Baidu in a mobile app deal with China Unicom
Baidu has some bad news for Google in the Chinese mobile market.
They have entered into a deal with China Unicom.
China Unicom would now offer their mobile devices with mobile apps powered by Baidu services.
Baidu dominates the search engine market in China and Google is [...]
AT&T still not prepared to handle tethering on Apple iPhone
AT&T had admitted that they are still not prepared to offer tethering capabilities on the iPhone smartphone on their network.
The company recently enabled the MMS functionality on the iPhone after upgrading their networks to handle the potential overload on the system.
However, their network is [...]
Google Search Options now available on mobile edition
Google Mobile Blog has announced that they are now offering advanced search options on their mobile search engine.
These features are already available on the desktop edition of Google Search.
These advanced search options come pretty handy for specific searches.
The developers said that this feature is [...]
Microsoft Bing Search Engine now feature voice support
Sprint Wireless has just launched their latest smartphone model Samsung Intrepid.
Samsung Intrepid comes loaded with Tellme technology which enables the mobile user to use their voice to perform activities on their smartphone.
They can call or text their friends. They can also now search online through the Bing search [...]
Microsoft My Phone out of beta with some premium features
Microsoft has finally taken out their My Phone service from the beta testing phase.
It also now features some new services which are paid only.
Microsoft My Phone is similar to Apple MobileMe service. It enables a user of Windows Mobile smartphone to backup their [...]
mSpot offering movies on mobile devices
mSpot has announced that they are now offering movies on mobile devices.
The company has agreements with Paramount, Universal and Weinstein to bring their digital content to mobile devices.
mSpot said that they are currently offering around 300 titles for downloading.
They are aiming to have at least 1000 movies on [...]
Nokia facing legal problems in launching Ovi store in Brazil
Nokia has revealed that they are facing legal issues with the launch of their Ovi mobile service in the Brazilian market.
The brand name has been challenged by a Brazilian telecoms company called Ouvi.
Ouvi claims that the Nokia branded service has a name which [...]
AT&T: Google is against Network Neutrality
AT&T has fired back against Google claiming that the search engine giant behaves like a hypocrite when it comes to network neutrality principals.
The mobile industry giant said that Google blocks some phone calls made to their Google Voice numbers.
AT&T representative Robert Quinn had this to say on this [...]
Vodafone in a music distribution deal with Warner
Vodafone has now become the only mobile service provider to have deals with all the major music labels to distribute their music over the air to customers.
The company has just signed a deal with Warner Music Group competing the formalities.
Vodafone get the rights to [...]
AT&T 3G MicroCell launched in USA
AT&T has announced the launch of their 3G MicroCell solution in Charlotte, USA.
The company aims to sell this device in other markets soon.
This device aims to provide a strong mobile signal in homes where their coverage is not strong enough.
It connects to the internet and enables the user to [...]
