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Google Launches Street View for Mobile Maps Underscores Rapid Development of LBS and Mobile Navigation Space: related news
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On September 17, 2008 Google announced that its popular Google Maps For Mobile would incorporate Google's "Street View". This IDC Flash analyzes the announcement and its implications for the mobile industry and mobile users.
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via IDC @ 23:49 26th Sep
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As of year-end 2007, Chinese mobile phone subscribers had reached 500 million. With rapid increases in subscribers and usage volume of various mobile phone services, Chinese mobile phone service revenues have been growing at a steady rate for several years. Other than traditional voice services, mobile value-added services have become another revenue generator for mobile operators. In addition, several international mobile phone brands have made aggressive forays into the Chinese market, such as RIM and Apple. This report analyzes the development of China Mobile and China Unicom in China's mobile value-added service market, and examines future development trends of international mobile phone vendors in China
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via Mindbranch @ 18:08 1st Nov
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of customized software for the mobile telecommunications industry, has launched iDial Mobile Community for mobile phone users. Users can download and install a free, mobile-operator independent iDial Mobile application to their compatible mobile handsets from http://www.my.idial.fi website. Users who are registered to the website can create mobile communities and communicate within the community by using iDial Mobile application's rich communications tools.
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via Device Management Forum @ 18:41 12th Oct
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Google has added new functionality for its Maps for Mobile program. Users of BlackBerrys and other Java-based phones will be able to use the Street Views feature of Google Maps on their mobile devices. This means you can see an actual picture of locations or addresses so you can get a better sense of what you're looking for. Google has also added walking directions to Maps for Mobile, and has improved the accuracy of the My Location feature.
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via Phone Scoop @ 17:54 17th Sep
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Canadian operator Globalive has partnered with MyScreen Mobile to launch mobile advertising services. Globalive, which already offers services under the brand Yak, recently acquired mobile spectrum in Canada and is preparing to launch its own mobile services. Orascom Telecom is also an investor in the mobile venture, which has been asking for consumer input on the new service on the website wirelesssoapbox.com. Globalive said the MyScreen partnership will allow the company to make mobile services more affordable. The MyScreen advertising application will be embedded on all of Globalive's mobile devices. That platform allows operators to compensate mobile subscribers for allowing targeted screen advertisements to be displayed on their mobile devices, at the end of a call or SMS.
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via Telecom.paper @ 12:48 19th Oct
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China Mobile Communications Report Looks at Mobile Voice Services and Data Services Such as SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS, PTT and EDGE DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/45223a/china_mobile_com) has announced the addition of the "China - Mobile Communications - Voice and Data Services" report to their offering. As the world's largest mobile communications market, China has some interesting operators. China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers. Fixed-line operators China Telecom and China Netcom pose a serious threat to China Mobile and China Unicom with their Little Smart limited mobility services. The range and quality of value-added services offered by the operators becomes important in determining market success.
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via Reuters @ 21:20 28th Oct
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Waltham, MA - Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM), today announced that it has won a Gold Mobile Star Award from MobileVillage®, the 15-year leader in market development and news services about mobile technology. Red Bend's vCurrent® Mobile for firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating received the most votes in the category of "Operator Software: Application Delivery.” The seventh annual Mobile Star Awards(TM) program honors and promotes the top companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology. Winners are chosen by subscribers to Go Mobile®, MobileVillage's free email newsletter that is sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT managers, developers and top-tech journalists.
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via Wireless Developer Network @ 18:44 9th Nov
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KnowledgeOman.com, an IT Knowledge-Sharing Community Portal, yesterday launched the first mobile version website of the portal in the Sultanate, branded as KO MOBILE! KO Mobile is a dedicated link specifically developed to allow all wireless and mobile phone users to easily access, view and share knowledge via the portal (www.knowledgeoman.com), using their mobile phones. Tariq Hilal al Barwani, Founder and the President of KnowledgeOman.com, said, "We are very excited to be the first in the country to introduce a means for the community to access our portal, share and exchange knowledge using their mobile phones. KnowledgeOman.com is now accessible to more than 2.9 million mobile subscribers in Oman — anywhere and anytime through a direct link www.
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via Oman Observer @ 8:07 12th Oct
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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 12, 2008--Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM), a leading local directory service and network, and Virgin Mobile USA, a leading national carrier of wireless services with no annual contracts, today announced the launch of Local Mobile(tm) on the Virgin Mobile USA network. Virgin Mobile USA’s more than five million customers can now leverage the power of Local Mobile directly from all 3G Virgin Mobile USA handsets.
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via Calibre Macro World @ 19:04 12th Nov
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NEW YORK – T-Mobile has announced the international launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon only for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.
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via Linux Electrons @ 15:48 24th Sep
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T-Mobile USA just announced the national availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android-powered mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a rich mobile Web experience, dozens of Android Market applications, and popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.
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via Softpedia @ 19:21 25th Oct
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BELLEVUE, Wash. & SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. announced that, beginning today, Yahoo! oneSearch(TM) powers mobile Internet searches made through T-Mobile's new web2goSM service. Web2go provides a better Web browsing experience on your mobile phone by making it easier to view and navigate the Web through a customizable home page, a simplified shopping and download experience, and Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search experience.
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via MarketWatch @ 3:14 20th Nov
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translation and language learning services, announced today that Sichuan Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communications Corporation, China's largest telecommunications service provider, has reached a definitive agreement with Moka LLC to launch Moka's mobile translation and language learning products in the Sichuan Province of China. With over 26 million mobile subscribers, Sichuan Mobile is one of the larger subsidiaries of China Mobile.
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via Device Management Forum @ 23:01 2nd Nov
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Purchase, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008 -- Mobile phones are becoming an indispensable part of consumers’ increasingly mobile lives, with a majority seeking to use them for more than just telecommunications. More than 600 million mobile “wallets” are expected to be in use by 2011 and that number is expected to rise to 1.4 billion by 2015, according to Edgar, Dunn and Company. MasterCard has long recognized the need for partnerships in the mobile space to facilitate the rapid, healthy development of the mobile payments business. To help achieve that end, MasterCard launched the MasterCard Mobile Partner Program in 2007. The success of that initiative is marked by the number of members – more than 30 companies have joined the program.
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via PR Newswire via The Green Sheet @ 21:03 19th Nov
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Back in August we wrote about Adobe's plans to launch Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile with support for Windows Mobile devices and the Beta went online recently. Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile Beta is said to be the easiest way to upload, view and share photos online from your smartphone. Getting started is simple. All you need is a supported Windows Mobile handset and a Photoshop.com membership. Key features are uploading photos from the road to your Photoshop.com account as soon as you take them. Photoshop.com Mobile allows you to store up to 2 GB of photos for free. At a party, in a meeting or on the road you can view your online photos and albums from your phone, wherever you are.
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via The Unwired @ 11:43 27th Sep
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Google T-Mobile G1 mobile telephones are seen on display at a T-Mobile store in New York City in this October 22, 2008 file photo. Google may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies' discussions. Google T-Mobile G1 mobile telephones are seen on display at a T-Mobile store in New York City in this October 22, 2008 file photo. Google may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies' discussions. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
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via Boston Globe @ 22:33 4th Nov
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T-Mobile and Google unveiled the first smartphone powered by the Android environment. The T-Mobile G1 combines touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes Google Maps Street View, Gmail, Google Calendar, YouTube and other Google applications. Some key points of the global launch:
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via Converge! Network Digest @ 17:07 24th Sep
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iPhone owners rejoice as Google has released their Google Mobile App (ya know that App that was supposedly rejected by Apple?) Mike LeBeau, an engineer on the Google mobile team, gives an overview of the new Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Voice Search and My Location. You can speak your queries to Google Mobile App without even pushing any buttons. And, you can do local searches without specifying your location.
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via Mobility Today @ 11:11 20th Nov
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With its Mobile Marketing Forum kicking off in San Diego tomorrow, the Mobile Marketing Association has released a preview of its annual study that tracks general attitudes about mobile habits. The survey concluded that one in four mobile users in the U.S. and Western Europe are interested in mobile marketing, but in Asia Pacific and Latin America interest increases to as many as two thirds of users. Higher interest has led to more participation. In the latter regions, about one in five mobile users participated in mobile marketing efforts in the past year. MMA will be releasing the entire study next week. Release.
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via MocoNews.net @ 17:34 12th Nov
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NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, T-Mobile USA, Inc. brought together Hollywood's hottest stars and New York's elite tastemakers to celebrate the highly-anticipated launch of the new T-Mobile G1, the world's first Android(TM)-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. At the exclusive, invite-only launch events, held in the hip SoHo neighborhood of New York on October 16 and at a private studio in the heart of Hollywood on October 17, celebrities such as Rosario Dawson, Mischa Barton and Anthony Anderson turned out to get the first look at the much-talked about device and socialize with friends at the hottest bash on both coasts. To celebrate the debut of the T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile created a special event that brought to life the device's unique technology and applications.
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via Financials.com @ 11:29 18th Oct
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Sim free mobile phones: Choice is purely yours - As drastic changes have occurred in many fields in this modern world, there is no exception for the technology field. From then, the mobile manufacturing companies have started launching mobile phones with multiple features. But, the modern mobile users are not satisfied with these features. To satisfy the demands of these users, now the latest mobile phones are introduced in the market with all the world class features, functionalities besides stylish and elegant looks. The present day mobile market is offering different types of mobile phones to the users such as contract, pay as you go and Sim free etc.
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via Business Portal 24 @ 11:22 18th Oct
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Google Inc. has been steadily upgrading its Google Maps for mobile applications since 2007, and today, it added free walking directions and the ability to find street-view imagery on a mobile device, the same as it has made possible with a desktop computer.
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via Computerworld @ 17:55 17th Sep
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After being sent out to developers last week promising only "compatibility testing" enhancements, the pre-release version of iPhone software 2.2 is starting to spill its secrets. The folks at Mac Rumors have dug up evidence that appears to indicate Google Maps' Street View finally making it into the Maps app, after popping up in the regular mobile Maps applications for non-iPhones as well as, of course, Android, with the cool Compass view feature. On top of Street View, they've also uncovered a few other new features, including the ability to disable the text auto-correction feature while typing.
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via Gizmodo @ 13:25 6th Oct
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(RTTNews) - T-Mobile USA, Inc., the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom AG's (DT: News ) Mobile Communications Business, announced the national availability of T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android-powered mobile phone.
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via RTTNews.com @ 6:41 22nd Oct
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