April 2008 Archives
New Affordable HSDPA Phones from Sony Z780 & G502
Sony Ericsson introduced two new HSDPA phones into its line-up; each clearly designed to take its range of web-enabled phones in a different direction. The Z780 expands the company’s range of devices for markets outside of Europe and the compact G502 brings the power of the web to a mainstream…
Skype Releases Beta Mobile for Java Phones
Following recent moves to extend Skype conversations to a wide variety of new mobile and wireless devices, Skype is taking another major step as it continues to merge its internet communications software with mobile phones. The company released a beta version of Skype for your mobile, a mobile ̶…
AT&T & Starbucks Wi-Fi Free for AT&T Customers Starting May 1
AT&T and Starbucks today announced the beginning of the rollout of AT&T Wi-Fi service at company-operated Starbucks stores, kicking off a nationwide effort that will continue through 2008. At the 2008 AT&T Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders in San Antonio, chairman and chief executive o…
Review of Reviews LG enV2 enV(2) Updated
As we promised, early in April we have updated the Review of the Reviews for the LG enV2 enV(2) VX9100 from Verizon. The enV (2) will be released April 30,2008. …
AT&T Mobility to Sell Femtocells
According to RCR Wireless News, a report from research and banking firm ThinkPanmure revealed that AT&T Mobility plans to sell up to 7 million femtocells from ip.access Ltd., a femtocell vendor in Cambridge, England.ThinkPanmure, notes that AT&T signed a contract with…
3G iPhone to Launch June 9?
According to several reports the new 3G iPhone (HSDPA) is expected to be launched June 9 during Steve Job’s keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The iPhones should then arrive in stores a few months later. …
289 Million Mobile Devices in 1Q 2008, Says ABI Research
“Operators and distributors continued to top up their inventories in 1Q 2008 after a particularly strong 4Q 2007,” says ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders. “Year on year, 1Q 2008 was up 13.7%, but 2Q 2008 is likely to be softer than in previous years.” Shipment volumes…
Infineon HSDPA XMM 6080 for Samsung Handsets
Infineon Technologies AG announced that Samsung Electronics, Inc., Seoul, Korea, has chosen Infineon’s HSDPA Platform XMM 6080 for their new family of HEDGE (HSDPA/EDGE) mobile handsets. Samsung is introducing a comprehensive family using the Infineon XMM 6080 platform. The platform incl…
3 Billion Mobile Coupons to Phone Users by 2011, Says Juniper Research
New figures from analyst firm Juniper Research estimate that almost 3 billion mobile coupons will be issued to Mobile Users by 2011, with just under $7 billion of discounts redeemed. The new Juniper study finds that mobile coupons are becoming an increasingly important tool for brand owners and ret…
T-Mobile May Offer 1st Android Mobile Phone
According to Dow Jones Newswire:At the Wireless Innovations 2008 conference in Redwood City, Calif., Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile's broadband and new business division, said he had already seen prototypes of the company's Android-based phone, which are scheduled to …
Mobile Marketing Association Global Mobile Ad Guidelines Announced
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), (www.mmaglobal.com), which represents more than 600 companies across the mobile marketing ecosystem, today announced the release of its global Mobile Advertising Guidelines. The first set of global guidelines issued by the association, are designed to encourag…
Apple Sells 1.7 Million iPhones in Q2 2008
In its quarterly report, Apple admitted that quarterly iPhonesales were 1,703,000 higher than first quarter shipments of 1.1 million units. Reports say that Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer says the company is still committed to reaching 10 million iPhone sold during 2008 …
NextWave Selling Big Spectrum Footprint
NextWave Wireless Inc. announced that it is offering for sale its extensive spectrum holdings in the United States. NextWave's U.S. spectrum footprint covers over 251 million people, or pops, in the United States and includes major markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,…
Nokia Teams with Spike Lee for Social Mobile Film
Nokia announced an multimedia film production with Academy Award nominated director, Spike Lee. Nokia Productions will create the world’s first social film built entirely by everyday people using their mobile devices to generate and submit original content which will then be combined into one …
Mobile NBA Playoffs Info Available at NBA.go2.com
go2 Media (www.go2.com) announced the debut of its mobile website dedicated to providing basketball fans up-to-date information on the NBA Playoffs (NBA.go2.com). The mobile website offers users game and telecast schedules, up-to-the-minute scores of the entire 2008 NBA playoffs and links to purchas…
MME Revenue in US $3.1 Billion, Says Analysys
Revenue from mobile media and entertainment (MME) services in the US will more than double during the next five years, according to the latest research from Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and digital media (www.analysys.com). US MME services (excluding messaging, and mobile browsing…
Men’s Health Readers Can Now Snaptell Advertisers
Men's Health has partnered with SnapTell, the leading provider of image recognition-based mobile marketing solutions, to create the first fully interactive advertising magazine in America. Men's Health's July/August summer issue, hitting newsstands June 24, will feature e…
Tribeca Film Festival – Verizon Exclusive
Verizon Wireless, and Verizon announced that the companies will offer exclusive video from the Tribeca Film Festival on Verizon Wireless' V CAST Video service and on Verizon's FiOS TV video-on-demand (VOD) service. Customers will be able to view trailers, short films and more on their m…
Tellme Local Search with GPS & Live Serach for BlackBerry
Tellme, a Microsoft subsidiary, announced the addition of local 'on-the-go' information to its voice portal for mobile phones. Now instead of typing in a request or scrolling through menus to find information, people can…
Non Wi-Fi GPS BlackBerry Pearl 8110 Available from AT&T
AT&T and Research In Motion today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone, which includes built-in global positioning system (GPS) support for location-based applications and services. Combined with navigation and mapping applications such as AT&T Navigator, the handset…
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