A new app from Veiosoft, called the DataCase, lets you use your iPhone as a wireless HD. You can then pull the info to any PC, Mac, or Linux-based computer when you need. The software works with both Bonjour and Finder, allowing rapid drag and drop functionality. In addition, the DataCase app also has can view/read/play [...]

Samsung has announced some new software that will boost the built-in memory on it’s Smartphones. The memory in question is the embedded flash memory portion within devices (i.e. OneNAND, Flex-OneNAND and moviNAND). Apparently the “boost” is that of performance - as we know, with any kind of request/retrieve operation to memory (be it solid-state or other), [...]

Handango has announced an agreement with EA to publish EA Mobile’s games - these would be games such as Madden NFL 08, The Sims 2, The Sims Bowling, MONOPOLY Here & Now, TETRIS, Bejeweled. The games will be available through it’s “InHand” on-device application. The InHand client is by enlarge a Smartphone client stack, so those [...]

According to Juniper Research, Mobile data revenues on the Indian subcontinent (which includes Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) should be up around the £8.3bn mark by 2013 - having been driven by pruchasing of music, browsing, and games. Apparently ringtones are currently the most lucrative service right now, but the usual suspect are [...]

EA Mobile have just acquired the rights to the popular moneyed-quiz game “Deal or No Deal”. They snapped up the rights from Endemol, who we all know as the creator of Big Brother. Interestingly, Gameloft had previously owned the Mobile rights, where the game had become a top-seller. So this is a major coup for [...]

iPhone is now ready for business use and some companies may consider shunning BlackBerrys and other smartphones in favor of Apple’s baby. That could help getting some media coverage while boosting retention at the same time. After all, iPhone does sound more like fun (as opposed to “work”) than any other smartphone out there. Still, I [...]

Lenovo has recently launched a new mobile phone - P960. Specs wise, there’s nothing special about the device — it has a dual-band GSM/GPRS radio on board, 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.8-inch touchscreen, and a microSD memory expansion slot. However, what sets the P960 apart is the presence of fingerprint biometrics security powered by Atrua Technologies. The [...]

Just when we posted that Palm is working on the Treo 850 / Treo Pro, we have first images of the device caught in the wild as well as more details. Let’s do the details (specs) first. Here’s what we know: 400Mhz CPU 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM — i.e. enough for performing multiple demanding tasks at once Tri-band 3G, [...]

The RSCPA (an Animal welfare charity) has launched it’s own mobile game called MobiDog, developed by UK company Lateral. This game is following on from a web-based cyberpet concept, also launched by Lateral. However, MobiDog isn’t a virtual pet game, it’s a collection of dog-themed mini-games, which are a spin on arcade classics. The overriding message [...]

O2UK has issued a new set of criteria for channels partners, regarding the upgrade of customers. Dealers must now check details against a database of O2 subs, to verify the “ownership” of the customers, and also to gain approval. The point of the checks are to see how the customer was acquired before they can [...]

Carphone Warehouse Chief Exec Andrew Harrison recently called for sensible marketing of mobile phones to kids, according to Mobile News. Unfortuntely, it doesn’t appear he has much backing, as Child safety organisations wouldn’t back him, and the industry at large didn’t have anything to say in support either. Harrison said last month the industry should take [...]

O2 has announced that it is continuing it’s sponsorship of the England Ruby team for another four years - this will mean it will run beyond the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The deal is worth about £4 million per season, and run to 31st August 2012. O2 is promising it’s customers more player [...]