Israel-based mobile operator Pelephone is set to start offering Emoze’s suite of services to its 2.4 million-strong user based. As a result, customers of the Israel’s first mobile service provider will be able to get their email, calendar and social networking messaging pushed to their phones in real-time. Commenting on the announcement, Emoze’s CEO, Eitan…
ChaCha: Fastest Growing SMS Search Provider Achieves 70% of Google’s SMS Search Volume in Q4
Apparently, In a head-to-head comparison between ChaCha and Google SMS, ChaCha achieved 70 percent of Google’s SMS search volume in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to data from the Q4 Mobile Messaging Report from The Nielsen Company. Of all SMS traffic measured in Nielsen’s report, which is comprised of all incoming and outgoing text…
Toshiba TG01 gets CoPilot navigation, too!
If Android and iPhone (at least in theory) can have it, so can Windows Mobile-powered Toshiba TG01. Future users of the ultra-thin, super-powerful smartphone will be able to enjoy full-fledged navigation, compliments of CoPilot Live, on that shiny 4.1-inch WVGA screen. Among the features included in the mix are turn-by-turn navigation, 2D and 3D map…
ZumoDrive available for iPhones, netbooks
After being in a private trial stage for some time, ZumoDrive decided it’s about time to go public. As a result, their “Supersize Me” application is now available for the iPhone and netbook users. Yap, netbooks are also there for a reason. Basically, the idea is to provide users with more storage in the cloud.…
Nokia “Comes With Music,” 5800 XpressMusic hit Australia on March 20th
Nokia’s “Comes With Music” is now officially announced for Australia, set to begin commercially available on March 20th, 2009, along with the handset maker’s all-touchscreen device – Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. You know how it goes – you purchase a “Comes With Music” handset and all songs downloaded during a year remain your property even after…
JAJAH brings its VoIP solution to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian
JAJAH announced that it is bringing its mobile VoIP offering to the users of Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian-based smartphones. The new services remind on JAJAH’s earlier iPod Touch offering and are offered as white label solution to enable carriers and non-carriers to launch the service under their own brand. Let’s see how JAJAH is…
Handmark brings Pocket Express to Europe, launches application store within a client
At the Mobile World Congress, Handmark announced that its popular mobile news and information service, Pocket Express, is going to Europe, featuring local content in 8 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish. In addition, they announced that the new version also features a full on-device application store! Let’s talk briefly about…
BuzzCity opens its mobile social network to third parties with the launch of myGamma Developor Platform
So it was not just GyPSii that opened up its platform to the third parties. BuzzCity is doing the same with the launch of myGamma Developer Platform. As a result, interested developers can use the API provided to integrate their applications with the 3.2 million user-strong mobile social networking service – myGamma. From the official…
Hotmail Finally Gets on the POP3 Train, Still No IMAP
The Windows Live team announced POP3 support for Hotmail recently, allowing you to get your mail on your phone without resorting to the web browser. Wait, doesn’t Gmail already have the more buxom IMAP protocol? Man, get with the times, Microsoft. Still, those of you who are dedicated to the granddaddy of webmail, here’s the…
Germany wants another go at DVB-H
You might remember the debacle of the German DVB-H spectrum, involving a company called Mobile 3.0, which had to hand the license back in the end. Well now Germany has decided it’s going to try again. In simple terms, there is a special committee created to look at investor interest, and models for that investment.…