Nokia is teaming up with Rogers Wireless to bring its popular services, N-Gage and Nokia Maps, to the subscribers of the Canadian carrier. We’ve already covered both the N-Gage and Nokia Maps in the past, so I won’t go into much details there. I’ll only say that the first device sold through Rogers to support…
Nokia brings Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to all S60 3rd edition devices
Nokia has finally made its Mail for Exchange available for all users with Symbian S60 3rd edition devices, Nseries included. As a result, about 80 million mobile phone users can connect to their email accounts on the Exchange Server. Nokia owners whose companies use Exchange can set up Mail for Exchange for free on their…
Juniper Research: 700 million users to have NFC-enabled phones within 5 years
Juniper Research’s new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 700 million mobile subscribers globally will have NFC-enabled phones by 2013 that will enable them to make low value purchases using nothing but their mobile phones. In its report titled “Mobile Payment Markets: Contactless NFC 2008-2013,” Juniper found that there is a significant…
Truveo launches mobile video search service through AOL
Truveo has launched a public beta of its new mobile video search site to “make it easy for users to find and view videos from across the web on popular mobile phones.” Users with compatible, RTSP-enabled (Real Time Streaming Protocol) phones can access the Truveo Mobile Video Search beta site by going to wap.aol.com/truveo. With…
Mobispine and Telenor team-up to deliver PC-to-mobile messaging to Swedish mobile subscribers
Our friends from Mobispine have recently announced that they’ve partnered with Telenor Sverige AB to offer Telenor’s mobile subscribers in Sweden the opportunity to send PC-to-mobile messages. Apparently, this technology will be particularly useful for corporations who frequently send (or want to send) SMS and MMS to customers and will also be embraced by consumers…
Blueapple.mobi renamed into Vuclip; Launches video API program for publishers
We’ve already covered Blueapple in the past. Basically, they allow users with virtually any mobile phone to enjoy video clips while on-the-go. Now they’re pushing their service, big time, and they have a new name – Vuclip. The “completely redesigned consumer online and mobile services” is now available to the general public and so is…
JupiterResearch: Mobile social networks could be the next killer app for mobile
JupiterResearch has found that social networks hold the potential to be a killer application for mobile phones. According to a new report titled “Mobile Social Networking: Assessing Social Strategies for Carriers and Handset Manufacturers,” mobile phones primarily play a disconnected role from social networks today. However, despite relatively low adoption of mobile social networking activities,…
Autonomy’s business process management solution now works with the iPhone
In an effort that seems designed to appeal to the modern business people and (we might add) to grab some media attention, Autonomy Corporation recently announced that its business process management and intelligent electronic forms solutions now works with the Apple iPhone. Autonomy delivers seamless integration with the Apple iPhone, providing advanced capabilities including fully…
EQO CE launched with mobile operators in mind
EQO announced the release of EQO CE, a customizable version of EQO that enables mobile operators to capitalize on the consumer’s demand for mobile social networking services. Most popular instant messaging and social networks are incorporated with the new service/solution, allowing users to stay connected to friends and family using their operators’ voice and data…
Rocketron lets you listen to the news on your phone
Not exactly the CTIA news, but this happened in the near past nonetheless. It’s a “launched at DEMOfall 08” new mobile news service called Rocketron that lets listeners choose and hear the news on their mobile phones. With Rocketron, users navigate the news by voice command and skip the stories they don’t like, resulting in…