Archive for May, 2007

Bank of America Goes Mobile

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

cell phoneAfter allegedly dominating the online banking segment, ventures to mobile banking to serve their existing 20 million online customers. Designed for those who are always “on the go”, this new service enables customers to check account balances, pay bills and transfer money under.

Nokia Goes Back to Basics

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

cell phoneSometimes one of the best things to do when you are in a hypercompetitive environment is to take a step back and get back to basics. This is exactly what classic intends to do. In the words of Leonardo da Vinci, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Designed …

London Calling (or anywhere else) On the Cheap

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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cell phoneCalling London or just about anywhere else internationally has always been pretty expensive. VoIP services, including Skype, have helped ease the pain of those massive ultra-long distance bills, but this just meant you were tethered to a computer. EQO Mobile …

Mobile Search Tool

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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cell phoneHave you found a mobile-friendly site that you’d like to share with others? One site that will let you find new sites is Tappity.com, a user driven Web site that lets you submit, rate and even discover Web pages that are formatted for viewing on cellular …

Mobixie App for User-Generated Content

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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Israeli developer Mobixie has introduced a new java mobile application that will provide users with access to a large library of user-generated content for games, videos, ringtones, screensavers and graphics. You can share content with friends and upload your own content to private and public storage spaces.

Pandora WiFi Player Coming

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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Pandora went mobile last night, and in another announcement, released a new WiFi device produced by the same guys that brought us , SanDisk.

As TechCrunch , CTO Tom Conrad demoed a prototype of device pictured below. There’s a lot up in the air about the details of the player. Will it have a hard drive? How much will it cost? When will it be released? However, we do know the player will be powered by Zing and run the Pandora stations you already know and love.

Pandora Goes Mobile

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Pandora has just announced their new mobile client for Sprint phones. TechCrunch on the announcement.

The client will let Sprint customers stream their Pandora radio stations to their phones. For the next 30 days the client will be free by going to Pandora.com on your mobile phone. After that, you will need a Pandora premium account, which costs $3/month and gives you ad free access to Pandora.

Few Return to Mobile Internet

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

I'm going to have to bring out the 'obvious' tag for this one, coming to us from once more. According to a recently released report from shows that whilst a fairly significant portion of UK mobile users have tried the mobile internet, only 10% or so used it more than once a week.The 16-24 age bracket were the most common users, with 53 percent having tried it and 19 percent using it at least once a week. Likewise, males were more likely …

iPhone Poll Indicates UK Sales May Disappoint

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

The iPhone Blog recently amongst UK readers to guage interest in the upcoming iPhone.While 72 per cent of the 487 respondents (74 per cent of which already own Apple hardware) are considering buying an iPhone, only 7.6 per cent said they would definitely purchase one. The clear sticking point appears to be price with only 14 per cent of respondents saying they would pay more than £250 to own an iPhone.As rightly pointed out by Peggy Anne Salz of …

V CAST Names that Tune

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

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cell phoneWhat do you do when you hear a song you like, but have no idea who it is by? Well, the old school way was to sing it at the record store, but that is as sorry as trying out for American Idol. In the 21st century you have ways to name that tune without having …