AT&T and Samsung joined forces to provide a Napster enabled mobile phone just in time for the holidays.
Dubbed the SLM, the phone will let users search from Napster’s music library of 5 million+ songs, and download the songs directly to the mobile phone. Single songs can be purchased for $1.99 each using the service, or 5 tracks per month are available at $7.49 per month.
There is much more to these phones that just the Napster service, including mobile banking, XM Radio Mobile, and bluetooth capability, more. Read the story here.
November 21st, 2007
Thinking of getting someone a cell phone as a gift for Christmas or Hanukkah this year, but not sure what’s popular? There are quite a few models to choose from, and it’s not easy to tell which phones are hot and which are last years news. To offer a little help, we thought we’d offer up the cell phone models getting the most buzz so far in 2007 (yes, we’ve included the iPhone).
But we want your opinion. What cell phone model would you like to receive as a holiday gift this year? Cast your vote below!
Which mobile phone would YOU like to get as a Holiday gift this year?
October 10th, 2007
Today’s mobile website is about saving you time. Who enjoys waiting in line for 20 minutes to order their food, and then wait another 15 for the food to be ready?
If your answer was “Not Me!”, then see what mobile website allows you to use your mobile phone to skip the line.
GoMobo allows people to save time by texting in their order to their favorite local restaurant. Assuming the restaurant is one of the many already signed up with GoMobo, you will be able to pick it up with no wait. The service is free to the end users.
Check it out for yourself!
Mobile Website:
GoMobo.com
August 31st, 2007
T-Mobile will announce the introduction of their T-Mobile Wing smart phone today. The cell phone will run on Windows Mobile 6, which will provide more robust security features and integration with Outlook email.
T-Mobile Wing Cost
The T-Mobile Wing will cost $299 with a 2-year contract. Microsoft Mobile 6, an increasingly popular operating system for smart phones, will enable users to handle email, documents, and browse the web.
Browse on the Go with Your Cell Phone
T-Mobile has finally found a way to leverage it’s many WiFi hotspots into an asset for it’s cell phone customers. The T-Mobile Wing can connect to the Internet using a WiFi connection. Can you say Starbucks anyone?
T-Mobile Wing vs Apple iPhone
Given the choice, which call phone would you rather have and why?
Photo courtesy of PhoneScoop.com
May 22nd, 2007
March Madness is upon us, and if you haven’t used any of the mobile score alert services yet, now is a great time to start.
We posted a recent article on getting Super Bowl Scores on your cell phone, and many of the services mentioned there also provide NCAA basketball score alerts.
Update: We Found a Free Option for Sports Alerts!
While the CSTV service described below does an excellent job, it does cost money. And who wants to pay?
So we dug deeper and found a free, yet very reliable, mobile sports alert service from 4INFO. They have a simple demo of their service here. As you’ll see on their site when signing up, they have an interesting mobile alert service for the NCAA tournament this year. You can select to receive updates from your favorite team, or select the “Tournament Pass” option.
Single Team:
Select your conference, then your team, and elect to receive scores at different game intervals. It also includes an Update Trigger, which provides an update in the last few minutes of the game that it considers to be a potential upset.
Tournament Pass:
This option includes an upset alert, as well as an updated final score at the end of each remaining NCAA game. A great way to follow your standings in your tournament pool.
Again, the only cost comes from your carrier’s text messaging fees. So test it out on the remaining NCAA tournament games and let us know how it stacks up.
(OK, now back to the paid option that we originally wrote about…)
Best Premium (Paid) Option for NCAA Mobile Alerts
However, the one service that offers the most cell phone alerts for all college sports is CSTV. I started using CSTV to follow my alma mater and a few other schools in 2004, and I consistently received the halftime and final scores of those games via a text message within about 10 minutes. This was using a Sprint cell phone plan on an LG phone.
CSTV’s mobile score alert service supports the following carriers: Alltel, Boost, Cingular, Dobson, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and US Cellular. Of course, confirm that your cell phone plan includes text messaging (SMS).
The service costs $3.99 per month, and provides about 10 messages per month,
depending on the settings you set.
Try it out for March to follow the 2007 NCAA Basketball tournament this year, then let us know what you think! Did you get the NCAA scores on time? Would you use it again?
March 5th, 2007
