Mobile VoIP Not A Sufficient Business Model (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Sometimes it seems that voice is going out of fashion on mobile phones, for example GigaOM has a look at three mobile VoIP companies mig33, iSkoot and Truphone and how all of them think that cheap mobile voice calls aren t going to make a sufficient business model and are looking at other forms of revenue.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Kolkata police seizes mobile phones, SIM cards from jail (New Kerala)
Kolkata, Jan 25: At least six mobile phones and three SIM cards were seized by the police here Sunday from the inmates of the Alipore Central Jail, a police officer said.
Source: www.newkerala.com
2009 IGF Mobile Reveals Competition Finalists (Gamasutra)
The Independent Games Festival Mobile (IGF Mobile), an event that celebrates innovation in games for handheld devices, including mobile phones, DS, PSP, iPhone and iPod touch, has named the finalists for the second annual competition. The number of entries more than doubled - to over 100 - compared to last year’s inaugural competition, bolstered by a strong showing from the emergent iPhone and …
Source: www.gamasutra.com
Will Microsoft’s Latest Efforts Be Enough To Keep Windows Mobile Relevant? (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Sales of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile phones may have exceeded iPhone sales during the three-month period ended in December, but it appears the company’s division, which once expected 50 percent year-over-year growth, is going nowhere fast.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Declining Forecast for Mobile Phones Market (Enterprise IT Planet)
Strategy Analytics sees the mobile phone market taking a dip in ‘09.
Source: redir.internet.com
Kolkata police seizes mobile phones, SIM cards from jail (Calcutta News)
At least six mobile phones and three SIM cards were seized by the police here Sunday from the inmates of the Alipore Central Jail, a police officer said.
Source: www.calcuttanews.net
Mobile Phones Join the Rural Radio Mix (PC World)
Analysis: Nonprofits find cell phones supplement radio as a way to mobilize rural communities worldwide.
Source: www.pcworld.com
Joikusoft and DNA Offer Wi-Fi Access to Mobile Broadband via Mobile Phones (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Joikusoft and DNA, a telco from Finland today jointly announced to offer Joikusoft’s mobile Wi-Fi HotSpot software solution called JoikuSpot to DNA subscribers. JoikuSpot software turns mobile phones in the DNA network into wireless broadband internet gateways, allowing laptops, iPods and other Wi-Fi devices to connect to DNA’s 3G internet service.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Mobile feds: We want our BlackBerries, too (Network World)
President Barack Obama isn’t the only U.S. federal government employee who wants to keep his BlackBerry. Across the federal market, information workers are asking for mobile devices such as smart phones and laptops with wireless data cards so they can access e-mail and other Internet services while they are on the go.
Source: www.networkworld.com
Mobile Phones Join the Rural Radio Mix (PC World via Yahoo! News)
A little over a year ago I found myself sitting in the San Francisco offices of an international humanitarian NGO (nongovernmental organization). Their main focus at the time was a major human-rights treaty, and they wanted advice about mobilizing rural communities to lobby their governments to ratify it.
Source: news.yahoo.com
