Entries tagged with “blackberry storm update” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

The next BlackBerry Storm operating systme, OS 5.0.0.140 has been leaked onto the Internet and is expected to come installed on the new BlackBerry Storm 2.  If you have a Verizon BlackBerry Storm, Verizon eventually releases updates after vigorous testing. The last update BlackBerry Storm Update OS 4.7.0.148 received excellent reviews and improved the BlackBerry Storm greatly.

The OS 5.0.0.140 update version was discovered on a Chinese website. BlackBerry Storm owners should be warned that you may void your warranty by using the unauthorized update.

The update supposedly is faster, has a battery meter, new screen transitions, browser tabs, recent activity log,  There have been reports that the not all current BlackBerry software with work with this updated operating system. The update has problems with IM, social networking sites, Weatherbug, Vlingo and backwards screen orientation.  Other reported problems include the history in the browser does not work, alarm does not work properly, and BlackBerry App World doesn't work. 

Some forum members reported that they were able to get the OS 5.0.0.140  to work on their BlackBerry Storms while this post sums it up nicely, "I was totally psyched to try this out but after browsing through hundreds of horror stories, I'm gonna sit this one out. "

It appears that this release was pirated from somewhere without testing, so some brave (or poor) BlackBerry Storm buccaneers, gave it try out and then were forced to abandon ship. This "stormy" update could be called a tropical storm or a full-blow hurricane of mishaps.

Shortcovers is an online mobile service that gives  iPhone, Blackberry (Storm, Bold and Curve), or Google Android device users access to  books, authors, magazines, and other content.The service is provided by Indigo Books and Music and provides apps to read the content on the mobile devices.

A shortcover is the ideal read for consumers on the go. It's an excerpt or chapter of a book; a blog post, magazine or newspaper article; or a short story, speech or user inspired work, like a subway novel. Users can read a sample for free, purchase a shortcover for as little as 99 cents or decide to buy the whole eBook, with an option to buy the hardcopy version as well.

The service aslso provides users with tools to share their favorite reads using a number of social media sites, such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and others. The service also allows users to create, share and sell their works directly.

Shortcovers is a global service. Consumers can buy in U.S. and Canadian dollars, with plans to expand later in 2009.

Nielsen Mobile reports that mobile media was slightly more popular with Democrats than Republicans, as of Q2 2008.

• Overall, 62% of Democrats are data users who use one or more data service on their mobile phone (compared to 55% of Republicans)
• Democrats are more likely than Republicans to use text messaging (53 percent compared to 46 percent)
•  Democrats are more likely to use picture messaging and MMS (27 percent compared to 21 percent)
•  Democrats are more likely to use mobile Internet, as well (17 percent compared to 13 percent)

Though the differences may not seem great, these variations indicate that advertising across mobile channels tends to be more efficient at reaching Democrats than Republicans.

Obama campaign is using mobile marketing. Last month the campaign sent a text message to 2.9 million mobile phones announcing Joe Biden as Senator Obama's pick for vice president, as estimated by Nielsen Mobile. Additionally, the Obama campaign has a full mobile website containing news, videos and ringtone and wallpaper downloads.

Meanwhile, the McCain campaign has not been as active in mobile media, but that may make sense. Perhaps the McCain campaign knows that, in 2008, mobile is a more effective channel for reaching Democrats than Republicans.

Note the Pew Center has shown a landline basis in polling.

VeriSign announced another record-breaking quarter for mobile messaging, based on the latest quarterly index of mobile messaging statistics compiled by VeriSign’s Messaging and Mobile Media division.

Through June 30, 2008, VeriSign’s combined mobile messaging networks delivered 95.4 billion Inter-carrier Short Message Service (ICSMS) messages in the calendar year, eclipsing the previous record for text messages in the first half of any year. VeriSign’s network also set a single-day record by enabling 648 million texts over a 24-hour period and a one-hour record of 42 million messages.

All told, VeriSign’s combined mobile messaging networks enabled more than 52 billion messages in Q2 2008, up more than 20 percent from the previous quarter. VeriSign facilitated an average of approximately 572 million messages per day in Q2 2008, compared to approximately 476 million messages per day in Q1 2008 and approximately 230 million messages per day in Q2 2007.

A group at the University of Washington has developed software that deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers had phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle.

This is the first time two-way real-time video communication has been demonstrated over cell phones in the United States. Since posting a video of the working prototype on YouTube, deaf people around the country have been writing on a daily basis.

For mobile communication, deaf people now communicate by cell phone using text messages. “But the point is you want to be able to communicate in your native language,” said principal investigator Eve Riskin, a UW professor of electrical engineering. “For deaf people that’s American Sign Language.”

Cognos announced that it has extended its wireless business intelligence solution, Cognos 8 Go! Mobile, to support Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. Previously their solutions were available on the BlackBerry platform.

Cognos 8 Go! Mobile is the industry’s first business intelligence solution designed to make it convenient to view, consume and interact with highly relevant performance information on mobile devices. Cognos 8 Go! Mobile delivers enterprise data through an intuitive interface optimized for each different type of mobile platform. It now brings timely decision-support information directly to Windows Mobile 6 devices. All decision makers who need to access BI content across the enterprise, either through a mobile device or on the Web, are able to use the same consistent, trusted source of operational information.

Existing Cognos 8 BI customers, such as MTD Products, will be able to use their Windows Mobile 6 smartphones to further leverage their BI investments.

According to the September 2007 edition of World Cellular Data Metrics, there was a 43% increase in data ARPU in North America.

Subscribers in North America generated the highest monthly ARPU from mobile data services worldwide, at US$8.90 in 2Q 2007. Subscribers in Western Europe generate on average only US$7 per month.

Strong uptake of all-you-can-eat data packages, a near three-fold increase in 3G subscriptions year-on-year and rapid growth in SMS traffic in North America were the main reasons for the 43% rise in data ARPU in the region in 2Q 2007 compared with 2Q 2006.

Nokia Battery Advisory: If you have a Nokia phone with a BL-5C battery it may over heat and cause damages.There have been approximately 100 incidents of over heating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported. Over 46 million of the batteries were shipped.

The battery is found in the following phones: Nokia 1100, Nokia 1100c, Nokia 1101, Nokia 1108, Nokia 1110, Nokia 1112, Nokia 1255, Nokia 1315, Nokia 1600, Nokia 2112, Nokia 2118, Nokia 2255, Nokia 2272, Nokia 2275, Nokia 2300, Nokia 2300c, Nokia 2310, Nokia 2355, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2610, Nokia 2610b, Nokia 2626, Nokia 3100, Nokia 3105, Nokia 3120, Nokia 3125, Nokia 6030, Nokia 6085, Nokia 6086, Nokia 6108, Nokia 6175i, Nokia 6178i, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6270, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6631, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6822, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Nokia E50, Nokia E60.

And in Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-1W, Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-3W.