Archive for December, 2007

Mobile Advertising Still in Infancy Stage

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

cell phone


Despite some advances in the field of and by some mobile advertising agencies this year, it's no doubt the entire industry is still in its tryout or hit-or-miss stage.

Apparently, many advertisers are still fixated with online advertising …

More People Read Time via Mobile Phone

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

cell phone

Since we are relying more and more with our mobile phones to do just about everything, our habits reasonably change over time. One trivial activity affected by this convergence is reading time.

An at shows that about 64% of the respondents use their …

Qipit Captures Images with Your Camera Phone and Converts it to PDF

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

cell phone

If you are having a hard time copying notes on a whiteboard during a business meeting or handwritten notes of your classmates, it's about time you consider using .

It is a free mobile online copy service which empowers you to copy any documents …

Apple’s iPhone makes AFI Significance List

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Posted by

AFI_40yrs5.gifEach year the American Film Institute (AFI) votes on “moments of significance”. A 13 member jury (which includes film scholars, artists and critics) vote on seven events that affected “the world of moving image” over the past year. The iPhone made the list this year.

AFI says the iPhone is a “symbol of the …

Buy Your Fufu Coffee Drink From Your iPhone

Friday, December 28th, 2007

cell phoneFrom the why are they patenting this department, Jeff Goldman at Wireless Weblog reports that , potentially before you even get there. In theory, your drink will be ready when you arrive.

I can't believe Apple is trying to patent for this. They didn't …

Incesoft and mInfo Partnership in China

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Posted by

pic-fanyi.gifIncesoft and mInfo announced today that they will collaborate to bring advanced conversational search to Chinese MSN instant messenger (IM) users. The companies will cooperate on both the technical and the marketing side to distribute the XiaoMing IM search robot to the land of dragons.

“Currently there are over …

Did Alexander Graham Bell Steals Phone Technology

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Posted by

180px-1876_Bell_Speaking_into_Telephone.jpgA new book by author Seth Shulman entitled “The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret” argues that Bell stole ideas for the telephone from rival, Elisha Gray. By hiring clever lawyers and a corrupt patent examiner, Shulman makes the claim …

iPhone Taking Over The SmartPhone Market?

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

cell phone
Rico Mossesgeld over at The Smart PDA (one of Creative Weblogging's blogs) finds a report that suggest . Mossesgeld is astute in pointing out that , i.e. the person behind Roughly Drafted, might be a little too happy with the results in that he can barely contain his enthusiasm.

Vonage Finalizes Settlement with AT&T

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Posted by

vonage_thumbnail.jpgInternet phone company Vonage settled a patent lawsuit brought against it by AT&T. AT&T claimed that Vonage infringed with its patents by using packet-based telephony products, which allow voice conversations to be carried over the Internet.

Since going public in 2006, Vonage was hit by multiple …

Handset Production Soars in Taiwan

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Posted by

taiwan1.jpgTaiwan’s production of handsets is up nearly 82% over last year’s numbers. Many of the 6.2 million devices manufactured in Taiwan are made for Apple and its iPhone brand. It is believed that similar numbers will be achieved in next year’s first quarter. This will be a jump of 150% over this year’s first quarter numbers, Market Intelligence Centre said in a forecast.