We’ve already talked about SpinVox’s visual voice-to-text voicemail service in the past. Now Canada-based Telus is adding the service to its offering, allowing users to read their voice mail as text messages or email. According to Telus’ official release, users will be able to “see what was said”, hence be more productive while on-the-go. That…
GetQuik goes iPhone; Makes restaurant food ordering easy (in case that’s the problem)
Provider of restaurant order automation technology and services GetQuik released its iPhone offering to enable Apple’s handset users to skip long restaurant lines by ordering their favorite food from their shiny phones. In order to use the new service and save some time while on a dinner, you’ll need to register for a free account…
V-Circles Java mobile app lets you create communities, date on-the-go
I’m not sure I’ve seen something like this before. Yeah, there are Java ME clients for some mobile social networks, but the idea behind V-Circles is that all the action is on the client. You create or join existing communities from your phone without logging to the actual website. To put things in perspective, here’s…
BBC iPlayers goes live on iPhone
How does live-streaming, on-demand TV sound? We we think it’s swell, too. Well, with the BBC’s launch of their iPhone-optimized iPlayer, you can have your H.264 feed and eat it at 512Kbps too! That is, as long as you’re in the UK – lucky Brits. No Flash, no apps, no nothing. Just hit up the…
CellSpin adds Symbian support; Mobile bloggers rejoice
In order to get the real market using its service, CellSpin has announced support for Symbian OS powered smartphones. The official release — which follows after the jump — doesn’t actually specify whether two popular “flavors” of Symbian OS (S60 and UIQ) are now supported, but after visiting CellSpin’s website I’ve figured it’s only Nokia’s…
Juniper Research: Over 2.6 billion mobile tickets set to be delivered by 2011
New Juniper’s research titled “Mobile Ticketing & Coupons: Strategies & Markets 2007-2011” suggests that over 2.6 billion mobile tickets will be delivered to just over 208 million mobile phone users by 2011. Early trials, mainly led by mobile operators, are now migrating into commercial services that are controlled by the ticketing issuers themselves. Benefits for…
Sprint rolls out new conversation-to-web transcription service – WebCapTel
Now this is one unique feature that deserves some recognition. Sprint, always looking for another way to plug the massive leak in subscriber counts, has rolled out a new web-service for the hard-of-hearing. The new WebCapTel service will listen-in on incoming conversations using any Sprint handset and transcribe the convo to a website. The voice-to-text…
Priceline.com goes mobile
Online travel service provider Priceline.com decided it’s about them they launch the mobile version of their website/service. I guess “finally” is the word I’m looking here — guys you’ve been one of the pioneers of the e-commerce, why it took you so long to mobilize your offering. Anyway, Priceline mobile is located at www.priceline.mobi from…
Vodafone announces Otello image-based mobile search
Semantic searches are the future. Google is always working to figure out just what we’re looking for with those obscure search string – in essence, trying to read between the lines. Figuring out the meaning behind the search is a critical next step in web-search, and the next step after that is semantic image-based searches.…
Juniper Research: Mobile music adoption passes tipping point with revenues set to reach $17.5bn by 2012
According to a new report by Juniper Research, the total value of the global mobile music market is expected to rise to more than $17.5bn by 2012, driven by rental music services and full-track downloads. Report author Dr Windsor Holden argues that 2007 marked the tipping point as far as mobile music adoption was concerned.…