Archive for August, 2005

Avoid Labor Day Traffic with

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Just in time for the Labor Day Weekend comes Motorola's improved Viamoto GPS navigation service. Available on Avis Assist and on GPS-enabled cell phones, the service now features real-time traffic updates. The new Avis Assist feature uses real-time traffic information from Traffic.com Inc, which is collected from Traffic.com’s proprietary network ...

Elvis powered mobile phone gains

Monday, August 29th, 2005

A British boy has developed a device which lets Elvis, his pet hampster, recharge his cell phone. A hampster-powered phone. Brilliant! Link porn charley videoporn charlie dimmockpacoporn charlie lainecharlie download free porncharlie star porncharlie charlie pornstarporno charlotte churchstar charmene porn Map

Verizon Wireless to cut high-speed EV-DO pricing

Monday, August 29th, 2005

The No. 2 U.S mobile service and the country's first to sell wireless Web links with speeds comparable to some home broadband services, will cut its $80 a month rate plan to about $60 in a bid to stay ahead of rivals such as Sprint Nextel, said American Technology Research ...

8/29/05 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup: 5 Cent, A Cheap Virgin Original

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Cheap Virgin-only ringtones popular in Canada. 5 Cents ringtones 0nly 5 cents!Fall Out Boy debuts at #9 on the Billboard while Kanye featuring Jamie Foxx takes #10. Lots of newcomers in the UK ringtone chart...including Iron Maiden!!! Billboard (Issue date 8/27/05) Let Me Hold You, Lil ...

MTA to Introduce Cell Phone Coverage in Subway

Friday, August 26th, 2005

Despite ongoing security concerns, the MTA is soliciting bids to provide cell phone coverage in New York City subways. The deal estimated at $50 to $100 million will not draw from MTA funds for implementation. Safety is emerging as a major concern. Cellphones are believed to have been used as timers ...

Survey says: 35.9% of US teens bought cellphones for texting

Friday, August 26th, 2005

35.9% of 8,000 teens indicated that text messaging was the main reason forpruchasing their cell phone. Only 13.3% indicated that their primary use was to talk to their friends. These findings were reported by IDC and sms.ac. IDC's study also indicates that cell phone usage drivers differ between teen boys ...

Coaches woo hot college football recruit by cell phone

Friday, August 26th, 2005

High-school football player, Michael Goodson of Houston, is one of the top college football prospects in the United States. (American football, not soccer.) He receives nearly 100 messages daily from college recruiters. "I`m getting them from people from places I`ve never even heard of," Goodson told the Houston Chronicle. "And I ...

Emmy Awarded to Sprint and MobiTV

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

This is a sign of the times for sure. Sprint and MobiTV have taken home the first Emmy awarded to the wireless industry. T "Companies like MobiTV and Sprint are changing the very definition of television," said Brian Seth Hurst, co-governor, Interactive Media Peer Group for the Television Academy. "This ...

Gmail Signup with Mobile Phone; Google SMS Alerts Coming

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

You no longer need an invite to get Google's GMAIL. You just need a mobile phone. It doesn’t seem that many people have noticed, but Google has opened up their Gmail accounts so you can get one without an invite, IF you have a US mobile phone number, they’ll send you ...

MTV Germany to Launch MVNO

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Perhaps MTV Germany banned Jamba(Jamster) ads for another reason. MocoNews.net reports that MTV Germany has announced plans to launch an MVNO. Seems like they are getting in on the ringtone/mobile content craze themselves. Link: MocoNews.net