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Ring Back Tones outselling Ring Tones

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 12th 2009

‘Ring ring’ not good enough for you? German operators are making more money from Ring Back Tones than they are from Ring Tones, despite only having 2.3 per cent signed up.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t read more

freddyf

BT outlook slightly improved amid pension and IT services worries

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 12th 2009

BT today reported second quarter profits of £677m – a six per cent fall on the £722m earned in the year ago quarter. Read Full Story… (Source Yahoo UK News) read more

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One97 Going For An IPO – To Raise $100 million

Online Shopping in India | November 12th 2009 by Joshan

One97 communications, the provider of India’s largest deployed telecom application platform is reportedly planning to go for an IPO in 2010, One97 will use these additional funds for its exapansion plans both in India and abroad. This is the se read more

freddyf

Tough Cost-Cutting Helps BT Profits

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 12th 2009

Telecoms giant BT has announced pre-tax profits of £547m for the six months to the end of September. Read Full Story… (Source Yahoo UK News) read more

freddyf

Android’s delicate guts ripped apart

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 12th 2009

Screws, and then some Photos  Sure, plenty of people have cracked the iPhone’s software, but the Droid’s hardware? That’s a different matter.… What is your recession sales strategy? Read Full Story… (Source The Reg read more

freddyf

Apple plans international iPhone next year

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 12th 2009

Apple is planning an international version of its iPhone handset next year that will work with 3G as well as CDMA2000 systems used predominantly in the US. Read Full Story… (Source Yahoo UK News) read more

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Three Nokia CDMA Phones Will Be Released In China

100 Cute - Celebrities and Gadgets Gossip | November 11th 2009 by Nadia

  Nokia will launch three new CDMA handsets for the Chinese market. This includes the Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506. The 6316s has a 2.2-inch display with 320×240 resolution, a 2-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1 support. (more…) N read more

gomonews

Knock knock! It’s a cool new photo sharing mobile app

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

At the Buzzworthy event in San Francisco, I got a hands-on demo of the recently released Knocking, an iPhone application from Pointy Heads Software. The app combines one-to-one communications with photo sharing in a way that will let you easily and q read more

gomonews

Sprint didn’t plan for this! Unofficial mobile store shifts fre…

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

Sprint Nextel announced at the end of October that it would be launching a new, more open application store during 2010. But last night I talked to a man who has already set up a new, more open application store for Boost or Sprint mobile owners. Wh read more

gomonews

Want to win 9 million dollars on your mobile? Get gaming

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

We’ve encountered Spin3 a couple of times before. Partnered with on-line gaming company Microgaming, Spin3 runs one of the biggest mobile casino games sites in the world. Now it has announced a new mobile game - one with the largest on-line jac read more

freddyf

Breakfast briefing: Orange gets juice out of Apple – but tech i…

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

• Orange discovered that was pretty heavy demand for the iPhone yesterday, selling an estimated 30,000 units in 24 hours as it started selling the handset for the first time. Interesting numbers compared to the much-vaunted launch of the Mo read more

gomonews

Twitter teases as Buzzworthy mobile event rocks out in San Franci…

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

Last night I got a genuinely great surprise. Mobile social service Nimbuzz and Attack! Marketing ran an event for mobile heads in San Francisco last night called Buzzworthy. The plan was to get 30 or so mobile bloggers, app developers, marketers and read more

mobiwan

Chinese Officials Love the iPhone

Mobile Marketing Watch | November 11th 2009 by Vic Berggren

Although the expensive iPhone options in China have yet to win over the vast majority of the world’s largest mobile community, government officials in China are becoming borderline obsessed with the device and the power of the mobile platform & read more

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BlackBerry Curve 8530 Coming To Verizon Wireless

Tech Mania | November 11th 2009 by Siddanth

RIM and Verizon Wireless have announced the availability of BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, which combines full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive trackpad, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity and external multimedia buttons in a single device, running new BlackB read more

gomonews

Toyota uses mobile barcodes to reach American football fans

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

Toyota is using mobile barcodes as an integral part of it’s most recent marketing campaign in the Giants Stadium. The home of the New York Giants can seat over 80,000 fans, and Toyota has chosen mobile barcode company JAGTAG to to run a mobile read more

gomonews

Mobile chat community sees great response to mobile games

GoMo News | November 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts

In August, mobile chat company mig33 launched a “premium” gaming service for its subscribers. It is now reporting a pretty impressive uptake in the number of people paying to play these mobile games. How did it go about it? First of all, read more

freddyf

Apple passes Nokia, scares Nintendo

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

One device, multiple battles Apple has passed Nokia to become the world’s most profitable phone maker, and prompted Nintendo’s president to note that if his company can’t differentiate its games from those on the iPhone, R read more

freddyf

Chess doubles profit in 2009

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

Acquisitive telecoms firm Chess posted impressive growth in fiscal year 2009, with revenue up more a fifth and net profit more than doubling. Read Full Story… (Source Yahoo UK News) read more

freddyf

Mozilla brews browserless iPhone apps

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

Firefox ‘experience’ without the Firefox Mozilla is tinkering with multiple applications for the Apple iPhone. And no, that doesn’t include a Firefox browser.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud Read Full Story read more

freddyf

Tandberg shareholders lukewarm on Cisco bid

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

Only a small group of Tandberg shareholders have so far backed Cisco’s bid to acquire the video-conferencing company Read Full Story… (Source ZDNet UK) read more

freddyf

FTSE 100 shares rally

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

LONDON (AFP) – Shares in London ended on a firm note Wednesday as investors digested the Bank of England’s latest assessment on the recession-hit economy. Read Full Story… (Source Yahoo UK News) read more

mobiwan

Consumers Seek Control Over SMS Marketing

Mobile Marketing Watch | November 11th 2009 by Vic Berggren

There’s been numerous studies, surveys and analysis regarding consumer’s view of SMS marketing and how they respond to messages from advertisers, with most coming to the conclusion that SMS marketing is always welcomed by consumers as lon read more

freddyf

Qualcomm proffers first smartbook platform

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

Smartphone spliced with netbook, see At the Computek show in Taiwan six months ago, Qualcomm and Freescale coined a new phrase, ’smartbook’, to describe a mobile internet device that would come somewhere between a smartphone and a read more

freddyf

Samsung launches ‘Bada’ open mobile platform

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

The mobile platform will allow developers to create applications for millions of Samsung mobile phones Read Full Story… (Source ZDNet UK) read more

Walmart Announces Holiday Special for Blackberry Smartphone

MobileWhack | November 11th 2009

Walmart has announced another special holiday promo, this time for the Blackberry smartphones from all four major carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless). For any purchase of Blackberry smartphones with a 2 year contract, custome read more

HyperCloud 16GB 3 vRank Memory Module Released

MobileWhack | November 11th 2009

For the people out there looking for efficient and reliable memory chips out in the market today, the HyperCloud vRank memory module should help you out. This 16GB memory module maximizes server utilization to improve performance and allows 384 GB of read more

PressReader App for Blackberry Smartphones

MobileWhack | November 11th 2009

Blackberry owners who want to be up to date with what is hot and going on in the news can now easily do so thanks to this new app from NewspaperDirect. They have launched the PressReader app which aims to deliver daily reads from over 1,300 newspaper read more

freddyf

TalkTalk rips apart government piracy plans

CompareMobiles.com/ | November 11th 2009

ISP TalkTalk has said that new EU telecoms regulations will make it impossible for media creators to push for suspected illegal filesharers and downloaders to be disconnected, without first proving guilt through an impartial legal process. Rea read more

Vobis Zeus – New Android phone (with GPS)

Mobile & Technology News | November 11th 2009 by Wapline

The not so popular Vobis Computer has announced yet another Android phone, but the good part is the inclusion of GPS functions. Its name is Vobis Highscren Zeus, and its price is close to $480 but the release date is unknown so far. The Vobis Zeus c read more

julianhearn

HTC and Samsung Both Committed to Android

Dial-a-phone mobile phone blog | November 11th 2009 by Julian Hearn

Android phones are going to be coming out of the woodwork in droves over the course of the next few years. Many handset makers will be using the Android platform but there are two companies that are specifically committed to development of Android-ba read more