UK-based Unanimis has announced a new premium mobile advertising network, which will be offered in partnership with its existing digital marketing opportunities. Unanimis’ newly appointed Head of Mobile, James MacDonald, says, “Mobile isn’t just the future, it’s right now! Advertisers and brands are becoming more educated to the fact that the mobile channel represents a [...]
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U.S. Carriers Become Dumb Pipes
I’m honestly floored that this happened so quickly. Officially today, Verizon Wireless announced that it was offering a new unlimited plan, and was immediately flanked by T-Mobile and AT&T with similar plans. Sprint Nextel has had theirs for a short while now, and this was all started by MetroPCS and other MVNOs offering similar unlimited [...]
ROK Talk With Everyone
This week’s Application of the Week is from a frequent topic here at SMStextnews – those folks at ROK Entertainment Group. This week we took a look at ROK Talk, the company’s latest application to help make organizing conference calling quick and easy, directly on your mobile phone. We had the opportunity to get in [...]
Motorola Gets Spendy In Asia With SoundBuzz
Motorola, who hasn’t been doing all that great in the mobile arena, has completed their acquisition of SoundBuzz in Asia. This will enable Motorola to expand its MotoMusic platform, now with 13 countries, 3 of the top recording agencies on board, and over 45 independent labels. The details of the deal were not disclosed, but [...]
Aspiro Aspires To Bigger Things With My Mobile World
Aspiro, a Sweden-based mobile content provider, has fattened itself up with a 75% stake in My Mobile World, a Norwegian mobile ad firm. Aspiro’s been spending quite a bit of time and money in Norway, having picked up a 25.5% stake in Mobile Entry, a mobile tech firm, late in 2007. I can’t say I’m [...]
AlarmWatch Uses SMS To Keep You Informed
Hanwell Instruments has put together a new product called AlarmWatch, which uses GSM modems to shoot off SMS messages when the alarm is triggered. The service features 4 contact inputs and can store up to 8 telephone numbers. AlarmWatch is best used for things such as a tank level alarm or system failures. Once the [...]
Busy Salespeople Have A Friend In Sales-I Mobile
Here’s a killer idea for all you busy salespeople out there. Sales-i, a ‘real-time sales acceleration service’ has launched a new mobile tool which allows you to access full sales account information directly on your handset. Sales-i Mobile brings full customer details directly to your handset through the built-in web browser. The system is designed [...]
RIM And Motorola Both Getting Sue-Happy
Bloomberg’s got the scoop today on RIM and Motorola’s recent lawsuits over – you guessed it – patent infringement. You’d think by this time, RIM would have learned their lesson in regards to getting swept up in patent lawsuits, but I suppose some things never change. Motorola filed suit on February 16th in Marshall, TX [...]
People Really Are Using Music Capabilities On Their Handsets
A recent study from M:Metrics shows that as the adoption of music phones has increased, so has the use of mobile music by consumers. You can peruse the whole press release here, but let me lay some numbers on you: Nearly 11% of mobile subscribers in the U.S. and Western Europe use their handset for [...]
Motorola Looking For Help From ZTE?
Xiong Hui, VP of Marketing for handsets at ZTE, a Chinese handset manufacturer, was quoted by Reuters as saying, “we’ve been keeping in touch with Motorola on a wider cooperation.” Obviously not a binding statement by any measure, but interesting, nonetheless. ZTE only recently entered the U.S. market with its C88 clamshell handset, headed for [...]
Mobile TV Viewers To Boom Nearly Half A Billion
ABIresearch seems to think that by 2012, the Mobile TV market will boast nearly half a billion subscribers. With 3G coverage expanding around the globe and the increased build-out of mobile TV networks, the research firm believes that more content will be available and consumers will naturally gravitate towards these advanced services. ABIresearch sees the [...]
Qix Helps Telus Subscribers Discover
Qix is a product of Zi Corporation, and it’s an on-device system for helping users quickly and easily discover the many features of today’s more advanced handsets. Currently available for Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets, Qix’s technology introduces a native enhanced search functionality that helps users make the most of their handset. Basically, with Qix, [...]
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
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