Posted on October 31, 2007 8:55 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Mobile | Skype
3, the mobile operator, and Skype, the internet communications company, have launched the Skypephone, a new handset that lets you make free Skype calls and instant messages from your mobile phone. It’s the first time an operator has offered a mass-market device which is tailor-made for free calling over the internet from a mobile.
Posted on September 6, 2007 2:25 pm by Shel Holtz | Mobile | Social Networking | Twitter
At the recommendation of my friend Pete Shinbach, I’ve been playing with Jott, a new online service currently in public beta. So far, I love this service both for its simplicity and the fact that it meets a real need.
Once you have an account, which synchs with your cell phone number, you set up lists of people with whom you want to…
Posted on July 25, 2007 12:04 pm by Shel Holtz | Audio | Mobile | Video
I hadn’t even heard of Twango until yesterday, when the announcement came down that Nokia had acquired the multimedia file sharing site. Nokia apparently looked at about 75 companies before settling on the 10-person firm running out of the founder’s basement. The fact that the company is made up of former Microsoft employees who get Internet services had something to do with the…
Posted on June 17, 2007 8:28 am by Shel Holtz | Mobile
Back in 2006, at the NewComm Forum in Palo Alto, a vendor displayed a nifty SMS-based service. The idea was simple. You’re driving past a billboard or see a bus drive by with an advertisement on the side. You’re interested, but how do you get more information? Using the service (the name of which I can’t remember or find), the advertiser would include a…
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