GetJar (who I have written about a number of times) has been tapped by Virgin Mobile France to provide it’s whole catalogue of (free) mobile apps for Virgin’s app store, which is launching this week. There will apparently be 45,000 free apps, according to Cellular News. Obviously great news for GetJar, as they’ve been doing…
3 and Nokia Siemens Networks complete radio technology upgrade and demonstrate Ireland’s First Roll Out of I-HSPA
3 Ireland and Nokia Siemens Networks have demonstrated the I-HSPA technology and announced that the upgrade of the radio technology to enable higher broadband speeds has been completed. Nokia Siemens Networks innovative I-HSPA (Internet High-Speed Packet Access) technology is currently being rolled out as part of the National Broadband Scheme, and will be extended to 3’s…
UK: new service launches to find people by their mobile numbers…
Interesting one this one – there’s a new service launching in the UK whereby you can find someone by their mobile number, and then have your details sent to them to get in contact with them – the name of the service is 118800 118800 has bought a series of mobile number lists to form…
iPhone 3GS: commentary on upgrade and tethering pricing…
I’ve been reading the InterWebs of within the last week or so, and there’s been ‘quite a bit’ (wow, that’s the understatement of the year) of negative feedback on the costs of both the tethering (using the iPhone 3GS as a wireless modem), and also the cost of the new iPhone 3GS itself. I can…
ChaCha Answers 150 Million Questions in 18 months
ChaCha (an SMS answers service) has ranked among the top 10 short message services with the most traffic – including Facebook, Twitter and American Idol — according to the newly released Q1 Mobile Messaging Report from The Nielsen Company. ChaCha is growing faster than any other SMS answers service, including apparently, Google SMS and Yahoo…
UK: O2: upgrading to the iPhone3GS – costs….
More information is now available from O2 on the cost of upgrading to the iPhone 3GS if you are already in contract with them. Of all the feedback I’ve read/seen/heard on the 3GS, two things that seem to have peoples’ ire are the cost of tethering, and the fact you can’t get a free (or…
UK: 3 does ‘zero pound’ tariff, includes free Skype
According to Mobiletoday.co.uk, 3UK has launched the first ‘zero pound’ SIM-only tariff – which gives customers free Skype too (if they use a 3 phone). The deal comes in on June 17, and further builds out 3’s selection of tariffs which have Skype inclusive. Apparently it’s a rolling tariff, so customers have only 1 month…
Vidzone application for PS3 also features remote access via PSP…
Nice…. that’s what I’d call the new app from Vidzone that you can install on your PS3 – it gives you access to a ton of streaming videos, aggregated by this very well-known player in the music video space: VidZone brings thousands of streaming music videos to your PLAYSTATION®3 Download the VidZone music video application…
What do a Joggler, a bottle of Champagne, and a Pineapple have in common?
Not much really – other than they are all in the same photo! Despite the quite random title, in simple terms I am doing an O2 Joggler usage review – I’ve had the device just a few days, and am seeing how it is fitting in to my digital life, as it were. The O2…
Cool PSP games ‘n’ gadgets!
Yeah, all the buzz around the new PSP Go! was kewl enough, but, what about all those existing PSP owners (inc. myself)? Well no worries, Sony Europe is promo-ing some games and gadgets for your PSP. There’s Rock Band Unplugged (get what they’ve done with the name there?), BUZZ!, and also the Go! Explore GPS…