Samsung announced the latest member of the Bada family – Wave 575 (GT-S5750). This is the 6th Bada OS-powered smartphone with specs very similar to the Wave 525 aka Wave 2. The difference between the two is that the 575 supports HSDPA data, whereas the 525 only supports EDGE. Rest of the features are pretty…
Line2: Our users have sent 1 million text messages in the first four days after the SMS service launch!
Few days ago, we talked about the latest version (3.0) of Line2 iPhone app, which brought carrier-grade SMS texting in addition to the existing VoIP functionalities. Today we’re please to say that SMS proved to be a smashing success among Line2 users, as they’ve sent over one million text messages in the first four days…
2010 mHealth Summit’s special session aims to connect mobile health innovators with funders
The 2010 mHealth Summit will organize a Funding Networking Session to connect innovators with funders and grant-makers at the digital health event taking place next month. The session is scheduled for the first day of the summit (November 8th) from 5:15-6:30 pm, and will feature several NIH Institutes supporting mHealth technologies, as well as the:…
VimpelCom and Orascom merge to create fifth-largest mobile operator group
We knew something’s in the air and voila – it’s almost a done deal, pending regulatory approvals in the first quarter of 2011. VimpelCom has merged with Weather Investments (owner of Orascom Telecom), creating the world’s fifth-largest mobile operator group as a result! Under the terms of the deal, VimpelCom will acquire Naguib Sawiris’ Weather…
UberTwitter Beta-9 Release 2 Now Available for Download
The UberTwitter Twitter client for BlackBerry has been updated yet again. Last time around we told you about UberTwitter Beta-9 Release 1… and now, yes, you guessed it, UberTwitter Beta-9 Release 2 is available for download. The big change in this one? UberTwitter has made a change in their maps provider. For now, Google Maps…
Select Sega iPhone Games on Sale for a Limited Time
If you’re like me, and use your iPhone for gaming perhaps just a little too much… Sega has a nifty little deal on right now for a ‘limited time’ (I have a love/hate relationship with these offers… love the deal, can’t stand it when I don’t know the end date!). At any rate, if you’re…
Discovery Education Service Optimized for the iPad
The good folks at Discovery Communications dropped me a note a little earlier letting me in on some solid news. They’ve launched an iPad optimized version of Discovery Education, available right now at mobile.discoveryeducation.com. It’s solid news for sure, but what does it mean? I’ll tell you. Discovery Education services (now accessible via the iPad)…
Opera Software’s Open Mobile Ad Exchange brings ads to Opera Mini
Opera Software is joining the mobile ad market with the newly launched Open Mobile Ad Exchange service, offering cloud-based advertising on both feature phones and smartphones. There are now about 66.5 million Opera Mini users, making it the world’s largest mobile audience. Here are the key features of the new service: Publishers maximize their revenue…
Gresso Luxor World Time is weird, expensive
Gresso unveiled yet another luxury feature phone called Luxor World Time. From the title of this post you can figure out there’s something weird about this device and it’s not the price as by now we got used to Gresso’s “modest” pricing. The weird is that “World Time” part as the phone comes with a…
Billboard unveils winners of its first-ever Music App Awards
During the recently ended Mobile Entertainment Live!: The Music App Summit, Billboard announced the winners of its first-ever Music App Awards. The winning apps, which were narrowed down from a pool of three finalists in each category, were as follows: Best Artist-Based App – I Am T-Pain, Smule Best Music Streaming App – MOG Mobile,…