Remember when Motorola was an innovator and trail-blazer in the wireless industry? Right, those days are long gone. Motorola is now looking to minimize their fiscal bleeding as they scramble to restructure their handset business back into profitable territory. Back in the day, Motorola was the first handset manufacturer to offer user-downloadable firmware updates through…
AT&T briefly announces free AT&T WiFi HotSpot service to Apple iPhone customers
Remember when AT&T launched their iPhone-specific AT&T HotSpot WiFi portal, only to remove the free service the next day? Right, well, it looks like the service has been officially rolled out (however briefly) for iPhone customers with legit, AT&T-locked iPhones – those with unlocked iPhones or non-iPhone plans on AT&T won’t be getting the benefit…
Cablevision looking to build wireless broadband network – WiFi access to cable customers
Wireless broadband solutions like HSPA, WiMAX and LTE have been argued to be ringing the death knell for WiFi, but that isn’t stopping cable TV provider, Cablevision, from building out their own wireless broadband solution based on WiFi. The high-speed wireless network from Cablevision will be built on existing infrastructure and will use WiFi rather…
DoubleClick Mobile now integrates with other mobile ad networks
DoubleClick recently announced that its mobile division, DoubleClick Mobile, is integrating with mobile ad networks — including AdMob, Google’s AdSense for mobile content, and Millennial Media’s premium MBrand network as well as its Decktrade performance network. The idea is to help mobile publishers fill more of their available inventory and earn more revenue. Now, publishers…
TuneWiki goes Android, that’s an Android simulator for now
I’m not sure whether you heard about TuneWiki, but it’s a next generation, community based media player. Apparently they’ve created the Android prototype, meaning that as soon as we see the first Google mobile OS powered devices hitting the market you’ll have a place to go to grab the latest tunes. The idea is to…
VZ Navigator Version 4 now available!
During this year’s CTIA, among other things, Verizon announced the new version of VZ Navigator. Now it’s ready and it brings tons of improvements. Some of the VZ Navigator features include: Traffic Integration – allows users in 75 cities to access routes that are calculated using both historical and real-time reported traffic information. Local Movies…
Audiopoint launch text-to-speech to convert internet for visually impaired
Audiopoint will launch an exclusive new Voice Terminal Service ( VTS) that will give instant access to Internet content in real time via any telephone. Designed for both the visually impaired, as well as users with limited internet access, VTS uses a first of a kind text-to-speech technology so subscribers can listen to and respond…
Hahlo 3 goes public, takes mobile iPhone Twitter to new levels
The iPhone’s slick multi-touch display is perfectly suited to the mobile Twitter addict’s needs. Before the location-aware and natively installed, third-party Twitter application, Twinkle, booste iPhone Twittering to the next level, Hahlo took the cake as the best mobile Twitter web-app for the iPhone. And, with the public release of the new Hahlo 3 mobile…
T-Mobile gets official with 3G 1700Mhz network in New York – UMTS/HSDPA data and voice
Last week we saw T-Mobile getting ready for a primetime launch of its long-awaited 3G network on its 1700Mhz AWS spectrum. There were reports that the 3G launch covered voice-only, leaving data-hungry T-Mobile subscribers left wanting for high-speed UMTS/HSDPA data speeds with T-Mobile’s initial 3G launch in New York. Then we got reports from the…
SHAPE Services’ Mobiscope brings remote video surveillance to Apple iPhone
SHAPE Services released Mobiscope for iPhone to allow Apple handset and iPod Touch users to get into George Orwell’s shoes in their spare time. Activities like monitoring office work in real time and controling the safety of the children, aged relatives or pets are now available at your fingertips, literary. Mobiscope offers real-time viewing of…