Entries tagged with “mobile maps” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Verizon Wireless and AirSage have entered into an agreement where non-identifying data from Verizon Wireless' network will be used to help AirSage provide real-time traffic information.

Verizon Wireless' network data will be made anonymous and integrated into AirSage's patented Wireless Signal Extraction Technology platform to enable live traffic monitoring on major interstates, highways and arterials.

The claim the deal will enhance AirSage's traffic coverage and accuracy by quadrupling the number of signaling messages; when the data is fully integrated, more than 12 billion signaling messages across more than 200,000 centerline miles of roadway will power applications for government agencies, businesses and consumers.

MySpace will support Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. The new MySpace mobile application, available this summer, will run on Windows phones and use Silverlight, Microsoft's free browser plug-in.

The companies are in close collaboration to offer a MySpace for Windows Mobile app which will be available for download later this summer.  The application integrates MySpace's main social features and functionality with the Windows operating system to provide access to the community in a way that's familiar to the Windows Mobile user.
 
The MySpace application will be available on Windows Mobile 6.1 phones later this summer and then in the fall of 2009 through the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, directly through phones, and the Web. LG will preload the MySpace application on their Windows phones, making it even easier than ever for users to gain real-time access to their global MySpace network. The new Windows phones are expected to be available in the second half of 2009.
 

RIM has updated its myspace application to version 1.5, with enhancements to share events and experiences as they happen.

Here are the enhancements:

Friend Updates: Users can now view their MySpace Friend Updates from within the application and click on a thumbnail of a photo in the Friend Updates to be taken to a full screen version.

Enhanced updates and messaging: Instantaneous mobile notifications and messaging (no lag time between receiving a message online and on mobile). Users can also save a composed message/bulletin as a draft, delete and open a saved draft message to edit/send the message, and view or hide sent items.

Enhanced band profiles: Bands can add tour dates and more profile bits to their profiles, like Upcoming Shows (displays more details on the show such as venue, date, address and cost)

Support for French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.

The BlackBerry app allows user to send and receive MySpace mail, as well as update status, view/send bulletins, add comments and post photos. It's available via PCs at blackberry.com/myspace.

MySpace, and Sprint thannounced the launch of free MySpace Mobile on all Web-enabled Sprint phones. The launch marks the first free direct access to the new MySpace Mobile website on a U.S. wireless carrier, allowing Sprint data subscribers a fast track to their MySpace profiles on their phones.

MySpace has partnered with Sprint to provide customers direct access to MySpace Mobile’s innovative tool set, including the ability to edit MySpace profiles, view and add friends, post blogs and bulletins, send and receive MySpace messages, and much more - all from their Sprint phone.

This announcement also marks the official launch of MySpace’s Mobile website, available via any mobile device at (http://m.myspace.com). The new version of MySpace Mobile features a a revamped email interface and other new features. The site, previously in beta, has seen more than one million unique visitors per day since its release in September.

Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corporation, today announced that MySpace, and several of the company's other leading Web brands will launch a series of new, ad-supported mobile Web sites that will be completely free to users on mobile devices.

The new MySpace Mobile Web beta service (http://mobile.myspace.com) will be available to consumers this week with a wider FIM rollout planned in the coming months.

"The MySpace Mobile Web significantly lowers the barrier of entry for all MySpace users to access their profiles on-the-go," said Amit Kapur, VP of business development for MySpace. "An ad-supported MySpace offering is a major component of our mobile monetization strategy and we look forward to broadly offering this industry leading roll-out to advertisers."

Comment from Wireless and Mobile News:
Analysts are skeptical.  The ads will have to be very tiny and it may take a while for mobile users to click on through, while driving or in the bank line.

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Danger, Inc., and MySpace, the country's most trafficked Web site, today announced a highly integrated MySpace Mobile experience for the T-Mobile^® Sidekick^®.

"Sidekick users are often the hub of their circle of friends, and MySpace is the No. 1 Web site our users visit on their device," said Jeff Hopper, vice president of marketing at T-Mobile USA. "We've worked closely with MySpace and Danger to create a powerful MySpace Mobile experience that is uniquely tailored for the T-Mobile Sidekick. We think MySpace and Sidekick users are going to love having complete control over their MySpace universe right from the palm of their hand."

The MySpace Mobile software is tightly integrated with the T-Mobile Sidekick hardware, user interface, and all the applications on the device. The new MySpace Mobile for the T-Mobile Sidekick is designed to optimize the delivery of data to each user and preserve the features that MySpace users love on the PC. All aspects of the MySpace Mobile experience are tailored so users can simply navigate on the T-Mobile Sidekick screen and enjoy fast access to T-Mobile's robust wireless network.

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