Archive for August, 2005

Nokia Releases New N-Gage Arena Launcher Software For Global Mobile Gaming Community

 Nokia today announced that it has released a new version of the N-Gage Arena launcher for the over 400,000 valued N-Gage Arena members. The new version 2.5 includes new features and functionality, as well as updates to the existing services. N-Gage Arena members can now download a free copy of the new launcher at http://arena.n-gage.com/launcher.The N-Gage Arena launcher, the gateway in the N-Gage phones to the N-Gage Arena, has been revamped to offer even better community and connectivity features to N-Gage owners. New features include Public Group Chat, Friend Rankings, Login Message and Filtered Content. Now users can participate in group chat sessions ...

Posted on 29th August 2005
Under: Games, N-Gage, Nokia, Software, Uncategorized |

The Phone Talks Back With the New VX5200 Voice Command Handset From Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm

Full Duplex Speakerphone and Voice Command Features Combined With an Integrated CMOS Camera and Get It Now(R) Capabilities Make the LG VX5200 the Hottest New Addition to Verizon Wireless' Array of LG Phones Today, LG Electronics MobileComm and Verizon Wireless announced the launch of the new VX5200 handset, a powerful and compact new camera phone styled in LG's trademark clamshell design and featuring a comprehensive list of features, including full duplex speakerphone and advanced voice command capabilities. With an integrated VGA CMOS digital camera, easy access to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now(R) and Mobile Web 2.0(SM) services, the VX5200 offers customers a full suite of the ...

Posted on 29th August 2005
Under: Handset, LG, Verizon, Wireless |

Cingular Wireless Prepares Network as Hurricane Katrina Heads for Florida Panhandle

Cingular Wireless has mobilized its emergency operations team as an intensifying Hurricane Katrina barrels across the Gulf of Mexico toward the Florida Panhandle. Cingular conducts ongoing readiness drills throughout the year and has a rigorous emergency preparedness and response process in place for events like Katrina.Network preparations include the staging of 200 portable generators, more than 30,000 gallons of fuel, dozens of portable cell sites, and several hundred network technicians and engineers in the Panhandle, along the Gulf Coast and in Central Florida, to ensure customers and emergency agencies have reliable wireless service before, during and after the storm. "After last year's devastating hurricane season, we ...

Posted on 23rd August 2005
Under: Cingular, Wireless |

Cingular Expands GoodLink(TM) to Smartphones

Nation's Largest Wireless Carrier First to Deliver Good Technology's Wireless E-mail and PIM Solution on Windows Mobile-Enabled Handsets Cingular Wireless today became the first wireless company in North America to offer Good Technology's GoodLink(TM) wireless messaging and data access software and service on Windows Mobile- enabled Smartphones. GoodLink from Cingular is now available on the Audiovox SMT5600 and the Motorola MPx220 Smartphones. Both devices now support the latest version of GoodLink software, GoodLink 4.5 for Windows Mobile Smartphone, to give business customers continuous two-way wireless synchronization of their corporate Microsoft Outlook applications, including e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks, while on-the-go using a lightweight handset. The Audiovox SMT5600 ...

Posted on 23rd August 2005
Under: Cingular, Email, Handset, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, Wireless |

LG ELECTRONICS MOBILECOMM LAUNCHES UPGRADED VERSIONS OF TWO POPULAR GSM MOBILE PHONES

Leading Mobile Phone Maker Continues GSM Expansion with Sleek, Functional Handsets LG Electronics MobileComm today announced the launch of upgraded versions of two popular GSM handsets, the full-featured L1400i camera phone, and the stylish and compact C1300i clamshell phone, both of which are available immediately to Cingular Wireless customers. Initially made available in 2004, the L1400 and C1300 handsets proved to be highly popular models with mobile phone users. Building on this success, the updated L1400i and C1300i models combine the sleek styling, extensive range of features and overall quality that characterizes the original models, with additional functionality designed to make them easier to navigate and ...

Posted on 22nd August 2005
Under: Camera, Cingular, Design, LG, Wireless |

Cingular Sounds(TM) Just Got a Little Bit Hipper and a Whole Lot Bigger with Exclusive Missy Elliott Collection

Cingular Wireless Pumps Up Ringtone Library with an Unprecedented 26 Titles from Hip Hop Diva, Missy Elliott Cingular Wireless, Warner Music Group and Atlantic Music Group today announced that Missy Elliott has joined the Cingular Sounds(TM) family of artists, providing 26 chart-topping tracks to be available as exclusive 30-second ringtones to Cingular customers. The Missy Elliott collection, coined "Missy Tones," is a perfect addition to the Cingular Sounds program as it represents the latest and greatest titles from one of music's most innovative and influential female superstars. "The addition of Missy Elliott, the best-selling female rap artist of all- time, marks the introduction of the largest collection ...

Posted on 22nd August 2005
Under: Audio, Cingular, Multimedia, Music, Ringtones, Video, Wireless |

PODCASTING ON MOBILE PHONES TUNES IN WITH POD2MOB SOFTWARE

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 |

Warhammer 40,000 Goes Mobile on the N-Gage Platform With Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death

Nokia, Games Workshop and THQ Wireless today announced the debut of the highly successful Warhammer 40,000 franchise to the N-Gage platform with Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death. The highly acclaimed classic tabletop strategy game from Games Workshop has been produced and developed for the N-Gage platform for Warhammer 40,000 fans to unite and embark on multiplayer war game via Bluetooth connection and the N-Gage Arena, Nokia's global mobile online gaming community.Gregg Sauter, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia said "Warhammer 40,000 is a well-loved brand by sci-fi action strategy aficionados internationally, with over 100 million miniature characters being sold annually through Games Workshop." Sauter continued, "Developed by ...

Posted on 19th August 2005
Under: Games, Java, Memory, Multimedia, N-Gage, Nokia, Wireless |

Dexterra Joins Cingular Data Solution Providers Program

 Dexterra, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with Cingular Wireless through its Data Solution Providers Program. This agreement allows Dexterra to provide Cingular enterprise customers a single source to meet their wireless service and mobile application needs.Cingular enterprise customers now have access to the award winning Dexterra platform, tools, ready to use applications and certified intelligent adapters for such enterprise systems SAP, Siebel, Oracle, Remedy, and Salesforce.com. Additionally Dexterra has the largest device support footprint in the industry supporting devices running Windows Mobile, Blackberry /RIM, Symbian, Palm and Java. Together, Dexterra and Cingular provide a broad range of devices that can run a complete suite ...

Posted on 18th August 2005
Under: Cingular, EDGE, EV-DO, GPS, Wireless |

Handmark(R) Pocket Express(TM) Bundled With Palm Treo 650 Smartphone From Verizon Wireless

Award-Winning Handmark Wireless Information Bundle Brings News, Weather, Stocks, Sports, Maps/Directions, Movie Times, and 411 White Pages to Hot New Smartphone Handmark(R), a global leader in mobile media, today announced that a free 30-day subscription to the Handmark Pocket Express(TM) wireless news and information service is bundled with the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 650 from Verizon Wireless. Pocket Express delivers seven different categories of services, from door-to-door maps to Doppler weather, sports scores and much more, up to 30 times faster and with 80 percent fewer keystrokes than browser-based alternatives. Pocket Express adds productivity, convenience and fun to the Treo 650 smartphone from Verizon Wireless by offering users fast ...

Posted on 18th August 2005
Under: Handset, Smartphone, Verizon, Wireless |

Asphalt: Urban GT(TM) 2 On The N-Gage Platform Immerses Gamers In World Of Wild Dream Car Action Racing

 Asphalt: Urban GT(TM) 2 on the N-Gage platform, the hotly anticipated sequel to the Gameloft series, will immerse gamers into the world of wild dream car action racing, with advanced tuning options, an improved driving experience and spectacular collision effects. Asphalt: Urban GT 2 includes licensed music from Moby and features images of the super sexy Las Vegas act, Pussycat Dolls.Featuring forty-five cars and motorbikes, ranging from Aston Martin to Triumph, the game engages players into fast and exciting races and police chases in fourteen locations, such as London, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Asphalt: Urban GT 2 on the N-Gage platform supports up to four ...

Posted on 17th August 2005
Under: Games, Java, Multimedia, N-Gage, Uncategorized |

Nokia N90 voted European Media Phone of the Year

 Nokia today announced that its flagship imaging device, the Nokia N90, has been awarded the European Media Phone of the Year 2005-2006 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), the largest editorial multimedia organization in Europe. The award is an endorsement of the Nokia N90's industry-leading feature set, which makes it one of the most high performance devices in the marketplace.Commenting on the award, EISA praised the Nokia N90 as a 'true best-of-breed multimedia phone, stuffed full of advanced photo, video audio and messaging features'. EISA also highlighted the Nokia N90's Carl Zeiss optics which 'endows it with serious photographic ability, including capturing and ...

Posted on 15th August 2005
Under: Audio, Camera, Design, Java, MMS, Memory, Multimedia, Nokia, Wireless |

U.S. Consumer Demand for Mobile Email Widespread According to New Survey

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 Celebrates the Availability of North America’s First Walkman(R) Phone With Global Search for the Top Songs of All Time

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 |

Introducing Opera Mini

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 |

Nokia introduces mobile search to its smartphones

Nokia today introduced a pioneering mobile search software solution that provides users with easy and fast access to leading search engines directly from their Nokia handset. The search application is a simple, convenient, and fast way for Nokia smartphone users to find and connect to any website as well as local search engines, whenever, wherever. The current service and content providers incorporated in the search application include Eniro, Fonecta, Medio Systems, Yahoo!, Yell.com, as well as digital map solution provider AtlasCT and digital map data provider NAVTEQ. "Introducing the search application together with the leading search engine providers brings one of the world's most popular ...

Posted on 8th August 2005
Under: Nokia, Smartphone, Software |

BlueCasting a hit for Coldplay fans

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 |

Motorola and Nextel Launch the Motorola i560 Rugged Phone

The Motorola i560 Flip-Style Handset Offers Advanced Walkie-Talkie Services, Java Capability, an External Display and Multimedia Messaging Service Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) and Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) today announced the Motorola i560, a rugged flip-style mobile phone that delivers multiple ways to communicate and increase productivity. The Motorola i560 is designed for anyone who exposes a handset to extreme conditions, from construction and public safety workers to rock climbers and cyclists. The Motorola i560 is certified to meet military standards for dust, shock, vibration, temperature extremes, low pressure and solar radiation. Its external display allows information such as incoming calls, time and date to be quickly viewed without ...

Posted on 3rd August 2005
Under: Design, Java, MMS, Motorola, Multimedia, Nextel |

muvee Technologies Joins Symbian Platinum Program

muveeStyles for Symbian OS smartphones let camera-phone users create and share stylish, personalized mobile “muvees” out of their video and pictures muvee Technologies, the pioneer and global leader in Instant Personal Video, has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for smartphones based on Symbian OS™. As a Platinum Partner, muvee is extending its automatic video production technologies to the Symbian OS ecosystem, thereby enabling camera-phone users to quickly and easily style raw video clips and pictures into fun, personalized “muvees” on their mobile phones. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the operating system that powers today's most popular smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed ...

Posted on 2nd August 2005
Under: Audio, Camera, Multimedia, Music, Software, Technology, Video, Windows Mobile, Wireless |

Just1Key Expands to Mobile Devices, Enabling Permanent Freedom From Internet Passwords

Crimsonata Corporation has just released a truly unique software system, Just1Key Mobile, which unburdens users from having to remember various usernames, passwords, and other personally sensitive information when browsing the web. The system is unlike any other offered today, as it has unmatched convenience and compatibility while still utilizing encryption security that is on par with the best security applications in the industry. It works with any web-browser that is SSL-enabled (Secure Sockets Layer), meaning compatibility with most PDA's, many mobile phones, and every major computer Operating System released in the past decade.Cliff Crimson, CEO of Crimsonata Corporation, had this to say: "There are hundreds ...

Posted on 1st August 2005
Under: Accesory, Security, Software, Wireless |

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