Mobile TV provider GoTV and Alltell Wireless teamed up to release two music channels, Hip Hop Official and Altitude, to the carrier’s customers. While Hip Hop Official covers the world of hip-hop, Altitude is focused on rock, indie, and new music — meaning most of the younger crowd should find something of interest to them.…
ELSPA unites mobile games publishers in Britain
Big four mobile game publishers – namely EA Mobile, Glu Mobile, Gameloft and I-play – have come together to usher a new era of cooperation in the mobile games sector. Or that’s at least the mobile games sector in Britain. The idea behind the ELSPA “mobile project” is to do the similar thing games publishers…
Sony Ericsson Joins WiMAX Forum
Ahh, the WiMAX Forum – The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led non-profit organization comprising more than 440 companies committed to promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX products. WiMAX products are designed to deliver wireless broadband services to both residential customers and businesses by creating economies of scale made possible by standards-based, interoperable products. – a powerful…
Nokia and Tsinghua University working together in new Research Center
The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has joined forces with China’s Beijing-based Tsinghua University for a new research center. This partnership is the first Nokia Research Center venture for Nokia in the Asian continent – Nokia has already setup research facilities in the US, Finland and UK. Students at the Tsinghua University will be…
Verizon picks up Reality TV Show – On The Lot
Verizon has teamed up with Ford to sponsor a new reality TV show to find the next great film-maker – On The Lot. The show is being produced by Fox Interactive Media and will use Verizon subscribers as the exclusive voting-base. Lucky Verizon users can send in SMS text messages to vote for their favorite…
Alltel Buyout Questioned, Facing Three Lawsuits
Alltel’s takeover deal has attracted a few lawsuits. According to the Pueblo Cheiftan, the lawsuits are all related to the handling of the buyout. One lawsuit alleges that the shareholders are getting shorted in this under-valued buyout deal. Another claims that special treatment will be given to those inside the company. The third suit says…
Zannel and Universal Pictures partner to promote “Knocked Up”
Viral mobile entertainment network developer Zannel and Universal Pictures have teamed to promote the highly-anticipated film “Knocked Up,” written and directed by Judd Apatow, writer/director/producer of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” Under the agreement, Zannel will offer content from the movie to mobile subscribers via a custom “Knocked Up” channel which includes trailers, clips, TV spots and…
T-mobile, 3 Plan Pokerroom.com for Mobile Poker Gaming
Pokerroom.com, as you may or may not know, is one of the more popular online gambling poker sites on the web. The online card-room has had a mobile version of its software client for some time now, but is about to get a “raise” from T-mobile and 3 – through a deal that would push…
Yamgo partners with Tom Horn; Set to launch mobile video sharing service, mobile TV network
Extreme sports mobile TV company Yamgo announced a partnership with software development company Tom Horn to enable Yamgo to launch a global cross-platform mobile video sharing service and the free mobile TV network. The new service enables Yamgo users to create their own mobile video pages, upload and share videos from their handsets or via…
Motorola and Kodak Announce Partnership to Develop 5 Megapixel Camera Phone
High pixel density is all the rage these days – and we’re seeing manufacturers doing everything they can think of to capitalize on the trend. Case in point, Motorola and Kodak have announced that they will be working to bring a 5MP camera phone to market by the end of 2007. The new phones may…