All Posts Tagged With: "Wireless Content"

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Make Your Own Free MP3 Ringtones

I decided to get some new ringtones to freshen up my phone and I was amazed by how much mobile companies charge for what are essentially 15-30 second clips, so I decided to make my own. I’ve posted below how I did this if you want to make your own mp3 ringtones.

First off download [...]

2Feb2006 | Everton | 10 comments | Continued
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Have You Tried Opera Mini Yet?

Opera updated their mobile browser this week, and gave it a new brandname - Opera Mini. I’m a big fan of the old Opera Mobile browser, that came bundled with my phone, but after reading Russell Beattie’s write-up I can’t wait to try out the new browser.
Browsing the web on mobile devices seems to [...]

25Jan2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Text4Price - Great New SMS Price Comparision Service

I received an email earlier today from Text4Price asking me to check out their new SMS Price Comparison Service, which sends price comparison results to mobile phones by SMS. To use the service shoppers simply send an SMS with the word “find” plus the product name to 84070 e.g. “find WPN824″. If [...]

19Jan2006 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
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Is mobile TV the new MMS?

The Guardian Technology Blog poses an interesting question today:  'Is Mobile TV the new MMS?'
Do you remember how exactly a year ago the mobile networks were touting Video Calling as the killer app for 3G, and exactly a year before that they were singing the praises of MMS?  It's amazing how these new killer apps [...]

17Jan2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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UK To Trial CCTV Traffic Footage On Mobile Phones

The UK Government announced a service today that will allow mobile phone users to view video footage from motorway CCTV cameras to help users plan their journeys. 100 cameras will be available initially with the whole motorway network available by the end of the year.
I’m guessing that if you are supposed to use this [...]

12Jan2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Xbox Live To Support Instant Messaging

According to an interview with the BBC, Microsoft are working on integrating Xbox Live and MSN Messenger so that gamers will be able to IM friends from within Xbox Live, and also so that MSN Messenger users will be able to receive alerts when their friends log onto Xbox Live.
This should also work on mobile [...]

16Dec2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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New Service Provides Access To Gmail On Your Phone

Previously the only way to access Gmail on your phone was if you had a POP3 client on your phone, and by following these instructions. Although this method allows you to access your emails, it doesn’t allow you to utilise the full tagging and search capabilities of Gmail and it also doesn’t sync with [...]

16Dec2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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TextPayMe - Send Money Via SMS

TextPayMe launched this week which provides an ultra-simple way to send and receive money. To send money all you have to do send an SMS containing the amount and the recipient’s mobile number (or personal alias) to TextPayMe.
I am so surprised that Paypal haven’t launched this feature yet. A few years ago I [...]

10Dec2005 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
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Will We Ever See Free WiFi in the UK?

Engadget reports that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin wants to build a free city-wide WiFi network within a year.  San Francisco has also invited tenders for developing a city-wide WiFi network from potential bidders including Google.
These stories, together with a  post over the weekend by Scobie about his experiences in London and the lack of [...]

30Nov2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Generation X - Are We Building the Services They Want?

In a post on Blogspotting by Stephen Baker he states that his son and his friends don't wear watches anymore.  If they need to tell the time, they reach into their pockets and pull out their mobiles.
This reminded me of a funny story I was told a few years ago in a meeting with Ericsson.  [...]

26Nov2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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