Provider of mobile convergence solutions Mavenir Systems announced that it has secured $13.6 million in its fourth round of funding, bringing the total amount of money raised to $65 million since October 2005. Investors included North Bridge Venture Partners, Austin Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Greenspring Associates and Cisco. The company will use the new money to…
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MobiTV for iPhone hits 1 million download mark!
While we all wait for the wide mobile TV adoption smart companies like MobiTV are laughing their way to the bank. As a matter of fact, the company announced that its iPhone app has surpassed one million downloads in the AppStore. In other words, one out of every 308 Americans has now downloaded the MobiTV…
Text4baby hits 50,000 women registered mark!
It was back in February when we first talked about a service for pregnant women and new moms, Text4Baby. Now they’ve announced that 50,000 women have registered for the service and who received over 2 million English and Spanish text messages. According to text4baby’s enrollment numbers, 95% of participants would recommend the service to a…
Qualcomm: Majors OEMs will make Gobi-based products!
Qualcomm is all proud to announce that five of the leading OEMs have agreed to make Gobi-based products. As you may know from our earlier post, the Gobi technology will power-up modems to connect on both 3g and 4G (LTE) networks. The companies that are on “Gobi board” include Huawei, Novatel, Option, Sierra Wireless and…
Nexus One users receiving another Android 2.2 Froyo OTA update
Anyone surprised to hear that Google has started pushing out yet another OTA software update for the Android 2.2 software on the Nexus One? The N1 might not be the most popular Android phone on the market right now, but it sure is getting a lot of update, however small that update might be. The…
Apple PR Claims Steve Jobs iPhone 4 E-mail Exchange is Fake
Can we possibly squeeze any more drama out of the Apple iPhone 4? First it was the Gizmodo leaks and the legal problems that came along with it, then the antenna and reception issue, now we have allegedly false e-mail exchanges circulating the web intended to reaffirm our perception of Steve Jobs’ arrogance and curt…
Apple iPhone 4 microSIM adapter finally here
If you have your hands on that shiny, new Apple iPhone 4 and want to use your mobile service on another phone, you’re out of luck because the handset uses the microSIM standard. But thank goodness for accessory makers because we’re now seeing a microSIM adapter that will enable you to move your service to…
T-Mobile kills Sidekick in July
We’re seeing the end of an era, folks, as T-Mobile will stop selling its iconic Sidekick lineup beginning July 2. This doesn’t necessarily spell the end of Paris Hilton’s old favorite phone, but it doesn’t bode well for the lineup. “As T-Mobile looks to further innovate and raise the bar for the next iteration of…
Motorola Droid X theme for Motorola Droid smartphones sporting Android 2.2 Froyo
Can’t bring yourself to upgrade to the Motorola Droid X and sticking to your first-gen Motorola Droid? Well we have a theme for you that may ease the pain for your aging wonder-phone. Introducing the Droid X theme for your original Droid. From the looks of it, the theme looks pretty spot on. You’ve got…
Review: Verizon Motorola Droid X – Is this the Droid you’re looking for?
The Motorola Droid X will soon land on Verizon and the Android-powered touchscreen smartphone is packed to the gills with features: a 1GHz processor, 4.3-inch screen, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and an 8-megapixel camera that can record 720p HD video. But we’re entering a summer period where every carrier has drool-worthy smartphones coming to market and…