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Lines still long for iPhone 3G and could be for 2-4 more weeks

Today marks one week since the iPhone 3G went on sale. I waited in line but at least there was a 16GB black iPhone 3G at the end of it. We’re now receiving reports of continued long lines, and at the end of those lines people are either being turned away because of [...]

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 1:26 PM by Geek.com » Mobile

Filed under: Apple, Mobile, Gadgets

Verizon Wireless introduces mobile banking to BlackBerry users

Verizon Wireless is giving their BlackBerry wireless customers one more reason to be glad they are members of the BlackBerry generation. The company announced that it was offering the Mobile Banking application to customers with a BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. The application is current supported by banks including [...]

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 12:40 PM by Geek.com » Mobile

Filed under: Mobile

Autotrader to revamp its mobile site

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Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 8:46 AM by SMS Text News

Filed under: Mobile

SendMe gets its mits on Warner’s artists

We all know the problems that several companies faced when offering ring poor copies of ringtones from famous artists. Faster than you could say pack of elephants a law suit was dropped that landed, well, heavier than a pack of elephants. I’ve just had a release land on my desk that is offering something quite nice, [...]

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 8:32 AM by SMS Text News

Filed under: Mobile

The Tuesday newsletter arrives next week!

Roll up, roll up, it’s time for the SMS Text News newsletter! Aye. This Tuesday we’re going to send out the first ever newsletter from SMS Text News. Now readers subscribe to the Feedburner Newsletter that’s sent every day automatically. And whilst that’s of great value for many, we’ve had a lot of demand [...]

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 7:02 AM by SMS Text News

Filed under: Mobile

55% margin on Apple iPhone 3G

Cellular News has a detailed viewpoint on the components used in the iPhone. The piece ends pointing out a BOM/manufacturing/royalty margin of 55% for each iPhone. Interesting stuff. Beyond the $174.33 BOM and manufacturing cost of the iPhone 3G, Apple is spending an estimated $50 on IP royalties per unit shipped. With the [...]

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 6:42 AM by SMS Text News

Filed under: Mobile

Nokia to keep their touchscreen phones mid-market

Who would have thought? Apparently, people really want touchscreen phones. So much so that it seems like every company out there is working on one, or already has one on the market. Nokia is no different, of course. Though they may be late to the game, at least they have their plans worked out, and [...]

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 3:34 PM by Geek.com » Mobile

Filed under: Mobile

Forget the iPhone and check out the Vu, Xperia, Instinct, Diamond and others

With the iPhone 3G now out of stock in a number of places, it’s time to set your eyes on some alternatives. For starters, how about the Samsung Instinct? Maybe the LG Vu? Perhaps the LG Voyager? How about the HTC Touch Diamond? If any of these sound interesting, read through the [...]

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 2:55 PM by Geek.com » Mobile

Filed under: Apple, Mobile, Gadgets

The Ad Store

Now that the iPhone App Store is open for business, we have to consider what kind of marketing vehicle we have here. There are a handful of ads and marketing partnerships already in evidence in the apps, and they render very early lessons in how and how not to leverage the kinda-sorta-more-than-it-was openness of the iPhone platform.

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 1:00 PM by Mobile Insider

Filed under: Mobile, Steve Smith

IBM working on website ‘mobilifier’

Some companies (Goole being a good example) go out of their way to provide mobile-optimised versions of their websites. Others… not so much. Using a badly designed site on a phone browser can be incredibly frustrating - for example, installing that Flipsilent app took ages because the hosting site helpfully put the download links right at [...]

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 12:24 PM by Pocket Picks :: The coolest things for the coolest phones

Filed under: Mobile, Web, firefox, applications, ibm, plugin, highlight

SK Telecom and Earthlink pursue partnership

Some news agencies are reporting that SK Telecom were in negotiations to purchase Sprint Nextel, including CNBC on Tuesday. SK Telecom is a South Korean company that previously had a presence in the U.S. mobile market through its joint venture with Earthlink called Helio. The Helio venture didn’t go well for SK Telecom since Earthlink [...]

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 10:48 AM by Geek.com » Mobile

Filed under: Mobile

Is this our first video comment reply?

MartinSFP is, I think, the first to use the Seesmic video comment reply function on our Disqus system. It’s rather neat. I think I might use it myself in future! Have a watch of it — just scroll down to the bottom here.

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 10:22 AM by SMS Text News

Filed under: Mobile, video comment

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Lines still long for iPhone 3G and could be for 2-4 more weeks

Verizon Wireless introduces mobile banking to BlackBerry users

Autotrader to revamp its mobile site

SendMe gets its mits on Warner’s artists

The Tuesday newsletter arrives next week!

55% margin on Apple iPhone 3G

Nokia to keep their touchscreen phones mid-market

Forget the iPhone and check out the Vu, Xperia, Instinct, Diamond and others

The Ad Store

IBM working on website ‘mobilifier’

SK Telecom and Earthlink pursue partnership

Is this our first video comment reply?