The Nokia 7510 has been sitting pretty on T-Mobile south of the border for awhile now, but here in Canada, Rogers has just picked it up. I played with one briefly at CES when it was first announced, and though it’s just a simple little flip at its core, there are a few cool features.…
Flycell’s Bid Hunter Game Brings Interactive Upside-Down Auction Fun to Mobile
Do any of you watch those backward bidding channels on TV? You know the ones I mean, where you have to bid in a low price in order to try and win? Well now those sorts of bidding games are coming to Mobile! Flycell have announced “Bid Hunter”, which is a new strategy game played…
Roamware, Grameen team-up to develop global mobile financial ecosystem for the unbanked
One more release from the Mobile Money Summit event in Barcelona… Leader in global roaming and interoperability solutions, California-based Roamware, announced a strategic partnership with Grameen Solutions to develop mobile money applications and services for the unbanked. So, on one side we have Grameen Solutions which is part of Grameen group that also includes Grameen…
WeFi Unleashes Mobile Internet with WeFiApps
WeFi, the company behind the global WiFi network, has launched WeFiApps, what they say is the first WiFi powered launch pad for mobile applications. According to their over-hyped press release, WeFiApps aims to “revolutionize mobile Internet use by providing a home for data-intensive mobile applications.” Users can download and enjoy varied groups of mobile apps,…
Singapore’s SingTel launches unlimited music download service
Singapore’s SingTel has recently lunched a free mobile music download service for its contract customers with selected phones. The service called SingTel AMPed has been developed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) and allows customers to download songs, music videos, as well as pre-release albums. Best of all, SingTel won’t charge data charges for…
DoCoMo brings Manga comics to Europe
NTT DoCoMo announced that its European subsidiary, DoCoMo Netherlands, has launched Europe’s first mobile service for downloading Japanese Manga comics. The service called MANGA MODE will initially launch in France, and is expected to appeal to the growing number of Manga lovers in the country. Customers of Bouygues Telecom will be able to use the…
iLime hosting service unveiled for iPhone developers
Chicago-based KeyLimeTie has recently unveiled iLime, the hosting service for developers who plan to adopt new push notification and in-app purchasing features of the iPhone OS 3.0. Here’s where the problem (according to KeyLimeTie’s press release): Apple’s gateway manages all notifications sent between application providers and individual devices. However, Apple has not expressed plans to…
Google AdSense Goes Mobile
I’m still dubious about the effectiveness of mobile advertising, but Google AdSense, a heavyweight in the online advertising ring, has announced support for iPhone and Android applications. The big key to AdSense is properly targeting the audience, and since Google has pretty much your whole search history on file, odds are they can usually feed…
AT&T Navigator available for the iPhone users
Now that the iPhone 3.0 OS is up and running, AT&T wants additionally monetize its deal with Apple. That said, they’ve included their AT&T Navigator application/service in the AppStore, and are offering it for $9.99 a month. Feature wise, AT&T Navigator comes with automatic content updates (maps and other details), voice and on-screen turn-by-turn directions…
GMail web app for iPhone updated with swipe-to-archive feature
GMail for iPhone has been updated with a cool new feature, allowing swipe-to-archive any email. I find this very useful, as I’m trying to keep my GMail inbox as clean as possible, and tend to archive emails as soon they’re processed. With this new feature — which BTW is available for the iPhone users, only…