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There are still plenty of cell phone users who don’t want to take pictures or listen to music, but just make and receive calls. Here is how two new mobile phones, built specifically for that simple purpose, compare. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (12/19)
Verizon Wireless has rolled out the Palm Treo 755p, which runs on the Palm OS and features EVDO, a full Qwerty keyboard, a 1.3-megapixel camera and a mini-SD slot for cards up to 4GB. The device, which is an update to the Treo 700p, also sports a preinstalled version of Google Maps. (Yahoo!/Newsfactor.com 12/17)
Zumobi has launched an initial version of its widget interface for smartphones operating Windows Mobile 5 and 6. “The technology is highly innovative, though not unique as there are any number of startups focused in the broad U/I, on-device portal, widget, applications framework layer space,” Yankee Group wireless analyst John Jackson said. “But Zumobi’s proposition should find favor with brands seeking low-cost, high quality, rapid time to market access to the mobile space for their properties.” (TechNewsWorld 12/17)
Zumobi Beta Launch Video
Web telephony service Kadoink has integrated with Bebo’s Open Application Platform, allowing Bebo users to leave live and recorded voice and text messages on widgets that reside on friends’ pages.
Google is one of 266 potential bidders in a highly anticipated airwaves auction scheduled to begin in January. Of the 266 applications received by the FCC, Google’s was one of 96 that was deemed “accepted for filing.” The next step is to submit a payment before a Jan. 4 deadline. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iyVJ1qW6rZpN-bPn8lQ-8uEWYpawD8TK7CMO0 12/18)
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and a majority shareholder in Charter, will be a bidder in the Jan. 24 wireless auction, according to this report. Allen’s Vulcan Spectrum will join other bidders, including Google, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. (The Boston Globe/Reuters 12/18)
Mobile marketing firm SinglePoint reported that it processed 35 million interactive TV transactions initiated by mobile text message users on the AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless carriers in Q3 of 2007. SinglePoint’s services include mobile message connectivity and applications such as voting, polling, sweepstakes, contests, alerts, coupons clips and tips.
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