Mobango has been busy compiling its stats, and has concluded that in 2009, it passed 100m visits to its mobile site worldwide. Apparently over 60 per cent of all users coming to Mobango connected through Nokia phones. Out of the top 10 phones used to connect to Mobango, eight were Nokia phones. SonyEricsson and Samsung took a joint second place with 12 per cent each. Motorola…
Live Sky TV now available on the move with Nokia
Nokia and Sky have announced the availability of a landmark new TV application, which is set to “revolutionise the viewing habits of Nokia phone owners”. Crumbs, that’s a bold statement! I’m sure you know who Nokia are (!), but for those of you that don’t know Sky – there are a Satellite Pay-TV Operator, notable for…
Hands on video with the Voda 150
Following on from Stefan’s post about the Vodafone 150 (a super-cheap handset for emerging markets), our buddies at fonehome.co.uk got some exclusive hands-on time with the device. Billed as “the world’s cheapest mobile phone”, the functions may be few (voice, SMS, 2 games and a torch), but it’s a robust and lightweight little handset with…
Moodagent Aims To Be More Than Just An App
Syntonetic have created an iPhone App that enables users to utilise their Moodagent music profiling and recommendation technology – and they’ve just announced that uses for its iPhone application may extend far beyond instant playlist creation. More than 1,000,000 listeners have used Moodagent technology to enjoy their favorite music, but now the Moodagent app is…
MXI simplifies application development across all mobile platforms
mxData has just unveiled its new MXI platform, which has been built to enable “rapid cross-platform development of mobile applications”. The platform has a number of innovative features including code reuse that effectively reduces the development cycle across multiple handsets, a range of commercial options; supporting subscription through to advertising as well as built-in reporting…
Pre-order now open for Nokia X6 on Vodafone UK
The Nokia X6 can now be pre-ordered from Vodafone UK, and is available for free on a £30, 24 month price plan, with 600 minutes, unlimited texts and mobile internet. Here’s the usual marketing gubbins, just in case you some more convincing: Feeling good? Bit down? Need a burst of energy? Let the Nokia X6’s…
TI shows a mobile phone with a no-glasses 3D display
According to my buddy Ron over at 3d-display-info.com, TI showed a new 3D display for mobile phones, running on an OMAP3 chipset at MWC. The display is a 120Hz LCD with an 3M film that directs the images to the left or right eye alternately (3M unveiled this technology back in November 2009). There’s no…
Skullcandy 50/50 Launches at Apple Stores
Quite a brief one this one, because most of the info is in the image above – but simply enough, Skullcandy are launch a new range of headphones today via Apple stores and Apple.com. I’ve tried Skullcandy before and was very impressed with their kit (see here), so I would expect good things from these…
Hamptons International Property Search App arrives on iPhone for UK users
Well, colour me confused because I thought I’d seen the Rightmove app for UK property searches – but Hamptons International is laying a claim as being the first UK residential property agent to have an iPhone app. I suppose what they are claiming is to be the first agent, which technically Rightmove isn’t (it’s a…
Vodafone 360 Services Include Location Content Powered by Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas has announced that Vodafone Group has deployed Tele Atlas maps and location content in the recently launched Vodafone 360 (which is Vodafone’s attempt at aggregating a whole suite of services on devices). Vodafone apparently also uses Tele Atlas digital maps and location-based content across its location-based services (LBS) and navigation offerings. Powered by…