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Visa has just agreed to acquire Cape Town, South Africa-based Fundamo, a mobile financial services company that caters to network operators and financial institutions in developing countries. The cost? A paltry $110 million for Visa, which should turn out quite well for its global mobile payments efforts. Why is this important? According to TechCrunch: Here’s…
Sprint announced today the Motorola Triumph for its partner, Virgin Mobile. The Triumph is an Android 2.2 Froyo device for the pre-paid crowd, and it isn’t half bad, either. It has a 4.1-inch touchscreen display and a 5MP rear camera that can shoot HD video. The device also has a front-facing VGA camera for self-portraits…
Sprint announced today the Motorola Photon 4G, an Android 2.3 Gingerbread device that is also an international or world phone. That means you can use the device overseas when you’re traveling for business or pleasure. The Photon 4G also supports Motorola’s Webtop appilcation, which means it will dock with a laptop accessory where you can…
Would you rent mobile games for $0.25 for a day with the option to have that quarter added to the cost of the game if you decide to buy it? That’s what T-Mobile and WildTangent are hoping to get you to do. There are plenty of paid games out there that don’t have free, ad-supported…
One has to wonder about Nokia’s future these days as rumors are beginning to crop up that it is going to be purchased. If not Microsoft, then maybe Samsung. The Wall Street Journal has received word that Samsung, maker of the Galaxy series of smartphones and tablets, is preparing to purchase the Finnish company. In…
Lightyear has just announced a five-year agreement with Sprint wherein it will provide service as an MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator. The upside for Lightyear is that it will have Sprint’s reliable network backing it, and access to a lot of the handsets that Sprint has to offer. The downside is that it will…
Earlier this week Apple announced a new service called iCloud, an online data storage feature that will allow users to wirelessly sync, transfer and store photos, contacts, calendar info, e-mail and more. And it will do it all at no charge for OS X, iPhone and iPad owners. However, MobileMe, Apple’s current cloud solution, already…
Today Apple announced iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 and it comes with a number of new features and improvements. The most important new feature, arguably, is the iOS notification system. For years it has been a pain in the rear for most iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. Whenever a notification would come in, it…
At WWDC 2011 this morning, we spotted these large banners covered with a black shroud. We know the event is going to cover Lion, iOS 5 and Apple’s new iCloud service, so what else could it be? There has been no mention of a new iPhone scheduled for this event, and the past few months…
Ever since we caught a first glimpse at the HTC EVO 3D and the EVO View at CTIA 2011, we’ve been drooling. The EVO 3D is Sprint’s first 3D smartphone and it isn’t a slouch in the hardware department. It shoots 3D photos and video and allows your to view 3D content, too. It’s running…