Vodafone Italy has launched a micropayments service for the prepaid customers which initially can their credit to pay for online subscriptions to Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The service costs 2 EUR per week, providing customers with access to the newspaper both online and via a smartphone app. Ability for this kind of payments (as opposed…
Archives for 2010
HTC 7 Surround rocks SRS WOW HD audio enhancement technology
SRS was all proud to announce that the recently announced HTC 7 Surround rocks the audio enhancement technology. As you probably already know, HTC’s mentioned Windows Phone 7 device comes with a dedicated slide-out speaker that makes sure even your next-door neighbor can hear your favorite songs. Furthermore, it comes with a 3.8-inch WVGA capacitive…
Boingo extends and expands WiFi roaming deal with T-Mobile USA
Boingo Wireless, the global WiFi networks, announced a renewed and extended bilateral roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA for subscriber access to WiFi hotspots, covering both laptops and WiFi enabled mobile devices. Under the new agreement, T-Mobile Hotspot and postpaid mobile broadband subscribers will be able to access at no additional charge 53 Boingo airport locations…
Goal Achiever for iPhone updated with affirmations and sharing
Although we haven’t talked about the Goal Achiever app when it was initially released in the AppStore, as we approach the New Year, many people are setting their goals for 2011. In that sense, we decided to talk about the application now when it has been updated with affirmations and the ability to share goals…
Juniper Research shares predictions for 2011
We talk about Juniper Research’s reports like all the time, hence we decided to give the company some additional space as they share their predictions for the next year. As you’re about to see, they’re more about mobile services than devices, which is kinda strange – but again understandable since that’s usually the focus of…
CardMunch 2.0 adds CoverFlow-like rolodex, full-text search and LinkedIn integration
CardMunch, which we said is probably the best business card scanning app for the iPhone, is now in version 2.0 and is better than ever. If you remember from our previous post, CardMunch works like a human-based transcription service which makes it more expensive than competing products, but also more reliable. CardMunch 2.0 brings several…
Telefonica, Orange pledge support for Wholesale Applications Community
Telefonica and Orange are planning to integrate their developer offerings with the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) initiative. Both companies said that developers would be able to access WAC content via their respective developer platforms as soon as the initiative becomes fully commercialized next year. Telefónica Europe’s Javier Lorente praised WAC saying that it is “happening…
Pocket God hits the Android Market; Coming soon to Windows Phone 7
Bolt Creative, the company behind the super-popular title Pocket God, is teaming-up with mobile publisher ngmoco to bring everyone’s favorite Pygmies to Android and Windows Phone 7 platforms. Android smartphone owners should already be able to find the game in the Android Market, while those with devices running Microsoft’s latest mobile OS will get it…
BlackBerry 6 Device Simulators Arrive for the Bold 9650 and Curve 3G 9330
A quick note here for the BlackBerry developers out there. Everyone else, please avert your eyes because this will probably be about as interesting to you as watching paint dry… Anyways, if the devs are still with me, you’ll want to take note that BlackBerry 6 device simulators are now available for the Bold 9650…
Photo Translator for BlackBerry Now Available as a Free Beta
Received a note from my friends at SHAPE Services the other day, to let me (and you) know about a new BlackBerry application they’ve launched… Well, truth be told it’s still in beta, but you can easily get in on the beta if you like. Called ‘Photo Translator’, the new app looks to be a…