Zagat Survey, the popular “burgundy bible” has launched a new ad-supported mobile website to help mobile phone users around the world find where to eat, drink, stay and play. Located at zagat.mobi, the new site works on any web-enabled phone, even though Zagat’s press release contains the image of the site running on the an…
Alltel to offer Voice-to-Text voicemail service – SpinVox
One of the biggest hassles with voicemail is that you have to actually check each one and listen to every single one, even if you don’t want to – this wastes precious wireless minutes and even more previous patience. Of course, if you have an iPhone, the Visual Voicemail feature helps mitigate this annoyance. For…
O2 set to sell BBC mobile content through O2 Active mobile portal
Everybody wants a piece of the burgeoning mobile video market, and O2 is the newest wireless carrier to jump on the bandwagon. The German, UK, and Irish wireless carrier recently inked a deal with BBC Worldwide to distribute its mobile content through the O2 Active mobile portal. The deal will allow O2 to sell the…
AAA Mobile bundles GPS navigation with more location-based services
AAA is releasing AAA Mobile, a mobile software suite which combines turn-by-turn GPS navigation with other location based services. For instance, users of the AAA Mobile will be able to access AAA’s Diamond Ratings for information about hotels and restaurants, as well as find various points of interest in their TourBook guide. In addition, the…
AT&T: Get off our TDMA network and pay us more money!
Is there anyone actually still using the old AT&T (Blue) Wireless’ TDMA wireless network? Well, there must be, because AT&T is stickin’ it to those AT&T TDMA network subscribers that are taking advantage of those super-low legacy rate-plans. They’re trying to make the monthly savings less appealing by charging TDMA users an extra $10 per…
Sprint reserves $5 billion for WiMAX network – we mean XOHM
Sprint’s push for total WiMAX coverage in the US is getting another boost. The compay has announced that they will earmark $5 billion for the development of the WiMAX (XOHM?), network through 2010. It looks like Sprint’s partner Clearwire will also be lending a hand in footing the bill. With Sprint expecting to see positive…
Dominos offers pizza delivery via SMS text message – Pizza lovers rejoice
What could be easier than ordering your pizza online, from the comfort of your couch? Well, Dominos wants to help you do away with that cumbersome computer or laptop by accepting SMS text message orders for those delicious pies. If you’re in the UK, you’re in luck. Dominos is rolling out their new SMS text-based…
Netvibes launches iPhone-optimized site
The latest Web 2.0 company to jump to the iPhone ride is Netvibes, which just a day or two ago launched the special version of their popular personalized homepage service for the Apple handset owners. By pointing iPhone’s Safari to m.nv1.netvibes.com, you’ll be able to login to your existing Netvibes account and take it from…
Sprint announces Nextel Direct Connect PTT service and handsets for next year
Sprint’s recently successful test of the first PTT (Push-To-Talk) connection between an iDEN and CDMA phone was leading up to this. Today Sprint announced that the PTT technology will be dubbed Nextel Direct Connect, regardless of whether the phone s used on the Nextel or Sprint network. The Nextel Direct Connect feature will be a…
Mobile social networking in June
Yesterday, we talked about Juniper Research’s report on how mobile social networking is set for explosive growth. Now, we have more numbers from M:Metrics, which is reporting that 12.3 million consumers have accessed a social network via their mobile phones during June. Of that number, 7.5 million mobile subscribers are coming from the US, 1.3…