We’ve certainly seen some voice to text solutions in the past. The market for such service is potentially huge, hence the existence of a competitor haven’t stopped Nuance Communications from announcing its own solution. To be fair, they are (in this stage) focusing on voicemail, allowing users of their service to receive voicemail as “high-quality…
HAVA Player goes Nokia Internet Tablet
At this year’s CTIA, digital video solutions provider Monsoon Multimedia, which is also known as the manufacturer of SlingBox-like devices, announced HAVA support for the Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets to allow customers to view and control their home TV from anywhere in the world over WiMAX or WiFi. And here comes the twist.…
Wayfinder’s Power Search goes iPhone, iPod Touch
Recently, Wayfinder launched of a web app to bring its “award-winning Power Search technology available to iPhone and iPod Touch users.” Wayfinder’s idea is to provide Apple products’ users with access to “multitude of databases” through one unified search field that covers up to 100 million local search records around the world. A user can…
IceBrkr.com melts the ice at dating hotspots
Here’s a neat tool for (mostly) guys that should help them more easily approach that hot girl in the club. IceBrkr.com is a mobile dating service that tries to help users by-pass all the awkwardness of first contact. Here’s how it works. Users register for a membership and upload few photos of themselves. The free…
European Commission gives go-ahead for in-flight mobile phone calls in Europe
European jetsetters just got another step closer to getting their cellphone-calling fix while strapped into that airplane seat at cruising altitude. The European Commission has just approved the use of mobile phones in airplanes over European airspace. Following on the UK’s OfCom announcement that in-flight calling is good to go in Great Britain, the executive…
Picasa Web Albums goes Windows Mobile
Back in December, we saw Google releasing the iPhone-optimized version of its Picasa Web Albums service. Now they’ve decided to address even larger market – those with Windows Mobile devices. At the moment, they are talking about touchscreen-enabled WinMo 6 devices only, but soon, I guess, users with the non-touchscreen (Standard Edition) devices will be…
Wayfinder Active to go head to head with Nokia Sports Tracker?
Wayfinder recently introduced its Nokia Sports Tracker like product called Wayfinder Active to the mobile market of U.S. and Canada. Wayfinder Active is a free GPS mobile application which combines maps, GPS recording and statistics, and is designed for people who enjoy various outdoor activities. Once the application is installed on a mobile phone, each…
AT&T: 4G LTE network in 2012
Just what does AT&T plan on doing with all that 700Mhz B-Block spectrum (from the 700Mhz FCC auction) and that valuable swath of 700Mhz C-Block spectrum (from Aloha Partners)? It looks like AT&T is going to use the fresh-off-the-grill spectrum to launch its own 4G LTE mobile broadband network.The additional spectrum firmly plants AT&T at…
Flytunes goes from 50 to more than 160 channels
We’ve already covered the satellite radio kind of service, FlyTunes, in the past. Those that liked it, will be glad to know they’ve recently tripled its channel offerings from 50 to over 160 channels that cover all genres of music, as well as talk, sports and local weather. On the other hand, iPhone/iPod users which…
Orange announces eBay as partner
Orange has announced that it will integrate eBay on a range of it’s Singature devices – the first jointly-branded app it will have offered. The app will allow Orange customers to manage bids, and also view new listings, via the Signature range homescreen. I imagine this is some kind of expanding widget, but details are…