August 2010 Archives
67% Mobile Buyers Choose by Carrier, Multimedia Top Feature, Says Best Buy Mobile
A Best Buy Mobile study found that while nearly one in four shoppers (23 percent) made their mobile phone decision based on the mobile phone device itself, the majority of respondents (67 percent) selected carriers as their main purchasing influence. They also found …
Android an’ Droid Apps: Put a Remote PC in Your Pocket with Wyse PocketCloud
Wyse PocketCloud for Android, a remote desktop app for accessing files, desktop and apps is now available in the Android Market. There is a free reduced feature version and a $14.99 paid version. Users should note that it does not work with Windows Home Versions. Wyse PocketCloud does…
Mas Mexico from MetroPCS for Less, $5 a mo. 4 Unlimited Calls to Landlines in Mexico
MetroPCS launched f Mas Mexico, an unlimited voice and text messaging plan to connect MetroPCS customers with friends and family in Mexico for $5 per month--taxes and regulatory fees included. This new calling feature enables MetroPCS customers to call the landlines of their loved ones in Mex…
V CAST Crackles with Crackle Movies on Verizon
Verizon Wireless now offers on V CAST, the premium subscription movie service from Crackle. Crackle Movies provide Verizon Wireless with movie hits from the Sony Pictures library, including "Cable Guy," "Finding Graceland," "Blind Date," "The China Syndrome," "Easy Rider," "Gattaca," "La Bamba," an…
More Smartphone Apps to Be On-Deck @ Carriers, Says Frost and Sullivan.
More smartphone apps are being sold in on-deck premium mobile content market app stores, as mobile operators offer more and more smarpthones. Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 U.S. On-deck Premium Mobile Downloadable Content and Applications Markets, finds that the market earned revenues of $2.82 …
Google Buys iPhone and BlackBerry Social Game Dev: Social Deck
Google will be playing a new game field, the game of multi-player social networking games, because they have purchased Social Deck, maker of mult-player games that work across iPhone, BlackBerry and Facebook. Social Deck is located in San Francisco and Toronto Canada. SocialDeck was founded in 2008…
Android an’ Droid App: Bing for Mobile Android App 4 Verizon Customers
The official Bing for Mobile Android App is now available to Verizon customers. The app is available for free from Verizon Wireless Android phones' Marketplace. It features images of the day, voice search, "cool" mapping features, zoom-out button, ratings and reviews. The Bing for Mobile Android Ap…
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