October 2008 Archives
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Year Will Close Out at 1.27 Billion, Says ABI
"Given the traumatic news ricocheting around the financial markets, one would almost expect mobile handset markets to have nosedived", says ABI Research Asia-Pacific vice-president Jake Saunders. "However 3Q-2008 still delivered 8.2% year-on-year growth."...
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Details of Sprint's New ETFs for NEW Customers Only
Sprint has detailed of its pro-rated early termination fee (ETF) policy, effective November 2, 2008. Under the new policy, Sprint's ETF of $200 will decrease by $10 increments per month beginning in month six of a wireless customer's contract. Nine...
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Associated Press Mobile Websites for US Cellular
The Associated Press and U.S. Cellular is offering two mobile websites for U.S. Cellular customers across the country. The content distribution deal offers a gateway to both AP's popular Mobile News Network, which provides top international, national and local news,...
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Haiku News 2Day - DOJ Approves Alltel-Verizon Merger
Alltel-VerizonMerger DOJ approved First divest spectrum....
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Free Wi-Fi Hotspots for BlackBerry with Data from AT&T
AT&T is offering free AT&T Wi-Fi service to current and new customers of select smartphones, including the new BlackBerry Bold. AT&T has the nation's largest Wi-Fi network, with more than 17,000 hot spots including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and thousands...
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British Airways Remote Mobile Check-In Launched
British Airways announced the launch of its remote check-in service, allowing travelers to check-in for flights from any location through their mobile devices.Mobile check-in is made possible by the British Airways mobile web site, powered by Usablenet, and is a...
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MasterCard Over-the-Air Provisions Speed Up Mobile Payment Deployment
MasterCard announced the launch of the MasterCard Over-the-Air Provisioning Service, that enables issuers to perform over-the-air personalization of their cardholders' mobile devices in an easy, one-step process. The service allows issuers to implement PayPass on mobile programs in a reduced...
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Milennial Media Enhances Targeting of Media
Advertising networks company, Millennial Media, announced the release of its enhanced brand-impact survey targeting capabilities. Along with providing more options for targeting, Millennial Media's system enables third-party brand impact studies to be conducted according to advertising research industry standards. Third-party...
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AT&T Naptser Mobile Expanded
Napster Mobile is now available to more than 13 million AT&T customers with an expansion of the service. Napster Mobile lets music fans use their handsets to search, browse and download music from Napster's collection of more than 6 million...
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G1 Google Phone Wal-Mart Controversy Continues?
Several tech pubs and blogs have been berating the fact that Wal-Mart is selling the T-Mobile G1 Android phone, just a week after the introduction of the phone for $31.11 cheaper than in a T-Mobile store. They say the price...
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75% Cell Phoners Never Late Paying, Too Important, Says LetsTalk
Americans don't let the wireless payment slip. According to a recent Consumer Spending Behavior survey sponsored by LetsTalk.com, more than half of cell phone owners are willing to pay increased bills this year compared to last year. Surprisingly, over 75...
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Operators and Banks Should Work Together on Mobile, Says Aite
A new report from Aite Group, LLC reveals potential co-opportunities for banks and mobile operators to work together toward consumer acceptance of mobile banking services. The report shows that increased involvement on the side of the operator could lead...
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Mobile Money & NFC Will Be 50% of World Mobile Payments by 2013, Says Juniper
Mobile money transfer and contactless NFC (Near Field Communications) will together account for 50% of the overall mobile payment market globally by 2013, (based on the gross transaction values), according to Juniper Research's new Mobile Payments Study. The Juniper report...
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Samsung Delve Touchscreen Delves into Alltel
Alltel Wireless and Samsung announced today that the Samsung Delve will be available for pre-sale at alltel.com on October 30.The touchscreen phone, highlighted by a virtual QWERTY keyboard and tactile feedback, has been designed with Samsung's unique TouchWiz interface....
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BlackBerry vlingo Voice Commands Facebook, Twitter and Built-in Programs
Vlingo is offering a new version of vlingo for BlackBerry smartphones The free vlingo 2.0 for BlackBerry application adds the ability to speak Facebook and Twitter status updates, support for 10 new applications, full-text message read-back, "tell-a-friend" and SureType support....
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blinko Queues Real Time Mobile Social Networking
Buongiorno debuts blinko, social networking specifically designed for mobile use. It allows users send and receive unlimited text from the mobile web, photo sharing, and chatting answering the inevitable question "What ya' doing?" in your posse aka flash mob.Their website...
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$1 Off Mobile Coupon From Caribou and Cellfire
Caribou Coffee Company will accept Cellfire mobile coupons in all its 443 retail locations in the U.S. Consumers can now get $1 off any large drink or a free drink with purchase of a pound of coffee by using the...
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Mo' Po' Buyin' iPhone 2 Use 4 Everything, Says comScore
comScore reports that while 43 percent of iPhone owners earn in excess of $100,000 annually, the strongest growth in users is coming from those earning less than the median household income, particularly since the launch of the iPhone 3G. According...
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Number Portabily Helped 154 Million Users Keep Their Numbers, Says TMG
According to report by Telecommunications Management Group, 154 million mobile subscribers around the world have kept their mobile telephone number when changing operators, a concept known as mobile number portability (MNP). This feature is not automatic and implementation requires regulatory...
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Obama More Popular for Mobile Content, Says Thumbplay
Thumbplay's tech-savvy "e-lectorate" has clearly thrown its support -- and its purchasing power -- behind Senator Obama. As of 10/28/08, Thumbplay.com confirms that Obama-related content has out-sold McCain-related content by a 9 to 1 margin. The results are based on...
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T-Mobile G1 With Google Phone Can Be Unlocked for $23.99 BUT- Googling Gone
A website sells a code to unlock T-Mobile G1 phones to use another SIM like AT&T. Unlock-TMobileG1.com charges $23.99 USD for unlocking the T-Mobile G1 via an unlock code. Once the G1 is unlocked, the user can't use his/her Google...
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How to Text Barack Obama - OMG U CAN TXT MSG UR BFF OBAMA
For those of you who didn't get chance to write down the number to text message Barack Obama after viewing the Barack Obama / Joe Biden infomercial video, (30 minute / half hour ad) TV special this Wednesday evening in...
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Wireless Buyers Influenced by Online Research, Says Google
Wireless and Mobile News was able to obtain a copy Goggle's Sales Presentation "Wireless Shoppers: How Consumers Shop for Phones and Wireless Service," with research from Compete. Most wireless buyers go online to research purchases and they don't spend a...
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Free Hot Wi-Fi for AT&T's iPhoners @ Starbucks and Hotspots
iPhone users in need of a Wi-Fi and or coffee fix can rejoice. AT&T is granting iPhone AT&T subscribers free AT&T Wi-Fi access at thousands of hotspots in the US, including Starbucks.Their website states, "We know Wi-Fi is hot, and...
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Haiku News 2Day T-Mobile to Change Data Prices/Plans $34.99
T-Mobile's data/Messages without limitsLike G1 soon....
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LogMein Igniton Remotely Ignites Control of Macs & PCs from iPhones
LogMeIn is offering a limited beta version of LogMeIn Ignition software that gives Apple iPhone and iPod touch users access to their remote computers and and work as if they were sitting in front of it. Features of LogMeIn Ignition...
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Moto Changing OS and Staff
According to the Wall Street Journal, Motorola is getting ready to make some changes in its mobile division including:Cutting jobsFocusing on Android as the operating system for its showcase phones.Motorola is still the top supplier of cell phones in the...
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HipCricket Mobilizes White Gold with WAP Ringtones & Text
o promote White Gold the California Milk Processor Board partnered with HipCricket for the mobile elements for White Gold and the Calcium Twins show music lovers, especially teens, how cool and beneficial drinking milk can be. HipCricket designed the campaign's...
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BlackBerry Partners Funds Funds buzzd, Digby, and WorldMate
The BlackBerry Partners Fund LP, announced that the Fund has invested in buzzd, Digby and WorldMate. buzzd, a location-sensitive city guide and social network for mobile devices, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A Preferred Stock financing with...
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EA Mobile Offering Games for Nokia N-Gage
EA Mobile has some new games for the Nokia N-Gage for the Winter holiday season.They include:EA SPORTSFIFA 09,Spore(TM) Origins and MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition, Need For Speed(TM) Undercover, Tiger Woods PGA TOURThe Sims3 arriving in 2009....
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MMA Updates Mobile Ad Guidelines
The Mobile Marketing Association announced the release of an updated version of its global Mobile Advertising Guidelines, that includes:Updated mobile web guidelines with added recommendation on automatic resizing of mobile web banner adsUpdated Multimedia Messaging (MMS)Updated the Audio Formats best...
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Instant Gratification with DRM Free Music from Thumbplay
Thumbplay is offering a full-service digital music store, where users can wirelessly download-- DRM-free songs directly to select MP3-enabled phones or to PCs. So far, Thumbplay has the rights to more than 1.5 million songs from major labels including Universal...
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The Hollywood Reporter Mobile Box Office Texts Weekend Film Grosses
The Hollywood Reporter will offer THR Mobile Box Office, that delivers first-to-market weekend boxoffice estimates to cell phones and other mobile devices via a SMS text message alert, will launch Sunday. Subscribers to THR Mobile Box Office will be the...
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PockFinder LBS Service Ready for T-Mobile G1
Android smartphone users can now download the PocketFinder service for their handsets. Location Based Technologies (LBT), has fully tested this service for just-launched T-Mobile G1. The Android-based PocketFinder service is now available for a 15-day free trial and then will...
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Poynt, Strands Social Player and Nobex Win BlackBerry Challenge
The BlackBerry Partners announced that Poynt, Strands Social Player and Nobex Radio Companion are the Best in Show Grand Prize Winners of the BlackBerry Partners Fund(TM) Developer Challenge. Poynt is a free local search tool that connects users to businesses,...
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Mobile Consumers Want Personal Choices, Says Mformation
Mformation Technologies' new research shows global revenues from mobile applications and services are being hampered by an inability to personalize mobile devices.80 percent of respondents to the survey indicated that they would use mobile services more if greater personalization were...
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Glu to Develop Family Guy Mobile Game
Glu Mobile will develop and publish a mobile game based on Family Guy, to be aunched in 2009 through Glu's agreement with Fox Mobile Entertainment. Family Guy is the hit animated series from Executive Producer/Creator Seth MacFarlane. The show airs...
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Verizon Election Coverage and Entertainment on V CAST
If you want election coverage on your mobile phone, Verizon has a lot to offer with theirchannels in the Election 2008 category on their V CAST Video-enabled phones. There's news form CBS, ABC, NBC, MTV News and Webcast '08. For...
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71% US Mobile-Webbers 4 Obama
US Mobile phone web surfers are much more likely to support Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama over Republican candidate John McCain, according to an unscientific survey of likely voters conducted jointly by Zogby International and Jump Tap.Of 3,462 likely voters...
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Mobile Users Waiting to Buy & Changing Habits Due to Economy, Says GetJar
Mobile users around the world are putting off buying new phone handsets while also changing their current spending habits, due to the global economic crisis according to the 'Mobile Attitudes' poll carried out by GetJar, mobile applications portal. The poll...
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MMA Global Mobile Marketing Awards Finalists Announced
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced the finalists for the MMA's Fourth Annual Global Mobile Marketing AwardsThe awards will be presented at the Annual Global Awards dinner and ceremony on November 13 in San Diego, concluding the MMA's Mobile Marketing...
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Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers, Google Phone (G1) Available in Aisle Three: $148.88
Wal-Mart will start selling the HTC Android T-Mobile G1 with Google on Wednesday October 29 in 550 stores for $148.88, less than the $179.99 direct price from T-Mobile with a two year contract.The T-Mobile G1 phone, formerly known as the...
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Mobile Internet World Successful
Mobile Internet World concluded its second annual conference at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center last Thursday, exceeding expectations and laying the groundwork for the Mobile Internet World conference series in 2009. In total, thousands of attendees, speakers, exhibitors and...
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Haiku News 2Day Intel Apologizes for Slow Remarks About iPhone
Intel says sorryFor slow web iPhone commentsIntel's Atom worse....
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Mobile Apps Like Twitter, Maps GPS, Could Mobilize Terrorists, Says US Army Report
Attention all terrorists if you really want to terrorize your BFFs, use mobile apps.A new report from the US Army report by the 304th Ml Bn OSINT Team notes:Twitter is already used by some members to post and/or support extremist...
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Single Ad Marketplace First Real-Time Mobile Ad Market
SingleBrand Ad Marketplace, introduced today by SinglePoint, the leading provider of mobile interactivity and advertising, is the first real-time mobile advertising marketplace for SMS and MMS ad campaigns generated by popular interactive TV shows on major networks, such as CBS...
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Clearwire WiMAXing LA? Job Postings Hint
Unstrung uncovered Cleawire's job postings for a director of network deployment and a network deployment project manager for next generation network deployments in Los Angeles.This deployment seems to make sense because Los Angeles is so "like totally mobile."Clearwire's plans are...
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Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch Available
Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch is now available. With just a swipe of your finger you can fly from Peoria to Paris to Papua New Guinea, or anywhere in between. It includesall of the same global imagery and...
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T-Mobile Android G1 with Google Phone Has Security Flaw, Says ISE
Charlie Miller, Mark Daniel, and Jake Honoroff of Independent Security Evaluators identified and exploited a security vulnerability in the Android operating system. There is a an open security flaw in the browser that allows a malicious web abduction where the...
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Verizon Added 1.5 Million Cell Phoner with a 42.5% in Data Revs
Although Verizon's landline business was down, it earned $1.67 billion in its latest quarter, a 31% rise from last year. Verizon Wireless added 1.5 million cell phone customers to bring the total wireless customers to 70.8 million.The mobile division had...
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Cox Adds Wireless to Bundle with Sprint, Will Add Own 3G & 4G Later
Cox Communications announced its plan to add wireless offerings to its bundle of digital cable, high-speed Internet and telephone in 2009. Today, more than 64% of Cox customers buy multiple services from Cox and one-third subscribe to all three products....
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IMS Plugfests Set for January 12-16 2009
The NGN/IMS Forum, the only industry association dedicated to interoperability and certification of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Next Generation Networks (NGN) applications and services, announced today that its sixth IMS/NGN PlugfestTM will be held January 12-16, 2009 at the...
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T-Mobile G1 Appears on Google Search Page
Watch out iPhone, the Google search page that usually has no advertising at all, now has a link that says, "New! The G1 phone is available now," with a link directly to all the aspects of Google on the phone...
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Review of Reviews HTC Touch Pro (Sprint)
Review of Reviews of the HTC Touch Pro from Sprint from Wireless and Mobile NewsThe reviews of the HTC Touch Pro are gaining momentum with some reviewers absolutely loving it. The HTC Touch Pro has been called the "most advanced...
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$2000 Luxury Circular Cellular Aura Phone from Motorola
Inspired by luxury watches and handcrafted design, Motorola will offer the Aura with the the first circular display and a new sensory experience including that "feeling" of paying $2000 for a cell phone.The news release for the Aura states:The Swiss-made main...
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9.2 Million US Smartphones Sold in Q3, Says IGR
iGR's new U.S. Quarterly Smartphone Tracker shows total smartphone sales of nearly 9.2 million devices in the third quarter of 2008. This new research tool uses a combination of end user surveys, industry metrics and channel research to accurately model...
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Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks Conference Soon
Don’t forget that the Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 conference hosted by IDTechEx will be held on November 5-6, 2008 in Dallas TX.It’s the only event in the dedicated to the technologies of Active RFID, RTLS and Ubiquitous...
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Sprint Offers 3G HTC Touch Pro with QWERTY Keyboard & Biz Card Scanner
The HTC Touch Pro is an upgrade to HTC Touch Diamond with business-focused enhancements that is now available from Sprint.The HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD...
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Webalo Mobile Dashboard for Easy Enterprise Smartphones
Alltel is now offering Webalo Mobile Dashboard that lets companies transform their enterprise applications and data so that it is easy to access and use on the smartphones of mobile employees. Webalo Mobile Dashboard allows mobile workers to receive...
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Alltel Offers Univision Movil Video and GoTV ES Musica
Alltel Wireless video-capable phones subscribers can now access to Univision Movil's video offerings, as well as GoTV's originally programmed music channel ES Musica. Univision Movil's video offerings include popular Univision shows such as "Noticiero Univision" (Emmy award-winning evening newscast),...
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Free Ad-Supported Hands-On Games from Thumbthug & Greystripe
Mobile game website Thumbthug.com and mobile ad network Greystripe have partnered with Hands-On Mobile to deliver new titles from Hands-On Mobile Games for free. The mobile games included in the partnership are big mobile game titles like "Call of Duty...
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No Mo' MyNuMo, Now Named PlayScreen
MyNuMo has changed its moniker to PlayScreen (www.PlayScreen.com), to create a new worldwide social entertainment brand. "PlayScreen is the culmination of our acquisition of advanced social gaming technology and the successful launch of game titles for the iPhone" said William...
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Solar to Power 40,000 Cell Sites by 2013, Says ABI
As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply....
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ROK Comics on iPhone
ROK Comics, has launched ROK Comics as an application on the Apple iPhone. The ROK Comics application, the first of a planned series of applications currently in development by ROK for the iPhone, enables iPhone-owners to read a selection of...
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InfoGin Offers Operator Web Customization
InfoGin is showcasing their more PC-like broswer solution. The featured new user interface for high-end devices utilizes and enhances the native capabilities of built-in browsers. As new high-end devices are introduced into the market (such as the iPhone, LG Dare...
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50% Say They'd Substitute Mobile Web for PC, Says IBM Study
IBM released new survey results which reveal that over 50 percent of consumers would substitute their Internet usage on a PC for a mobile device. IBM surveyed 600 consumers in the United States, China and the United Kingdom on their...
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Google Gmail for J2ME and BlackBerry Has New Features Including Offline Reading & Writing
According to the Google Mobile Blog, Goggle has released Gmail for mobile version 2.0 for J2ME-supported and BlackBerry phones. The rearchitected the entire client to push all the processing to the background, greatly improve the client-side caching scheme and optimize...
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Verizon Tops in Retail Satisfaction, Says JD Power
The percentage of salespeople who ask questions or otherwise aid customers in making informed purchase decisions regarding their wireless service has steadily decreased since 2006, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study-Volume 2 recently...
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Email Addiction, Email During Sex & Driving, Dangerous, Says Osterman
Employees today are under enormous pressure to be "online" 24 hours a day, which is driving them to risky behaviors and underscoring the importance of email reliability and availability for businesses, according to a new study conducted by Osterman Research...
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Txt Gets Quickest Response, 67% of 18-24 Yr Olds Txt 10+x @ Day
New research from Sprint confirms that the under-30 crowd is definitely texting in mass, and they're driving their parents to text, too. The number of adults who are texting has risen from two years ago, when a 2006 Pew Research...
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Mixcast will Bluetooth Media Messages in FL During Super Bowl Weekend
ROK Entertainment Group, mobile technology and entertainment company, has signed a partnership with Mixcast Network, to roll out a national Bluetooth mobile advertising platform to solidify their presence in the exploding US entertainment technology market. During Super Bowl weekend,...
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GameStop Offers Mobile Cellfire Coupons
Cellfire announced that GameStop is using its service to distribute mobile coupons redeemable at more than 4,200 GameStop retail store. Now, instead of clipping paper coupons or printing them from the Internet, gamers can simply show the coupon displayed on...
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Touchy-Feely User Defined Haptical Feedback on Samsung Haptic2
The first mobile phone that lets users design their own haptic effects to personalize touch feedback, the Samsung Haptic 2 uses Immersion technology. Touch feedback makes the mobile phone user experience more sensory, intuitive, useful, and fun. With it touchy...
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Samsung TouchWiz Widget UI Coming to US Phones
Samsung Mobile will offer their TouchWiz user interface in the U.S. market. This customizable interface has been made popular by Samsung's international products, including the SGH-F480/TouchWiz and Samsung Omnia. Samsung Mobile's TouchWiz user interface has specially designed widgets to customize...
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RIM Web Signals Pushes One-Click Quick Content
Research In Motion announced the availability of the new BlackBerry Web Signals technology for the BlackBerry developer community. BlackBerry Web Signals luses RIM's push technology to allow online content providers to automatically notify BlackBerry smartphone users when relevant content has...
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Android T-Mobile G1 with Google Phone Review of Reviews Updated
Wireless and Mobile News has updated our Review of Reviews of the Andriod T-Mobile G1 Google smartphone.The reviewers have had more time to look in depth at the features. They have high hopes for the Android Apps store even though...
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BlackBerry Bold on Hold 'Til November 4
The launch date of T&T's BlackBerry Bold will be November 4, the company said in an announcement. The phone has a tactile touchscreen keyboard that's clickable....
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Sprint Lowers ETF in December
Spring going to be lowering early termination fees for its customers, CEO Dann Hesse said in an interview.The $200+ ETF will be lowered in December and the fee will be gradually decreased for each month of the service contract.The FCC...
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Haiku News 2Day, 6.9 Million iPhones Sold - 200 Million Apps Downloaded
Nearly seven million iPhones were sold in Q4Two hundred million apps....
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First Android Smartphone T-Moble G1 Goes on Sale 2Day
T-Mobile USA announced the national availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first AndroidTM-powered mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a rich mobile web experience, dozens of Android Market...
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Marlin Partner Program Formed for Digital Interoperablility
Over twenty-five leading Technology Solutions Providers, System Integrators and Content Management companies have joined forces to create the Marlin Partner Program (MPP). Members of the program can now deliver technology solutions to service providers and consumer device manufacturers who want...
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RIM App Store Opens March 2009 Online and On-Deck
Research In Motion announced two major distribution initiatives for BlackBerry smartphone applications at the BlackBerry Developer Conference. A new online application storefront and a new on-device application center will help application developers and carriers reach millions of BlackBerry smartphone users...
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Bluetooth EDR & FM Transceiver Chip from Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation announced a new combination chip that integrates a complete BluetoothVersion 2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) baseband, radio and software, along with a high performance FM stereo radio transceiver, on a single piece of silicon. Extending Broadcom’s successful...
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Free Sports Text Alerts from Limbo
Limbo is offering free sports text message alerts to any mobile phone user. To receive text alerts directly to a mobile phone, all a person needs to do is send the word SPORTS to Limbo's short code, 41414. A...
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DIY Wallpapers with FunScreenz on AT&T
FunMobility’s FunScreenz, an interactive application that lets wireless customers of AT&T Inc.design their own unique mobile wallpapers for their mobile phone screen is now available. The user-friendly application allows consumers to enter text to personalize wallpapers with their names, or...
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Music Studio In Your Mobile Phone - From IndabaVox
Indaba Music, the leading online music collaboration web application, launched IndabaVox, revolutionary online music collaboration functionality to allow musicians worldwide to record to sessions and conference together directly from their mobile devices. The IndabaVox features will act as a supplement...
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Hands-On Mobile Developer Network Opens
Hands-On Mobile announced the availability of the beta version for its Hands-On Mobile Developer Network The new developer network will provide a one-step mobilization solution for developers to build, distribute, and monetize mobile applications across most major mobile device platforms...
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AMOLED Screen Samsung I7110 Smartphone with Symbian OS
Samsung Electronics and Symbian announced the I7110, the latest Samsung smartphone based on S60 and Symbian OS.Samsung I7110 is a slim bar type smartphone, 12.9mm thick and including HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity. Based on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2,...
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Captioned Phone Conversations for Hearing Impaired from WebCapTel On The Go
Sprint now offers WebCapTel On the Go, a new, free mobile web-based service that allows hard of hearing customers to read word-for-word captions on Windows Mobile 6 Web browsers. The service is also compatible with the Safari 2.0 Web browser....
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AT&T Offers Samsung Epix wth Optical Mouse
AT&T is now offering the Samsung Epix, a new smartphone featuring both an advanced touch screen and new optical mouse technology and 3G network. The Epix, provides users with a choice of ways to navigate its touch screen, including the...
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Zeemote SDK for BlackBerry Ready for Developers
Zeemote the makers of intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices, announced the forthcoming availability of the Zeemote SDK (software development kit) for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM)The Zeemote SDK will allow BlackBerry developers to create mobile games that...
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Marvel Comics on Mobiles by Campfire A/S
Marvel Entertainment International announced that it has partnered with Campfire A/S, to adapt Marvel's comic books for mobile devices. Through Campfire's trademark CATOOZ system, Marvel comics will be available as a brand new content for mobile phone users and will...
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400 Million Mobile Ticketers, Says Juniper Research
New research from Juniper Research forecasts over 400 million mobile subscribers worldwide will use their mobile phones for ticketing by 2013. However, the study concluded that trials and pilots are not being implemented into full mobile ticketing services as quickly...
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Konami Contra 4 and Other Games Avaialble on Sprint
Konami Digital Entertainment has partnered with Sprint. Sprint customers can now access Contra 4, and will soon be able to download other Konami titles including top mobile games Frogger, Castlevania, and Metal Gear Classic. Sprint customers can purchase and download...
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FlyCast Casts For BlackBerry Devices
FlyCast's mobile broadcast network is one of the first of its kind to be available for BlackBerry smartphones. It will be available as a free download from the FlyCast mobile website (mobile.flycast.fm) beginning November 1st. The FlyCast network delivers radio,...
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MySpace Android Launched
MySpace is now offering a free, new MySpace Mobile for Android and available via the Android Market. The MySpace Android application includes: * Instant photo uploading from an Android device to a MySpace profile * Check out tour schedules on...
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Cell Phone Most Popular Communication of Parents, Says Pew
A national survey of 2,252 adults by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that households with a married couple and minor children are more likely than other household types -- such as single adults, homes with unrelated...
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Motorola Top "Green Wi-Fi" Vendor, Says ABI
Motorola has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Cisco Systems and Siemens Enterprise Networks claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of the "greenness" of worldwide Wi-Fi access...
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Mobile Phone Dermatitis Identified by British Association of Dermatologists
Doctors are being warned to be alert to a new allergic skin disorder, caused by mobile phones, according to the British Association of Dermatologists. A new phenomenon called "mobile phone dermatitis" has been discovered, in which people who spend long...
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LG Sales Higher than Expected - $3.589 Billion
LG Electronics (LG), posted higher-than-expected increase in sales and operating profit in the third quarter both on global and parent basis. Mobile Communications Company posted sales of (USD 3.589 billion), 29.9% up from the second quarter 2008. From handset business,...
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Titanium James Bond 007 Mobile Secret Service Games Go Live Soon
Sony Ericsson's C902 Titanium Silver Cyber-shot phone will be used by James Bond in "Quantum of Solace" movie.At www.sonyericsson.com/bond, there are downloadable games and a secret agent solving contest."Play the game and solve Directive C902 for your chance to win...
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Frommers's Goes Gogo with Free Inflight Travel Guides
Aircell will bring Frommer's trusted guide content to inflight passengers free of charge. Starting with American Airlines, Frommer's travel guides and a branded imprint of Wiley Publishing, Inc., has designed, developed and is hosting the destination guides available on Aircell's...
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Tribune's Keillor, Barry, Puck, Huffington Mobilizes with Vibes
Tribune Media Services (TMS), the content licensing division of Tribune Company has partnered with Vibes Media to bring TMS' e catalogue ofditorial content to the mobile market. Vibes, a leading provider of interactive text message and mobile content marketing, has...
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Jamba Mobile Content Now Fox Mobile Group (FMG)
Following News Corporation's new ownership of Jamba with its purchase of the 49 percent stake previously held by VeriSign, Jamba has announced a reorganization of its business. The business name has been changed to Fox Mobile Group, while the Jamba...
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Opera Widgets One-Clicks Web Content - $10,000 Widget Contest Announced
Opera Mobile 9.5 now offers Opera Widgets to the mobile Internet experience, enabling one-click web content access. This release marks the second Opera Mobile 9.5 beta for Windows Mobile and the first-ever beta for UIQ-based phones. A developer version of...
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Moto Goes Social with Andriod Smartphone Next Year
Business Week reports that Motorola's social-networked Android phone is almost ready."Motorola has been showing spec sheets and images of the phone to carriers around the world in the past two months and is likely to introduce the handset in the...
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Wireless and Mobile News' Saturday Unfinished Limerick
The McCains were in cell hell,Asked for a tower from a major bell.Soon, Verizon and AT&TMade their calls easy _ _ _The form for limericks is:The limerick packs laughs anatomicalIn space that is quite economical, But the good ones I've...
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RAZR & KRZR Top US Handsets, Says AdMob
AdMob released their September 2008 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report. The growth is widely distributed with 34 countries sending more than 10 million ad requests to AdMob's network in September 2008, compared to only 16 countries in September 2007. This month...
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Starwood Hotels Lauches WAP Website for Members
Starwood Hotels & Resorts is offering SPG Mobile, powered by Usablenet, which enables all Starwood Preferred Guests (SPG) access to all features from the primary member website from any mobile device. SPG members can access the new mobile site via...
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Conceivium's mobileRED Alert Broadcast System
Conceivium Business Solutions, Inc. announced today the official launch of its mobile broadcast communication product, mobileRED (rapid emergency dispatch). mobileRED and its integrated Central Command Center (via the web console or mobile device) allows administrators to send broadcast communication to...
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T-Mobile 3G in Sacramento, Memphis, Tampa & D.C.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. continues to expand its third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service, and launch 3G service in and around the Washington, D.C., area in late November. At that time, the number of locations with T-Mobile's 3G coverage will amount to...
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iPhone Tops 4 Greystripe Gamers
Greystripe release their October 2008 Consumer Insights Report, which reveals a deeper look at the consumers playing their games, along with mobile gaming demographics, click-through rates and exclusive iPhone statistics, all collected from their internal database of users. The iPhone...
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Qwest Kiosks Demo Services
Qwest has launched a new generation of interactive retail kiosks that allow consumers to test Qwest services via 11 new interactive kiosks in shopping centers in Colorado, Iowa, North Dakota, Washington and Arizona. It plans to open 31 additional locations...
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WAP & Send2Phone from Apartments. com
According to an Apartments.com national survey, 90 percent of renters said they will move this year. To help alleviate the often stressful and emotional process of moving, Apartments.com has made its more than three million apartment listings from managed communities,...
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Industry Downs and Ups Sony Ericcson/Nokia Down - Google Up
Sony Ericsson reported a 10% drop in sales from last year.Nokia lost market share and its profits are down 30% from last year.Google reported third quarter revenues of $5.54 billion, a 31 percent year-over-year jump and a 3 percent increase...
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iSync Syncs Mac with Lots of Phones
Cell phone owners can use the iSync plugins from nova media to synchronize contacts and calendars with a Mac and more than 200 cell phone models from BenQ, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.The all new version 7.1 includes a...
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Verizon Refutes McCain Cell Hell Story, WP Refutes Verizon
Verizon sent an email to the press refuting the "free cell on wheels tower (C0W)" reported by the Washington Post in which Verizon's spokesman Jeffry Nelson wrote:"This story is a disgrace. The McCains went through the process that is available...
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Android Apps Can Be Eliminated, Says Computer World
Computer World reports that there is a a Google Android kill switch, not to be confused with killer app. It was discovered after reading the fine print:"Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement...in such an instance,...
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Best Buy Opens 3 New Best Buy Mobile Stores
Best Buy is opening Best Buy Mobile stand-alone stores in 3 popular malls. The new Best Buy Mobile store incorporates: A specialized assortment of mobile products featuring mobile phones, ultra-portable notebook computers, mobile media devices and accessories Knowledgeable, non-commissioned associates...
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Handango Sponsors Android App Contest
Handango is sponsoring a contest to award the best free Android app and the best-paid Android app uploaded to the Handango catalog by November 7, 2008. Each winner is eligible to receive a $25,000 advertising allowance within Handango's numerous marketing...
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Alltel & LG Have Got Rythm Music Phone
Alltel and LG Electronics are offering LG Rhythm music phone.The LG Rhythm has a premium music player with Digital Signal Processing as well as a graphic equalizer professionally tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson. The phone includes an FM transmitter that...
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Caller ID Screen-It Coming to MetroPCS
MetroPCS will offer Screen-it, a service that displays the calling party's name on a subscriber's wireless phone. Consumers and businesses rely on a name and number to identify the caller. Automatically matching a name to the incoming telephone number and...
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Two Cents a Minute Calling to Latin America, Asia & Brazil from Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile USA has unveiled new prepaid international calling rates to Latin America, Asia, Brazil and other markets across the globe for as low as two cents per minute. International Calling Rates with Even More Value vs. Post-Paid Competition Virgin...
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Verizon's LBS Field Force Mgr Finds, Schedules, & Records Employees
Verizon Wireless is now offering Field Force Manager, an all-in-one mobile resource management solution to help mobile business customers reduce operational costs and increase productivity, for MOTO Q 9c, BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, with more...
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Free Portable Cell Towers from AT&T & Verizon for McCains' AZ Ranch
According to the Washington Post, to help cover the McCain's ranch near Sedona Arizona, Cindy McCain and her staff got some help from wireless carriers.First McCain offered free land for a tower from Verizon. Verizon started the very expensive process...
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FCC Decides on Alltel/Verizon Clearwire/Sprint 11/04
When the FCC meets on November 4, it is scheduled to vote on the proposed $28.1 billion Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger and the Sprint-Clearwire merger.If the Verizon/Alltel merger is approved, the merged company would become the nation's largest wireless carrier with 80...
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Down Economy Calls 4 New Breed of Open Software, Say Globo
The slowdown in mobile communications will accelerate next generation of mobile software According to JPMorgan, mobile phone handset growth for 2009 will drop by roughly two percent, primarily because consumers, particularly in Europe, are reluctant to upgrade their phones. Other...
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Brazil, Russia, India & China Data Revs to Reach $48.3 Billion by 2013, Says Juniper
Increasing adoption of messaging and content services, aided by increased availability of 2G and 3G-based mobile networks, is expected to push operator-billed data revenues in the mobile markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (collectively referred to as the BRIC...
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Text Answers from Rock the Vote & Cha Cha
ChaCha will provide mobile answers to young voters as well as provide voting, polling and related information for the November 4 election though a partnership with Rock the Vote. Beginning today, questions can be sent to RTVOTE (788683) and politically...
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More US Publishers Join Nokia Media Network
Several leading U.S. publishers have joined the Nokia Media Network, aThe additions include the following publishers, who will further strengthen the Nokia Media Network's reach in the United States: Fox NewsA&E NetworkBio ChannelHISTORY ChannelThe Hollywood ReporterNokia Interactive Advertising reaches the...
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Mobile Web Growing and 69% Can't Live Without Internet, Says Break Media's Study of Males 18-34
Break Media's survey of young men conducted by Hall and Partners, polled a nationally representative sample of more than five hundred males aged 18-34 who access the Internet at least once per month. The research shows 63 percent of men...
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Social-Shopping Slifter on Virgin Mobile
LBS shop n' share tool Slifter, has partnered with Virgin Mobile USA. Virgin Mobile USA's five million customers can shop by searching over 300 million products at more than 150,000 local and online retailers, seeing price and availability, and getting...
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Many High-End Apps Never-Used, Says Accenture Survey
While there is increasing use of handheld mobile devices throughout the United States, higher-end applications remain vastly under-used by the country's consumers, according to an Accenture survey.The survey found that: 88 percent of U.S. consumers said they never use their mobile...
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Muti-SIMers Fuel Prepaid Mobile That'll Caputre 80% of Gobal Subscribers, Says Informa
Informa Telecoms & Media reports that during 2007 and into 2008, the market for prepaid mobile services has continued to grow more than twice as fast as the contract market. At the end of 2007, there were 2.33 billion...
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Mobile Video Devices to Expand Markets, Says In-Stat
The entry of a broad range of new mobile devices able to display video will have a profound effect on the mobile video market, reports In-Stat . The reach of new device choices will provide more markets for mobile operators,...
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Mobile Gaming $1Billion Industry, Off-Deck Growing, Says In-Stat
Though still in its infancy, mobile gaming is already a billion dollar industry in the US, reports In-Stat http://www.in-stat.com . In-Stat believes that mobile gaming will continue to be a key contributor to wireless data usage and revenues due to...
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iPhone Changed Handsets 4 Ever, Says MulitMedia Intelligence
According to Mark Kirsten at MultiMedia Intelligence, the iPhone is wakingup the sleeping giant cell phone makers, teaching them a lesson."Apple went beyond simply replacing the keyboard with a huge touch-screen display, they created a fun, yet effective user...
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Verizon Lowest Dropped Calls, Highest Customer Satisfaction, But Needs Killer Phone, Says ChangeWave
ChangeWave Research has good news for Verizon, it does have the lowest dropped calls. According to ChangeWave's latest cell phone survey of 2,883 U.S. consumers, completed September 18, 2008--- Verizon subscribers report that - on average - just 2.7% of...
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Review of Reviews Motorola Krave ZN4 from Verzion
Wireless and Mobile News' Review or Reviews of the Motorola Krave ZN4 from Verizon Wireless.Almost simultaneously with its release, reviews are available for the Motorola Krave ZN4 from Verizon. This phone really looks like a Star Trek communicator and boldly...
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Quick Messaging Texter Phones from AT&T
AT&T will offer a new line of quick messaging mobile phones that are designed to make messaging faster. Arriving in time for the holiday shopping season, the Pantech Matrix is available today and the Samsung Propel and Pantech Slate...
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Square Slider Samsung Propel from AT&T
Samsung Propel A square slider with the best of AT&T's entertainment offerings such as instant messaging, Mobile Email, AT&T Navigator, CV, AT&T Video Share calling, AT&T Mobile Music, a 1.3 megapixel camera and more, the Samsung Propel slides upward for...
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Supper Thin Bar Pantech Slate from AT&T
Pantech Slate The world's thinnest device with a full QWERTY keypad, the Pantech Slate will retail for $49.99 after a two-year agreement and mail-in rebate. A bar-style phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, instant messaging, Mobile Email and Bluetooth connectivity,...
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AT&T Quickfire
AT&T Quickfire A slider phone touchcreen in addition to the full keypad, the AT&T Quickfire can read messages in portrait or landscape mode and also download music over the nation's fastest 3G network with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile. For...
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AT&T Pantech Matrix Double Keyboard Phone
Pantech Matrix The Pantech Matrix is available today in navy blue and black with green and will be available Oct. 16 in red. It is $79.99 with a two-year agreement and mail-in rebateThe Pantech Matrix t features the unique dual-sliding,...
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IBC Offers iPhone Mobile Banking App
IBC is now offering a free iPhone banking app through the iPhone App store."At IBC, we constantly look for ways to increase convenience by offering our customers services such as IBC Mobile," IBC Chairman and CEO Dennis E. Nixon says....
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Stickham Video Streaming Goes Mobile
Stickam.com a website dedicated to live interactive video streaming, today launched Stickam Mobile for select Nokia phones, enabling members to stream live video to their Stickam players via cell phones. In addition to broadcasting live with their mobile devices, individuals...
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Voicemail Tops with NA Mobile Users, Says AppTrigger Inc.
AppTrigger, Inc. announced the results of a recent mobile phone survey revealing that North American mobile users are still heavily reliant on traditional voice and text features, despite a willingness to adopt newer, advanced applications. According to the study, which...
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Pay by SMS, Mobile Web or App Piloted by Citibank & Obopay
Citibank has launched a pilot of a new mobile person-to-person money transfer service with Obopay, for new and existing Citibank customers. Beginning on October 14, 2008, the Citi Obopay mobile payment service will be offered to all Citibank customers in...
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New Clear Flip Motorola Krave ZN4 from Verizon
The Motorola Krave ZN4 is now available from Verizon Wireless. The Krave is the first full-touch phone with a clear, interactive flip so consumers have phone and multimedia features at their fingertips on the outside and inside. Start Trek...
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Samsung JetSet (SCH-r550)
Cricket is now offering the Samsung JetSet (SCH-r550) The Samsung JetSet is an AWS-compatible handset. The Samsung JetSet features include a 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, stereo Bluetooth capabilities and a MP3 player with expandable memory support (microSD) of up...
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Emerging Markets Mobile Penetration Rate to Reach 95% by 2013, Says Tariff Consultancy
Mobile penetration rates are forecast to rise from 46% in 2008 to 95% by 2013 according to a new survey of 34 emerging market countries published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd.Emerging Mobile Markets identifies the following key trends that will impact...
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DriveAssist Helps Prevent Driving While Distracted, Insurance Discount Offered
Nationwide Insurance plans to offer an auto insurance discount for policyholders who sign up to use DriveAssist. Aegis Mobility's DriveAssist automatically detects the onset of driving and enables parents and corporations to stay in touch with their teens or employees...
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ReCelluar AcCELLerates Web Auctions of Cell Phones
ReCellular has expanded its web-based auction platform for wholesale customers. Every month, ReCellular's AcCELLerate auction offers an average of 250,000 call-tested, handsets compatible with GSM, CDMA, TDMA and G3 networks. The auction will now be expanded with offerings from ReCellular's...
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LG's New Prada Phone Has Sneaky Silver Keyboard
LG and PRADA will release their second handset before the end of the year. The new LG Prada phone has an ultra-thin keyboard that slides from under the handset.The unique QWERTY keyboard available only with the new telephone is designed...
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Shake n' Play W760a Walkman Phone @ AT&T
The Sony Ericsson W760a Walkman phone - the first 3G Walkman phone in the U.S. is available from AT&T. The W760a delivers on-the-go entertainment and music and features an accelerometer that gives customers the ability to interact with the device...
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BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220- First Flipping BlackBerry from T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA is releasing the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone-the first BlackBerry flip phone-is now available in the U.S., exclusively from T-Mobile.The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a 2 year contract with T-Mobile...
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Simon & Schuster Goes Mobile with PS Mobile Global Reader
PS Mobile's Global Reader, mobile content distribution service, has partnered with Simon & Schuster. As part of the agreement, more than five hundred of Simon & Schuster's bestselling and popular titles will be available via the Global Reader mobile distribution...
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Myxer Helps Dealers Sell Data with Fre Online Ads
Ad- support mobile content provider Myxer' $5 Million Giveaway Campaign, offers $5,000 worth of free online advertising to 1,000 independent cell phone stores - totaling $5 million over the next 12 months. This is the first in a series of...
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Video Calling/Conferencing on WinMO Phones from Global IP
Global IP Solutions is now offering VideoEngine Mobile on the Windows Mobile platform, which enables peer-to-peer video calling and multi-point video conferencing on mobile phones. Using GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, wireless carriers, application developers and mobile handset manufacturers can provide video...
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New Mobile App Company MobUI Launched.
A new mobile application development company, MobUI has been formed after raising funding it acquired Action Engine Corporation, a mobile application platform company whose customers include AOL, The Wall Street Journal.com, MarketWatch.com, Barron's.com, MSNBC.com, Sports Illustrated, Golf.com, and TiVo. "We...
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Mobile Email Tops Voicemail, Says Seven
SEVEN, mobile email solutions provider for wireless devices used by 90% of the global marke,.surveyed its customers via its online community site. 1080 people responded on October 4th - 8th, showing the email is used more than voicemail on mobile....
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Tower of Wind Power from Ericcson
Ericsson showed their energy-optimized radio base station site concept, a research project for a pioneering wind-powered Tower Tube. The wind-powered Tower Tube takes the energy-lean design of Ericsson's award-winning original Tower Tube one step further by employing renewable energy. It...
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DYI Ringtones with YouTones for iPhone from FunMobility
FunMobility created YouTones, the first user-generated ringtone application that is now available for download on the iPhone. YouTones gives users the power to easily create custom ringtones or audio messages by combining their own voices with a sophisticated audio mixing...
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Verizon Offers 24/7 Expert Service & Protection
Not to be outdone by AT&T's service offerings, announced this summer, Verizon is now offering new Expert Care service plans with 24 x 7 in-depth technical support for computer software and hardware problems, as well as repair or replacement coverage...
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Mobile Mappers to Reach 70 Million in 2014, Says Berg Insight
According to a new research report by Berg Insight the number of mobile subscribers downloading navigation routes using their mobile handsets is expected to grow from 16 million users in 2008 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.9...
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Haiku News 2Day, Orange Stops Shipping BlackBerry Bold
Orange suspends BoldBlackBerry shipments due toSoftware issues...
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CEA ATSC SIG Seeks Particpants
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) seeks participation in a new Special Interest Group to address A/153 - the mobile/handheld addition to the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) broadcast digital television standards in the United States. The ATSC is working to...
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iPhoners Frustrated with Yahoo/Fox News Usability, Says Keynote
Mobile internet usability solution provider, Keynote Systems announced the results of its first Keynote WebEffective for iPhone study of user satisfaction of mobile web sites. Study Results In the Keynote WebEffective for iPhone study, more than 75 participants were tasked...
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Cool Parents Txt Kidz "Phone Home" - Kidz Txt BFFs
An AT&T commissioned survey reveals that text messaging is not just for kids. Many parents view text messaging as a convenient way to stay connected with their children. The survey, conducted by Synovate, showed how and when parents text with...
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Network Policy Control Tools Important, Says Heavy Reading
Caminat the leading provider of policy control and application assurance technology, today announced that Heavy Reading in its latest report on "Policy Control & DPI: The New Broadband Imperative" has concluded that there will be rapid growth in deployment of...
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Verizon Ups Rate for SMS - 3 Senseless Cents?
Verizon has added a 3-cent fee for all mobile-terminated messages delivered across its network beginning Nov. 1. An email was sent by Verizon partner OpenMarket. This change will affect the mobile content providers who rely on text for their business....
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iPhone 3G Online Setup Reduces In-Store Time
AT&T announced that its iPhone 3G customers can set up accounts online before heading to the nearest store to activate and complete the purchase, reducing in-store wait times as the busy holiday shopping season approaches. New customers can perform a...
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Astraware Winner of 7 Smartphone and PocketPC Awards
Astraware, the Handmark Games Studio, today announced it has won seven awards as part of the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 2008 Best Software Awards.Astraware Boardgames - Pocket PC Board GamesAstraware Casino - Pocket PC Casino GamesBejeweled 2 - Pocket...
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Brightpoint to Act as Online Master Dealer for AT&T
Brightpoint, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brightpoint Activation Services LLC has entered into an agreement whereby Brightpoint will act as an Online Master Dealer for AT&T. Under the terms of the agreement, Brightpoint will enable its approved customers the ability...
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Android Tips Tipping Point in Smarphone Attitude, Says ABI
If Google's ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most...
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Wayfinder Found on Sony Ericsson Phone
Wayfinder extended its agreement with Sony Ericsson which will preload Wayfinder on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. To date, Wayfinder has provided a three-month trial of its Navigator application on a range of Sony Ericsson handsets, including the recently launched GPS-handsets...
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Flo TV Fall Lineup Feature MTV & Comedy Central Favorites
MediaFLO has a star-studded fall lineup ever available to mobile TV viewers. The fall season on FLO TV features eagerly awaited series debuts, NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" starring Christian Slater and CBS' "The Ex List," as well as new...
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TXTers Say TXT VIP 4 FLRT, LUV & Dating, Says AT&T Survey
An AT&T survey among text-messaging adults ages 18-55 showed how important texting is to relationships. According to the survey, 40 percent of texters who are in a relationship or dating believe that text messaging plays a significant or very significant...
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Nuance Mobile Cares for T-Mobile Customers
Nuance Communications also announced that Nuance's Mobile Care solution will be deployed on select T-Mobile handsets. The new application will enable T-Mobile to automatically resolve common problems. T-Mobile customers can now address such issues as diagnosing and repairing configuration problems,...
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Nuance Adds Voice Capabilities to Nokia and Open Sources
Nuance Communications, provider of speech and predictive text solutions, and Nokia have entered into a agreement to deliver innovative mobile speech and predictive text capabilities for Nokia mobile devices worldwide. Nokia will use Nuance's mobile input solutions to provide...
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Global WiMAX 2.3 Million In Q2 - Xohm Tipping Point, Says Maravedis
BWA and WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.3 million in Q2 2008 - a 19% growth over the first quarter and a 70% increase over Q2 2007, according to the 5th issue of the WiMAXCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. "Global service...
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CTIA Wireless Association Names #1 Wireless Moment
And the winner of the most memorable Number One Wireless Moment of All Time from CTIA Wireless Association:The first commercial cell phone call on October 13, 1983.When a phone call placed in parking lot of Soldier Field in Chicago by...
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Control Saab BioHybrid with Sony Xperia Phone?
Saab and Sony Ericsson will offer the ability to control some features of the Saab 9-X Air from the Xperia phone, suggests some sources. The 9-X BioHybrid concept car uses ultra-efficient power from a 200 hp (147 kW), 1.4-liter BioPower...
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AT&T ARPU Higher Due to IPhone, Says ABI Research
A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile business customer ARPUs for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Principal analyst Dan Shey says, “AT&T ARPU figures demonstrate that personal use of...
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Boost's New Moto i776 Available Now
Boost Mobile now has the Motorola i776 phone available. It's their smallest flip phone with Walkie-Talkie, Bluetooth, VGA camera, GPS, wireless web, speaker phone, caller ID and phonebook.The phone is for the PAYGO plan which is now only 10 cents...
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Free Ad-Supported WeatherBug Deal Via Mobile Posse
Mobile Posse, idle- mobile-screen ad supplier is offering WeatherBug's weather information on Mobile Posse's ad- supported service. According to Nielsen Mobile Media weather is one of the most popular pieces of content that is consumed not only on the web,...
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8% of Teens Own iPhone 22% Will Buy, Says Piper Jaffray
Piper Jaffray's 16th bi-annual high school students buying preference survey, shows that teenagers polled own and love the iPhone. Their legal music download choice is iTunes.8% own iPhones, an increase from 6% in Spring 2008.22% of students surveyed expect to...
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Boost New Rate 10 Cents a Minute
Boost Mobile has launched a new low flat rate of 10 cents per minute for all calls, no matter what time of day, for its Pay As You Go Basic Plan. Their website has a poetic explanation:Just a dime, all...
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Review of Reviews BlackBerry Storm 9530
Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews of the BlackBerry StormRIM hopes that the BlackBerry Storm takes the enterprise market by storm and the reviewers, so far, are amazed with the new click-screen. There's suspension under the display so you...
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BlackBerry Storm with Clickable Touchscreen Keyboard Will Officially Launch This Fall
Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and Research In Motion released the news that the BlackBerryStorm will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The BlackBerry...
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Sony Style Stores - Stylish and Tech Supportive
Wireless and Mobile News was invited to the opening of the Sony Style store, located at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, California. For people who like very stylish electronics and expert service, visiting a Sony Style store is worth...
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Wi-Fi LEDs to Transmit Secure Data in Smart Lighting
Boston University's College of Engineering is partnering with the National Science foundation to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio wavesResearchers expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes,...
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Haiku News 2Day - BlackBerry Application Center Will Debut on Storm
Launch of App CenterOn Blackberry Storm with theNew OS Version...
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NFC Mobile Phone Trial on SF BART in Jack in the Box Successful
BART riders took part in a trial held in San Francisco's BART used their contactless, Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled phones to pay for their BART fares and meals at participating Jack in the Box restaurants. The trial is deemed...
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Open Source Ads Added to myFunambol
Push email provider Funambol has added mobile ads to the myFUNAMBOL portal."By combining mobile open source with mobile advertising, we will unleash a major revenue opportunity for service providers, portals and mobile operators," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. "Ad-enabling...
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Flycell En Espanol
Universal Music Group (UMG), and Flycell, Inc., celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the launch of a Spanish-language version of Flycell.com. Users of the new site will have access to chart-topping Latin music superstars. Content on the new site will feature...
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Zogby & JumTap Poll Mobile Voters
Pollster Zogby International and JumpTap have joined together to launch one of the first mobile advertising campaigns to survey likely voters nationwide about the presidential election and top issues ahead of the November 4th general election.The surveys, which are not...
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Free Terrestrial TV Will Adversely Impact Mobile Broadcast, Says Juniper
The increasing availability of mobile handsets capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital terrestrial TV signals will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks, according to a new report from Juniper Research.While the report says that...
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News Corp Buys VeriSign's Share in Jamba
News Corporation nd VeriSign, Inc. announced the sale of VeriSign's minority share of the mobile entertainment joint venture (Jamba) to News Corporation for approximately $200 million. The joint venture was created when News Corporation acquired controlling interest in VeriSign's wholly-owned...
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Hispanic Teen Mobile Growth Rate 2-3X of Overall Teens, Says MultiMedia Intelligence
US Hispanic teens aged 12-17 represent 2.5 million subscribers, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. This is an increasingly important segment of wireless consumers, with a subscriber growth rate of two to three times that of overall US teen market over...
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Verizon Offers Motorola Rapture VU30 & MOTO VU204
Verzion is also offering two new handsets that will be available to Verizon Wireless customers this month - the Motorola Rapture VU30 and the MOTO VU204. Motorola Rapture VU30 The Motorola Rapture VU30 is a clamshell design with a touch-sensitive...
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Silver Samsung Sway, Sways to Rhapsody Music @ Verizon
The sliver slider Samsung Sway debuts on www.verizonwireless.com, today and in stores on Oct. 14.Sway has an MP3 player that can access more than 5 million songs that can be side-loaded from their PCs to their phones with a USB...
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Verizon Offers Gameloft's Oregon Trail, NFL 2008 & Asphalt 4
Verizon is offering popular Gameloft games "NFL 2009," "Asphalt 4: Elite Racing" and "The Oregon Trail" to V CAST subscribers."The Oregon Trail" brings back the nostalgia of this famous title by allowing players to test their decision-making, problem-solving and role-playing...
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Presidential Debates on Verizon V CAST 9:00 p.m. ET
Verzion is offering two options for watching the presidential debates this evening and on Oct. 15. Both debates will be aired live beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET on CBS News through V CAST Video and V CAST Mobile TV. Additionally,...
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Delta Airlines Will Block Some Inappropriate Content
Delta Airlines will be blocking some objectionable websites. Due to feedback from customers and attendants, they are working with Wi-Fi provider Aircell for a system to block inappropriate content."Blocking will be limited in scope and will be for sites that...
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I'AM 1st Mobile Multi-Network Optimized Ad Platform from RingRing
Independent mobile agency RingRing Media, offers I'AM, the mobile industry's first mobile advertising network optimization platform which connects publishers to the largest possible pool of advertisers. I'AM integrates with a broad range of local and global mobile ad networks...
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Movaya's TryNBuy Used by Thumbthug.com
Mobile game provider Thumbthug.com and Movaya the web-based, e-commerce software platform for mobile-content transactions have partnered to integrate Movaya's TryNBuy™ mobile games solution into thumbthug.com's mobile gaming website. "The partnership with Movaya and their TryNBuy™ mobile games solution enables thumbthug.com...
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Transpera Launches Mobile Campaign for Lincoln MKS
Transpera launched a new mobile video ad campaign from Ford Motor Company. The ad campaign, designed to unveil the all new 2009 Lincoln MKS, will run within Transpera's network of premium mobile content sites, including AP Mobile News Network...
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46% of Online Social Networkers Also Go Mobile, Says ABI
In ABI Research online study, nearly half (46%) of those who use social networks have also visited a social network through a mobile phone. Of these, nearly 70% have visited MySpace and another 67% had visited Facebook. No other social...
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Southewest Airlines Tests Satelite Broadband
Southwest Airlines will be the first US carrier to test satellite-delivered broadband Internet access on multiple aircraft. The trial will begin with a Boeing 737-700 followed by three Boeing 737s in the first quarter. The service is provided by Row...
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Haiku News 2Day - BlackBerry Bold Delayed for More Testing
BlackBerry Bold lateRIM wants to make sure it worksOn AT&T....
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iPhone Tops BlackBerry - 30% Switched Carriers, Says NPD
The NPD Group reports that 30 percent of U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's new iPhone 3G from June through August 2008 switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T.In comparison, just 23 percent of consumers, on average, switched carriers between...
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Pantech C610 GPS 3G Phone for $29
Pantech Wireless debuts the Pantech C610, with a wide range of multimedia, GPS and phone applications exclusively on AT&T's 3G network. This contemporary update to traditional flip-phone operates at blazing 3G speeds and features AT&T's breakthrough Video Share calling.. AT&T...
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MetroPCS Has 4.8 Million Subscribers
MetroPCS announced that In the third quarter of 2008, on a consolidated basis, MetroPCS reported gross additions of approximately 935 thousand subscribers, which represents an increase of 39% over the third quarter of 2007. MetroPCS ended the third quarter...
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T-Mobile G1 Android Phone Sells Out
T-Mobile has sold out the Google Android G1 phone after tripling their order. They are still accepting presales, but there may be a wait. The spokesperson noted: Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1...
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Free Sarah Palin Ringtones from FunMobility
Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's media sound bytes have been mashed by FunMobility into six free ringtones. Sarah Palin Tones Include: Foreign Policy Experience: Derived from an interview with Katie Couric, Palin's comments on...
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LBS Mobile Ticketing Service m.PhoneEvents
PhoneEvents.com and m.PhoneEvents.com sites bring together preferential and location-based EventListings with a ticketing service that is easy to use on any Web-enabled phone, including the vast majority of devices in use today that either are equipped with minibrowsers or have...
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OMG Free SMS Bible Verses
Bible SMS is spreading the Word of God via Text Messaging (SMS). Registration is free, with no fees.Registered members recieve weekly bible verses delivered as a text message directly to their cell phone. This service is currently available nationwide with...
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S60 5th Edition Has Touch UI, Flash, Sensors & Video Editing
S60 5th Edition, the latest release of the open smartphone platform, S60 on Symbian OS is now available. Major new features include touch UI, Flash, sensors and video editor. The S60 5th Edition has the most advanced set of features...
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WiMAX World 2008 Maxes Out
With over 10% growth in attendance and a 15% increase in the number of sponsors and exhibitors over last year, WiMAX World 2008 Conference & Expo - wimaxworld.com - was the largest event ever held in the WiMAX market. ...
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AT&T Online Experience Store Goes 3D
AT&T launched its Online Experience Store allowing shoppers to "touch," experience and purchase wireless devices and services online. The digital storefront introduces a new 3-D shopping model. When customers enter the Online Experience Store at www.att.com/onlineexperience, they will see a...
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itsmy.biz Launches Social Mobile Ad Network.
After one year in beta phase, itsmy.biz - www.itsmy.biz - launches the largest social advertising network in the mobile space with a reach of 4 million people. itsmy.biz reaches 54% male and 46% female mobile internet users from all carriers,...
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Free Mobile Viral Messaging Service Launches GeeSpark
ROK Entertainment is offering GeeSpark, the world's first mobile viral messaging service. GeeSpark will enable users to chat, share messages, images and YouTube videos on their mobile phones and forward these to their friends and groups, in a viral fashion...
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Razor Dog Will Sniff Out Banned Cell Phones in FL Prisons
Cell phones smugglers in Florida prisons may end up spending up to five years in one under a new law enacted October 1, 2008 that makes the introduction of cell phones into prison a third degree felony.Cell phones smuggled into...
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Obama '08 iPhone App with Calling Stats & GPS
The Obama campaign launched its free iPhone app Obama '08. They call it "your official, comprehensive connection to the heart of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's campaign, giving you the tools you need to make an impact and stay in...
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Cricket Introduces Cricket PAYGo Daily Prepaid
Cricket Communications introduced Cricket PAYGo, a 24/7 unlimited prepaid wireless service. Cricket PAYGo is a daily pay-as-you-go service. Cricket PAYGo customers choose one of three rate plans ($1, $2 or $3 per day). At each level, customers will receive unlimited...
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Palringo Texts with Data 2 Save $$
As wireless carriers continue to increase fees for text-messaging services and regulators around the world question pricing policies, there are cheaper and more compelling ways to keep in touch, says Palringo in their latest news release. Besides being the only...
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WildCharge Skin Charges BlackBerry Pearl Wire-Free
WildCharge, wireless electric power delivery mobile device provider announced the availability of its WildCharge Skins for the BlackBerry Pearl and Curve smartphones in the US beginning October 6th, 2008. The WildCharge Skins are durable, protective gel cases that have WildCharge's...
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Comes with Music Comes from The Orchard
Nokia has tapped The Orchard to serve as its premier independent provider for the launch of Comes with Music, which was announced earlier today in London. Comes with Music offers customers unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year...
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Sprint Goes Green, Recognized as GHG Reduction Goal Setter
Sprint announced an ambitious goal to reduce its total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent by 2017, along with a set of environmental priorities, as part of its expanded environmental program. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will recognize Sprint as...
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Nokia XpressMusic Resistive Touch for Stylus, Suggests Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics analysts looked at why Nokia chose to use resistive technology, rather than capacitive, in its 5800 XpressMusic (codenamed "Tube") device which was launched today, bucking the trend of all recent high-profile touchscreen phones. Why? . While capacitive touchscreen...
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Communications Revs Up Landline Revs Down, Says TIA
As bandwidth consumption continues to grow,communications revenues over the next few years are expected see a 10% annual growth rate in the US reaching $1.3 trillion by 2011. However wireless technology will realize up to 34% annual growth in that...
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27% Wireless Customers Abandoned Landlines, Says JD Power
Over one-fourth of wireless phone customers have replaced landline connections at home and are now using wireless service exclusively to communicate on a daily basis, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 U.S. Wireless Contract Regional Customer Satisfaction Index...
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Nokia Unveils Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Comes with Music for 1 Year
Nokia unveiled the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the first device to support Comes With Music, which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone with stylus was formerly known...
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FoneStarz Supplies Mobile Content for LG
FoneStarz is partnering with LG on mobile content. FoneStarz Mediawill provide content to LG phone owners in 22 countries. FoneStarz will supply wallpapers and animations from its portfolio which LG users can access via their phones or by visiting the...
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Azuki Mobile Phone Survey Says, Web Should Be Easier & Accept Ads 4 Free Access,
Azuki Systems announced the results of its first annual U.S. mobile phone user survey. Over 54% of those surveyed said their mobile phone usage had increased by more than 25% over the last two years, and one in five respondents...
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Google Search on Android Just Like Web
The Google Mobile Blog touts its search capabilities built into the Android operating system. The Google search embedded applications enables users to search the web, news, and information. It has search suggestions, that appear while you type. The search results...
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LG Renoir LG-KC910 8 MP Camera Phone Launched
LG announced the official launch of its LG-KC910 called the Renoir, a full touchscreen 8 megapixel multimedia phone that has Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and GPS.The 8 megapixel camera has Kreuznach certified optics, a Xenon flash, auto and manual focus, sensitivity...
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HTC Expects to Sell 1.5-2 Million Android Phones
HTC sources say they expect to sell 1.5- 2 million Google Android OS phones. The T-Mobile G1 will be released by T-Mobile on October 22 and they predict to sell 400,000 - 500,000 in Q4. It is also believed that...
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Verizon Scores Highest on Yankee Group's Anywhere Scorecard
Yankee Group released its Anywhere Network Scorecard: Communications Service Providers report, which explores the progress communications service providers have made to date in transforming their businesses to profit from the global Anywhere Network. The Anywhere Network is Yankee Group's vision...
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Open Mobile Summit Opens November 19
The Open Mobile Summit conference explores the move to open up the mobile value chain, and deliver the mobile Internet. Taking place November 19-20, at Hotel 480 in San Francisco, The Open Mobile Summit features industry heavyweight speakers from both...
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Broadcom Integrates Wi-FiPS from Skyhook
Broadcom Corporation announced that it will upgrade its location based services (LBS) infrastructure to add Wi-Fi positioning to its LBS portfolio of services. Broadcom will use the Wi-Fi Positioning System developed by Skyhook Wireless, Inc., which pioneeredthe development of Wi-Fi positioning....
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Consumers Prefer Bundled Telco Services, Says CFI Group
Consumers would prefer to bundle communications services with telecommunication companies by a 2 to 1 margin to cable companies if given the choice, according to the second annual Telecom-Cable Industry Satisfaction Study from CFI Group. However, cable companies still provide...
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ABC'S Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy & Smantha Who? on MobiTV
ABC Mobile, a channel featuring full-length episodes of many of ABC's most popular series, including "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy," "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty" will be available on cell phones.Full episodes featured on ABC Mobile are available to MobiTV...
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46% of Cell Phone Users Use Phones for Entertainment, Says Artificial Life
A recent survey by Artificial Life, of U.S. cell phone users revealed that 46 percent use their devices for entertainment purposes. The survey of 200 respondents showed 87.5 percent of those who own smartphones access entertainment content, such as music,...
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Nokia Media Network Adds Metro Targeting
Nokia now offers a service that lets advertisers target their mobile campaigns to consumers in 10 major metro areas of the United States on the Nokia Media Network. The Nokia Media Network's Metro Targeting serves ads to mobile users in...
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Mobile Messenger to Offer EMI Music Content
Mobile Messenger, and EMI Music have entered into an agreement with Mobile Messenger to distribute content from EMI Music's digital catalog of well-known recording artists. Moblie Messenger will offer ringtones available for purchase by consumers individually on a song-by-song basis...
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No Mo' PC Music Files from Sprint Music
Sprint will remove PC song downloads from its Music Store service on its website."Beginning October 15, 2008, Sprint Music Store purchases will no longer include a second PC copy," the site reads. "All Sprint Music Store purchases will continue to...
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iPhone #1 Top Selling Smartphone, Says Fierce Wireless
Fierce Wireless reports that the top 5 selling smartphones are: Apple iPhone 3G (8GB model) Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 8100 Pearl Motorola Q Samsung BlackJack II SGH-i617 Samsung BlackJack SGH-i607 AT&T is the top carrier for smartphone growth, helped by...
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Handango to Sell Android Apps
Handango is open to developers of Android applications. Developers can can start as early as October 1st. There 3 ways to distribute apps: Give it away for freeSell it for a one-time purchase feeSet it up as a monthly, quarterly,...
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