A mobile services company dubbed Grapevine Interactive has developed what they’re calling MMS Lite, a hybrid SMS/MMS solution that aims to fill the niche between simple text-based SMS and more complex and expensive MMS. Created for mobile marketers, Grapevine Interactive CTO Cliff Court states: “Mobile marketers, in particular, have been asking for a product offering more than [...]
mobileStorm Inc., the company that provides email, SMS, and other messaging solutions, has put out a new white paper that explains all the ins and outs of short codes. You know, those numbers to which you text a keyword if you want information about a brand, or to vote for your favorite TV show contestant. [...]
It didn’t last long. After much controversy, the iPhone app store has dropped “Hottest Girls,” the first Apple-approved iPhone and iPod touch application to offer adult content. The application, which serves up a host of topless models and other mature content, caused an uproar when news broke that Apple was breaking its somewhat squeaky clean [...]
Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of its Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store later this year, and some new details have emerged as to how it will all play out. Coinciding with the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, the new Marketplace for Mobile will debut with over 600 apps available from [...]
Several new Android devices will launch in the fourth quarter that will be embedded with Flash to enable a richer media and internet experience, according to Bellevue, Wash.-based Bsquare, which plans to announce today that it has customized the Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) platform for Android. The devices will range from smaller smartphones to devices with [...]
With Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) demonstrating that there is almost as big of a market for the iPod Touch as there is for the iPhone, it’s no wonder that Dell is considering crafting a pocket-sized device that will connect to the internet (but won’t be capable of making calls). The WSJ reports today that Dell engineers [...]
Steve Jobs has returned to his job as CEO after recovering from a liver transplant during a seven-month long medical leave. “Steve is back to work. We are very glad to have him back,” said Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) spokesman Steve Dowling. Bloomberg reported that Jobs will be working both at the company’s offices in Cupertino [...]
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) will start selling very aggressively priced internet bundles—including both wireless and wired networks—tomorrow in Portland, Ore. as part of its investment in Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR). The service, being called High-Speed 2go by Comcast, will be available in other cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and more areas by the end of 2009. Release. Comcast [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform may have more than 20,000 applications developed for it overall, but when the company launches its own mobile app store this Fall, it says there will be roughly 600 certified and available. The number is far less than Apple’s 50,000-plus, and also falls below Google’s Android, which has around 5,000, but [...]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) doesn’t think you need a fancy phone to get information at your fingertips, just SMS service. [TechCrunch] » EU and European handset makers have agreed to make a new single, more energy efficient charger so people don’t just won’t throw away the old one when they buy a new phone. [Yahoo [...]
