BuddyMob is a free, cool application for mobile devices, made by Kiboo. BuddyMob gives access to all your social networking applications like Twitter, MSN, Gtalk and AIM and use them simultaneously from your mobile phone, via one simple log-in. With the app, you can also find out where your friends are and be notified…
Vodafone to enable Twitter updates – could be free??
Electricpig.co.uk is reporting that Twitter SMS updates are returning on Vodafone – there’s nothing official right now, but Twitter should get a major shot in the arm traffic-wise by Voda allowing updates to/from Twitter. Things were working fine until last August, when they were blocked, but they are back once again – a bit like…
T-Mobile UK to start selling ZTE touchscreen phone
Apparently T-Mobile UK is going to start selling a touchscreen device from Chinese Manufacturer ZTE. You may not know them too well, but they’ve done some devices for 3UK before now – though I think this might be a first for T-Mobile! The device is called the vairy touch (is that some kind of…
LG pulls back from netbooks, goes for touchscreens and qwerty devices…
According to Mobile Today, LG is pulling back from its forays in to laptops and netbooks – and instead is placing it’s faith in mass-market devices such as touchscreen and qwerty-keyboard devices – something that’s proven to sell well, particularly for LG. You can expect that during the course of 2009, LG will build…
VisitBritain releases multi-feature app for tourists
VisitBritain (which is the national tourism agency) is now offering a free app for tourists and visitors, according to pocket-lint.com. The app gives UK street maps, a London tube map, whats-on guides, and then the usual accomodation and weather info – along with discount vouchers – so we are basically saying it’s quite replete with…
Orange and Apple tie up for Broadband and laptops respectively?
How very interesting this one is ……! According to Mobile Today, Apple and Orange are in final discussions to sell Apple’s Laptops with Orange network access, starting this summer! It will mean a subsidy of the cost of the Laptops for taking out a mobile broadband subscription (which, given the price of Apple kit,…
Motorola closes movie store for mobiles
According to New Media Age, Motorola has shut down the movie store that it opened with Paramount, only six months ago. This is in stark contrast to Samsung, who have just opened theirs! The service allowed sideloading of full-length films, the viewing of which has become an increasingly popular pastime for the many users…
Ericsson and Mobilkom Austria first to commercially launch HSPA Evolution
Mobilkom Austria has gone live with it’s HSPA+ serivce, powered by Ericsson’s technology – thus taking peak data rates up to 21Mbps! The network upgrade allows the customers of mobilkom austria – the Austrian market leader with 400.000 mobile broadband customers – to enhance their mobile broadband experience with the highest speeds in Austria…
Monitise and Carphone Warehouse do mobile banking deal
Monitise Plc (who do mobile banking technology) and Carphone Warehouse (UK mobile phone retailer) have joined up to provide Monitise mobile money software on handsets sold by the retailer. The partnership apparently covers a number of areas, including in-store stuff, but also online properties. Carphone are obviously very well-known in the UK as a…
Orange sponsor research that shows Mobile is definite channel for Marketing
Orange has launched Exposure 2, which is a survey to find the role of Mobile within the media marketing landscape. The survey uses a variety of methods on over 2000 users across the UK – and finds out about consumption of media, and attitudes toward it when it’s used for marketing purposes. Here are some…