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Telkom South Africa has launched a new mobile network dubbed “8ta” that currently has 800 HSPA cell towers up and running with plans to quadruple that number relatively soon. Now while many of our readers don’t come from South Africa, how operators charge for their services is a subject that has fascinated me for quite…
India’s Home Ministry has told the country’s operators that they need to start storing each and every text message that goes through their network for a period of 6 months. For a country that regularly sends between 130 and 150 billion texts a month, this new government requirement is going to require a huge amount…
In a study published by the New America Foundation, they found that the cheapest mobile phone bill for Americans hovers around $60, and Canadians get it even worse at $67. India and Hong Kong on the other hand are on the other side of the spectrum with their bills going as low as $12.90 and…
Swype, the quirky way to input text whereby you draw a line from letter to letter when composing a word versus hunting and pecking for a particular key, is now available for Symbian^3 devices. There are only 2 right now, the Nokia N8 and C7, both started shipping recently, and both have identical specifications except…
Japan’s KDDI is joining a number of carriers that will be offering Samsung’s Android-powered tablet starting at some point in early next year. However, they won’t get the “original” Galaxy Tab, but some version which is I guess specially made for their needs. Specs wise, the model marked SMT-i9100 also comes with a 7-inch WSVGA…
It seems Android is even more popular in South Korea than its homeland, presuming there is such thing as homeland for an open platform. Androski is the name of small action figures resembling the ever-popular green hero that you can get in a variety of shapes and sizes. There’s the Android keychain, a skier, Andro-Party…
Chillingo, revealed six new games that will be coming soon to the Apple AppStore. The titles range from puzzlers and shooters to arcade racing and real location-based multiplayer online games. Here’s what the popular gaming publishers is cooking: Sheeple Chase (developer: Green Ant Games) A wacky race through an English farmyard where Sheep race against…
After expanding to Canada, UK and Australia – Booyah is bringing its location-based service MyTown to other parts of the world. From what I’ve understood, the new update is for the iOS devices only, though I’m sure that will change in due course. Using the updated application, you can check-in to your favorite real-life locations…
Eyedip announced a Halloween update for Flight Doodle and Flight Doodle HD. As you can expect, instead of cargo-dropping planes and rock-tossing pygmies, this time you’ll be facing an array of ghosts, ghouls and zombies, all who want to take you down. Along the way, you should collect tools and power-ups dropped by a broomstick-riding…
Deutsche Telekom and Google are teaming-up in a deal that would see the search giant providing mobile search services to T-Mobile users across Europe. The deal has already started, making Google the pre-selected search partner for mobile phone internet searches by T-Mobile’s European customers. Moreover, Google can be quickly accessed from the operator’s “web’n’walk” portal…