Crave: Called the Innov8, the new Samsung 8-megapixels phone promises a full set of camera features to keep shutterbugs happy. Inside you’ll find an auto-panorama mode; a bright flash; smile, blink, and face detection; wide dynamic range capturing abilities; and a video recorder that captures clips at 30 frames per second. Beyond snapping shots, it also has an FM radio, […]

TrendBlog: Softbank has announced that a long-distance romance role-playing game for mobile phones, called, amusingly, the “Marginal Prince” from Serendipity will be available this month for users of the latest phone models. The game has become immensely popular since it was released exclusively on Docomo a few years ago. What exactly is a long distance romance role-playing game, you ask? […]

With the kickoff of the summer travel season, Travel Channel GO is now available for travelers everywhere! Now everyone can use this exciting new mobile service from the Travel Channel – whether you’re looking for the nearest museum while on a vacation or seeking out the nearest ATM in your own hometown, Travel Channel GO has you covered. Travel Channel […]

Reuters: Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead. Some of the fastest-growing mobile phone services in the country let retailers send discount coupons and users send gift certificates for anything from lattes to movie tickets through their handsets. The merchandise vouchers have a barcode embedded in the […]

TextHub is a text messaging service that allows you to send personalized text messages to a group of people online or via mobile phones. TextHub offers an all-in-one suite of tools in one easy to use account manager and makes it easy for any non-technical user to administer mass text messaging campaigns and scheduled alerts. Businesses are always seeking innovative […]

Inhabitat: Here’s a great idea for a cell-phone that is thoroughly green in every way: from its biodegradable bamboo materials, to its thoughtfully considered lifecycle, to its ingenious use of kinetic human power to charge the battery with renewable energy. The ‘Bamboo’ phone, by Dutch designer Gert-Jan van Breugel was one of the finalists shortlisted at this year’s 2008 Greener […]

USATODAY: Even those of us who don’t gab on cellphones appreciate having one for an emergency. For a blind or visually impaired person, the Nokia N82 promises much more: It’s a liberating day-to-day tool that grants access to printed materials not otherwise easily available. A sightless person can use the phone to snap a picture of a menu, book, printed […]

MobileCrunch: YouMail, a free voicemail service, launched a new advertising program this week that will connect brands with mobile users through text-based advertising. This new feature will add youmail2.jpgshort, non-intrusive 40-character marketing messages to the text alerts users already receive when a caller leaves a new voicemail. YouMail users currently receive text messages alerting them to new voicemails which include […]

USAToday: Big restaurant chains are rushing into what could be the future of takeout and delivery food: text ordering. Leading the way are the pizza giants. Papa John’s is airing national TV spots to promote the text ordering that it launched in November. Domino’s has offered mobile ordering — which requires cellphone Web access — since July. Pizza Hut is […]

The Mobile Technology Weblog: If you are having a hard time copying notes on a whiteboard during a business meeting or handwritten notes of your classmates, it’s about time you consider using Qipit. It is a free mobile online copy service which empowers you to copy any documents using your camera phone and convert it to PDF. You can also […]