Mobile Magic: Dead or Alive?
No
denying, mobile phones are going everywhere in this world. But
each step toward market expansion is bringing sleepless nights
for mobile marketers. Reason: consumers are increasing but
profitability is flat or falling. So what’s the present and
future of the mobile device and mobile market? Answers Dr.
Hamadoun I. Touré, ITU Secretary-General, in an interview
with
Rakesh Raman, managing editor, My Techbox Online. |
Q&A list
Nokia 5230 Nuron will Show You
the Way
The
new smartphone will come with maps with turn-by-turn
directions for users to reach their destinations. Nokia and
T-Mobile USA today (March 3) announced the upcoming
availability of the Nokia 5230 Nuron. Operating on T-Mobile's
3G network, the device offers Web browsing feature on a 3.2"
touch screen. | Availability
9 Hot Apps for Your Palm
Operating
on the Palm webOS platform, both the Palm Pre Plus and Palm
Pixi Plus, available from Verizon Wireless, were designed for
typical Web users. Here are a few applications for business
professionals, students, and homemaker women. The apps are
available for Palm webOS users. |
Nine apps
Mobile Ad Channel for Sports
Marketers
Omnilert,
maker of RainedOut text message service for sports leagues and
clubs, has introduced a new mobile advertising medium. All
RainedOut text messages will now contain a national sponsor
incorporated at the end of the RainedOut notification. |
Mobile ad solution
Arena for Mobile TV
As
the action in the mobile TV market is getting hot, AT&T and LG
Electronics have announced a new mobile TV device, LG ARENA.
It’ll be available online beginning Feb. 26 and in AT&T’s U.S.
stores from March 7. Music, movies, pictures are possible. |
Mobile TV scene
One Billion Mobile Workers by 2010 End
The world's mobile worker population will pass the one billion
mark this year and grow to nearly 1.2 billion people – more
than a third of the world's workforce – by 2013. According to
forecast from market researcher IDC, the most significant
gains will be in the emerging economies of Asia-Pacific. |
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Now Coming Soccer TV Phone
A
low-cost handset is being launched to deliver live,
free-to-air broadcast TV to Latin American and African
consumers prior to this summer's 2010 soccer World Cup in
South Africa. Brightstar's Avvio 505 device, which
incorporates Telegent's free-to-air analog mobile TV receiver,
will allow consumers to view soccer matches. |
Phone features
Nokia: Calling All Innovators 2010
Contest
Forum
Nokia has announced Calling All Innovators 2010, an
international application development contest designed to
inspire creativity. It features four categories for
submissions that enhance the use of Nokia mobile devices. |
Participation details
Your
BlackBerry will Start Your Car
Viper
SmartStart, which allows users to start their car with their
iPhone, will also work on most BlackBerry
smartphones starting in Q1 2010, says vehicle products
company, Directed Electronics. Popular in cold weather, remote
start allows users to start their vehicle by remote control to
defrost the windows and pre-warm the cabin, so they get into a
warm car that's ready to drive. | Free
app
Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series
What They Do with Their Mobiles
Verizon Offers Palms for Your Palms
Nokia to Focus on Smartphone Market
Mobile Phones: 1.13 Billion Units in 2009
Nokia Ovi Store for AT&T Buyers
Is Your Palm Waiting for Palm
Plus?
Your iPhone for Live TV Show
How Mobiles
Combat Malaria in Africa
Nokia's Million Dollar
Venture Challenge
China Mobile
Internet 2010 Summit
When Your Smartphone Buys for You
BlackBerry Will Read Your Business Card
Free Printing App
for iPhone, iPod touch
Calling
India? Here’s a Cheap Option
LG Promises Fun
with Mobile Digital TV |
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