Archive for March, 2006

03/20/06 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup

Monday, March 20th, 2006

Billboard finally updates. Canada has some Latino flava. UK: Madonna a gonner. Billboard (Issue date 03/25/06) Grillz, Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp My Humps, The Black Eyed Peas So Sick, Ne-Yo Super Mario Brothers Theme, Koji Kondo Laffy Taffy, D4L ...

Museums Begin Offering Cell Phone Tours

Friday, March 17th, 2006

This is interesting. Remember those wierd wireless phone-like devices you get at larger museums? The ones that give you information regarding the exhibit you are looking at... Now, (as early as 2002) musems are offering those services via cell phone. Using the museum services is as easy as dialing a number and selecting ...

HopStop Does Voice Recognition!

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Not long ago I wrote of HopStop, an urban Mapquest of sorts which provides users with Subway and walking directions as opposed to solely driving directions. I just got an email from them announcing that you can now call in for directions. Here is an excerpt from the message: HopStop Voice ...

YA Bluetooth Stereo Headset hybrid so you can still listen to your iPod

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Looks like i.Tech came out with a commercial version of the iBone. Similar also to the Blueye, this is YA bluetooth headset offering for those who won't give up their iPods. I want one. Listen to Music and Phone Calls With i.Tech’s Clip M - Gizmodo

Russel Shaw’s VideoTone thoughts.

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Russel Shaw at zdnet has some interesting thoughts regarding Video Ringtones. Jeff Pulver, of VoIP fame, feels that it will be a major artifact of mobile broadband services. Already popular in the UK, Video ringtones hold the promise of being even more irritating. They don't tell you that you have a ...

Webby Gives WindowsMobile users a new browser option

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Webby promises to give WindowsMobile and PocketPC2003+ users a desktop-style browsing experience. Besides tabbed browsing Webby automatically provides the ability to scale web pages using the two top microbrowsers, Skeezer.net and Google Mobile.Besides tabbed browsing Webby automatically provides the ability to scale web pages using the two top microbrowsers, Skweezer.net and ...

D-Link’s WiFi Clamshell Phone

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

It looks like a cellphone, it shounds like a cell phone, but it only works where there is a WiFi signal. (Hopefully everywhere someday.) This one has a soft phone on board from global Internet telephone provider TelTel, whose calls are routed over the public SIP telephone network. Free to call other ...

SMS is a 90% profit business (and bigger than Hollywood?!)

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

This according to Emily at Ringtonia, (according to javablogs according to OpenGardens.) Total SMS revenues in 2005 were about 75 Billion USD which is much more than Hollywood box office. textually.org mp3 verizon ringtones freethe saints free ringtone whenfrostzone database ringtonesringtone navajo funnyringtones downloadable gacringtone georgia bulldogsringtones for get freeget ringtone smart and ...

SMS to Avoid Parking Tickets

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Already in place are mobile services designed to warn drivers of speed traps. In another effort to "beat the man," residents of Glasgow are using a new service called WardenWatch to help prevent parking tickets. "Drivers who sign up put a sticker in their car window appealing for people to text ...

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

It may look like a cigar cutter but it is much more than that. LG's UBNM 1GS01 (just rolls off the tongue, eh?) combines a USB flash drive with a cellphone charger and sync software, letting you sync files between your computer and cellphone, download files from your phone, and ...