Sprint isn’t doing so well as a traditional voice-carrier amidst its more popular competition. So, the struggling network operator is re-focusing its resources on the data-side of mobile communications. Apple’s iPhone has forced the industry to re-think how mobile phones deal with web-content. The fake internet that’s served up with those crappy, bundled WAP browsers…
Opera Mini adds direct link to AccuWeather.com
Recently, Opera Software announced that it has added a direct link from Opera Mini start page to AccuWeather.com mobile website. This translated into an ability to quickly access weather information for Opera Mini users. Now your weather report fix is one click less away — previously you needed to invest some “effort” into typing AccuWeather’s…
Google Search plug-in goes Windows Mobile
Roughly a month ago, Google released dedicated search application for Symbian S60 devices that allowed users to quickly search the web directly from phone’s homescreen. Now they’re pushing the same app to Windows Mobile. And, that’s it. If you’re a Windows Mobile device owner and use Google as a primary search engine you’ll certainly want…
iPhone users hitting the web with fury
Corroborating the StatCounter statistics that puts the iPhone at the top of the mobile browser market (No. 1 in the US, and No. 2 in the UK), M:Metrics, our favorite web-usage statistics firm, has released new research that indicates that iPhone users are hitting the web with a fury. Virtually every single iPhone user is…
Juniper Research: Mobile search revenues to reach $4.8 billion by 2013
A new report from Juniper Research titled “Mobile Search & Discovery: Opportunities & Markets, 2008-2013” suggests that annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013. According to the report, while revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than that generated by mobile advertising at…
Helio officially offering Opera Mini
Here’s some good news for Helio users, as the MVNO started offering Opera Mini web browser for select handsets. Owners of the popular Ocean model may have already found the way to get Opera Mini working with their double-sliding handset and they don’t want to “experiment” with Helio’s mumbo-jumbo. However, if you have some other-than-Ocean…
Silverlight 1.0 for Windows Mobile coming in Q2 2008
We now know Microsoft will push both Silverlight and Flash Lite on smartphones powered by Windows Mobile. According to the Silverlight Mobile fact page, a first Developer CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Silverlight for Mobile will be available in 2nd quarter of 2008 targeting Windows Mobile 6. Similarly to its big brother from desktop computers,…
mobilePeople’s “liquid” empowers iPhone search
mobilePeople is bringing its award-winning “liquid” mobile search platform to iPhone. The idea is of course to get some media attention (they got ours), while “extending new monetisation opportunities for directory publishers and directory assistance companies” at the same time. That being said, users of the Apple’s shiny handset will be able to search Yellow…
JMISE: just make it simple
JMISE have announced their “just make it simple” portal is available for use by owners of PDAs and Smartphones. The central idea (not a new one) is that by aggregating lots of useful information under a common UI, it is simpler for you reach the information you need, since you don’t have time to trawl…
Yahoo announces onePlace; Brings Yahoo! Go 3.0 to Europe
Yesterday Yahoo announced onePlace, “a revolutionary mobile content management solution,” to enable consumers to “better manage the wide selection of content available across the Internet.” The idea is provide a single point from where users can access all their favorite content whether it’s static or dynamic. That being said, Yahoo’s onePlace includes such features as…