Word on the street (from a Nokia insider) has it that Dell has recently inked a partnership with Nokia to sell the company’s popular smartphones, as well as accessories and other products. Dell has the power to leverage their market position in Nokia’s favor, and Dell could start to distribute unlocked, unbranded Nokia phones in…
Nokia partners with Arabic video-sharing site Ikbis
To expand the range of its multimedia offerings and to strengthen its appealing to the Middle East based customers, Nokia has partnered with an Arabic video-sharing site, so called YouTube of the Middle East, Ikbis. The tie-up with Ikbis will allow NSeries users to produce videos from their mobile phones and then directly share and…
Rumor Alert: Ericsson looking to buy Motorola
There’s some speculation that Ericsson is looking into buying Motorola to re-structure the ailing company into two segments – network kits (for mobile operators) and consumer handsets. The rumor, started by Carl Icahn, is a bit puzzling. Ericsson already has a consumer handset manufacturing division in Sony Ericsson, which is already leaps and bounds ahead…
Nokia Preps “Un-Plug” Alerts for Mobile Phones
Nokia, ever the green-minded cell phone manufacturer, wants to cut back on electrical consumption, save precious resources, and save the user some precious green. Like many consumer electronics that rely on an external battery charger, mobile phones will draw a trickle of electrical current even when fully charged. This “trickle” of electrical current can add…
DataViz announces Documents To Go for BlackBerry; Joins UIQ Alliance Partner Program
DataViz announced the latest addition to its popular mobile Office editing suite: Documents To Go for BlackBerry. The new mobile office suite is expected to ship later this year, and will enable BlackBerry users to access, view, edit and create Native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on their devices. Using DataViz’s InTact Technology technology,…
ScreenTonic: Mobile advertiser gets bought by Microsoft
Microsoft has announced their recent acquisition of mobile advertising pioneer, ScreenTonic. As mobile technology, especially smartphones, become more and more ubiquitous, the drive to capitalize on said tech grows larger. Microsoft has taken a huge step into the mobile advertising game – by leveraging ScreenTonic’s market experience against Microsoft Digital Advertising Solution’s deep pockets. Advertising…
HTC buys their own mobile phone certification company – Speedy handset certification to follow
In a move that makes so much sense it’s a wonder why they didn’t do this sooner, HTC has acquired Communication Global Certification (CGC). The one (perhaps only) aspect of handset manufacturing that most manufacturers have no control over is the certification process. This process ensures that the handset will work on a particular network…
Glu to make and market Warner Bros mobile content
Glu Mobile and Warner Bros has signed a worldwide multi-year partnership agreement under which Glu will make, market and distribute Warner Bros mobile content. The mobile gaming publisher will be responsible for creation of the games and content based on select new film releases as well as games and content from Warner Bros Entertainment’s vast…
Alltel to provide customers with Daily Web access option
Alltel Wireless and Motricity announced a new deal, offering customers the ability to purchase a “Day Pass” — allowing access to the Internet via their phone on a daily basis. The new Day Pass option provides customers 24 hours of access to Internet-based content via Alltel’s Axcess Web service. Alltel customers with Web-capable handsets now…
Sprint teams up with mFoundry to offer mobile banking services
Sprint and mFoundry teamed-up to deliver mobile banking and mobile financial services to the operator’s Vision and Power Vision subscribers. Carrier’s Spotlight mobile banking solution will enable consumers to check bank balances, transfer funds and make bill payments with a number of financial institutions, including Citibank. mFoundry is promising high level of security, like multi-factor…