Nokia was all proud to announce that its Nokia Life Tools pilot was a success. Launched in December 2008 in Maharashtra, India — with services in Agriculture, Learn English, General Knowledge and Astrology — the program offered buyers of the Nokia 2600 classic or the Nokia 1680 classic the option to purchase subscriptions to the…
Alaska Airlines wraps in-flight WiFi testing, mulls pricing structure
WiFi in the sky is no longer a mobile professional’s dream. Alaska Airlines has just wrapped up trial testing of their own in-flight broadband internet service, and the air carrier is preparing to officially offer WiFi service to passengers by year’s end. The move would bring Alaska Airlines up to speed with competing airlines that…
Nokia Easy Meet Provides Mobile Collaboration
Have I mentioned lately how much I love Nokia Beta Labs? Their latest experiment is called Easy Meet, which allows you to collaborate with peers on the web or mobile without needing to download any software whatsoever. You can set up the meeting right on your phone and shoot out invites via SMS or e-mail,…
France Telecom takes control of Senegal’s Sonatel
France Telecom acquired an additional 9.87% stake of the Senegal-based Sonatel, taking its ownership to 52.2%. Upon the completion of the transaction, the Senegalese government will remain Sonatel’s second biggest shareholder with 17.28% share. Originally, France Telecom invested in the landline and mobile network operator in 1997, and has expanded since to Mali, Guinea and…
AT&T FamilyMap lets users track their kids and loved ones
AT&T has a new service in its portfolio. The so called FamilyMap is designed to allow AT&T subscribers to track their kids and loved ones from a mobile phone or PC. The service relies either on cell tower triangulation or built-in GPS to locate a phone, and BGR reports that it can even active the…
Idea: GyPSii seems like a good acquisition target!
With mobile phones slowly becoming commodity nowadays, it’s not hard to imagine a day when today’s high-end smartphones will cost $100 or even less. The only thing that will make the difference will be in the software and services, handset maker or carrier provides with the device. That said, I’m not surprised to see virtually…
Telefonica brings Nokia Messaging to Spain
Nokia and Telefónica announced an agreement under which the mobile operator will offer Nokia Messaging push email service to its users in Spain. Those not familiar with Nokia Messaging should know the following (from the press release): Nokia Messaging simplifies the mobilization of email. This new solution allows the easy access and use of multiple…
Bobba brings virtual world to Symbian S60; iPhone version coming soom, as well
The company called Sulake, which you may know for their virtual world Habbo, is going mobile to bring its “virtual world expertise” to a handset near you. Actually, not every handset — at the moment their mobile virtual world, Bobba, is available for Symbian S60 smartphone users, only. But they said the iPhone/iPod Touch version…
GVDialer Plugs Phone into Google Voice
We’ve seen screenshots of Google Voice in a mobile web format, but a recent comment pointed us to GVDialer, a new third-party app that lets you plug into the service previously known as Grand Central on your mobile. The main features include: One number – Present your Google number as your Caller ID on outgoing…
Cricket MyPerks brings free content and special offers to customers mobile phones’ homescreen
Cricket Communications has recently launch the new Cricket MyPerks – a free, opt-in service that pushes “informational and entertaining content” along with valued offers directly to the home screen of customers’ mobile devices. From the official release: Cricket MyPerks makes it easy for customers to find popular content and realize great savings using their mobile…