September 2008 Archives
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thumbplay Freebies & Mobile Content on Ticket.com
Tickets.com is partnering with Thumbplay to offer music, videos, games and other content on http://www.tickets.com. The partnership allows Tickets.com to deliver value-added features to its online consumer base and to enhance their experience while visiting the site. New users who...
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Shazam to be Embedded in Samsung Beat Phones
Play a song into your cellphone and have it identified service Shazam, and Samsung are partnering and he Shazam service will be embedded into Samsung mobiles, including the latest Beat b (model: M3510) and the Beat s (model: M3200) mobiles....
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Democrats Use More Mobile Data, Txt, MMS, Web than Reps, Says Nielsen
Nielsen Mobile reports that mobile media was slightly more popular with Democrats than Republicans, as of Q2 2008. Overall, 62% of Democrats are data users who use one or more data service on their mobile phone (compared to 55% of...
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100 M Moble Int'l Money Transfers by 2013, Migration Routes Tops, Says Juniper
Juniper Research analysis shows the rapidly evolving market for money transfer and remittances via mobile phones. They forecast that in excess of 100m users globally will use their mobile phones to make international money transfers by 2013. These cross border...
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Free Cellufun Partners with MetroPCS
Cellufun, the community-driven mobile gaming portal has partnered with MetroPCS Communications, to provide innovative mobile games and social community features to MetroPCS subscribers. This partnership marks the first time Cellufun has secured placement with a carrier for its award-winning gaming...
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Safeguard Smartphones Says Girard @ Gartner
John Girard at Gartner predicts ID theft and phishing attempts targeting mobile devices will become more and more prevalent throughout next yearGirard who spoke at the IT Security Summit in London on Monday reccomended:Encryption of data on devices Proper identity...
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Utimaco Named in Leaders Quadrant of Mobile Data Protection by Gartner
Utimaco announced that Gartner has positioned the company in the Leaders Quadrant of the Mobile Data Protection 2008 Magic Quadrant. According to Gartner, "Leaders have products that work well for Gartner clients in small and large deployments. They have long-term...
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Verizon & Nokia Siemens Reached 10 Gbps in Tests
Verizon and Nokia Siemens Networks are getting closer to being able to transmit commercial traffic at a speed of 100 gigabits per second (Gbps). The two companies carried out a successful 100 Gbps transmission on a single wavelength for more...
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SMobile Systems Offers Security for Mobile Banking Transactions
SMobile Systems ( www.smobilesystems.com), the leading developer of mobile security solutions, now offers Secure Mobile Banking and Trading (SMBT) endpoint security solution for financial institutions and consumers. As more and more banks offer their customers mobile banking services, the global...
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Flurry Launches Flurry Analytics, Free Cross-Platform Info
Flurry is launching Flurry Analytics, the first free, cross-platform service to provide developers with detailed analytics about how, when, where and by whom their mobile applications are being used. The mobile app market was relatively under the radar until the...
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Gobal Mobile Film Festival Open for Entries
The GSMA, and Mofilm, a pioneer of short films for mobile and on-line distribution, are teaming for the first Global Mobile Film Festival at the Mobile World Congress in 2009, with an official "call for films' to international film-makers today....
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Mobango Upgraded to Over 1 Million Free Downloads
Mobango has revamped its mobile content sites so that users can find close to one million items of mobile content available to download free to any handset in the world. It has increased functionality to respond to an ever growing...
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Mobile Data Services Big, Says Chetan Sharma
Global Wireless Markets continued to grow rapidly especially in India and China where the carriers are adding over 9M new subscriptions every month. India crossed the 300M subscription mark in Aug while China whizzed past 600M in September, says Chetan...
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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....
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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. The new nationwide roaming agreement, which has...
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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...
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4 Billion Mobile World Subs by End of Year, Says ITU
International Telecommunications Union Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré said that worldwide mobile cellular subscribers are likely to reach the 4 billion mark before the end of this year. Dr Touré was speaking at the high-level events on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
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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 vendors....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 specific...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 directs customers...
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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...
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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...
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Ultra Mobile Internet Devices, aka Netbooks Will Exceed 200 Million in 2013, Says ABI
Starting off with just 10 million units in 2008, shipments of ultra-mobile devices (UMDs — the umbrella term for ultra-mobile PCs, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices) are expected to exceed 200 million in 2013. According to ABI Research principal analyst...
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Visa Mobile Payment Services for Android Phones with Coupons & Location Apps
Visa Inc is planning to make mobile payment-related services broadly available to United States consumers by the end of the year and support applications for the Android platform, which will be available for download on Android-powered handsets and initially available...
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Sony Ericsson Greens Warranty and Phones
Sony Ericsson is launching green initiatives with an environmental warranty and GreenHeart phones. The Sony Ericsson's environmental warranty ensures that when any Sony Ericsson product is taken to a designated collection point, Sony Ericsson will recycle this product in an...
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T-Mobile 3G G1 Data Cap Removed 4 Now
According to several sources, T-Mobile has changed their data caps for the G1 Android phone:""We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access...
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Cafés & London Top Wi-Fi Hotspots, Says iPass
iPass Inc., released the latest edition of the iPass Mobile Broadband Index, which tracks the wireless use patterns of mobile workers around the world. The report shows worldwide business use of iPass Wi-Fi hotspots increased by 46% from the first...
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CellPoint Adds New Features to mPoint Mobile Payments
Cellpoint Mobile added new features available through mPoint, mobile payment system aimed at enterprises who wish to launch a full spectrum of mobile payment services.Cellpoint Mobile's mPoint system contains a range of mobile payment options, all integrated into the overall...
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Hothand Expands University Partners
Hothand Wireless, mobile gateway for college communication, announced the national expansion of its University Mobile Network, which enables universities to offer students and staff access to up-to-the-minute recreation information on their mobile devices....
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JuiceCaster Juices Up to PhotoBucket
JuiceCaster has teamed with Photobuckett o enable JuiceCaster users to instantly post mobile videos and picture messages from their mobile phones directly to their Photobucket account. In the coming weeks, Photobucket will be a featured channel on JuiceCaster's online flash...
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Listen to iTunes via nuTsie on Alltel
Now you can listen to your iTunes music right on your wireless phone with Alltel Wireless and nuTsie, a service that allows users to listen to playlists from their iTunes libraries on over 10 Alltel wireless handsets. In addition, nuTsie...
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Whoop Buys XOshpere
Whoop, Inc.wil acquire the assets of California-based mobile technology company, XOsphere, LLC and XOsphere's sister company in Latin America. As a hosted application, Whoop serves as a Web destination where subscribers can create media applications, Mobile Web sites and text...
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Mo' Video Greeting from Mogreet For Free or 99 Cents
Mobile video start-up Mogreet Inc. (wap.mogreet.com) announced a series of relationships with leading wireless carriers in the U.S. and U.K. markets for on-deck placement of its creative line of mobile video messages. In addition to on-deck partnerships with AT&T, Verizon...
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Free Text/Email Sevice for Military from Tatango
Tatango, the Seattle-based SMS service firm has partnered with eMail Our Military (eMOM), a charitable military support organization, to connect deployed military service members with their loved ones back home through text messaging. Tatango has created an interface exclusively for...
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Smaller Sites 2 Drive Mobile Web Traffic, Says Opera
People use their mobile devices to access a wide range of sites, according to Opera Software's State of the Mobile Web report. While big destinations such as google.com and facebook.com get significant attention and traffic on the mobile web, it...
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Sony Ericsson PlayNow Plus DRM Free Music Service
Sony Ericsson announced the launch of PlayNow plus music download service for Sony Ericsson customers, available for use on both phones and PCs. The service is due to launch commercially with Telenor in Sweden in the fourth quarter of this...
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Wireless Car Key in Sharp Phones in Japan
Nissan Motor Co.and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed a mobile phone capable of functioning as an intelligent key for automobiles . The device will incorporate Nissan's Intelligent Key system, already a standard feature in various Nissan vehicles.The convergence of automotive...
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T-Mobile Caps 3G at 1G for T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone
T-Mobile is capping UMTS network use at 1 Gigabyte. When you read the fine print ad the bottom of the G1 3G description pages it states:"If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data...
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Review of Reviews T-Mobile G1 with Google Android Phone aka HTC Dream
T-Mobile G1 with Google Android Phone - Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe reviews of the T-Mobile G1 with Google, phone the first Google Android phone, are positive and peppy for the great...
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Five Ways IT Managers Can Prevent Enterprise Wireless Problems
Managing a new enterprise deployment such as a mobile device initiative might seem easy for some IT professionals, but wireless IT has much less in common with traditional IT than they might think. As such, it can bring serious, unexpected...
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Alltel Offers MOTORAZR VE20
Alltel Wireless introduces MOTORAZR VE20, gives the RAZR handset a sleek new look and improved talk time and standby time. The MOTORAZR VE20 features;A large external screen with touch-sensitive controls so that users can also connect and disconnect the Bluetooth...
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Confounded Mobile Industry Booms in Turmoil, Says Portico
Despite turmoil in world financial markets over the last year the trillion USD mobile industry continues to confound expectations with spectacular accelerating growth. A new report from Portio Research reveals that over half the world now uses a mobile phone...
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$150 Per Text Paid to Timberland Text Getters from Lawsuit
A settlement has been reached with GSI Commerce, Inc. and The Timberland Company in a class action lawsuit relating to the alleged transmission of unsolicited text message advertisements to the cell phones of consumers nationwide. The $7 million dollar fund...
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More Mobile Testing In Adobe Device Central CS4
Adobe now offers Adobe Device Central CS4 software, the next generation testing and preview environment for mobile content. Adobe Device Central CS4 dramatically simplifies the workflow for creative professionals and developers producing content and Flash®Player compatible videos for mobile phones...
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Amazon MP3 Music Store App Pre-loaded on T-Mobile G1
The Amazon MP3 music store will be pre-loaded on the T-Mobile G1.Mobile G1 users can search, download, buy and play music from Amazon MP3, which offers over 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four major music labels and thousands...
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More Texts than Voice Calls by US Mobile Users, Says Nielsen
The Nielsen Company's new figures show that the typical U.S. mobile subscriber now sends and receives more SMS text messages than they do mobile telephone calls. As of Q2 2008, a typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends or receives 357 text...
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Free Cell Phones 4 Low-Income Households in FL from TracFone
TracFone Wireless is now offering SafeLink Wireless in Florida. SafeLink Wireless will serve as the company’s distribution of Lifeline - a U.S. government supported program for income eligible households that ensures telephone service is available and affordable for eligible low...
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Alltel Worforce Locator Locates and Maps Workers
Alltel’s Workforce Locator, a tracking and mobile resource management (MRM) solution designed by Autodesk, is now f BREW devices enabled with location-based services (LBS) such as the Samsung R430, Samsung U520, LG AX260 and the LG AX300. Alltel Workforce Locator...
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T-Mobile Shows G1 Android Phone (Formerly HTC Dream)
T-Mobile today unveiled at a New York press conference the T-Mobile G1, running Android, the open source mobile phone software platform from Google. The phone formerly referred to as the HTC Dream will sell for $179 with a T-Mobile voice...
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Johny X Finds Himself on His Xperia Webisodes
The new Xperia X1, 'Johnny X' thriller webisode series is about a man with amnesia desperately trying to get information about his life back. Johnny X updates his handset with new content to discover his personality and identity, reflecting how...
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No More Verizon SMS Confirmatiions, Confirms Broadband Reports
Broadband Reports notes on its website that their forum members report that Verizon Wireless customers are no longer receiving a delivery confirmation notice after sending SMS messages. A Verizon Wireless customer service representative has reportedly confirmed that Verizon did stop that...
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slotMusic microSDs Ready for Sale for Xmas
An new music service slotMusick on microSD cards will soon be made available with pre-loaded, DRM-free MP3 music from top artists at EMI Music, SONY BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. A selection of slotMusic cards will be...
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Month-to-Month No Contract Plans from Verizon
Verizon Wireless customers who don't want to sign a one- or two-year customer agreement now have a month-to-month option. With Verizon Wireless' new Month-to-Month agreement customers purchase new devices at full-retail price, or use their own CDMA devices without the...
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Nokia N96 Capsule TV for N96
Nokia said that it is starting a new "mobile TV channel" called "Capsule N96."that offeris exclusive entertainment and lifestyle programming, that can be viewed and downloaded at www.nokia.co.uk/n96. Nokia describes it as: "The next step in mobile entertainment, offering bespoke,...
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Sprint Dan Hesse Pitches New Sprint Ready Now Service
Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse is currently pitching the new Sprint Ready Now in-store service to help people master their smartphones.In glorious black and white Hesse sits at the counter of old fashioned coffee shop:"Technology is only great when you know...
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Mozilla Mobile Browser by 2010
Mitchel Baker in the Mozilla weblog, suggests that Mozilla plans in the next few years for mobile he wrote:Mobile and have an effective product in the mobile marketdemonstrate that "mobile" is part of one, unified, open web....
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Microsoft to 2 Provide WAP Mobile Ads for CNBC
Microsoft and CNBCannounced that Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party provider of mobile WAP site display advertising to CNBC.com. Advertisers will be able to take advantage of two premium mobile ad placements that conform to the Mobile Marketing Association's global...
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Study Shows Cell Phones Decrease Sperm Quality
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves from cell phones in talk mode may cause decreased sperm quality in men, according to a new study by researchers at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic in the journal Fertility and Sterility. The...
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Cellular/Satelite Combo Chips Coming from Qualcomm
Combined satellite-cellular communications will be easier for consumers, enterprise, government and public safety due to an agreement announced today by and among Mobile Satellite Ventures LP , a subsidiary of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. ICO Global Communications, and Qualcomm Incorporated This...
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Apple Recalls Ultracompact iPhone 3G Power Adapters
Apple has issued a recall for the power adapters supplied with the iPhone 3G which are faulty and warns that user should using them now and the adapters should be exchanged immediately. Apple has determined that under certain conditions the...
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Haiku News 2Day - Text/Cell Phone Banned by CA Rail Safety
Cells phone use is bannedFor all train operators By state rail safety....
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$45,000 Dream Quince Party Won by Badly Written Entry
Verizon is throwing a really big 15th birthday party in San Jose, California.Athaly Ramos will celebrate her Quinceañera with a $45,000 dream party sponsored by Verizon Wireless with a performance by Hip-Hop star Sean Kingston.Athaly Ramos from San Jose, won...
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Forum Nokia Calling All Innvoators Contest Open
Forum Nokia is Calling All Innovators, a global contest for developers to create mobile applications that will help to better society. Calling All Innovators challenges developers to think big about the opportunity to impact the quality of human life...
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REDFLY Mobile Campanion Free White Paper
The REDFLY Mobile Companion from Celio Covrp. provides a larger screen and keyboard enabling workers to expand their smartphones into fully functioning mobile terminals. The are touting it as a great virtual solution for enterprise."REDFLY is gives mobile terminal functionality...
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Most AT&T Stores In Southeast Texas Open
AT&T today announced that 50 of its 54 stores in Houston and southeast Texas are open for business. Two of the open stores are being supplemented by Mobile Sales Units, vehicles with displays and computers for transactions inside. In the...
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4Info Teams with NFL for Mobile Publishing
4INFO, Inc, has inked exclusive mobile publishing partnerships with the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets, the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins football teams. Adding to its roster of renowned teams, 4INFO will integrate these teams into 4Info...
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Samsung Recycling Direct Program Offers Free Drop-off Centers
Samsung Electronics America, will offer the SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT, Beginning October 1, 2008, people will be able to drop off their Samsung-branded consumer electronics sold in the United States at convenient collection sites, including permanent drop-off centers in all 50...
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Nokia May Win Over iTunes, Says Strategy Analytics
In Strategy Analytics' report, "Can Nokia Challenge Apple's Digital Music Dominance," Nokia's potentially game-changing service, "Comes with Music," that bundles music access with mobile phones is examined. The major drivers for mobile music are in place, but service adoption has...
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AT&T Policy Portal Informs Customers
AT&T now offers a wireless policy portal to help customers locate and understand the most frequently sought information about their wireless service. When you enter the portal, you can view policies in five categories and browse a timeline of AT&T's...
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Google HTC Androids - 4 % US Q4 Smartphones, Says Strategy Analytics
Research from Strategy Analytics predicts the Google Android operating system will account for 4 percent of all smartphones sold in the United States during the fourth quarter of 2008.Strategy Analytics, forecasts s10.5 million smartphones to be sold in the United...
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AP Mobile News Network Reaches 16 Million Page Views
The Associated Press reported that the Mobile News Network received more than 16 million page views for the month of August, with 948 news organizations signed up to provide content. More than one million local stories featured on the Mobile...
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Verizon Dashboard Casts Flash Media
Flash Cast channels for "Dashboard" which is the Verizon Wireless version of Adobe Flash Cast are now in development. The LG Chocolate 3 is the first handset to feature Dashboard, a graphically-oriented portal powered by Adobe Flash Cast technology that...
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Over 1 Million ChaCha Mobile Searchers
Winner of 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation, ChaCha now has more than a million users and has answered more than 27 million queries since it its launch January. This, combined with its quarterly growth rate...
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Better Coverage & More Cell Towers in Yellowstone Park?
Yellowstone National Park finished a plan which addresses the future of wireless communications in the park. The Wireless Communication Services Plan Environmental Assessment (EA) is now available for public review and comment. It addresses a wide range of wireless technologies,...
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20 Txt@Day from Gen Y & Teens Watch Mobile TV, Says Knowledge Networks
How People Use Cell Phones, a new study from Knowledge Networks shows: Three in five (60%) mobile phone owners say they carry their phones at all times, even inside the home -- up 50% since a 2002 KN analysis; 32%...
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Optimize Your Sprint Plan with Sprint Plan Optimizer
Srint Nextel now has an online self-service tool that allows consumer customers to analyze their wireless usageto determine if their current plan is the right "fit." The Sprint Plan Optimizer, available at www.sprint.com/planfit, gives customers a view of their historical...
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Google Mobile Maps Adds Street View
Google Maps for mobile now has same street-level imagery available on desktop. This gives a view of the locations.Street View can be launched from any address where Google has photography, or by clicking on the map and selecting “Street View”....
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Texting While Driving More Dangerous Than Drinking or Drugging
Drivers who text while driving are more at risk than those who drink or take drugs before getting behind the wheel, a survey by Transport Research Lab showed in a study for the RAC Foundation in the United Kingdom.Reaction times...
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T-Mobile Backhauls 3G in Tampa, Orlando, San Fran, and Memphis
To better support new smartphones like the HTC Dream, T-Mobile is expanding its data network.T-Moble has made deals with backhaul providers Bright House Networks, FPL FiberNet, IP Networks Inc. and Zayo Bandwidth to support high speed data bandwidth requirements.for sites...
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T-Mobile Android Phone HTC Dream Googleliscious
T-Mobile is expected to sell the first Google Android UI phone the HTC Dream on September 23. Usually the OS is not part of the branding but Google will be prominently branded on the HTC Dream, smartphone which will be...
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BlackBerry Storm Specs to Take the World by Storm
From a BlackBerryStorm leaked talk sheet:The sheet calls the BlackBerry Storm a Game Changer" for: "innovative 'click' touch screen for smooth, precise text input,' making it feel like a keyboard.RIM's highest resolustion screen ever. Quad-band connectivity in more than 195...
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BlackBerry Storm Warnings Haiku News 2Day
The BlackBerry StormIs due soon from VerizonSign up for email....
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Aura Offers Movie Show Time Text Msgs to Movie Ad Clickers
The Aura Group is offering an expanded and advanced version of its text-from-banner advertising technology, MovieConnect. MovieConnect 2.0 gives more to online movie banner advertisements by automatically identifying the consumer's location and displaying the closest theaters and show times within...
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1 in 5 Households Could be Landlineless in 2008, Says Nielsen
A new study from The Nielsen Company reports that more than 20 million U.S. telephone households (17 percent) are wireless substitutors--homes without landlines that rely solely on a mobile phone for their home telecommunications. The new research is from...
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AT&T Network Meets PCI DSS
AT&T, Inc. reported it is the first carrier to meet the PCI standards for financial transactions.The network and security services portfolio -- comprising Virtual Private Network (VPN), managed routers, remote access, and managed security services -- successfully evaluated by an...
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Whoop Offers Mobile Content Thin Client and Delivery System
Whoop, Inc.is offering web-based platform that makes sharing mobile media easy.The Whoop Engine is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform with a thin-client software that addresses the technology issues that have inhibited mobile initiatives. As a hosted application, Whoop...
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Animal House & Tic-Tac-Dough Mobile Games from SkyZone
SkyZone and Universal have teamed to create mobile versions of Animal House and Tic-Tac-Dough.Animal House is scheduled to be available on most major North American carriers in Q4, 2008, Tic-Tac-Dough is slated for release in Q1, 2009.In Animal House Dean...
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Free Wi-Fi Zune Access @ McDonald's
Zune, released its Free software update that allows Zune users to wirelessly stream and download music from the Zune Marketplace store on the go Zune is working with high-speed Internet access provider Wayport Inc. to deliver Zune users free, wireless...
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Users Like Contactless Payments & Would Switch Carriers to Pay, Says Smart Card Alliance
The Smart Card Alliance is saying that when consumers try contactless payments they like. New research commissioned by the Smart Card Alliance showed nine percent of the U.S. population now has a contactless credit or debit card. Last year the...
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US Smartphone Revs UP 84% : RIM Tops, Says NPD Group
According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers reached 9 million units from January through July 2008 versus the same time period last year - a year-over-year increase of 84 percent. The consumer unit-sales ranking of...
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Handago Champion Smartphone Award Winners
Handang announced its 2008 Handango Champion Award winners. The award recipients were chosen based on customer feedback, sales, product marketing as well as overall product quality.The winners of the 2008 Developer of the Year awards are: • VidaOne, Inc. (for...
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BlackBerry Tops & Apps Make Lives Easier, Says Handango Yardstick
Handango released the First Half 2008 Handango Yardstick,The Games category leaped from fourth place at year-end 2007 into the second spot behind the Entertainment category, for the first time in Yardstick history. Categories focused on "killing time" are now surpassing...
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HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint) Review of Reviews
HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint) Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile NewsThe most liked feature of the new HTC Touch Diamond from Sprint by reviewers was the TouchFlo 3D user-interface on top of the Windows Mobile operating system....
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Fuze Video Conferencing for PCs & Smartphones from CallWave
CallWave, Inc. introduced FUZE, a new collaboration and conferencing service for computers ahd smartphone - enabling meetings with sychronized high-definition video collaboration with high quality audio conferencing along with secure instant messaging and managed presence. FUZE also incorporates local and...
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Mobile Search up 68 & 38 % in US and Europe, Says comScore
comScore, Inc. says that mobile search is gaining in popularity and frequency of use in the U.S. and Western Europe. comScore reports that in June 2008, 20.8 million U.S. mobile subscribers and 4.5 million European mobile phone subscribers accessed search...
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Martha Stewart Wedding Readers to SnapTell Ads for Content
SnapTell, image recognition-based mobile marketing solutions, reports that the Winter issue of Martha Stewart Weddings will utilize fully activated or "live" advertisements in the magazine. On-stands December 29, 2008, the issue will allow readers to snap a picture of any...
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New Publishers Join Nokia Media Network
Nokia expanded of the Nokia Media Network mobile advertising network. The Nokia Media Network allows advertisers to target consumers on the pages of premium mobile internet publishers, operator partners and Nokia services, with click-through rates on the network averaging 10...
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Rumors Du Jour: AT&T U-Verse w/iPhone - Storm at Verizon, T-Mobile Dream
The three top rumors today are:AT&T will integrate U-Verse to iPhone for media syncing, sharing and integration."We're looking at the whole landscape, of what people use, and what's out there in the home," said AT&T CTO John Donovan in a...
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Push Video Available on Rugged Samsung Rugby from AT&T
AT&T and Samsung are offering the new rugged, military-grade Samsung Rugby, the first rugged handset to feature AT&T's h Video Share calling and to run on its Push to Talk network. Video Share calling is possible on AT&T's 3G network,...
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Obama Wins Text Votes During CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment
SMS text message voters at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment industry tradeshow in San Francisco "elected" Barack Obama the next President of the United States with text messages during the show September 10-12.. Using the mBlox mobile transaction network and...
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User Generated Content to Be Ad Funded Revs $7.3 Billion in 2013, Says Juniper
Ad-funded social networks will provide the bulk of revenues in the mobile user-generated content (UGC) space by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report says that the total value of the UGC market -...
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MMA Day During Ad Week Sept 25 in NYC
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) (www.mmaglobal.com), Mobile Marketing Expo, will be held during Advertising Week, on Thursday, Sept. 25 in New York. The Mobile Marketing Expo, ist dedicated to mobi will feature the following exhibitors: Air2Web, Crisp Wireless, Dimension Media...
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Mobile Internet World October 21-23 Boston Convention Center
Mobile Internet World 2008 with take place October 21-23 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The three-day conference gives attendees the opportunity for hands-on the latest application and service innovations available in the mobile Internet market. These include:The Mobile...
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September News Review Wireless and Mobile News
There have been exceptional wireless and mobile news the month of September. Here are our top stories:100 Million iPhone apps have been downloaded.The announcements from CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment.AT&T launched new LBS servicesWe reviewed the HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint)ResearchAn...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Roundup All Days
Last week there were new announcements and findings from CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment. Attendees took part in an expanded education series, browsed new products from more than 250 exhibitors and heard from industry luminaries who discussed the future of...
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Weight Watches WAP site for BlackBerry, iPhone, & WinMo
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MobiTv and Media Excel Partner
MobiTV, Inc. and Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video encoding and transcoding solutions, announced an agreement to jointly offer advanced video delivery capabilities to service providers. The combined solutions will enable service providers to leverage proven best-of-breed technologies...
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Flycell "Just Stand Up!" Ringtone to Benefit Stand Up To Cancer
Flycell, Inc. announced that it is supporting the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) charitable organization by donating $1 for each download of the benefit ringtone based on the unprecedented star-studded charity song "Just Stand Up!"Flycell subscribers can download the benefit...
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U.S. Mobile Ads to Reach $1,893.5 Million in 2012, Says Frost & Sullivan
With a mobile penetration rate of nearly 85 percent, the U.S. mobile operators have a customer base of almost 250 million waiting to be tapped for mobile advertising revenues. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (wireless.frost.com), U.S. Mobile Advertising and...
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BestBuy Buys Napster
BestBuy announced that it will buy music sharing service Napster.Best Buy believes that Napster has one of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use music offerings in the industry, including streaming music, music subscriptions, the ability to purchase individual tracks, albums and...
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Zi to Predict Text and Recognize Handwriting on Sony Ericsson Devices
Zi Corporation announced that Sony Ericsson has agreed to significantly expand its existing licensing relationship with Zi Corporation. Zi's predictive text software and handwriting recognitions will be used in Sony Ericsson devices....
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Base Stations to Grow to 5.2 million in 2013, Says ABI
2008 is delivering mixed results for mobile infrastructure vendors such as Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, and Alcatel-Lucent. "Spending on radio access network infrastructure equipment is expected to grow just 3.4% in 2008 to $53.9 billion by the end of the...
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Real-Time Payments and Info in NYC Taxis from Sprint & Verifone
Millions of taxi passenger can use pay by and use GPS-based location and mapping, weather updates, national and New York City entertainment and city news available in NYC taxis thanks to a solution developed by Sprint and VeriFone's U.S.-based taxi...
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iPhone 2.1 Software Patch Fixes Bugs
The Apple iPhone software update is now available. The iPhone 2.1 software update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click Check for Update. Update includes: Decrease in call set-up...
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Cell Phones Impact Teen Life, Says Harris Interactive
A generation widely defined by mobility, today's teenagers are now making demands of their mobile devices and, in doing so, redefining what mobility will be in the future, according to a national survey, "Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged," released today by...
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Velocity 111
Velocity also showed the Velocity 111 with these specs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Qualcomm MSM7201 chipset QWERTY keyboard GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850, 1900, 2100 320x240 QVGA touch screen 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS...
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Velocity's Odyssey Begins with WinMo Smartphone: Velocity 103
Velocity Mobile, a nine month collaboration between one of the world's largest notebook computer manufacturers and a team of veteran wireless designers and engineers,announced the retail availability of its first touchscreen phone, the Velocity 103. Velocity Mobile's easy-to-use Odyssey Interface,...
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No Mo' Antenna on Elektrobit Sat Phones
Elektrobit demoed at CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment, web browsing and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling - on the industry's first-ever dual-mode satellite-terrestrial HSPA smartphone reference design. The Windows Mobile phone connects to Wi-Fi, AT&T's 3G network or a...
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MobiTV Launches Mobi4Biz with CNBC Content and VD
MobiTV, Inc.announced the next phase of its product development strategy which entails a series of vertically-customized products and services that combine live video, Video-On-Demand and up-to-the-minute data together in a personalized, compelling and easy-to-use interface for mobile professionals and on-the-go...
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Comcast.net Adds Mobile Content Library
Comcast's premier broadband service which combines extensive content available to a national audience with an exclusive suite of online tools for Comcast High Speed Internet customers, announced that it has partnered with Thumbplay to add a mobile entertainment library to...
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Truveo Goes Mobile with Mobile Video Search
Truveo, the leading video search engine, announced that it has launched a public beta of its new mobile video search site. Truveo Mobile Video Search makes it easy for users to find and view videos from across the Web on...
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Interop Technologies SMSC4 Highest Throughput for SMS Centers
Interop Technologies, a leading provider of advanced wireless technology solutions for the global wireless, packaged goods, and content industries, today announced that its SMSC 4 Series solution delivers the worlds highest throughput for SMS Centers (SMSCs). The technology breakthrough helps...
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SEVEN Provides Integrated Messaging for BREW
SEVEN, a global market leader in mobile email and messaging software, announced they will provide a complete set of integrated messaging components for Qualcomm's BREW Mobile Platform. In addition to push email for personal and business email synchronization, the SEVEN...
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Ad Infuse Networks with GoTV Networks
Ad Infuse, announced that GoTV Networks, selected Ad Infuse as its mobile advertising network. Through this partnership, GoTV's multi-platform mobile network will be ad-enabled and will offer cross-carrier, cross-platform mobile video advertising options, giving advertisers unique access to GoTV's extensive...
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Srint Push-to-Talk BlackBerry Curve 8350i by End of 2008
Sprint customers seeking the benefits of industry-leading push-to-talk services and the power of BlackBerry smartphones will have a new version of the coveted combo available later this year. Sprintand Research In Motion announced plans to deliver the BlackBerry Curve 8350i...
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Ticketmaster for BlackBerry
Research In Motionand Ticketmaster announced an agreement to more closely connect fans to live entertainment. RIM's popular brand of BlackBerry smartphones was exclusively designated as the "Official Smartphone of Ticketmaster."With this agreement, Ticketmaster will move beyond the physical ticket to...
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Free Slacker Radio on BlackBerry
Slacker, Inc. and Research In Motion announced plans for Slacker to provide a free Slacker Personal Radio application, exclusively for BlackBerry smartphones, that will enable listeners to hear Slacker radio stations wherever they go - even when not connected to...
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Microsoft Live Search for BlackBerry Browser & Maps
Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion announced they are working together to integrate rich Live Search capabilities into the BlackBerry Browser and BlackBerry Maps. BlackBerry smartphone users will be able to use Microsoft Live Search as their search engine of...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment News Roundup Day 1
There have been lots of announcements on or before the first day of CTIA Wirelss IT and Entertainment 2008Verizon launched social networking SocialLife, V Cast Video mobile website, Ringback Buddies on Facebook, City ID from Cequint and that the New...
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Virgin Ready 4 Lift Off with 3G, LBS, Shuttle Slider Phone
Video and web entertainment on a cell phone without the hassle of a contract just got a whole lot faster. Virgin Mobile USA and Personal Communications Devices, LLC are launching the Shuttle, Virgin Mobile USA’s first EV-DO handset, designed with...
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Million Dollar Password Mobile Game in Fall
FremantleMedia Enterprises and the Games Division of RealNetworks announced a multi-year licensing agreement to develop MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD as an upcoming casual game title for online, PC, Mac and mobile platforms. Real will begin rolling out the game this fall,...
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RealNetwork Cuts Tunes into Ringtones & Ringback Tones on PCS
RealNetwork also announced the global availability of Cutting Tune for mobile operators. Cutting Tune -- available for deployment in Q209 to mobile operators as an ASP service -- will enable mobile subscribers to select any portion of songs made available...
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RealNetworks Adds Video to Interactive Voice Reponse with IME
Yesterday at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2008, RealNetworks, Inc. announced the upcoming global availability of Interactive Multimedia Experience (IME), adding video dimension to Interactive Voice Response (IVR). Utilizing an operator's 3G network and video-telephony capable handsets, IME combines the...
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46% of Tweens Use Cell Phones / 55% Text, Says Nielsen
The Nielsen Company released findings from the newly launched Mobile Kids Insights, an enhanced report profiling the mobile activities and preferences of U.S. "tweens" (ages 8-12) --a population segment of 20 million young consumers who represent a significant opportunity in...
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Yahoo Blueprint Adds Java, WinMO and Symbian App Building
At CTIA Yahoo showed enhanced mobile services built on Yahoo! Blueprint, its mobile development platform. Now, in addition to creating mobile widgets that run within Yahoo!'s flagship mobile application Yahoo! Go, developers can use Yahoo! Blueprint to build standalone applications...
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TiVo and BlackBerry Partner
-TiVo Inc, television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and Research In Motion partnership to bring customized TiVo services to the BlackBerry wireless platform. The new relationship brings TiVo and RIM together to develop a variety of mobile entertainment services...
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MySpace for BlackBerry Due in October
MySpace and Research In Motion announced they are joining forces to develop an integrated MySpace Mobile experience customized for BlackBerry smartphones. The new MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones application is fully optimized to deliver rich content and data to users on...
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Free MapQuest App For BlackBerry
MapQuest announced the beta launch of MapQuest 4 Mobile, a free, downloadable application that extends MapQuest.com capabilities to compatible BlackBerry smartphones. MapQuest 4 Mobile offers users an easy-to-use interface and the same accurate directions and maps they rely on...
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MTV Adds lst Ads to Mobile VOD
MTV Networks announced that it will launch its first-ever mobile video ads on carrier-operated premium VOD services, with U.S. Air Force signed on as the first advertiser. The Air Force pre-roll ads will run across MTV's mobile VOD programming and...
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Spirnt Launches Push-to-Talk Motorola i576
Sprint will be launching several new iDEN devices, including the Motorola i576, extending Sprint's leadership in push-to-talk technology. With more than 15 years of expertise, Sprint is the undisputed leader in push-to-talk with the largest community of users in the world....
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Sprint Lauches HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro
Sprint also annunced the launch of the much-anticipated HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro - two additions to Sprint's robust Windows Mobile portfolio. Combining HTC's captivating 3D touch-screen experience, the broad functionality of Windows Mobile 6.1 and the largest...
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Sprint One Clicks Lotus Rant & Highnote
Sprint announced the availability of One Click, a simple and customizable user interface available on three multimedia devices - LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Samsung Highnote. These devices and One Click represent new value packed into Sprint's Now Network, which...
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AT&T Social Networking "My Communties" Launched
A T&T Inc. announced the launch of "My Communities," a new downloadable gateway that lets users create and manage multiple social networking accounts through a single dashboard view on their mobile phone. My Communities was developed by Intercasting Corporation, a...
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Nokia Supports Microsoft Exchange
Nokia announced that it is expanding its device range which enables Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to all Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices. 43 Nokia devices will now feature the Mail for Exchange mobile email application, making Nokia's device range the largest...
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Low Power Mobile TV Chips Available form DiBcom
DiBcom, the leading provider of Mobile TV solutions, to announced two new products, the DIB9090 and DIB8090 which both support very low power mobile TV reception of DVB-T and ISDB-T 13SEG signals respectively. These chips also support the reception of...
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Qualcomm MCP to be Installed in Navistar Trucks
Qualcomm Incorporated and Navistar Inc., a subsidiary of Navistar International Corporation , a holding company whose affiliates produce International brand commercial vehicles and other vehicle brands, announced an alliance to deliver Qualcomm's Mobile Computing Platform (MCP) installed on Navistar's trucks...
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Qualcomm Gobi Cetified For AT&T Mobile Broadband
AT&T Inc.and Qualcomm Incorporated announced that Qualcomm's Gobi global mobile Internet technology has been certified for use on the AT&T mobile broadband network. Gobi technology gives users the freedom to connect to the Internet over wide-area wireless networks, providing fast,...
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Nokia and RIM Top, iPhone Fastest Growing, Says AdMob
AdMob, highlighted the rapid and global growth of smartphone usage in their August 2008 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report. The anticipated launch of new smartphones in the coming months, including the first of Google's Android phones, the RIM Bold, and the...
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100 Million iPhone iPod Touch Apps Downloaded
Apple announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch on July 11, 2008. More than 3,000 applications are currently available on the App Store, with...
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BlackBerry Fans to Flip for Flip Pearl 8220 Smartphone?
Research In Motion unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone, the first BlackBerry phone to come in the popular flip form factor. The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip provides flip phone fans with all the power of a BlackBerry smartphone in...
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New LBS A-GPS Location Location Location Services from AT&T
Location, location, location. AT&T Inc. announced today it has deployed assisted GPS technology (A-GPS) within its wireless network to enhance existing and planned location-based services (LBS) used with A-GPS capable devices. The company also announced it will launch two new...
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Call for Location-App Developers for Contest from Apisphere
Apisphere Inc. (www.apisphere.com), a leading provider of location-awareness services for mobile business applications and devices, is looking for application developers and independent software vendors (ISV) who want to integrate location-awareness into their mobile enterprise or consumer applications. Apisphere will be...
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Touchscreen Revs to Reach $5 Billion in 2009, Says ABI
Touchscreens have been available for some time and are found in a variety of fixed and portable devices, but it was the launch of Apple’s iPhone that refocused the public’s attention on them as never before. Shipments in 2007 of...
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NewBay to Provide Online Albums for U.S. Cellular
NewBay Software,announced that U.S. Cellular has chosen its LifeCache solution to launch a media album service. The Online Album branded service provides photo storage for U.S. Cellular customers. NewBay LifeCache was chosen as the multimedia album platform to enable a...
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City Caller ID on Verizon Voyager from Cequint
Verizon Wireless subscribers have another important tool to help manage their communications with the launch of City ID - an enhanced mobile Caller ID application which displays the city and state of incoming calls. Availableon the Voyage by LG, City...
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New Asus 552w Smartphone Glides
ASUS today launched the ASUS P552w PDA phone which features Glide - an innovative touch-responsive user interface that makes navigating and performing tasks on a mobile phone more intuitive and interactive. The Glide system uses Windows Mobile 6.1The ASUS 552w...
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Sales Associates @ Sprint Ready Now to Help Customers with Smartphones
Today, Sprint launches Ready Now, a revolution in the wireless retail experience. With Ready Now, Sprint has trained and committed its retail associates to work one-on-one with customers to personalize phones, set up features and demonstrate how phones work -...
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Verizon to Offer New York Times
Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and The New York Times Company announced that content from NYTimes.com is now available through Verizon Wireless' proprietary Mobile Web service. Verizon Wireless customers using...
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Alltel Offers MMS Greeting Service for 99 Cents
Alltel Wireless, announced the introduction of Alltel Avatars, a 3D animated MMS greeting service that allows users to choose from an extensive library of pre-produced greetings or allows them to use templates to create their own greeting using 3D avatars,...
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ThumbPlay Opens to Independent Artists, Apps & Publishers
Thumbplay launched the Beta version of Thumbplay Open (open.thumbplay.com). Through Thumbplay Open, independent content owners can effortlessly upload, manage and sell digital content to an audience of more than 230 million mobile customers in the U.S....
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Verizon Ringback Buddies Managed on Facebook
Verizon Wireless said has launched Ringback Buddies. Ringback Buddies, available as an application on Facebook Platform, allows customers to browse, purchase and manage their ringback tones and jukeboxes while on the site. With ringback tones, people who call your wireless...
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Verizon Launches V Cast Video Mobile Website
Verizon Wireless sis launching m.vcast.com, a new site that brings V CAST Video content to the mobile web. With m.vcast.com, customers can sample what V CAST Video has to offer by watching clips of the latest content added to the...
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Verizon Gets Social with SocialLife $1.49 @ mo.
Verizon Wireless said today it is offering a brand-new application to give customers one-stop access to multiple popular social networking sites on their mobile phones. Called SocialLife, the mobile gateway was introduced on the eve of CTIA WIRELESS I.T. &...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Starts Tommorrow
At this fall's CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 tradeshow and conference, starts tommorrow , at Moscone West in San Francisco.The keynote stage will host a variety of industry leaders and provide attendees with new perspectives on the future of...
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JD Power Ranks Call Quality - Verizon Scores High
Alltel, Sprint Nextel, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless each rank highest in wireless call quality in their respective regions, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study--Volume 2.The semi-annual study measures wireless call quality based...
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Nonimations for MMA Global Awards Closes 9/15
The Global Awards are open to all industry players and honor the leaders in mobile marketing and media from regions including North America, EMEA, APAC and Latin America. The deadline for nomination is September 15, and can be submitted...
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GPS Hottest Feature for Xmas, Says IMS Research
A bumper Christmas market is set to make GPS the hottest new feature in the cellular market. Taking the huge CDMA GPS market aside, GPS-enabled handsets are set to greatly outnumber PND shipments in 2008. In its latest report, "The...
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Sonic Boom Launches ToneMaker with Voice for iPhone
Sonic Boom, developer and publisher of personalized mobile entertainment, today announced that it has launched the first ringtone maker for the iPhone, ToneMaker with Voice. ToneMaker with Voice is the #1 user-generated content (UGC) ringtone application on major U.S. carriers...
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EA Mobile Offers Tetris POP with 17 New Variations
EA Mobile announced the availability of Tetris POP featuring 17 brand new variations of the famous Tetris gameplay formula, Tetris POP provides a new take on the Tetris experience with frantic challenges against the clock accompanied by brilliant colors, animated...
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UK Consumers Want NFC Says O2 Wallet Study
The results from Europe’s largest trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on a mobile phone reveal a consumer demand for such services. Nine out of ten trialists were happy using NFC technology on a mobile phone and 78% said...
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Zed Acquires Mobitween Flash Publisher
Zed, announced the acquisition of Mobitween, a leading developer and publisher of Flash based content for mobile and online worlds. Mobitween brings to Zed an impressive know-how in Adobe Flash® technology for mobiles, an extensive product portfolio with more than...
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Yahoo! oneSearch Powers Search for AT&T with Ads
Yahoo oneSearch will powers mobile Internet searches made through AT&T's on-deck MEdia Net portal. Yahoo! oneSearch will provide customers who search AT&T MEdia Net with access to:News, financial information, weather conditions.Flickr photos and Web images.Web and mobile web sites.AT&T's YELLOWPAGES.COM...
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32.2 Million World Smartphone Sales, Say Gartner
Worldwide smartphone sales totalled 32.2 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 15.7 per cent increase from the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. In addition, of all mobile device sales, smartphones' share remained stable at...
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Alltel Connect Pack Options Adds Variety of Unlimited Servces
Alltel Wireless, is making it easier and affordable to bundle popular applications with Alltel Connect Packs. With five bundles to choose from, Alltel is providing customers a wide variety of options to customize their phone to meet their specific needs...
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58% Don't Know What Social Networking Is, 1/3 Losing Interest, Says Synovate
Across 17 markets of the world, well over half the population (58%) do not know what social networking is, according to a study released today by leading global market intelligence firm, Synovate. Global head of media research for Synovate, Steve...
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LG Announces LG-KC910 Slim 8 MP Camera, 3" Screen Phone, Renoir
LG will launch the LG-KC910, the only 8 megapixel multimedia phone with a full touchscreen interface. The LG-KC910 has top-of-the-range camera capabilities and the latest multimedia features, all combined with a 3.0 inch full touchscreen. The LG-KC910 is the successor...
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Biz Will Spend $11.6 Billion on Mobile Apps by 2012, Says CompassIntelligence
According to new research from CompassIntelligence.com, businesses in the US will spend roughly $11.6 billion on mobile applications by 2012. This year US businesses are expected to spend an estimated $4.9 billion on mobile applications. These applications include mobile and...
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infoUSA Provides Biz Data for Limbo Locations
infoGROUP announced its infoUSA database license division has licensed its US business database to Limbo, social networks. infoUSA databases help populate the geographic information within Limbo’s location tools, giving members quick access to places nearby. Limbo members use the directory...
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Coupons, Freebies, and Ringtone Incentives Help Mobile Marketing, Says ABI
While most consumers’ initial reactions to marketing and advertising messages on their mobile phone can often be negative, a recent survey from ABI Research finds that their level of responsiveness can often be improved through incentives. In fact, approximately 37%...
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Follow HBO Entourage Characters with Whrrl, LBS
Whrrl, the location-aware social networking and discovery service from Pelago, Inc., today announced that it has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with Deep Focus to promote the hit HBO series through the new service. The promotion creates Whrrl accounts for...
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Nielsen Consumer-Segments Researh with Mobile PRIZM
The Nielsen Company today launched Mobile-PRIZM, a new product offering that combines the company’s consumer segmentation and mobile media targeting tools, thereby helping advertisers target mobile audiences more effectively. The new tool brings together the resources of Nielsen Mobile, the...
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National Geograhic Mobilzes with Ringtones and WAP site
National Geographic Mobile has been formed to extend the company’s core mission via mobile programming and games. Aaron Kohn will lead the global rollout of the division, serving as general manager, and will oversee the strategic direction, technology advancement and...
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Haiku News 2Day, Tira Wireless Kaput
Tira Wireless,Mobile content, closes down.Old staff forms Five Mobile....
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Mobile Teens Will Be Studied by Multimedia Intelligence & Experian
MultiMedia Intelligence and Experian Consumer Research have recently joined forces to examine the teen (12-17 years old) population using wireless phone services, providing a detailed analysis of this consumer segment. Teenagers are some of the most avid and trend-inspired users...
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Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 Conference, 11/5-11/6 Dallas TX
The Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 conference hosted by IDTechEx will be held on November 5-6, 2008 in Dallas TX. This conference is in its fourth year and the only event in the world dedicated to the technologies...
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EDGE, HSPA and LTE Continue to Lead 3G, Says 3G Americas
"UMTS/HSPA has exploited tremendous innovation to deliver capabilities on a global scale never achieved by any other technology, offering operators key technical and business advantages," concluded Peter Rysavy, President of Rysavy Research and author of the white paper published today...
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US Catches Up to Europe's 3G Adoption
comScore, Inc. reported that after a slower start, the United States has caught up with Western Europe in the adoption of 3G with 28.4 percent of American mobile subscribers having 3G devices versus 28.3 percent in the largest countries in...
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Haiku News 2Day, Nokia Ships N96
Nokia ships theN96 mediaPhone, starting today....
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Project Capuchin SDK Bridges Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite
Sony Ericsson's Project Capuchin SDK is a set of APIs, a packaging tool, documents and getting-started tutorials that enables developers to bridge the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments and is available for download.Sony Ericsson's Project Capuchin allows...
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Sony Ericsson SDK Launched for XPERIA
Sony Ericsson unveiled the new Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 to enable developers to create XPERIA Panels and applications for Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 phone.XPERIA Panels can be Native or Web (HTML) and the new SDK includes...
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Mobile Web Grows 29.4%, Film Search Leads, Says Crisp Wireless
Crisp Wireless announced results from its Second Quarter '08 Crisp Wireless Index (CWI). Among the key findings in the Index, mobile web usage continues to grow significantly with a 29.4% increase from 1Q08 to 2Q08. The index is a quarterly...
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Mobile Payments to Grow Ten Fold by 2013, Says Juniper Research
Purchases via mobile devices of digital and physical goods, contactless NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions and money transfers will together generate transactions worth over $600bn globally by 2013, according to Juniper Research’s Mobile Payments Study. This figure represents the gross...
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Cellular South Weathers Gustav, Offers Free Charging/Calls & Website
Although widespread power outages brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of the region, Cellular South customers experienced only minimal service interruptions. Because of a multimillion dollar infrastructure investment and intense preparation, Cellular South’s network successfully logged 62.2 million...
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Review of Reviews HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint)
HTC Touch Diamond, Review of Reviews: Not iPhoney Enough? Beauty and the BeastThe HTC Touch Diamond is due from Sprint and reviewers are already talking about it, commenting on the Windows Operating System calling it "out of date,' making and...
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Peek Mobile Email Device Review of Reviews
Peek Mobile Email Device Rated 3 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile NewsThe Peek is simply for email. The Peek keyboard was called "one of the best QWERTY keyboards we've ever tried" by CNET, while some reviewers say it lacks...
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m-Qube to Pay $500K for Unauthorized Billing
Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that his office has reached a settlement with a company involved in billing for cell phone content. Massachusetts-based m-Qube is a billing aggregator, meaning it acts as an intermediary between wireless carriers and third...
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Samsung Knack Avaiable from Verizon for Senior-Types
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced that the Samsung Knack is available for order online at www.verizonwireless.com, in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, On Oct. 14 the phone will be in stores for purchase. The Knack is a slim flip phone with...
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Sprint Launches Moto Renegade V950 with Military Tough Specs
Sprint announced availability of its latest Nextel Direct Connect phone - the Motorola Renegade V950. This new handset features a slim, clamshell form factor built to Military specifications 810F for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain and incorporates Nextel Direct...
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Peek Mobile Email Device Targets Shemail @ Target
Peek, the world’s first device designed for and dedicated to mobile email in a lightweight, slim design, available exclusively at Target will debut September 15.Priced at $99.95, the Peek has soft, rubber keys specially designed for women’s fingernails. It looks...
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MetroPCS Available at Best Buy
MetroPCS, provider of unlimited, flat-rate, pay in advance wireless communications service, announced that its handsets and service are available at more than 200 Best Buy locations. The retail agreement between Best Buy Mobile and MetroPCS will make MetroPCS’ products more...
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AT&T Delivers Nelly's "Brass Knuckles" Across Platforms
AT&T announced that the company will deliver exclusive content from “Brass Knuckles” via the three screens — on AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com), on AT&T U-verse(SM) TV and on wireless devices from AT&T. Content will include downloadable ringtones, a live webcast...
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AOL's Platform-A Ad Solution for iPhones Launched
AOL announced the launch ed their Platform-A solution for targeting advertising to iPhone users. Offered through Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network, the solution detects and delivers optimized ads on iPhones browsing the web. When an iPhone...
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Virign Mobile USA Gets buzzd Social Networking
Virgin Mobile USA and buzzd announced a partnership that will bring the buzzd service to all Virgin Mobile USA handsets via the no-annual contract carrier’s WAP deck giving Virgin Mobile subscribers an interactive, real-time local mobile service. The companies are...
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25 Million Immersion Haptically Touchable Phones Sold
Immersion Corporation, developer and licensor of touch feedback technology announced more than 25 million mobile phones have been sold worldwide featuring Immersion’s renowned haptic technology. In the second quarter of 2008 alone, more than 7 million handsets shipped with Immersion’s...
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Google Chrome Browser Most Likely Android App
According to Robert Vamosi at CNET the new browser from Google Chrome is based on the open-source project Webkit, the same rendering engine used by Apple Safari.Webkit is also the source for , Google's mobile platform, so it seems that...
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Haiku News 2Day - Apple iPhone Security Patch Will Fix Security Flaw
iPhone security Flaw that opens data access Next update will fix....
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Sprint Will WiMAX Boston, Phily and Dallas/ Ft. Worth
Several sources state the Sprint will be launching WiMAX in Boston, Philadelphia and Dallas/Fort Worth after other announced markets. Baltimore D.C. is on schedule to launch and may be early with average download speeds of 3 to 5 Mbps in...
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225.9 Million Sybmian Units Shipped in Q2 2008
Symbian Highlights - Q2 2008 as at 30 June 2008 225.9 million cumulative Symbian OS units shipped across 249 different phone models since the formation of Symbian During Q2, 19.6 million Symbian mobile phones shipped to consumers worldwide an increase...
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Android App Winners Win $275,000 Each
The winners of the $275,000 award from the Google Android Developer Challenge chosen from 1,788 submissions. cab4me - Ever been looking for a cab? cab4me is the answer. Anywhere. Anytime. CompareEverywhere - Shop smarter using your phone. Compare prices, read...
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Skymarket Will Sell Windows Mobile Apps
Through classifieds for job postings, it was discovered that Microsoft plans to launch Skymarket, a centralized virtual marketplace like the iPhone App store to allow consumers to find, purchase and download applications and content optimized for devices based on the...
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iPhone Web Browsing Increased 58%, Says Market Share
Market Share by Net Applications reports that iPhone web browsing usage share increased 58% in One Month With the continued rollout of the iPhone 3G version, web browsing usage share increased 58% from July(0.19%) to August (0.30%) October, 2007 0.07% ...
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CW & Beverly Hills 90210 Go Mobile
Myxer, ad-supported mobile content provider launched “Red Carpet,” an online and mobile marketing program designed to give entertainment studios, musicians and marketing agencies the ability to add high impact advertising opportunities to product launches. The first fully integrated web-to-mobile program...
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: War of Two Cities 4 WinMo & RIM
Concrete Software, announced the launch of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: War of Two Cities for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. Originally created and published by Oasys Mobile, Inc., Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: War of Two Cities is a mobile strategy...
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140 Million Mobile Social Networkers in 2013, Says ABI
Online social networking is huge and growing strongly, but what happens when all those virtual friends hit the road? Increasingly, they will be able to keep in touch via mobile versions of their favorite social networks, running on their cellular...
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MMA Publishes Mobile Search White Paper
The Mobile Marketing Association ( announced the publication of its latest educational resource; a white paper on mobile search. Developed by the MMA’s Mobile Search Task Force, the paper provides an overview of search on the mobile Internet, outlining how...
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Today Last Day for $99 Samsung Instinct @ Radio Shack
RadioShack is launching Sprint’s Samsung Instinct nationwide this Labor Day weekend. As part of the nationwide launch, RadioShack today is last day for exclusive retail price of $99.99 in more than 4,400 convenient neighborhood RadioShack stores. The Samsung Instinct provides...
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Gustav Reminders from Sprint
Customers can take proactive steps before the storm hits. Sprint offers the following consumer tips to prepare: Keep your wireless phone and backup batteries charged, but be aware that an interruption of wireline and commercial power could affect wireless calls....
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