Loopt has announced that it has began working with Facebook Connect to allow users to connect with their Facebook buddies, while on the go. Accessing Facebook from a mobile phone is nothing new, but Loopt’s idea is of course to integrate the power of Facebook into its own platform. As a result, user will be…
AT&T looking towards web-based voice-recognition application for handsets, iPhone
Voice-recognition applications aren’t exactly high on our list of gotta-have features for our myriad mobile phones, but it sure is a cool idea – especially when the steering wheel gets in the way of tapping on a mobile phone’s keyboard. So, it’s good to hear that AT&T is looking to bring true voice-activated text-entry to…
Nokia announces N-Gage support for Nokia XpressMusic 5320, N78, N96
Good news for all you Nokia N-Gage fans looking to get your Nokia N96 hooked up with all the mobile gaming resources of Nokia’s N-Gage platform. First, you’re apparently well ahead of the curve with that Nokia N96 in your hand. Second, Nokia has made good on their promise to offer multiple handsets with N-Gage…
AT&T Navigator going global
AT&T Navigator, the carrier’s navigation service, is going global. Using AT&T Navigator Global Edition, users of AT&T smartphones with built-in GPS receivers can get spoken or text-based turn-by-turn directions in English, German, Italian or Spanish in 20 countries. The coverage area includes most countries in western Europe, North America and the U.S. Caribbean, as well…
emoze brings push-email to JavaME-enabled feature phones
We told ya’ this is coming. Emoze is officially out with the “world’s first push mobile email solution for Java handsets.” The idea is logical – to further expand to feature phone users, who may like the idea of push-email but hate all the hassle and complexity of today’s smartphones. According to emoze’s official release…
Windows Live Mesh on the iPhone!
At first glance, using Microsoft’s Windows Live Mesh service on an iPhone seems a bit counter-intuitive. Apple has MobileMe to compete with Live Mesh’s cloud-based storage and synchronization service. And, let’s not forget that using an Apple iPhone running Mac OS with a Windows Live service arguably aimed at Windows and Windows Mobile devices is…
Another MobileMe blunder nets UK users an extra month of service
And the MobileMe fiasco continues. Apple just can’t seem to find their way out of the MobileMe push data services-hole that they’ve dug for themselves. In fact, they’re digging themselves deeper and deeper. The latest blunder in Apple’s MobileMe launch hits the UK in the form of gross over-charges to MobileMe trial users. You see,…
Qik takes cellphone video streaming service to public beta – iPhone Qik application still coming
For all you cellphone videographers looking to broadcast your oh-so-important daily lives’ activities to the ether with that handy-dandy video camera you call a smartphone, Qik has finally announced their highly anticipated public beta. What, you didn’t realize that smartphone of yours was a full-fledged wireless video camera capable of streaming live video to the…
Is your MobileMe working?
Apple’s problem-prone MobileMe launch is apparently still experiencing growing-pains. My MobileMe email still isn’t pushing correctly. It’s a hit or miss proposition at this point. Strangely, my push email was working just fine last week. And, apparently, I’m not alone, CNN Money is reporting that some MobileMe users are still out of luck with their…
Aircell looking towards 4G LTE for in-flight WiFi service
Chalk another one up for the GSM evolution pathway. Aircell, the in-flight GoGo WiFi provider, has announced that they’ll be migrating from their current CDMA-based EVDO Rev. A infrastructure to the GSM 4G LTE mobile broadband standard to provide seriously fast in-flight data services. Of course, Aircell will have to wait until LTE gets off…