NetLingo really is one of my favourite sites on the InterWeb – they seem to have a word for everything. Take this for example: Contentology “Contentology” integrates research, knowledge and skills from all fields that focus on analyzing, developing, and designing or structuring content. Areas of interest include electronic publishing, information design, user experience design,…
The O2: Ski, Board, or Snow Tube
For a short time at The O2 (in the UK), you can Ski, Board, or Snow Tube! Special New Year offer – 25% OFF IF YOU BOOK NOW + book before 8th January we’ll enter you into a prize draw to win a top of the range pair of skis/snowboard. This winter The O2 invites…
Ben: 1 year on at IntoMobile!
Yep, 1 year on from starting at IntoMobile, and 870 posts, and it’s anniversary time! It’s been a great experience over the course of the year – who would have thought such a short review of the BlackBerry Storm, could have created such a … er … Storm! Many Thanks go to Yoeau, and ‘Big…
Vodacom boosts HSUPA coverage to four more towns
I often like to write about news and the countries in which it happens, that are shall we say, not in the daily hotbed of news from Europe and the US. To that end, I’ve mentioned Vodacom before (here), who are busy making things happen in S.Africa. Previously Vodacom had enabled HSUPA on their network…
UK: Phones4U moves in on console games market
UK: Mobile phone retailer Phones 4U (and the sister company Dial-a-Phone) are moving in on the console games market – two new websites, Games4U, and Click-a-Game, will sell new and back-catalogue games on pretty much most home and portable games console platforms, and also for the PC. Free delivery is in the mix, and there…
Spatial View Introduces New Wazabee 3DeeShell for Vivid Stereoscopic 3D Graphics on the iPhone
Spatial View, a leader in manufacturing products for creating 3D effects, introduces its latest product, Wazabee 3DeeShell, a special protective skin with an integrated removable lens that can display 3D content on the Apple iPhone. The Wazabee 3DeeShell is tentatively scheduled to ship in early Q2 2009. Wazabee Mobile 3D Products The Wazabee 3DeeShell uniquely…
3GPP agrees on LTE spec for inclusion in to it’s own standards
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards organization has firmed up the specifications for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and extended the deadline for System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network specifications, according to Unstrung. For those of you unfamiliar with the mass of three-letter-abbreviations in Mobile, then LTE is widely regarded as THE 4G technology, particularly since…
UK: BMI trials SMS on flights
More UK travel news, this time not trains, but planes – must see if I can find a story on cars to complete the “planes, trains, and automobiles” set…. 😉 Anyhoo, back to the story at hand. The Times Online is saying that BMI (a UK operator) is enabling SMS in-flight, using a system called…
UK Railways Adopt a Single Format for Mobile Ticket Barcodes
The various UK railway operators have settled on a single standard for mobile-based barcode tickets. The agreement means that a single, common, secure barcode system will be implemented, and also that a single mobile ticket will be able to be used across operators – a major step forward. The new standard, RSPS3001, means that there…
O2UK launches “Litmus” Application Store
Pocketgamer.co.uk is reporting that O2 has launched it’s Litmus platform in the UK – basically an Applications tore that lets developers upload Apps and then get feedback from users. You might think this sounds familiar, and it probably does – following Apple’s launch of their iTunes App Store a while back, quite a few service…