05.19.07

GPS Phones to Enhance Social Networking Experience

The quest of mobile phone companies to develop more GPS-enabled handsets might even benefit different social networking Web sites. According to Reuters, global positioning chips will evolve from simpl…

04.18.07

Mobile Phone: A Conspicuous Consumption?

This interesting video from ABC News' Sign of the Times reflects the role of mobile phones in measuring wealth and bragging our social status in this ecosystem. After all what's the use of m…

04.17.07

Donate Your Old Mobile Phones and Help Save the World

ReCellular, a leading recycler of mobile phones, is encouraging us to take an active part in saving the environment by simply donating our old, worn-out phones.

The PR cites low consumer awareness a…

04.8.07

China Big, America Small

Cellular News reports that china mobile, that country's number one operator, recently announced that its subscriber base had hit 301 million, larger than the entire population of the United States…

11.24.06

US Customers Can Unlock Their Handsets

The issue of locked or disabled features on handsets made available for sale in the US has been around for long time. At the beginning of 2005, reports surfaced of Verizon Wireless users suing the car…

10.12.06

Carnival of the Mobilists No. 48

Helen Keegan is hosting Carnival of the Mobilists No. 48 over at Musings of a Mobile Marketer. Yes, I know it's Thursday and this is late, but I just crawled out from under a rock otherwise known …

08.6.06

IM+ v3 for S60 released

Shape Services have announced the release of IM+ version 3 for series 60 handsets. The new version of this Instant Messaging client includes seamless support for multiple conversations across multiple…

06.23.06

Emily of Textually.org Interviewed

Ewan at SMS Text News has followed through with his earlier idea of interviewing people within the mobile space (and following his joke interview of Arun Sarin) with a real interview with Emily of Tex…

05.24.06

World’s Most Expensive Mobile Number

Whilst my image creation skills may not be the best, the picture on the left represents the most expensive mobile number ever purchased. The number was auctioned for charity in Qatar yesterday, and so…

05.15.06

Moto Goes (RED) to fight AIDS in Africa

Motorola has joined the unique push against AIDS in Africa devised by U2 lead singer Bono and Bobby Shriver known as (RED), an effort to create special products that feature the color used in the ribb…