September 2008 Archives
Rumor du Jour – Moto Androiding
TechCrunch reports that Motorola "already has 50 people on its Android team and is growing that to 350, according to an Android developer approached by a headhunter to join the team."There's probably an Motorola Android phone on the horizon. …
Leap & Metro PCS Agree to Roaming and Sharing
Leap Wireless International, and MetroPCS Communications, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a national roaming agreement and an agreement to exchange wireless spectrum, and have settled all outstanding litigation between them. …
XOHM WiMAX Goes Live in Baltimore No Contract Required
Sprint's XOHM WiMAX service goes live in Baltimore today. With average downlink speeds of 2-4 Mbps, the data-centric XOHM broadband service differs from present wireless offerings in that: No long-term commitments or contracts are required, freeing customers from restrictive long-term s…
4 Billion Mobile World Subs by End of Year, Says ITU
International Telecommunications Union Secretary-General Hamadoun TourĂ© said that worldwide mobile cellular subscribers are likely to reach the 4 billion mark before the end of this year. Dr TourĂ© was speaking at the high-level events on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York. Since…
Ericsson Ranked Best, Followed by Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent, Says ABI
Ericsson has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide mobile network infrastructure …
Rumor du Jour 2 Samsung Bresson
Another rumor today is that the 8 megapixel camera/smartphone the Samsung M8800 Bresson will be announced any day and it will have:Built-in accelerometer100MB internal memoryFM radio with RDS anMicroSD card slot.GPS, vut no Wi-Fi as of yet.…
Rumor Du Jour Nokia Tube Out October 2
The latest rumor from various sources about Nokia's debut of it's first totally touchscreen phone known as the Tube is that it will announced in London on October 2.The phone is expected to be haptical and have:Symbian S60 Operating System150 MB of internal storage microSDHC slot for the&n…
LG Prada Phone – Over 1 Million Sold
LG and PRADA Group announced that the global sales of the Prada Phone by LG have reached one million units.Since its March 2007 debut the Prada Phone by LG has been a popular phone throughout the world. It also gave birth to other LG touch screen phones such as the LG Vu.Encouraged by the stro…
Visa NFC, Remote, Money Tranfser & Payments on Nokia 6212 in October
VIsa and Nokia are planning to deliver Visa payment and payment-related services - including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications - for Nokia's next generation handsets The first Visa-enabled phone with the Nokia 6212 classic, expected to be availab…
Election Polls Landline Biased, Says Pew Research.
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has conducted three major election surveys a vrtually identical pattern is seen across all three surveys: In each case, including cell phone interviews resulted in slightly more support for Obama and slightly less for McCain, a consistent differ…
1.5 Million Shazamers on iPhone
Shazam rported its application for the iPhone has been downloaded by over 1.5 million people in the first six weeks of its availability on the Apple App Store. The applications allows users to play a song into an iPhone to be identified and shared. The application has been one of the most popular …
ShoZu App Uploads Photoshop Photos From Mobiles in a Snap
Adobe Photoshop.com members can use ShoZu service to upload photos from more than 350 different handsets to Photoshop.com accounts. ShoZu's service allows Adobe Photoshop.com users to take advantage of support for additional handsets that include Apple iPhone, Apple iPod touch, Motorola …
MobiHand Launches CrackBerry Store with Sale Apps $9.95
MobiHand, provider of mobile content and application stores announced that CrackBerry.com, has launched the first MobiHand-powered, on-device App Store for BlackBerry smartphone users. The new on-device store allows users to browse and search thousands of applications compatible with their s…
Sprint MyMoney Manager with PayPal
Sprint customers can now caccess their bank accounts and , send payments PayPal to friends and family from most web-enabled Sprint phones with MyMoneyManager. MyMoneyManager is a downloadable application that enables Sprint customers with BB&T, Citibank, IBC Bank and PNC Bank accounts to cond…
Nokia Offers Free Software for Disater Data/Networking
Nokia Data Gathering is a new software solution to help public sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) quickly and accurately collect data on critical issues such as disease outbreaks or disaster relief via mobile devices. The Amazonas State Health Department in Brazil will be the first to …
Mobile Trivial Pursuit Coming from EA
In honor of the 25th anniversary of TRIVIAL PURSUIT, Electronic Arts is bringing TRIVIAL PURSUIT to life on mobile phones.Fans will learn fun facts, discover odd answers and experience the game on cell phones. The mobile version has two fun ways to play - collect wedges a…
Seventh Generation Ingredient App for Mobile Cleans Up Misunderstandings
Seventh Generation's new add campaign "Show the World What's Inside," has in it a mobile cleaning ingredient guide application.The Label Reading Guide mobile application helps consumers navigate the cleaning aisle at the grocery store by providing an interactive glossary of comm…
Air2Web’s New Call-to-Actions Feature: Contact Capture
Mobile marketing company Air2Web now offers Contact Capture, the most recent addition to its Mobile Marketing Solution Series (MMSS). Air2Web's Contact Capture enables for calls-to-actions.Contact Capture allows customers to include a mobile marketing call-to-action in its communications which direc…
Skyfire Opens Up New Mobile Browser
Skyfire is opening up registration of their free browser to all. and announcing the .8 version of their browser product for Windows Mobile. The new version of Skyfire adds even more speed and ease to browsing the Internet from a mobile device.The Skyfire browser was the first mobile browser to…
FunMobility to Offer Mobile Branding for Vans
FunMobility announced a brand building partnership with Vans. The partnership willhelp build brand affinity with Vans customers. FunMobility, in concert with Access360Media, will provide a mobile destination that allows users to receive daily text messages and free wallpapers produced by Vans.…
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