Cellufun has announced that its FunCoin currency, used for virtual goods transactions, is now available in over 25 countries to hundreds of millions of consumers using their mobile phones. Consumers can now buy FunCoins to purchase Cellufun virtual goods with one easy click, and charge the purchase to their mobile phone bill. Users of Cellufun’s…
Sprint Cuts Phone as Modem from Simply Everything Subscribers
Those of you who were getting comfortable with the breadth of Sprint’s Simply Everything plan and partaking in the odd smartphone tethering will be in for a rude interruption. Some heated discussion on the Sprint forums has revealed that phone as modem service is no longer available for Simply Everything customers, although a Sprint employee…
BREAKING: Nokia to kill N-Gage in September 2010
Nokia just posted an entry to their N-Gage blog saying that the N-Gage publishing platform is going to die in less than a year. Games will now be sold through the Ovi Store, which on face value makes sense, giving consumers a single location to purchase applications, whether that be a new alarm clock, or…
Appboy is a social network for application fanatics
Even though mobile applications existed for 10 years now, it was Apple which brought the hype to the industry. And now we have a new service, actually social network, dedicated to those people who really (and I mean *really*) love their apps. The service is called Appboy and it’s apparently made for both developers and…
matchalert delivers latest football/soccer news to fans via SMS
A new SMS news alert service has been launched recently. It’s called matchalert and it’s aimed at those dedicated football/soccer fans who want to keep up with their team while on the go. Although similar services already exist on the market, matchalert says their advantage is in the flexibility and “sophistication of web-based subscription management.”…
Simplexo Mobile brings enterprise search to a handset near you
UK specialist search company Simplexo has launched its mobile offering, enabling anyone working out of the office to securely access corporate documentation and databases via their mobile devices. Simplexo Mobile is the name of the application/service and it currently works on the iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, with BlackBerry version coming within 30 days. Users…
Brief: Avenir Telecom and O2 get ‘Joined Up’
Avenir Telecom (a business-to- business telecoms distributor in the UK), has announced a partnership with O2 to provide its new Joined Up communications service to the UK channel. ??Avenir is O2’s leading distribution partner, and Joined Up is a fixed line service which will enable businesses to have one single converged solution for their telecoms…
Picture: How does Garmin feel about Google’s free GPS Navigation application?
Google announced Google Maps Navigation earlier today, and it crouched on several people’s business models. Check out how Garmin, makers of dedicated turn by turn navigation devices, reacted: [Hat tip to @zpower, otherwise known as Chris Ziegler from Engadget Mobile]
Videos: Official: Google Maps Navigation; Google’s first turn by turn app, Android 2.0 only
Now we all use and love Google Maps, but turn by turn navigation has always been missing. With the Motorola Droid announcement today there was a mention of a new application: Google Maps Navigation, and as the name implies, it finally adds navigation capabilities to Google Maps, albeit with some limitations. It only works on…
T-Mobile UK launching Nokia 5800, Comes with Music included, on November 1st for free on contract
T-Mobile UK will be offering a special, Chrome coloured (not pictured above, but just imagining what it would look like makes me go ewww), edition of the Nokia 5800 on Sunday, sources tell Mobile Entertainment. The device will be free on a 2 year contract, 30£/month. Note that the Comes with Music subscription only lasts…