Articles tagged with: Ovi and Apple

Nokia Ovi Store Top Amongst Wireless Developers in Emerging Markets

While overall Apple's iPhone App Store is still more popular worldwide than any other, Nokia's ovi Store has overtaken Apple in crucial high-growth emerging markets in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, according to Evans Data Corp's newly released Wireless Development Survey. Microsoft's Windows Marketplace for Mobile and apps sold directly through a carrier were also popular channels. more

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Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users

..obile Internet users skew towards practical, utilitarian sites, such as those providing financial services, weather and traffic information. Younger users, on the other hand, use their mobile phones more to access social network sites and en more

MTS and Sicap Team up to Offer Dynamic SIM Services in Belarus

..ly display a PrePay customer's balance on their mobile phone display. The service is being provided by Sicap. Real time information is enabled by connecting a Sicap over the air SIM applet to the MTS call billing server. As such, each call is more

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Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America

.., Google built its own cell tower database. Wi-Fi-based location provides strong coverage indoors, where GPS is weak, so Skyhook Wireless creates not only a Wi-Fi-based position determination technology but also a Wi-Fi access point database more

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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

..pplication downloads, including games, music, videos, user interfaces and various utility programs. The BlackBerry App World and Widows Marketplace for Mobile have similar business models in terms of revenue recognition. For Windows Marketplac more

Study Finds Disconnect Between Smartphone Adoption and Ability to Manage Mobile Devices

..bile. While enterprise mobility provides executives with anytime, anywhere access to corporate information, downtime is still a critical concern for organizations. Over 80 percent of the respondents indicated that downtime would negatively impact more

Consumer Demand Steady for iPhone, BlackBerry - But What About the Palm Pre?

..nd 4% Somewhat Likely to buy the new Palm Pre in the future. This compares to 4% Very and 13% Somewhat Likely before the 2008 RIM Bold launch, and 5% Very and 11% Somewhat Likely before the 2007 original iPhone launch.Who are the most likely bu more

Strong Mini-Note PC Demand Expected to Buoy Notebook Market in 2009

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iSkype Therefore iPhone

VoIP provider Skype has confirmed speculation and announced that it has launched a Skype application for the Apple iPhone, which will be available on the Apple App Store from today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generation iPod touch with a compatible headset and microphone. more

Related Tags: wi-fi, 3g, iphone, skype, ipod, voip, edge, app-store, instant-messaging, gprs, presence, apple-app-store

Sicap Offers Device or SIM Based NFC Platform

Sicap has announced its ability to provision contactless applications indifferently to any device or SIM designed for NFC (near field communication) services. The battle by device and SIM manufacturers to bind operators to their technologies has until now hindered the launch of large scale contactless payment services, despite the incentives of a lucrative business model and a revolution in usage of the mobile phone. The main issue for operators is that conflicting interests have resulted in the NFC secure element, essential for bank transactions, being embedded either in the device, or in an SD (secure digital) card, or in the SIM. more

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