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We talked about Mercedes-Benz Financial Services’ (MBFS) mobile efforts for few times in the past. Two years ago, the company launched an iPhone app to allow its customers to make monthly payments while on the go. Then in early 2010, a mobile version of the mbfs.com website was launched so that more users (not just…
Near Field Communication technology, NFC for short, is something we’ve been drooling over for years here at IntoMobile Headquarters. Besides the obvious mobile payments scenario, the one where we pretend that we live in a future where we don’t have to carry a wallet, what we really want is to be able to move information…
Amazon is rolling out a new software update for its Kindle Fire 6.2.2 over the air, though those of you who don’t want to wait can manually install the latest firmware at any moment. Before you do that, you want to know what’s included – the new software brings: Enhanced fluidity and performance Improved support…
Still haven’t found the right stand for your iPad 2? Check out the Magnus magnetic stand which goes hand in hand with Apple’s tablet like popcorn and movies. Available at Ten One Design’s website for $49.95, the stylish and low-profile stand has a strong magnetic grip on the iPad 2 and is nearly invisible from…
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has just agreed on the technologies that are deemed worthy enough to earn the “IMT-Advanced” designation: LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced, the latter being more widely known as WiMAX 2. They don’t want to call it 5G, but you can expect AT&T’s marketing department to already be in the process of drafting…
Companies rarely insult each other in public these days, for reasons we don’t quite understand; being politically correct is boring. Samsung though, they’re on a roll. It started out with an ad that showed a bunch of people waiting in line for the iPhone 4S when all of a sudden they see a Samsung Galaxy…
Two summers ago when we first heard about LightSquared our faces lit up like a child on Christmas day. Their proposal to launch a brand spanking new nationwide LTE network that would be a dumb pipe that other companies would then resell to end users was just the kind of thing that the wireless industry…
The latest Windows Phones on the market run a version of the OS codenamed Mango. For months we’ve been hearing that during the first half of 2012 we’re going to see a new version of the OS hit the market called Tango, but we haven’t exactly been sure what said new version would bring to…
The number of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace has just surpassed 60,000 according to the folks at All About Symbian. To put that number into some context, the 50,000 app barrier was passed just 25 days ago. An average of 400 apps are being added on a daily basis, though we don’t exactly know…
Research In Motion dropped the bomb Sunday night (conveniently during a very popular football game) that co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis would be stepping down from their leadership positions at the top of the company and as chairmen of the board. Thorsten Heins will be taking over as CEO of RIM but there are…