Apple has announced, through its dedicated MobileMe Status blog, that they’ve completed restoring MobileMe Mail service and that they’ve managed to recover lost emails from the 1% of unlucky MobileMe Mail user accounts that have been out of commission since the service’s launch a few weeks ago. MobileMe users still experiencing problems are encourage to…
Garmin’s BlackBerry app coming to Europe
Garmin has announced that it will be launching a BlackBerry app in Europe this September. At the moment, Garmin’s application is available in the U.S., only. In addition to turn-by-turn navigation, Garmin Mobile also includes access to Garmin Online, providing users with such features such as local traffic and weather conditions as well as Navteq’s…
Pinch Media, JumpTap team up on iPhone application ad network
The iPhone application analytics and advertising company Pinch Media and mobile search and advertising company JumpTap announced the creation of the iPhone application advertising network. Here’s why they think it’s significant: The partnership combines Pinch Media’s analytics and advertising technology for iPhone App Store applications with JumpTap’s comprehensive mobile ad network. Developers can easily insert…
Sprint revamps mobile web portal – Adaptive home screen
Sprint, in their renewed push to bring their customer service quality to the forefront of the company’s list of priorities, has refreshed their mobile web portal. The new mobile web portal is now accessible on more than 40 of Sprint’s mobile phones, giving the user more customized content. The new Sprint mobile web portal uses…
Samsung, GyPsii sign multi-year agreement; GyPSii’s client to come pre-installed on latest Samsung smartphone
Last time we covered GyPSii, they were partnering with Garmin. This time, however, the location-based mobile social network announced that it has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with Samsung. This is a huge win for GyPSii as it will be able to reach more users than ever. Under the terms of agreement, GyPSii will…
AdMob announces new iPhone 3G advertising solutions along with $1 million iPhone developers fund
AdMob announced that it has launched a global iPhone ad marketplace with new iPhone-optimized interactive advertising formats. The new ads include Brand and Performance formats that will function in both the browser environment as well as native applications built for the iPhone. In addition, the mobile ads company unveiled a developer program as well as…
CoPilot Live 7 coming to Touch Diamond
ALK Technologies has announced a special edition of its mobile navigation system, CoPilot Live 7, for the HTC Touch Diamond. CoPilot Live HTC Touch Diamond edition is supplied on a DVD that installs navigation software and maps onto the phone from a desktop computer. Once installed, users can “enjoy full satellite navigation on their phone,…
ICE is updated – ready to change your contacts again?
The “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) method of storing specific contacts as emergency contact numbers is going to be updated, following new standardization from the ITU. The changes involving writing 01, 02, 03 (and so on) against certain relative designations (such as father, wife, husband), written in the users’ native language, to help emergency workers…
Slydial lets you talk to voicemail – Side-step the phone call and leave a voicemail message
There’s just something more comforting in knowing that you can leave your heart of the proverbial floor of a voicemail without having to deal with the backlash or embarrassing questions from a real, live person. Having your thoughts go directly to a person’s voicemail is akin to leaving a sticky-note on the fridge door, demanding…
Walt Mossberg: MobileMe not yet worth it
Sure, when I gripe about my MobileMe experience and suggest that people hold-off on adopting Apple’s new “push data” service, few listen (or cared). But, when Walt Mossberg goes on record as saying that MobileMe isn’t yet ready for prime-time, the world listens (and probably cares). Such is life in the blogosphere. Am I bitter?…