Ahh, the good old days of analog… Remember your first mobile phone? Chances are, if you’re old enough to buy your own mobile phone and pay the bill, you may remember using the good, ole’ analog networks of yore. Ericsson’s T28 World phone was our first mobile phone and it was a pretty little sucker…
Irony: Warner to sell DRM free music via Amazon, yet still not selling via Nokia’s DRM Music Store
Earlier this year we learned that Warner decided to revoke their collection from Nokia’s Music Store due to the fact that users of MOSH, Nokia’s weird attempt at centralized mobile P2P, were exchanging copywritten [sic] content. Now Amazon publishes a press release today (Gizmodo) that states Warner is going to be selling their music without…
Another tasks tracking service optimized for iPhone/iPod Touch; It’s Getting tasks done
Have an iPhone? Need a task tracking service, but you don’t like 37signals’ Ta-da list nor Remember the milk? Why not try Getting tasks done? Yap, they also have an iPhone-optimized version of their free service, allowing the Apple’s handset and iPod Touch owners to manage their tasks while on-the-go. It’s easy, it’s quick and…
Webot announces Nokia N810 Internet Tablet support; Allows users to access their media from anywhere
Webot, the remote media platform for browsers and mobile devices and an Orb competitor, is now available with a custom-built interface for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Apparently, they were faster than Orb to roll-out their solution, hence their release features the “first” adjective. As with Orb, Webot gives you instant access to the media…
Farcast Moblogger provides users with the free blog hosting service and mobile application
Just recently, Farcast announced the launch of Farcast Moblogger, a free service that enables users to instantly update weblogs and share multimedia content directly from their mobile phones. Based on the award winning Farcast platform technology — which is being used for mobile reporting by professional journalists in the Netherlands and Belgium — Farcast Moblogger…
Sprint launches NFC trials in San Francisco
Following on Sprint’s launch of their employee-only WiMAX/XOHM trial network, the struggling national wireless carrier has announced their plans to roll-out NFC (Near Field Communication) trials in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFC technology basically allows users to pay for goods and services with a simple swipe of the handset near an NFC-enabled payment terminal.…
Hack your Sprint Motorola Q9c to improve GPS performance – GPS + aGPS = awesome
Sprint’s Motorola Q9c features a fully open GPS receiver – the first Windows Mobile smartphone to rock integrated GPS on Sprint’s network. The Moto Q9c’s “open” GPS means that the receiver’s COM ports are visible and accessible to external programs – not just the programs (like navigation software) that the carrier wants you to use.…
Avaya gives iPhone some enterprise prowess – Avaya one-X Mobile coming to iPhone
The iPhone isn’t exactly an enterprise device, that much is truth. But, that doesn’t stop throngs of businesspeople from insisting that their IT department support their new-fangled iPhone. Avaya’s taken heed and has plans to bring their Avaya one-X Mobile platform to the iPhone. Support for the year’s hottest handset is expected to come in…
Intuit to offer iPhone-optimized Quicken for $3/month on January 8
In an effort to grab hearts and minds of the iPhone owners and to get some press attention along the way, Intuit has announced they will be launching web-based version of its popular personal finance application Quicken specially tailored to fit the screen of the Apple’s handset. If everything goes according to the plan, iPhone…
Cubic Telecom wants to hear your roaming horror story and is ready to pay for it
Cubic Telecom, the company behind roaming-friendly MAXroam SIM card, is organizing a neat competition to get some media traction. And as you can see from this article, they’ve certainly managed to caught our eyes… Their idea is to ask people to send them their roaming horror stories. By simply sharing your “roaming experiences” with them,…