June 2008 Archives
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Hands-Free Law Reminder for CA
Remember what happens on July 1 in California.Drivers under the age of 18 may not use a wireless telephone, pager, laptop or any other electronic communication or mobile services device to speak or text while driving in any manner, even...
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Location Based Tech Advances with Additon of Wi-Fi from CSR & Skyhook
CSR, and Skyhook Wireless maker of the Wi-Fi Positioning System and XPS 2.0, the hybrid positioning system, announced a partnership that will bring advanced location capabilities to CSR’s Wi-Fi silicon. Skyhook Wireless’ core technology, the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), is...
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Kiwibox, Goes WAP
Kiwibox, teen social networking destination, announced the launch of a new WAP service designed to expand their online community to mobile users. WAP, or wireless application protocol, is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication to enable...
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Tele Atlas Suplies Data for Google Map Apps, Gets Input from Google Users
Tele Atlas, announced that Google has signed a long term license agreement with the company that gives Google access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world. The agreement spans Google's current and...
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DRM Free Monthly Music from Verizon & Rhapsody for $14.99 mo.
Verizon Wireless and Rhapsody, the digital music service from RealNetworks and MTV Networks, launch V CAST Music with Rhapsody. Combining Verizon Wireless' over-the-air mobile music service with Rhapsody's desktop solution, V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to...
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Alltel Unlimted Text/Video/Pics to "My Circle" Plans from Alltel
Alltel Wireless, announced the addition of “texting” to its exclusive “My Circle” offer. “My Circle” customers with a “My Circle” message pack starting at $7.99 can send and receive unlimited text/video/picture messages to anyone in their “Circle,” as well as...
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DigitalBridge Launches Mobile WiMAX in Jackson WY Using Alvarion Tech
Today marks the first commercially available rollout of Mobile WiMAX Internet service by DBC (DigitalBridge Communications) offered over Alvarion's BreezeMAX 2.5 GHz solution. The network is already up and running with broadband Internet to businesses and homes across Jackson Hole,...
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Teens Overule in Mobile Market - Saturation Point Soon, Says MultiMedia Intelligence.
he US 12-17 teen cellular subscribers surpassed 16 million in 2007, according to market research and consultancy firm MultiMedia Intelligence. This is up 12% from 2006. By 2012, the number of teen subscribers will reach 17 million, a delta of...
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Garmin Casts Social Net with GyPSii Geo-location Social Networking
GyPSii, the leading geo-location and mobile social networking provider, announced it has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with Garmin Under the terms of the agreement, GyPSii will provide technology, products, worldwide data center infrastructure, development licenses, and GyPSii branding...
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Over Half of World's Population Will Be Using Mobile Phones by 2010, Says Strategy Analytics
Worldwide mobile subscriptions will rise from 3.9 billion in 2008 to 5.6 billion in 2013, according to a new Strategy Analytics report, “Worldwide Cellular User Forecasts, 2008-2013.” Discounting for people with more than one subscription, more than half of the...
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Sacramento Lawmakers Get Glammed, Hands Free with No Wires Attached?
On Monday, June 30 from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. on the North Steps of the California State Capital Building, typically conservative lawmakers are getting “glammed” with the latest mobile phone accessories as they prepare to set an example for...
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Supernova Nokia Phones Can Change Colors, Textures, and Styles
Nokia today unveiled 4 new Nokia Supernova phones.The new Nokia 7610, 7510 and 7310 Supernova devices give people a choice of exchangeable Xpress-On covers in striking colors and glamorous surfaces....
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MasterCard Teams Up with Obopay for P2P Payments
MasterCardannounced an agreement with Obopay, Inc. to offer a fully-integrated on-demand person-to-person mobile payment service in the United States. The service, offered via MasterCard MoneySend, will give new and existing MasterCard issuing customers the ability to provide an innovative mobile...
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LG Dare (VX9700) Verizon Review of Reviews
LG Dare Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of Reviews Revised July 1, 2008 Reviewers of of the LG Dare found most of the features impressive and called the LG Dare the "closest to the...
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Chrysler Launches Wi-Fi Hotspot & Uconnect Tech
Chrysler will bundle a bunch of entertainment and communication technologies under one umbrella name - “uconnect.” The featues are named, uconnect phone, uconnect tunes, uconnect gps, uconnect studios and uconnect web. It includes Bluetooth hands-free, hard-drive stored media( 30GB that...
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Quattro Wireless Provides Mobile Ads 4 Entertainment
Quattro Wireless announced today it has signed deals to add a variety of leading entertainment sites to its fast-growing mobile Ad Network. The sites include Cracked.com, Savvy.com, TheInsider.com (a division of CBS Interactive), Fandango.com, Hollywood.com, and MovieWeb.com. Quattro will...
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Sports Illustrated & Crisp Offer Off-Deck Mobile Website
Crisp Wireless and the Sports Illustrated announced the launch of SI’s new off-deck mobile website. The new ad-supported, interactive SI Mobile website offers form analysis and reporting from famed SI writers such as Peter King, Tom Verducci, Jack McCallum and...
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Mobi-Game Revs Will Reach $4.5 Million in 2008, Says Gartner
Worldwide mobile gaming revenue is expected to total $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent increase from 2007 revenue of $3.9 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. While mobile gaming revenue will continue to lag behind other value-added entertainment services -...
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Microsoft Acquires MobiComp Mobile Data Backup
Microsof announced it intends to acquire MobiComp, supplier of backup and restoration of mobile data and mobile posting of social content to websites such as Facebook. The acquisition would combine MobiComp’s expertise building imobile data protection and sharing services with...
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Premium Wi-Fi from Alltel & Boingo $19.99 mo. or $3.99 day
Alltel Wireless is offering premium Wi-Fi access to more than 25,000 hotspots developed through Alltel’s relationship with Boingo Wireless. Alltel Wi-Fi is available for purchase by anyone in the United States as a stand alone offer. Consumers can access unlimited...
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Metro PCS Unlocks CDMA Phones with MetroFlash - No Phone Purchase Necessary
Consumers can now activate their existing CDMA handsets on MetroPCS' Network and not have to buy a new phone when they switch to Metro PCS service. MetroPCS announced the launch of MetroFlash, allowing consumers to bring their compatible CDMA handsets...
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ROKR Rocks on T-Mobile Exclusively Starting July 7th
The ROKR E8 handset will be available in the U.S. exclusively from T-Mobile beginning July 7th. ROKR E8 is both a MP3 player that makes great phone calls with a morphing keypad, that looks like a music playser when it...
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Samsung Instinct Fastest Selling Sprint Phone Ever / Shortages in Some Places
Sprint reports Samsung Instinct has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint history. Instinct was first available exclusively to current Sprint customers on June 19 breaking records for the initial launch of any Sprint product. Instinct became available to all...
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GPS Mobile Apartment Hunting from Apartment Guide
Apartment Guide announced an agreement with Mobile Accord to provide apartment listing content through participating wireless carriers. Subscribers to this service will be able to find apartments for rent by using mobile phones equipped with global positioning system (GPS) technology.Properties...
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Tell Your BlackBerry What to Do with Voice Commands Free from Vlingo
Vlingo Corporation today debuted a new application for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) , offering a complete voice-powered interface based entirely on vlingo’sspeech recognition technology. Available free-of-charge, vlingo’s BlackBerry application lets users send emails and text messages, search...
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Mobile Internet Users to Surpass 1.7 Billion by 2013, Says Juniper Research
The number of subscribers using mobile Internet services will rise from 577 million currently, to top 1.7bn by 2013, spurred by demand for collaborative applications known collectively as 'web 2.0', and greater 2.5/3G penetration. Established mobile players face increasing competition...
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Verizon Users Can Loopt With Friends
Verizon Wireless, and Loopt announced today that Verizon Wireless customers can now access Loopt's interoperable location-based service. Loopt allows friends who opt in to be located by other friends to show where the friends are located and what they are...
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Virgin will Buy Helio
According to a report in The Financial Times.Virgin Mobile USA will acquire Helio, owned by SK Telecom....
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Verizon LG Dare, Dares to Be 3G with GPS
Verizon will launch its latest iPhonelisicious model - the 3G GPS LG Dare with video capture and photo editing on July 26. The LG Dare is a touch screen phone loaded with multimedia functions. The 3G V CAST-capable phone has...
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T-Mobile@Home Launches for $10 mo.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a new home phone service that enables customers to make unlimited nationwide calls from their home phone via their broadband Internet connection for $10 per month. Beginning July 2, T-Mobile will breathe new life and...
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Bil2Phone Mobile Collect Launched by BSG
BSG today announced at the American Public Communications Council (APCC), the launch of Bill2Phone Mobile Collect, an automated billing solution that enables cell phone users to add incoming collect call charges directly to their mobile telephone bill. Unlike landlines,...
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Unlocked Palm Centro Available from Palm
Palm, Inc. announced that the popular Palm Centro smartphone is now available unlocked for U.S. customers.It also announced that Google( Maps for mobile with My Location on Centro is available for Centro starting June 24, giving customers faster access to...
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Nokia Buys Symbian Opens OS, ABI Researchers Comment
Nokia announced that it will purchase the remaining stock it doesn't own in Symbian and then migrate the solution to an "Open" platform. ABI Researchers have some interesting comments on the move.. ABI Research vice president Stuart Carlaw says, "There...
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3G GPS 3.2 Megapixel Camera Nokia N78 Availabe in U.S.
Starting today, American consumers can buy the Nokia N78. Combining advanced mobile features such as integrated A-GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and high-speed HSDPA connectivity on North American 850/1900 MHz networks, the Nokia N78 is perfect...
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Surge in Wireless Data Usage Expected in N.A. Mobile Market
Although the mobile communications market in North America is close to saturation, wireless data usage is likely to go up. Mobile service providers are expected to push for wireless networks as the primary means of communications, says Research in Markets. In...
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People with Disabilities or Long Nails Can't Use iPhone without Special Tech
The iPod touch screen senses the electrical charge emitted by fingertips and their movement So say if you have very long lovely nails or have a physical disability that keeps you from using your fingers, you won't be able to ...
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T-Mobile Prorates Early Termination Fees
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a change in their early termination fees (ETFs) Beginning on June 28, 2008, the ETF for customers who choose a one-year or two-year service agreement with T-Mobile will decline during the course of their contract....
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Totally Unlimited Virgin - Lowest Unlimited Without Roaming @ $79.99
Virgin Mobile USA will unveiled its new "Totally Unlimited" calling plan for $79.99 on July 1, the lowest priced and first unlimited nationwide calling plan without roaming charges or an annual contract that can be purchased by cash or credit....
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Nokia Buys Plazes
Nokia and Plazes (www.plazes.com) announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to...
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Small Biz Big Smartphone Usage, Says AMI Partners
Once geared towards enterprise usage, smartphones today have approximately 31% of U.S. small businesses (SBs, or companies with up to 99 employees) utilizing vendors such as RIM, Palm, Motorola for e-mail accessibility or mobile calendar and contact information on top...
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AT&T MediaFLO ESPN & NBC Offer Live Coverage of Wimbeldon Tennis
MediaFLO USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV, and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go will provide comprehensive live coverage of championship tennis from Wimbledon, one of the world's greatest sports events, on the award-winning...
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Firethorn Provides Mobile Wallet for BECU
Firethorn Holdings LLC, a Qualcomm company today announced that it has added BECU (formally known as Boeing Employees' Credit Union) to its growing roster of financial institution customers. The nation's fourth largest credit union, BECU plans on launching the Firethorn...
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Motorola Launches Motozine ZN5 with Kodak 5 Megapixel Camera
Motorola and Kodak today announced MOTOZINE ZN5, that combines a high- quality phone and camera experience . ZN5 is the first mobile phone to combine Motorola’s ModeShift Technology and KODAK Imaging Technology. Together, they redefine the quality, convenience and connectivity...
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Increase Revenues with Accessories, Says NPD Group
According to The NPD Group, a consumer market research company for the wireless industry, there was a 20 percent decline in year-over-year mobile phone handset purchases made by consumers in the U.S. from January through April 2008; however, a survey...
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T-Mobile Intros New Wi-Fi HotSpot@Home Phones: Nokia 6301 & Samsung t339
T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced the availability of the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339, the newest additions to the growing lineup of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, which provides unlimited, nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi connection in...
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Cellular Modem Shipments Increased 300%, Says ABI Research
In 2007, cellular modem shipments increased by more than 300% over 2006. Not only was the dramatic increase remarkable, but interestingly USB modems accounted for over half of the shipments. Growth drivers included continued expansion of 3G cellular networks, and...
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Alltel Expands 3G with EVDO Rev. A
Alltel Wireless today announced that it will continue expanding its wireless broadband network in 2008 with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology, enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before. Both versions...
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United Airlines Offers iPhone/iPod Connections in Flight
United guests may now reach cruising altitude with a new, personalized in-flight entertainment system. United is the first U.S. carrier to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity to its in-flight entertainment system, enabling customers to enjoy their individual content on a...
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AT&T Pays Apple $325 to $425 per iPhone 3G
According to several reports AT&T will pay a subsidy of $325 for the new Apple iPhone 3G, according to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner. He says the usual subsidy is about $200. The new iPhone 3G is priced at $199 for...
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Cricket Offers My Backup Service for $2 mo.
Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, has launched an over-the-air contact data backup program called My Backup. Asurion, the leading provider of enhanced services to the wireless industry, is supporting Cricket in this initiative via its...
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phling! MusicLounge Web App Streams Home Pc Music to Mobile Phone
Oxy Systems, Inc. (www.oxysys.com), a leader in the development of advanced platforms for mobile applications and services, today announced the Beta launch of the phling! MusicLounge Mobile Web App. This joins the phling! Phone App, a Java midlet application, in...
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Love Guru Goes Mobile from Player X
Award-winning mobile media company Player X is readying to launch the exclusive mobile game based on the upcoming film, The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers. The movie premieres in North America on June 20th and will be released internationally over...
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Click Pic to Text Search with Thrrum MMS Search
23half Inc., a pioneer of technologies that extend the functionality of camera phones, announced the availability of Thrrum MMS Search to Sprint wireless subscribers. A service already available to AT&T subscribers.Thrrum MMS Search enables camera phone users to find and...
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Over 5 Billion Songs Served on Itunes Store
Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also,...
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AT&T Sponsors Vans Warp Tour 2008
AT&T announced its encore performance as the presenting sponsor of Vans Warped Tour 2008, which kicks off today in Pomona, Calif. The popular summer music tour offers AT&T a chance to interact with music lovers and provide special VIP services...
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iPhone 3G vs Samsung Instinct Review of Reviews
Shall we compare the Samsung Instinct to the iPhone 3G? Let's count the ways they are similar and different.Here are the results of the comparison so far, we will update more features as they are suggested.Please also read full Reviews...
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Mobile Web Check-In for Delta Flights @ La Guardia
Customers checking in at LaGuardia and traveling within the U.S. can now check-in on the go with Web-enabled devices. Delta Air Liness putting even greater convenience in the hands of its New York-LaGuardia customers by partnering with the Transportation Security...
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ChaCha Wins American Business Awards
Adding to its list of prestigious awards, ChaCha announced today that it took home top national prize in the Best New Service category of the American Business Awards, presented at a gala event held in NYC last Thursday. Hailed as...
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Will Increased Bandwidth Break the Net? Yes/No Says Telco Pros
Telecommunications professionals are split down the middle on whether increasing bandwidth demands are likely to break the Internet, according to a new survey released today. The survey showed half of respondents saying bandwidth demands will eventually break the Internet, with...
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Sprint WiMAX in Baltimore/DC Area by September
Sprint Nextel plans to launch its first commercial WiMAX service in the Baltimore/DC area in September according to a speech made by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at the NxtComm trade show in Las Vegas which will be before the Sprint/Clearwire...
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Lil Wayne's Lollipop Top Ringtone, Says Nielsen
Nielsen RingScan, a service of The Nielsen Company, has increased its mobile market ringtone data tracking and coverage with the addition of AT&T Mobility's weekly ringtone sales data. Through the expansion, Nielsen RingScan data will now represent ringtone sales of...
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Male/Female Ratio 9/1 on Mobile Web, Says Opera
Men outnumber women on the mobile web almost nine to one according to Opera's latest State of the Mobile Web report, published today. This edition provides demographic insight into the people browsing the web on their mobile phones. . Select...
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Email on Non-Smartphones Available from Sprint
Sprint customers can soon get mobile access to their corporate email accounts on select non-PDA Sprint phones such as the new Instinct by Samsung. Easy access to Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes accounts will be available through Sprint...
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Consumers Want Banking & Travel on Phones, Says dotMobi & AKQA
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, and AKQA Mobile, the mobile division of the global independent creative agency, announced the results of an extensive consumer study of mobile Internet usage and attitudes....
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.Net and Java ME Top Platforms for Mobile, Says Evans Data
The .Net Compact Framework and Java ME top the list of platforms being targeted today by wireless developers, according to a survey of 384 professional developers working on wireless apps conducted last month. Forty-two percent were targeting each platform. Linux...
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Sprint's Samsung Instinct Priced $129 w/Rebate
Sprint announced that the Samsung Instinct will sell for $129.99 after a $100 rebate with a two-year contract. Although it is not an iPhone The Samsung Instinct has many features an iPhone does not have.Sprint, will spend more than $100...
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Google & Yahoo Tops for Mobile Search, Says Nielsen
According to Nielsen Mobile, Google leads in mobile Internet search provider share followed by Yahoo!, together accounting for 79% of the mobile Internet search market. Top 3 Mobile Internet Search Providers for Q1 2008 by Provider Share1. Google (61%)2. Yahoo! ...
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Tiger Woods U.S. Open Win Wins 2 Million WAP Viewers
ESPN's coverage of the 2008 U.S. Open playoff on Monday from noon-2 p.m. ET was the most-viewed golf telecast in cable TV history (4.2 household rating, 4,055,000 household impressions, 4,762,000 viewers). Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in a sudden...
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Venture Capitalists Go Ga-Ga Over Content, Says KPMG
With a focus on mobile and online applications, venture capitalists expect to increase their investment in content creation for the digital entertainment sector over the next two years, and see increased M&A activity in the coming year, according to a...
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10 Million Teens & College Students Myxering
Myxer today announced they’ve surpassed 10 million users, 20 million downloads per month, and almost 150 million mobile downloads in total since launch, making them the largest free, ad-supported mobile community on the Internet today and one of the top...
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Instango Service Now for BlackBerry
Instango is a new way of messaging on your mobile phone which they say saves costs. It is now available for BlackBerry It includes: Free instant messaging to other instango users and users of GoogleTalk, ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GaduGadu,...
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Downloadable Mobile Banking Apps Explained
The Editor of Wireless and Mobile News has written Mobile-banking apps with mobile carriers, ATM networks up the ante for ATMmarketplace.com. In the article you will find out who the top players are in the mobile banking downloadable application space....
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Free Headsets from Freeheadset.org in Time for July 1 Laws
If you are worried about the impending enforcement of hands free laws starting July 1, you can get a free compatible headset and just pay for shipping charges form FreeHeadset.org, offering free headsets to California drivers.The FreeHeadset.org organization is a...
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WiMAX Forum Ceritifies 4 Base Station and 6 Mobile Station Modules
The WiMAX Forum announced the first ten Mobile WiMAX products received the WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval for the 2.5 GHz profile (titled MP05) at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam. The WiMAX Forum also revealed its roadmap...
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8.1 Megapixel Cyber-Shot C905 and Snappy S302 Camera Phones from Sony
The C905 is Sony Ericsson's first Cyber-shot slider and its most advanced camera phone yet. With an 8.1 megapixel camera and real camera flash amongst its cutting-edge capabilities, it offers easy photo-taking in a phone that derives its looks from...
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Wiiliscious Motion Sensor Games on Sony Ericsson Phone - F305
Sony Ericsson is putting gaming at the heart of its latest phone release. Targeted firmly at a youth audience, the F305 with Motion Gaming lets users control games with the flick of a wrist or the swing of an arm,...
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AT&T Gets Juicedcaster and Buzzwired
AT&T announced the launch of two new mobile applications — JuiceCaster 6.0 and Buzzwire — that keep customers connected to the online world. JuiceCaster 6.0 enables you to use your AT&T wireless device to instantly share and post your mobile...
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Sprint Samsung Instinct Revised and Updated
The Samsung Instinct will be released June 20. Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews of the Samsung Instinct has been updated. It is rated 4 out 5. Although the Samsung Instinct received a lot of buzz at CTIA Wireless,...
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Carbon Fooprints Tracked Via GPS Cell Phone Study-Beta Testers Wanted
UCLA researchers unveiled a new tool this week to help people understand their relationship with the environment. The Personal Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (http://peir.cens.ucla.edu/) lets users see online how their daily choices affect the environment and how the environment affects...
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BlackBerries Loopted for Free on Sprint, Alltel, T-Mobile and AT&T
Social mapping service Loopt, ,announced today that the location- based service is now available for free to BlackBerry users on the Sprint, Alltel, T-Mobile and AT&T networks. BlackBerry users can now share their location information with friends across multiple devices...
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No Tethering iPhone as Modem on iPhone 3G
The new iPhone 3G will not work as tethered modem. According to iPhone Atlas, an AT&T rep said, "AT&T will not be supporting a PAM plan for the iPhone 3G. The only available data plan for the iPhone will be...
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New E-Phones from Nokia Come with MS Exchange
Nokia introduced today the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 - the latest email-optimized devices from the Nokia Eseries product range. The sleek Nokia E71 with full QWERTY keyboard has been called the "world's thinnest QWERTY phone" and is only 1...
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9.2 Million US Mobile Subscribers Buy Via Their Cell Phones, Says Nielsen
According to The Nielsen Company, Already, 9 million US mobile subscribers say they have used their mobile phone to pay for goods or services, and half of all data users (49 percent) say they expect to participate in mobile commerce...
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Mileage 2Go Tracks Leased Mileage on Verizon Get it Now Phones
Miles To Go by RiffWare (www.riffware.com) warns Verizon Wireless subscribers when their driving patterns will lead to an overage, allowing them time to adjust their habits and avoid expensive overages. Miles to Go can be downloaded for $2.99 from Verizon...
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The Corniest Cell Phones, Eco-Friendly Phones from Samsung
Samsung announced two eco-friendly phones made from cornstarch. The SCH-W510 is called the "Bio Cover Phone" beause it uses bioplastic material made from cornstarch and is manufactured using an environmentally-friendly metal finishing process. Samsung did not use any heavy metals,...
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Verizon Offers Flex Double Play Bundle to Wireless Customers
Verizon is going to offer a bundle discount to wireless customers with Verizon DSL or FIOS. The discounts will range from $8 to $21 a month, depending on the wireless contract.The Associated Press reported that the discount applies to...
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Verizon's LG Decoy Has Bluetooth Headset Built-in
Verizon starts selling the the LG Decoy today. The world's first mobile phone with a detachable Bluetooth wireless headset! This sleek slider has a mirror-like finish and five-way directional "joystick" on the front, and a , built-in headset on the...
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Quattro to Power 19 Mobile Websites for Cox Newspapers
Quattro Wireless announced it has launched nineteen mobile websites for Cox Newspapers, Inc. local properties around the country. Cox Newspapers selected Quattro to provide a complete package of mobile services including site mobilization through Quattro's proprietary Juicing technology, ad operations...
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Gameloft Named Best-Ranked by Pocket Gamer
Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones and consoles, today announced they were named “Best-Ranked Mobile Game Publisher” in an independent study conducted by Pocket Gamer. Considered to be the leading authority in mobile gaming, Pocket...
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Text 2 Mobile Web Realty Service Launched by Knovolo
Seattle-based startup Knovolo announced its Real Estate Text Link product for real estate agents and independent home sellers. This service combines text messaging with specialized Mobile Web content to provide a powerful new avenue to communicate with buyers. Subscribers to...
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Yahoo & Coupons Inc., Mobilize Coupons
Coupons, Inc., th, and Yahoo!, their current relationship to enable consumers to discover and redeem coupons from their phones while on the go. Coupons, Inc. dominates the online coupon space, with more than 800 brand relationships, thousands of coupon campaigns...
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Holy Cloned Phones Batman! Verizon is Selling Batphones with Joker Codes!
Verizon Wireless,, and Nokia announced the availability of the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone. Celebrating the upcoming July 18 theatrical release of "The Dark Knight," Batman movie, the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition will be available...
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Yahoo will Run Google Ads and Ad Google Paid Search Results
Yahoo! Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with Google Inc. that will enhance its ability to compete in the converging search and display marketplace, advancing the company's open strategy. The agreement enables Yahoo! to run ads supplied by...
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Apple App Design Winners Announced
The winners of the Apple Design Awards 2008 in the iPhone categories are:Best iPhone Entertainment Application: AOL Radio - streams online radio to iPhone and iPod touch, making the iPhone work like an FM tuner.Best iPhone Social Networking Application:...
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Sprint Chart Shows 2 Line Plan is Cheaper with More Features
Sprint says it is giving customers an easier way to budget for their monthly wireless expenses with the launch on June 15 of new simplified pricing plans. Building on the popularity of Sprint's $99 Simply Everything plan, new share plans...
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iPhone Upgraders to iPhone 3G Kill Old iPhone Calling 4 Ever
More iPhone information from CNET iPhone 3G FAQ by Kent German People who bought an iPhone last year and upgrade to an iPhone 3G can't use another SIM or give the phone to a buddy to activate it on AT&T.According...
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FCC Chair Martin Suggests ETF Reform
The FCC received over 3700 complaints about early termination fees. FCC Kevin J. Chairman Martin said that consumers should be protected, while early termination fees can be a legitimate means of recovering legitimate costs and they shouldn't be abused. in...
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3G Palm Centro $99 @ Verizon
Verizon Wireless announced that the Palm Centro smartphone will be available online and in stores beginning June 13. Centro runs on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed data network, which gives customers the ability to quickly send and receive e-mail messages and attachments...
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Nokia Ad Alliances Simplifies Mobile Advertising
Nokia announced the launch of the Nokia Advertising Alliance, which will simplify mobile advertising for brand advertisers. The program brings together leading mobile marketing solutions, including couponing, location-based targeting, image recognition, and other emerging technologies, to offer advertisers a simple...
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Unlimited 5 for $4.99 mo. for Verizon Biz Customers
Verizon small-business customers will now be able to get wireless voice with unlimited calling between a Verizon Wireless phone number and up to five wireline phone numbers for a low monthly cost, announced Verizon. The new Verizon Wireless option is...
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New Brain Trainer, Dictionary, & Carb Counter Programs for iPhone
Mobile Digital Media (MDM), today announced it plans to bring many of its most popular software titles from the traditional mobile device and smartphone markets over to Apple's hugely popular iPhone. MDM won't just port over existing product code, but...
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1 Million Bank of America Mobile Banking Users, Angelenos Top Adopters
Bank of America, today announced that it has surpassed one million unique active Mobile Banking customers. Mobile Banking allows customers to check balances, pay bills, transfer funds, view posted and pending transactions and even locate banking centers and ATMs, accompanied...
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4 New PTT Phones from Sprint Go Through Heck and Back
Sprint announced the coming availability of four new Nextel Direct Connect phones, powered by Qualcomm's QChat Push-to-Talk technology, to customers in 40+ markets across the country. The LX400 by LG, Z400 by Samsung, and PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo will...
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Equal Early Termination Fees for All US, Verizon Tells FCC
Verizon says that it told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday (June 12) that both consumers and the competitive wireless industry would fare better under an FCC-set national policy on early termination fees (ETFs) than under the confusing patchwork of inconsistent...
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Oyes, Oyes, Oy's WinWAP Browser Goes Neonode N2
Winwap Technologies Oy announced today that Neonode Inc, a world leading company specialized in optical finger based touch screen technology, will include Winwap Technologies Oy's WinWAP Browser in its uniquely designed touch screen mobile phone, Neonode N2. Winwap's mobile Internet...
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Nortel & Alvarion Team for New WiMAX Solution
Nortel and Alvarion, two companies aggressively pursuing early market opportunities with WiMAX, announced that they will collaborate to create a new end-to-end WiMAX solution. The Nortel and Alvarion mobile WiMAX solution is expected to combine industry-leading technologies from both companies...
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Users Trust Their Banks More than their Telecoms, Says Unisys
The cell phone is practically universal, with more than 3.3 billion subscribers worldwide, yet 71 percent of all consumers surveyed in 14 countries will not consider using a mobile device to bank or shop online, according to a study released...
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Smaller Data Footprints in MultiNav Global Map Platform
Tele Atlas, a global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, unveiled Tele Atlas MultiNav the company’s newest digital map platform. The platform is designed to:allow navigation application developers even greater speed and flexibility for...
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TW801, Unlocked GSM Wrist Phone Has Features Envied by Dick Tracy
Turtle Wireless is offering a novelty phone, I mean watch, no I mean phone…which brings a whole new meaning to the word handset, or shall we say wristset? Just in time for the Get Smart movie Turtle offers a smarter...
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Voice search on IPhone from Nuance, "Find a Starbucks Now!"
Nuance Communications, a provider of speech solutions, today unveiled a prototype for voice search capabilities shown on the Apple iPhone.Through Nuance speech recognition servers, mobile consumers with no training required can simply speak requests into their phone like, "Find Starbucks...
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Rebate to Higher Priced iPhone Owners?
The Atlanta Business Journal reports that some customers who bought stores may be able to exchange the handset for the faster, less expensive new model and get a rebate, stating that AT&T, "said clients will get a refund for the...
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Another Muni Wi-Fi MetroFi Waves Bye-Bye in CA & IL Closes 6/20
MetroFi, a provider of free ad-supported and premium no-ad supptorted WiFi services told subscribers in California and Illinois that it will be shutting down its service on June 20. Users are encouraged to remove the MSN SideGuide application from their...
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iPhone Users Are Rich, Like Video/Music/Net & Pay More, Says Nielsen
Nielsen Mobile announced some key iPhone findings before the iPhone 3G launch: As of Q1 2008: Nielsen Mobile estimates that there are 2.3 million US mobile subscribers using an iPhone The iPhone accounts for 1% of all embedded mobile phone...
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3 ISPs Will Block Child Porn - Verizon, Sprint & Time Warner Cable
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced agreements with Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint to shut down major sources of online child pornography. Three of the world's largest Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") have agreed to block access...
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Mobile Commerce Storefronts from Digby Start @ $7000
Digby, a leading mobile commerce service provider, announced the availability of Powered by Digby, a mobile commerce software platform that gives retailers the ability to deliver a superior mobile shopping experience to their customers. Powered by Digby uses the same...
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Free iPhone 2.0 PIM Syncing from Funambol
Funambol Inc., provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, announced it has enhanced its native open source wireless sync app for iPhone 2.0. The app uses the new iPhone 2.0 SDK and enables users to wirelessly sync...
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Ad Infuse and Smaato Infuse Ads on Mobile and iPhone
Integrated Ad Platforms Extend Reach for Advertisers Across Mobile and on iPhone Smaato Inc., a pioneering provider for in-application mobile advertising solutions, and Ad Infuse, a leader in delivering highly personalized mobile ad experiences, today announced a new strategic partnership...
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HotSMS Gets Hotter with Free Ad-Supported Content
innerActive Smart Media, a global provider of ad-funded entertainment channels, is teaming up with Buongiorno, to offer its customersfree ad-supported content (e.g. Games, IM and Video). HotSMS, part of Buongiorno Marketing Services, will offer this free ad-funded entertainment service directly...
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New & Old Frequency LTE form Motorola Next Year
Motorola announced that its first commercial release of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) solutions next year will include products for the 700MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum bands to help operators increase coverage and capacity of their networks as they strive to meet the...
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Together Sprint Nextel & Clearwire Are Better, Petition to FCC Says
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire filed a petition with the FCC saying it would would provide high-speed Internet access that rivaled wired-line broadband when it merged It also said:The new merged company, Clearwire Corp. would reach 140 million people within 30...
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Review of Reviews Samsung OMNIA vs iPhone 3G
Here's a quick summary of the differences between the iPhone 3G and Samsung OMNIA SGH-i900 : (more desirable featured phone is in bold) In the camera department, the Omnia has 5 megapixels to the iPhone 3G's meager 2 megabytes. In...
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Review of WWDC Keynote - iPhone 3G Update to Update
Other interesting events at the WWDC:Sega demonstrated a game that uses the accelerometer - Super Monkey BallLoopt demoed how to find your friends nearby.eBay apps are ready for the iPhone 3G.TypePad is iPhone 3G ready.BAND-APP - There was a standing...
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New iPhone iPhone 3G Update
Here's more information about the new iPhone: It's name is: iPhone 3G - Selling line, "Twice as Fast -Half the Price"AT&T remains the exclusive U.S. carrier of the new iPhone, which will be available beginning July 11 at a starting price...
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WiMAX Patent Alliance Opens Up, Pools Innovation
To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and Sprint announced the formation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). The OPA will advance a competitive and open intellectual property...
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Free Ubik Mobile Web App
Volantis, announced the open beta launch of Ubik.com, a web tool that enables consumers and small businesses to build mobile websites without any technical knowledge or training. The service is available immediately, for free use, by visiting Ubik.com. Volantis now...
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All Day Mobile Web Usage, SmartPhone 60%, Says Quattro
Quattro Wireless announced today the results of a first-of-its-kind study tracking audience interaction across the entire mobile web ecosystem on the 100+ premier mobile websites for which the company has built, hosted and served advertising for, as well as post-click...
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Obama, Heath Ledger & Britney Spears Top Search on Mobiles, Says Crisp
Crisp Wireless announced the introduction of the Crisp Wireless Index (CWI), a quarterly barometer of consumer activity online via mobile devices based on usage across sites of select publishers in the Crisp Network. According to the inaugural Crisp Wireless Index,...
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OMG the Samsung OMNIA SGH-i900 Is iPhonelisious with 5 Mpx Camera & GPS
Samsung announced the launch of Samsung OMNIA (model name: SGH-i900). .OMNIA, means 'everything' in Latin and 'wish' in Arabic, will be available to the market from June 2008. The new Samsung OMNIA allows users to switch seamlessly between Microsoft Outlook...
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New 3G iPhone Cheaper with GPS, Push Email & Longer Battery Life
The new iPhone, announced today at the WWDC has 3G, GPS, longer battery life, push email and a major price decrease.""The No. 1 reason why people didn't buy an iPhone...was that it was too expensive," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said....
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18-34 Year-Olds Love Ad-Supported Games, Says Greystripe
Greystripe released statistics from their internal database of users, their catalogue partners and third party research studies. These statistics include consumer insights, demographics and click-through rates. The results provide an interesting, inside look into the advertising potential within mobile...
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New Zoho for iPhone
Zoho has rolled out a new design for Zoho on iPhone. The new design introduces a tabbed interface for navigation between Zoho Apps. Currently, Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show & Creator are supported in this new interface. We plan to add...
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Kmart Incredible Hulk Text-to-Win Sweeps
Kmart has partnered with Universal Pictures, Marvel Entertainment and Burger King for a multichannel entertainment marketing promotion supporting the June 13 release of THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Kmart is offering a text-to-win sweepstakes, giving consumers a chance to win a trip...
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Mobile WiMAX Device from dmedia & NextWave
dmedia System Co. aTaiwanese manufacturer of navigation and wireless devices, and NextWave Wireless Inc. a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, have teamed up to begin development on an advanced mobile WiMAX device that will debut in...
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Qik Live Video Supports Windows Mobile Phones
Qik, Inc., the live mobile video streaming platform, announced its support of Windows Mobile phones. Qik is now available on the Motorola Q and Samsung BlackJack as well as the Nokia N-Series phones. The Qik service is now in limited...
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3G iPhone Will Impact Mobile TV, Says Analysys Mason
With the imminent launch of its 3G iPhone, Apple has a window of opportunity to have a significant impact on the mobile TV market, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason, the premier advisers on telecoms, IT and digital...
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Obama Won Virgin Mobile Election Poll - Text Voting in the Future?
Virgin Mobile USA announced results of the first "Virgin Mobile USA Election Issues Poll," a national SMS-based mobile survey that asked about the key contenders and issues in the run-up to November. Not surprisingly, considering Virgin Mobile USA's historical focus...
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Forbes' iPhonerazzi Steaks Out iPhone Distribution Center
The whole iPhone 2.0 secrecy thing is really getting reporter crazy. Brain Caufield of Forbes is asking employees, suppliers and stalking the parking lot of suppliers to see what's going on. We dub him a iPhonerazzi. He got photos of...
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iPhone Google Search Surges All Over World
Google Trends sheds even more light on who's searching for iPhone iPhone. Here are the top ten cities from Google Trends for the search term "iPhone." Cities 1. Washington, DC, USA 2. New York, NY, USA 3. Hong Kong,...
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iPhones Sold Out - Selling on Ebay for $600+
Not only is the WWDC sold out but now you can’t buy any of the phones from AT&T reports several sources. 16 Gig unlocked iPhones ($499 MSRP) are selling for $600 on eBay. “Buy it Now” prices are as high...
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Security Flaw Found in Nokia S60 3rd Ed, Says F-Secure
Itt is now possible for mobile phone hackers to bypass the security system of the S60 3rd Edition phones with a mobile application based on Symbian OS v. 9. The S60 3rd Edition is the market-leading open operating system for...
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GSMA Mobile Innovation Winners Announced
The GSM Association (GSMA) announced the winners of the Americas leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The winners were announced at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace -in Atlanta, Georgia this week. The Global Finalists for the 2009 Mobile...
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E*Trade Goes Mobile on Blacberry Platform
ETRADE Securities LLC introduced ETRADE Mobile Pro, a first-of-its-kind, integrated mobile software solution offering customers quick and easy wireless access to their E*TRADE accounts. The service is avaailable exclusively on BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion. E*TRADE Mobile Pro gives...
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US Open Golf Available on MediaFLO AT&T
MediaFLO USA, ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go will provide live video coverage of all four days of this year’s U.S. Open golf championship at Torrey Pines (June 12-15) on the award-winning FLO TV service....
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FSTC to Set Mobile Payment Interoperability
The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) announced an initiative to examine the various technology models supporting mobile payments today and to make recommendations on an approach that would facilitate an interoperable mobile payments infrastructure in the future. More than 25...
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New iPhone Coutndown - WWDC Sold Out
The Apple World Wide Developers Conference next week is SOLD OUT and iPhone-fanatics await the the new iPhone expected to be announced Tuesday, June 10.Macaholics can get all thet content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase...
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Cell Phone People Tracking for Research Raises Privacy Concerns
A Northeastern University study tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the U.S. via their cell phone usage (without the users consent) and tracking devices. They found that people don’t move around that much. Most (almost 3/4) stayed within a...
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Verizon Buys Alltel for $5.9 Billion - Merger Emerges to Make Verizon #1
Verizon Wireless has entered into an agreement with Alltel Corporation and Atlantis Holdings LLC, to acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger. Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel's projected net debt...
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3G HTC Touch Pro 4 Enterprise with GPS, Full HTML Web, TV and Wi-Fi
HTC unveiled its advanced next generation business phone, the HTC Touch Pro. The HTC Touch Pro utilizes similar styling and functionality of the Touch Diamond and introduces a variety of business-focused enhancements, including a 5-Row keyboard.Other Features include 3G web...
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RIM Dominates Smartphone Market Says ChangeWave
A new ChangeWave survey reveals a still soft corporate IT spending environment, although Research In Motion remains a very big exception as it continues to dominate the smartphone market. Corporate Market: RIM s. Palm vs. Apple Future Smartphone Buyers The...
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Ad Age's Improved Mobile Services Revamped for iPhone
Advertising Age has partnered with Quattro Wireless' mobile ad network, to create a mobile platform for both users and advertisers. The redesigned service, which now includes functionality designed specifically for the growing mass of iPhone users, contains more content than...
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Interactive SMS Music Polling in Movie Theaters by Verizon
Verizon Wireless announced it is introducing a text message polling program for moviegoers. Starting in mid-June in 10 markets across the U.S. and during 3,500 show times, the interactive text message polling program asks moviegoers questions related to their music...
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Motricity Smartphone and Direct2Consumer Biz Sold to PocketGear
Mobile content provider of infrastructure and services, Motricity, announced that it has sold its smartphone and direct-to-consumer businesses to an entity owned by Motricity co-founder, former board member and executive 27 year-old Jud Bowman. The new company will operate going...
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MOSH Added to Nokia's Ad Network
MOSH, a mobile and online content consumption, creation and sharing service, has joined the Nokia Media Network, and now offers advertisers the opportunity to reach customers around the globe who are downloading original mobile content. The Nokia Media Network provides...
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AT&T 3G Speeds Ready for 3G iPhone? HSUPA Ready End of June
AT&T's 3G HSUPA is going to be ready by the end of June in time for the new iPhone launch. AT&T announced a more than 20 percent increase to the top end of the company's typical 3G network downlink speed...
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AT&T Intros Wi-Fi 3G & DSL Combo Service NET REACH Starts @$79.95 mo.
AT&T announced the launch of AT&T Net Reach, a bundle providing home and on-the-go high speed Internet services.AT&T Net Reach is available to new and existing residential and small business customers who subscribe to AT&T High Speed Internet and AT&T...
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T-Mobile's Unlimited Family Plan Includes National Calls, Text, Pics, IMS
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced a new unlimited family plan. T-Mobile now offers unlimited nationwide calling (with nationwide roaming and long distance) and unlimited nationwide text, picture and instant messaging (SMS, MMS and IM), for a flat rate of $49.99 monthly...
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Corporate Push Email & Contact Sync Available on Get It Now Verizon Phones
Now, you can stay connected with corporate e-mail using Verizon wireless phones with RemoSync, the latest out-of-the-box e-mail application available to Verizon Wireless customers. Available on select Get It Now-capable phones, RemoSync allows customers who use Microsoft Exchange Servers for...
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Linux Will Take 23% of Smartphone Market by 2013, Says ABI
The recent raft of announcements made by the LiMo Foundation and the Open Handset Alliance indicate that incumbent smartphone OS software vendors will soon face a serious challenge, deriving from two technically competent and coalesced Linux consortia. The LiMo foundation...
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Fla. Public Service Com. Approves TracFone for Lifeline Services
TracFone is Florida's first prepaid wireless provider to be designated by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) for the purpose of offering Lifeline. The designation was unanimously approved at today's PSC Agenda Conference. ...
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BillShrink Adds LowerMyBills Founder to Board and Helps Save on Cell Phone Bills
BillShrink, Inc., a new, free online service to help consumers save money by making continuously updated, personalized, usage-based money-saving recommendations on everyday services, announced the appointment of Matt Coffin to its Board of Directors. A seasoned veteran of Internet technology,...
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Now You Can Whrrl and Map Your Friends on BlackBerry
Pelago, creators of the mobile social discovery service Whrrl, announced new mobile support for the BlackBerry Pearl and Curve. Available for free to millions of BlackBerry users in the U.S., Whrrl provides a new mobile medium for discovering and sharing...
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Motorola's Good Mobility Gets Better
Motorola, Inc. announced the upcoming availability of Good Mobility Suite version 6.0 which includes a new managed-service virtual private network (VPN) as well as an enhanced device management and security platform. Good 6.0, which will include Good Mobile Connection, Good...
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Free Wi-Fi, Beverage, Refills & Syrup with $5 Starbucks Reward Card by 7/14
Starbucks announced new benefits with its Starbucks Card Rewards program.Starbucks Card holders who join the rewards program online by July 14 will receive a complimentary beverage of their choice and all members can now enjoy up to two consecutive hours...
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Class Action Refunds Available from AT&T Part of Settlement
A settlement has been reached with AT&T in class action litigation involving claims that third-party mobile content providers have placed unauthorized charges on the cell phone bills of customers throughout the country. The settlement, which was preliminarily approved by a...
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iPhone Patent Filed Includes GPS, MMS, Video Conf. & Voice Commands
Several sources report that an iPhone patent that was filed September 5, 2007 published last week. The patent is titled Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Commands by Applying Heuristics.It includes all the features of the...
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All iPhone Smartphone Market Share Figures From IDC
Yesterday, we contacted IDC and Ramon T. Llamas, Senior Research Analyst, IDC Mobile Technology and Trends was kind enough to send us all the smartphone figures that include not only the last quarter of 2007 but the first quarter 2007...
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NVIDIA Dime-Sized Processor Launched
NVIDIA Corporation ) introduced the Tegra family of processors, the world’s first single-chip computer capable of the rich high definition and internet experiences we’ve come to expect from our PCs, but on small pocket type devices. NVIDIA Tegra is a...
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Palm Phones in More Palms, iPhone Down and RIM Up, Says IDC - Not NPD
The drop in price of the Palm Centro may account for its increase of market share from 7.9% at the end of 2007 to 13.4% of the market in Q1 this year. While the iPhone market share went from 26.7%...
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Intera Delivers Bluetooth Hard Rock Promos at Pier 39 SF
Intera Group, Inc.announced its partnership with Hard Rock Cafe San Francisco to deliver special offers and promotions to visitors at PIER 39 directly to their mobile phones and devices. Offers are highly targeted to Bluetooth “zones” up to 200 feet...
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Worldwide Phone Sales Increased Western Europe Decreased, Says Gartner
Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached 294.3 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a 13.6 per cent increase over the first quarter of 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. Sales of mobile phones in Western Europe decreased 16.4 per...
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Macmillian Books Available on Web Cell Phones by End of Year
Announced at Book Expo AmericaMacmillian Publishing will be make available 600 titles via MPS Mobile by the end of this year. This new service turns the mobile phone into a personal "on the go" libraryBooks from Macmillan's US imprints areavailable...
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go2 Media Gets on T-Mobile T-Zone Menu
go2 Media (www.go2.com), a leading mobile media company, today announced that T-Mobile USA, Inc. has added multiple links to go2 Media sites on the t-zones menu. T-Mobile web subscribers now have easy access to the go2 Election ‘08 and Sports...
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Nokia Says Hello to Buogiorno Content
Nokia formed a revenue-sharing alliance with mobile content provider Buongiorno in Italy. Nokia will put Buongiorno's BlinkoGold mobile website, that contains video, music, graphics and games content, on the Download! application available on 10 Nokia devices. Italian Nokia mobile users...
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Ozmo Demos Wi-Fi Personal Area Network Peripheral Connections
Ozmo Devices, a developer of low- power wireless solutions, announced that the company is collaborating with Intel Corporation to enable low-power devices to operate with Intel's Wi- Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) technology. Ozmo Devices' technology will be...
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Intel Tells Press Atom Will be Mobilized
There have been several reports from interviews from Intel's CEO Paul Otellini that Intel is planing to enter the mobile chip market again with a mobile version of it's low power Atom chip, code-named Pineview, in late 2009.Steve Lhor at...