Archive for October, 2008

Napster Mobile expands its service

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Napster and AT&T announced Thursday that Napster Mobile is now available to more than 13 million AT&T customers.
As part of AT&T Mobile Music, Napster Mobile is now available on more than 25 AT&T phones, including the new BlackBerry Bold, the Pantech Matrix, and the Samsung Propel. Read more
Courtesy: news.cnet.com

Vaultus Mobile Technologies Introduces Mobile “Daily Flash” Reporting for Retailers

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Vaultus Mobile Technologies, a leader in extending business-critical applications to handheld devices, introduces Vaultus’ Mobile Daily Flash Dashboard, a mobile solution that gives retail managers real-time mobile access to actionable data. Particularly during peak seasons, retail managers need to keep a constant pulse on their business intelligence to monitor and track how the season is [...]

Motorola to shift cell phone business to Android, Windows Mobile

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Motorola Inc. today announced a radical shift in its cell phone business, saying that it will ship fewer phone models early next year but that the company plans to ship its first Android smart phone by the 2009 Christmas sales season.
While officials did not discuss layoffs, Motorola expects to reduce its overall costs by $800 [...]

Motorola Delays Mobile Spin-Off, Android On Hold

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The bad news continued at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Thursday as the firm reported that its third quarter losses increased and the spin-off of its faltering mobile devices unit has been postponed.
Nearly all the numbers posted by Motorola were lower than expected, as the company struggles to regain its footing, particularly in its mobile devices unit, [...]

Mobile Platforms are Job Nirvana for Developers

Friday, October 31st, 2008

It’s not a bad time to be a mobile software developer, even in this economy.
Rare is the mobile device maker that is not advertising for application development talent.
Recent want ads by Research in Motion, Nokia and even Motorola, are just three examples. Demand for Apple’s iPhone developers, for example, is up 500 percent in just [...]

Mobile Messenger Launches Premium Mobile Video On Demand in Australia

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Mobile Messenger, a leading global provider of technology services for mobile content management and distribution, has announced the launch of Mobile Video On Demand in Australia. Mobile Messenger, in partnership with Optus, Virgin and Hutchison, will provide the first interactive video for a truly rich experience to consumers across Australia.
The Video On Demand calling service [...]

Motorola picks Android in mobile phone shakeup. Ammunition for smartphone war?

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Motorola is tapping Google’s open-source Android operating system to inject new life into its struggling mobile phone division, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The company is expected to lay out its new strategy, which could involve laying off thousands and scrapping phone designs that are already in production, when it reports [...]

5 Reasons Against Wal-Mart Selling The T-Mobile G1

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

1. The price. Yes, it’s wise to shop around before spending, but in the case of the T-Mobile G1, buyers who wanted the device right away didn’t have an option. It was either pre-order it online or buy it at a T-Mobile store. Either way, the device was coming directly from T-Mobile and carried a [...]

UPDATE 1-Mobile gaming market troubles to continue -Nokia

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The global economic slowdown will hurt the mobile gaming market this year and next after it already suffered an unexpected slump last year, the head of gaming at Nokia said on Wednesday.
“This year is as tough or even tougher. There are hiccups in Western Europe, North America,” Jaakko Kaidesoja, head of Nokia’s gaming operations told [...]

Motorola to Pare Down Staff, Mobile OS Support

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Embattled No. 3 mobile phone maker Motorola is expected to announce layoffs and a restructuring of its mobile platform strategy during its third-quarter earnings report tomorrow.
According to today’s Wall Street Journal the Schaumberg, Illinois-based company is dumping three of its mobile operating systems to focus on Windows Mobile, Android and P2K OS, its proprietary Linux-based [...]

Android Market Attracts Twitter, Weather Apps

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

With the Android mobile application store now open for business, hot new apps are flooding in from developers — including the platform’s first Twitter client and a mobile weather alert program.
Twidroid is a full-featured Twitter client, launched just as the Android Market opened its doors for developers to register to add their wares to the [...]

Simplexity Launches MVNO Program with Airlink Mobile

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Simplexity, the leading online seller of wireless phones and service plans, announced today that it has partnered with Airlink Mobile, a leading brand in the MVNO market, to offer an innovative postpaid wireless solution to its millions of customers.
Through its brand Wirefly ( www.wirefly.com), Simplexity is already a dominant figure in the wireless retail industry [...]