Well folks it’s been an interesting 26 years since the first cellular network was launched in Scandinavia. And today, we’re glad to report there’s 3.3 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, equivalent to 50% of the global population. Of course, this doesn’t mean that half of the 6.6 billion people in the world now have a mobile…
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Cellfish launches AddtoPhone; Enables media sharing from web to mobile
New York based Cellfish Media has launched AddtoPhone, a new service that delivers optimized-format media to mobile phones. According to Cellfish, the service is easy to use and once a user enters his/her mobile phone number, an SMS is sent to him/her with a link to the content. The content is converted on-the-fly to fit…
Text Heaven uses SMS for social networking
Social networks are still hot, and mobile social networks keep blooming as never before. Lately, we’ve spotted a new such service called Text Heaven which uses SMS to connect people. As with all such services, it is required to register and then chat and flirt with other users over the net or via SMS. In…
Verizon’s Motorola RIZR Z6c ‘World Edition’ press photos
There’s nothing we love more than some highly-stylized press-shots of the latest and greatest handsets, and Engadget Mobile‘s got their hands on the images that Verizon will be using to promote the recently FCC-approved Motorola RIZR Z6c “World Edition” slider. The “World Edition” portion of the handset’s name indicates the dual-mode CDMA and GSM compatibility…
T-Mobile prepping HTC Touch Dual to launch as the MDA Touch Plus
In another move that rivals HTC’s own penchant for naming/renaming their handsets with more model-names than we care to (or can hope to) ever remember, T-Mobile has announced that they’ll be launching the HTC Touch Dual as the T-Mobile branded MDA Touch Plus. T-Mobile tends to rename their HTC-smartphones with the “MDA” moniker, so the…
When did Verizon Wireless join the Open Handset Alliance?
Did Verizon Wireless jump on the Android-fueled bandwagon that is the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) while we weren’t looking? Well, we can’t find any official sources that would confirm Verizon’s membership as part of the OHA – but Gene Munster, a Piper Jaffray analyst recently released a note to clients that mentioned Verizon as being…
Brief: Google Maps for mobile up to 2.0.5
Getting my N95 8GB ready for Nokia World, flashed to the latest firmware and now I’m reinstalling applications. I noticed Google Maps for Mobile is now up to 2.0.5 versus 2.0.3 when I initially reviewed the application. Just a heads up. No change log and I can’t notice any obvious changes myself to be honest.…
Motorola discovers vowels, trademarks new a new brand called ZINE
Motorola is trademarking the name Zine, presumably to be used a sub brand in their smartphone lineup. This isn’t new, companies do this all the time. Sony Ericsson has their Walkman and Cybershot sub brands, Nokia has Nseries and Eseries, this is more of a marketing move than anything. What is shocking is how many…
Video: IntoMobile unboxes Sony Ericsson W960i; Questions please
It’s weekend and I should be probably resting after UIQ Fast Track in Budapest, Hungary. Instead I just wanted to share the unboxing experience with you folks. Yap, the Sony Ericsson W960i is in da house. Please use the comments to submit any questions you may have. I’ll try to address all of them! 😉
The power of Christ compels you: N82, she’s back from the dead *UPDATE*
My Nokia N82, the device that stopped taking pictures one night for no apparent reason, is finally up and atom. While hanging out with a bunch of friends tonight (Flickr album here) I received a call, went outside, 5 minute conversation, then as I was walking back into the pub I decided to check my…