August 2008 Archives
JuiceCaster Now Feeds Photo & Video Juice 2 Friends on BlackBerry Curves
Social media photo and video sharing app JuiceCaster, is now available for Blackberry Curve devices via a free beta application for users in the United States..In the coming weeks, the free beta will be opened up for Blackberry Pearl users, and for Blackberry users in Europe. JuiceCaster is the awa…
Olympic Roaming Data Surged, Says Aicent
Wireless data roaming turned in a gold medal performance according to data released today from Aicent, Inc. ( www.aicent.com). With mobile phones from international GSM and CDMA networks accessing the Internet, sending pictures, videos and e-mails, it was the data roaming exchange services from Aice…
hi5 Globilizes and Mobilzes Networking, Photos in 26 Languages
hi5 Networks, announced the availability of hi5 Mobile. The global social networking site is now available on mobile phones in 26 different languages. With hi5 Mobile, users can easily send and receive messages, update status, view friends’ profiles, share photos, find out who is online and …
Photoshop.com Offers Easy Uploads from Mobiles
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the release of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 software with new Photoshop.com membership. What’s interesting for mobile phone users is that Photoshop.com members also will be able to upload photos directly from a mobile phone. The addition of Photosh…
Telecoms Should Take Advantage of Multiple Delivery Channels, says Gartner
Telecom carriers around the world are turning their attention to advertising as a potential source of revenue, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner forecasts that the worldwide mobile advertising market alone will be worth over $12 billion by 2011 but advised carriers that they will need to rise to som…
Verisign Verifies There’s a Whole Lot of TXTing Going On
VeriSign announced another record-breaking quarter for mobile messaging, based on the latest quarterly index of mobile messaging statistics compiled by VeriSign’s Messaging and Mobile Media division. Through June 30, 2008, VeriSign’s combined mobile messaging networks delivered 95.4 bil…
Dual Keyboard HTC S740 Smartphone Introduced
HTC introduced the HTC S740 with dual keyboards, fast HSPA speeds, Windows Mobile, Fm Radio, GPS and Bluetooth. The HTC S740 features the fastest mobile broadband capabilities with a maximum download speed of 7.2 Mbps, up to 18 times faster than 3G. This true mobile broadband experience allows user…
AT&T Connect Web/Video Conferencing Called Leader by Gartner
Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2008 "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing." Gartner positioned AT&T Connect in the Leaders Quadrant in its annual review of Web conferencing and collaboration services for enterprise businesses. AT&T Connect provides an ef…
Ole! Nokia N85 has OLED Screen & Lotsa’ Multimedia
The Nokia N85 is a dual slider phone with a 2.6” OLED screen, N-Gage gaming, music with in-built FM transmitter, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and geotagging capabilities, three month integrated license for turn-by-turn voice navigation and high-speed connectivity, all in one devic…
PC-Like N79 Packs Multimedia, with Xpress-on Espresso
Nokia also unveiled the Nokia N79, the latest addition to the Nokia Nseries range that combines customizable design with a fully-loaded multimedia computer. It offers a full range of multimedia experiences including integrated navigation, music with FM transmitter, high-speed connectivity, superior …
Let the Nokia N96 Entertain You
Nokia announced that the Nokia N96, unveiled earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be made available for high-speed 3G HSDPA networks widely used in the Americas during the fourth quarter of 2008. Combining a large 2.8 inch screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and compati…
Obama’s VP TXT Most VIP MSG EVR, Says Nielsen
Nielsen Mobile estimates that 2.9 million US mobile subscribers received a text message from the Obama campaign over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The VP message was sent in the late hours of Friday night and is, by many accounts, the single largest mobile marketing event in the US., t…
Lil Wayne & Cash Money Goes Mobile with Ringtone Fan Club
Cash Money/Universal Motown Records (UMRG) has teamed up with mobile technology provider m-Wise to offer fans a g mobile fan club experience. The m-Wise mobile fan club mobile subscription service, offers fans exclusive online and mobile content like ringtones, graphics, video clips, Cash Money triv…
Funnies on Your iPhone with Digital Comix from iVerse Media
Starting later this year, millions of iPhone/iPod Touch owners will be able to download digital comics from established industry professionals and studios, as well as new and rising comic book stars through iVerse Media. iVerse Media has developed an iPhone Application that displays comics that hav…
Vringo Video Ringtone Sharing Downloadable @ Nokia Download!
Vringo video ringtone sharing developer has partnered with Nokia to make Vringo’s video ringtone application and media content available to Nokia device owners through the Nokia Download! Web store. Through Nokia Download!, users can get the Vringo application, then choose from Vringo’s…
AT&T Offers 100 & 200 MB Data Plans @$119.99 & $199.99 a Mo.
AT&T has expanded international data offerings to help keep iPhone customers connected around the world. AT&T offers two new iPhones data planswhich offer 100 megabytes (MB) or 200 MB a month, can potentially save customers hundreds of dollars compared to pay-per-use international data roami…
Verizon Gives Democratics Greening Tips
This week's Democratic Party Convention promises to be the "greenest" political gathering in history. A Verizon Wireless news release says that Verizon is doing its part to help the environment in Denver and nationwide, starting with phone recycling. According to the EPA, recycling 100 million cell …
Wireless and Mobile News News
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Wired.com’s iPhone 3G Survey Says, Networks Are the Problem
Wired.com surveyed iPhone users all over the world. The results suggest that widespread data speed problems have more to do with carriers' networks than with Apple's handsets. They found "in general the data overall shows that 3G is performing faster than EDGE (which is expected)." In some …
Verizon Putting on the Blitz – Text eMail Music QWERTY Phone
Verizon Wireless Blitz is designed for the heaviest of texters, the Blitz comes complete with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and easy access to a dedicated My Messaging key, making it a good choice for a back-to-school phone. The Blitz is a text messaging powerhouse with a 2.2-inch screen - ideal for …
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