Developer Program Opens With $1 Million In Prizes 

Jan 8, 2010, MD&D News Staff

The Palm webOS developer program is now open, allowing developers to start developing and distributing applications for webOS devices. And to help attract attention, the company has announced a $1 million developer Hot Apps bonus program. ...

Partnership Develops Mobile P2P Payment System 

Nov 4, 2009, MD&D News Staff

CashEdge Inc. and Firethorn Holdings LLC have entered into a strategic relationship to market an integrated mobile person-to-person (P2P) payment solution using CashEdge’s POPmoney P2P payments service and Firetorn’s Mobile Wallet solution....

Samsung Announces $330,000 Open Mobile App Contest 

Oct 23, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Hoping to drive new applications for its Omnia II (I8000) smart phones, Samsung Electronics has launched its Global Developer Contest. The competition will run through December 23. The top two winners will receive $100,000 each, with 34 other individual prizes of $10,000, $5000, and $2000 available. ...

Speech Application Eliminates Driving While Texting 

Sep 18, 2009, MD&D News Staff

The free DriveSafe.ly mobile application aims to eliminate the potential for violations and accidents while driving by reading text messages and e-mails aloud, automatically responding without users ever touching the mobile phone. ...

Andrew Files For Declaratory Judgment to Protect MREL System 

Sep 16, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Andrew LLC has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that its multiple-range estimation location (MREL) system for locating mobile devices does not infringe an existing U.S. patent held by TruePosition Inc....

Android-Powered Phone Syncs Social Sites 

Sep 11, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Powered by Google’s Android operating system, Motorola’s Cliq 3G smart phone uses the company’s Motorblur solution to manage and integrate communications. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos, and more are streamed together and synced from sources like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, and work and personal e-mail....

Microsoft Software App Enables Smart-Phone Applications On Feature Phones 

Aug 26, 2009, MD&D News Staff

With Microsoft’s OneApp, feature phones with limited memory and processing capabilities can run popular smart-phone applications like Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, and Mobile Wallet quickly and efficiently. ...

Vodafone Selects Tele Atlas To Power LBS 

Jul 21, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Vodafone will use digital maps and location-based content from Tele Atlas across its global footprint for its location-based services (LBS) and navigation offerings. Through the agreement, Tele Atlas and Vodafone will collaborate to enable LBS, routing, and mapping applications for mobile users around the world....

Paragon Software and Merriam-Webster Release Dictionaries For Smartphones And PCs 

Jul 13, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Paragon Software Group has announced that Merriam-Webster’s explanatory and bilingual dictionary series is now accessible for smartphones, such as the iPhone, BlackBerry, HTC, Nokia, and others as well as for desktop PCs. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, and more are available for smartphones, with Webster’s Medical and Spanish dictionaries appearing electronically. ...

ALK’s CoPilot Live Is Now Available to Android Market Users 

Jul 7, 2009, MD&D News Staff

ALK Technologies’ CoPilot Live, a satellite navigation system, is accessible for Android-based mobile phones. This turn-by-turn navigation can now be downloaded from Android Market for products such as HTC Magic, HTC Dream, and HTC Hero....

Web-Based Service Customizes Mobile Surfing Protection 

Jun 25, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Content Control 2.0 from Flash Networks enables parents to select which content they consider inappropriate or dangerous for Web-enabled mobile devices. It also allows parents to apply specific filtering for each mobile user....

Downloadable Fonts Let Consumers Personalize Their Mobile Phones 

Jun 4, 2009, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

Most of us don’t think much about the font on our cell-phone screens, but we should. It makes a huge difference in readability. And like wallpaper and ringtones, different fonts allow users to customize their phones. The FlipFont software from Monotype Imaging offers 19 unique fonts in different sizes for a wide range of handsets, giving customers a host of choices to match a mood or look. ...

Personalized 2D Barcodes Suit Marketing Campaigns 

May 12, 2009, MD&D News Staff

With MTag’s Tune Your Tag service, companies can brand their own 2D barcode tags with custom designs including full-color logos and other elements that capture their visual identities. ...

Mobile 2D Barcode Technology Debuts At WES 2009 

May 8, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Skycore LLC demonstrated its mDAR (Mobile Delivery, Authentication and Redemption) technology for 2D barcodes during an AT&T event at Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2009, hosted by Research in Motion this week in Orlando, Fla. Ticketing for the event was powered by Skycore’s multimedia messaging platform, Cellyspace.com. ...

Service Provides One-Button Voice Activation For Calls, Texts, And Searches 

May 7, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Tellme Networks now offers the first mobile service that combines content and communications, simplifying how users interact with their phones, according to the company. Unlike other voice-based services, the company says, Tellme allows users to press one button, say what they want, and get it—whether it’s sending a text, making a call, or searching for information....

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