Led Zeppelin has signed on with Verizon Wireless to bring their illustrious catalogue of music to subscribers of the No. 2 US wireless carrier. The deal will give Verizon Wireless customers access to Led Zeppelin ringtones, ringback tones, wallpapers, and even full-song downloads – all over-the-air (OTA). Come November 13, Verizon Wireless will be the…
MovieTickets.com goes mobile
Probably one of the most popular Internet movie ticketing service, MovieTickets.com, announced its mobile offering, hence allowing customers to buy movie tickets in advance even easier. Thanks to the partnership with MobileGates, movie goers can now search for a movie by location or title, buy tickets, access a listing of new releases, box office information,…
Alltel & Superscape launch interactive gaming community
Just recently, Alltel along with one of the leading 3D mobile games publisher — Superscape — launched Axcess Game League, a free, community gaming application that enables players to seamlessly navigate between games, compete in a variety of tournaments, check their status and post high scores. At the moment, it’s all about casual gaming, hence…
Informa: Mobile broadband set to explode
Latest strategic report from Informa Telecoms & Media called “Future Mobile Broadband: Revenue Opportunities for HSPA to LTE, EV-DO to UMB & WiMAX” suggests that mobile broadband is set to explode. According to Informa’s researchers, mobile broadband will represent close to half of total mobile service revenues in 2012. Or to put in other words,…
Nokia’s Ovi: More pieces of the puzzle to be revealed at the Web 2.0 Summit
It all started with this article at Information Week that said Nokia would be attending the Web 2.0 Summit. Low and behold I went to the Web 2.0 Summit homepage and there it is, Nokia’s logo in the top right hand corner being labeled as a platinum sponsor. They poured more money into the Web…
SHAPE Services acquires iPhone Application List; iPhone web apps market set to explode?
SHAPE Services, the company that is best known as the developer of the IM+ instant messaging software for multiple platforms, has announced that it has acquired iPhoneApplicationList.com, the site that lists iPhone web-based applications and services. The details of the transaction are not disclosed, but somehow we’re sure the folks behind the mentioned website have…
Apple launches iPhone web-app portal – find all iPhone web-apps through Apple’s catalogue
Well, it looks like Apple is starting to seriously embrace the whole third-party web-app development community for the iPhone. While a full iPhone SDK announcement may still be a few days away (“may” being the operative word here), Apple has launched their third-party iPhone web-app catalogue. The new web portal consolidates all the best web-apps…
iPhoneSimfree announces updated software unlock solution for iPhone v1.1.1
Things are happening real fast in the world of the iPhone. Hot on the heels of the new iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak solution from the iPhone Dev Team, iPhoneSIMfree has announced the newest version of the iPhone unlocking software. With the iPhone v1.1.1 firmware now successfully jailbroken, the new iPhoneSIMfree software unlock update is now iPhone…
Ovi: Making devices that let you create content is not enough
Telco 2.0 has a great article on what Ovi is to Nokia and how it compares to the American automotive industry in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The conclusion is one I’ve shared before on this site, that today people are communicating in ways other than the traditional phone call and text message. The devices that…
Disney goes mobile – no it’s not the MVNO
So it looks like Disney isn’t wiping its hands of the mobile space altogether. The Walt Disney Internet Group has just launched a free, ad-supported, mobile-optimized (WAP portal) for Disney website-goers on the go. The site will integrate with Disney activities on Disney.com, Disney.com XD, and Disney’s virtual worlds. Point your mobile browser to Disney.com…