Studious readers of this blog will know we have covered QR codes before. Most people with a modicum of awareness of mobile technology will have heard of them. The New York Times, however, has just...
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Filed in archive Mobile Community
by tom on March 29, 2007
The Times is reporting that Orange UK are about to finalise a deal which will see Orange users able to access their Bebo accounts from their mobiles.The tie-up - Bebo's first with a mobile...
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on March 29, 2007
The History Channel has announced the launch of a pay to access WAP portal in the UK.The service includes a "This Day in History daily feature with text and images, program information, video...
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Reuters are reporting that US carrier AT&T has received more than 1,000,000 enquiries about Apple's newly announced mobile phone, the iPhone.Cingular, the largest U.S. wireless service being...
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Filed in archive by Scott on March 28, 2007
According to numerous reports this morning, Yahoo! has decided to eliminate the 1GB storage cap on its free e-mail as it has integrated Yahoo! mail with Apple's upcoming iPhone, and expects demand...
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Carnival of the Mobilists has reached the venerable age of 66, and is now live over at AllAboutSymbian. Lots of great entries, deep thinking and considered analysis. Go on over and check it out.......
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Microsoft have announced the launch of a spin-off company called ZenZui, that, according to the company's press release, of transforming the way people engage, consume and interact with Web...
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by tom on March 27, 2007
A UK company has announced that it is trying out the mobile services for ads model by launching a new service giving users free calls and texts in return for listening to adverts.Blyk, the company...
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by Scott on March 26, 2007
US 3G operator Helio has just released its newest handset, Ocean. Another full-featured device for a still small service packed with advanced applications, Ocean is a dual slider, which means it...
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Mobile ad firm AdMob has announced it has received second round funding of $15 million in a round led by Accel partners.AdMob claims to have served over 1.6 billion ads with more than 1200 publishers...
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by tom on March 23, 2007
Moblog UK have announced a deal to provide a mobile community in support of a Channel 4 program called the Big Art Project.The TV series 'Big Art Project' will be the culmination of a year...
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by tom on March 23, 2007
The next Swedish Beers, a mobile industry event held occasionally in London, has been moved from April 5 to April 11 (a Wednesday). I'm planning on attending, so if you're in the area, drop by...
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Yomuiri Shimbun reports today that NTT DoCoMo will cease offering pagers this month after 40 years in the beeper business. Having launched the technology way back in 1968, NTT says there are only just...
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by Scott on March 22, 2007
Research firm M:Metrics has released data putting the UK at the top of the charts in terms of music functionality in handsets, with 40% of all UK handsets featuring music storage and playback,...
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by Scott on March 22, 2007
Global human-rights organization Amnesty International has teamed with carrier Working Assets to launch Amnesty Wireless, an MVNO for the caller who wants to do right by those with less liberty while...
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According to IDC, laptops will replace desktops as the dominant "large" computing platform by 2011. To quote the BBC story about the new forecast: "The gradual shift away from fixed...
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Reuters is reporting that i-bankers have been brought in by Palm, Inc. to facilitate a sale of the company, possibly as early as this week. The maker of the Treo line of smartphones and progenitor of...
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by Scott on March 20, 2007
I've written a bit here before about experience stores and the movement by mobile handset maufacturers like Nokia, Samsung and soon Apple toward this model of direct retail. An article in the New...
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Filed in archive New Launches
by Scott on March 20, 2007
Contrary to rumors, I'm not dead, I've just been tied up with projects, airline tickets and cellotape. But what could bring me back from the working undead except more mobile vaporware?...
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by tom on March 20, 2007
As someone who works in the mobile web industry and looks on with envy at the handsets and services available elsewhere, I don't find the headline statement that shocking. According to research by...
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by tom on March 20, 2007
Rome City Council has implemented an initiative to allow the city's residents to 'search' the city's 35 public libraries via SMS. The service will return the location of a book, video...
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by tom on March 13, 2007
Also coming to us via Uberphones is the Bellperre range of handsets. The major difference with these handsets is the aim of the company to produce them entirely without plastic.These cellphones will...
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