TextAmerica Announce New Mobile Phone Services Powered by Alatto
Over 200,000 TextAmerica bloggers can now instantly navigate the world of moblogs using Alatto’s Tribes service.
Text America (the largest mobile blogging company in the US)and Alatto Technologies today announce that the newly launched Text America “Quick Surf “service powered by the Alatto Tribes application.
This new service is part of a global commercial partnership between Text America and Alatto Technologies to promote an integrated product set to the market. Alatto and Text America are already at an advanced stage in discussions with a number of European Operators about deploying the integrated solution.
TextAmerica’s new service provides a rich new experience for TextAmerica users. Customers can now easily navigate blog content and discover the best blogs quickly. This adds a complete new dimension to mobile blogging.
“Ease of navigation and usability are essential elements of the TextAmerica experience” according to Chris Hoar Founder and COO of TextAmerica. “We are delighted with the new value that the Tribes service brings, allowing TextAmerica to continue to expand what we offer our customers and maintain our clear lead in the mobile blogging space. Tribes is one of our critical differentiators in the marketplace.”
The Tribes service acts as a content guide and navigator, bringing users the best content available for them and enhancing the user experience. “TextAmerica is a valued customer and this project shows how a truly innovative and disruptive service such as Tribes system can turbo-charge mobile content such a blogs and drive usage to the next level.” commented Neil Flanagan CEO Alatto Technologies Ltd.
Yahoo! Testing Cell Phone Search Ads
Ads everywhere you look seem to be where our future is heading and Yahoo is helping out in that destiny by putting ads on your cell phone.
The Seattle Pi with the story:
Yahoo! Inc. is testing ways to show advertisements with Internet search results on mobile phones in Japan and Britain.
Yahoo! is adding text ads that appear when people use its search engine from their handsets in Japan, and the company is auctioning off spots on its mobile travel Web site in Britain, Senior Vice President Doug Garland said.
The trials mark Yahoo!’s first experiments with search advertising on phones and may provide an avenue to sell more ads to companies seeking to reach younger consumers.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo! is hiring engineers and crafting products for cell phones, which now outsell personal computers more than 3 to 1.
“The way that Yahoo! is going to stay relevant and essential is by extending our services beyond the PC browser to all devices that consumers use,” Garland, who runs Yahoo!’s mobile group, said Wednesday in an interview at a conference in San Francisco.
“There will be a paid search market that develops.”
Nokia Begins Shipping the N70
Mobile Scraper has notice up that the N70 started shipping in Europe. No word yet on when it will come to North America, but either way it looks like a really nice phone.
Nokia today announced the release of their flagship 3g phone, the N70, which combines a sexy sliding style with a complete package of features underneath.
The N70 features a 2.0MP Camera which is activated through the slide system and reminds me a lot of the K750i, it also has flash and an autofocus tool to capture those perfect moments. Oh and to prove Nokia can keep up with the trends they also have thrown in a music player and an interesting app that sync’s all your data across from your PC when in range.
The N70 pretty much sums up the jack of all trades phone and now that it is available in Europe you should be able to pick one up for the sum of £250ish
Orange Launch Pay As You Go 3G Service in UK
Pocket-Lint has the scoop on a Pay as You Go 3G service starting up in the UK.
Orange is gunning for a big 3G Christmas with the announcement of a Pay As You Go Tariff and seven dedicated phones to chose from. Customers will be able to get their fill from tomorrow (1st October) with handsets starting from £79.99.
There is one charge for calls and text, regardless of the time you use the phone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for all calls. Orange to Orange and other landlines will cost 15p per minute while a call to another network will cost slightly more at 35p per minute. Standard texts will set you back the industry standard of 10p and an MMS 30p.
Verizon Customers Get LG VX9800 Pre-Registered
Available exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers, the VX9800 uses advanced wireless technology and design to offer a complete multimedia entertainment experience along with the latest in wireless phone communication. Whether streaming news and sports video highlights on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST service, downloading and watching crystal clear V CAST video clips from the hottest names in entertainment, or listening to favorite songs through the phone’s MP3 player and stereo speakers, customers will notice that the VX9800’s overall design typifies the latest in wireless technology.
The VX9800 features the coolest trends in mobile communications including Bluetooth(R) technology for certain profiles and a 1.3 megapixel integrated camera and camcorder. Easy to use external memory capability means customers can purchase a MiniSD(TM) memory card and use it to play their own MP3s, or transfer digital pictures, music files and video clips easily from PCs to their wireless phones.
The VX9800 comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard for easy access to messaging applications and VZEmail with Wireless Sync that lets customers send and receive e-mail directly from their VX9800s. With Wireless Sync, customers can get new e-mails, calendar, contact and task information sent to their VX9800s as long as the PC is left on. Wireless Sync also allows for synchronization with POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts so customers can stay connected to friends, family and business contacts — all with one device.
The LG VX9800 will be available beginning on September 26 for $299.99 after $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year customer agreement at http://www.verizonwireless.com. On October 1, the LG VX9800 will also be available for $299.99 after $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year customer agreement in more than 1,900 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the country and at Circuit City locations.”
Toshiba 803
The Toshiba 803 features an external music player, allowing users easy access to music on the move. The external 1.3inch screen displays artist names, song length and other details so users can find and play music at a glance, as well as scrolling through tracks and saving files in playlists.
The handset is capable of playing music while users surf the net or perform other functions which means they can enjoy the complete functionality of the phone, without compromise.
“The Toshiba 803 gives users their music player and mobile phone in one device,” said Nick Tanigawa, General Manager of Toshiba’s Mobile Communications Division. “Our aim has been to create a product that works as well as a music device as it does as a mobile phone.”
The slick, clamshell handset also features a 2.2 megapixel camera, stereo twin speakers and BluetoothTM. It has a standby time of up to 270 hours and talk time of up to 320 minutes*.
The Toshiba 803 builds on the recent launch of Toshiba’s TS 921, its first ever 3G mobile phone for Europe, and the TS 10 2.5G fashion phone.
The Toshiba 803 is exclusively available on the Vodafone network.
Nokia launches the Nokia N70 camera phone
MobileGuerilla.com has the scoop on Nokia’s rolling out of the N70 camera phone.
Nokia started shipping the the Nokia N70 3G smartphone. This handset was announced in April, together with two other phones, the Nokia N90 and N91. The Nokia N70 features a 256.000 color (176 x 208 pixels) display, a 2 megapixel camera with flash and a VGA camera for video calling, Bluetooth, EDGE, Push to Talk, FM Radio.
“We are proud to announce the second device to hit the market from the Nokia Nseries high performance multimedia range,” said Joe Coles, Director of imaging product marketing at Nokia. “The Nokia N70 is a great example of Nokia Nseries, combining the latest technologies and elegant design with a comprehensive set of multimedia features. Easy and intuitive mobile photography, automatic storing of those great quality shots, listening to music, reading and writing email, browsing favorite websites - the Nokia N70 is a true multimedia computer.”
LG’s F7200 with push-to-talk
Engadget has all the news today with a short snippit on the F7200.
So LG was showing off their new Cingular push-to-talk launch device, the F7200 last night.
Not really a remarkable phone, and perhaps a little larger than we might have expected for an LG slider device of this class, but you won’t have to worry about making a decision between it and the Samsung D357 in the immediate future being that their PTT launch has apparently been delayed until mid-November. Yay!
So it looks like Cingular is racking up some nice phones for near christmas releases. Should be interesting to see how this one performs against the Samsung D357.
Samsung’s SGH-D307 QWERTY Dual-Hinge
The Samsung SGH-D307 appears to be Samsung’s answer to other recent messaging phones such as the Motorola A630 and LG F9100.
The device has a dual-flip hinge similar to the Motorola MPx, allowing the phone to be opened like a typical clamshell to place calls, or horizontally for typing. It looks a little awkward but since the Motorola MPx got pulled and won’t be coming to North America, this might be the best contender in its category.
According to FCC documents, features of the D307 include quad-band GSM, EDGE high-speed data, Bluetooth, an internal antenna, and an outer caller-ID display.
The model numbering and frequency bands are consistent with phones for Cingular and on Engadget they saw one with Cingular branding.
Details from Phonescoop and Engadget.
Motorola C261
The Motorola C261 is a thin handset with the large color display. It includes a VGA camera, Multimedia Messaging Service, and Internet access. Other than that, it seems pretty average to me. I will be on the lookout for reviews of this phone as it is made available.
Other Features include:
- Large color TFT display
- VGA camera
- Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) for sending text messages with photos attached
- Instant Messaging (IM) via Wireless Village IM
- Internet access via WAP 2.0 and GPRS Class 8
- Speakerphone
- Up to 450 minutes of talk time and up to 250 hours of standby time
- Polyphonic ringtones (up to 32 channels)
- Downloading capabilities for screensavers, wallpapers and ringtones; preloaded games
The Motorola C261 is expected to be available sometime in the fall of 2005 with no word on suggested retail price.
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