Upingme is a new free classified ads service in Britain that allows people to post adverts directly from their mobile phones. Actually they call it “Classified ads 2.0” because of Upingme’s real-time and active (rather than passive) “nature.” The system works pretty easy. Users post their adverts by sending an SMS text “U” a space…
Video: Nokia Music Store Demo (Verdict: iTunes what?)
The Nokia Music Store went up for less than an hour, it is down now, then again it shouldn’t have even been launched for another 9 hours. All that aside, James Burland at Nokia Creative got access to the store and he made a demonstration video: James why do you act as if Microsoft’s DRM…
5 things the Nokia Music Store has to do to get my money
The Nokia Music Store is set to launch in a little under 24 hours and many journalists are going to cover it, bloggers are going to compare it to iTunes and after a week no one will remember it even exists. Chances are that if you read this blog you are a pirate. Don’t be…
Sprint to introduce $30 BlackBerry data plans?
The always highly informed BoyGenius is reporting that Sprint is working to introduce a new data plan dedicated to BlackBerry users. Apparently, with the new plan, CrackBerry addicts will get unlimited web browsing, email, IM, Sprint on Demand access, Sprint TV, Sprint Navigation, and unlimited text messaging. Unfortunately, tethering costs additional $15 a month, but…
EQO goes Windows Mobile; Announces native application for Microsoft’s mobile OS
At the VON Show, EQO Communications announced the release of a native Windows Mobile beta version of its mobile VoIP, text and IM application – EQO. We’ve already mentioned EQO in several posts, I’ll only repeat their service allows users to save on calling and texting, while also providing them with free access to popular…
Juniper Research: People WILL adopt mobile payments, it just takes time
New forecasts from Juniper Research reveal people will adopt mobile payment systems, it just takes time. According to the research company, around 52 million consumers will utilize such technologies as NFC (Near Field Communication) and other physical mobile payment methods to pay for everyday goods and services by 2011, driving the mobile payments market to…
Brief: It’s official: Nokia Music Store UK Launch on Thursday 7 AM GMT
Tech Digest has the scoop on a tidbit of information that the Nokia Music Store is launching on the first of November in the UK. The time, 7 AM GMT would mean 9 AM in Finland and 3 AM in New York. I would be more hyped about it if I could have a subscription…
Sprint: It’s not about how many G’s you have – it’s how you use it
With the ITU’s recent certification of WiMAX technology as a 3G standard, we speculated that Sprint would be somewhat off-put by the fact that their 4G “baby” wouldn’t be seen in the same light anymore. Afterall, people like to put titles on services and technologies, and bigger numbers mean better stuff (a BMW 328i doesn’t…
Rogers Wireless announces 7.2Mbps HSPA service trials in Canada
While the US plays catch-up with Canada’s Rogers Wireless’ HSPA network, the No. 1 GSM carrier up north has just announced plans to boost its wireless broadband speeds to 7.2Mbps. The Rogers Wireless HSPA trial has gone live in Montreal and Brampton – but we’re not sure what the trial parameters are. Either way, there…
Mobile Payment Service marketing campaign launched in Serbia
Mobile payments specialist Upaid today announced the national launch of its Mobile Payment Service (MPS) marketing campaign in Serbia. The service includes all three carriers as well as 10 banks in the country, and is available to the country’s 6.6 million phone users (Serbia has a population of 7.6 million). While we can already pay…