Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

InfoGin’s Mobile Transcoder With (Mini)Map

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InfoGin (m.infogin.com) is the company that provides transcoder technology to AOL and several mobile operators. I never use transcoders anymore, Opera Mini so much better than any of them. But if your stuck on Verizon with just that Openwave browser, a good transcoder can really open up the web for you. I found AOL’s transcoder increasingly unreliable when I was using it. The thing seemed to return an error rather than a page more often then not. Perhaps the errors … Continue reading →

Solving Opera Mini and UC Browser Connection Problems

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Configuring GSM phones so that data aware Java applications like gMail, UC Browser and Opera Mini can connect to the Internet is a total disaster. Opera Mini is an amazing mobile browser that gives almost any phone iPhone like Internet capabilities. But many people have trouble getting it to work. They download it from mini.opera.com, it installs without error but when they try to run it they get the error “Failed to connect to the internet“. The same thing often … Continue reading →

2008 – The Year for Mobile Data?

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Happy New Year! I’ve never done New Years predictions before but I thought it would be fun to try this year. I believe that 2008 will be a big year for mobile data as large numbers of technically savvy users recognize that mobile phones are full featured, data aware computers. What will 2008 bring to mobile data and browsing? Here are my predictions. 1. Apple will meet their goal of selling 10 million units in the first year. A 3G … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web #31

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Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 1015 mobile sites. Sports Goal.com (m.Goal.com) – a new mobile soccer site with frequently updated football news (about 50 posts a day), standings and live scores. It’s published in 15 different languages. Sports/Motorsports GTwap (GTwap.co.uk/) is an extensive calendar of upcoming autoracing events … Continue reading →

Hack the RAZR

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Motorola phones have plenty of detractors, but one great thing about them is that they are the most hackable of all mobiles. I’m talking about the good kind of hacking, figuring out the secrets of hardware and software and making it work better. Unlike most phones which require special expensive hardware to update the firmware, with Motorolas all that’s needed is software and an ordinary data cable. There’s also free software available to extract, modify and replace almost any file … Continue reading →

Kyte Mobile

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Launched last April as both a web site and a mobile site (mobile.kyte.tv), San Francisco based startup Kyte.tv combines video with social networking. With Kyte you create a homepage, which Kyte calls a channel, and add video, images, text and music from your PC or phone. Anyone can visit your channel, and view the content you have shared. Registered users can leave comments, live chat with you and other users and participate in polls. Channels can be embedded on a … Continue reading →

Talkster – Free International Mobile Calls?

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Talkster (free.talkster.com) is a VOIP based service that lets you make “free” ad supported phone calls between 22 countries (North America, most of Europe, plus Hong Kong and Israel) using any phone – mobile or landline. The ads are about 10 seconds long and are heard by both parties. Talkster doesn’t charge anything for the service but the calls aren’t really completely free. You’re making a mobile or landline call to a local Talkster access point. If you are using … Continue reading →

Found on the Mobile Web 30

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Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the yeswap.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 1002 mobile sites. Entertainment/Music-Nightlife Flavorpill (flavorpill.buzzd.com/m/) New mobile social platform provider Buzzd has joined with established youth oriented online events calendar Flavorpill to create Flavorpill Mobile. The site is a mobile calendar of events like art openings, live music and comedy in New … Continue reading →