Not everyone is aboard the Twitter bandwagon. I was long opposed to it, until turning full circle and becoming an addict at the start of this year. How long will the service continue to be free though? Like every other new trendy west coast startup, Twitter has no business model, and they’re desperately trying to…
Video: Nokia’s Ovi Store needs to fix the fundamentals
Folks of The Really Mobile Project wanted to show just how horrible experience Nokia’s Ovi Store provides. To illustrate their hassle in buying a Twitter client, they made a short video above. As you can see for yourself, something’s fundamentally wrong with the Ovi Store. I’ve no doubts the issues raised will be fixed in…
News America Marketing’s SmartSource coupons go mobile this Sunday, October 25th
News America Marketing, a division of News Corporation, announced that its SmartSource coupons are “going mobile” on Sunday, October 25th, when the SmartSource Magazine coupon insert will be carrying a message to 68 million households. People will also be able to get 13 additional coupons by texting the word “coupons” to the number 87415. The…
Telenor Pakistan launches mobile banking service called “easypaisa”
Telenor Pakistan along with Tameer Microfinance Bank launched a mobile banking service called “easypaisa“. Using the new service, Telenor’s customers in Pakistan will be able to make bill payments, send and receive money at thousands of outlets, as well as manage their bank accounts — all while on the go. Commenting on the new service…
Project Dark: T-Mobile Even More and Even More Plus Plan Pricing Revealed
We had learned recently that T-Mobile’s Project Dark would involve hardware financing that would allow customers to pay off devices on a monthly basis rather than entirely up-front, but there was another piece to the puzzle that was still missing: what about that “most affordable unlimited rated plan“? Well, some internal documents are revealing an…
Free application INRIX TRAFFIC! helps Android users avoid traffic jams
Provider of traffic and navigation services is “going Android” with a free application called INRIX TRAFFIC! providing drivers with the information of current AND future traffic conditions. In addition, INRIX argues their app is the only mobile phone app that combines real-time, crowd-sourced traffic information from more than 1.3 million vehicles with insight from hundreds…
Baidu to power China Unicom’s mobile search service
China’s leading search engine Baidu has entered into a partnership deal with China Unicom to provide search services for the carrier’s 3G mobile subscribers. Under the agreement, Baidu will be the default search engine on China Unicom’s handsets. In addition, few Baidu apps will also be pre-installed, enabling users to quickly access Baidu Knows, Baidu…
giffgaff update: more details now known
Remember giffgaff? This is the new MVNO, that seeking differentiation by involving the subs (they call them members) in decisions – well they’ve already started that process now, and in addition we know some more facts – giffgaff is launching in beta this year, and they think there is some stuff we should know: Key…
TIM Brazil teams with Qualcomm to launch a multi-platform app store
TIM Brazil announced a multi-platform app store, powered by Qualcomm’s Plaza Retail. Simply called TIM App Store, it supports a range of platforms including Java, Brew, Flash and Android; and it is also planed to add support for Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian and LiMo. The launch is planned for the first quarter of 2010, when…
Brief: Nokia files trademark for “Ovi Prime Place”, no idea what that could mean
Aleksi Moisio, a writer for Talous Sanomat, a Finnish publication, who was the first to tell IntoMobile about Nokia’s previously filed trademarks: Xseris, Cseries, Netbook and Money, brings news of a new trademark that was filed in Finland on October 14th: Ovi Prime Place. We have absolutely no idea what Prime Place actually is, or…