Free IM software from AgileMobile for Symbian launched
Posted on 26-Aug-2003 19:48 News, Software
Agile Messenger is an Instant Messenger client for smartphones. It currentyl supports the four of the most popular instant messaging services: ICQ, AOL, Yahoo! and MSN.
2LD .geek.nz is here!
Posted on 26-Aug-2003 11:11 News, Computing
As some of you know, New Zealand is the first country in the world to have 2LD (second level domain) created for geeks: geek.nz.
McDonald's France join the wi-fi wave
Posted on 23-Aug-2003 13:04 News, Wi-Fi
McDonald's is extending the wi-fi service to its French operations, with free wireless access to the internet.
The Motorola A760 mobile phone announced February 2003 seems to be out now
Posted on 23-Aug-2003 12:06 News, Mobile
The Motorola A760 is the world’s first handset combining a Linux Operating System (OS) and Java Technology, with full multimedia PDA functionality. It was announced last February and it seems it'll be available in the Asia Pacific region soon.
China largest single mobile phone market in the world
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 20:42 News, Mobile
There's a good reason why all new smartphone devices are launched in Asia first these days. ZDNET UK reported that another 5 million users in China signed up for a mobile in July, taking the world's largest mobile market to 239.45 million.
Survey reveals stolen PDAs provide open door to corporate networks
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 20:32 News, Computing
Corporates are being warned that all their IT security measures may be worthless. For the second year in a row, a survey has found that their data could be compromised and their reputation damaged, as a third of employees are leaving business information and access details unprotected on their PDAs.
Play, share and compete via the N-Gage Arena!
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 17:23 News, Computing
Nokia revealed the N-Gage Arena service. Available globally, the N-Gage Arena will be the home for the worldwide virtual community of gamers, to share their experiences and to find other players for mobile gaming with N-gage, Nokia's new device.
Toshiba launches trade in program in U.S.
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 08:06 News, Computing
The Toshiba trade in program allows you to trade in your current Toshiba or non-Toshiba technology and apply the value of that product towards the purchase of a new Toshiba product.
VOIP infrastrucutre to kill mobile carriers?
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 07:51 News, Computing
An interesting array of ideas on how to create a mobile VOIP infrastructure based on wireless networking technologies is the featured article "The Death of the Mobile Phone Carrier" at newmobilecomputing.
Updated Dana available now
Posted on 20-Aug-2003 19:55 News, Palm
Alphasmart introduces a new update enhancing the experience of using the Dana Palm OS based laptop replacement.
Vodafone Japan to launch 3G and Vodafone Live! in October'03
Posted on 20-Aug-2003 19:47 News, 3G
After announcing Ericsson as their partner for the launch of 3G services in Greece, Vodafone announced the start of operations of Vodafone Live! in Japan from October 2003, on their 3G platform.
A lucky phone number
Posted on 20-Aug-2003 08:02 News, Mobile
An auction attracted a US$ 280,000 bid for the number 8888-8888. A Chinese airline bought the number because it's lucky (eight times the number eight) - and it's a good number too.
Over 20% of mobile data users worldwide will use MMS by 2007
Posted on 19-Aug-2003 22:25 News, Mobile
According to a new report from ARC Group. This total equates to around 25 billion messages a year, or just over 2 billion messages per month. However, the report predicts that MMS traffic will start to grow exponentially after 2007, once the viral effect of MMS begins to take hold.
