Today AT&T launched the music Samsung a777. The handset comes with MusicID which allows you to identify songs you're listening to. This sleek slider combines ultra cool features such as:
AT&T is selling the Samsung a777 for $80 after rebates with new agreement. |
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Opera today released a preview of Opera Mini 4.2, the newest version of the world's most popular mobile Web browser that works on almost every mobile phone. With this beta release, Opera celebrates Opera Mini being the browser of choice for more than 20 million unique monthly users worldwide. As part of the celebration, Opera Mini users in the United States and Asia-Pacific region can now experience faster browsing speeds, due to the addition of an Opera Mini server park in the United States. Opera Mini is available to download for beta testing at http://www.operamini.com/beta/. Opera Mini 4.2 beta provides a more personalized experience with its colorful selection of new skins, improved support for YouTube and other mobile video services on a wider selection of mobile phones. Improvements in Opera Link allow users to share notes between their mobile phones and PCs, in addition to their bookmarks and recently-visited URLs. |
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We're all familiar with barcodes seen on just about any product imaginable - they make checkouts faster in grocery stores and often eliminate the need for individual price tags. Now a new type of barcode can make life simpler for Sprint customers seeking information. 2D barcodes are simple, black and white images, but each one is packed with a unique interactive experience in the form of data, Web links, MP3s, video streams, personal profiles and more. Sprint today announced that customers can use select Sprint phones to instantly unlock valuable information from 2D barcodes with the launch of ScanLife from Scanbuy, Inc., a global leader in mobile marketing solutions. Barcodes give quick access to info and eliminate need to type in Web addresses: Picture a magazine ad with a 2D barcode in the lower right corner. Using the ScanLife application, Sprint customers can scan the barcode and be sent to a Web site on their Sprint phone that might contain pricing, availability and additional product information, and more. |
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| Nimbuzz the most comprehensive mobile VoIP, presence and IM provider today announces its first key revenue sharing partnership with a social network, formalizing its push to provide online communities with real time web and mobile communication. StudiVZ, the biggest German speaking social networking site, becomes the first in a series of international networking sites to integrate the Nimbuzz technology into its community, bringing real-time web and mobile communication capabilities to members for the first time.
By integrating the Nimbuzz VoIP, presence and IM features, social networks can extend their offering beyond their current online networking experience. StudiVZ is the first partnership of this nature to be announced by Nimbuzz with similar deals in Turkey, Asia and Italy imminent. The Nimbuzz powered web and mobile clients launch in unison today for StudiVZ members. The web chat is fully integrated into the existing StudiVZ interface allowing IM conversations between all community members. |
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| AT&T Inc. and HTC Corp. have announced the availability beginning today of the new smartphone HTC FUZE. The HTC FUZE provides users with a familiar QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC's intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touch-screen user interface for easy one-touch access to a range of fun and powerful features.
TouchFLO 3D is designed for one-hand operation using simple, gesture-based navigation, allowing customers to simply touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. A quick slide on the home screen quickly activates the most used features such as e-mail, text messaging, music player and camera. This instinctive interface extends to the powerful Web browser. A useful "zoom in, zoom out" feature makes it especially fun and easy to access the Web via the included Opera browser, which provides for desktop-like Web page renderings and user interactions. Powered by AT&T's 3G network — the nation's fastest — and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the HTC FUZE is a compact yet powerful communications tool with a smooth gloss black finish and a distinctive and unique faceted backplate. |
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AOL’s Platform-A today announced that it will launch, in partnership with T-Mobile USA, an unprecedented billion-impression Web advertising campaign across Platform-A during a two-day period on November 10 – 11. The first-of-its-kind advertising buy underscores Platform-A’s ability to reach more U.S. online consumers – more than 90% — than any other online advertising business. Platform-A includes AOL’s owned-and-operated sites, along with the thousands of sites in the Advertising.com third-party network. Platform-A and T-Mobile collaborated to create the “T-Mobile Billion Block,” the most-expansive two-day ad buy in Platform-A history and will spotlight the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android-powered mobile phone. Over a two-day period, the T-Mobile G1 will dominate a significant amount of AOL and other Platform-A inventory, and it’s estimated that approximately 81.5 million consumers will be exposed to the exciting new phone over the campaign’s 48-hour run. |
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| AT&T Inc. today announced the availability of the AT&T Quickfire, the final of four new quick messaging mobile phones designed to make messaging faster and easier than ever before. The Quickfire was developed for AT&T by Personal Communications Devices LLC (PCD).
A slider boasting an interactive touch screen, 1.3 megapixel camera and full QWERTY keypad, the AT&T Quickfire is a 3G world phone that can read messages in portrait or landscape mode and also download music over the nation's fastest 3G network with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile. Quickfire also features AT&T Navigator, which provides turn-by-turn directions and is available with a 30-day free trial¹. AT&T's new quick messaging devices are already popular with customers, allowing everyone from newbie messengers to textaholics to send text, picture, video and instant messages with ease. All quick messaging phones are compatible with AT&T's messaging plans that offer 200, 1,500 and unlimited messaging for $5, $15 and $20, respectively. AT&T FamilyTalk plan customers can get unlimited messaging for all lines for $30. |
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| Firefly Mobile has introduced the Fly Pack, a new retail presentation for Firefly mobile phones that combines a phone and multiple accessories in one convenient package. The Fly Pack is now exclusively available at Toys “R” Us stores nationwide and at www.Toysrus.com.
The Fly Pack, designed exclusively for Toys “R” Us, comes with one Firefly mobile phone, a backpack clip, phone charger, instruction guide, 30 free minutes, and an earbud headset. Additionally, a “Girls” version also features a wristlet purse, while a “Boys” version is packaged with a mesh pouch. The Fly Pack is now available at Toys “R” Us retail outlets and online at www.toysrus.com for a suggested retail price of $84.99. A variety of Firefly mobile accessories, including shells, glow skins, pouches, purses, cases and hands free headsets are also available at Toys “R” Us, and are the perfect fit for Christmas stockings. |
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| Canada's Solo Mobile announced several enhancements to its high-value monthly rate plans and two cool new smartphones to meet the needs of Canadians seeking the most affordable wireless options available.
Available starting tomorrow until December 31, four new Unbeatable plans now offer clients rates starting at $15 per month for both local calling and text messaging. Clients on Unbeatable plans can pay just $5 a month to share minutes and get unlimited local and Canada-wide long distance calling as well as unlimited texting with up to four family and friends on the same account. Higher-end plans also include unlimited incoming calls. These plans include per-second billing, call waiting and 3-way calling. Solo Mobile will waive System Access Fee and e911 service charges on these plans for clients who select two-year contracts. Also available until December 31, new Solo in the City plans are perfect for chatty urbanites. |
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AT&T Inc. announced today that it has agreed, through one of its subsidiaries, to acquire privately-held Wayport, Inc., a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi services in the United States, for approximately $275 million in cash. The deal adds Wayport’s focused capabilities and enterprise customer portfolio with AT&T’s leading Internet Protocol (IP) and 3G networks, and broad consumer and business customer bases, to deliver enhanced broadband connectivity at home, in the office, on the road, and virtually anywhere in between. The acquisition expands the AT&T Wi-FiSM footprint to nearly 20,000 domestic hotspots, takes the company’s global Wi-Fi presence to more than 80,000 locations, and creates thousands of new ways for customers worldwide to stay in touch. Millions of AT&T customers – plus millions of other consumers needing to connect on the go – will benefit from access to new hotspot locations served by Wayport. |
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