September 2008 Archives
TheStreet.com Free BlackBerry App
TheStreet.com is offering BlackBerry smartphone users with automatic and free access to the latest stock market news, investing advice, stock picks and quotes from its flagship site, TheStreet.com via free application. Features include: Categorized content sections such as Latest News, Jim C…
PocketFinder Finds People Pets & Luggage on Android Phones
PocketFinder service is now available for Android phones along with full integration of PocketFinder location devices for people, pets and luggage. GPS GSM tags/ fobs are attached to the pet or luggage, they can be carried on the person of extreme sports enthusiasts, hikers, bikers, or those with sp…
Toshiba Fuel Cell Cell Phone Demoed at Ceatec
A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is powering Toshiba cell phone in a demonstration at the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan.The DMFC powers round six hours of talk time while a typical battery in the same handset would provide between 3-4 hours.DMFCs produce electricity from a reaction between me…
Nokia Buys OZ IM Service
OZ Communications Inc. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Nokia Corporation OZ is a leading mobile messaging provider of mobile IM and consumer email services. In April 2008, Wellington Financial provided a $10 million venture debt financing commitment for OZ. The funds were used for ge…
Unlocked Palm Treo Pros Available Now
Palm announced that the unlocked Treo Pro smartphone is now available in the United States. The Windows Mobile 6.1 phone has enterprise support in a new design.Treo Pro has email, Wi-Fi, GPS, web and UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities to meet the needs of businesses and end users alike. It…
GSMA Mobile Broaband Backed by $1 Billion, Challenge for Operators Says ABI
Today, the GSMA announced an initiative backed by operators, device suppliers, software firms and chipset vendors to drive awareness of mobile broadband connectivity embedded within computing devices such as notebooks. The initiative's primary focus is a graphic service mark bearing the words "Mo…
IDC Survey Says, “Don’t Cap Bandwidth”
A survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) for Zeugma Systems yielded results at odds with the views of many telecom policy makers and industry observers. On Bandwidth Capping and Metering 81 percent do not like the idea of establishing a bandwidth cap and charging for use above the cap. 51 p…
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