Rogers Wireless in Canada has recently launched a new service called “Wireless Box Office,” allowing its subscribers to use their mobile phones as wireless tickets for select Live Nation concerts in the country. Right from the start, users of the new service have first access to the upcoming Simple Plan tour tickets. Naturally, it is…
Jott adds “Reply With Voice” options for BlackBerry users
The voice-to-text service Jott keeps improving its service. Making a new entry to the Amazon wish list or Google Calendar by voice is simply not enough for Jott. They went one step further, allowing select BlackBerry smartphone owners to reply to emails using nothing but their voice. Still in beta, the free Jott application for…
Verizon brings social-mapping service Loopt to its customers
Verizon isn’t kidding when it comes to social networking. Few days ago, they’ve announced their customers will have a quick access to MySpace Mobile and now they are launching social-mapping service Loopt. Previously, we saw Sprint partnering with Loopt and under these circumstances — when two of the leading mobile operators in the U.S. are…
Obopay goes to India
We’ve already covered Obopay in the past. Basically they are providing both business and individual users with an ability to purchase, pay and transfer money through any mobile phone using Obopay’s mobile application, text message, mobile Web, widget or Obopay.com. Now they are expanding to India where mobile phone market is booming like nowhere else.…
MySpace Mobile lives on Verizon, too
Following Sprint’s announcement to allow its customers to easily access MySpace, the other big U.S. CDMA carrier is also rolling out the same offering. MySpace Mobile is now available to all Verizon users with Mobile Web 2.0 enabled phones. Simply select “MySpace” from the Connect category on the Mobile Web 2.0 home screen and you’re…
SpinVox: thoughts after 2 weeks of use…
You might remember I mentioned a short while back, that I was going to be writing a post on SpinVox – now, this isn’t the first post IntoMobile has dedicated to them (see here and here for example), but, it is the first usage review from a UK perspective! I signed up for the service…
Dial2Do – gets things done with just your voice!
Dial2Do is a free phone service that lets you get things done just by phoning a number and saying what you want done. You can call Dial2Do and say “email” to send an email, “text” to send a text message, “note” to…well you get the idea! It is being introduced to the US market at…
Alltel Social Video allows users to share and rate videos from a wide range of online outlets
Alltel Wireless partnered with provider of mobile video services Transpera to launch Alltel Social Video, a new application that allows customers to share and rate videos from a wide range of online outlets. In order to use the new service, you’ll need video-enabled mobile phone and a willingness to pour out an additional 3 bucks…
TapRoot’s WalkingHotSpot transforms WiFi-enabled smartphones into hotspots
TapRoot has launched a new application-service combo called WalkingHotSpot to allow owners of the WiFi-enabled Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile smartphones to transform their 3G data connection into a hotspot. However, unlike similar solutions we’ve seen — including Joiku for Symbian S60 and WMWifiRouter for Windows Mobile devices — WalkingHotSpot also has a darker, Big…
UK Office of Communications to allow in-flight cellphone calls – OfCom plan allows voice calls
We’ve been hearing a lot about all the data service offerings that will allow airline passengers to get their data-fix while in-flight, so it’s refreshing to here of some developments regarding in-flight voice calls. Following on Norwegian Air’s plan to offer in-flight voice calls and internet services through its Call Norwegian venture, the Office of…