Bitstream pushes to get BOLT mobile browser put on more phones before shipping

Bitstream is the software company that maintains the BOLT mobile browser - one of the two major independent mobile browsers available. Not content with just getting user downloads (1 million installs by the middle of last year, now up to nearly 4 million), Bitstream really wants to get BOLT pre-loaded on mobile devices by original equipment manufactureres (OEMs). To further that goal, today it announces the launch of a special OEM version of the browser.

No books, no publishers. Wattpad and Lulu offer authors mobile publishing

Much like in the music industry, authors often find that the vast majority of their money goes to their publisher. Since most authors couldn’t possibly handle the cost of publishing thousands of books, that’s often not too bad a trade. But today Wattpad and Lulu have announced a partnership that could prove that authors can make money from publishing their works on the mobile internet.

madvertise the German AdMob

In the run-up to the M-Days GoMoNews had the pleasure to speak with „Madvertise Mobile Advertising GmbH“ from Berlin which was the first self-service market place for mobile banner advertisement in the German speaking countries. Madvertise has surpassed 60 million page impressions per month in recent months. Carsten Frien, Co-Founder and CEO of Madvertise, speaks on the 28th of January 2010 at the M-Days about „Mobile Performance Management“.

Ground Truth claims to get most accurate mobile web metrics from the best source: the operators

A new analytics company for mobile internet usage has launched today - Ground Truth. The service claims it is introducing intelligence to the field of mobile metrics, and that its patent-pending methodology (called True View) is the most precise metrics tool currently available for mobile internet. Furthermore, Ground Truth says it has revealed some shocking truths about mobile internet use… that will shock you. Let’s have a look!

Further adventures of TV and mobile devices: now we’ve got a GRAMMY social networking app

Further adventures of TV and mobile devices: now we’ve got a GRAMMY social networking app
Not content to simply have the GRAMMY music awards on the weekend, CBS has an entire week of programming. GRAMMY week is seven days worth of events leading up the music awards - and at the end you get to watch the largest music promotional event in the US on television. But app developer Diversion Media wants more than that, and is releasing the first official GRAMMY iPhone application.

Skyfire mobile browser updates for worlds most-used operating system: Symbian

Skyfire is one of the two major mobile-only web browsers out there. It’s an independent, downloadable mobile internet browser, with a design ethos of trying to make browsing the mobile web as much like the PC experience as possible. And today it has announced the launch of version 1.5 for Symbian smartphones - the most populous device OS in the world. What’s new?

Welcome to Bizarro world - mobile operator O2 launches landline service

Just yesterday, the Australian telecoms regulator published an extensive report on how mobile services are rapidly overtaking traditional phone lines in Australia. Mobile services are getting cheaper and better, and landlines are starting to look like they’re in trouble. And in the midst of this, O2 UK has announced that it will be launching a landline service. Is that a good idea?

Smartphones drive explosion in mobile internet use

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report on the state of Australian communications sector for the last year. The ACMA is the broadcasting and telecoms regulator for Australia - and it has found that high-tech mobile devices have driven a massive surge of mobile data usage in the country.

Mobile barcodes = clean hands? Scanbuy teams up with Zytrel XP

Biodefense Solutions is one of many American companies that produces a hand sanitizer product. Zytrel XP is an anti-bacterial hand gel - the kind of which is much more popular in America than it is in Europe, and Biodefense is attempting to differentiate itself from the competition. And so it has announced a deal with mobile barcode company Scanbuy to place 2d barcodes on Zytrel packaging.

Upbeat news from WIN, as it helps Deutsche Telecom with Europe-wide roll out of mobile internet

As the first quarter of 2010 rolls out, we can expect companies to update us on how they’re doing. In other words, it’s Trading Update time! Today we got a pleasingly optimistic trade report from WIN plc, specialists in mobile managed services.

Leak confirmed! Sprint confirms new 4G mobile broadband hotspot

GoMo News reported at the end of 2009 on the upcoming Sprint version of the popular MiFi service from Verizon. At the time the only info we had was leaked from an internal document but now Sprint has officially confirmed the new device, called the Overdrive.

Has Apple bought its very own mobile advertiser? It would make sense

When Google announced its planned $750 million purchase of mobile advertiser AdMob, it caused something approaching jubilation in many quarters. It also caused a hell of a lot of skepticism and uncertainty - the purchase is currently mired in legal objections. But Apple evidently thought it was a good idea, as sources are now reporting that the maker of the iPhone will be purchasing its own mobile advertiser: Quattro Wireless.

Mobile wireless and file sharing in one package from Sprint

When Verizon launched MiFi, it was immediately welcomed as an incredibly useful service for those who need to access the internet on the go (hands up all bloggers and journalists). According to a “leak”, Sprint is now following up with a 4G version of its own called Overdrive - which combines 3G and 4G wireless with a pretty sweet file sharing option.

Want a gig of free mobile internet every month? You may have to move to Qatar…

Up until a few years back Qtel held a monopoly on mobile networks in the small and extremely rich Arab emirate of Qatar. That monopoly was broken up by the state recently enough, though Qtel is still the big man on campus. However, the company is very eager to retain its customer base in the face of increasing competition. And so we see deals like the one it just announced - where owners of Nokia devices will get 1GB of free mobile internet every month until the end of March.

Paris Hilton mobile advertising campaign hits TV, SMS, WAP & Twitter

Mobile savvy celeb Paris Hilton is launching a new range of hair and beauty products called ‘huge’. HairTech International is the actual product provider here, and it has announced that it is working with mobile marketing powerhouse Velti to develop the mobile branch of the campaign.
What’s the campaign?

It’s an opt-in campaign that works through a [...]

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