Nissan is developing its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in hopes of reducing road accidents in Japan. Using traffic information collected by NTT DoCoMo’s CARWINGS-enabled mobile phone subscribers, the ITS system can route drivers through the quickest path, warn of potential vehicle/pedestrian collisions, and notify of speed limit changes (a school zone, for example). The “probe…
Tellme Beat Google To The Free 411 Game – Free Directory Assistance With Options
Tellme Networks, recently acquired by Microsoft, claims to be responsible for 80 percent of automated 411 calls in the US and they beat Google to the “free 411” market. Tellme’s free directory service was already in place when Microsoft announced its acquisition of the company, beating Google – with their recent announcement of GOOG-411, Google’s…
WiMAX More Appealing To Consumers Than 3G or WiFi Access; In-Stat Survey Finds
A survey from In-Stat reveals that when consumers had a choice of WiMAX, WiFi, or 3G, they resoundingly preferred WiMAX. The report cites a “significant preference” for the long distance WiMAX protocol. And, more than 50% of those surveyed said that they would ditch their current broadband provider for a provider than offered a bundled…
Verizon Unlimited Text, Picture, Video Messaging Coming April 15?
So, the nation’s largest wireless provider may be bringing some unlimited action to its text, picture, and video messaging services. Unlimited mobile and text message packages are nothing new, but an unlimited package for ALL multimedia messaging is definitely a worthy new development. Single rate plans are expected to demand a $20 premium and Family…
WiFiMobile – Free VoIP Call On All S60 Nokia Phones!
If you find yourself often within range of a WiFi connection with your WiFi enabled S60 Nokia device, then we have a great wireless minute-saving solution for you! WiFiMobile is a mobile VoIP application that works on all Nokia N-series and E-series phones. Make free Internet-based calls through that WiFi network and save a bundle…
LG’s L2000 “Leisure Phone” Helps You Play Golf, Climb Mountains
Those wacky South Koreans have a cell phone that can do just about anything. The LG L2000 adds to its home-country’s list of feature phones as a “Leisure Phone.” The L2000 Leisure Phone gives golfers a hand in judging distance to the hole, electronic scorecards, and a depth finder for the fishermen. The phone packs…
Mobile Social Network Peekamo Brings Free SMS-Text To Your Cell Phone
Bebo, where you at? Free SMS text from your desktop is a great feature, but free texts from your mobile phone is even better! Peekamo is the newest mobile phone-based social network to bust onto the scene, and it’s looking to grab a good chunk of the market with a platform that allows free SMS…
FreeConference.com Is Back! – AT&T And Qwest Lift Ban
The underdog wins! We were rooting for David in this Goliath tale of small startup FreeConference.com vs. AT&T and Qwest – turns out we were rooting for the right team! FreeConference managed to get their service un-blocked by AT&T and Qwest after rallying for public support and filing suit against the telecommunications giants. But you…
First carrier-branded mobile search launched by Alltel and JumpTap
Alltel Wireless and JumpTap announced the launch of the first carrier-branded mobile search application to be pre-installed on handsets with a dedicated search key. The new search key launches an Alltel-branded BREW client that presents the subscribers with a search box to find content, services and information. Two companies are arguing that the visibility of…
Rhapsody to Go works well with Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, N73, N91 and N95!
Recently Real announced the Rhapsody’s availability for Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. That sounded cool, but people were wondering why they can’t access Real’s popular service on their mobile phones.