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Opera’s published their latest State of the Mobile report, this time for the month of September, and numbers don’t lie. People love Opera Mini, the application that takes the websites you want to read and compresses them on some far away server in the tiny country of Norway before pumping it back down to your…
Telmap wants its share of the Windows Phone 7 market, too. The leader in mobile location solutions is gearing toward launching its navigation solution for Microsoft’s brand-new mobile platform and has already booked a first customer – Singapore’s SingTel. As that’s the case with Telmap for other platforms, Windows Phone 7 version will also allow…
In preparation for the upcoming myTouch 4G, it looks like T-Mobile will be launching a new tethering / mobile hotspot plan starting November 3. For $14.99 every month on top of any unlimited data plan of $29 or up, users will be able to use their handsets as a modem for a single device, or…
coresystems, which is the world leader in next generation apps and solutions in the SAP environment, announced that it will bring its coresuite mobile solution to Windows Phone 7. Based on Microsoft Silverlight, coresuite mobile is touted to be “just the right solution” for business customers looking for a mobile ERP solution for their smartphone.…
Nimbuzz, the application/service that allows mobile phone users to keep in touch with their buddies across multiple social and instant messaging networks, announced that they have been asked by Skype to remove support for all Skype services, effective October 31st. The move is understood to be in line with Skype’s mandate to disconnect with all…
Japan’s KDDI has a neat service for its customers travelling overseas. The country’s second-largest operator is offering the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 as a rental service so that interested folks can access Internet wherever they happen to go/be. The MiFi 2372 is available for 1,280 JPY ($15.7) per day and the service can be ordered…
The ever-innovative Truphone is fighting hard for its place under the “VoIP sky.” Their latest offer includes free calls, text and data services while in the UK until the end of the year. Moreover, the service also offers savings when roaming across the rest of Europe with in country and international calling rates for U.S.…
Like a dedicated iPhone app is not enough, PBS NewsHour is going for the mass market. The company has teamed with AudioNow to allow any feature phone user to access their popular program 24 hours a day by dialing 712-432-6610. Actually, you can dial that number even from a landline, but that’s not much of…
CheckPoints, the application/service we’ve already talked about in the past, is now available to the army of iPhone and iPod Touch users across the U.S. If you’re in the targeted group (i.e. iOS device ownin’ guy/gal living and/or working in the U.S.) and dig the idea of check-in services like Gowalla and Foursquare, there’s really…
India’s Infosys Technologies launched Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0, calling it the “comprehensive solution” that enables retail and corporate consumers to access banking services through various mobile channels — including SMS, GPRS, 3G and USSD-enabled handsets. The new version of Finacle supports multi-host, multi-lingual, multi-channel, multi-currency banking; while also facilitating “financial management encompassing product selection,” proximity…