telefonica joins Vodafone Assorted mobile operators are lining up to bid for T-Mobile's UK business - or at least have a good look at its books.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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HungryMobile Blog by Jan Rezab
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Mobile browsers - Where are they?
23 Jun 2009 | 11:33 pmI have been wanting to write this article for quite some time, but I have waited since I got my hands on the Nokia N97 and got more acquainted with it, to be able to make an educated article about mobile browsers. Everyone is talking about surfing the mobile web, about user experiences, etc. - [...] -
Seriously, can manufacturers handle AppStores?
12 Jun 2009 | 1:20 amSo seriously, can manufacturers handle their AppStores? Lets look at the situation right now at the three main AppStores: Nokia OVI Store, Apple AppStore, and Android Market. OVI and AppStore are pre-moderation stores, where it takes some time before your company gets approved, and it also takes some time before your application gets approved. But very [...] -
The Google Latitude - really useless software
3 Jun 2009 | 11:58 pmI was so excited when I first saw Google Latitude, that words cannot describe the feeling fully. I was thought, finally, when I am picking up a call from someone, I can find him easily. I was thinking this would be the end to those horrible phone calls that you spend trying to navigate a person, who doesn’t even [...] -
What if… Google bought Nokia
25 May 2009 | 11:00 pmWhat if Google bought Nokia? Thats the question that I asked myself in the hypothetical “WHAT IF” series on Blog HungryMobile. The two largest companies - one in the internet space, and one in the mobile space. Nokia deploys more mobile phones than some candy companies release new candy bars. Nokia releases more diversified phones than [...] -
Mobile Services - Let the fun begin!
12 May 2009 | 2:28 amiPhone AppStore, Android Market, Nokia Ovi, and thousands of AppStores from third parties are being opened worldwide. That is the no-limit entertainment, that is going to go mass-market in the following 2 years. Mobile applications and services on mobile web are slowly becoming a dominant feature of these platforms, and soon will become a standard [...]
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Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect
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Upcoming Attractions
1 Jul 2009 | 1:40 pmA thriplet of speaking engagement that should enthrall and excite in equal measure: Pattern Recognition 19th July, Shanghai. On the challenges of exploring patterns in human behaviour, culture, society and technology and the art of pulling something of value out of where they all collide. Interested? Follow @janchip for the venue announcement. Very limited seating. Designing for Illiteracy at the Mobile Money Transfer Conference in Dubai. October 26/27th. An update to this original essay and presentation based on the rampant spread/adoption of mobile technologies around the world. Will also… -
Tehran Grf
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Adoption, Rights
28 Jun 2009 | 5:17 pmOne of a row of trees put up for 'adoption' by a local Brentwood school. Beyond the responsibility of contributing to the tree's maintenance what other rights might be afforded by a relationship with the tree? In the same way that JCDecaux funds public bus shelters and barriers in return for advertising space is a tree a platform? For what? -
Objects and Distant Voices
28 Jun 2009 | 5:15 pmUrban infrastructure common to Los Angeles - an apartment buzzer that connects the caller to the resident's phone. Or not - in apartment blocks with a high turn over residents, and increasingly apartments without a fixed line phone the buzzer connects to a mystery phone. The act of pressing a button, speaking to a remote person is part of our urban literacy. Related buzzers from Ho Chi Minh City and London here.
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How to make money in the itunes app store
15 Jun 2009 | 7:54 pmContributor Tim Tang from MaRS has been digging around the apple iTunes store data looking for tips to pass on to aspiring app developers. Tim writes to Wirelessnorth: The Apple App Store. What should developers know about it? How competitive is the landscape? How should developers price their app? Conversion rate from free app to paid app? In the past 8 months, I have crawled iTunes, Mobclix, 148Apps, comScore, Techcrunch, and many developer sites. The average price across the store is USD $2.47. The conversion rate from fee app to paid app is typically 0.25%-2%, and one should not consider… -
A busy busy week in mobile
8 Jun 2009 | 11:16 amThere’s a lot going on this week in the world of mobile. #Canada 3.0 Conference is on right now and tomorrow, and already is featuring a big emphasis on mobile, and did we hear someone said Canada needs an ICT strategy? WirelessNorth.ca will be at 3.0 tomorrow taking about augmented reality, teh future, and how mobile will reshape business and the public/private sectors. But you don’t have to wait for that, already the twitter stream for #can30 is fantastic, you might tune-in and add a few new followers here. #Tonight is mobile monday in Toronto at MaRS, there are a couple seats… -
Sara Diamond’s call for mobile innovation in Canada
5 May 2009 | 12:01 pmIn the world of “mobile ubiquity,” Canada lags behind. Mobile and wireless devices have changed our world, and as they lead the next revolution - beyond 3G and into the super-speeds of 4G networks - network access will be everywhere. But with the exception of Research In Motion, the Vigo IP Platform, QuickPlay, Marble Media, and a host of bright young micro companies, we don’t get it. Our internal market has been too small to propel a profitable local industry, data rates have been too expensive, appetite for risk and access to Canadian carriers too limited. Canadian… -
If it’s monday, this must be mobile
30 Apr 2009 | 5:07 amThis being the first Monday of the month, a few mobile monday events are happening. Out west: MoMoVan May 4th - Focus on Mobile Health The next Mobile Monday Vancouver (MoMoVan) will take place on May 4th at the Granville Island Brewery (6-8pm). We are going to focus on Mobile Health and will be bringing in speakers and panelists to tell you about what is going on in the space locally and what the implications are for healthcare. Stay tuned. Details coming next week. psst: if there’s anyone interested in covering the event in Vancouver for WirelessNorth.ca let us know. Meanwhile in… -
3 bidders for new Canadian Air-Ground spectrum auction
27 Apr 2009 | 7:38 pmThe surprise? Bell is not among them. The following 3 bidders have put up a million bucks in deposit to bid on the “849-851 MHz and 894-896 MHz for Air-Ground Services” MTS Allstream Inc. Sky Surf Canada Communications Inc. Wair Inc. This is a relatively narrow bit of spectrum but enough, in theory, to pump up some broadband wireless from the ground to the air. As in internet on Air Canada (and maybe westjet, porter etc.). A couple airlines offer the service in the US already (Delta, Virgin and soon Air Canada too actually). Bear in mind it’s not quite as easy to do the same…
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Palm Pre Gets Some Security Fixes with webOS 1.0.4
2 Jul 2009 | 9:35 amPalm has released an update for the Palm Pre's operating system that takes care of some security problems. -
Most Popular Smartphones of June
1 Jul 2009 | 11:54 amEach month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks. -
BlackBerry Tour Worldphone Will Debut on Sprint and Verizon in Two Weeks
1 Jul 2009 | 10:53 amBoth Verizon and Sprint have revealed their release dates for the BlackBerry Tour, and it's probably not an accident that they are the same day. -
iPhone OS 3.1 Released to Developers
30 Jun 2009 | 7:11 pmApple has just released a beta of iPhone OS 3.1 to developers. UPDATE: Details of what is included in this new version have started to emerge. -
Mozilla Releases New Firefox Mobile Alpha and Beta
29 Jun 2009 | 8:00 amThe Mozilla team has released two new versions of Fennec, its mobile Firefox web browser; Beta 2 for Maemo Linux devices, and Alpha 2 for Windows Mobile.
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Palm Reorganizes Marketing Execs
1 Jul 2009 | 4:29 pmPalm has filled a new 8-K statement with the SEC today. The statement details a change in Palm's marketing executives including the "termination" of the senior VP or Product Marketing, Brodie Keast and the announcement of his replacement. According to the filling, Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has reorganized the company's marketing organization to bring more focus to both product marketing and corporate branding, creating two new executive marketing roles that will report directly to him. Kathleen C. Mitic has accepted the product marketing role and, on Monday, June 29, 2009, joined Palm as its… -
Virtual Piano for Palm OS Updated
1 Jul 2009 | 3:02 pmThuliumware has updated its Virtual Piano software for Palm OS devices. Virtual Piano was designed as a music companion and features a full 72 key layout. It has a very authentic piano sound with digital samples from a Steinway Grand Piano in a real concert hall. The software allows you to jam on the go, record compositions and can capture and playback songs as well. Virtual Piano v1.70 is available now for Palm OS devices running 5.2 and higher. It sells for $9.95 and comes with a free trial period. It can also run on the Palm Pre via Classic. You can catch a video demo of it in action after… -
Resco Explorer Lite Released for Palm OS
1 Jul 2009 | 2:44 pmResco Software has released a new "lite" version of its Explorer application. This Lite version includes the most popular features from its Explorer 2009 application and is optimized to run on the Palm Pre via Classic as well. The toolset includes a file manager, zipper, image and text file viewer, launcher, backup tool, ftp and network explorer in one product. Resco Explorer Lite for Palm OS v5.03.1 is available now for $9.95. A free trial period is included and customers can take 20% off via the "CLASSIC" discount code through July 4th. -
Palm Making a European Announcement Soon?
1 Jul 2009 | 1:01 pmRumor: A couple of new reports from the other side of the Atlantic seen to indicate that Palm may be getting ready to make some kind of announcement next week. The UK newspaper, the Guardian, is reporting that Palm will confirm that it has signed a deal with O2 to sell the Palm Pre smartphone in the UK. Brit gadget site T3 separately claims the official word could come as soon as next week as well. This is the latest report to confirm earlier rumors from March and May that indicated that Telefónica and its brands O2 and Movistar would exclusively offer the Pre in Europe. -
PlayStation, MAME Emulators Debut on Hacked Pre's
1 Jul 2009 | 12:35 pmTwo new emulators have debuted on hacked Palm Pre's. Homebrew programmer ZodTTD has successfully ported over a version of his Sony PlayStation emulator. This early version is more of a proof of concept at this point, as it requires a rooted Pre and a technical install process. The author says it runs well, even bettering a iPhone 3GS in performance. The keyboard is supported at this point, though it currently lacks sound and screen scaling. Another developer has released a MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) emulator as well. This app emulates thousands of classic arcade games and more.
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Microsoft in the Pink…Redux
2 Jul 2009 | 10:34 amRumors are flying yet again about an upcoming Microsoft project codenamed Pink. MS has now hired an ad agency for the project (McCann Erikson) who just happens to be the same ones that do the Zune campaigns. Seemingly on the strength of that connection alone the old Zune Phone rumors have started up again (Pink + Zune ads = Zune Phone? Yeah right.), even though half of Microsoft and Steve Ballmer himself have sworn upside down and backwards that Microsoft is not getting into the handset business. Of course, there are many indications that a handset of some kind is still in Microsoft’s… -
Archos 9 soon in USA
2 Jul 2009 | 6:39 amWe may see the Archos 9 TabletPC in this Christmas list of many of us. According to a Press Release, it will be sold in USA this fall. The ARCHOS 9 features the new Z515 Intel® processor, Microsoft Windows 7® Operating system and an integrated multimedia platform that uses WiFi 802.11b/g connection and Bluetooth 2.1 for extremely fast computing anywhere, anytime. This small Tablet PC has one of the most appealing designs that I have seen later. ---Related Articles at Mobility Site:Archos AV700Archos Unveils 5th Generation Media PlayersThe… -
More September Goodness
2 Jul 2009 | 2:07 amAs Steve pointed out in a recent comment, there was a possibility that some Windows Mobile 6.5 devices could drop in September along with the Zune HD and a possible new iPod Touch…and he was right. The Austrian government carrier, A1, will be releasing the Samsung Omnia 2 at the end of September, featuring a beautiful WVGA AMOLED touchscreen…with WinMo 6.5 baked right in. As far as anyone knows now, this will be the first released device to run Windows Mobile 6.5. No word yet if other European carriers will follow suit. For German speakers, HERE is the press release. (Source: WMPowerUser)… -
Got gdgt?
1 Jul 2009 | 11:56 pmWhen Peter Rojas and Ryan Block left Engadget and Gizmodo a few months back, they said they were going to be collaborating on a new and exciting venture. That venture just went live and is called gdgt, a social networking site devoted to technogeeks and chipheads who are WAY too emotionally involved with their hi-tech toys and love to bore their friends by talking and sharing information about them…you know, for people like US. Here is a little of what Ryan says about gdgt… While the core concepts that drive the site — gadgets and community — will always stay the same, what… -
SkyFire Software Update
1 Jul 2009 | 7:24 pmA small upgrade has been made by the SkyFire team to their 1.0 release of the mobile browser this week. The most significant improvement of the browser, now at version 1.0.0.12113 for Windows Mobile touch and non-touch handsets with a newer version for our Symbian kindred, is a reduced memory footprint. For those of us with handsets that are showing their age via lack of capacity, the SkyFire team has streamlined their browser to eliminate those pesky low memory errors. I’m also ecstatic over reconnections being more reliable! Even after browser runs in the background for a while, the…
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Viliv S5 with 3G Special Event at Dynamism
2 Jul 2009 | 4:36 pmThe Viliv UMPCs still attract a lot of attention (Xavier is loving using it with Dragon Naturally Speaking) and the good folks at Dynamism have been one of the key reasons why with their special ordering events and packages. For those who have been waiting to pick up the Viilv S5 with Integrated 3G and also an SSD, this next event might be your chance. Here’s a quote from Dynamism’s site: The Viliv S5 special offer is back for one quick encore, but this time, it’s better because the latest Viliv S5 is better than ever. + Now with integrated solid state drive + Now with… -
Testing iblogger for the iPhone
2 Jul 2009 | 1:39 pmNothing really to see here as I’m testing the iblogger app for the iPhone. Too bad it doesn’t take advantage of 3.0′ s landscape text entry mode. Mobile Blogging from here. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone] -
MID + Dragon NaturallySpeaking= Great Mobile Writing Experience
2 Jul 2009 | 11:46 amI’ve been very pleased with my Viliv S5 so far, but it can be difficult to write anything of length with its on-screen keyboard. I installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 to see if the MID was powerful enough to turn my speech into text. I was very impressed with the results and shot this video after just a few minutes of training. I’m starting to do more and more computing with my voice. I’ve also installed Dragon on my 2730p and MacSpeech on my MacBook Pro. I just started using voice commands with my iPhone 3GS to dial numbers and play songs. I also talk a lot to my car to… -
7% Off Everything at AllTP.com
2 Jul 2009 | 10:58 amIs a Tablet PC in your future? Then you need to head over to Allegiance Technology Partners where they are having a 7% off EVERYTHING for the next seven days. Here is a bit of info from John Hill, the owner of Allegiance Technology Partners: Wow, seven years in business - it’s hard to believe! Of course, when I started this business on July 2nd, 2002 I was planning on being retired by now. :-) Even though I’m still working for a living, I am enjoying it just as much as I did in the beginning. The reason? Our solutions help businesses become more successful. It is fun to… -
Archos 9PC Tablet and Blurring the Line Between Device Categories
2 Jul 2009 | 10:21 amWe’ve seen this coming for quite some time. Archos, well know for their portable media players (PMP) has been slowly adding more and more features like WiFi and encroaching on the line that separates PMPs from Tablets, UMPCS, MIDs, Netbooks, etc… In fact they released a Netbook a short while ago. Now, the Archos 9PCTablet continues the line blurring by looking and apparently being capable of acting like more than just a PMP. The slate form factor has a touch screen and optical mouse, is powered by an Intel Atom Z515 chipset it looks very much like a MID or the newer UMPC models…
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Convergence still 'coming soon' for mobile web platforms
2 Jul 2009 | 4:37 amSo honestly, when I went into writing the last couple of postings about widget platforms I did not know about the webinars that had been scheduled by the folks at FierceWireless or AT&T about browsing platforms, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one trying to get my head around exactly what is and what isn't possible (and where things are headed) in the browser container and beyond. read more -
Understanding User Interface in Android - Part I
1 Jul 2009 | 7:13 amSo far in my previous few articles on Android I have focused on showing you how to get things done in Android without really spending too much time discussing the visual aspect of Android application development - User Interface design. In this article, and the next, I will walk you through the various elements that make up the UI of an Android application. In this first part of the article, I will discuss the various layouts available in Android to position the various widgets on your screen. read more -
Newsletter June 2009
30 Jun 2009 | 9:25 amWelcome to the mobiForge newsletter June 2009. This time: 1. Battle of the Superphones 2. Location, location, location 3. Widgets 4. Mobile Web development with ASP.NET 5. Augmented Reality 6. DeviceAtlas Personal coming soon read more -
User-Agent Switcher for Safari 4
30 Jun 2009 | 8:57 amThe User Agent Switcher plug-in for Firefox has been a GREAT add-on and we all love it. 1 year and 27 weeks ago Ronan write a really simple, but useful configuration file for it that is available here on mobiForge (if you use Firefox it's a MUST: User Agent Switcher config file). read more -
Mobile Web App Development with ASP.NET and HAWHAW
23 Jun 2009 | 8:24 amDevelopment of mobile applications is often highly dependent on the target platform. If plain old XHTML markup is written from scratch then it is rather easy to switch between platform and technologies. But if the development process has been accelerated and made comfortable by the use of tools and middleware, it soon becomes difficult or impossible to switch environments e.g. from a LAMP environment to ASP.NET or vice versa.read more
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Digital Marketing Blog
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New Short Code White Paper: Everything You Didn’t Even Know To Ask
29 Jun 2009 | 6:00 amBefore I started writing about messaging technology, I wasn’t sure what the phrase “short code” meant–even though I’d used them all the time as a consumer. So how can someone new to the space, even if (s)he is a seasoned vet of marketing, be expected to? That’s why I’m excited about The Ultimate Guide To Common [...] -
Hurricane Preparedness Requires SMS
22 Jun 2009 | 6:00 amJune is the start of Hurricane Season, and that means public safety officials have already begun preparing for the intense ocean-incubated storms. As the first tropical storm in the Americas for 2009 brewed last week, I got to thinking about how public safety departments can, and should, use SMS marketing technologies whenever a hurricane–or other [...] -
American Idol: Why Traditional Marketing’s ROI Is Increasingly Questionable
15 Jun 2009 | 10:56 amIt’s taken a singing competition to underscore the importance of measurable ROI. Last month I pointed out how mobile marketing really boosted the success of American Idol (whose parent company, FremantleMedia, is a mobileStorm client), much more so than traditional marketing. Specifically, I pointed to the record numbers of voters–the majority of whom had texted-in–who participated [...] -
Email and Video: The Peanut Butter Cups of Marketing (Part 2)
1 Jun 2009 | 6:00 amLast week, I explained that videos and email marketing messages go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Click-through rates for marketing emails increase two or three times with the inclusion of video! This is in part because increasingly larger numbers of consumers (we’re talking trillions!) want to spend time watching online video, and also because it’s [...] -
Email and Video: The Peanut Butter Cups of Marketing (Part 1)
28 May 2009 | 6:00 ammobileStorm’s six messaging types for marketers are all conducive to our stance that multi-channel campaigns are best. We’ve also long suggested that marketers be multi-channel within a single message–for example, by including video in an email marketing message, which engages the recipient and also makes the message viral. We’re so forward-thinking that it’s only been recently [...]
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The Mobile Gadgeteer
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Sony admits to PSP Go early adopter premium, are you really surprised?
26 Jun 2009 | 8:58 amThe PSP Go will be launching on 1 October for $249 and according to a Joystiq article posting a quote from a Sony executive Sony is associating a premium cost for new adopters. It is not a new practice to charge a premium for new products, just look at Apple's $200 price drop after just two months, but this is one of the first times I have heard of a company actually admitting there is a premium for early adopters. -
Review: Skooba Checkthrough Brief helps speed you through airport security
23 Jun 2009 | 1:16 amI've spent quite a bit of time traveling the last few years and consider myself a pretty experienced traveler. That said, I like to try to minimize the hassle of flying as much as possible and the TSA rules that allow you to speed up by passing through the x-ray machines without taking your laptop out of the bag is one area that is easy to take advantage of. I previously tried a couple other checkpoint friendly bags and was pleased when one of my favorite laptop manufacturers, Skooba, announced their Checkthrough Brief. Skooba makes some very high quality and durable carrying cases and the… -
Kindle DX earns high ratings from reviewers
16 Jun 2009 | 7:35 amAs I have mentioned before I visit Lisa Gade's Mobile Tech Review site before I buy any product I haven't personally tested out myself because she provides some of the best insight and thorough coverage of mobile products on the Internet. Lisa posted her full Amazon Kindle DX review and ended up awarding the device 4-1/2 out of 5 stars. -
Viliv X70 ultra portable PC available soon for $599
9 Jun 2009 | 1:50 amFellow MoTR podcast host James Kendrick has been playing with the new Viliv X70EX ultra portable computer that looks quite attractive and portable. I just read on jkOnTheRun that the ViliV X70EX will be available for $599 over at Dynamism. -
PSP Go coming with Bluetooth and slide-up display
3 Jun 2009 | 8:30 amI own an original Sony PSP and enjoy playing it from time-to-time. With this PSP and the Nintendo DSi (see my review) I really have no desire to upgrade since I just don't spend enough time with games. The Boy Genius Report has some information and photos of the Sony PSP Go that will be launching this Fall. This PSP looks quite large with a slide-up display and plethora of controls on the lower half.
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What's next for the iPhone?
2 Jul 2009 | 8:25 amAlthough the latest incarnation of the iPhone launched less than two weeks ago, it appears Apple is wasting no time in applying for patents for technology that it could add to future iPhone models. According to the website MacRumors.com, Apple is researching haptic display technologies, which would allow for tactile feedback on the iPhone's touchscreen--thereby countering a gripe against the device. Additional patents point to fingerprint identification technology and RFID tag readers in touchscreens. Article -
Broadband stimulus guidelines call for net neutrality
2 Jul 2009 | 8:18 amThe Obama administration released grant guidelines for the government's $7.2 billion broadband stimulus package Wednesday, and the rules call for net neutrality provisions to be applied to grant winners. The stipulations may deter wireless companies wary of complying with the rules. Grant winners will have to follow the FCC's 2005 Internet Policy statement, which prohibits companies from deliberately blocking or slowing a competitor's Internet traffic. Grant winners must "not favor any lawful Internet applications and content over others," the rules state. FCC commissioner Michael Copps… -
TracFone's $45 unlimited offer to 'stun' rivals
2 Jul 2009 | 7:46 amAmerica Movil's MVNO TracFone Wireless quietly unveiled a prepaid, nationwide unlimited offering for $45 per month that includes unlimited text messaging and 30 MB of data. The service, running over Verizon Wireless' network and available at participating Wal-Mart stores, stands as another major action in the white-hot battle for limitless wireless service.The news likely will "stun industry participants," Pali Research analyst Walter Piecyk wrote in a note to investors. Shares in regional, unlimited wireless carriers Leap Wireless and MetroPCS fell on worries of increased competition. Piper… -
Nokia Siemens retreats from WiMAX as LTE beckons
2 Jul 2009 | 7:18 amNokia Siemens Networks is transferring more of its research, development and base station production efforts from WiMAX to HSPA+ and LTE, according to Unstrung. The action follows similar moves from several other major equipment suppliers, and coincides with Nokia Siemens' plans to acquire Nortel Networks' LTE assets. "We have already shifted a part of our resources away from WiMAX to HSPA+ and LTE," Marc Rouanne, head of radio access at NSN, told Unstrung. "We're looking for our suppliers and partners to deliver what we would have done ourselves in-house. A much larger part of the RF… -
July 4 holiday
2 Jul 2009 | 5:41 amFierceWireless will not be publishing on Friday, July 3, in observance of the July 4 holiday. We will be back in your inbox on Monday, July 6. Enjoy the Independence Day weekend. --Phil
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Telecom Industry News
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Alcatel-Lucent pushes bonding, energy-saving DSL
2 Jul 2009 | 7:41 amAlcatel-Lucent announced a new software release for its Intelligent Services Access Manager platform that enables VDSL2 line-bonding for improved bandwidth. The development comes at a time when telcos such as AT&T and Qwest Communications increasingly have talked about the viability of line-bonding, though the technique has not yet been broadly deployed. Meanwhile, in connection with this ISAM platform, the vendor also unveiled an ADSL modem with low-power mode that cuts power consumption and saves energy when the modem is not in use. For more:- Telephony has this… -
Genachowski's first FCC meeting today
2 Jul 2009 | 6:44 amAfter attending a broadband stimulus event yesterday with Vice President Joe Biden and others in Wattsburg, Penn., new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will lead his first official FCC meeting today in Washington, D.C. The meeting starts at 11:30 a.m. EST. The discussion is likely to focus on the agency's ongoing development of a national broadband plan, and a digital TV transition update also is on the agenda. The Pennsylvania event yesterday, at which Genachowski called for more public comment on the national plan, reportedly was attended by barely 100 people. Today's meeting, however,… -
New FairPoint chief starts as bankruptcy hovers
2 Jul 2009 | 6:19 amNew FairPoint Communications Chairman and CEO David Hauser began his tenure at the company Wednesday by attempting to discourage talk of a possible bankruptcy protection filing with optimism about the telco's chances to manage its debt through restructuring, while also rebuilding customer faith in the company. FairPoint, based in Charlotte, N.C., is hoping to postpone an upcoming bond interest payment of about $531 million, though both the company and regulatory observers have to prepare for the possibility that it won't be able to do so. A bankruptcy… -
AT&T, BT, Tata dial up first inter-carrier telepresence call
1 Jul 2009 | 8:09 pmAT&T, BT, and Tata Communications have conducted the first international, inter-carrier, inter-company multi-point telepresence call over Cisco Systems gear. The call involved telepresence systems at AT&T locations in Bedminster and Morristown, N.J., and Chicago, Ill.; a BT location in Colorado Springs, Colo.; a Cisco site in San Francisco; and Tata sites in Boston and London. There has been much talk of inter-company telepresence as being a key to greater success for such services, and this inter-carrier demonstration further broadens the utility of telepresence. -
Broadband stimulus speed threshold set low
1 Jul 2009 | 6:54 pmMore broadband stimulus program details were announced, and the good news is that applications for the first round of $4 billion will be accepted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service starting July 14. The less positive news is two-fold: Consumers might be discouraged that the government has set the minimum speeds threshold for grant-winning broadband network projects at just 768 kbps; and some service providers might be disappointed the grant-winning firms will have to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's Net…
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pocketnow.com
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T-Mobile USA: Windows Mobile May Overshadow Android
2 Jul 2009 | 1:40 pmThe latest rumor and speculation has it that the American arm of Deutsche Telecom, T-Mobile USA, will delay the launch of the Touch Pro2 Windows Phone because of fears that Windows Mobile will overshadow the carrier's other flagship device the MyTouch3G, an Android handset that will be purely touch and will bear similarities to the T-Mobile G1. Unfortunately, that pushes the early summer launch of the Touch Pro2, which we had previously reviewed, to mid-August. Eager users can either wait til August 12 or check out our review to appease their hunger for HTC's latest flagship device until… -
Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard, in Video
2 Jul 2009 | 7:10 amYes, there will be a Windows Mobile 6.5 for non-touchscreen devices, but it's going to look very similar to Windows Mobile 6.1. In fact, if you want further info of what 6.5 Standard will bring, check our Chuong's great article: What is Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard? In this video, we see a Moto Q9h running on 6.5 Standard with minor visual changes, such as those to the system font. (via wmpoweruser) Related Posts Review - How to Sync Windows Mobile with Your DVR Review - Celio Corporation REDFLY Mobile Companion Review - HTC Touch Pro Comments [1] -
T-Mobile Dash 3G Hardware Tour
2 Jul 2009 | 6:13 amThe new T-Mobile Dash 3G's hardware is very similar to the HTC Snap. It's got the same Qualcomm MSM7225 processor running at 528MHz, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, 256MB ROM, 192MB RAM, assisted GPS, WiFi b & g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, USB 2.0, 1500mAh battery, 2.0MP camera and microSD expansion. The biggest difference between the Dash 3G and the HTC Snap is the keyboard layout. The Snap had a Tab key to the left of the "A" and beneath the "Q". The Dash 3G puts the A all the way to the left, and moves the Tab key down towards the spacebar. This puts the A too far to the left in my opinion, and… -
Face Contact 2.0
1 Jul 2009 | 9:30 pmFace Contact 2.0 is a nifty application that integrates a scrolling list of contact photos directly onto the today screen of a Windows Phone. • Finger-friendly Today plugin with 3D rendering and kinetic scrolling. • Single key calling using the "Start Call" key. • Send Text and E-mail messages with a simple gesture. • Contact menu with frequently used communication methods. • Optional call confirmation screen with alternate numbers. • Contact details with street address, notes, and other information. • Full integration with Outlook Mobile. • Sort contacts by name, company, or… -
GSM Palm Pre Spotted
1 Jul 2009 | 10:03 amYou've seen our unboxing, heard our impressions of the device from a Windows Mobile perspective, and gone through some growing pains with other webOS Palm Pre customers in the States on Sprint's CDMA networks. Well, for those lusting after a GSM global world, the first Pre has been spotted in Vietnam sporting a SIM and being demoed with a Vietnamese carrier's SIM. Related Posts Review - Palm Treo Pro Verizon Wireless Samsung Omnia Spotted Review - Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 Comments [4]
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Orange In UK May Partner With Blyk To Offer An Ad-Supported Service
2 Jul 2009 | 1:36 pmFrance Telecom’s Orange in the UK may be close to signing a deal with Blyk, which would likely result in price cuts to teenagers, who would view advertising on their phones in exchange for receiving £15 ($25) in credit, reports newmediaage.com. Initially, Blyk’s plan was to sell service directly to consumers and piggy-back on Orange’s network in the UK, however, in May it said it was shelving plans to roll out MVNOs in new markets, and instead was focusing on forming partnerships with mobile carriers to resell their service. Orange would mark the first deal of its kind. -
Visa Inks $13 Million Deal With Monitise For Mobile Payments
2 Jul 2009 | 1:04 pmLondon-based Monitise, a mobile banking company, said it has signed a five-year deal with Visa worth $13 million. As part of the deal, Visa will take a 14.4 percent stake in the company and have the option of taking a seat on its board, reports the WSJ. In addition to the contract, Visa will pay ongoing license, service and development fees. Release. Monitise will be responsible for helping Visa build out a suite of mobile services, ranging from payments to money transfer, alerts and mobile marketing. The first products will be available to Visa users by early next year. While Monitise just… -
Group Sues AT&T Over Ringtones Heard In Public
2 Jul 2009 | 12:33 pmAlready ringtones are more expensive than a full-length song—and pay a higher royalty to the artist than a normal track—but the music industry is trying to make them even more profitable by arguing that someone should pay even more when the 30-second snippet plays in public. IDG News Service reports (via MacWorld) that AT&T (NYSE: T), in particular, has been sued by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, asserting that ringtones qualify “as a public performance under the Copyright Act.” The group wants mobile operators to pay royalties, not… -
BlackBerry Says The U2 Mobile Album Is Almost Here
2 Jul 2009 | 11:19 amThere’s not a ton of information so far, but BlackBerry has launched a web site that is teasing U2 fans, who own a BlackBerry, that a mobile U2 Album is “almost here,” notes Crackberry.com. In a short video, there’s some vague language set to an inspiring U2 track that says things like, “introducing the U2 Mobile Album,” “show the world what the music means to you” and “experience the tour from all angles.” Research In Motion has identified music as one ways to increase the BlackBerry’s popularity among consumers. The company… -
Stealth Mobile Analytics Startup Ground Truth Raises $2.62 Million
2 Jul 2009 | 10:49 amSecretive mobile analytics startup Ground Truth, which recently hired former Qpass president Sterling Wilson as its CEO, has raised $2.62 million in a venture round, according to a regulatory filing. The filing does not list the venture capital firms that participated in the funding, although Steamboat Ventures managing director Beau Laskey, Voyager Capital managing director Erik Benson, and Seapoint Ventures managing partner Tom Huseby are listed as directors. Huseby is also a strategic partner at Voyager Capital. Seapoint Ventures general partner Susan Sigl is also listed as an executive…
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Boy Genius Report
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Google Voice gives users the ability to change numbers
2 Jul 2009 | 3:41 pmWell it’s not incoming number portability but it’s better than nothing… While the Google Voice team continues to battle through a massive back log of customers itching for their invites, a nifty new feature popped up today for current Google Voice users. Love the service but hate your number? Well now you can change it on the Phones tab under Settings. There is a one-time fee of $10 to change your number but it’s a small price to pay. If you need help picking a new Google Voice number, there’s even a great little number picker tool that lets you type out words… -
HTC Hero passes through halls of FCC, comes out with stamp of approval
2 Jul 2009 | 2:06 pmRight now at BGR headquarters, one of the phones on our “want list” is definitely the HTC Hero — especially after checking out all that delicious HTC Sense UI goodness. After getting some of that typical Europeans-get-it-first jealousy out of the way, we were happy to hear the device is headed stateside later this year but the question remained… Which carriers would be scoring this bad boy? The government body partly responsible for making or breaking our gadget dreams, the FCC, has given the HTC Hero its stamp of approval for North America and the related filings… -
LG guns for Samsung; iPhone competitor, Prada III , Android phones and new high end brand all in the works
2 Jul 2009 | 12:39 pmLG continues to prove itself as a force to be reckoned with and following a story from the Korean Yohap News Agency, it’s plenty clear that the handset manufacturer has no intentions of slowing down any time soon. LG’s head of Mobile Ahn Seung-kwon reportedly coughed up a hell of an interview with Yohap, during the course of which several tasty morsels came to light: LG, currently holding the number three position where global cell phone market share is concerned, plans to slide into the number two spot by 2012. That’s two and a half years from now for those of you keeping… -
Sprint gets ready to rock out with its 3G femtocell out
2 Jul 2009 | 11:05 amFollowing AT&T’s recent and repeated claim that it is on schedule with a 3G femtocell solution to be released before the year is out, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has officially thrown down the gauntlet: Just like Sprint was the first with 2G, we’ll definitely be the first in the 3G space as well. We’re not talking about trials; we’re talking about full commercial service. Pow… Take that, AT&T. For those unfamiliar with the technology, a femtocell is basically a small base station that provides a bridge between… -
Sprint says no pre-orders for BlackBerry Tour
2 Jul 2009 | 9:36 amFollowing the Verizon Tour pre-order debacle and subsequent redemption, it looks like Sprint is a bit more firm in its position. Sorry Sprint folks, but it looks like you’ll have to hit up your local Sprint store or telesales on the day of release if you plan on grabbing a 9630. Twitter user @srdoherty, who is the manager of social media and interactive communications at Sprint, answered a query from a Sprint user confirming the inability to pre-order a Tour. Anyone put off by the lack of advanced ordering? As highly anticipated as the Tour is, we’re pretty sure it won’t…
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Kuneri bloggy
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Pikkoo introduces Live Screensavers for mobile and launches the first weather screensaver in partnership with Foreca
30 Jun 2009 | 1:49 amPikkoo introduces interactive Live Screensavers and partners with Foreca to bring weather-cast of 140.000 locations worldwide to mobile screensavers Oulu, Finland, 30th June 2009 – Pikkoo, an innovative Finnish startup, today introduced the ground breaking Live Screensaver concept, streaming information to mobile devices without ever pushing a button. Using Pikkoo Live Screensavers, mobile users will [...] -
Pikkoo video – Extreme MS Paint drawing with mouse
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Pikkoo wins Mobile 2.0 Europe startup competition
3 Jun 2009 | 6:19 amPikkoo wins the startup competition of MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE in ‘Play’ category to present in Barcelona among 5 hottest mobile startups of Europe representing Finland. Kudos! The MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE conference brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers [...] -
New KuneriLite release 0.9.8
1 Jun 2009 | 5:22 amWe are pleased to announce the availability of KuneriLite version 0.9.8. There are two new plug-ins for recording sound with Flash Lite and counters for missed call and new SMSs. There are also major improvements on creating SIS packages and testing. You can find the release notes here. New features Record plug-in for sound recording [...] -
Pikkoo launches public beta, offers first social community for user generated interactive mobile screensavers & wallpapers
12 May 2009 | 12:03 amPikkoo takes mobile personalization to the next level with social, user generated and interactive mobile content Oulu, Finland, 12th May 2009 – Pikkoo, an innovative Finnish startup, today launched its highly-anticipated public beta product, offering the first community for user generated mobile screensavers and wallpapers. Pikkoo enables anyone to create, download and share interactive mobile [...]
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Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility
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MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition
27 Jun 2009 | 2:34 pmMatt just posted that the MobileBeat 2009 Startup Competition has extended their deadline for submissions to July 1st. I caught up with Matthaus out at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona to chat about some of the stuff they have planned for the event. For instance they have Michael Abbott from Palm speaking. Although I’ve seen a bunch of Palm folks out at events these days, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone from their crew speaking since the Pre release. And there’ll be a bunch of folks from the funding side too : Redpoint, Qualcomm Ventures, Blackberry Partners, Kleiner… -
Not Sure I Buy the Android Fragmentation Argument
3 Jun 2009 | 9:38 amThere seems to be a lot of “take it for granted” style discussion around the possibility of Android fragmentation. Without strong top down control of the platform, folks seem to think that we’re going to end up with hundreds of versions of Android, all slightly different. This was the nightmare that mobile Java became. There were large engineering teams dedicated to and specialized in taking your write-once-run-anywhere app and actually getting it to work on the volume of handsets you wanted to hit. It’s true that technically anyone who wants to build a slightly… -
Android 1.5 Update (Cupcake)
22 May 2009 | 10:12 amLooks like the official cupcake release is delayed a bit I was able to do a manual install of cupcake on my dev phone (Thanks Debajit for the pointers!). Top feature I was looking forward to is the onscreen keyboard. Especially somewhere like the browser, it was always a pain before to have to flip open to type something, flip closed to view, flip, flip, flip. The onscreen keyboard has been working great. Few mistyped letters here and there, but I still do that on my iPod touch as well, so I’m not faulting it that. Probably the most interesting point from converting over (I’m… -
June Silicon Valley Mobile Monday
18 May 2009 | 4:36 pmAfter being offline for a while, the Mobile Monday events in the Bay Area have spun back up. We had a fantastic event up in San Francisco in May. Now we’re going to have an event down in Palo Alto on June 1st. I like the format Kate has put together for these demo events. They’re slide presentations instead of on-device demos. But because the slide decks are merged into one and done from a single laptop it keeps things flowing. A lot fewer of the AV hiccups and no downtime while presenters swap around. Ewan was at the May event recording and interviewing for Mobile Industry… -
Please Don’t Mistake My Apathy For A Lack of Understanding
11 Apr 2009 | 7:26 pmThere’s an interesting discussion floating around that a fanatical devotion to iPhone is blinding mobile developers to larger potential markets. And I’m amazed. Really, just freaking flabbergasted, that the conversation could even be taking place. How can anyone seriously say “well, you’re ignoring all those potential millions of handsets out there running Symbian” and keep a straight face? I’ve been working, for years and years. And years and years and years and years, trying to get out to all those handsets, trying to build applications or websites that…
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Communities Dominate Brands
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From Adsense to Flirt-Words; Virtual ice cubes that melt on arrival: Flirtomatic!
2 Jul 2009 | 5:26 amWe love Flirtomatic here at this blog and have chronicled its rise and rise and rise since its launch in 2006. Flirtomatic's CEO Mark Curtis is a close friend of ours and has been remarkably generous in sharing detailed information about the service. I discussed the melting ice cubes two weeks ago at my mobile-specific blog www.7thmassmedia.com but they have again innovated and also picked up some recognition. So its time to do a bigger review of perhaps the most innovative social networking service of them all, Flirtomatic. FLIRTOMATIC IS NOT Lets start by what it is not. You might… -
(Rant) Deeply Disappointed in CNN: is now Celebrity News Network: Shame!
1 Jul 2009 | 7:31 am(Yeah, this is a rant.) I'm a news junkie. Ever since I moved from my native Finland to the USA to study at the university for my undergraduate degree, I discovered US based cable TV in 1983, and the two channels I fell in love with were CNN and MTV (in that order). Ever since, I've insisted every home I ever had, to have cable TV and both a 24h news channel and a 24h music video channel. Here in Hong Kong out of 24 hour news channels, I get CNN Headline News (US feed), CNN international, BBC World News, Sky News, CNBC, Bloomberg, Euronews, and Al Jazeera English. I even get the… -
Moto-Morons! What now? Enterprise smartphones for Asia? Madness
29 Jun 2009 | 8:43 pmMotorola is truly clueless. I blogged about what they should be doing to reverse the death-spiral that they are in (Moto lost half of its market share in just one year and made massive losses while industry grew). And I blogged about what to do about it, where the real growth opportunity is (SMS for consumers). Now we can see how smart the Moto strategists have been. Transport & Logistics News out of Australia reports that Motorola has been developing entepprise-oriented mobile computers (smartphones) for Asia-Pacific. MORONS ! The enterprise smartphone market (Palm, RIM Blackberry, Nokia… -
Interactive bus stop billboard ad, poster changes when u turn away!
29 Jun 2009 | 6:58 pmThis is very cool, and for our blog, its nice to see digital uses of media that impact such old media as print (first mass media channel out of 7) and one of its more "forgotten" parts, the outdoor billboard advertising. John Herman at Gizmodo reports of a bus stop ad in Hamburg Germany, about stopping family abuse. It uses very clever technology, so that the advertisement image changes, when you look away, and look back at the ad. When you look at it, the ad shows a couple smiling. When you look away, the man is beating up the wife. Spooky, eerie, weird, but am sure, compelling ad… -
Lets Examine Facts of Mobile Advertising? Why Wildly Varying Stats?
26 Jun 2009 | 1:54 amOur dear friend Jouko Ahvenainen of Xtract was on U Talk Marketing discussing a couple of studies in mobile advertising, and attempting to explain the discrepancies. (Jouko is co-author with our Alan Moore with their book Social Media Marketing, a must-read book for 2009)HOW MANY BILLIONS? Deloitte in its Media Predictions / TMT Trends report 2009 said that mobile advertising was worth 1.0 billion dollars in 2008 (and predicted growth to 2.0 B in 2009) Strategy Analytics reported also that 2008 mobile ad spending (by brands) was 1.0 billion in 2008 and Strategy Analytics felt that it would…
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Wi-Fi Networking News
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Firefox 3.5 Brings Geolocation to Mass Users
1 Jul 2009 | 4:59 pmFirefox 3.5 has shipped with location finding turned on: The latest release of Firefox includes by default the option to use a computer's IP address and, if available, a scan of nearby wireless networks to provide a location to Web sites that use appropriate JavaScript to request a position. Users can opt out when asked, disable location requests for a site, or disable location requests entirely. However, "ask for permission" is on by default. Firefox is using Google Location Services, which is a combination of cellular tower data that the company has assembled along with some unknown method… -
Metageek Adds 900 MHz Spectrum Analzyer
30 Jun 2009 | 3:38 pmMetageek drops down a few gigahertz with the Wi-Spy 900x: The new spectrum analyzer from Metageek, in a USB dongle form factor as with previous offerings, extracts data from the 900 MHz band, an unlicensed band used for cordless phones, baby monitors, RFID tags, ZigBee, and other mishegas. The price is $199. While WLAN use 2.4 and 5 GHz, there are still plenty of purposes for 900 MHz devices, which take advantage of the better propagation available at this frequency range. Copyright ©2009 Glenn Fleishman. All rights reserved. Please notify us if you find this content anywhere but at… -
Comcast Starts Offering Clearwire WiMax Service
29 Jun 2009 | 4:57 pmAs expected, Comcast will resell Clearwire's WiMax service: The Comcast High-Speed 2Go brand will be powered by Clearwire, starting in Portland. Comcast is focused on the mobile part, of course, since the company has its own extensive residential and business fixed broadband portfolio. Comcast has invested in Clearwire, and has previously resold Sprint Nextel service, as well. The company will offer a Metro plan and card that works only in the WiMax footprint area, and a Nationwide plan and card that offers 3G everywhere Sprint has it, and 4G within WiMax footprints. Comcast is using the… -
Not All Camera Makers Are Clueless about Wi-Fi and Eye-Fi
25 Jun 2009 | 4:30 pmI complained the other day that camera manufacturers weren't integrating support for Eye-Fi's Wi-Fi SD cards: But that's not quite right: a few camera makers have the religion. Eye-Fi is the only generic solution to moving images (and now video) from a camera to a computer or photo-sharing service via Wi-Fi. The market seems to me huge, and Eye-Fi continues to expand models, features, and distribution channels, as well as upload partners. This makes me think the market is robust, too. However, no competing product has entered the field. Eye-Fi is a startup, and you might expect another… -
Atlanta First Big Move for New Clearwire
16 Jun 2009 | 12:34 pmSure, Clearwire has Baltimore and Portland, but Atlanta eclipses those: The Clear network in Atlanta spans 1,200 sq mi and passes 3m people. Given the hideous commute and highway backups, I can see a ubiquitous network that's cheaper than and faster than 3G competitors being a windshield warrior and mobile work team must-have. Clearwire maintains that 4 to 6 Mbps downstream is typical, with an over 15 Mbps burst rate. Clearwire pairs the Atlanta announcement with a laundry list of gear customers can use to connect, which has increased considerably in the last few months. Wireless networks are…
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Wireless Watch Japan
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Samsung Jet Test Flight on Video
27 Jun 2009 | 1:37 amWireless Watch Japan spent an interesting week in Singapore at the annual CommunicAsia conference and trade show recently where we managed to shoot this demo of the latest Samsung Jet offering which made it's debut there on June 15th. Billed as 'Smarter than a Smartphone' the AMOLED display is super crisp at 480dpi and it's 800MHz processor lends power to the speedy brand name. The companies Touch Whiz UI, with drag and drop widgets, and the newly minted Dolphin browser featuring one finger zoom while enabling tabbed browsing of up to five web pages at one time were all impressive additions. -
Sharp Solar Powered Handset Tests
25 Jun 2009 | 4:15 amThe Teardown Squad over at Tech-On took the latest solar-powered handset offered by Sharp for a test drive and have filed their observations Here and Here. KDDI released the device, also available via SoftBank Mobile, in Tokyo on June 9th. The jist of their testing seems to indicate that, while it does indeed work, the time to get free juice takes somewhat longer, like 85-mins charging for 5-mins of talk, than suggested. To be fair, as with most first wave products over years, surely the performance will improve with future revisions. -
Mixi Opening API for Developers
24 Jun 2009 | 4:12 amThe dominant Japanese SNS by subscribers has been under the gun since it's recent results are off and several newcomers are sniping at their heels. The Japan Times was on-hand recently to hear CEO Kenji Kasahara speak, at a workshop organized for the Geeks on a Plane delegation, and filed this report. In essence the company has announced several upcoming initiatives including an open API for 3rd party developers to create and deploy apps and they will lift the invitation only requirement later this year. -
NTT Calls for i-Aroma Testers
22 Jun 2009 | 4:04 amNTT Communications announced they have started recruiting monitors for their planned service to "send text or audiovisual content together with formulas for creating and dispensing fragrances". We posted about this last spring, and actually had a sniff of the pilot at their R&D labs in late 2006, where we also saw the holographic projection demo during that visit at Yokoska - 4G killer app. anyone! -
QR Code Book with Twitter Feed
18 Jun 2009 | 3:59 amYou just gotta love this simple yet effective innovation. An online bookstore in Brazil launched a campaign using a new exclusive book with only QR Codes inside.. so far so cool. However, the 'never ending story' routinely pulls keywords from Twitter feeds to keep updating the content! The first edition is already sold-out and they are looking at this platform now for future concepts as well. No doubt the good folks over at Denso Wave would be thrilled to hear about this one.
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MEOW! Blog
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Friend Segmentation - a New Facebook Battle Skill
The segmentation of the Facebook 'friend space' is about to happen, friends will be chosen to play a role in influencing one's life and choices. You have about two weeks to decide how you want to be positioned. I was trying hard to understand what is behind the recent Facebook home ... -
Amazon Walled Garden Gets More Compelling
My former colleague from Macromedia, Laurent Sellier, just launched yesterday the Kindle i-Phone app. This and the new Kindle (which I got last week) show the direction where Amazon is going with their core offering in books and digital media: it is a full-fledged monetization platform for creatives of the ... -
Slow Train Coming… Nokia Releases Ovi Store
That Bob Dylan analogy seems appropriate... I recall sometime in 2003 I visited Nokia's application store for the US, run by some obscure e-commerce service provider in Eden Prairie, Illinois. One of the ten offered business productivity applications was titled 'Biblical Quotes'. In a subsequent conversation the then-head of Forum ... -
Music discovery - Pandora rocks…
Salsa, cumbia, son, vallenato, merengue, bachata,... Learning the salsa culture in the background while working and figuring out the most effective and cost-effective way to do it. As a Mac person I try out the iTunes first. Obviously it is useless - iTunes radio is the only tool for some passive ... -
Getting Ready for Slush Helsinki: Alpha Influencers in a Beta Society
That's what we Finns have become. Finns who once used to be famous for keeping the silence in six languages. Finns who when encountering an elephant in the jungle would go: 'I wonder what he thinks of me?'. This is now a hotspot for innovation. People say it is because ...
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The latest news from the mobile content industry
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Firemint showcases iPhone 3G S power
Developer manages to race 40 3D cars at one time. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events. -
New look for Develop website
The world's number one online destination for game developers gets a makeover. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events. -
Andrew Bud re-elected as MEF global chair
mBlox founder continues his glorious reign as MEF completes board election. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events. -
Flirtomatic launches Flirt-word auction service
Gives users the chance to buy 24-hour rights to 'hot', but presumably not 'minger'. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events. -
UK mobile music downloads hit 'record' in May
GfK says downloads hit 1.72 million to maintain monthly growth pattern. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.
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Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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Smartphone Palooza: 10 Hot Touchscreens Compared (PC World)
1 Jul 2009 | 7:20 pmPC World - Keeping tabs on the latest cell phone models can be a full-time job, especially given the number of cell phones announced by Apple, Palm, Nokia, and HTC (including, most recently, the BlackBerry-like T-Mobile Dash) over the past few months. But thanks to PC World, you don't have to hunt down and compare the various touchscreen smartphones yourself. -
Cisco to Expand Mobile Collaboration Features (PC World)
1 Jul 2009 | 5:50 pmPC World - Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday. -
EU Slashes Mobile-Phone Roaming Rates (NewsFactor)
1 Jul 2009 | 1:40 pmNewsFactor - The European Union has dramatically slashed the rates that wireless carriers can charge consumers roaming across the EU's member states. -
Apple iPhones Could Shut Down in Summer Heat (PC Magazine)
1 Jul 2009 | 12:56 pmPC Magazine - Whether or not anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Here's the catch: if the temperature is above 95 degrees while using your iPhone, it could shut down. -
Satellite for US cell phone service launched (AP)
1 Jul 2009 | 11:52 amAP - The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space Wednesday, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America.
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Zain Sale Rumours Boosted by UBS Appointment
In a short statement to the Kuwait Stock Exchange, Zain has confirmed that it has appointed UBS, and other consultants, to conduct a strategy review of its operations. -
Microsoft Phone Rumours Resurface
Rumours, often denied, that Microsoft could launch its own range of mobile phones have jumped back into life with the news that a media agency has been appointed to deal with "Project Pink". -
Cyprus Airways flight crew first to access rosters with mobile phones
Cyprus Airways flight crews will be the first to benefit from a new feature of SITA's Flight Ops portfolio which allows airline crew to use their own smartphones to access roster details and to improve crew morale through better communication of roster changes. -
EU Scraps Plans for an Import Duty on Smartphones
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Iran Cancels 3rd Mobile License - to Hold New Tender
The Iranian government has reportedly stripped Zain of its mobile license in the country, although there seems to be some confusion about whether the company ever had the license in the first place.
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MobileMarketingProfits.com | Build Your Business with Mobile Marketing
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Summer of Rich Media
25 Jun 2009 | 9:16 amI’m excited to announce that I will be a speaker at the Summer of Rich Media. Check out this cool video that fellow speaker Ken English created to give you a sneak peek. I don’t know about you, but it makes me want to grab a margarita and head for the beach. I’m guessing that is exactly how much fun the Summer of Rich Media event will be. If it sounds intriguing just sign up to be kept informed here in the upper left corner. -
“Holy @!*#!@ Mobile is Huge!”
17 Jun 2009 | 2:51 pmNot sure how, but I had forgotten about this comment that was made to me immediately after my talk at The System Seminar in March. Today I was reminded of it when Billye Thompson sent out this email about my call tomorrow night as a part of his Ultralist Jam Session. In this series of free calls (free to listen live or $77 to get the recordings) you can hear amazing folks like David Bullock, Shama Hyder, Gina Bell, Marc Harty, Shannon Cherry, Lou Bartone and me talk about how to build your list. Each of us has our own take and specialty around how to build your list. Of course I will be… -
Mobile Marketing Challenge
22 Apr 2009 | 9:32 amLast week in my e-zine, Mobile Marketing News Brief, I issued a mobile marketing challenge to my readers. (You can see the News Brief here and sign up to receive it here.) Today I’m reporting my results and giving you the chance to share how the challenge went for you. The Challenge: This week I’d like to issue a challenge to you. It is to participate in mobile marketing from the consumer side. If you are going to work in mobile marketing, you need to CONSUME mobile marketing. I challenge you to sign up for at least 2 text message campaigns and visit at least 2 mobile websites (from your… -
Recommended Text Message Companies
20 Feb 2009 | 1:49 pmU.S. Text Message Companies Choosing a text message company can be daunting. There are so many choices with a wide variety of services available by each vendor. Once you have eliminated any company that only offers SMTP email based texting (see why here) you can move on to choosing a provider based on the types of features a particular company offers and whether or not their service will work for what you want to do. Need help getting started with text messaging? Want to be sure you are developing a smart campaign before you hire the vendor to get it done? Check out my Mobile Marketing Launch… -
Voice Vendors
20 Feb 2009 | 1:49 pmGetting a voice campaign going can be as simple as putting “call our office from your mobile phone right now” on your advertising or as complex as setting up an abbreviated dialing code. Check this list of Voice Vendors for recommendations on companies that can help you with your campaign. PAY-PER-CALL With approximately 14 million businesses in the U.S. and less than 300,000 of these engaged in click-based online advertising, it is clear that the “one size fits all” approach to online advertising doesn’t work—especially when it comes to local merchants and service…
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Mobile Games & Gaming Blog
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Pre Heads to Holland
2 Jul 2009 | 12:14 pmIt seems KPN has secured Palm Pre distribution for The Netherlands. A weblog called MobileCowboys found out that the device is listed as supported on one of their MVNO labels. The label in question... -
Fishlabs Lands Barclaycard Deal
2 Jul 2009 | 7:46 amFollowing their Volkswagen advertgame, Fishlabs has landed yet another advertgaming contract. This time the developer will create a mobile game for the famous Barclaycard. The game will put the... -
Nickelodeon in iPhone Publishing
2 Jul 2009 | 7:39 amNickelodeon has made two important announcements over the past few days. It announced that it will port it's popular flash games from AddictingGames.com to iPhone and that it will be open for... -
Minick UK Fully Integrated into Net-M
2 Jul 2009 | 7:18 amThough Swisscom acquired 100% of Minick back in December 2006, it seems like Swisscom has sold Minick's UK office on to competitor Net-M. When Swisscom announced the acquisition back in 2006, the... -
Cuttlefish, Another Engine Coming Along
2 Jul 2009 | 7:00 amThis morning we received a tip about something called 'The Cuttlefish Engine'. Cute as it sounds, it is actually a full engine that allows developers to instantly release their games on iPhone,...
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Mobile Industry Review
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Nokia’s Ovi let’s the market decide. The market says, ‘no’ (and how to fix it)
2 Jul 2009 | 7:24 amLast month I published this post: Nokia Ovi Store launch blows the doors off the mobile industry. Quite a lot of people contacted me to ask if I was feeling ok. Normally I’m a bit of a Nokia-kicker, as apposed to a Nokia cheerleader. I kick because I care. I’ve had a trial Nokia N97 for the past week now and I’ve been using it as my primary device. I am pretty much delighted with it. (Read my thoughts here). For a serious Nokia fan, or a serious mobile genius, the N97 works — and it works very well. The first mobile device to have the Ovi Store pre-loaded is, of… -
o2 gets the Palm Pre exclusively in the UK
2 Jul 2009 | 4:22 amRupert over at The Telegraph has the details. Very, very interesting. I’ll post some thoughts on this shortly.Random Posts Flirtomatic launches on iPhone, validates iPhone consumer modelJune 9, 2008 Safecell in-flight technology patentedSeptember 7, 2007 Dialogue MD, Paul Griffiths, died on SundayJuly 12, 2007 Sun hack spends 10 minutes trying to open the LG ShineMarch 8, 2007 Telephone Booth Canada bans salesmen from using Nokia N95sJanuary 30, 2008 -
Vodafone and Carphone are friends again
2 Jul 2009 | 3:55 amIf you remember, back October 2006, Vodafone decided to go-it-alone with the UK’s second largest mobile phone retailer, Phones4U. The removed the UK’s largest chain, Carphone Warehouse, from the roster and gave Phones4U exclusivity. So if you walk into a Carphone Warehouse, even today, you can’t get a Vodafone service. They won’t offer you a Vodafone contract. Rumours abound as to why Vodafone made this decision in the first place — and what that meant for Carphone Warehouse. Well, this is all changing. Again. From the 7th of July, you can now walk into Carphone… -
Flirtomatic launches Flirtwords — ‘AdSense’ for users
2 Jul 2009 | 3:39 amSuper news in from Flirtomatic Towers. I had a note from CEO, Mark Curtis this morning with the details. Have a read… Hey Ewan - I think Neil may have told you but today we’ve launched a new premium service - Flirtwords. It’s quite exciting in a couple of ways…..in essence users can now buy any word they like on the service for 24 hours and whenever anyone searches on that word, they come top of the results list. So it’s pretty much like Google Adsense, but for people. And mobile (we’ll do the web implementation later). The other interesting feature is that… -
New MVNA launches; student MVNO is first customer
2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 amLondon-based x-Mobility have just announced the launch of their new Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA) service, and at the same time tipped everyone off about a new student Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). So here’s the deal. x-Mobility have an agreement with 3, all the backend (BSS/OSS) systems, a customer care service, plus SIM and handset fulfilment. In theory you don’t have to do anything - apart from give them some cash and a copy of your brands logo. 120 days later and voila - have your very own MVNO. No months of negotiations with the mobile operator over radio…
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Carnival of the Mobilists 180 up at M-Trends
2 Jul 2009 | 12:03 pmOur good friend Rudy de Waele has the latest edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists up at his m-trends.org site. He’s got a roundup of the best blogging about mobile from last week, so be sure and check it out! -
Developers: An App Store Isn’t A Marketing Strategy
24 Jun 2009 | 1:29 pmApp stores abound these days: Apple’s well-known effort has been joined by BlackBerry’s App World, and more recently, Nokia’s Ovi Store, while pretty much every operator, handset vendor and used-car dealer has said they’re going to set up their own shop. A lot of this is based on the huge number of downloads by iPhone users, and the misperception that all those downloads equal easy riches. Granted, the revenue path is better in the Apple store than others (assuming you can get your app approved by the great gatekeeper), but it remains that fewer developers are really… -
A Future for IVR
23 Jun 2009 | 6:24 amWhen thinking about the new new thing, it’s quite easy to lose sight of opportunities in older technologies, such as Voice. Voice was obviously the first service to emerge in mobile telephony (that was the only thing you could do with the early phones, Best Beloved) and is still easily the highest revenue earner for operators around the world. IVR (Interactive Voice Response) pre-dates even the first mobile, being first deployed in the 1970s and really taking off in the 1980s. Uses ranged from annoying customers to screening calls in call centres (Press 1 to book a ticket etc), to… -
Clay Shirky on Mobile and Twitter
23 Jun 2009 | 3:32 amI’ve been a long time fan of Clay Shirky. For instance, I loved his seminal “Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data” essay back in 2003 - still a must-read if you haven’t. He’s always great value as a writer and as a speaker, so if you haven’t seen his TED talk on mobile, twitter and a few other areas, watch the video I’ve embedded below. Clay picks up on a lot of the themes we’ve been writing about for a long time at MobHappy, including the idea that mobiles will be one of the first technologies where reverse global tech transfer takes place. -
Mobile Microfinancing
22 Jun 2009 | 11:40 amI’ve written about microfinancing a few times in the past, most recently about Kiva, and now I’m pleased to see that microfinance has met mobile. If microfinance is a new idea to you, it has really exploded in the last few years, ever since the Grameen Bank pioneered the concept in Bangladesh. Read more about Nobel Prize winner and founder of the industry Muhammad Yunus here, but the basic concept is lending tiny amounts of money to the poor in developing countries to enable them to start or expand businesses. It’s distinct from charity, as the entrepreneur is expected to…
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All About Symbian - News
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AAS Podcast 138: Interview with Lee Williams, Symbian Foundation
2 Jul 2009 | 11:50 amIn All About Symbian Podcast 138, Rafe talks to Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation. The interview covers a wide range of topics, including the Symbian Foundation's planned application arena, the universal web runtime, the forthcoming Symbian Exchange and Exposition, Qt and the Symbian Foundation, the challenges of openness and open governance, and more. -
Nokia E71 and E66 v300.21.012 firmware update now available
2 Jul 2009 | 7:35 amAn updated firmware, version 300.21.012, is now available for both the Nokia E71 and E66 (previous version was 210.xx.xxx). This is a major firmware update for the Nokia E71 and E66, it includes updates to Mail for Exchange software and email wizard, adds Internet Radio and social networking bookmark widgets, and improves overall performance. The new firmware can be downloaded and installed via Nokia Software Updater. -
YouTube S60 client gets minor update to 2.2.6
2 Jul 2009 | 4:39 amYep, it's another update to Google native S60 YouTube client, to v2.2.6, though note that this seems to be more about increasing compatibility - there are no performance improvements, you still can't log in to YouTube and it still doesn't work full-screen on the Nokia 5800. Ah well, at least it shows the development team is active! You can grab v2.2.6 via m.google.com on your phone. -
Ovi Contacts updated, now supports touch/S60 5th Edition
2 Jul 2009 | 4:16 amOvi Contacts, originally Nokia Chat, integrates the standard S60 contact list with a proprietary instant messaging and presence/status system. It has just had an update that brings it close to formal release status and includes much wider compatibilty, including support for the Nokia N97 and 5800 XpressMusic. The next step, presumably, is to start building this into more phones (the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic and Nokia 6720 classic) already have it. Data-phobes should note that Ovi Contacts requires an online connection and will consume a small amount of bandwidth. -
Ovi Maps 3.0 is now officially released (but you need a PC)
2 Jul 2009 | 2:58 amIt's official. After months of beta testing, Nokia has released Ovi Maps (née Nokia Maps) 3.0 to the world for most (but not all) S60 3rd Edition FP1, FP2 and S60 5th Edition phones. The download is a 20MB Windows installer, so you do have to own a PC, but there's a little note on the Ovi Maps download page saying that Mac support is 'coming soon'. I certainly hope so. See also Rafe's preview of this release, here on AAS.
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Wireless Watch Japan
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Samsung Jet Test Flight on Video
26 Jun 2009 | 4:37 pmWireless Watch Japan spent an interesting week in Singapore at the annual CommunicAsia conference and trade show recently where we managed to shoot this demo of the latest Samsung Jet offering which made it's debut there on June 15th. Billed as 'Smarter than a Smartphone' the AMOLED display is super crisp at 480dpi and it's 800MHz processor lends power to the speedy brand name. The companies Touch Whiz UI, with drag and drop widgets, and the newly minted Dolphin browser featuring one finger zoom while enabling tabbed browsing of up to five web pages at one time were all impressive additions. -
Sharp Solar Powered Handset Tests
24 Jun 2009 | 7:15 pmThe Teardown Squad over at Tech-On took the latest solar-powered handset offered by Sharp for a test drive and have filed their observations Here and Here. KDDI released the device, also available via SoftBank Mobile, in Tokyo on June 9th. The jist of their testing seems to indicate that, while it does indeed work, the time to get free juice takes somewhat longer, like 85-mins charging for 5-mins of talk, than suggested. To be fair, as with most first wave products over years, surely the performance will improve with future revisions. -
Mixi Opening API for Developers
23 Jun 2009 | 7:12 pmThe dominant Japanese SNS by subscribers has been under the gun since it's recent results are off and several newcomers are sniping at their heels. The Japan Times was on-hand recently to hear CEO Kenji Kasahara speak, at a workshop organized for the Geeks on a Plane delegation, and filed this report. In essence the company has announced several upcoming initiatives including an open API for 3rd party developers to create and deploy apps and they will lift the invitation only requirement later this year. -
NTT Calls for i-Aroma Testers
21 Jun 2009 | 7:04 pmNTT Communications announced they have started recruiting monitors for their planned service to "send text or audiovisual content together with formulas for creating and dispensing fragrances". We posted about this last spring, and actually had a sniff of the pilot at their R&D labs in late 2006, where we also saw the holographic projection demo during that visit at Yokoska - 4G killer app. anyone! -
QR Code Book with Twitter Feed
17 Jun 2009 | 6:59 pmYou just gotta love this simple yet effective innovation. An online bookstore in Brazil launched a campaign using a new exclusive book with only QR Codes inside.. so far so cool. However, the 'never ending story' routinely pulls keywords from Twitter feeds to keep updating the content! The first edition is already sold-out and they are looking at this platform now for future concepts as well. No doubt the good folks over at Denso Wave would be thrilled to hear about this one.
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SolSie.com
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Reminder: Pre-order Windows 7 (Home Premium Update) for $50 (for limited time)
2 Jul 2009 | 9:32 amMicrosoft is to sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology. The new operating system, which Microsoft hopes will be a bigger hit than the poorly received Vista, will be generally [...] -
MLB.com Debuts Premium Mobile Service for Palm Pre
2 Jul 2009 | 8:08 amMLB.com Debuts Premium Mobile Service for Palm Pre, Feature set includes live stats, video highlights and streaming audio broadcasts of every game MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, announced that MLB.com Mobile Premium, a new mobile-optimized live game product developed for the Palm(R) Pre(TM) smartphone, is available on the device via the [...] -
LG aims to be #2 in mobile space
2 Jul 2009 | 7:54 amIn an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Ahn Seung-kwon, president for LG’s mobile business, determines to take over Samsung’s second spot in mobile phone market within 2 years. He also went ahead to lay out LG aggressive plan to gain market share. The plan includes a “Back-label” series phone to compete with the iPhone; [...] -
Palm Pre Classic Store Sale 20% off
2 Jul 2009 | 5:00 amTo celebrate the launch of the Classic catalog for Palm Pre phones we’ve created a 20% off all software sale from Wednesday, June 23 through July 4th. You just need to enter the coupon code “CLASSIC” on checkout. Visit Classic App Store for Palm Pre HERE! Technorati Tags: Classic,MotionApps,Palm,Pre,WebOS,PalmOS,Promotion -
GDGT.com is live
1 Jul 2009 | 11:22 amPeter Roja and Ryan Block, both former Engadgeteers took some time to create their new Web site http://gdgt.com and it just went live few minutes ago. This is how they describe their site: It’s taken a little while for us to get here, but we’re very happy to be finally unveiling gdgt to the world. So [...]
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UMPCPortal
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S5 Premium Air (3G) on Sale July 16th
2 Jul 2009 | 1:26 pmIf you’ve been waiting for the 3G version of the Viliv S5, the wait is nearly over. Dynamism have just posted this info: The Viliv S5 special offer is back for one quick encore, but this time, it’s better because the latest Viliv S5 is better than ever. + Now with integrated solid state drive + Now with integrated 3G (HSPA) wireless broadband Available only for the first 400 units ordered starting at 1 PM Eastern time on July 16th, customers will receive a free spare battery, car kit, and leather pouch. Please be sure to sign up for e-mail alerts (above) to stay informed of this… -
Mobile Microblogging Devices. A List that Doesn’t Include Intel.
30 Jun 2009 | 5:38 amBack in Feb, I listed a set of devices that should be high on your list if you’re thinking about mobile microblogging. It included MIDs and UMPCs. As the market for mobile social networking, mobile web search, mobile content creation, location based services and lifestreaming (my rough definition of Mobile Microblogging) gathers steam we’re seeing more and more devices coming into the segment and it’s mainly from the smartphone sector. UMPCs and MIDs aren’t getting a look-in. In fact, in my latest list, below, you won’t find a MID or UMPC. Smartphones with bigger, higher… -
Dell’s Internet Device. No news.
30 Jun 2009 | 1:23 amClearly the person leaking the Dell MID information to the NYT has no idea what’s going on there and has probably just walked through one of the research labs at Dell and got a bit over-excited. I’m sure if you got to walk through Apple’s lab you’d see a few Google Android-based devices too. ‘Could be scrapped’ or ‘may begin selling the device later this year.’ That’s called ‘evaluation’ I believe. ‘Dell may use chips based on designed licensed from ARM Holdings PLC.’ Shock! ‘Dell has considered selling the product through cellular carriers’ Now there’s a new… -
Fennec. Beta 2 for Maemo. Alpha 2 for Windows Mobile
29 Jun 2009 | 2:57 amIf I was running the Fennec project, I’d be thinking carefully about accelerating development for more than just the Maemo platform too! Its not that Maemo is a dying OS (although at this point you could say that Maemo is already dead with the ‘old’ N810 being the only Maemo device on the market and very little news about any new devices based on Maemo 5) it’s that Fennec needs to position itself where the customers are in order to get brand recognition. Windows Mobile, due to the terrible built-in browser offering, is a great place to start. They need to do it fast though because… -
Windows 7 RC works well on the TN70M
25 Jun 2009 | 3:40 pmI’ve installed Windows 7 on the Clevo TN70M and it’s working very well. Auto screen rotation isn’t working yet but everything else seems to be. Even tablet features started working fully after I installed the touch drivers. I’ve tested the beta graphics drivers and it even enables Aero. (But causes problems with Windows Media Player so I rolled back to the standard drivers.) The fact that Windows 7 works is more significant than with many other devices because you can buy the TN70M without an operating system for just over 400 Euro. This makes the Clevo TN70 with its…
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Geographically challenged
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Layar – the world’s first augmented reality browser
17 Jun 2009 | 2:01 amIt’s a nice headline isn’t it? Hats off to the people at SPRX mobile and their Layar application for being the first to open up augmented reality beyond displaying domain specific information on a heads-up display and for becoming an open platform for attaching and consuming real-world location based information. As the names suggests, layar [...] -
Android envy – Wikitude augmented reality showcases google’s killer edge
5 May 2009 | 2:15 amHaving watched a video demo of Mobilizy’s augmented reality application Wikitude, I must admit the thought of ditching my iphone and jumping ship did cross my mind. With it being already available within the Google android marketplace, it clearly re-inforces the baseline being set for the new generation of augmented reality based mobile applications. Similar to [...] -
Augmented reality mobile apps – the next big thing
14 Apr 2009 | 10:49 pmI’ve written about the ground-breaking augmented reality mobile location based based application from the guys at enkin.net before. In fact it’s almost a year in fact since I first got wind of what I think will be the killer application for location based services. Since winning a prize in the Google android developer competition in [...] -
iPhone navigation apps round-up
3 Feb 2009 | 2:22 pmSince joining the iPhone religion I have been immensely satisfied with the device as a phone, information source and general navigation tool. At this stage nothing available for downloading from Apple’s Appstore comes close to being a LBS killer-app, however, I think there is a lot of potential. Mainly due to the relative youth of [...] -
Brightkite and LinkedIN should drink from their own social cup (and bring along an old friend too)
7 Aug 2008 | 3:14 amThere are lots of amazingly talented people online. Being able to establish contact with these people is what first drew me to services such as Twitter. Given my background in location based services, I have therefore recently migrated across to sites such as Brightkite which extend the Twitter model by adding a layer of geographic [...]
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Unwired View
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Palm Pre to be exclusively sold by O2 in the UK
2 Jul 2009 | 10:46 amThe mighty Palm Pre will be announced in the UK next week, as previously reported. And, surprisingly or not, it will be sold exclusively through O2, the carrier that reportedly managed to get exclusivity on the smartphone for several other markets. According to The Guardian, O2 fought for the GSM Pre with Orange, and eventually won – it probably promised Palm a higher revenue share. Or something like that. For the moment, it’s not clear yet what price O2 will ask for the Pre, but the carrier probably wants to offer it even for free, on select and expensive plans. O2 is also the exclusive… -
HTC Hero approved by FCC, AT&T 3G bands included
2 Jul 2009 | 10:04 amLast week, when HTC announced its brand new Hero Android smartphone, the Taiwanese company said nothing about a North American release. However, it’s highly probable that the Hero will be launched both in the US and in Canada. For this to happen, the smartphone first needs the FCC’s approval – and it just got it, with 850/1900 MHz 3G bands, hence the bands that AT&T operates on. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean the Hero will be launched by AT&T – but at least we know that it can happen. In Europe, HTC Hero will be available starting this month, but it might take a… -
The European Union drops plans for new cell phone taxes
2 Jul 2009 | 9:13 amIn December last year, the EU Commission proposed the introduction of a new tax that would have raised the price of navigation-enabled phones with 3.7%, and the price of mobile TV-enabled phones with 14%. Luckily, Reuters reports that the European Union dropped the plans for the new taxes, as member countries voted against it today. Nordic countries, alongside Europe’s two giant phone makers (Nokia and Sony Ericsson), have opposed the introduction of the new tax from the beginning. “We need more products and businesses free of tariffs, not less, and therefore today’s decision… -
Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 out of beta; Ovi Contacts now supporting touch phones
2 Jul 2009 | 7:40 amWe’ve got two announcements coming from Nokia today, regarding Ovi Maps and Ovi Contacts. First, Nokia has released the final version of Ovi Maps 3.0 for mobile. We don’t know what’s new in Ovi Maps 3.0 – other than the fact that it’s not a Beta application anymore. But you can download it from this address and see for yourself. Maps aside, Nokia Ovi Contacts now supports Symbian S60 5th Edition – hence Nokia’s touchscreen phones (N97 and 5800 XpressMusic). Ovi Contacts for touchscreen handsets has the same features found in the version for S60 3rd Edition. However, on the Nokia… -
LG aims for #2 spot by 2012, plans new “Black label” iPhone competitor, Prada III phone and extreme premium brand
2 Jul 2009 | 7:09 amLG has made some pretty impressive strides in a cellphone market during these last few years. With the demise of Motorola and the problems ailing Sony Ericsson last year, they’ve even managed to become #3 cellphone maker in the world. And LG does not plan to stop here. In an interview to Yonhap News Agency, Ahn Seung-kwon, president for LG’s mobile business, said that they plan to become #2 cellphone maker in the world by 2012. Which means that they plan to overtake Samsung in the next 3 years. There were also some other interesting tidbits that Mr. Ahn let drop during the interview.
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www.flashmobileblog.com
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Adobe and HTC Bring Flash Platform to Android
24 Jun 2009 | 4:45 amToday we announced with our partners HTC that we’ve extended Adobe® Flash® to the Android platform for the first time. We really excited to finally enable rich web browsing to the open source Android platform, and particularly to such a great smartphone. As a top of the range device it sports multi-touch HVGA, accelerometers, GPS, Compass, WIFI, a 5MP Camera and the incredible Android Webkit Browser. With Flash the web browsing experience on the device is fantastic, rich and gives you access to a more complete Internet. What will Flash on Android do for me as a user? If you’re a… -
Flash Player 10 Beta for Smartphones at MAX
20 Jun 2009 | 9:24 amThis week Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen announced during our earnings call with investors that we will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for smartphones. Predictably this will happen during Adobe MAX 2009, where mobile will be front and centre. It will be a developer release and for web browsers, this will enable us to collect feedback, fix bugs and give you a chance to get started and speaking with your customers about this new technology. So, like I said in my previous post during the slow summer season it’s a perfect opportunity to begin learning AS3 and Flash Player 10… -
Device Central CS3 – Update 9 Now Available
19 Jun 2009 | 9:13 amDevice Profile Update #9 is now available on Adobe Device Central Online, and this is the final update of profiles for the CS3 version. It includes the following profiles including some Sony Ericsson Capuchin enabled devices. Updates to profiles will of course continue via the online library in Device Central CS4, and so if you haven’t upgraded now is a good time. In Device Central CS4 there are numerous new features to make your working life easier: High-quality video for communicating ideas Improved video support and integration Organization of work for mobile projects Performance… -
Distributable Player Expansion – 29 Countries
18 Jun 2009 | 6:55 amThis application is created by interactive maps. You can also have your visited countries map on your site. If you see this message, you need to upgrade your flash player. We’ve been hard at work enabling support for new countries with the Flash Lite 3.1 player, enabling you to use the most recent player with the Adobe Mobile Packager 1.1. I’m happy to announce that we’ve continued to accelerate the addition of new countries around the world adding 16 countries, and bringing the total to 29. The countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark,… -
Flash Lite 3.1 Update for Nokia 5800
18 Jun 2009 | 5:29 amRecently as you know Nokia updated to the latest Flash Lite player on their 5800 XPressMusic device. This proved very popular with the user base with many thousands of downloads per day (that’s a great stat). Since this was the first OTA update, and a new runtime, there were a few reported issues. They were with the security model and older content, softkey FSCommand and the Flash version string. I’m glad to say that Nokia have come through and another update is now available via the App. Update. application. So get updating! [Edit] Additionally, you may also notice that the…
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biskero
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Mobilise your website, build a launcher!
2 Jul 2009 | 8:14 amAlessandro published a great tool to create a luncher for your mobile site. Basically the only tool creates a web runtime app to launch a mobile site. It’s very simple and it takes few second to create your custom launcher. Alessandro -
OVI Maps 3.0 and OVI Contacts released
2 Jul 2009 | 7:35 amVia AllAboutSymbain, Nokia OVI Maps and OVI Contacts have been released. Alessandro -
Kero Mobile available for Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
1 Jul 2009 | 1:08 pmKero Mobile is now available for download for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97. You can download it directly to your phone from www.biskero.mobi Kero Mobile is also available for other 47 Nokia phones. Once you installed the application you can create an account to get more content. Alessandro -
Flash Lite components on Forum Nokia
30 Jun 2009 | 4:41 pmForum Nokia launched a contest “Mobile Design Challenge” several weeks ago targeting Flash Lite developers. Now we saw some results of from Flash Lite developers of some great Flash Lite components. I downloaded some of them and they are great! It would be useful if those developers would group the components in a “Flash Mobile” category when installing the mxp file. Great work everyone! Alessandro -
AAS Insight 77 - Truphone, Intel, HTC Hero, Developers
29 Jun 2009 | 5:56 amA new podcast from AllAboutSymbian, AAS Insight 77 - Truphone, Intel, HTC Hero, Developers Alessandro
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HACK THE RAZR - It's your phone. Make it so.
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Welcome to the new Hack the Razr!
14 Jul 2010 | 3:16 pmGreetings! The new site welcomes you with its arms wide open, ready for usage. We've added alot of features and have been adding new ones every day, so get active and stay tuned because there is plenty of other neat stuff on the way. It's also now easier for us to easily allow site members to post new guides and information, allowing us to expand our site daily due to help from our dedicated members! Big thanks to all 19,000+ site members that make Hack the Razr what it is. read more -
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Original Super Mario Theme
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[Featured Ringtone] ImperialDeathMarch StarWars
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I2fly
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bubbles - GUI for touch screen mobiles
2 Jul 2009 | 8:10 amBubbles - a GUI for touchscreen mobiles. A new approach to mobile interfaces, based upon the metaphor of climbing a tree. I found this very intresting and Indeed a great User Interface experiment. vivek -
Adobe and HTC Bring Flash Platform to Android
26 Jun 2009 | 11:44 amAdobe and HTC, a global designer of mobile phones, today announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe Flash Platform technology. The new phone delivers a more complete Web browsing experience and provides access to a broad variety of Flash technology based content available on the Web today. “As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe Flash technology, consumers want to access rich Web content… -
Nokia Devices support with Adobe Flash Lite Technologies - Updated Spreadsheet
16 Jun 2009 | 10:01 pmBill Perry has updated new Nokia Devices support for Adobe flash lite Technologies. You can find details of particular Nokia Device and their respective support of Flash Player, like Flash Player as Browser Plug-in, standalone apps, personalization etc. Download pdf here. vivek -
Submitted my Entry for FlashLite Developer’s Challenge
6 Jun 2009 | 12:41 pmI submitted my cute little application “Nature” to the FlashLite Developer’s Challenge and hope people will like it. I will share further more details, video and couple of more screenshots soon. Love to know your feedback . .keep writing me vivek -
Forum Nokia released Flash Lite Components v1.0 beta
2 Jun 2009 | 10:40 amForum Nokia released the first set of mobile optimized components “Flash Lite Components v1.0 beta” The components come as installable .mxp files with instructions and full source code. “This resource file includes six Flash Lite components; Button component, Contacts component, List component, Media data component, Popup component, and Scrollbar component. The components can be used to develop applications to devices supporting Flash Lite 2.0.” vivek
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AnyGeo - A GISuser Blog about GIS and Location Technologies
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DigitalGlobe Prepping For Launch of WorldView-2 Satellite
2 Jul 2009 | 10:27 amLongmont CO based DigitalGlobe has announced the launch date for WorldView 2 - October 6 and the place - Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. As the third satellite in DigitalGlobe’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Some handy mobile urls for your bookmarks
2 Jul 2009 | 6:52 amA few useful Mobile apps and mobile web resources via mobile friendly urls - some handy bookmarks for your mobile as you hit the road this summer - enjoy! Travel Apps MobiMate Travel app Google... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Firefox adds Geo-Location and rolls out Location-aware browsing
2 Jul 2009 | 6:26 amIn what is being termed location-aware web browsing, Firefox is boasting location provisioning in release 3.5. The idea is that users will be asked where you are in an effort to deliver more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Send your Flickr Photos to Twitter via Flickr2Twitter
2 Jul 2009 | 5:36 amIn a relatively quiet move, Flickr recently added Twitter integration to their service - enter Flickr2Twitter. Using the service, Flickr users can now easily “blog” their existing photo... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Dell Notebooks (Mini) to have pre-installed location based services
30 Jun 2009 | 3:29 pmThis from Skyhook wireless as Dell prepares to start (finally) rolling out laptops with pre-installed location-provisioning. This information comes via Skyhook wireless… The Dell Wireless 700... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Yahoo! Shopping: Most Popular Cell Phones
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BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Cell Phone
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 am$194.99 from 1 store. User rating:4.3 out of 5. The 8100 series Pocket PCs are fully featured yet cost-effective converged communications devices that provide end-users with dual high-speed wireless data capabilities on a global scale. They feature a full QWERTY "slider" keyboard, the latest Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support, quad-band international coverage, and EDGE.With the 8100 series Pocket PCs, mobile professionals can easily integrate with leading corporate and personal email applications integrated on the phone such as Microsoft Office Outlook… -
Nokia 6300 Cell Phone
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 am$182.09 from 1 store. User rating:4.3 out of 5. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people.PRODUCT FEATURES:Sophisticated, modern design with stainless-steel covers;2Mpix camera with 8 x digital zoomP3 player and FM radio;Music player and FM… -
Nokia N95 Black (8 GB) Cell Phone
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 am$399.99 - $487.98 from 4 stores. User rating:4.3 out of 5. The Nokia N95, the world's greatest multimedia computer, just got greater. With all the key features of its predecessor, including a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and an innovative 2-way slide, the Nokia N95 8GB now offers up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory. The N95 8GB also boasts a new luminous 2.8" QVGA display - one of the largest ever for a multimedia computer - so that watching videos, browsing the Internet or viewing maps is easy. With its expanded memory, the N95 8GB offers up to… -
Motorola MotoRazr V3m Red Cell Phone
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 am$0.01 from 1 store. User rating:4.1 out of 5. The new red MOTORAZR combines superb performance with cutting-edge features, all within the sleek design of one of the slimmest phones around. By purchasing the new red MOTORAZR, you've not only got the ultimate mobile phone, you've also allowed Motorola to make a direct contribution to The Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Don't just make a call - make a statement. -
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Cell Phone
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 am$0.01 from 1 store. User rating:4.3 out of 5. SMS and MMS Email and Text Messaging Instant Messaging such as Yahoo! Messenger Organizer Browser 1.3 Megapixel Camera Download wallpaper, ringtones, games, and applications for personal productivity Media Player Blackberry Maps Expandable Memory Capability Trackball Navigation Helpful Setup Wizard Voice Activated Dialing(VAD)
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Softpedia News - Telecoms
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More Carriers Interested in T-Mobile UK
2 Jul 2009 | 7:33 amAccording to the latest news on the Web, Vodafone is not the only carrier that bids for T-Mobile UK. It seems that O2 is interested in a possible acquisition too, and Orange might also drop an eye on the wireless operator. Although nothing has been officially announced until now, in the near future we might hear that a deal has been closed. ... (read more) -
Sprint to Also Have BlackBerry Tour on July 12 for $199
2 Jul 2009 | 6:55 amIt seems that Verizon Wireless won't be the only mobile phone carrier to release the BlackBerry Tour on its airwaves on July 12, as Sprint is getting ready to make exactly the same move. Although previously the carrier announced that the new BlackBerry device would come to its customers later this summer, it seems that later has become soon... (read more) -
AT&T Intros BlueAnt Q1 Voice-Controlled Bluetooth Headset
2 Jul 2009 | 6:31 amWireless carrier AT&T announced on Wednesday the release of a new product for its customers, namely the BlueAnt Q1 Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset with Multipoint. The new device, the operator says, will become available for purchase starting July 19, both at the company's stores and online on its website. The new BlueAn... (read more) -
Samsung Omnia II to Come with WM 6.5 in September
2 Jul 2009 | 6:04 amIt seems that Windows Mobile enthusiasts won't have too long to wait until the first mobile phones running under the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 iteration of Microsoft's operating system will become available on the market. September seems to be the lucky month for some, especially for mobile phone users who live in Austria. Accord... (read more) -
iPhone 3GS Available for Pre-Order in Romania
2 Jul 2009 | 5:44 amIt seems that the latest iteration of Apple's iPhone, namely iPhone 3GS, will soon become available for purchase in even more markets than before, including Romania, where we learn that the device is to be listed for purchase as soon as Friday, July 3. The new phone will be sold on the local market via wireless carrier Orange, which will have it exc... (read more)
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Softpedia - Handheld Devices
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HP iPAQ 211
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HP iPAQ 111
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ASUS P527
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Toshiba TG01
31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pmToshiba TG01 (read more)
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Mobile Phones - Latest Mobile Phones - New Mobile Phones
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Bluetooth Questions Answered
18 Jun 2009 | 6:00 amIf you are not familiar with Bluetooth and how it works you may have some questions as to what it’s all about. Basically Bluetooth is a wireless protocol, which allows to devices to connect together ... Related posts:What Is A Bluetooth Dongle Just a little bit of background on what Bluetooth...How Do I Make My Computer Work With Bluetooth? If you have recently purchased a laptop the chances...What Is Bluetooth Technology Bluetooth is a wireless technology that has been designed... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. -
Mobile Phones And Bluetooth
18 Jun 2009 | 3:33 amWe know for a fact that many people are choosing to buy lower ends mobile phones moment. Although sales for our end smart phones are steady the mass market is really toward the lower end. ... Related posts:What Is Bluetooth Technology Bluetooth is a wireless technology that has been designed...Bluetooth Questions Answered If you are not familiar with Bluetooth and how...How Do I Make My Computer Work With Bluetooth? If you have recently purchased a laptop the chances... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. -
What Is A Bluetooth Dongle
17 Jun 2009 | 7:25 amJust a little bit of background on what Bluetooth is first. It’s basically a wireless communication technology that allows to electronic devices to connect together without the use of using a cable. Initially developed by ... Related posts:What Is Bluetooth Technology Bluetooth is a wireless technology that has been designed...How Do I Make My Computer Work With Bluetooth? If you have recently purchased a laptop the chances...Bluetooth Questions Answered If you are not familiar with Bluetooth and how... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. -
What Is Bluetooth Technology
17 Jun 2009 | 5:32 amBluetooth is a wireless technology that has been designed so that you can easily connect phones, laptops, printers, PDA’s and any other portable device that has a technology installed. The idea behind this is to ... Related posts:What Is A Bluetooth Dongle Just a little bit of background on what Bluetooth...Mobile Phones And Bluetooth We know for a fact that many people are...How Do I Make My Computer Work With Bluetooth? If you have recently purchased a laptop the chances... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. -
How Do I Make My Computer Work With Bluetooth?
17 Jun 2009 | 3:37 amIf you have recently purchased a laptop the chances are that it has Bluetooth already built in. You sometimes find on it switched off and then maybe a little button above the keyboard that you ... Related posts:What Is A Bluetooth Dongle Just a little bit of background on what Bluetooth...Bluetooth Questions Answered If you are not familiar with Bluetooth and how...Mobile Phones And Bluetooth We know for a fact that many people are... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Pop Wuping
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Two Men on a Street in Malmö
2 Jul 2009 | 4:24 pmFilmed on the afternoon of June 29, 2009 from the outdoor patio at Barista on Södra Förstadsgatan in Malmö, Sweden. 60 seconds of original video slowed to 1/4 speed. Music is 'Orgel' by Akira Kosemura. My position just on the edge of the street, with pedestrians streaming by, lent me an unusual vantage point; it wasn't until I slowed the video and watched it many times that I started to see the two men in the background, present throughout. Malmö City Guide Ban Gaw Halmtorvet - Great Thai. food in Malmö. Malmö city guide Malmö travel guide -
MP3 Miffy
1 Jul 2009 | 10:25 pmMP3 Miffy fits right to the cute accessories office culture I see in my visits in Asia. It has all the right elements, identifiable character, primary colors, and last and least utility. Miffy comes with a docking cradle with a built in speaker. A perfect fit for USB Tulips. MP3 Miffy @ mobiBlu -
USB Tulips
1 Jul 2009 | 9:22 pmTurn your desk into a plastic flower garden. Cute and fun. Use it with the AC Adapter MIDORI for the full garden effect. USB tulip hub. Via swiss-miss. -
Harveys Laptop Bag treecycle
30 Jun 2009 | 10:16 pmThis tough and beautiful bag for your laptop is from Harvey's Treecycle collection of seatbeltbags made from reclaimed seatbelts, organic hemp and water-based inks. It features a padded laptop divider with velcro closure, brushed nickel hardware, and a smooth zip-top closure. Harveys Original Seatbeltbags have been producing their signature seat-belt-style bag since March of 1997 and the concept still seems fresh. A testament to their quality and design. I'm a big fan of their Messenger as well. Laptop Bag treecycle. Thanks Michael. -
Compass Phone
30 Jun 2009 | 9:58 pmThis project addresses the issue of whether the mobile phone is a surveillance tool or a digital leash and explores designing an alternative means of communication which delivers a more poetic and aesthetic experience. The Compass Phone does not support any verbal communication side, but has only a GPS function. It measures the distance between two people in real-time and then converts it to the time it takes for them to meet each other by either transport or time unit. A compass is hidden under the digit display. The centre of the compass always indicates the user's position and its needle…
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VisionMobile
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The 100 million club: some surprising facts about mobile software
24 Jun 2009 | 3:23 am[Research Director Andreas Constantinou, discusses the latest update to VisionMobile's 100 million club, and some surprising facts about the companies that dominate mobile software] We ‘ve just released the latest version of our 100 million club: the watchlist of software companies whose products have been embedded on more than 100 million mobile handsets. In this H2 2008 update we ‘ve identified 26 software products from 21 companies which have shipped on more than 100 million handsets cumulatively as of the end of 2008. We ‘ve had a few important changes in the who’s who… -
Hardware is the future of mobile software, and vice versa. What Intel’s acquisition of WindRiver really means.
12 Jun 2009 | 6:03 am[Intel buys embedded software company Wind River with a 40% premium. What is the hidden asset that silicon vendors value beyond standard metrics? Guest blogger Andy V. O' Lay believes there is no more point in differentiating hardware and software in the mobile arena. The race to SHW has started...] It’s not the first time in the mobile industry that a silicon vendor acquires a software company. Let’s not forget that behind the success of Qualcomm uiOne, there was Trigenix. Some also see beyond the failure of TI the shadow of the missed acquisition of TTPcom. These moves often prove… -
The Amazon Kindle: More revolutionary for the mobile telecoms industry than the iPhone ever was
9 Jun 2009 | 12:33 pm[The iPhone has ushered in a new era of user experience on mobile hardware. But the business model Amazon negotiated with Sprint set a precedent that could radically reshape the future of the industry, writes guest blogger Stefan Constantinescu] When Apple CEO Steve Jobs got on stage in January 2007 and announced the iPhone, the world collectively paused, took a deep breathe, and then yelled at the top of their lungs with joy at a device that not only changed their perception of what can be done with something that fits in your pocket, but how one interacts with small screen gadgets in… -
Google beats mobile operators at the customer care game
31 May 2009 | 3:54 pm[Mind the gap! Are mobile operators allowing Google to take over territory in customer (self) care? Guest blogger Wouter Deelman looks at the present situation and what mobile operators can do to regain lost territory.] You might not have noticed, but behind the scenes mobile operators are quickly losing territory in customer (self) care to Google. Operators consider customer ownership one of their primary assets, and make great strides in reinforcing their brand at each and every customer touchpoint, from logos on the handset plastic, to on-device portals, branded retail stores and exclusive… -
The Mechanics Behind the Mobile User Interface
26 May 2009 | 5:12 am[What makes up the mobile user experience and what are the mechanics behind it? Research Director Andreas Constantinou introduces several important concepts behind the mechanics of the user experience; the user journey, core vs downloadable apps and the future of power apps] The user experience (UX) has been probably the most talked-about topic in the mobile industry, mostly because we all know that the UX suffers and we all have suggestions of how it can be improved, especially in the post-iPhone era. The (graphical) user interface has been the aspect of the UX which has garnered most…
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Enterprise Mobility Matters
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My June 2009 Research on Enterprise Mobility
1 Jul 2009 | 5:23 amSo here's the research I have published this past month with Strategy Analytics: Creating a Holistic Mobility Strategy – Revised Edition - I talked about this piece when it came out. You can download this for free (and I encourage... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Josh Lipton
30 Jun 2009 | 4:30 amWelcome to the latest edition of Inside Looking Out. This past week (on my vacation, no less!), I got to speak with Josh Lipton. Josh is a VP of Consulting and the CTO at Advantix Solutions Group, a Texas based... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Looking Back to See the Future of Enterprise Mobility
29 Jun 2009 | 6:59 pmAh, what a week off can do for the mind and body. While the beautiful Boston weather provided me an overwhelming amount of rain, I was able to get a couple of (very bad) rounds of golf in, as well... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Metrics Shmetrics
25 Jun 2009 | 2:39 pmPlease don't confuse the lackluster posting frequency for another time when Philippe drops the ball on his beloved blog. Au contraire mes amis (That's French for Oh conTRAYR my friends), I am on a quick little vacation that has afforded... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Todd Ostrander
23 Jun 2009 | 7:54 amWelcome to the latest edition of Inside Looking Out. This past week, I got to speak with Todd Ostrander. Todd is a co-founder and now VP at Perlego Systems, a Washington (State) based mobility management solution provider. One of the... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
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mobileYouth
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Research and Reports
2 Jul 2009 | 4:20 amSearching for insights, ideas and trends? We’ve been actively researching youth marketing, mobile trends and culture across 60 countries since 2001. Our research is purchased globally by clients from Nokia to the European Commission. Contact us to find out how we can help you source insights into youth mobile culture. Research Currently Availalble mobileYouth 2009 report -
Presentations
2 Jul 2009 | 3:49 amNeed youth marketing or mobile culture ideas? We make all our presentations available on Slideshare. We’ve published nearly 50 slideshows in powerpoint format on Slideshare - so if you’re looking for marketing ideas, stats or insights into future youth trends - here’s the best place to start. Presentations next steps View all presentations on Slideshare View most recent presentations on Slideshare Want mobileYouth to present at your conference or company? Sample Presentations available on Slideshare mobileYouth.org chart of world 1.2 billion mobile youth PART 1: 50 Youth… -
Videos
2 Jul 2009 | 2:37 amWant to know what youth think? We’ve been researching youth opinion on-the-street and talking to key brands that are shaping the space for some time now. Here is some of our work captured on video. Next steps Watch the mobileYouth videos on Youtube Watch the mobileYouth video story Love video? Under 27 yrs? Want to take part in our new mobileYouth trendspotting project? Contact us Mobile Youth Videos on Youtube -
Clients
2 Jul 2009 | 1:40 amWe service over 200 clients from operators to agencies to the public sector across 60 countries worldwide. The full list is available here. Mobile Operators Telenor, Vodafone, Orange, Telus Mobility, Rogers Wireless, Celtel Bahrain, Starhub, Airtel, Orange, Trinidad & Tobago Telecom, Zain, Cricket Communications, TIMWe, Telefonica O2 Czech, Celtel Nigeria, KPN, MTN, Nawras, T-Mobile, TeliaSonera, TMN, WIND, Du, Bakcell, M1, MTC, Omantel, Cellcom, Mobilecom, Tigo, Telefonica O2 Ireland & UK, Wana, Taiwan Mobile, Astelit, Belgacom, Safaricom, Boost Mobile Media MTV, ABS CBN, Walt… -
The mobileYouth Story
2 Jul 2009 | 12:44 amGraham Brown and Josh Dhaliwal established mobileYouth in 2001 at a time when most technologists were focusing on “location based services”, 3G and other technically oriented objectives. The thought that growing telecoms media and tech was about undertanding the consumer was - at the time - an exception. Fortunately, we didn’t listen to the voices - that the future was in “richer media” or “location based messaging” or 4.5 G or whatever - but stuck to our basic principles that developing quality services that were sustainable relied on quality…
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Mobile Phone News
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Samsung Blade S5600v Review
1 Jul 2009 | 12:25 amSamsung have been busy recently, releasing many phones into all areas of the market. Smartphones, mid-range phones, low user devices, handsets aimed at prepay users, young users and a really nice range of touchscreen devices. The Samsung S5600v Blade comes in the latter category. Along with the Samsung Jet, the Samsung Blade leads the way in the new level of mobile phones that interface via a touchscreen. Just how popular these devices prove over time is debatable; there are still a significant number of people who prefer to enter data on a device using a traditional alphanumeric keypad, and… -
Nokia 5530 Xpress Music Review
29 Jun 2009 | 12:29 amFor a first attempt at a touchscreen device, the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music was a fairly good effort from Nokia, instantly leaping to the top of the handset sales chart. Packed with features that would not have looked out of place on a top of the range N Series device, the 5800 captured the imagination of the Nokia faithful who were looking for something that in their eyes would rival the much hyped iPhone. The next touchscreen driven device from Nokia is also a member of the Xpress Music range, and at first glance it is difficult to see what differences the 5530 has. But, differences there are,… -
First look at the Hero handset from HTC
25 Jun 2009 | 12:11 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTDSfbcbBU A Hero is born this summer, check out the trailer below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiK3L7xXEQU The Hero will be the first HTC Handset to include the HTC Sense Interface http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshGq8COSiM Hopefully that provides just a little taster of the Hero coming from HTC, we will be following up with preview, review and release dates shortly. -
Nokia E72 Review
23 Jun 2009 | 12:12 pmIt wasn’t all that long ago, that if you wanted a decent messaging device your choice was pretty much restricted to a BlackBerry device. Particularly in the corporate market, where access to email on the move has done so much to change the way we work, BlackBerry are the dominant force. But recently, other manufacturers have been eyeing up this lucrative market, and in particular Nokia have done much to make themselves as dominant here as they are in the consumer market, with their excellent E Series devices. From the early days of the E60, E50 and E51, Nokia have developed a brand that has… -
Nokia 6600i Preview
23 Jun 2009 | 2:28 amThe Nokia 6600 was a nice slim slide design phone, operating on the slick S40 user interface. A popular device, the 6600 sat squarely in the mid range market and performed well, fulfilling its role of a mid market filler device for Nokia. As has been common with Nokia in recent times, once again the old model number is recycled, with this new incarnation being named the 6600i. Following on from old tradition, the “i” after the model name is used to indicate that the handset has gone through a slight improvement update, more than actually being totally overhauled. Let’s take a…
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Mobilitics
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Great product, but so hard to get
1 Jul 2009 | 7:38 amIt's often said that Finns are good in technology but poor in marketing. Let me give you an example of that.Nokia has long time ago created Sports Tracker, an application that will record and store your exercices. The solution is one of my favourites and I use it regularly to track where I've been when running, cycling and rollerblading. During excercises I use Polar heart-rate monitor to ensure that intensity is at optimal level and I don't start with too high speed. Sometimes I've dreamed of combining mobile phone and heart-rate monitor into one.Good news is that Nokia and Polar have now… -
I want mobile marketing!
29 Jun 2009 | 11:49 amHi again, I'm back. Vacation is over.I’m returning back home with my family after a month’s trip across Europe to Southern France. Roaming costs still being sky-high, I made a decision that I will not use cellular data connections during the trip to test if there are free WiFi hotspots available and whether that’s a real solution for connectivity problems. The answer was clearly “no”.When traveling for business, one typically stays in hotels with network access and the offices also provide network access. For family trips the accommodation is more like bed-and-breakfast and private… -
Not a killer application
31 May 2009 | 9:27 amYou are reading this posting, you are doing well. You have access to internet, probably a mobile phone and what’s the most important - you can read.Save the Children has published its its tenth annual State of the World’s Mothers report and you can be sure that it is not a nice paper to read. What do you think about this:every year, around 50 million mothers in the developing world give birth at home with no professional care whatsoever. In Niger, only 33% of births are attended by health personnelthe majority of children under age 5 in the poorest regions of the world do not get basic… -
Recycling innovations
27 May 2009 | 10:25 amSome weeks ago Nokia and Technopolis published information about an interesting initiative that will recycle Nokia's unused ideas and innovations to Finnish companies. Any company doing R&D is bound to have such innovations and ideas that have potential but are not part of company's core business. Now Nokia will share such innovations for free and Technopolis will do the matchmaking with companies. So, there will not be an online form that you can use to browse through Nokia's innovation catalogue...Primarily the shared ideas are about near field communications, environmental and energy… -
Nokiagate: Nokia busy to fix the solution
14 May 2009 | 5:35 amToday I had an open and honest discussion with Nokia's representative about the Nokiagate. They have been working hard first to analyze the problem scope and then to fix it. As anyone who has been involved with mobile development surely understands, there is a huge number of different variants (operator, language, region) available for every device and also many variants of the email wizard itself. All the combinations must be fixed. When this job is done, terminal fixes will be published using the suitable channel, which is also device and market dependant. Some devices are likely to require…
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Pocket-lint: Phones
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NEWS: iPhone 3GS breaks AT&T sales records
2 Jul 2009 | 3:38 pmDoesn't do too badly in the UK either O2 has already reported that the iPhone 3GS launch was a hit for the operator in the UK, but now AT&T is confirming it's been a success in the US too. In a leaked memo, that you know was just dying to be leaked out, AT&T reportedly says that iLaunch day 2009, as it calls it, "was one for the record books, as AT&T customers scrambled to get their hands on the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet." The memo, which was subsequently picked up by MacNewsDaily, an Apple news website, goes on to say that the sale of the new iPhone from Apple proved to be: *… -
NEWS: Apple iPhone 3GS overheating warning issued
2 Jul 2009 | 1:30 pmSeems the new phone is hot, hot, hot Apple has issued a warning to iPhone 3GS customers that their spanking new mobile phone might be prone to over heating. The warning appears on an updated support document from Apple suggesting users should be careful about using the device. Some owners have already reported that their white 3GS models are starting to turn pink or brown through overheating. Apple suggests users should "Operate iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in a place where the temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F)," suggesting that "Low- or high-temperature conditions might… -
NEWS: Apple patents haptics, fingerprint reader and RFID for iPhone
2 Jul 2009 | 8:00 amFuture iPhone features revealed? New patent applications uncovered by MacRumours reveal potential future iPhone plans from Apple, that cover tactile feedback for the touchscreen, biometrics and wave-and-pay possibilities. Unlike rival's touchscreens the iPhone's multi-touch display does not currently give "haptic" feedback that provides a tiny vibration to let a user know they've hit the virtual button. Apple's patent notes: "When the user is unable to view the display... the user can only feel the smooth hard surface of the touchscreen, regardless of the shape, size and location of the… -
NEWS: Orange grabs Toshiba TG01
2 Jul 2009 | 6:43 amNew Snapdragon-powered phone to join HTC Hero in filling operator's touchscreen smartphone gap With just the coming soon HTC Hero on its books to fill the large, high-end, touchscreen, smartphone gap in Orange's portfolio, it seems the operator has grabbed at the chance of offering Toshiba's high-end TG01. Slightly spoiling Toshiba's planned press conference on 9 July to announce the phone for the UK market, a "coming soon" page has appeared on Orange's site. It seems Orange will be offering the handset on a pay monthly basis with £35 per month contracts, but little else is revealed at this… -
NEWS: O2 Tech Support launches
2 Jul 2009 | 5:50 am"No fix - no fee" O2 has launched a new chargeable phone service for its broadband customers called "O2 Tech Support". Rivalling services such as the Geek Squad and the TechGuys, users will be able to "benefit from a range of expert technical services providing peace of mind for all their home and business electronic needs", says O2. As well as help on the home broadband, mobile broadband and laptop front, the service will assist "whether it is removing a virus, setting up software, linking up home cinema systems or even connecting to a CCTV system". The O2 Tech Support is…
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Clicknoise
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Open Web Van talk (& where it’s leading)
17 Jun 2009 | 9:43 pmSo far this summer I’ve made some progress on my comps (not as much as I’d hoped, but close), but more importantly I’ve had a bit of mental breathing space available to reflect and assess some of the monumental changes in communication and media over the past 10 years. Since Napster, that is. In 1999 [...] -
Open Web Vancouver
5 Jun 2009 | 7:33 pmI’m attending (and presenting at) Open Web Vancouver next week, celebrating (and problematizing) with many others the many affordances and limitations of open source and open formats in our digitally mediated world. My talk will likely be rather policy-wonkish, as a current concern of mine (and a crucial chapter in my dissertation research) is that [...] -
Convergence 2009, as it happens
11 May 2009 | 9:33 am9:32 AM: David Plouffe about to start… 9:38 AM – introductions, Sauder school of business. iPhoto/Flickr not working well… 9:40 – Plouffe on stage, obligatory Sarah Palin joke 9:42 – not just a winning campaign but a credible grassroots campaign – “social media embedded in our DNA” from the start 9:45 – challenges going against Clinton. have a strategy. [...] -
Last.fm and misinformation
9 May 2009 | 10:56 amI need to retract a decision I made based on seemingly false news. Just over a month ago I posted an announcement that Simulacre Media would be removing its entire catalog from the Last.fm service due to the imposition of user fees in countries other than the US, UK, and Germany. I read a misleading Canwest [...] -
summer summer summer summer/it’s like a merry-go-round
7 May 2009 | 10:04 pmPerhaps it would be more appropriate for me to entitle this post with a reference to Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” (given that Isabel has mysteriously begun singing “mummy’s alright/and daddy’s alright/and baby’s alright/bla bla bla etc…” – where’d she get that? her new nanny? SFU childcare? hopefully no one’s introducing her to that lame Guitar Hero [...]
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TalkingMobile
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Let’s Talk Mobile: Emoze
25 Jun 2009 | 3:12 pmWe sat down with Emoze to talk about their product, their market, and their views of the mobile market in general and the mobile messaging in particular. Activity started at – Jan 2007 Entrepreneurs – Moshe Dgani and Moshe Levy Invesments – seed – The company is 95% owned by Emblaze Targeted markets – global: handset vendors, service providers, VARS, Consumers Customers –Nokia, Samsung, Orange, Turkcell, Mero, Tulip Telecom, Pelephone and MIRS. Q: There are many pre-loaded mail clients, not only on smartphones, Ovi mail for example is aimed to connect users in developing countries… -
Windows Media Player Gets Tuned With Tunewiki
22 Jun 2009 | 11:25 amTunewiki the mobile media player that auto sync a song with its lyrics has just released a Windows Media Player plugin. Due to the site: “This plugin connects you with lyrics for your music, and lets you share your listening habits with your friends through Facebook or Twitter. The TuneWiki WMP plugin features built in music maps to let you see where other users use TuneWiki, as well as showing top songs for the area. Furthermore, TuneWiki gives you streaming access to millions of music videos and lyrics right from Windows Media Player. ” Download the plugin The plugin is just the… -
Modu Gets More Funds
21 Jun 2009 | 4:35 amTime goes by and Modu the Israeli device manufacturer that started with big noise continue to fade slowly. We hear about delays and layoffs, difficulties to raise new funds, and about the intentions to build a modu touch screen device. The most recent official announcement stated that the launch will be on June… but Modu’s launch day is still not here. With all these factors, the company can use some more money (the estimations are that Modu raised 85-95 million dollars). Today it was published that Israel’s Chief Scientist office granted a 1 million dollar investment in… -
iPhone 3Gs Is Comming To Israel
19 Jun 2009 | 6:43 amFinally after long awaiting, The iPhone G3/S will land in Israel in few months from now, thanks to Pelephone and Orange. Both of the carriers have released a PR with one hour difference regarding the arrival of the device to Israel. Pelephone uses a direct link to Apple and Orange will use a local distributor. Orange will probably benefit its ownership relations with the H3G group. The model is yet to be revealed and many speculations are mentioned in different forums. The truth must be told Israel was not an “Apple Freak”, Macs were sold here for a long time but as the popularity… -
Fring New Strategy-Synergy
3 Jun 2009 | 11:36 amWe are just a few days away from the Palm Pre launch, the “Synergy” mobile device and Fring the VOIP and IM mobile application is proving that synergy can be achieved by using its mobile application. So what is that “Synergy” and should we be more worried about it?! Plam Pre tactic is that all features of the mobile devices can “sing” together and make our lives easier. one picture is batter than thousand words, in this case a quick preview of the “Palm Synergy” Click here to view the embedded video. Palm was not the first company that thought…
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TradePub: Telecom & Wireless
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Office IP Phone Hardware Features Checklist
2 Jul 2009 | 2:50 pmDo you have all the latest features and functionality available to your office phone system? Check out the 11 top-rated, must-have features for your office phone system in this FREE IP Phone Features Checklist.Request Free! -
How to Buy a Phone System
2 Jul 2009 | 2:50 pmConsidering a new phone system for your business? The Phone System Buyer's Guide from VoIP-News provides you with all of the information you need to make a more informed decision. The Guide helps you understand:What features every business should look for from a modern phone system;How these phone systems are helping businesses improve productivity; and Whether, as some vendors claim, it's possible to reduce your phone bill by up to 60%.Request Free! -
VoIP Call Center Buyer's Guide
2 Jul 2009 | 2:50 pmImplementing the right call-center solution is a key factor in keeping your customers happy, as it is often their first line of contact with your company's sales or support agents. And with the advent of VoIP, call centers can run more inexpensively and efficiently than ever before. Learn everything you need to know about choosing a VoIP call-center solution in this Buyer's Guide.This buyer's guide address topics such as:Major vendorsBasic and advanced featuresCostRequest Free! -
IP Phones Checklist: What to ask before you buy
2 Jul 2009 | 2:50 pmThe information in this comprehensive document will help you effectively negotiate, lay out your business requirements up front, assess trade-offs and prepare for future possibilities.Questions addressed include:Are you better off migrating to a hybrid IP PBX or a pure IP system?How much time and money are you willing to invest in the training of your employees on IP telephony?Will you require videoconferencing capabilities in your IP phone?What is the fine print in an IP phone manufacturer's service level agreement (SLA)?Request Free! -
Hacking Your PBX: 15 Ways to Make the Most of a Modern Phone System
2 Jul 2009 | 2:50 pmThis article serves as the first step to understanding your PBX and maximizing your company's productivity using an IP PBX. These tips and tricks will help PBX beginners optimize their business phone setup, as well as make users familiar with some PBX functionalities they might have overlooked or underused. Highlights include:Call Accounting SystemBest Uses for Voice MailConsolidatingTotal 'Business Intelligence' IntegrationRequest Free!
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Enterprise Mobility Matters
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My June 2009 Research on Enterprise Mobility
1 Jul 2009 | 5:23 amSo here's the research I have published this past month with Strategy Analytics: Creating a Holistic Mobility Strategy – Revised Edition - I talked about this piece when it came out. You can download this for free (and I encourage... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Josh Lipton
30 Jun 2009 | 4:30 amWelcome to the latest edition of Inside Looking Out. This past week (on my vacation, no less!), I got to speak with Josh Lipton. Josh is a VP of Consulting and the CTO at Advantix Solutions Group, a Texas based... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Looking Back to See the Future of Enterprise Mobility
29 Jun 2009 | 6:59 pmAh, what a week off can do for the mind and body. While the beautiful Boston weather provided me an overwhelming amount of rain, I was able to get a couple of (very bad) rounds of golf in, as well... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Metrics Shmetrics
25 Jun 2009 | 2:39 pmPlease don't confuse the lackluster posting frequency for another time when Philippe drops the ball on his beloved blog. Au contraire mes amis (That's French for Oh conTRAYR my friends), I am on a quick little vacation that has afforded... Click the article title to read the entire blog post. -
Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Todd Ostrander
23 Jun 2009 | 7:54 amWelcome to the latest edition of Inside Looking Out. This past week, I got to speak with Todd Ostrander. Todd is a co-founder and now VP at Perlego Systems, a Washington (State) based mobility management solution provider. One of the... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
