The SMS text message is almost as ubiquitous these days as air pollution and high gas prices. But, we’d argue that most of the 2 trillion (with a “T”) SMS text messages sent around the world last year were of the vanilla variety – short text communications between friends, family and co-workers. The overwhelming majority…
Archives for February 2009
Kidtivities for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Looking for something fun and educational to do with the little ones? Or perhaps you’re babysitting and don’t have any ideas of what you could possibly do? Enter Kidtivities from Double Tap Apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Kidtivities contains over 50 activities for you to do with the youngsters. The activities are aimed…
Koodo Drops Price of LG KEYBO to $200
Canadians out there looking to find a solid texting device will be pleased to know that the LG KEYBO has dropped in price (ok, just a touch) over at Koodo Mobile. The KEYBO is now on sale for $200 (originally $225). Koodo also lets you ‘run a tab’. For this device, it looks like you…
ASUS Announces Wi-Fi Hosting P835
ASUS has just launched the P835, rather impressive touchscreen device running Windows Mobile 6.1. The screen clocks in at 3.5″ and 800 x 480 pixels, and comes along with a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, quad-band EDGE and tri-band UMTS. Opera Mobile comes included, with navigation made possible by a trackball, and above all, it…
comScore says: Light PC Internet Users are 30 Percent More likely than Heavy PC Internet Users to Access Mobile Internet Content
comScore has reported the results of the first study of its cross-media panel of PC and mobile Internet users in the U.S., finding that light PC Internet users are 30 percent more likely than heavy PC Internet users to use their mobile devices to access Internet content. In total, 42 million people used their mobile…
Econet Wireless sign up 200K subs in 3 months in Kenya!
Apparently Econet Wireless have signed up 200K subs in 3 months in it’s newest network in Kenya – astonishing – that comes out pro-rata 800K subs per year…. but their aspirations don’t stop there – they want to be at 4-5mn within a couple of years! These are good growth rates for Econet (which uses…
Movistar planning to extend 3.5G coverage to 74% of country
Well, it’s all about the 3.5G/HSPA+ in my posts today….! Movistar (which is part of Telefonica Moviles Group) is extending it’s coverage to 74% of the country by mid-2009. As you can probably imagine, and as I’ve said before, one of the main uses of this boost in wireless bandwidth is mobile broadband modems (you…
BlackBerry 8900 Released in Spain on Orange
Orange has just announced a new BlackBerry to join its other Wi-Fi toting bretheren: the BlackBerry Curve 8900. As you may already know, the newest addition to the Curve family sports Wi-Fi, GPS, an extraodinarily sharp screen clocking in at 480 x 360, and a slim, light construction that does the Bold’s chubby profile shame.…
“Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for iPhone Upgraded with More Secrets & Fun Facts
I’ve posted about Notescasts before, as quite an innovative service, making use of some native functionality in iPods – well new TimeStream Software has announced the upgrade of its “Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for the iPhone and iPod touch. Rated in the Top 25 of paid Travel Apps, this upgraded Notescast title now contains…
ChaCha: Fastest Growing SMS Search Provider Achieves 70% of Google’s SMS Search Volume in Q4
Apparently, In a head-to-head comparison between ChaCha and Google SMS, ChaCha achieved 70 percent of Google’s SMS search volume in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to data from the Q4 Mobile Messaging Report from The Nielsen Company. Of all SMS traffic measured in Nielsen’s report, which is comprised of all incoming and outgoing text…