In just six months, zyb.com, the company we’ve already talked about, reached an impressive number of 70,000 users and almost four million uploaded contacts. Those not familiar should know that zyb.com enables users to backup, share and manage their contacts and calendars via an intuitive online UI. Furthermore, using zyb.com users can also synchronize their…
Mobile e-mail and data backup to reach the masses this year
Synchronica‘s CEO Carsten Brinkschulte thinks that 2007 will be the year when both mobile email and backup and restore for mobile devices come of age for the mass market. We will see mobile email taking off in the consumer space, due to the advent of industry standards, lower cost devices and falling service plan costs.…
Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email now available for Sony Ericsson smartphones
It’s nice to see Symbian manufacturers cooperating. Latest move comes from Nokia, which extended its Intellisync Wireless Email to two additional Sony Ericsson devices, the M600 and P990. Those not familiar should know that Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email allows mobile professionals to enjoy a fully synchronized, real-time email, calendar and contacts experience on their mobile…
iSkoot officially Skype certified
iSkoot, the service provider for mobile Internet communications solutions, announced that the iSkoot client software has been Skype Certified. This confirms that iSkoot meets Skype’s standards for usability and quality, making it the first third-party mobile client software to be certified by Skype. iSkoot allows mobile phone users to place and receive Skype calls from…
Nokia and Six Apart bring Vox on NSeries devices
Nokia and Six Apart today announced cooperation to bring Vox, a free personal blogging service to the Nokia Nseries devices. The two companies will make it easy for people to upload video and photos, and update their blogs directly from their compatible Nokia Nseries devices to the Vox blogging service. The cooperation is an important…
GooSync updated
GooSync, a service which we’ve already mentioned last year that allows you to synchronize with Google Calender, has been updated recently. The new update adds several important features to GooSync, including authentication Proxy, Google domain support and what I was personally looking for – a support for repeating events. GooSync also announced the MultiCalendar support…
Handmark's Pocket Express announced for Nokia E62
Handmark today that its popular Pocket Express wireless services are now optimized and available for the Nokia E62 smartphone. Leveraging the power of the Nokia E62 device, Pocket Express delivers vital information for both business and consumer users. Pocket Express provides Nokia E62 customers with indispensable information including news, sports and weather updates; stock quotes…
Music Recommenders' first podcast released
Along with the December’s recommendations, users of the Nokia’s Music Recommenders can download the first podcast, featuring Music Recommenders’ “godfather” – David Bowie. In the podcast, conducted by renowned filmmaker – Wim Wenders, Bowie discusses his lifelong passion for music discovery, record shopping and local scenes and delivers some great anecdotes along the way. The…
Half a million Orb MyCasting downloads
All those partnerships with companies such as Hutchison, Vodafone, Nokia and Orange, brought Orb Networks an impressive number of half a million downloads of their Orb MyCasting application. The milestone mirrors the US Census Bureau Annual Report data, citing overall media consumption is up to an average of 8 ½ hours daily and Americans now…
Omni Mobile 2.3 closed beta for Nokia Eseries devices
To test the new version of its wireless email solution – Omni Mobile 2.3, Omni Technology Solutions recently announced its closed beta programme for Nokia Eseries smartphones (and other S60 3rd edition devices).