Mailcurve have announced a new email service for iPhone users, that subscribes to the concept of “refined email” – I could tell you what this is, but the guys at Mailcurve do it so much better: Sending and receiving email on your iPhone is great now… but hundreds of emails arriving on your phone isn’t…
mobilePeople launch targeted local mobile ads
mobilePeople has announced the availability of it’s “liquid Advertising Suite”, which is designed to present relevant adverts, both in terms of geography, and context. The suite includes the “liquid Ad Server”, “liquid Adsite Builder”, and “liquid SMS Links”. Additionally, the Suite is integrated to mobilePeople’s “liquid Mobile Search Platform”. With the new Suite, ads can…
UK: Vodafone chooses Neverfail to deliver uninterrupted service for BlackBerries!
Vodafone UK has announced a deal with Neverfail, to deliver HA (high availability) and DR (disaster receovery) service for people using BlackBerry. HA/DR solutions are extremely common with the telecoms industry, to the point where if you are selling in to an MNO (as I’ve done lots of times previously), then these requirements are standard.…
UK: Orange confirms HTC Shift incoming
The HTC Shift comes to Orange UK at the end of the month, according to the Register. For those (few, I suspect) of you that don’t know, it’s a UMPC running Windows Vista Business Edition – with hardware including a trick keyboard, that HTC seem so keen on. Apparently Orange are going to range this…
UK: OFT sends out fake scam text messages
The Office of Fair Trading has sent out thousands of fake scam (yes, think about that one) messages to people aged 18-24, to warn them of the dangers of (mobile) scams. The message was sent out on 15th Feb as part of “Scams Awareness Month”, and read: “Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with…
Fly Mobile can play Nintendo games!!
Fly Mobile’s new MC100 handset – a device supporting not only Java games, but also the NES/SNES/Gameboy Nintendo consoles games! Disappointingly it doesn’t do the 3D shizzle that we came to love on the various latter consoles (N64 and Wiiiiiiiii obviously not supported), but, there are a TON of good Nintendo classics rendered in just…
Rambo Mobile Game not quite the same as the film
I just saw the newest Rambo film the other night, and I have to say, wow. Just wow. There isn’t really much else you can say with such an awesome display of violence on show. I think just about every way to shoot, kill, or stab someone was covered in that film! (Go see it,…
Report questions whether Mobile Gaming Industry advancing
A new report from M:Metrics says that although more people are playing mobile games, the amount downloading them has stayed the same. This apparently can be explained by the fact that more people are using to, and sticking with, the games that come preloaded on their handsets. The research also found that from UK, France,…
UK: O2 wins Network Rail deal
O2 has won a contract with Network Rail (these are the guys that own, and operate, the rail infrastructure in the UK) – the deal is to provide the corporate voice, data, and BlackBerry mobile email. This is apparently O2’s biggest corporate win, and to give you some idea of the scale of things, it…
UK: Phones 4 u swallows dial-a-phone
Phones4U has announced it is buying dial-a-phone – a move which sees Phones4U expand significantly in to telesales and online sales.Apparently dial-a-phone has 300 staff, who got through 120,000 contract sales last year – however this is dwarfed by the 440 stores (not staff) that Phones4U has. No other details have been released, other than…