Vringo and its partner, Innova Group, have announced a partnership with Armenia’s leading mobile operator VivaCell-MTS. Through the partnership, Vringo’s video ringtone service will be available to more than 2,000,000 mobile subscribers of VivaCell-MTS in Armenia through a co-branded VivaCell-MTS-Vringo online platform and will constitute the first deployment of such innovative and stimulative technology in…
Freeverse release ‘Warpack: Grunts’ for iPhone and iPod Touch
Freeverse today announced the release of a new game “Warpack: Grunts” from UK partner company Strange Flavour. It’s a ‘pick-up-and-play’ squad-based shooter for the iPhone and iPod touch with “colorful art, addictive gameplay, extensive content and iPhone OS 3.0 exclusive features!” Players control a squad of four soldiers as they seek to complete 40 levels…
Toshiba TG01 comes preloaded with Nimbuzz for O2 Germany
Today, Nimbuzz has announced that its native preinstalled version will be available on the highly anticipated Toshiba TG01 handset, launching with O2 Germany in mid June 2009. The Toshiba TG01 was first unveiled earlier in the year, coming with quite a few head-turning features. With O2 securing the first-to-market launch for the TG01 in Germany…
UK: iPhone 3GS: all sold out now!
So I was visiting an O2 store today, and checking out what was new – at which point I figured I would check how the stock was moving for the iPhone 3GS. As many of you may remember, there have been various reports of it selling very well, and not so well – my personal…
Animoto’s iPhone App gets a host of powerful new features
Animoto has given gave its iPhone and iPod touch users even more flexibility and freedom to create and view professional-quality music videos on the go. Animoto’s iPhone application, which has quickly become a Top Free App within the Photography category, creates beautifully orchestrated videos from a user’s iPhone photos with the click of a button.…
Mini-review: iChillout
In the last of a trio of short mini-reviews for Apple App store games (and Apps) you can now purchase, I am taking a look at iChillout, from Chillingo Ltd. iChillout is a rather leftfield proposition, in that it’s there not as a game or productivity App, but as a relaxatory aid. Here’s the official breakdown…
Flycell’s Bid Hunter Game Brings Interactive Upside-Down Auction Fun to Mobile
Do any of you watch those backward bidding channels on TV? You know the ones I mean, where you have to bid in a low price in order to try and win? Well now those sorts of bidding games are coming to Mobile! Flycell have announced “Bid Hunter”, which is a new strategy game played…
Mini-review: Pocket Mini Golf 2!
In the second of a few short mini-reviews for games you can get in the Apple App Store, I am taking a look at Pocket Mini Golf 2, from Chillingo Ltd. PMG2, as I’ll call it, is surprisingly enough, based on Mini Golf ! Here’s the official breakdown on what the game is about: I have…
Nimbuzz Selects Voxbone To Provide Mobile VoIP Function Without Wi-Fi
Voxbone has announced that it has been chosen by Nimbuzz, the fast-growing, all-in-one mobile voice/chat/messaging service, to provide local access numbers. Nimbuzz is using Voxbone to enable its users to make voice calls – without benefit of 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity – to their contacts on any of all popular IM and VoIP services, including…
Mini-review: circuit_strike.one!
In the first of a few short mini-reviews for games you can get in the Apple App Store, I am taking a look at circuit_strike.one, from Chillingo Ltd. CS One, as I’ll call it, is a neat little top-down shooter, based on classic 360-degree ‘zero gravity’ shooters that we all know and love from years…