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on the go

  • 10.02.08
    Handango opening Android store for premium content on the go | (0)
    Handango has announced that it will be opening a mobile applications store to distribute premium content to Android users within weeks of the G1 release on Oct 22. The store will offer downloads of premium content and a payment system that will be able to distribute applications on a free, one-time fee or subscription basis. Handango CEO Bill Stone hopes that customers "will want to try the Android device but are comfortable purchasing from Handango." If Handango can release a paid marketplace before Google, it could have an edge in forming partnerships with premium application companies. EA was waiting to ...
  • 10.02.08
    Nokia gets Touchy-Feely with XpressMusic ‘Tube’ and Free Downloads on the go | (0)
    Nokia has just announced the 5800 will be released in the US and Canada later this year along with its bundled 'Comes with Music' unlimited download service. This is Nokia's first touchscreen device and includes haptic technology that makes the screen vibrate to provide feedback. As their first foray into the touch-screen multimedia phone market, Nokia is pulling out all the stops to capture market share from Apple's iPhone. The Nokia music store comes bundled with the price of your subscription and allows you to download any music from their catalog for free. If you ever terminate your contract, the music ...
  • 10.02.08
    Google Labs Launches Free SMS Channels Tool in India on the go | (0)
    Google Labs has just released a new group SMS distribution tool in India that allows users to create and subscribe to SMS Alerts on the Web. Subscribers can join channels that will send breaking World news, Technology or Daily Quotes to be delivered to their handsets. Once you join the service, you can then create a Channel of your own and allow others to subscribe to it. There are already hundreds of channels that help users follow anything from Job Alerts, to Astrology or even someone's daily life. The service is only available right now in India, but it's free of charge. ...
  • 10.01.08
    Will Steve Jobs shoot himself in the foot by disallowing Flash on the iPhone? on the go | (7)
    Adobe is gearing up to submit a Flash player to Apple for its popular iPhone mobile phone device. However, there are still questions looming about whether Adobe can get the product through the iTunes App Store approval process and whether Apple will ever let the company integrate Flash into the mobile version of Safari. A standalone Flash player could be a boon for casual gaming on the iPhone. Flash is one of the preferred platforms for casual gaming on the web and a standalone player could expedite creating iPhone versions of the applications without the need to develop something native to ...
  • 10.01.08
    Nokia buying OZ Communications for Mobile IM and Email on the go | (0)
    Nokia continues its recent acquisition spree by announcing that it intends to acquire mobile email and IM application developer OZ Communications. OZ Communications has products for mobile IM, email and that allow users to access all of the major email and IM providers, and a social networking tool that receives alerts from MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and other social media sites. This is just one piece of Nokia's overall mobile strategy around acquisitions. The company also purchsed the most broadly used mobile phone operating system, Symbian, and made it open source. Other moves have been the recent acquisition of NAVTEQ, a mapping ...