October 8, 2009
News to Us: Spotify Phone, Spectrum Crisis, AT&T Pill Bottles, In-Air Advertising, and More
- Spotify Partners with Swedish ISP for Opt-In Music Service on PC, Mobile, and Television | Wired News
Sweden's Telia is partnering with Spotify to put the popular free music service on televisions. It was also recently announced that INQ is to build Spotify branded phones.
- New iPhone App Connects Fans to Band & Brand Promotions | Mobile Marketing Watch
A new iPhone application by Mozes aims to connect music fans to over 15,000 exclusive promotions from their favorite bands, artists, and sports teams.
- Speech-to-Text SMS (Text) Messaging Using Microsoft Tellme on a Samsung Intrepid | mediabistro
By using Microsot's voice recognition software, Tellme with the Samsung Intrepid, users can get around physically typing a text message.
- REPS: Just Like Wii Fit, Only on the iPhone | Mashable
REPS is a new app for the iPhone that makes a slick hybrid between the physical interactivity of the Nintendo Wii and the many fitness applications available on Apple's phone.
- Dell plans first U.S. smartphone with AT&T | Reuters
Dell has plans to add its first mobile phone to the already cut-throat U.S. market. The device is said to run on AT&T and use Google's Android.
- Pill bottle caps to call you via AT&T and remind you to take your medication | Unwired View
For those who have a tendency to forget taking their pills, AT&T and Vitality Inc. are bringing a new technology that alerts users via call or SMS when a bottle cap is not opened in time.
- Ads On a Plane: (Maybe) Free Wi-Fi Coming to Airlines | Mashable
With 76% of business travelers picking an airline based on Wi-Fi, it's only natural that companies JiWire and Row 44 collaborate to provide in-flight Wi-Fi advertising.
- WOW: 4.1 Billion SMS Messages Are Sent Daily | Mashable
The latest semi-annual wireless survey by CTIA presents some shocking numbers: Over 740 billion text messages were sent over in the US during the first half of 2009. That's 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily, which is also nearly twice as many as sent during the same time period last year.
- FCC Chair Cites 'Spectrum Crisis' | InformationWeek
A "looming spectrum crisis" are the words FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski used to describe the anticipated thirty-fold jump in wireless traffic.
- Mobile Advertising Is Shaping Up To Be All Search | Techcrunch
With the rise of Web phones like the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Palm, mobile advertising promises to be a huge growth area. The Kelsey Group projects that the mobile advertising market will balloon from $160 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2013.
