EMOBILE Ltd. commences its mobile broadband data service in the metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya from March 31, 2007. EMOBILE offers flat rate mobile broadband data service, including full Internet access from PCs."EM Mobile Broadband" adopts 3.5G HSDPA technology in all of its service areas. The service offers 3.6Mbps maximum downlink speed and 384kbps maximum uplink speed.
The price per month flat rate without any data limit at speeds of 3.6Mbps for PDAs, laptops and PCs is YEN 4980 (US$ 43, EURO 32).
"EM-ONE" Handset -
"EM-ONE" is the next-generation mobile broadband device, which is designed to deliver a high-speed, always-on broadband environment as an alternative ...
Posted on 20th March 2007
Under: HSPDA, Japan, Services |
The product being developed will allow the remitter and the beneficiary to choose from a range of options as to how the money is sent and received. The sender can initiate the transfer using either a mobile phone or a secure Internet website to give instructions on where to send the funds. The funds will be able to be received in a bank or through the receiver's mobile phone in the form of a voucher and secure PIN that will enable the receiver to redeem the ...
Posted on 12th February 2007
Under: Services, Vodafone |
Acquisition Extends Seamless Mobility Offerings For Enterprises and Consumers
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Good Technology, Inc. today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Motorola will acquire privately held Good Technology, a leader in enterprise mobile computing software and service. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Good Technology, based in Santa Clara, is a strategic addition to Motorola’s Mobile Devices business. The acquisition will extend Motorola’s mobile computing capabilities and increase the company’s enterprise client base. Good Technology’s wireless messaging, data access and handheld security offerings provide intuitive and advanced productivity solutions for mobile professionals with enterprise-level device security and management.
Motorola ...
Posted on 10th November 2006
Under: Motorola, Services |
Technology Innovators Already Offering Consumer Services The convergence of cellular and Internet technologies has reached a stage where the future of mobility will be determined by players ready to take the next step. For consumers, using a PC and broadband connection to reach friends and family around the globe has become a familiar procedure. Now with dual mode phones and the increasing availability of home and hotspot wireless LANs (WLANs), consumers can get to the next level.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced Nokia Service Suite, a software solution which automates both the connectivity over the available access methods like cellular and WLAN, and also provides the preferred location ...
Posted on 31st October 2006
Under: Nokia, Services |
DealMine.com's personalized comparison shopping tools allow shoppers to save favorite deals and membership numbers to myDealMine for easy wireless access, anywhere!
Personalized comparison shopping site, DealMine.com announces the launch of its wireless application for consumers to access their membership deals on the road. With thousands of discounts, miles, points and cash back rewards from credit cards, frequent flier programs and associations, DealMine.com guides consumers how to take advantage of the programs where they belong as well as learn about new programs.
Free membership with DealMine.com enables travelers and shoppers alike to bookmark their favorite deals and save their membership numbers – all in one place. Now when ...
Posted on 26th October 2006
Under: Browser, Security, Services, Software, Wireless |
Quickoffice to Become Part of Series 60 Platform Offering, Enabling Microsoft(R) Office Capabilities for All Series 60-Based Smartphones
Quickoffice, Inc., today announced a licensing agreement with Nokia that will include Quickoffice -- the award- winning Series 60 office software suite -- on the Series 60 Platform offering, providing users of Series 60 smartphones with easy and fast access to their native Microsoft(R)Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.
Nokia's Series 60 Platform is the world's leading smartphone platform, utilized by many of the leading mobile phone manufacturers worldwide. The combination of the Series 60 functionality with the Quickoffice software will offer business professionals worldwide the ability to open, view, ...
Posted on 10th October 2005
Under: Microsoft, Nokia, Services, Software, Uncategorized |
Fast Access to News, Sports, Stocks, Movies, Weather, Maps & '411'
Handmark(R), a global leader in mobile media, announced today that Sprint (NYSE:S) has pre-loaded Handmark Express News, Maps, and More on the newly released Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phone VI-A820 by Samsung(R). Subscribers receive a free 7-day subscription with the phone, plus the option to continue the service through Sprint for $6.99 per month.
Express News, Maps, and More is a suite of real-time mobile news and information services providing news, sports, stock quotes, weather, movie information, street maps and directions, and residential and business 411 directory lookup services up to 30 times faster and with ...
Posted on 4th October 2005
Under: Samsung, Services, Sprint, Wireless |
RealNetworks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK), the leader in downloadable PC-based casual games, and July Systems, a provider of smart mobile content retailing solutions, announced today that a mobile version of the RealArcade catalogue is now available for Cingular customers. The RealArcade Mobile Store will offer Cingular subscribers access to a rotating selection of leading casual game titles every month.
"Casual games are proving to be a killer genre for mobile games, and no one has more access and experience to casual game titles than Real," said Derrick Morton, RealNetworks' General Manager for Mobile Games. "As the leader in the PC-based casual games business, we believe that our try-before-you-buy ...
Posted on 28th September 2005
Under: Cingular, Games, Services, Software, Uncategorized |
Service Makes Printing Camera-phone Images Easier; Unique Postcard Application Upgraded
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology and services, today announced that Cingular Wireless is adding Fujifilm’s Get The Picture Mobile service to its product set. This easy, convenient and fun-to-use photo management and printing solution was created in conjunction with Summus, Inc. (OTCBB: SMMU), a leading provider of mobile media applications. The application enables Cingular customers to order prints directly from their handsets and pick them up at a local retailer in as little as an hour.*
“We continue to partner with other strong brands like Fujifilm to provide our customers ...
Posted on 13th September 2005
Under: Camera, Cingular, Multimedia, Services, Software, Wireless |
Mobile Users Can Now Pay for Content Directly On Their Mobile Phone
Bango, the mobile content enabler, today announced that it now provides mobile phone users with the ability to pay for mobile content using their PayPal accounts.
Bango has entered into an agreement with PayPal, to enable content owners to deliver low cost, direct-to-consumer mobile content, paid for using a PayPal account and one-click purchasing from Bango. With this agreement, mobile phone users can approve purchases of content such as ringtones, games, wallpapers and videos using pre-approved PayPal payments. Existing PayPal users activate their accounts to pay for mobile content with a one-time visit to
Posted on 12th September 2005
Under: Services, Software, Technology |
SOFTWARE SUPPORTS SPRINT PCS, T-MOBILE AND CINGULAR NETWORKS
Cut the white cord. Pod2Mob (www.pod2mob.com) announced today the launch of its precedent-setting podcast streaming service that enables consumers to listen to their favorite podcasts on their mobile handsets. The launch of the free software, which is first to market, forms a new milestone for mobile media.
The power of wireless couples with the podcasting phenomenon to exponentially expand access to a new medium. The new Pod2Mob application transforms mobile handsets into a podcasting remote, capable of browsing and selecting new shows while listening to the audio directly from the phone.
“Pod2Mob turns every mobile phone into an iPod,†said ...
Posted on 22nd August 2005
Under: Cingular, Services, Software, Sprint, T-Mobile, Technology, Wireless |
Results indicate more than 40 million U.S. consumers want mobile email; 82% only want the emails they choose
Survey results released today point to a significant market opportunity for consumer mobile email. However, unlike users of corporate wireless email solutions, consumers overwhelmingly want to be able to control who they receive emails from on their cell phone and cite “low cost†as a very important mobile email feature. The online poll of adult consumers in the United States was conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH)
The survey results reveal a potential market size of more than 40 million* U.S. consumers, aged ...
Posted on 15th August 2005
Under: Email, Services, Software, Technology, Wireless |
Sony Ericsson W800 to Be Available Online and at Sony Style Stores Nationwide
Is "Born in the USA" one of your all time favorite songs? Do you remember the first song you ever danced to? Or the tune that you can always count on to brighten your mood? Starting today, music fans around the globe can vote online at http://www.walkmanphones100.com/ as part of Sony Ericsson's Walkman(R) phones 100 campaign, designed to create the first-ever soundtrack of the world's favorite songs of all time. Additionally, the Sony Ericsson Walkman phone W800 -- the first Walkman-branded phone for North America -- will be available in late August ...
Posted on 12th August 2005
Under: Audio, Services, Smartphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson |
Have WAP but want WEB? Introducing Opera Mini (TM) for mobile phones
Opera Software, world leader in cross-platform browser technologies, today introduced Opera Mini (TM), a J2ME (Java 2 Mobile Edition) Web browser for virtually all mobile phones. Opera Mini (TM) enables Web access on more than 700 million low- and mid-tier Java-capable phones around the world, finally bringing mobile Internet into the mainstream.
Opera Mini (TM) is a fast and easy alternative to Opera's mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of today's WAP-enabled phones. Instead of ...
Posted on 10th August 2005
Under: Browser, Services, Software, Technology |
Mobile marketing, applications and content agency Filter UK’s outdoor BlueCasting™ campaign to promote Coldplay’s X&Y album has proved a huge hit with London’s commuters. 13,000 fans flocked to download free pre-release video clips, never-before seen interviews, audio samples and exclusive images onto their mobile, via Bluetooth technology from giant Transvision screens at mainline train stations.Over 87,000 unique handsets were “discovered†and 13,000 people then opted-in to receive the material, delivering a massive response rate, close to 15%. The busiest day was Saturday June 4th - two days before the official album launch date - when over 8,000 handsets were discovered and over 1,100 users opted ...
Posted on 4th August 2005
Under: Java, Services, Software |
Ringtone Media Studio Allows Users to Create Custom Ringtones, Wallpapers and Videos
Avanquest Software, a leading developer and publisher of utility, mobility and productivity software for the global PC market, today introduced Ringtone Media Studio, the first all-in-one mobile phone ringtone creation and image-editing suite for the North American market.
Targeting a U.S. consumer ringtone market forecasted to exceed $500 million in 2005, Ringtone Media Studio is compatible with more than 450 popular mobile phones, enabling millions of consumers to personalize their mobile phones without the repetitive high cost of purchasing digital content.
Ringtone Media Studio provides everything consumers need to create high-quality real music ringtones from their ...
Posted on 27th July 2005
Under: Audio, Multimedia, Ringtones, Services, Software, Technology, Video |
eZiTapâ„¢ FEP wins Best Application for Life category
ÂZi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that its innovative text entry solution eZiTapâ„¢ FEP has won the Handango Champion Awards 2005 ‘Best Application for Life' for the Symbian OS UIQ category. The Award was presented at the Handango Partner Summit in Miami, Florida late last month. Confirming Zi's industry leading position, the company's advanced handwriting recognition software, Decuma Alphabetic, was nominated for ‘Best New Application' in the same category.
"Zi is delighted with its success in the prestigious Handango Champion Awards of 2005. Winning the Award with eZiTap FEP and ...
Posted on 14th July 2005
Under: SMS, Services, Software, Technology, Uncategorized |
Increased Device Choices Gives Businesses More Flexibility in Keeping the Mobile Workforce Connected to Clients, Customers and Vital Corporate Data
Sprint (NYSE: FON) and SEVEN today announced the availability of Sprint PCS Business Connection on select Sprint JAVA-enabled multimedia devices. This latest enhancement gives Sprint customers the convenience of accessing real-time corporate and personal email and contacts via a feature-rich JAVA client.
Sprint PCS Business Connection Personal Edition and Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition can now be added to any wireless voice plan on select JAVA-enabled multimedia devices from Sprint, including the Sprint PCS VisionSM Multimedia Phone MM-5600 by Sanyo, the Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone ...
Posted on 12th July 2005
Under: Email, HP, Services, Sprint, Wireless |
Call-Net Enterprises Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom Inc.
Rogers Communications Inc. ("RCI") and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. ("Call-Net") announced that effective today the names of Call-Net and its wholly owned subsidiary Sprint Canada Inc. have been legally changed. Call-Net Enterprises Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Inc. These changes follow the completion of the acquisition of Call-Net by RCI on July 1, 2005.
About the Companies:
Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. (formerly Call-Net Enterprises Inc.) was acquired by Rogers Communications Inc. on July 1, 2005 and through its wholly owned subsidiary Rogers Telecom ...
Posted on 7th July 2005
Under: Services, Sprint, Technology, Windows Mobile |
Industry Leader Launches New Business Model and Delivers Next Generation Speech Recognition Application to Simplify Dialing, Message Addressing and Menu Navigation for Motorola MPx220
 Building on its record of first-to-market innovations, VoiceSignal today introduced another breakthrough: the first available download of its highly regarded one-step voice command speech solution. VoiceSignal's VSuite 2.0 (U.S. English) solution for the Motorola MPx220 smartphone is available immediately on the Handango website.
The VSuite 2.0 speaker independent speech solution is an upgrade to VoiceSignal's VSuite 1.3 solution application that is already bundled in the MPx220 phones. The VSuite 2.0 application simplifies the structured dialogue interface of earlier speech applications by allowing the ...
Posted on 6th July 2005
Under: Microsoft, Multimedia, Services, Smartphone, Software |