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See Your Mobile Phone as Your Credit Card

February 27, 2007

Let's file this in the "it was only a matter of time" folder ...

Here's a report from the 'Beeb about how Japan's big mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, is teaming up with McDonalds to offer electronic payments and special promotions for mobile phone users, such as paying for that Big Mac.

(Or maybe that should be a double cheesburger?)

Japanese mobile phone owners are leading the way in this area, paying for food and train tickets via their handsets.

(Aren't micro-payments beautiful? At least until the phone bill arrives ...)

And when will we catch up (no pun intended ) with the rest of the world?

Posted in Mobile Phones

The iPhone Decision: What's in It for Cisco?

February 26, 2007

Sure you've gotten over the short-lived excitement over the wraggling between Apple and Cisco over the iPhone trademark -- now that this spat has been settled.

But if you think about this some (if you really want to), you have to wonder what the deal was all about. On the surface, it seems to reverse Apple's longstanding refusal to make its products interoperable with competing devices.

But is that really the case?

Posted in Mobile Phones

ZoiPPE offers free calls to China landlines and mobile phones

February 26, 2007

ZoiPPE, a Hong Kong-based VoIP service provider is offering their users a Chinese New Year gift - UNLIMITED free calls to China landline and even mobile phones. Often times, calls to mobile phones are more expensive or not covered by any sort of "free" promotions.

Not sure how long the promotion will last, but if you have family/friends in China, then ZoiPPE certainly offers an inexpensive way to call. PC-to-PC calls are free. ZoiPPE claims to be the first with an innovative interface known as Magic Message Square (MMS) which allows users to switch from making PC-to-PC calls to sending instant messaging, SMS, emails or simply calling to a fixed or mobile line.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Nokia Sells a Lot of Mobile Phones!

February 23, 2007

Hard to believe that Nokia sold 40 million "multimedia phones" last year and nearly 70 million music phones.

The company said the total multimedia phone market was 90 million units in 2006, and is expected to grow to 250 million units in 2008 -- that's a hefty growth rate!

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Apple and Cisco make iPhone love

February 22, 2007

Cisco and Apple said that they have settled the iPhone trademark infringement. lawsuit that has surrounded the much-hyped Apple iPhone mobile phone-iPod hybrid gadget. Apple and Cisco stated that Apple will be allowed to use the name for its mobile phone device in exchange for exploring wide-ranging ''interoperability'' between the companies' products in the areas of security, consumer and business communications.

No other details of the agreement were released, and representatives from both companies declined to comment. The companies stated that they would dismiss any pending legal actions regarding the trademark.

Posted in Gadgets, Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Download 24 ringtone

February 13, 2007

24 is one of my favorite TV shows, so I thought I'd share my 24 ringtones. I have three versions of the ringtone. The first ringtone only plays the Cisco VoIP phone ringing once. The second ringtone plays the Cisco VoIP ringtone twice, and the third one plays the ringtone 4 times.

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Do We Need an HP Smart Phone?

February 13, 2007

Now I'm all for free enterprise, but why or why do companies need to follow each other into mature (or maturing) markets?

(It's sort of like the lemmings and the sea ...)

(Oh, BTW "Invent" is the motto -- so what are they adding to establish the new state-of-the-art, the new cutting edge?)

Now we word from Yahoo/PC World that Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its first smart phone -- a candy-bar format iPaq built on the Windows Mobile 6 platform with phone keypads instead of QWERTY keyboards.

The pewter-colored GSM/EDGE iPaq 500 series Voice Messenger is expected to hit the market in late spring.

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Nothing But Net -- As in Net Neutrality Goes Mobile; Works For Me!

February 12, 2007

Now here is an idea whose time has surely come -- net neutrality for mobile phones!

According to this report, we the gadget-consuming, mobile phone crazy consumer just aren't getting a fair deal from the wireless service providers.

Think about it -- why do we have to choose particular phone, for instance, from a particular carrier? Do we have to do that with our wired phones? Don't they all work on standard wired lines, whether they come from Vtech or Motorola?

Is there a bad guy here?

Looks like the Federal Communications Commission may be spending some time this year thinking about issues just like that.

What do you think?

Posted in Mobile Phones

Jajah Mobile Web and Jajah Dynamic Buttons Beta

February 7, 2007

This morning Jajah launched an all new Jajah Mobile Web (http://mobile.jajah.com) - it is one-click access to their free or low-cost global calling service, directly from the browser on your smartphone (no application download).

Here are some of features/benefits:
* One-Click Free (or low cost) Global Calling - Jajah Mobile Web provides one-click instant access to the contacts in your Jajah address book. Just click a name or number to make the call.
* Bookmark Names and Numbers - Save your most called numbers as bookmarks.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP

TV on the Go Go

February 2, 2007

Love to watch TV -- so why not on my mobile phone?

In just a month from now (March 1 or so) Verizon Wireless, the second largest U.S. mobile carrier (time for the "We Try Harder" slogan popularized by Avis?) is reportedly planning to launch an eight-channel live television service for its mobile phone subscribers using Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology. Expect to see full-length programs from MTV, CBS, Fox and NBC.

Company isn't saying how much the new "Vcast TV with MediaFLO" will cost each month (why oh why does $15/month come to mind?)

According to reports, the new service will initially be available on two new handsets, one from LG Electronics, the other from Samsung.

Posted in Mobile Phones

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