Yahoo News reports that VeriSign has entered into a deal with Visa to allow payments for services and goods via mobile phones. The Visa mobile platform not only allows for mobile payment, but will offer users of the service promotional offers and rebates.
Archives for March 2007
UTStarcom Drops The Ball On Sidekick ID
You know when someone messes up sooo badly that its even funnier when they try to fix it? Well, that happened to UTStarcom at CTIA. They dropped the ball when they put up a HUGE banner depicting the upcoming Sidekick ID. That’s the kind of mess up where all you can do is shake your…
Don’t Encrypt Your Windows Mobile 6.0 Storage Card!
Like the headline says, do NOT use the new encryption feature in Windows Mobile 6.0 to secure your storage card’s data.A blog post on the Windows Mobile Team Blog confirms that, while encrypting your data poses no problems, when the device craps out on you so will the storage card.
Verizon Bets $6bn On VOIP And Video Calling
Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent just inked an equipment deal to upgrade the CDMA carrier’s wireless network. Alcatel-Lucent will get $6 billion to provide 3 years worth of gear and tech support to expand Verizon’s network. “The Network” wants to add VOIP and video calling features to its, uh, network. In order to enable these features digital…
RIM Opens Up Blackberry API’s
The infamous Blackberry line of mobile phones from Research In Motion, commonly referred to as the “Crackberry,” is getting a development push from RIM. With the mobile phones industry redefining itself with more features and computing power, RIM wants to ensure that their mobiles can compete on the same playing field.
Palm OS Gets SlingPlayer Mobile Beta
If you are using a Palm Treo 700p and have been itching to watch your SlingBox’s TV tream on your mobile phone, consider your itch scratched. You can now download a beta version of the SlingPlayer Mobile software for Palm OS from SlingMedia’s website.
Apple Should Trash The iPhone
Trash the iPhone?! Who would dare think such a thing? Well, apparently, John Dvorak thinks Apple should do away with their iPhone. He cites overconfidence, on Apple’s part, based on past success with the iPod – clearly Apple best selling product.
Nokia announces three new phones: 5070, 5700 XpressMusic, and 7088
Nokia today announced three new devices, each targeting the specific segment of users. We’ll briefly go through each of them. Let’s start.
Microsoft Announces The Beta Release Of Their Deep Fish Mobile Browser
Hot on the heels of their ZenZui “zooming tile” browser for mobile phones, Microsoft Live Labs just announced the limited-public beta version of their new Deep Fish Mobile Browser. The new mobile browser aims to put a stop to horribly-inaccurate mobile renderings of webpages and brings a desktop browsing experience to your Windows Mobile-based phone.
Nokia 330 GPS Navigation System coming to America
Crave: OK, you heard it here first: the Nokia 330 portable navigation system is headed for the United States. We got a little heads-up from Nokia tonight that it’s going to announce the U.S. availability of the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation unit tomorrow with an expected ship date of April. It’ll come preloaded with Navteq…