Keeping up with all the new firmware updates and software fixes for your Palm can get to be a trying experience. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the latest troubleshooting tips, firmware updates, and software downloads were in one, easy to use, web portal? Well, Palm understands your plight. The company has launched a new…
Sprint plans Launch of commerical WiMAX service in Q2 2008
Sprint has confirmed more details on the rollout of their WiMAX service. A Q2 2008 goal has been set for the commercial rollout of its mobile broadband service, upon successful completion of Sprint’s WiMAX trials in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Sprint says that they plan “to invest up to $800M in 2007 and between…
Facebook Rolls out new Mobile Video Uploading Service
Facebook users will now be able to upload videos right from their mobile phones. Thanks to the new Facebook Platform allows third-party development for applications that work with Facebook. The first Facebook Platform application, Video, “allows for the simple sharing of personal videos between friends within Facebook, as well as the creation and sending of…
Nokia launches WidSets, Mobiledu in China
Nokia introduced two mobile Internet services serving Chinese consumers: WidSets – mobile widgets service that recently got its millionth user registered, and Mobiledu – China’s first interactive mobile learning service. While we’ve already wrote about WidSets, we’ll focus our attention on Mobiledu. Nokia’s new mobile learning service integrates teaching material from a variety of educational…
Get FREE MMS Messaging on your T-mobile BlackBerry!!
If you use a BlackBerry on T-mobile’s network, you’re in luck! Now you can get free MMS messaging on the incoming and outgoing sides. The “BlackBerry Feature Enabler” service from T-mobile gives BlackBerry users the ability to send and recieve free MMS messages with a simple call to your T-mobile customer service representative (CSR) and…
Wealth management goes mobile
Commerce Bancorp announced recently that its web-based private banking platform, Virtual Private Bank, is now accessible on mobile devices with Web browser. This is the first mobile wealth management tool I’m aware of, and allows customers to view all their pertinent information — from stocks and bonds, to artwork and even frequent flier miles and…
Google to Offer Mobile Access to Google Calendar
Google’s all about going mobile these days! The newest mobile offering from Google gives on-the-go users access to Google’s online calendar – Google Calendar. Google has announced that their Calendar can be accessed through WAP browsers and basically reformats the Google Calendar for easy viewing on mobile screens. Unfortunately, the services doesn’t make any provisions…
Cell Phone Dieting in Japan!
Our friends to the East have a new mobile services for those trying to keep an eye on their figure. In response to an alarming trend where Osaka official, Satomi Onishi, says “Japanese have been getting fatter, especially men in their 20s and 30s, and there is concern over what they learned about nutrition when…
WidSets reaches 1 million users
If you’re have widgets running on your mobile phone, you’re likely using WidSets – Nokia’s Java-based widget service. Today they’ve announced that WidSets has reached 1 million registered users worldwide, making it the single most used mobile widget platform on the market. Commenting on the announcement, Ulla Särkikangas, Director of Consumer Internet Services at Nokia…
Fish Finding, Mosquito Repelling Mobile Phones from SK Telecom
Korean wireless operator, SK Telecom, will be rolling out a new service for the outdoors-y types. The fish finder works in conjunction with an ultrasonic float that, when placed in the water, can show fish position right on the mobile phone’s display. Korean outdoorsman can also use the mosquito repellent feature provided by SK Telecom,…