The FT.com has an article talking about how iPlayer, in it’s many mobile guises is helping to drive the adoption and usage of Mobile video. As you may or may not know, iPlayer is the BBC’s online VoD catch-up service, and given the quality of their programming, it’s becoming an InterWeb dynamo – much to…
Genaker launches new Windows Mobile PTT technology
Developer of SIP-based VoIP apps, Genaker, announced the launch of genaker40501, a new OMA push-to-talk service for Windows Mobile-powered smartphones and PDAs. Touted as the “advanced push-to-talk technology,” genaker40501 allows mobile operators and service providers to provide their customers with a way to communicate easily with numerous people at the touch of a button. It…
America Movil, Nokia team-up to bring Nokia Maps to Latin America
Nokia and América Móvil announced a partnership to bring Nokia Maps Navigation to América Móvil consumers in Latin America. The new collaboration between the two companies is part of a broader partnership in the area of value-added services. As part of the deal, Nokia and América Móvil signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to broader…
Truphone announces Truphone Local Anywhere to make calling cheap worldwide
Truphone is on the rage. At the Mobile World Congress they announced a new offering called Truphone Local Anywhere. The idea is to go beyond VoIP application and offer a single-SIM, multi-country mobile service that will turn any mobile call within the set of supported countries into a local call. Some of the Truphone Local…
GyPSii launches OpenExperience API
So it’s not just the deal with LG GyPSii has announced. The popular mobile social location-aware network also launched the GyPSii OpenExperience API (OEx), the all-inclusive platform for incorporating “location-based social networking functionality into embedded mobile clients and applications.” From the press release: OEx supports a whole new “user experience” on mobile devices, as seen…
The Phone House now offers backup and transfer of mobile data in its stores across the Netherlands
Actually it was Cellebrite and not The Phone House that announced that visitors to the Carphone Warehouse’s Dutch group company can now securely transfer their mobile data when buying a new mobile phone. Unfortunately, the news deals with the Netherlands market only, but I guess if this experiment proves as a success, we’ll see Carphone…
Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway 4.0 updated with support for social networks and RSS feeds
Synchronica announced a new functionality within its Mobile Gateway 4.0 solution that pushes social networking and news updates to any mass-market mobile phone. Among the supported services are Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, LinkedIn and Plaxo; as well as thousands of other news, financial and sporting feeds. As with the push-email, these updates are automatically pushed to…
Yahoo! Launches Widget Platform that Just Might Offend Apple
Yahoo! has announced a new widget platform called the Yahoo! Mobile App for Smartphones. Huh. Look familiar? Due to go public at the end of May on BlackBerry, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, and Nokia devices. A slightly different one for the iPhone will be available for the end of March. By using an…
O3SIS launches multi-platform smartphone clients for data sync, media backup and push email
O3SIS launched the new version of its device client suite. Based on OMA DS (SyncML), Java and IP-Push industry standards, O3SIS’ new offering enables users to synchronize all types of multimedia contents from and to mobile devices. The Clients also fully support push-email capabilities of today’s smartphone platforms like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile and…
Skuku joins mobile VoIP space
Another company is joining the ever growing mobile VoIP space. It’s called Skuku and they’ve launched a Windows Mobile client to allow low-cost phone calls for the users of smartphones running Microsoft’s mobile OS. By now you probably already know how these things work – you start the app and it will route international calls…