February 2010 Archives
Wireless and Mobile News Named in Top Gadget Blogs by Konector
There are lot of gadget blogs out there, vying for readers and advertisers. How can a PR professional or advertiser find out the demographics and vital ranking information about a top gadget blog?Konector researched top blogs, their demographics, influence and other information, then ranked the top …
BlackBerry (Storm, Curve, Bold Tour) Updates 2day: Slacker Radio 3.0 with Cache
Slacker has updated Slacker Radio to 3.0 for BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry users can now cache their favorite Slacker stations wirelessly to enjoy personalized radio on-the-go regardless if they are still connected to a wireless network or not. The new version of Slacker Radio has enhanced touc…
Tombstone Touching Apps 2Day: NFC Headstone Text and Pics via RosettaStones
The are now cell-phone enabled memorial products called RosettaStones that enable cemetery visitors to access text and photos by touching a cell phone against a cemetery headstone. RosettStone products are available as a palm-sized stone tablet or as a coin-sized stick-on polymer tag called a Data T…
AT&T and iPhone Have Fastest 3G Network Speeds, Droid Fastest Second Runner, Says PC World
PC World has published their latest test of 3G speed for all the major carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. It looks like AT&T's improvement to its network has worked. AT&T's average download speed was 1410 kbps, followed by Sprint at 795 kbps average, T-M…
BlackBerry & iPhone Dominate Smartphone Market, Positive Notes, Notes Gartner
Gartner has publihsed their worldwide mobile report. Although there was a slight decline in total sales and single digit growth, the market is considered positive due to increased strong smartphone growth and low-end handset sales. RIM's BlackBerry was 19.9% and Apple's iPhone was 14.4% of the…
Free iPhone Apps in Spanish 2Day, A la Mano for Telemundo
Telemundo launched iPhone apps, "A la Mano." Each A La Mano market and station will have its own app. There are nine apps in total, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, New York, San Jose, Houston, Puerto Rico and Phoenix. The new apps feature all the informative "A La Mano" content, inclu…
54.3 Million Page Views on NBC Olympics Mobile
The Olympics NBC mobile websites are very popular. The Olympic mobile website and iPhone app gives quick access to scores, medal count, top stories, athlete profiles , video, polls & trivia, live results, schedules, TV listings and photos. To view the Vancouver Olympics on your cell phone …
Deal of the Week: Let’s Talk $100 Visa Gift Card Deal with AT&T Free Phone
LetsTalk.com is offering a $100 Visa gift card with any AT&T cell phone purchase with a plan. The way they put is You Make $100 on any new AT&T Phone & Plan purchase. It only lasts from today 2/22-3/2/10. The plan purchased has to be at least $59.99 a month. Due to some strange co…
Deal of the Week: Let’s Talk AT&T Deal $100 Visa Gift Card Deal with Free Phone
LetsTalk.com is offering a $100 Visa gift card with any AT&T cell phone purchase with a plan. The way they put is You Make $100 on any new AT&T Phone & Plan purchase. It only lasts from today 2/22-3/2/10. The plan purchased has to be at least $59.99 a month. The money you make is…
Skype App on Verizon Uses Minutes not Wi-Fi/3G, Exclusive Deal
Skype will not give you free Wi-Fi or 3G calls when it comes to Verizon smartphones including BlackBerry and Droid.. The upcoming Skype service uses Verizon's circuit switched voice network not 3G and doesn't work on Wi-Fi reports DSL Reports. GigaOm, reported that the Skype deal is exc…
Teen “Redo’s” Texting in PSA For Driving Safety PSA Wins Scholarship
An Arizon teenager won a $1000 scholarship and trip to New York, by showing teens why to stop texting while driving in a PSA context.16-year old Bethany Brown s won the first annual Drive to Life PSA Competition, organized by The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc. (NRSF) and National Organization…
Android an’ almost Droid Apps 2Day: Google Earth for Android 2.1
Google has released - Google Earth for Android. They claim its is theri fastest mobile version of Google Earth yet, with a smooth framerate and a b 800 x 480 screen. The app only works on Android 2.1 smartphones and on the Nexus One superphone.Google Earth for Android has a new Roads layer, that drw…
More Teens Text, Txtng VIP 2Teens, Says MRI
More teens are choosing texting over instant messaging as their preferred method of communication, according to the latest TeenMark study from Mediamark Research & Intelligence (MRI). Some 57% of teenagers report they text messaged on their cell phones in the last 30 days, compared…
Android Motorola Devour Video Shows Wireless PC Control of Devour and MOTOBLUR
If you are thinking about getting the Motorola Devour when it comes out from Verizon, in March, you may want to watch this video filmed at Motorola. The most striking feature demonstrated is the wireless Motorola Phone Portal, that allows you to see what’s on the Moto Devour from your computer…
BlackBerry Tour2 Release Delayed, Called BlackBerry Bold 9650?
According to an email from someone who works at RIM sent to Mobility Site, the BlackBerry Tour2 aka BlackBerry 9650 release has been delayed at Verizon and Sprint.All final details of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 formerly known as the BlackBerry Tour2 are available in the April 27 offici…
Afilias Acquires dotMobi
Afilias announced that it has acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain. Under terms of the private deal, Afilias Limited, an Irish Limited company, has acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of mTLD Top Le…
Call Quality Down for Smartphones, Verizon High Customer Rankings, Says J.D. Power
While smartphone customers have continued to grow during the past six months, call quality performance has declined, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study-Volume 1.The study finds that, after several consecutive six-month reporting periods of steadil…
Android an’ Droid Apps 2Day: Google Shopper with Voice an’ Photo Search
"Attention Android Shoppers, Google Shopper is now available on your Android phone via Android Market."The Google Shopper app accesses Google's online shopping data. It enables users to search Google's shopping information using text, voice, barcodes, and photo scans of book and media cover art. Use…
iPhone Apps No Mo’: Google Acquires and Retires reMail iPhone App
Google has acquired reMail, founded by Gabor Cselle who was formerly an Intern a and software engineer at Google.According to Cselle's blog Google and reMail have decided to discontinue reMail's iPhone application, and we have removed it from the App Store. The reMail appl, it will continue to work.…
LG Arena Enters Mobile AT&T FloTV Arena February 26
The half-inch thin AT&T LG ARENA will go on sale online February 26. The LG ARENA is an entertainment centric phone. LG ARENA' s 3-inch touchscreen can show DVD-quality videos made by the LG ARENA's 5.0 MP autofocus camera with geo-tagging options. The LG ARENA is the latest AT&…
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