Hot on the heels of reparations payed to their unfairly terminated data-plan customers and the state of New York, Verizon Wireless has reworked their Terms of Service to specifically outline what they mean by “unlimited data.” By the sounds of it, Verizon’s “unlimited data” verbiage seems to indicate a 5GB monthly data allowance. In other…
Jamster and innerActive to trial mobile in-game advertising in UK
The digital entertainment provider Jamster and a leading provider of innovative ad-funded entertainment channel innerActive have recently announced a trial of a new mobile in-game advertising service in the UK. Under the deal, innerActive will provide technology to Jamster to dynamically display in-content and contextual ads. The end result is promising – people in Britain…
MetroPCS: Leap Wireless keeps rejecting us, we’re going to stop hitting on them
Business is a lot like dating. You keep hitting on other people in the hopes that you’ll be able to score that meaningful relationship that makes both parties happy. But, if the same hottie keep burning you with super-cold rejection, you just have to call it quits. MetroPCS apparently can’t stand the constant rejection by…
AT&T launches international iPhone data plans – Data Global Plan
What does it take for the No. 1 wireless carrier in the US to finally offer a consumer-friendly service that actually prioritizes the the customer’s needs ahead of the corporate bottom line? We’d say something like 4 months. AT&T has finally announced an international iPhone data plan to help jet-setters avoid racking up roaming data…
Verizon announces new cheap unlimited data plans for BlackBerry 8130 Pearl 2.0
Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the release of their BlackBerry Pearl 8130 by slashing prices on their data plans. Pearl 2.0 hopefuls on Verizon’s EVDO network can expect to get their fill of email and web surfing for just $29.99 when bundled with a voice plan – $34.99 as a stand alone, unlimited data…
Remember The Milk task list service goes iPhone/iPod Touch
I admit, I’m a task freak. That’s the way I function on a daily basis. My favorite to-do list service is Remember The Milk, even though I can’t remember when was the list time I’ve visited their site. And you know why – cause they have the great iGoogle widget which allows me to completely…
Official: N-Gage launch delayed by one month, December 2007 due date
Straight from Kari Tuutti: “N-gage is coming in December. Software testing is taking a bit more time than what we had expected, we are talking about a couple of weeks.” That is why the Go Play page was down last night. Shame, we were all waiting for the N82. Maybe the new release date will…
Comeks Shorts makes text messaging cooler
Comeks Shorts is a new service that wants to add a new element of coolness to SMS. It uses a free J2ME client that is used to visually display text messages. Using Comeks Shorts, users (mostly teenagers) will be able to send text messages using their own avatar — so called “Shortie” — which displays…
Nokia’s MOSH scares Warner Music, refuses to cooperate with the Nokia Music Store
Nokia has a service called MOSH that is essentially a P2P service in your pocket. People can upload applications, pictures, videos and even music to share with everyone. This scares the pants off Warner Music because piracy is what prevents these guys from sleeping at night. They are not going to cooperate with Nokia’s Music…
Nokia Music Store Review Roudup (Verdict: Good, but not great)
Today the Nokia Music Store launched. People in the UK, who use Windows and Internet Explorer will be able to use it. This angered Carlo Longino who thought that Nokia said they are now an Internet Company. Last time I checked companies like Google didn’t stop working because of the weird operating system or browser…