February 2009 Archives
Verizon Samsung Omnia (i910) Review of Reviews 2
Verizon's Samsung Omnia Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe Verizon Samsung Omnia is a full haptic touchscreen Windows Mobile Professional smartphone with lots of features including 3G access, push email, GPS, Microsoft document editing, multimedia player, 5 meg…
Handset-Based Navigation Gaining Momentum, Says ABI
While sales of high-end PNDs and expensive in-dash navigation solutions are being hit hard by the economic recession, handset-based navigation is enjoying renewed momentum, with PND vendors TomTom and Garmin entering this space hoping to take a piece of this fast-growing navigation segment. “…
Android Free App of the Day: imeem Mobile
Social music service, imeem is now offering imeem Mobile, for the Android platform. Users can listen to the songs they own on their T-Mobile G1 and future Android phones. The updated version of imeem Mobile includes MyMusic, a new feature which enables music lovers to…
Apps Seldon Used After Downloaded, Says Pinch Media
Pinch Media has been collecting data from the Apple app store and have found that the app users have short attention span and seldom use their apps. They have collected data Appearing on a top 100 list increases users by average 2.3 x. Price cuts increaded demand by 130%. The usage of paid apps…
User Interface, Brand and Free Content Top Factors for Mobile Phone Buyings, Says GetJar
GetJar conducted a phone-buying poll across the 130 countries in the GetJar network, asked respondents to rank a list of 10 phone features by order of importance including and were then asked to rank each of those features on a five-level scale as 'unimportant', 'less important', 'important', 'very …
Mobile Music Profits will Soar while Ringtones Decline, Says Jupiter
Ringtone decline will be displaced by growth and profits from full music dowloas, suggests a report from Jupiter Research. A sharp fall in ringtone revenues will be more than offset by growth in full-track downloads, streamed music services and ringback tones, says Juniper Research which forec…
Free BlackBerry Storm and iPhone App of the Day: GIST
With this app you could be saying "My BlackBerry Storm is faster than your iPhone," or "My iPhone is faster than your BlackBerry Storm." Cisco is offering free apps for BlackBerry Storm and iPhone users that show your data speeds and show the places where the data speeds are speediest, called …
CDM8975 with Unlimited Push-to-Talk for Only $5-a-Month
Verizon is pushing its push-to-talk services with the new push-to-talk phone the Verizon Wireless clam shell CDM8975. The phone, developed by Personal Communications Devices, provides customers with fast two-way communication and will be available online by March 9.The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 uses…
8 Reasons Why the Palm Pre Could Be the iPhone Killer
Will the Palm Pre be the iPhone Killer? StuffTV made a video with reasons why it might overtake Apple's iPhone. In fact, they have the most viewed video of the Palm Pre on YouTube.Here are the reason they give:Multi-touch magic, the iPhone would die for, such as the shortcuts bar.The Palm Pre …
Palm Pre Synergy Demo from Mobile World Congress
In a demo at Mobile World Congress, a Palm rep shows how Synergy in the WebOS works on the Palm Pre to Noah at Phone Dog.In contacts there are linked contacts form mutiple sources pulled together. For example, Sofia has link contacts on Facebook, Google and corporate email all on the sam…
Free BlackBerry Storm App of the Day: StormSketch
Here's another fun free BlackBerry Storm app, it turns your BlackBerry Storm in to an an Etch-a-Sketch by dmglakewood from StormGrounds.com. Users can draw on the screen with their fingers. To clear the image shake the BlackBerry Storm left and right and it will clear the screen. You can downl…
Wireless Bill To Watch Bears Game on Cruise Ship, $28,000
A Chicago Sun Times reader wrote he needed help from "The Fixer" with a really big cell phone wireless card bill. The traveler received $28,067.31 wireless phone bill after a recent trip for watching a Bears game on his laptop computer via a wireless card.He was in Miami on Nov. 2, getting ready to …
T-Mobile Will Offer Huawei Android Phone in Q3 2009
According to DigiTimes Huawei has announced that it will manufacture touchscreen Android-powered smartphones for T-Mobile with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2009.At Mobile World Congress Huawei said that it develop two-three Google-Android models in the coming year.Their president…
iPhone Apps for All American Rejects, Hilson, Lady Gaga, Pussycat Dolls and Souja
Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a division of Universal Music Group, has partnered with Kyte for iPhone and iPod touch applications for IGA artists.The All American RejectsKeri HilsonLady GagaThe Pussycat DollsSoulja Boy Tell 'Em.The applications are available on the Apple App Store. In addit…
Smartphone Users Spent $$$ up to $499 for Apps, Says ABI
Wow, some smartphone users spent a lot of money on apps for their smartphones a whopping 16.5% spent between $100 and $499 .The stats are from survey of 235 US smartphone users who installed applications on their devices in 2008, conducted by ABI Research in November. The level of spending is espe…
CTIA Offers Best Practices Guidelines for Mobile Banking
CTIA-The Wireless Association unveiled "Best Practices and Guidelines for Mobile Financial Services (MFS)," which were unanimously approved by America's leading wireless carrier companies. The voluntary initiative was developed to provide consumers with a high level of safety and security for mobile…
Oscar Academy Award Winner Mobile Web, Texts, Twitters and Buzz
Here are resources to get Oscar Academy Award information on your cell phone, mobile and smartphone. Seth Goldman Mobile Entertainment Buzz reporter for NBC will text you or twitter OscarAcademy Award Winners today.Goldman will Twitter from the red carpet and can follow him via his Twitter name, N…
Mobile World Congress Round-Up: Smartphones, Apps and Awards
Mobile World Congress appears to be a success and there were so many announcements, they begged to be summarized in one of our easy-to-read Cliff-Notes-Style round-ups.Smartphones Get Smarter and Cheaper at Mobile World Congress.Acer showed four smartphones and then revealed that they may be free wi…
Nokia Adds E75 and E55 for Messaging, Email and Web
Nokia showed two new additions to its Eseries range, the Nokia E75 and Nokia E55, which are the first to ship with the company's new email user interface at Mobile World Congress. Both devices also come standard with Nokia Messaging that, when added to the company's corporate email clients, gives p…
Nokia N86 8MP Camera Phone with OLED, LED, Wi-Fi and Music
The Nokia N86 8MP has a wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics and an 8 megapixel sensor with performance as good as a digital camera. The Nokia N86 8MP is designed to work in both bright and low light conditions, and it's optimized for both video and still imaging. Its high-speed connectivity ensures easy an…
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