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Ericsson is going for the consumer market having launched its m-payment service across seven European countries. Dubbed Ericsson Money, the new service allows mobile phone users in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Sweden to send and receive money and withdraw cash. According to the Swedish company, this is the “first step toward…
MetroPCS has recently launched Visual Voice Mail for select Android smartphones with support for the Blackberry 8530 and BREW-based devices to follow shortly. The service comes in two flavors, Visual Voice Mail and Visual Voice Mail Plus. The former allows users to listen to messages with one click or browse them visually and see the…
Cricket added a new clamshell to its portfolio – Samsung Chrono aka SCH-r261. The device which won’t impress many with its specs sheet comes with a VGA camera, two screens, large keys, Bluetooth and 55MB of internal memory. It is available in “tanned silver” for $59.99 in Cricket branded retail stores, select dealers and on…
Residents of the Big Apple will get a free Wi-Fi at 26 locations in 20 parks across the five boroughs, compliments of AT&T. The service is already available at Battery Bosque in Battery Park, the north-end playground in Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and around the recreation center at Thomas Jefferson Park in East…
Chillingo announced that it has surpassed 140 million game downloads across iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad since the App Store launched in June 2008. It’s a big win for the company which used to be known as the original publisher of Angry Birds. Later on, after EA bought Chillingo, Rovio decided to take an independent…
Sony Ericsson is extending its “brand ambassador” agreement with tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. Denmark’s world number one began the cooperation with the Swedish-Japanese handset maker in 2007 and has now renewed the deal, extending the partnership to 2013. As part of the plan, Wozniacki will take part in the Sony Ericsson events, and also wear…
Telefónica thinks there’s money to be made in the Spanish tablet market. Hence they’ve teamed-up with ZTE to launch the low-cost ZTE Light Pro, offering it for free to anyone who agrees to commit on a two-year contract. The device runs Android 2.2 Froyo, while boasting specs that include 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, 3-megapixel…
Motorola and Sprint have finally taken the wraps off of the Photon 4G, a powerful handset that will bring a solid alternative to the upcoming HTC EVO 3D everyone is clamoring about these days. The Photon 4G is almost exactly what we were expecting: A WiMAX-enabled, Atrix-like phone. The Photon 4G will sport a 4.3…
Remember that Facebook competition Sony Ericsson organized to get names for two of its upcoming phones? Well we now know how the two phones are called. The first of the two is the Mix Walkman and it’s obviously a music-centric device with some neat features. One of them, called Zappin, lets users browse through songs…
Evernote now counts more than 10 million users, three years after the popular note-taking service opened its virtual doors. And it’s getting better with the day, with the native Evernote client supporting a number of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and HP WebOS. The cross-platform capability is especially loved…