Push ringtone technology, from Emotive Communications Inc., lets you decide what ringtone your call-recipient will hear. A fresh infusion of $7.7 million from investors gave Emotive the legs to run with their push technology – which will temporarily override your own ringtone and force you to listen to and even watch whatever your caller chooses.…
Nokia WidSets adds Netvibes’ 85,000+ feeds
WidSets, Nokia’s popular Java-based widget solution, and web 2.0 start page Netvibes announced that they will publish the Netvibes Ecosystem’s 85,000+ feeds on the WidSets service, making them easily accessible on most mobile devices. Going forward, as part of the strategic collaboration, Netvibes and Nokia are planning an even deeper integration of NetVibes’ services with…
Pay Taxes By SMS Text Message
What an awesome idea! Too bad only those in the Philippines get to use such a service. Wouldn’t life be soo much easier if all you had to do was text the government your money? Waiting in line at the post office and dealing with the last minute rush is no fun, and the Philippine…
Qantas To Test In-Flight Text Messaging
Well, with in-flight cell phone calls dead – at least over FAA airspace – the next logical step is to test-trial in-flight texting. Australian airline, Qantas, will be conducting a 3-month trial that will allow passengers to send and receive texts at 35,000 feet on Boeing 767’s. It’s just too bad passengers won’t know they’re…
AT&T U-verse Launches Mobile Remote DVR Control
If you’re lucky enough to be in an AT&T U-verse market, you can sign up for AT&T U-verse service and control your Digital Video Recorder (DVR) from your mobile phone. The new U-verse service lets you use your cell phone to search U-verse TV schedules and remotely manage your DVR. The mobile remote feature will…
Nokia Expands Cell Phone Recycling Program In Celebration Of Earth Day
It looks like Nokia, one of the planet’s largest mobile phone manufacturers, is going to expand their cell phone and cell phone accessory recycling program. In celebration of Earth Day, the Finnish cell phone manufacturer will ramp up their existing recycling infrastructure with an aggressive campaign to get everyone to recycle. Green-minded cell phone users…
Swedish Industry magazine “Mobil” praises Mobispine
Two months ago I wrote about Mobispine, the free Java-based mobile RSS reader. I’ve argued that Mobispine is not just a yet-another feed reader — they are also aggregating and filtering feeds, thus saving the still expensive mobile bandwidth. Well, it seems I’m not the only one who agrees with it… Swedish Industry Magazine “Mobil”…
NTT DoCoMo to launch Japan’s first all-you-can-eat mobile music download service
To catch-up with its rival – KDDI, NTT DoCoMo is launching a new offering to permit its i-mode customers to download an unlimited number of full-length songs for a fixed monthly fee of around 2,000 yen ($16.77) a month. Contrary to DoCoMo’s all-you-can-eat plan, KDDI sells full-length songs on per download basis via its popular…
Orb MyCasting now available for Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
Orb MyCasting is now officially available for use on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. With Orb’s popular service, users will be able to access digital media stored on their home computer directly from their Nokia N800. Using the service is quite simple. You should download a Orb PC app (Windows only), which is used for…
BlackBerry Push Email Crashed – CrackBerry Addicts Spiral Into Despair
Research In Motion’s push email servers give the BlackBerry its addictive email functionality. And last night’s server crash is still causing service interruptions and leaves CrackBerry addicts in a state of despair and withdrawal. Rim is working hard to get the system back up and running at full steam, but the down time inevitably caused…