Could it be that the folks at Opera are working on deals with US wireless carriers to preload Opera Mobile (a mobile internet browser) onto their devices? That very well could be the case, thanks to a report at Forbes. Apparently someone over at Opera has let it slip that talks have been taking place…
Fennec Beta 1 Now Available on Maemo Platform
Fennec Beta 1 walkthrough from Madhava Enros on Vimeo. Fennec Beta 1 (mobile Firefox) is now apparently live on the Maemo platform. What’s Maemo? Well, it’s the platform used on Nokia’s Internet Tablets… So I wouldn’t even bother trying to load this up on any other OS. That said, Beta 1 is said to include…
Streamezzo to power Samsung’s mobile web portal
Steamezzo is all proud to announce that Samsung has selected them to develop, deploy and run the electronics giant’s rich Internet mobile portal. Samsung Rich Internet application, natively embedded on multiple Samsung devices, allows subscribers to access to a large variety of free and premium services such as news, ringtones, music, video-on-demand, and games. Special…
Hackers offered $10,000 to Crack Mobile OSes
Running concurrently with their desktop browser hacking challenge (where one clever programmer broke down Safari in 10 seconds), the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest will also be testing the security of mobile operating systems. If they can break through any of the five big platforms (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile), reps from those companies…
Aircell cuts price on GoGo in-flight mobile data service
In-flight WiFi has the potential to save you from hours of agonizing boredom when flying to and fro. But, the lack of power ports and personal space in coach class can really make it hard to use your laptop for casual outings to the interwebs. Cramped and bored airline passengers looking to get hop on…
ZINC Research: Canadians Addicted to Facebook Mobile
There’s no denying Canadians’ love for the mobile device, especially when you consider the numbers over the past few years. 67% of Canadians now have a mobile device, and we will see that percentage grow through the end of 2009. With that in mind, some interesting numbers have come out detailing how mobile devices and…
Google Image Search results page gets a revamp for Android and iPhone in the US, UK and Japan
Google has unveiled a new Image Search results page for Android, iPhone, and iPod Touch in the US, the UK, and Japan. The improved layout shows up to 20 images on a single results page, and allows users to quickly get the details for images of interest. Among the things you can do are: see…
Yahoo, Vodafone in talks about search deal?
Yahoo is reportedly in talks with Vodafone about the distribution of its mobile search client in Europe. Although no contract has been signed yet, if this goes through Yahoo would be a default search engine on all phones sold by Vodafone, hence replacing Google, which contract expires this year. Both Yahoo’s and Vodafone’s representatives declined…
Opera Fingertouch Makes Mobile Browsing Just a Little Easier
Opera Labs has just released a very cool new add-on for its mobile browser. When you’ve got a lot of links clumped together, touching the area will bring up all of the selections nearby, allowing you to confirm what you wanted click on. Yeah, it adds an extra step, but I’ve always found that the…
AdMob Monthly Mobile Metrics Report: iPhone Strong, Android Has 3% of OS Share in US
AdMob has released their monthly Mobile Metrics Report. It’s always an interesting read… You can pick it up right here. So what does AdMob do and how do they do it? I’ll let the folks at AdMob describe it best: AdMob stores and analyzes data from every ad request, impression, and click and uses this…