As anyone who has lived through a natural disaster in Japan can attest to, making a cell phone call during, and in the hours following, a disaster is all but impossible. In a country under constant threat (and temblors) of earthquakes, emergency communication is a top priority. And, as such, the Japanese Internal Affairs and…
EU reaches compromise on roaming charges
EU lawmakers have reached a compromise solution, backed by all factions in the European Parliament, on mobile phone roaming charges. Under the final proposal, operators will have a three months’ grace before EU-wide caps on charges for cross-border mobile calls are automatically put in place. After the grace period, the charges for cross-border mobile calls…
Nokia E90 first to support BlackBerry Connect 4.0
Nokia E90 is about to hit the market and now we know it will be the first smartphone to support BlackBerry Connect 4.0. Latest version of BlackBerry Connect adds the ability to generate an encryption key wirelessly, wireless activation of a device in the enterprise, AES in addition to Triple Data Encryption Standard (DES), and…
KTF Korea launches location-embedded text messaging service
KTF Korea is busting out with a new twist on multimedia messages. The company is rolling out its “location-tracking MMS,” offering users the convenience of having location data embedded in their multimedia messages. The location data is used to automatically attach maps of the user’s current location. The tech is claimed to be accurate to…
Overdraft Protection for your Mobile Phone!
It’s nice to have overdraft protection on your checking account. No worrying about getting charged ridiculous fees for going a few cents past your balance ($30 penalty for a $0.25 overdraft?!). Orange liked the idea so much that they are introducing their new “Reserve Tank” overdraft protection service on all their pay-as-you-go plans. But, instead…
Bell Canada’s newest EVDO Rev. A offerings
Bell, the premier CDMA operator in Canada, has announced its new broadband wireless modems for use on their recently expanded EVDO Rev. A network. The three new modems are based on Novatel’s 720 design, and comes in three flavors – PC Card (Merlin P720), ExpressCard(Merlin X720), USB(Ovation U720) – and will pull down data at…
Navizon goes Blackberry
Mexens Technology announced the availability of Navizon on Blackberry devices. Users that are not familiar with Navizon should know that this software allows them to: see where they are on a map and easily find their way to their next destination see the whereabouts of their friends or coworkers right from their mobile device search…
Frucall Price Comparisons on Your Mobile Phone
There are plenty of services out there that let you run price comparisons on your cell phone – smarter.com, shopper.com, and Price Grabber mobile.But Frucall, recently out of beta and in shiny, version 2.0 digs, gives you more options and flexibility than the competition. With Frucall, you can compare product prices via voice, SMS text…
iPhone flirt – mobile dating on the iPhone? Probably not!
Gizmodo writes about the new app being developed for the iPhone. Apparently, the application called “iPhone flirt” should bring online dating to the iPhone users. However, it’s more likely than not that this is a fake. The first thing we notice on the promo image are the old headphones. Also, we’re not aware of any…
Disney Mobile to introduce new services
Disney Mobile subscribers should expect to see more services hitting their carrier of choice this summer. Among the announced improvements are the addition of the location based service Scout and a photo upload service. The first mentioned will display points of interests near the user’s location. On the other hand, introduction of the photo upload…