We’ve already talked about location-based mobile marketing service provider Placecast in the past. Now they’ve found a big partner to push the adoption forward – AT&T. Together the two companies are launching ShopAlerts by AT&T to deliver special offers to opt-in customers when they are near a participating store or brand in New York, Los…
Samsung E2652 Champ Duos comes with dual-SIM card slot, WiFi connectivity
Remember the Samsung Champ, that super low-end all-touchscreen feature phone? It seems this tiny device is selling like hot cupcakes when the Korean company decided to release a special, slightly improved version of the phone. The new Champ phone will be launched soon – E2652 Duos which will have features similar to the original Champ…
Sony Ericsson Walkman smartphones returning to the market?
File this under “rumors” but also under “it makes perfect sense.” As you can see from a poster image above, Sony Ericsson is (or that’s “may be”) working on a new Walkman smartphone. Last time we’ve seen the Swedish-Japanese company in the “Walkman smartphone action,” they released the Symbian UIQ3-powered W960i. Even before that, they’ve…
Rumor: Nokia giving bonuses to employees working on MeeGo so they don’t leave the company
When Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced to the world that the world’s largest handset maker would be switching to Windows Phone, Symbian would be killed after roughly 2 years, and that MeeGo isn’t even relevant anymore, you’ve got to wonder how employees took the news. In Tampere and Oulu, two cities in Finland, Symbian developers…
Speedball 2 Evolution is in the AppStore [Prepare to kick some asses]
I can vividly remember my Amiga days. Bitmap Brothers was super-respectable name in the gaming business. Pretty much all of their games were rock solid, providing tons of hours of entertainment for the truly yours. Speedball 2 was on that list too, and boy am I glad to see it being re-done for the iPhone…
Virgin Mobile first to bring Sony Ericsson Xperia Play to France
As we all know the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is set to hit be released later this month. Verizon is Sony Ericsson’s launch partner in the U.S., Rogers in Canada and there will be multiple partners for the UK launch. What about the rest of the world? We’re hearing that Virgin Mobile may get to…
Tap Me unveils mobile in-game ad platform [Less intrusive ads are coming]
A company called Tap Me wants to revolutionize in-game advertising and they may be onto something. Instead of making us watch some stupid video or show us a banner in the top corner, they have something better in mind. Their idea is to serve less intrusive ads to gamers, while providing advertisers with better context…
Juniper Research: Mobile augmented reality to generate 1.4 billion downloads by 2015
Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren’t surprised to learn that Juniper Research predicts augmented reality elements within mobile applications will lead to…
China to monitor cell phones of Beijing citizens for better city planning [Japan already does this]
When you were a child you probably played with Lego bricks and constructed small scale versions of cities you dreamed of visiting one day as an adult. Some of you also played SimCity and did the same thing. Whatever method you went about creating your fantasy metropolis, that urge to build, plan, and organize an…
Sprint: If we do decide to go with LTE we can cover America by the end of 2013
Sprint is America’s third largest operator and one of the few who still uses CDMA technology for voice and data. Several years ago, when it came time to think up a 4G strategy, instead of waiting for the LTE standard to become finalized they decided to back WiMAX. Hindsight is 20/20 and we know now…