It’s cool to have a single number to ring all your phones, but if you’re a savvy user, you also want you voicemail converted to text. Guess that’s why voicemail-to-text and visual voicemail services provider, PhoneTag (former Simulscribe), decided to collaborate with the Google-owned service. Prior to this integration, consumers who wanted to experience unified…
SK Telecom rebuffs Virgin Mobile USA and Helio merger rumors
Following market speculation that SK Telecom, Helio’s sole remaining parent, was negotiating with Virgin Mobile USA to orchestrate a possible merger between the two companies, the South Korean carrier has announced that rumors regarding Virgin Mobile USA’s acquisition of Helio were “groundless.” SK Telecom wants us to know that it remains “committed” to Helio but…
Microsoft to bring Windows Live Mobile to BlackBerrys
Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) announced an agreement to provide Microsoft Windows Live services on BlackBerry smartphones. As a result, BlackBerry smartphone owners will be able to access Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail by simply entering their Windows Live E-Mail address and password once. To put it in other words, if you…
Sprint and Google to bring Google Search, Google Maps
While Sprint scrambles to get their house in order and get their only hope for serious survival in the US wireless landscape off the ground, the No. 3 US wireless carrier has announced that it has teamed up with Google to bring more functionality to its handset lineup. Apparently, Sprint wants to use Google’s search…
SK Telecom looking to buy Virgin Mobile USA – Helio, Virgin Mobile USA merger talks under way
With Helio burning through cash like it’s going out of style, the youth-targeted MVNO could really use a helping hand. And, what better way to position yourself as the premier MVNO in the US than to buy up your closest rival. Reports are circulating that SK Telecom, Helio’s only remaining parent company, and Virgin Mobile…
Qwest drops Sprint in MVNO network lease deal, partners with Verizon Wireless
It looks like Sprint just didn’t have what Qwest wireless wanted from an MVNO network lease partner. Making good on previous speculation that Qwest was preparing to drop Sprint and sign up with Verizon Wireless, Qwest has announced that, come this summer, Big Red will be providing wireless airtime to Qwest’s wireless subscribers. The move…
SAP and RIM partner for enterprise mobility
SAP and Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced a “co-innovation partnership” to usher in a new era in enterprise mobility. The two companies have joined forces to change the way people work, by enabling mobile access to SAP enterprise applications through the BlackBerry platform. Just as the BlackBerry wireless platform has transformed the way people…
China Mobile, Softbank and Vodafone team up to establish Joint Innovation Lab
Three giants — China Mobile, Softbank, and Vodafone — have agreed to establish a Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to “promote the development of new mobile technologies, applications and services.” The JIL will focus on the rapidly growing areas of mobile internet services, such as mobile widgets. Initially, the JIL plans to develop a platform for…
Spike Lee and Nokia take film Mobile
Director Spike Lee has hooked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with Mobile phone video footage from “everyday people”, in what he is apparently calling the “democratization of film”. The film will be by Nokia Productions and will be over 3 acts – an “assignment” will be announced online for each act, adn…
Fandango partners with Tellme to bring voice-activated movie information to BlackBerry users
The popular moviegoer destination Fandango along with Microsoft-owned Tellme announced the addition of voice-activated movie information for mobile phones. Consumers will be able to simply hold down the “talk” button, say a movie title or local theater name, and see showtimes, purchase tickets and get driving directions to the theater — all from the comfort…