Naturally, there’s a reason why carriers around the world are increasing their video messaging and telephony services. According to the new study from ABI Research, this market will grow from $1 billion this year to over $17 billion by 2012! The problem is that not all people will be able to afford the access to…
Mobile ads keep annoying users
Not surprisingly, mobile phone users remain annoyed with mobile advertising. Universal McCann conducted a survey among 9,500 people in 21 countries and have found that about 61% of respondents rejected ads on mobile TV and Internet services. For those who are open to mobile ads, the survey discovers that opt-in Bluetooth is the most effective…
Learn about food and wine on your iPhone
Everyone’s “going iPhone” nowadays, so why not a family winery in Yountville, California? Actually, even before the iPhone, Goosecross Cellars — a Napa Valley family winery — had a great informative-educational website Napa Valley Wine Radio for wine and food lovers around the world. Yes, I knew about their website from before. 🙂 Anyway, both…
MLB to provide one-click access to MLB.com to BlackBerry users
Until RIM released Pearl and then Curve afterwards, I’ve envisioned BlackBerry owners using their handsets almost exclusively for business purposes. However, after the introduction of more beautiful devices I found BlackBerrys a valid all-day multi-purpose devices, competing head-to-head with other mobile platforms — truth to be said, I remain Symbian OS fan. The Major League…
Amp’d Mobile CEO Peter Adderton and Co. may be preparing to join WiMAX ISP Clearwire
Peter Adderton, former CEO of defunct MVNO Amp’d Mobile is reportedly making plans to jump ship and catch a ride on Clearwire. Although Adderton denies such rumors, MocoNews has reliable sources saying that the once-CEO and his executive content team (Amp’d Live) are making preparations to hook up with Clearwire – the WiMAX ISP that…
Alltel to offer content from MTV Network
So, it’s not just Verizon who is teaming-up with MTV. Alltel also wants a piece of the action, and they’ve announced a deal with the popular network for youth to include mobile video, wap content, games and personalization features from MTV. According to the deal, Alltel customers will soon be able to download video clips…
AmericanGreetings.com goes mobile
In case you like sending the e-cards, you’ll be glad to know that one of the most popular e-card services AmericanGreetings.com launched a new mobile e-card service to allow users to send special mobile-optimized e-cards via cell phones. Developed in partnership with provider of media solutions for mobile messaging – Image Semantics, the new service…
Glide Mobile adds Windows Media support to the iPhone
Remember Glide, the online operating system that also works on mobile phones, include the iPhone? Well, they’ve just added Windows Media Audio and Video support to the Apple’s handset. To be honest, I’m not quite sure how this works — my guess is that they somehow convert the audio and video clips to an appropriate…
AC/DC’s music now available exclusively through Verizon V CAST
Verizon has done it again! What I want to say is they’ve provided its users with one more reason to jump into their V CAST service. The latest addition to their catalog are the albums of the classic rock legends AC/DC. It’s important to note that this is the first time AC/DC’s music is available…
Nine NBC Universal channels available on Verizon V CAST
Verizon keeps adding additional content to its V CAST offering. Just yesterday, they’ve announced that the content from NBC Universal’s nine channels are now official available to V CAST users – including NBC News, Sports, Entertainment and Comedy, “Access Hollywood,” Telemundo, mun2, Bravo, and iVillage. Or to put it in other words, you’ll be able…