Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category

Sell your old mobile for the benefit of enviroment

Mobile phone recycling has become more main stream with many millions of people in the UK being informed that one can turn in and recycle old mobile phones and electrical gadgets for cash. More companies and websites begin trading online offering people cash bonuses when you chose to sell mobile phones. What...
February 15th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Google wants to help you plan your wedding

Do you think that Google is trying to integrate itself too much into our lives? Well, you might not want to hear this, but Google has rolled out a dedicated site to help you create your own wedding site, edit photos and plan the wedding using Google’s tools, such as Sites, Docs and Picnik. To get...
February 12th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

HTC to invest $40 million into OnLive to help with games on smartphones

Let’s be fair, for a company that pulled in NT$14.59 billion (about $500 million in US currency) in net profit last fiscal quarter, $40 million isn’t exactly a huge chunk of change. But the recipient of HTC’s money this go around is mighty interesting: cloud gaming experts OnLive. Said...
February 8th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Motorola’s Super Bowl ad takes aim at Apple

Motorola won’t be pulling any punches during the Super Bowl this year as it prepares to run a spot that calls out Apple’s iconic 1984 Macintosh television advertisement. The reborn cell phone maker uploaded its Super Bowl commercial to YouTube today in an effort to generate some buzz — and generate...
February 1st, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Windows Phone 7 update could be imminent

Microsoft on Thursday published a new knowledge base article to its support site that suggests the first update to the Windows Phone 7 operating system may soon be released. The article details troubleshooting information in the event a software update does not install properly. The highly anticipated...
January 31st, 2011 | Industry | Read More

RIM can’t let India spy on BlackBerry email

Research In Motion confirmed on Thursday that it will not give the Indian government access to email sent to and from BlackBerry smartphones in its country. The refusal to comply with India’s request is less a moral stance and more an issue of technology, according to RIM. “There is no possibility...
January 28th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Nokia smartphone market share shrinks to 31 percent, operating profit takes a beating too

Stephen Elop’s first quarterly results as Nokia CEO have just come out, and while the company’s still growing, others seem to be speeding ahead of it. Nokia’s reporting its converged mobile devices (smartphones, to you and us) reached volumes of 28.3 million during Q4 2010, which is...
January 27th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Mobile Casino and when it comes to mobile gaming

Mobile casino – it is casinos online where you can play via cell phone, PDA and other mobile devices. A few years ago such a possibility has been difficult to imagine. At present, the current level of progress allows you to play on mobile online casinos that do not differ from standard computer...
January 26th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Verizon to nix the $15 data plan, $30 unlimited becoming 3G only

In preparation for the LTE data plans and the Verizon iPhone launch, Big Red is seemingly getting rid of the $15 for 150MB data plan. The $30 option for unlimited data becomes for “Feature phones&3G Smartphones”. Feature phones are to receive a more generous allowance for the $10 a month...
January 25th, 2011 | Industry | Read More

Apple may intro Windows Phone 7-like photo streaming service

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, and considering that we see a new patent infringement suit pop up almost every day it seems, mobile industry players flatter each other constantly. In this latest round of adulation, it looks like Apple may be prepping a “Photo Stream” service...
January 21st, 2011 | Industry | Read More