Flixwagon (who I posted on before here) has announced the launch of the FliXee Widget which will stream live mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to Flixwagon users Websites, Blogs, and Social Networking sites. Additionally, Flixwagon users will now have the capability to deliver their mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to YouTube through their Flixwagon account. The FliXee Widget allows…
Bollywood: Jalsa Movie coming to a Mobile Game soon!
Game licenses of blockbuster films are a very common occurrence within the PC/console gaming industry, and increasingly the same is true for Mobile. Now this process has percolated through to Bollywood, where a game based on the film Jalsa is being prepared, with caicatures of Pawan Kalyan, and Ileana D’Cruz. Producer Allu Aravind says, “We…
Internet Access on Demand with Speech Enabled Web-browsing
Audiopoint has announced an agreement with Earthlink, one of the nation’s leading internet service providers, that will give Earthlink’s users the ability to access speech enabled Web information from their telephone. The News and Information Service combines EarthLink’s popular Email By Phone application with Audiopoint’s voice-enabled Web content. News, weather, stock quotes and other customized…
Mpowerplayer Users hit 12Mil Mobile Games Played milestone
Mpowerplayer has announced that it has surpassed a milestone of 12 million mobile game demos, played by over one million consumers. Users have embraced Mpowerplayer’s PC-based try and buy storefront solution. As the PR goes on to say: “We’ve brought the iTunes approach to mobile gaming,” said CEO Michael Powers. “Now everyone can easily find…
Who will profit from Mobile TV?
PC World (the news site, not the shop…) is carrying a story that’s questioning who is going to make money from Mobile TV. A lack of business models, and the fact that consumers are moving away from broadcast are key reasons it cites. It goes on to say that equipment vendors (infrastructure and handsets) are…
SWAT Elite Troops now available on Mobile
SWAT Elite Troops, the follow-up to SWAT Force, has been released by Vivendi Games Mobile. The sequel apparently features an “Instant Tactical Decision” system, which we can only assume lets you make tactical decisions, instantly…. On a marginally more serious note, it would appear that the developers have optimised the game for mobile control –…
Didmo to bring Mobile Game Ads to US and Europe
Didmo has annoucned that it is bringing it’s successful ad-based mobile content platform to the UK, US, Germany, and Spain (in case you were wondering, Didmo have been operating in Scandinavia up to now). Didmo’s model revolves around in-game advertising, of which the games are usable for 24hrs. Users only have to see 4 seconds…
Publishers treat DS games like mobile games, says developer
Codemasters’ Pete Shea has attacked handheld console publishers who blame poor games on the platform. Shea’s “Race Driver: Create and Race” game (see image above) for the DS has a plethora of options, only usually found in a home console game. Shea believes that portable console games (and I would assume to some extent…
Motorola develops dual WiFi/cell phones
Motorola is soon to demo handsets that can hand off between WiFi and cellular networks. The solution, TEAM (Total Enteprise Access and Mobility) will also support PTT capability. TEAM devices will not be limited to just cell phoes, however it’s expected that the first batch of hardware will be mobile devices, to be ready end…
Spice Telecom to launch UGC Mob TV services
Spice Telecom is soon to launch UGC content for it’s Mobile TV offering, according to Telecom Tiger. Obviously the idea with UGC is that “citizen reporters” (I love that term!) can submit content for others to download and consume. With some existing services, the mechanisms for this are MMS on the upload leg, and…