Another day, and another retailer (it was Expansys the other day) announces they are going to carry the N96. This time it’s the turn of Phones4U, who are well known in the UK, particularly for their distinctive ad campaigns. Anyhow, they are going to carry the N96 on contract, with both O2 and Orange. Contract…
All the big five UK Operators now involved with the IAB on Mobile Advertising
O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and 3 have all now signed up as members (alongside existing member Orange) of the Internet Advertising Bureau, in the UK. The Operators have formed a Mobile Steering Group to oversee the Mobile Advertising strategy of the IAB. When the IAB conducted a survey last year, they found that mobile advertising lacked …
Mobistar and Pumbby do “Cash for Ads” type of deal
Mobistar (a Belgian Mobile Operator) appears to be jumping on a similar bandwagon to Cellcom, and our old friends Blyk, by launching a “cash-for-adverts” type of service. They have partnered with a start-up called Pumbby to deliver text messages with links to Ads in them, and if they watch them, they will be credited with…
UK: Lloyds TSB to do mobile banking!
Lloyds TSB has announced that it is planning to launch a new service for its customers to manage their accounts via mobile. The move will enable people to move money instantly between accounts held with the bank, view their account balances and check their last six transactions through their phone. Customers will also be able…
Nokia puts together a TV channel for N96 launch
Crumbs, when Nokia go big, they go REALLY big! Along with the announcement of the N96 launch date (October 1st, for anyone living in place without the Internet!), Nokia have announced a stack of N96-only TV channels, calling them Capsule 96. Interestingly, or perhaps teasingly, each episode (mobisode?) is 96 seconds long – as oppose…
mPortico and Dane-Elec do entertainment portal on Memory cards
So it seems that it’s not just EA and PNY that are able to come up with a memory ard + content proposition. In fact it seems that mPortico and Dane-Elec have gone one step further… mPortico, a developer of cutting-edge mobile content distribution solutions, has announced it has formed a strategic partnership agreement with…
Cellcom offers free air time in exchange for watching Mobile Ads
Mobile Operator Cellcom has launched a new Mobile Ad model in Israel, which enables subs to get free air time in exchange for watching commercials. Customers will be able to get up to 45 minutes per month of air time for watching the Ads – at the end of the Ad, subs have to answer…
UK: MobileFun bring Eco products to the fore
In a great green move by MobileFun, one of my fave UK Online Mobile shops, they have collated a whole series of Green/Eco-friendly accessories, in case you want to have Mobile Fun (pun intended), AND do your bit for the environment at the same time. I won’t dwell on all of the various accessories, suffice…
European Navigation Event 2008 in two weeks time
This year the European Navigation Event is touching down in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on the 7-8 October. The event consists of three parts; Seminars (2 days) The speakers will cover several topics which are of paramount importance for the further development and growth of the navigation and location industry. International GPS Rally (1day) The rally…
UK: Expansys have the N96 and i8510!
Expansys were kind enough to email me today to tell me about the fact they have the Samsung i8510 (8MP, 8GB) in stock, and will soon have the Nokia N96 (5MP, 16GB) also! The handsets are being sold SIM-free, so there is obviously a premium to the price (compared to the Operators), but I’ve always…