O2 is about to switch on coverge for the first underground mobile network in the UK, in the city of…….. Glasgow! Yes, you might have thought that was going to be the London Underground, but alas no (or yes, depending on your viewpoint). The service will start in December, and utilise a “multi-user distribution antenna…
Virgin Mobile USA partners with Buzzd to provide location-based services to its users
Virgin Mobile USA teamed up with buzzd to bring the the popular location-based service / social network / city guide to its users via the no-annual contract carrier’s WAP deck. “buzzd on Virgin Mobile” is a unique new service that allows local entertainment information to be broadcast and shared among Virgin Mobile USA customers based…
Qik adds support for more HTC-made devices
Qik has announced that its mobile video streaming client is now working on more Windows Mobile devices. All of the devices included with this update are made by Taiwan’s HTC — including the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. Other smartphones that are now Qik-enabled are: HTC Touch Dual HTC Touch Diamond HTC TyTn-II AT&T Tilt This…
T-Mobile flips the 3G-switch on Philadelphia
T-Mobile’s 3G network rollout seems to really be gaining steam. The latest market to get turned on to T-Mobile’s 1700Mhz AWS 3G network is apparently Philadelphia. A Howard Forums user apparently started seeing 3G data speeds yesterday, essentially confirming that T-Mobile decided to flip the 3G-switch on Philly. The “City of Brotherly Love” has got…
Sprint’s WiMAX network to go live this month
It’s been a long and winding road for Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX-based XOHM mobile broadband network. The No. 3 US wireless carrier has seen more financial hardships and rival opposition than any carrier should have to deal with over the past year, but the company’s fortunes may soon take a turn for the better. Following on…
Vodafone UK launches Connect To Friends Facebook app
Vodafone UK is trialling a new service to enable users to send text messages from their Facebook profile to friends. Vodafone Connect to Friends lets Facebook users send texts and picture messages without having to switch from PC to mobile simply by installing the ‘Vodafone Connect to Friends’ application to their Facebook profile. The application…
Fring adds support for Nokia N96 and N78
Fring keeps adding new phones to the list of supported devices. Lately we caught them adding support for the Nokia N78 and N96. Existing users of the two devices (even though there are not that many Nokia N96 owners at present) will be able to extend the usefulness of their smartphones with one of the…
AT&T pinpoints EDGE/3G data network outage problems
When the premier data network in the US takes a nose-dive, people pay attention. Especially those people that were left without data access for hours. AT&T, reeling from the enormous bad-press generated by a multi-state data network outage on the East Coast, left us all hanging with their promise to find out exactly what caused…
EQO announces BlackBerry Bold support
EQO has announced that it is one of the first mobile applications to support the BlackBerry Bold, releasing an enhanced version of its mobile VoIP, multi-network IM and mobile messaging software for RIM’s latest smartphone. Using EQO, BlackBerry users will be able to chat with all of their IM buddies or stay in touch with…
GyPSii enters Chinese mobile market, big time!
GyPSii, the “mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform,” announced that it has signed an agreement with Nanjing MyNet Ltd to make the GyPSii mobile social networking platform available to customers of China Mobile. Under the terms of the agreement, the parties involved will share revenues from both subscriptions and advertising as the…