I got an email from the folks at Skyfire letting me know that they were about to start making their web browser available for beta testing. If you signed up before 1 March, you will be among the first...
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Motorola, the world's 3rd largest handset manufacturer, has finally caved in to the demands of its investors with its decision to divide the business into 2 independent, publicly-traded companies...
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Soon, the air up there is no longer free from annoying ringtones, incessant text messaging and calls from our mobile phones. Dubai-based Emirates is the world's first commercial airline to offer...
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Filed in archive Mobile Marketing
by leo on March 12, 2008
Mobile coupons have found powerful allies in the form of consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble, Clorox, Del Monte, General Mills and Kimberly-Clark and retailer Kroger. According to Advertising...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by leo on March 12, 2008
There are indications that mobile users are starting to warm up on mobile commerce and mobile banking which may eventually make these services. According to research firm Harris Interactive, 16...
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It seems every developer is out to impress the hard-to-please Steve Jobs. It turned out more than 100,000 developers have downloaded the beta iPhone SDK just 4 days after its release. Moreover, Apple...
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In Japan, 2G is dying and might be proclaimed dead within this year. A news article reports that out of 4.08 million handsets sent to Japanese stores in January, there was zero delivery of any 2nd...
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Filed in archive Mobile Marketing
by leo on March 11, 2008
Though consumers, in general, are still annoyed with mobile ads, research firm JupiterResearch reports there is a growing number of consumers who are interested in receiving mobile coupons. But the...
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We've seen this trend happening in the fashion industry before with the launch of mobile phone designed for luxury items like LG KE850 Prada, LG VX8500 Chocolate and Armani cellphone. Now, the...
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China and India are the new battlegrounds for mobile phone manufacturers looking to increase sales. Research firm Gartner reports mobile phone sales grew by 16% from 990.9 million in 2006 to 1.15...
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If you've never used Twitter before, you might wonder why everyone likes it so much. Here's perhaps the most coherent, simplest explanation I've seen so far: I suppose if you don't...
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Nothing is more embarrassing than having a "walk and text" injury or wounds caused by too much texting or use of mobile phones. According to Daily Star, about six million Brits were injured...
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Filed in archive Mobile Internet
by leo on March 05, 2008
Even though mobile Internet is still driven by needs rather than wants, it continues to grow thanks to better technology. According to the latest data from comScore, the number of people using mobile...
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Trapster lets people with GPS-enabled phones document the exact location of a speed trap or red light camera. You can either run an application on your phone, access the mobile version of the site...
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