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Wine Enthusiasts Get Reviews on the Fly
March 7, 2008 10:29 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsWine lovers can get information at the point of purchase thanks to a partnership between Review2Buy and Wine Review Online (WRO).
SocialFM Teams with Handmark
March 7, 2008 10:27 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsSocial.FM, a social music service for mobile and Web users, and Handmark announced a strategic distribution agreement whereby Handmark will market and deliver Social.FM through its global channels.
AT & T Gets Guitar Hero III
March 7, 2008 10:24 am | News | CommentsThe Guitar Hero III mobile game is now available for AT&T customers to download. AT&T launched the game on a number of handsets.
Phone For Fitness
March 7, 2008 7:00 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsSamsung and Adidas announced miCoach, a mobile-based athletic training system, the companies announced yesterday.
Sprint Launches App for Hard of Hearing
March 6, 2008 6:59 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsSprint has announced a new application for those with difficulties hearing over the phone.
Yahoo! Announces onePlace Mobile Bookmarking
March 4, 2008 6:58 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsYahoo! unveiled a mobile bookmarking tool, which lets users track favorite Web topics on their cell phones.
AT & T Joins VC Consortium for Wireless App Development
March 4, 2008 6:54 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsAT&T announced yesterday that it was joining a venture capital consortium, which is looking to fund Southern Californian start-ups involved in wireless application development.
Sybase Updates Mobile Access
March 3, 2008 7:15 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsSybase today announced its new iAnywhere Mobile Office software, combining wireless e-mail, security and business application integration into one client.
The Reality of Mobile TV
March 2, 2008 12:03 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsMost of the excitement surrounding mobile TV from a year ago has dissipated, although those in the nascent industry still think consumers in large numbers want to watch shows on their phones. The questions are when and what?
Carriers Should Look at Services
February 29, 2008 7:33 am | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsWait a minute on rushing those femtocells to market. So says Stuart Carlaw of ABI Research.
Apple Planning to Reveal iPhone SDK Next Week
February 28, 2008 7:16 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsThough its missed its promised February deadline to release an iPhone development kit, Apple did announce that it plans to reveal a software roadmap
I Want My Mobile TV (On Demand)
February 27, 2008 5:42 am | by Brough Turner | Articles | CommentsYou're waiting at the bus stop, and you've got a few minutes to kill. So you key in a speed dial on your mobile phone. Within seconds, you're watching a trailer for a movie you might want to see
New App Allows Users to ShifD Info
February 26, 2008 7:16 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsThe New York Times Company has launched a beta version of a new application, designed to more easily allow users to shift content between their computers and mobile devices.
Tiny Pictures Raises $7.2 Million
February 26, 2008 7:14 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsTiny Pictures, the company behind cameraphone photo-sharing service Radar, announced it has secured $7.2 million in Series B funding.
LinkedIn Offers Mobile Professional Networking
February 25, 2008 7:02 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsProfessional social networking site LinkedIn has launched a mobile version of its free service, which will be compatible with BlackBerry devices, iPhones and other mobile devices.
Startup Brings 'Second Life' to Mobile
February 21, 2008 7:00 pm | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsThe world of Second Life soon will be available on 3G handsets via Vollee's streaming mobile games service.
Study: No Deluge in Downloads
February 21, 2008 6:54 pm | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsIt looks as though mobile game downloads could use a jolt. More people are playing games than ever before, but they're not downloading them at any greater rate.
Taking Mobile Widgets for a Zoom
February 20, 2008 6:51 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsZumobi, the startup with a widget platform for mobile devices, said its eponymous software is out of beta tests and is now available for public downloading.
UbiEst Snags Top Honor in Global LBS Challenge
February 15, 2008 6:38 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsUbiEst took home the top European prize in this year's Global LBS Challenge conducted by Navteq, provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions.
Mobile Widgets Spread
February 14, 2008 11:01 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsJapan’s innovative wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, historically has recorded a high number of subscribers accessing its data services. Even though about half of its 40 million subscribers were using data, though, the carrier wanted more.
Taking It to the Banks
February 14, 2008 10:59 pm | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsThe past year has been nothing short of spectacular for some companies in the mobile banking space. Firethorn Holdings sealed deals to provide its mobile banking solution to AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest U.S. carriers.
Nokia Eyes Internet Developers
February 14, 2008 10:49 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsOne of the key goals for Nokia’s developer program in 2008 is going to be reaching out to the traditional Web development community, as well as trying to enlarge its base among the Linux community, according to the new head of Forum Nokia.
Music ID Services Take Off
February 13, 2008 8:01 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsHere´s something you don´t hear every day. North America is actually leading in a mobile service – ahead of Europe.
T-Mobile Switches to Yahoo!
February 12, 2008 8:07 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsEuropean carrier T-Mobile has partnered with Yahoo!, replacing Google, as its preferred provider of Web services in Northern and Central Europe.
AOL Announces Open Mobile Platform
February 12, 2008 8:04 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsAOL has entered the open mobile platform fray, announcing plans to release an open platform for developers to create mobile applications for any handset by the middle of the year.
