OK, I’m not much of a Twitter user. I’ve had an account for almost a year and I’ve posted maybe eight tweets. But I received a request from a reader to tweet when I publish a new post and found an Alex King WordPress plugin called Twitter Tools that promises to do just that. So beginning with this one I’ll be automagically tweeting with every post. Maybe this will spur me to use the service a little more, or maybe … Continue reading
TmoNews.com is a seven month old news blog covering T-Mobile USA. The site is updated daily, and is not one of those mobile “news” sites that just regurgitates the latest press leases. TmoNews does some real investigative reporting, and has scored a number of scoops including being the first with details on T-Mobile’s data price increases that are supposed to go into effect on October 16th, the first information and photos of the Samsung Behold touchscreen phone and first with … Continue reading
The largest US mobile carrier, Verizon Wireless has started funneling traffic between Verizon feature phones and the web through a transcoder from Novarra. Verizon calls the service “Optimized View” and has added promotional information and a FAQ to their customer website There is also a page on the carrier’s developer site which has links to a opt-out form and to a PDF document detailing the rules that the transcoder uses to determine which sites to transcode. Given the disastrous effects … Continue reading
Tickets.com, a major online ticket broker owned by MLB.com (Major League Baseball) has launched a mobile version of their service at mobile.tickets.com. Tickets.com handles tickets for events around the world ranging from chamber music concerts to professional wrestling. The mobile site uses a two-level hierarchical menu with top level categories of “Sports”, “Concerts”, “Arts” and “Family Events” each of which is divided into a dozen or more additional categories. There’s also a search box. Mobile ticketing is something I’d be … Continue reading
Opera has released a Beta of Version 4.2 of the popular Opera Mini browser. Opera Mini is a free Java ME browser that brings full-web browsing to hundreds of phone models including most inexpensive feature phones. The new version adds numerous bug fixes and four new features: Skins: You can change the color and styling of Opera Mini’s “chrome” to seven predefined schemes. Improved Performance: The Beta switches between a new Opera proxy server farm in the US or the … Continue reading
First Interstate Bank, a regional bank with 50 locations and 100 ATMs in Montana and Wyoming, has launched a mobile banking site at firstinterstate.mobi. The bank is doing a good job of promoting the site with a prominent ad on their web home page and an extensive video tutorial. Themobile site has ATM and branch lookups which do not require a login to use and include maps, driving directions and, for the branches, hours and click to call phone numbers. … Continue reading
Carnival 149 is up at Mark van ‘t Hooft’s blog, Ubiquitous Thoughts. This week’s edition has insightful and timely posts on the impact of the recession on the mobile industry, mobile downloads, carriers and 3G data, mobiles in education and in the US presidential election. Click on over to Carnival of the Mobilists #149: A Quiet Fall Festival to read the week’s best writing on mobile. Mark pointed out that there were not many entries to this Carnival. This should … Continue reading
Thanks to Naiyer at oh.dirlink.mobi for recommending this pair of Indian financial and business news mobile sites. India is a very interesting area for global as well as Indian investors. The country’s GNP is growing at a rate of over 9% a year making it one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. These two mobile sites along with The Economic Times, offer the best and most detailed information and analysis of Indian business trends and news on … Continue reading