| Apple iPhone Eclipses BlackBerry Curve as AT&T Best-Selling Smartphone
05/09/2008
After a substantial price reduction and the introduction of 3G technology, Apple`s iPhone device has become best-selling handset at AT&T stores, eclipsing the BlackBerry Curve, according to new data released by Morgan Keegan analyst, Tavis McCourt.The revamped iPhone 3G has siphoned off sales from other smartphone vendors, including Research In Motion, whose BlackBerry Curve device had been... |
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| Phone House receives distribution rights for Touch-Tel prepaid calling cards
05/09/2008
China Voice Holding has announced that its US subsidiary, Phone House was assigned master distribution rights in Southern California for 11 Touch-Tel USA prepaid calling card brands. The calling card brands are De dos California, La Salvadorena California, La Hondurena Oro California, La Hondurena Especial California, La Guatemalteca ORO California, La Hondurena MEGA California, Mexico Celular... |
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| Nokia phone just the ticket for Tube travellers
05/09/2008
Paying for London Underground travel and goods using a Nokia phone has proved a big success for 500 testers during trials. O2 ran the six-month trial, which involved putting Oyster card technology and a Barclaycard Visa card into a Nokia 6131 handset. Nine out of ten of O2s testers reported that they were happy to use the near-field communications (NFC) technology, with convenience, ease of use... |
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| Social Security debit card introduced
05/09/2008
The U.S. Treasury has announced that Social Security beneficiaries can now sign up to receive their benefits on a special debit card, rather than by check or direct deposit.While anyone receiving Social Security allocations can sign up for the card, its being touted as a solution for the unbanked. According to the federal agency, nearly four million Social Security recipients do not have bank... |
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| Duck Stamp includes phone-sex number
05/09/2008
The federal government says it has no choice but to reluctantly keep distributing to millions of waterfowl hunters a toll-free phone-sex-service number that features a breathy woman promising callers that they can talk only to the girls who turn you on for $1.99 per minute.About 3.5 million federal duck stamps, featuring artwork by a Plymouth artist, are affixed to a card that bears the... |
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| $1000 iPhone Application Removed from Apple Online Store
25/08/2008
Apple, maker of the popular iPhone device, has removed a controversial application from its online software store.The so called I am rich application was being sold at a cost of $999.99 (the maximum possible in Apple`s store), and serves no practical purpose except to remind users that they can afford to waste cash.The red icon on your iPhone always reminds you (and others when you show it to... |
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| T-Mobile USA to Emulate Apple Mobile Software Store
25/08/2008
American wireless carrier, T-Mobile USA, has confirmed that it is working on a mobile software store, similar to Apple`s iPhone application store.T-Mobile is working with the industry to foster an open wireless services platform which will provide developers with the tools and information they need to make new, innovative experiences available to T-Mobile`s more than 31.5 million customers, said... |
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| Best Buy to Carry Apple iPhone Beginning Sept 7
25/08/2008
Best Buy will soon become the first U.S. retail chain to sell Apple`s popular iPhone 3G device, in a deal that could drive sales of the much-hyped gadget over the Christmas shopping season.The iPhone will be available at 970 Best Buy stores beginning on September 7, widening the reach of the popular smartphone beyond Apples own stores, and those of its exclusive U.S. carrier, AT&T Inc.This is... |
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| Google Android Mobile Operating System to Hit Market in Fourth Quarter
25/08/2008
Internet giant, Google Inc., confirmed yesterday that mobile devices based on its much-anticipated Android operating system will be commercially available in the fourth quarter of this year.Google, which has been working with its partners in the Open Handset Alliance to develop the first wave of Android-enabled phones, is now almost finished developing v1.0 of the open source mobile operating... |
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| Google Tests Advertisements on Mobile YouTube Website
25/08/2008
Leading internet search engine, Google, remains eager to generate revenue from its YouTube video website, and is testing mobile ads for the service, according to a recent statement on the company`s mobile blog.You may have noticed that we started running a test of display ads on select pages of the YouTube mobile site in the U.S. and Japan, explained YouTube product marketing manager, Christine... |
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