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Presumably feeling some heat as the only major U.S. carrier without the iPhone, T-Mobile is stepping up its game to lure in new customers with fresh usage plans in the Monthly4G lineup. The new $60 unlimited plan is arguably one of the best bangs for the buck available to mobile subscribers. That plan gets you…
Few days ago we first caught the LG DoublePlay and now it’s official, announced alongside the fifth annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship. The somewhat weird lookin’ device rocks a split QWERTY keyboard and dual capacitive touchscreens, one measuring 3.5 and the other one (between two sides of the keyboard) 2 inches. In addition, this…
GENWI, the cloud publishing platform for mobile we’ve covered in the past, announced that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners and existing investors – Inventus Capital Partners and Quest Venture Partners. The company has created and is actively managing over 1,500 apps across popular platforms (iOS, Android and…
America Movil is teaming-up with Citigroup to roll-out mobile banking service across Latin America. The project starts with Mexico, where the service will allow mobile transactions for as little as 1-2 Mexican pesos (7-15 US cents). The potential is huge – it is thought that approximately three times as many people in Mexico have mobile…
Sonim Technologies, the company that we know for their super-rugged phones, is using the CTIA to announce new devices and solutions for the Americas. The holders of the Guinness World Record for the World’s Toughest Phone unveiled the following: Sonim XP1301 CORE NFC with Proof of Attendance & Activity that supports such applications as Guard…
Mobile VoIP service provider Vopium is organizing a neat contest to celebrate its fifth year in business. The so called “Vopium Birthday Blowout” sweepstakes have already started and will go through October 31st. Every week Vopium users (you need to have an account to participate) could win cool prizes, including call credits, iPods, T-shirts, and…
A company called mobeam wants to overcome the technical barrier that prevents mobile phones from interacting with the laser scanners used at retail locations around the world. For that endeavor, they’ve closed a $4.9 million Series A venture round from yet2Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Mitsui, together with other independent investors. The company will use the…
The GSMA announced new speakers keynote speakers for the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Without further ado, recently confirmed keynote speakers include: John Donahoe, President and CEO, eBay John Riccitiello, CEO, Electronic Arts Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic Group Stephen Elop, President and CEO, Nokia Vittorio…
Things are working up nicely for AT&T and Apple with the carrier announcing hitting the 200,000 pre-orders milestone in the first 12 hours, making for their most successful iPhone launch ever. Here’s the statement issued by AT&T: AT&T has seen extraordinary demand for iPhone 4S with more than 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours…
Vringo, the video ringtone service we’ve covered for few times in the past, is launching its Facetones service in the U.S. in partnership with Verizon Wireless. Nope, the application won’t come preloaded on the carrier’s smartphones but will be available through V CAST Apps, Verizon’s app store. If you’ve missed our previous posts on Facetones,…