A company called LinguaSys launched a new app called TransGen Mobile, providing the first multilingual private mobile chat rooms for Android. Available through the Android Market, the new application can scale to over 500 users per chat room, allowing participants to converse in different languages in a single room. Moreover, there’s the support for private…
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UK’s Vectone Mobile unveils 40 GBP unlimited PAYG plan
We don’t usually hear (and write) about unlimited plans from the other side of the pond. This is especially true when we’re talking about PAYG (Pay as You Go) plans. Today we present you one such offering coming from a smaller operator – Vectone Mobile. The company unveiled a new Smart Bundle monthly plan, offering…
Mobile Developer Magazine is a new online magazine made by and for mobile developers
There’s a new online magazine on the Interwebs called Mobile Developer Magazine (MDM). As you can guess from its title, the targeted audience for the new publication includes mobile developers. You can start reading the magazine at mobiledevmag.com. First issue features include: Hello, Windows Phone 7! – by Colin Melia, CTO, architect, speaker, trainer and…
Zipcar users in Boston can get a free Jabra CRUISER Bluetooth in-car speakerphone
Bluetooth accessory maker Jabra is teaming up with car-sharing service Zipcar to offer the Jabra CRUISER, a Bluetooth in-car speakerphone, to lucky Zipsters in Boston. There are no guarantees you will get Jabra’s free device, as winners are selected at random. The promotion takes place through the month of October and will be running at…
Northwest Savings Bank out with its iPhone app
Northwest Savings Bank is joining other financial institutions which already have their iPhone apps. The bank’s free to download application serves as a fancy interface to Northwest’s Mobile Banking platform, taking advantage of the iPhone’s built-in GPS and Google Maps to not only give customers an overview of branches and ATMs in their area, but…
Motorola’s Citrus – Verizon’s budget Android phone gets real
Remember the Motorola Ciena from a few days ago? Well the budget Android phone has gone official, and it’s as cheap as we thought it was without actually hearing a price on the thing. Or specs for that matter. We actually don’t know much about the Citrus, but we can expect this cheap phone to…
AARP debuts four iPhone apps for 50+ population
AARP — the nonprofit, nonpartisan social welfare organization for 50+ Americans — launched 4 apps for the iOS device users: AARP App, AARP The Magazine, AARP Bulletin and AARP VIVA. First comes the AARP App, which serves as the primary hub for users to connect to AARP and its media properties. Using the free application,…
Verizon intros Motorola Droid Pro – Android with portrait keyboard
Well, Motorola has thrown us a curve ball on the eve of CTIA, as it has introduced the Verizon Droid Pro and it rocks a portrait QWERTY keyboard. We had heard word about the Droid 2 Pro, which will be a world edition of the phone but the Droid Pro kind of takes us by…
comScore: Smartphone users are majority of mobile browser and application users in U.S.
comScore is out with a new report on mobile application and browser usage among smartphone subscribers in the U.S. The study found that the number of smartphone users accessing mobile content through browsers and applications now surpasses that of non-smartphone users — in the 3 month average ending August 2010, smartphone subscribers made up 60%…
HTC Desire HD coming to Vodafone UK
The HTC Desire HD is coming to Vodafone UK. One of the most desired Android smartphones to date will now be available on two carriers in Britain – Vodafone and T-Mobile UK (which earlier announced it will sell the phone) with more to come at some point in the future. Unfortunately we don’t have the…