Mobile World Congress has yet to officially get underway, but that didn’t stop Samsung from taking the early-announcer advantage and unveiling the Samsung S8500 Wave as their first ever smartphone powered by the Bada OS. It’s powered by a 1Ghz processor, sports a 5-megapixel camera (with flash), and rocks an amazingly crisp and bright Super…
Worksnug Augmented Reality iPhone App Launches in Barcelona
WorkSnug (a free iPhone App for mobile workers), along with Plantronics, have today launched their service in Barcelona to help users find the best workspaces for their needs. WorkSnug uses Augmented Reality showing users where the closest Wi-Fi hotspots and potential workspaces are located by simply holding up their phone, where the information is displayed…
SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress with support for Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian S60
SPB Software announced that an updated version (5.0) of their highly-popular SPB Mobile Shell app will be launched at the Mobile World Congress. The good news is that it will no longer be a “Windows Mobile thing,” only — in addition to Microsoft’s mobile OS, the company will also release its UI software/platform for Symbian…
Skype Access allows Skype users to connect to Boingo WiFi networks and be charged on a per-minute basis
Skype is launching a new service called Skype Access, to allow its users to connect on Boingo’s WiFi hotspots around the world and be charged on a per-minute basis. Let’s go from bad to great, shall we: The bad: If you’re an existing Boingo user, you don’t care about this. Not that bad: Paying per-minute…
DataViz shares some cool facts just in time for the Mobile World Congress
Just in time for the Mobile World Congress, DataViz announced some cool facts regarding their popular apps. Here’s what we know: Documents To Go for iPhone #1 paid business app and also one of Top 20 “Top Grossing Apps” Supports editing of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files Supports Microsoft Exchange and Gmail attachments Documents To…
Mobile World Congress has its social network!
This year’s Mobile World Congress has its own social network. Zerista is the company behind the solution, which is made for all parties at the show — attendees, exhibitors, press, etc. — and can work on any web-enabled device. Here are the highlights: Smart mobile feed that combines filtered public social media channel with private…
Broadcom’s InConcert BCM20751 combo chip integrates Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio along with media playback and recording functions
Broadcom unveiled a new Bluetooth + GPS + FM combo chip solution that also integrates advanced media processing – InConcert BCM20751. As a result, the new chip delivers high performance Bluetooth connectivity along with GPS and FM radio, while at the same time enabling a range of media playback and recording functions that would otherwise…
Pumaphone teaser site – quite literally bonkers
Okay so our buddies over at Electricpig.co.uk made us aware of this one, which is a good thing, because they had to deal with the insanity that is the pumaphone.com site! Puma, the venerable training shoe maker, have decided to release a phone, in partnership with Sagem Wireless. In fact, they are going to release…
Samsung Wave to be first Bada OS powered smartphone; “most impressive device of MWC10” – Eldar
In less than 24 hours my ass is going to be on a plane, walking up and down the aisles, freaking out that time is crawling at a snail’s pace, all the while excitement will be flowing through my veins due to Mobile World Congress. We’re going to see many things this year, and while…
IntoMobile will be LIVE at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona
It’s February, and you know what that means. No, we’re not talking about Valentine’s Day. It’s time for mobile geeks the world over to flock to Mobile World Congress like swans to San Luis Obispo (or is it swallows returning to Capistrano?)! Yup, it’s that time of year when the IntoMobile team packs their bags,…