FlyTunes has announced several changes to its mobile content network — including audio and video podcasts, a new user interface, and a customizable channel guide. With the addition of audio and video podcasts, FlyTunes now offers over 350 channels of music, talk, video and podcast entertainment choices — far more than fee-based satellite radio services.…
CellSpin announces instant mobile posting of audio, video and image files to MySpace and Facebook
CellSpin — a mobile application/service that allows users to share their photos, video and audio clips from their mobile phones — recently announced support for two of the leading social networks, MySpace and Facebook. In order to post to their social networking profile pages, users will first need to install CellSpin’s MySpace and/or Facebook application,…
Apple to bring OTA music downloads to 3G iPhone – Over-The-Air downloads coming to next-generation iPhone
While current iPhone users have to find a WiFi connection to get their iTunes Store application to download music, Apple has plans to bring OTA (Over The Air) music downloads to their next-generation iPhone. According to the New York Times, Apple is planning to put the faster UMTS-based HSDPA data connection in the 3G iPhone…
ABI Research: More than 550 million GPS-enabled handsets will ship by 2012
With location-based services (LBS) like navigation and location-aware social networks steadily gaining momentum, ABI Research is predicting more than 550 million GPS-enabled handsets will ship by 2012. According to the research company’s principal analyst Dominique Bonte, “While most CDMA handsets are already GPS-enabled and GPS is set to become a standard feature in GSM smartphones,…
Punch Entertainment’s EGO brings social networking to mobile games
This isn’t actually a hot news, but it’s interesting, we’ve missed it in the past, and we’re going with it today. California based Punch Entertainment has recently launched what they say is the U.S. first social networking game for mobile phones called EGO. As a registered user, you play with the so called super-avatar (EGO),…
Lifetime Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry license available for $99.99!
Garmin recently announced a special offer for North American BlackBerry device owners. For only $99.99, users with GPS-enabled BlackBerrys can get Garmin Mobile’s turn-by-turn, voice prompted directions for the life of their smartphone. Users will also have unlimited access to such content such as traffic, weather conditions and forecasts, fuel prices and more. Garmin Mobile…
GyPSii adds new features; Opens data centre in China
Recently, location-based social networking service GyPSii improved its service by adding a couple of very neat features, including: New and improved (faster) user interface for Windows Mobile users. Extended contact invitation methods – members can now invite their friends through Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, AOL, FastMail.FM, Gmail, GMX, Hotmail, Indiatimes, Mail.com, Yahoo, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5,…
Vodafone acquires ZYB; Proves it’s not a dumb pipe?
Vodafone announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Denmark-based ZYB for 31.5 million EUR. We’ve already wrote about ZYB in the past– to recap, it’s a social network and an online management tool that enables mobile phone users to back-up and share their phone contact and calendar information online. The acquisition of ZYB…
Alltel looking to launch LTE network
While Sprint is banking on WiMAX as the next-generation wireless data network of choice in the US, all other carriers are looking to bring on 4G LTE technology in the coming years. With AT&T and Verizon Wireless already planning LTE network roll outs for 2011 and on, the smaller guys risk falling behind in the…
SpinVox: The Future of Voice, continued
No doubt you read my previous post on the future of voice, and had your thoughts provoked – however, since then, SpinVox have hosted a session on the future of voice. Their chief of “Interweb bloggery”, James Whatley, was present, along with their VP of consumer business, James Scroggs. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend,…