- Week summary
- Carriers news
- Wireless data related middleware vendors news
- Terminal development for mobile data
- Vendors of software for client wireless devices news
- Mobile application related news
- Application outsourcing and hosting news
- News about financing for wireless data businesses
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Week summary |
- Nokia introduces simple and powerful S60-based
HSDPA phone. Also company pushes rich web applications on mobile devices, especially in S60 browser.
- Intel joins Nokia by introducing its' own tablet Linux-based Mobile Internet Device.
- u-blox now is producing devices that use a combination of GPS and dead reckoning data that counters the respective disadvantages of each approach. Thus accurate position is provided in tunnels, indoor parking facilities, roofed logistics centers, urban canyons and any other environment where obstructed GPS signals hinder positioning.
- Etelos allows web applications to be run in offline mode with seamless synchronization.
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This section lists news about innovative and competitive usage of wireless data by network carriers.
| Cellcom Has Launched an Ad-Funded Games Service Original news source |
| Israel's largest mobile operator, Cellcom has launched an ad-funded mobile games service powered by innerActive's technology. The new innovative service offers the subscribers free games downloads, sponsored by top brands.
The mobile game service offers Cellcom’s mobile users the opportunity to download (free of charge) mobile games, in exchange for exposure to advertisements within the games. The dynamic ads are injected into the games as Product Placement and appear at different media areas within the game as part on the environment, using innerActive innovative technology.
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| Globetrotters Roam Economically When Abroad with New AT&T International Data Plans
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| Accessing e-mail and other data wirelessly while overseas is now much more cost-effective as AT&T Inc. announced the availability of international data plans that offer greatly reduced data roaming rates to customers using any AT&T-powered smartphone or PDA.
The new global rate plans range from $44.99 to $69.99 a month, depending on device class and e-mail platform. They include 20 megabytes (MB) of international data use in nearly 30 countries with UMTS, EDGE or GPRS wireless data networks, as well as unlimited domestic access. The plans apply to such devices as BlackJack, the Cingular 3125 Smartphone, Cingular 8525 Pocket PC, HP iPAQ hw6920 Mobile Communicator, Palm Treo™ 680 and Palm Treo 750. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which provide middleware used by carriers and software developers to offer access to diversified corporate data.
| Acuity Mobile Launches Next Generation Mobile Advertising Platform Original news source |
| Acuity Mobile, provider of mobile marketing content delivery technology, unveiled the next generation of its Embedded Mobile Advertising Platform (EMAP) that delivers Spot Relevance - the capacity to target the right content to the right person, at the right time and in the right location. EMAP 4.0’s patented technology meets the challenges of mobile content delivery through ease of deployment, customization and enhanced analytical tools that allow the EMAP Preference Engine to learn over time and supply the end user with increasingly relevant content and advertising. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which manufacture actual end user wireless devices (phones, pagers, PDAs etc.), as well as other information relevant to such companies.
| * Nokia's latest mobile phone gives you more time for the important things in life Original news source |
| More and more consumers are using their mobile phones for tasks such as downloading music, streaming video, browsing the Internet or receiving emails with attachments. The compact Nokia 6120 classic phone makes these tasks faster and easier by utilizing HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), an evolutionary technology offering downloads up to 10 times faster than over usual WCDMA networks.
Giving the Nokia 6120 even more functionality for busy lives, the new phone features two cameras -- a 2-megapixel camera with 4-times digital zoom, flash and panorama mode for taking high-quality photographs as well as a second camera in the front that adds a personal touch to calls by making use of the video call feature. |
| * Intel Keeps Mobile Engine Humming Original news source |
| Intel introduced Ultra Mobile platform 2007 (formerly codenamed "McCaslin") for MIDs and UMPCs and said systems will be available over the summer from Aigo, Asus, Fujitsu, Haier, HTC and Samsung. The Intel Ultra Mobile platform 2007 is based on the Intel processor A100 and A110, the Intel 945GU Express Chipset and the Intel ICH7U I/O Controller Hub. Intel will deliver its next-generation platform for MIDs and UMPCs – codenamed "Menlow" – in the first half of 2008. Intel also announced the formation of the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance. Together, alliance members will work on engineering
challenges, including power management, wireless communications, and software integration, that are associated with delivering the full Internet in ever-smaller MID form factors. |
| * u-blox announces LEA-4R dead reckoning GPS module Original news source |
| u-blox' dead reckoning technology uses sensors that detect travelled distance and turn rate, supplementing GPS data and thus providing an accurate position in tunnels, indoor parking facilities, roofed logistics centers, urban canyons and any other environment where obstructed GPS signals hinder positioning.
Its built-in Enhanced Kalman Filter algorithm uses a combination of GPS and dead reckoning data that counters the respective disadvantages of each approach. Depending on the quality of the GPS signal and on how well the dead-reckoning sensors are calibrated, the technology uses a weighted mix of both data, generating optimal accuracy and coverage results. The LEA-4R's algorithmic approach also eliminates multi-path effects caused by high-rise buildings, position inaccuracies, and distortions from jamming sources.
Samples will be available in May 2007. |
| T-Mobile USA Launches the Performance-Driven BlackBerry 8800 Original news source |
| The BlackBerry 8800 complements the popularity of the BlackBerry Pearl, providing customers with a proven mobile experience in a slim design with a full QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry 8800 includes support for up to 10 work and personal e-mail accounts (including the most popular ISP e-mail accounts), a built-in multimedia player for music and video, and full HTML web browsing. Premium features also are included such as Bluetooth 2.0 support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals, RIM's user-friendly trackball navigation system, noise cancellation for enhanced audio performance, and a microSD expandable memory slot for storage. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which provide client software that runs in end user wireless devices (phones, pagers, PDAs etc.).
| * Nokia Demonstrates New Technologies for Internet on Mobile Devices Original news source |
| Nokia announces is taking a significant step in mobilizing Internet content and Web 2.0 services with its global launch of widget support and Web Run-Time, a new Web application development environment for developers. Nokia's S60 will be the first mobile software platform that enables the creation of widgets using familiar standards-based Web technologies. Nokia and Orb announce that Orb's MyCasting is immediately available for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. |
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This section lists news that describe innovative and competitive implementation of wireless data applications.
| * Etelos announces Apps on a Plane Original news source |
| Apps on a Plane will enable builders of any Application ported into the Etelos Ecosystem to give their Applications the ability to function without being connected to a live Internet connection. This means that the builders of Web-based Applications can enable them to run offline. Apps on a Plane creates a version of a customer's Application that is stored locally on a user's computer. Every time changes are made offline, those changes are synchronized with the main hosted Application. The synchronization occurs automatically. |
| Cyphermint Partners With Fidelity Express to Launch Mobile Bill Payments Original news source |
| Cyphermint, Inc., provider of secure electronic payment solutions, announced that they have signed an agreement with Fidelity Express, a full service financial services company, to provide mobile bill payment services using Cyphermint's PayCash Mobile technology.
The Cyphermint and Fidelity Express partnership will enable consumers to pay bills using their cell phones or other mobile devices. |
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This section lists news about outsourcing/hosting of mobile corporate/enterprise applications by e.g. software developers, network carriers, and consulting companies. News about mobile access to portals are also included here.
| Tellme Launches Mobile Search for Everyone Original news source |
| Tellme Networks, Inc., which
operates the world's largest voice platform, announced new ways for anyone to search
for information they need from any phone. Tellme gives people the easiest ways to get things
done when they're on the go, by speaking or typing their query and then hearing or seeing
the answer. The free service launches today with local business search by business name or
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This section lists news about new financing opportunities for and in the wireless data industry.
| Britain’s ROK Tunes in $7M Original news source |
| Brash British import, ROK Entertainment, is gunning for MobiTV, the venture-backed leader of the U.S.
mobile TV market.
Still setting up its offices in Los Angeles, ROK said Friday it pulled in another $7 million from its two well-heeled benefactors, one of whom owns companies that make tequila and hair care products. ROK, which announced it will go public by the end of the year, hopes to use those funds to generate interest in a market the company believes lacks pizzazz in the United States. |
| Mobixell Completes Acquisition Of Adamind's Assets Original news source |
| Mobixell Networks, provider of innovative mobile multimedia solutions, announces that it has closed the acquisition of the key assets of Adamind Ltd., a global supplier of media adaptation software for the mobile messaging (MMS), content, and convergence services markets.
The acquisition of Adamind’s assets includes intellectual property and all its software products. |
| Wherify Wireless Raises Additional $1.4 Million in Equity Financing Original news source |
| The financing is in addition to the sale of approximately $4.6 million of Series A stock announced last week, and $1.2 million previously raised through the issuance of a 10% Senior Convertible Promissory Note. These transactions raised an aggregate gross total of $7.2 million, and resulted in net proceeds to Wherify of approximately $6.4 million. |
| Mobile Assets Announces New Wireless Subsidiary Original news source |
| Mobile Assets Corp. announced the establishment of Mobi Axxess Inc., a subsidiary of Mobile Assets Corp. focusing on tri-play wireless network technology turn-key solutions for governments and businesses. |
| Emotive announces "Push Ringer" Original news source |
| The D. E. Shaw group, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Warner Music Group and prominent media
and telephony angel investors have invested $7.7 million in Emotive Communications, Inc., a media technology
and services provider that has developed a real-time interactive ringtone format for 3G, 4G and VoIP services. |
| Artificial Life Acquires SMS Galaxy Original news source |
| Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc., provider of mobile 3G technology and applications, announced that it has acquired the SMS Galaxy system from Swiss-based Script Avenue AG (formerly Blackpencil AG) in a cash and equity transaction. Script Avenue is owned by Claude Cueni, a bestselling Swiss author of many TV thrillers, who is a successful entrepreneur and pioneer in interactive and online games, and has been an inventor of interactive TV formats since 1991.
SMS Galaxy is a revolutionary mobile interface used to complement live TV shows. |
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