It just won’t die. The idea of sending various scents and odors along with your mobile-message isn’t novel and it looks like it’s not going to go away any time soon. A group of German tech developers have announced that they’ve patented hardware that would allow mobile phone users to send scents along with SMS…
Archives for May 2008
SHAPE Services’ Mobiscope brings remote video surveillance to Apple iPhone
SHAPE Services released Mobiscope for iPhone to allow Apple handset and iPod Touch users to get into George Orwell’s shoes in their spare time. Activities like monitoring office work in real time and controling the safety of the children, aged relatives or pets are now available at your fingertips, literary. Mobiscope offers real-time viewing of…
Juniper Research: Local search to become a killer app for over 30% of mobile phone users by 2013
According to the new Juniper Research’s report called “Mobile Search & Discovery: Opportunities and Markets 2008-2013”, nearly 1.3 billion mobile users — 30% of the subscriber base — will utilise local mobile search services by 2013. The report argues that the best equipped regions for the delivery of mobile local search are currently Western Europe…
Another Harry Potter title goes mobile
EA Mobile is bringing a mobile game based on the upcoming blockbuster, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, this autumn. The mobile game release will coincide with Harry Potter hitting theaters and as far as we know it will bring tons of fun for the little wizard’s fans. It involves Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts,…
Interview: Dolby explain about “Dolby Mobile”
This week, I was lucky enough to spend some time in the company of Max Taylor (International Marketing Director, Mobile), and Mark Price (Public Relations Manager, EMEA), from Dolby Mobile. Many of you may remember that we covered Dolby’s move in to Mobile as part of Will’s CTIA coverage – out of that has spun…
Screenshot, details on the new T-Mobile Sidekick Gekko/Aspen
With rumors about T-Mobile’s new Sidekick Gekko/Aspen pointing to a summer release of the not-yet-announced Sidekick handsets, we’d imagine that some of you SK-fans out there are dying to know more. Well, here it is. First up, we have the next best thing to actual pictures of the device in the wild – screenshots from…
AT&T takes free iPhone WiFi offer off the table
Oops. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to spread the word on how to get free AT&T WiFi HotSpot access on your laptop. Just the other day I mentioned that AT&T is offering all iPhone users unlimited use of their AT&T WiFi HotSpots at Starbucks and Barnes & Nobles locations in the US –…
AT&T launching 10 channels for AT&T Mobile TV tomorrow on LG Vu and Samsung Access
The long wait for AT&T’s new mobile TV service, appropriately dubbed “AT&T Mobile TV,” will soon come to an end. As expected, the new AT&T Mobile TV service is set to launch on May 4 (tomorrow) with 10 full-streaming TV channels. But, there’s a catch. You have to have an AT&T cellphone equipped with Qualcomm’s…
Sun: We’re still gunning for Java (JVM) on the Apple iPhone
Call them what you want, but you can’t call Sun Microsystems a bunch of quitters. They are a persistent lot. Even after Apple’s announcement that they don’t want Java on the iPhone, Sun is pushing to get Apple to agree to letting the iPhone play nice with a Java JVM (Java Virtual Machine). “We’ve expressed…
Hybrid fuel cell system from Sony combines fuel cell and lithium polymer battery, lasts long
Fuel cells are the future. From the cars on the road to the laptops dangling from our shoulders to the mobile phones in our pockets, fuel cells are destined to revolutionize the way we power our electrical devices. So, with a bevy of manufacturers researching methanol fuel cells, Sony has debuted new hybrid fuel cell…