Things are bad, the global economy is finding new lows, and consumers are pulling back on their holiday gadget spending. Nokia, in anticipation of economic woes affecting holiday mobile phone sales, has announced that they are lowering their Q4 2008 handset sales would fall short of previous expectations. Nokia had earlier predicted that global handset…
Archives for December 4, 2008
iPhone-like screen transitions for T-Mobile G1 and Android OS
There’s no doubt that the T-Mobile G1 is a serious competitor in a crowded smartphone market. With an open-source Android OS powering the smartphone, the G1 is about as flexible and powerful as any other mobile phone. Unless, that is, you want your T-Mobile G1 to animate screen transitions all slippy-slidey like, much like the…
UK: iRiver SPINN bargains until Sunday 7th Dec!
Those of you who read IntoMobile regularly will know I have a few fave online shops, one of them being Advanced MP3 Players. A good combo of price, service, and quality draw me to use them again and again for tech purchases. Well they’ve outdone themselves this week with a bargain 10% discount on the…
O2 Bluebook: keep your memories safe
O2 have just kindly emailed me to remind me about their Bluebook service. From a customer’s point of view, it’s a handy way to back up things like their messages and contacts online – as O2 says: Bluebook automatically saves all your text and picture messages. And you can upload your contacts and photos straight…
UK: Expansys Friday deals 5/12/08
Yep, it’s that time of the week again – Expansys mail out to let us know of their cracking deals this week – two I’d highlight on this occasion: The TomTom One GPS (UK, EU, Ireland Maps) for a sweet £79.99, and the BenQ E72 WinMo Smartphone, also weighing in at £79.99. So I think…
T-Mobile Shadow II approved by FCC
T-Mobile’s follow-up to their consumer-oriented, Windows Mobile-powered “Shadow” is inching closer to actually seeing the light of day. The FCC has approved the T-Mobile Shadow II, as it’s known, for US duty. The T-Mobile Shadow II has been expected to carry T-Mobile’s Windows Mobile Standard torch into 2009 with a refreshed design and a bump…
Mobispine scores licensing agreement with Sony Ericsson
Our friends from Mobispine announced a licensing agreement with Sony Ericsson to provide localized and categorized RSS feeds to all handsets the company delivers worldwide. Commenting on the deal, Mobispine’s CEO Dusyant Patel said: “By partnering with a respected industry leader like Sony Ericsson we can offer its end-users speedy access to localized content and…
Vringo brings its video ringtone service to France’s Bouygues Telecom
Following their deal with Turkish carrier Avea, Vringo announced that they have yet another operator on board – France’s Bouygues Telecom. Under the agreement, the two companies will bring Vringo’s video ringtone application to millions of French subscribers. The Vringo application, along with its burgeoning library of thousands of video ringtones, will be available for…
mFoundry-powered Alltel Wallet to debut next year
Alltel Wireless will launching the mobile wallet service powered by San Francisco, California-based mFoundry — the same company that powers mobile banking solutions for Verizon and Sprint. The so called Alltel Wallet will initially provide access to a consolidated mobile banking service, allowing customers to access a wide variety of financial institutions. mFoundry’s technology combines…
Juniper Research: Mobile betting is recession-proof; Set to hit $3.6 billion in 2009
Juniper Research’s latest report titled “Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries and Betting (5th edition)” argues that despite global economic recession, mobile gambling will perform strongly in 2009. In addition, the report found that total wagers on mobile phones will more than double in 2009, reaching more than $3.6 billion, where as user spending on mobile TV…