Archive for the 'SMS' Category
A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) showing texting bans are not reducing crashes reinforces Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s position that a three-pronged approach is needed to combat distracted driving. This approach includes more education, better enforcement of laws and technological solutions.
“Texting while driving, without a doubt, puts lives in danger everyday,” said Mark Pizzi, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. “People who do it put themselves and all of us who share the road with them at risk, period.”
The HLDI study released Tuesday found no reduction in crashes after laws take effect that ban texting by all drivers. ...
Posted on 1st October 2010
Under: SMS, Technology |
Ron Chapman ASiQ’s CEO stated “up until now passengers have only had very expensive options for in flight mobile phone communications however, with the evolution of our SafeCell App, combined with our new Bluetooth Access Point, airlines will now be able to offer their passengers affordable SMS, MMS, voice messaging and text email on the popular device of choice, the mobile phone. Better still SafeCell eliminates GSM roaming charges, as it does not require a GSM Picocell connection to deliver its services.”
Bluetooth access points are more efficient, as they operate as a Personal Area Network (PAN) ...
Posted on 9th March 2010
Under: ABI, Bluetooth, Handset, MMS, SMS, WiFi |
Orange today announces it will roll-out interactive SMS and MMS advertising across its European footprint in 2010. Following the launch of ad-supported tariffs and interactive mobile advertising in the UK, Orange is making this a European first, bringing interactive SMS and MMS advertising into new markets and tailoring offers locally to give advertisers new and targeted ways to engage with customers.
Paul Francois Fournier, Executive vice president in charge of audience and advertising says: "Orange is at the forefront of giving advertisers exactly what they need - direct, targeted dialogue with customers. Supported by our global ad-sales ...
Posted on 16th February 2010
Under: MMS, Orange, SMS |
A standards-compliant voice call in LTE was recently made by Nokia Siemens Networks at its R&D centers in Germany and Finland. While the focus of most LTE trials and deployment plans are on data service, LTE also has important benefits for voice service as it offers the highest spectral efficiency for voice. Also, the delivery of voice over LTE networks means operators will in the future be able to provide all services over the same all-IP network, driving down the expense of operating parallel legacy and LTE networks.
The call conducted by Nokia Siemens Networks used a ...
Posted on 14th December 2009
Under: LG, Nokia, SMS, Siemens |
Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.2, today announced the availability of the Samsung Mythic™, a full touch screen device with AT&T Mobile TVSM capability, and the Samsung Flight™, a touch screen phone that slides open vertically to reveal a full keyboard.
Samsung Mythic
The Mythic’s 3.3” full touch screen features Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz™ user interface, which allows users to simply drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone’s home screen. With one-touch access to features including AT&T Mobile TV and social ...
Posted on 6th November 2009
Under: AT&T, Browser, MMS, Music, SMS, Samsung, Video |
From the LTE Americas 2009 Conference, Tony Melone, Verizon Wireless senior vice president and chief technology officer, said in his keynote this morning that Verizon Wireless’ commitment to network leadership is elementary as it rolls out the nation’s first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network, and that this leadership commitment extends to “fostering global collaboration and enabling the broader ecosystem needed to exploit the capabilities of a great network.” Melone’s full remarks may be found at www.verizonwireless.com/lte.
He noted his company’s belief that “4G is much more than the sum of higher bandwidth and lower latency. ...
Posted on 6th November 2009
Under: 3G, SMS, Verizon, Vodafone |
"Following the successful launch of Nokia Life Tools in India, where people are getting the benefits of vital information sent directly to their mobile phones, we are pleased to bring this service to consumers in Indonesia," said Dieter May, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nokia. "Inform, Involve, Empower - the vision of Nokia Life Tools - applies no matter where it's implemented. With the number of devices that Nokia Life Tools supports, including the five new phones we are announcing today, we are giving people the solution that suits them the most." Five new mobile phones designed ...
Posted on 4th November 2009
Under: GPRS, MMS, Music, Nokia, SMS |
Peek, the maker of the award-winning Peek email and texting device, debuts the world’s first Twitter mobile device today exclusively on Amazon.com. TwitterPeek promises to unleash the thrill of Twitter on-the-go by enabling millions to tweet interesting news, stories, and ideas as soon as they happen – in real time – without an expensive smartphone or data plan.
Twitter has become a worldwide phenomenon, but - until now – the millions of Twitter users without a smartphone haven't been able to fully experience the fun of Twitter on-the-go. “TwitterPeek will make it easy and affordable for everyone ...
Posted on 3rd November 2009
Under: Email, Internet, SMS, WiFi |
Calling the developer community the cornerstone of mobile innovation, Steve Elfman, president, Network Operations & Wholesale, outlined Sprint’s “Open” approach and encouraged developers to create applications that work not only on Sprint’s most dependable 3G network,1 but across the industry. Elfman delivered today’s keynote address at Sprint’s 2009 Open Developer Conference – its ninth annual application developer conference.
Elfman outlined the key tenets of Sprint’s Open approach:
* Let consumers determine the application winners
* Be easy to do business with
* Create a developer’s “Garage” where new innovation happens
* Use the proven Open Internet model as a guide
* Support ...
Posted on 29th October 2009
Under: 3G, Google, SMS, Sprint |
Droid by Motorola
OS: Android 2.0
CDMA: 800/1900, EVDO Rev. A
Style: Slider
Camera: 5MP with image stabilization, 4x digital zoom, dual LED flash, and automatic focus
Multimedia: Music enabled, video capable, DVD quality video capture up to 24 fps at a resolution of 720x480
Power: up to 385 minutes continuous usage, up to 270 hours standby time, using 1400 mAh Li Ion
Messaging: imap, pop3, exchange email, mms/sms, Google talk IM
Connectivity: Stereo Bluetooth, 802.11b/g WiFi, USB 2.0, aGPS and sGPS
Web: Webkit HTML5 browser
Google apps: Android Market, Gmail, Google Maps with Street View, ...
Interface: Backlit screen, qwerty keyboard, voice commands
Display: TFT 480x854 pixels, ...
Posted on 24th October 2009
Under: Bluetooth, Browser, Email, Google, Internet, Motorola, Multimedia, Music, SMS, Verizon, Video, WiFi |
Consumer Cellular, a nationwide provider of cellular phones and services, is expanding its product line to include two senior-friendly cell phones designed by Doro®, an award-winning Swedish company with more than 30 years of product design experience. With enlarged, raised buttons and easy-to-read display text, the Doro PhoneEasy® 345 and 410 cell phones offered exclusively by Consumer Cellular make dialing and text messaging simple for all users.
“We recently surveyed our customers and found that 62 percent would prefer a cell phone with easier-to-read, enlarged buttons and display text,” said John Marick, Consumer Cellular co-founder and CEO. ...
Posted on 21st October 2009
Under: Bluetooth, SMS, Technology |
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, has rapidly followed the successful launch of the Samsung Corby (model: S3650), its first mobile handset designed to support the highly connected lifestyles of today's younger mobile users, by announcing the launch of the Corby family - two new mobile phones designed around the Corby concept which further help meet the varied needs of the youth market.
The launch of the new handsets, called Samsung Corby(TXT) and Samsung Corby(PRO), fits perfectly within the company's strategy of 'designing a wealth of handsets to match every different lifestyle'. Each new handset has a specific focus ...
Posted on 25th September 2009
Under: 3G, Handset, Multimedia, Music, SMS, Samsung, WiFi |
Cricket Communications and Samsung today announced the availability of the new Samsung Messager II®, which comes fully loaded with a slider QWERTY keyboard, email, super fast 3G technology, a 2.0MP camera, camcorder, MP3 player and Cricket’s enhanced user experience, MyHomeScreen. The addition of the Samsung Messager II brings Cricket’s device lineup to a total of four QWERTY devices, three of which feature 3G for faster Mobile Web browsing.
Sleeker, faster and cooler than its best-selling predecessor Messager, the new Messager II offers users real-time connection to friends through revved-up social networking applications and faster internet browsing and ...
Posted on 26th August 2009
Under: 3G, Email, MMS, Music, SMS, Samsung, Video |
Growing consumer adoption of mobile Internet services and heightened brand engagement with mobile services will be reflected in a sharp increase in expenditure on mobile Internet advertising, a new report from Juniper Research has found. According to the report, adspend on the mobile Internet will approach $500 million globally in 2009, rising to nearly $2bn per annum by 2014.
The Juniper Research Mobile Advertising report observed that in many markets where fixed Internet access is limited, mobile has already becoming the dominant means of accessing the Internet: in India, mobile accounted for nearly 90% of all that ...
Posted on 26th August 2009
Under: Internet, SMS |
Smartphone penetration in the U.S. mobile markets is increasing rapidly. For some time, mobile operators have been offering a branded 'catalog' of mobile content and services that could be purchased from the handset itself. However, all that is changing for smartphones, in which newer types of targeted app stores are being introduced to enable the device owner to purchase content from outside the operator environment. The availability of a large number of inexpensive or free mobile applications that leverage the next-generation technical capabilities of the target device will help drive adoption. However, in the end, service ...
Posted on 14th August 2009
Under: MMS, Palm, SMS, Smartphone, Symbian, Windows Mobile |
Today INQ Mobile took the next step in its mission to bring easy-to-use mobile internet to the mass market with the launch of two new 3G Social Mobiles complete with internet-based Twitter and media sync capabilities.
The new phones offer high-spec functionality without the hefty price tag - shaking up the market by giving operators a unique proposition - a 3G social mobile with the speed, usability and suite of applications capable of driving data usage in the mass market.
The INQ Chat 3G is the company's first qwerty-style phone, while the compact INQ Mini 3G expands the ...
Posted on 5th August 2009
Under: 3G, Google, Internet, SMS, Skype, Windows Mobile, Yahoo |
“CTIA and our member companies continue to believe text messaging while driving is incompatible with safe driving.
“We support state legislative remedies to solve this issue. But simply passing a law will not change behavior. We also need to educate new and experienced drivers on the dangers of taking their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel.
“CTIA and our members have been working to educate all drivers on the dangers of distracted driving for years now and we hope that people continue to learn more.”
Posted on 30th July 2009
Under: SMS |
The highly anticipated global 3G BlackBerry(R) Tour(TM) from Research In Motion (RIM) will hit Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on July 12. Verizon Wireless announced today that customers can pre-order the BlackBerry Tour for $199.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement online at www.verizonwireless.com/tour.
The BlackBerry Tour joins the BlackBerry(R) Storm(TM), BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 8330 (available in either silver or pink), BlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM) Flip 8230 and BlackBerry(R) 8830 World Edition smartphones in the Verizon Wireless portfolio. The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, giving customers the option to make phone calls in 220 ...
Posted on 3rd July 2009
Under: 3G, BlackBerry, RIM, SMS, Smartphone, Verizon, Wireless |
The number of smart phone-devices for which developers can create native applications will be increasing rapidly in the coming five years, according to new research from In-Stat (www.instat.com). By 2013, In-Stat projects nearly 30% of Smart Phones representing over 100 million unit shipments will be based on an Operating System that supports app stores.
Apple's highly promoted App Store set the stage for a flurry of similar handset-based application discovery and sales portals. Google's Android (included under "Linux - Other") was also conceived around a similar app store, as was the Palm WebOS, the replacement for Palm's ...
Posted on 5th June 2009
Under: Apple, BlackBerry, Email, Google, Handset, Internet, Linux, MMS, Multimedia, Palm, SMS, Smartphone |
Continuing its leadership in employing an open strategy, Sprint (NYSE:S - News) announced today, from the JavaOne conference, its newest programs for application developers:
* Sprint Developer Sandbox will provide access to tools to let developers quickly and easily create location-based services (LBS) applications, messaging applications and more.
* Three additional location aggregation providers, Alcatel-Lucent, LOC-AID and Useful Networks, to help developers create new location-based services for Sprint customers.
* The ninth annual Sprint Application Developer Conference, Oct. 26-28, 2009, which, for the first time, will be open to all developers.
As a pioneering user of the Java mobile platform, ...
Posted on 5th June 2009
Under: Alcatel, Browser, Internet, SMS, Sprint |
