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About 2 weeks ago we introduced something that we thought was very exciting, a new way to visualise data in DeviceAtlas, we called it Data Explorer. If you missed it, you can watch a screencast that explains how it works and gives a few ideas of what you can do, see Introducing the new DeviceAtlas Data Explorer. read more
-- Victoria Secret TV channel on MediaFlo: MediaFLO and CBS (NYSE: CBS) Mobile have launched "Victoria's Secret TV" a 24/7 channel on the FLO TV service that gives viewers access to the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on their mobile phones. CBS is airing the show on television on December 3, while Victoria's Secret TV, which has a deal with CBS Mobile, will simulcast the show. The mobile TV channel launched on Saturday with pre-show coverage. After the main show, the [...]
AdMob has released its latest metrics on the mobile advertising market, based on the traffic passing through its network. The data relates to October 2008, and shows that in that month, the iPhone displaced the RAZR as the No.1 device worldwide in the AdMob network, with a 4.1% share of requests. The company reports that in October, AdMob reached more than 4.5 million iPhones, one out of every three on the market. Since AdMob launched its ad units for iPhone sites [...]
Last week I posted that it was nomination time for the Open Web Awards by Mashable. Nominations have closed, and its time get voting. I've always wanted to say this, maybe wearing a tuxedo and in front of bright lights, but here goes: And the nominations in the category for best mobile application are...read more
ZTE USA, a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, which provides telecommunications equipment and network solutions, and Qualcomm, which develops advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, have announced their collaboration with Aircell to create the networking platform for Aircell’s new in-flight Internet service, Gogo, which launched in August on selected American Airlines flights. Aircell’s Air-to-Ground (ATG) service relies on ZTE’s EV-DO Rev. A base stations and IP switching platform, and Qualcomm’s aircraft-mounted modems. ZTE, Aircell and Qualcomm says they have worked closely together [...]
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Nov 20, 2008 06:00AM
A text message identifying those responsible for the death of a baby has been sent to thousands of people across the country. This is London reports. An unidentified sender names the toddler's mother and her boyfriend. The publication of their names is not allowed for legal reasons but the pair have also been identified on social networking websites. The text messages urges people to pass it on to "name and shame" the couple, who it brands "the cruel vile killers of [...]
The GSM Association (GSMA), has revealed the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 in a ceremony at the Mobile Asia Congress, in Macau SAR China. It was a special night for the South Korean mobile industry, with the republic’s two mobile operators KTF and SKT, manufacturer Samsung and the South Korean team of mobile games developer Gameloft, all picking up awards. a number of coveted awards.Judged by independent analysts, journalists and industry experts, the awards attracted entries from more than [...]
Mobile voice revenues are still larger than those from mobile data, but mobile data revenues are growing five times faster, according to UK regulator Ofcom, in its third International Communications Market Report covering 2007, released today. Total mobile voice revenues in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, USA, Canada and Japan increased by 31 percent to £126 billion ($188 billion) over the five-year period, while corresponding data revenues increased by 171 percent to £35 billion ($52 billion). The rise is not such [...]
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Nov 20, 2008 05:15AM
Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.Reuters reports. Mobile phone users in Ireland send an average of 154 text messages a month, nearly double the figure in Britain of 81. ... Some 216 million new mobile subscriptions were registered in Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2007, with China alone [...]
Mobile messaging service provider Fun Text is bringing comedy clips to peer-to-peer mobile messaging. The deal with Comedy Time, the most watched comedy channel on mobile and the 7th most popular mobile video channel across all genres in the US, will see live stand-up gigs recorded and edited into 30-second jokes that can be viewed and shared through the Fun Text service.Content will include live comedy events coordinated by Bob Fisher, owner of the Ice House in Pasadena, California, which nurtured [...]
Jinny Software, which supplies personalised messaging and media processing platforms to mobile network operators, has revealed that its Ringback Tone Server solution has driven a tremendous 10-day return-on-investment (ROI) for a Zain Group operator in Africa. The initial 8% uptake by the 4.5-million subscriber base meant the operator was able to re-coup its initial capital outlay within a 10-day period, through additional revenues generated from Ringback Tone subscriptions and tones purchased.The service allows mobile subscribers to reflect their personality by setting [...]
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Nov 20, 2008 03:30AM
The end of IronMan racing season is almost here.Team Monkee Do (Scott Shaffer) is taking off for beautiful Tempe to race in IronMan Arizona.An Ironman race consist of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run (marathon). It is by far one of the most agonizing but rewarding things to experience.Follow the race at www.ironmanlive.comThere's a little unfinished business in the desert to take care of.Help Fight Childhood Obesity
It's not all bad news for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) these days. T-Mobile USA has picked the company's OneSearch platform for its default search engine on mobile phones, InfoWorld reports. The carrier will be placing a OneSearch button on phones under a deal expected to be announced at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco later this week. It's a notable win for Yahoo, particularly considering that T-Mobile just released the first Google-branded phone, the G1, last month. Yahoo didn't say whether [...]
Pretty regulation stuff, but Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), which just announced job cuts, is in danger of being de-listed from NYSE, after receiving a notice that it is not in compliance with certain listing criteria. It is below the applicable standards because the average market cap of its Class A common stock, which over a period of 30 trading days is less than $100 million. As of November 11, 2008, the company's 30 trading-day average market capitalization was approximately $89.8 [...]
T-Mobile USA is unveiling its new portal strategy on Thursday, which integrates Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) search, and an application storefront similar to the one found on the iPhone. We first reported on this in August. The new portal is being called web2go, and is replacing the company's long-standing T-Zones experience. The portal will initially be rolled out to the company's current line-up of handsets, excluding the T-Mobile G1 and the Sidekick, and then slowly to older phones. Think of this as [...]
Industry regulator PhonepayPlus has launched a consumer confidence campaign aimed at secondary schools, and designed to increase trust in the premium mobile content industry. As part of the campaign schoolchildren will have the chance to create their own ringtone, and to come up with their own idea for a phone-paid service business idea. PhoneBrain is a curriculum-based ICT and Enterprise schools programme, available to all secondary schools and youth/education centres across the UK, to teach young people aged 13-18 about how [...]
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Nov 20, 2008 12:01AM
Just confirmed today - I am speaking at CEBIT in Hanover in 2009 . This will be a first. If anyone is attending - lets touch base. Never attended CEBIT before ..
Tealeaf, which specialises in online Customer Experience Management (CEM) software, has announced the launch of Tealeaf CX Mobile Experience Manager, which the company says delivers the industry’s first mobile session replay capability.The visibility mobile session replay affords is especially critical given the variability of mobile devices, says Tealeaf, enabling companies to understand mobile customer engagement, discover ongoing behaviour patterns, and compare the success and failure of mobile users alongside the experiences of traditional desktop users.As more consumers rely on mobility, meeting [...]
T-Mobile USA is unveiling its new portal strategy on Thursday, which integrates Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) search, and an application storefront similar to the one found on the iPhone. The new portal is being called web2go, and is replacing the company's long-standing T-Zones experience. The portal will initially be rolled out to the company's current line-up of handsets, excluding the T-Mobile G1 and the Sidekick, and then slowly to older phones. Think of this as the consumer-facing side of an announcement made [...]
Cartoon: Hugh MacLeod This week the Carnival of the Mobilists moves to the Mippin Blog where host Scott Beaumont has showcased ten recent posts on mobile issues from around the web. There's a mobile formated version of the Carnival too. It was created using Mippin a great service that creates an instant mobile site from any RSS or Atom feed. This week there are three posts on Femocells, a couple on mobile usability plus items on app stores, the limitations [...]
WapReview.com and WapReview.mobi were both down for about seven hours today starting at around 1 PM Pacific Time. My hosting provider 1and1, can tell be nothing other than that a hardware failure occurred. Everything's back up now and it looks like the site survived with no lost of data. I hate it when this happens, especially not being able to do anything to fix it. Back to regular posting tomorrow. This item from the Wap Review Blog is licensed under a [...]
A couple of regular Wap Review readers contacted me this week to announce new mobile sites they have created. I don't automatically post about every personal site that I hear about but these are quality sites offering unique content so I'm more than willing to add them to the directory and portal and give them a little plug. First up is Ryan Kairer whose PhoneFavs and Palm InfoCenter I've covered previously. The prolific Ryan has just launched three new mobile (and [...]
-- Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Adds Contacts To Sync For BlackBerry App: BlackBerry fans with a special place in their heart for Google services rejoice. Google Sync for BlackBerry has been updated to include two-way contacts synchronization. The downloadable application previously synched users' calendars to their device, but the magic ended there. Release. -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Music Store Launches In Italy: With a catalog spanning more than 4 million songs, Nokia has launched its digital music store in Italy. Nokia has [...]
It's not all bad news for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) these days. T-Mobile USA has picked the company's OneSearch platform for its default search engine on mobile phones, InfoWorld reports. The carrier will be placing a OneSearch button on phones under a deal expected to be announced at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco later this week. It's a notable win for Yahoo, particularly considering that T-Mobile just released the first Google-branded phone, the G1, last month. Yahoo didn't say whether [...]
Pretty regulation stuff, but Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), which just announced job cuts, is in danger of being de-listed from NYSE, after receiving a notice that it is not in compliance with certain listing criteria. It is below the applicable standards because the average market cap of its Class A common stock, which over a period of 30 trading days is less than $100 million. As of November 11, 2008, the company's 30 trading-day average market capitalization was approximately $89.8 [...]
