Handsets
Starwood Hotels & Resorts launches app for BlackBerry phones
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched the SPG App for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is based on its Starwood Preferred Guest program.
The SPG App enables BlackBerry smartphone users to browse and make reservations at 1,000 Starwood properties across the globe. Members can also use the new application to manage current reservations, view their Starpoints [...]
Alcatel-Lucent acquires Openplug
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired Openplug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Alcatel-Lucent can now extend Openplug’s functionality to service providers, enterprises and developers so they can create and deploy applications across multiple mobile devices and within service provider app stores.
As a result, applications that had previously only been [...]
Cellcom selects Trivnet’s transaction management platform
Trivnet, a provider of transaction management platform for delivering secured Mobile Financial Services (MFS), has deployed its TRIV Platform at Cellcom Israel, a cellular services provider in the country, to enable Cellcom Israel’s Mobile Wallet Service.
As part of the service, Trivnet’s platform will power money remittance services from customers of all cellular operators in Israel [...]
IG Index dealing app now available for iPhone
IG Index, a financial spread betting firm in the UK, is now offering its new iPhone dealing app for download.
Available free of charge from the AppStore, the application aims to offer clients all the functionality of the traditional dealing platform, as well as a real-time charting package and breaking news headlines from Thomson Reuters.
IG Index [...]
Cricket partners with RIM; announces Blackberry plan
Cricket Communications, a provider of wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless, recently announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone.
Cricket-branded retail stores, dealers in the US and www.mycricket.com will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $299.99. The device will be accompanied by Cricket’s $60 BlackBerry Plan, offering nationwide talk, text, e-mail, [...]
SK Telecom, RIM introduce BlackBerry Storm2 in South Korea
SK Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the launch of the first touch-screen BlackBerry smartphone – BlackBerry Storm2 – for customers in South Korea.
Storm2 offers advanced communications and multimedia features, enabling customers to stay connected to co-workers, friends, family and a range of content while on the go.
Key features include 3.25”, high resolution [...]
iPhoneApplicationList.com launches a marketplace for apps
iPhoneApplicationList.com, a portal for iPhone app discovery, app reviews and videos, has launched a service named AppExchange, an open marketplace where developers can find the potential buyers for their apps and underlying technology.
There is a range of apps in App Store developed by developers who do not have much time for app support and promotion. [...]
RIM launches BlackBerry Bold 9700 in Japan
Research In Motion (RIM) has debuted the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone in Japan. The phone delivers an array of communications and multimedia features.
The new BlackBerry Bold features support for 3G networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, built-in GPS and Wi-fi, a 3.2MP camera and a high resolution display. In addition, the smartphone [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry App World updates
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced updates to BlackBerry App World, the official application store for BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry App World provides BlackBerry smartphone customers with an integrated service for discovering, downloading, recommending and managing mobile applications for personal or business use. BlackBerry App World now supports new payment options, includes discovery and search features, [...]
Verizon Wireless launches Samsung Intensity II
Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) have announced that the Samsung Intensity II is now available online. The device will be available in Verizon Wireless stores in the coming weeks.
Made partly from recycled plastic, the Intensity II boasts a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a music player, one-touch access to social networking sites, and [...]
