Sprint Intros Mobile Shopper September 23, 2007
SPRINT NEXTEL IS GIVING RETAILERS another way to market, advertise and pull money from the pockets of subscribers. The wireless carrier on Thursday introduced Mobile Shopper that lets consumers buy products via their mobile phones through an e-commerce tool powered by mShopper, a Boulder, Colo.-based company owned by 2B Wireless.
The service allows consumers to search among 7 million products from 30 online retailers such as eLuxury, eBags, JC Penney’s, Wal-Mart and Target, which have an opportunity to tie promotions and ads to Sprint’s mobile Web application.
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Teen who hacked iPhone trades gadget for new car
Via the Associated Press:
AP—— The teenage hacker who found a way to unlock the iPhone so that the device would not be restricted to use solely on AT&T Inc.’s cellular networks will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car.
George Hotz, of Glen Rock, N.J., said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Louisville, Ky.-based mobile phone repair company.
Hotz posted on his blog that he traded his modified iPhone for a “sweet Nissan 350Z and (three) iPhones.”
Email This PostIn Case Of Disaster, Check Cell Phone September 10, 2007
When a wildfire threatened resort areas of Catalina Island off Los Angeles last week, authorities used bullhorns to spread word of an evacuation.
If the lieutenant governor gets his way, officials trying to warn Californians of fires, floods, toxic spills, or earthquakes will have an additional tool: cellphones.
“All of the cellphones within range of those towers [on Catalina Island] would ring with an emergency message,” says Lt. Gov. John Garamendi (D), describing the proposed cellular alert system, which could use text and voice messages. “Visitors as well as residents on the island who had cellphones, pagers, BlackBerrys, etc., would get the …
Email This PostThe Mobile Marketing Starter Kit September 3, 2007
Victor from Mobile Marketing Watch has posted his first entry into what he is calling “The Mobile Marketing Starter Kit” that is a must read for all aspiring and exiting Mobile Marketers
The first thing you should do to get your Mobile Marketing Campaign off the ground is to define your objectives. This is really no different than any other task you’d set out to accomplish. Basically, don’t get started until you have clearly defined your objectives or you’ll be going back upstream somewhere about ¾ of the way through your project.
Here’s a fun way you can …
Email This Post7 Ways to Text Message for Productivity
Courtesy: Web Worker Daily
Text messaging (also known as short message service or SMS) is growing in popularity, and not just with teenagers. Of course you can use it to keep in touch with people; that’s getting easier and cheaper all the time with offerings like Yahoo’s latest integration of texting into email.
But did you know you can also use it to stay productive on the go? Warm up your thumb and see what you can do with just a few 160-character messages.
Get quick shots of information. You can get weather reports, locations of nearby wifi …
Email This PostSMS Emergency Alerts Opportunity For Marketers
Posted by Victor on Mobile Marketing Watch Website
How many recalls have you seen over the last 2-3 Months involving items such as toys, pet food or canned food?
I receive email alerts daily regarding these things and each time I forward them on to my wife because she is the one that really knows what we’re buying these days. Me, I just see “Elmo”, “Cat Food” or “Green Beans” and think… oh yeah, we have things like this but I’m never sure exactly what we have sometimes when it comes to the finer details.
If you’re not doing the buying …
Email This PostPatents Could Bring Mobile Phones Closer to ATMs
Information Week reports that Diebold has acquired a number of patents that promise to change the way you use the ATM:
Diebold, the company that produces electronic voting machines, announced that it has acquired five U.S. patents that allow mobile phones to interact directly with ATMs.
Diebold said that the technologies will allow mobile phone owners to find ATMs, order cash withdrawals remotely, generate electronic checks, transmit wireless payments and conduct other transactions more securely and conveniently than they do now.
“Diebold’s new patented technology has the potential to offer myriad applications to boost the convenience and personal security factors of using an …
