Looks like Obopay isn’t the only parter Nokia is going to be working with on providing mobile payments. Today Nokia signed a 5 year agreement with TANLA, an Indian company, to provide a “mobile payment service to enable on device transactions”. Tanla’s service works in 160 countries and can use both operator billing and credit…
More Light Cast on Project Dark: T-Mobile to Finance Handsets
After getting named Even More and Even More Plus last week, we were left speculating about Project Dark and what exactly T-Mobile was alluding to when they said customers could get “the handset you crave”. As it turns out, T-Mobile will be offering hardware financing so you can pay off the phone itself in monthly…
Vodafone 360 on the H1: hands-on video
The guys over at fonehome.co.uk have managed to get themselves a Samsung H1, running the Vodafone 360 service, which is due to come online from 30th October for general consumers. In case you are wondering what Vodafone 360 is, check out my post on it here. So you want the vid right? Well then best…
Project Dark: T-Mobile Even More and Even More Plus Unlimited Plans?
There have been a lot of rumours floating around the last couple of weeks regarding something from T-Mobile called Project Dark, but little proof to nail down a solid definition. Well, from the looks of this poster, Project Dark is two plans (Even More, and Even More Plus) that are the “most affordable unlimited rate…
Nokia Comes with Music only has 107,227 users after being operational for one year
Nokia’s Comes with Music, an idea I’ve been shitting on since the day it was announced, is a scheme thought up by executives in Finland to offer devices for around 110 EUR more than they should cost and in return you get one year of unlimited DRM infected downloads. The whole concept seemed as if…
TimeBridge iPhone-izes its meeting service
TimeBridge, the web service that helps folks run meetings more efficiently, is going iPhone. As a result, users of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, who at the same time rely on TimeBridge for their meetings will be able to do all the coordination work while on the go. Key features of the iPhone app…
Give Work iPhone app is designed to provide Kenyan refugees with jobs
Again we have a great example of beneficial use of mobile technology. The application is called Give Work and it’s a joint effort of Samasource, an NGO working to provide Internet-based jobs for poor people around the world, and CrowdFlower, a San Francisco-based company that provides accessible outsourced labor as an online service. The two…
Gist iPhone-izes its relationship management service
Gist, an online service that helps people better manage their relationships, is going iPhone. The dedicated application gives Gist users on-the-go access to information about their professional network. Users can get information about meeting attendees, share information as it happens, and drill down into detailed individual and company profiles — all which can come quite…
GooSync discontinues free version
GooSync, the service for syncing of Google Calendar (and other PIM data from the cloud) with your mobile calendar, will no longer be available in a free version. The reason seems the tough economic environment and the official line goes like this: “it has become increasingly more difficult to continue this high level of service…
Mobile answer service Zook.in expands beyond India
Zook.in, which is very popular mobile answer service in India and which I first heard about by listening to the Kamla Bhatt show, is expanding internationally. Here are the highlights of Zook’s service: According to Zook, their service ideal for local and media queries. It’s designed to provide users with “exactly what they want” –…