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Federated Media is company that firstly tried to be middle man in selling advertisements to blogs. This effort failed and now they have scored a big deal from Microsoft: Federated Media has built ExecTweets website, that gathers tweets from higher managers from various companies and allows for publishing of tweets too. ExecTweets is a project that Federated Media got from Microsoft, yet there is no ExecTweets for Windows Mobile, but there is – released today to app store – ExecTweets for iPhone!
Here is how this app looks like:
This app has been released yesterday so it is very fresh. While all EU citizens and citizens of European Economic Area (Norway, Switzerland, Iceland) can emigrate to UK easily without the need to get visas or permits, for people from USA, Asia, etc a new regulations regarding immigration to UK has been introduced in 2009… so this app may come in handy!
Here is how this immigration to UK application looks like:
The Samsung Jack™, the successor the award-winning BlackJack™ and BlackJack II™, will hit AT&T shelves on May 19th.
The BlackJack series has been the number one selling franchise in Windows Mobile history and the Jack is the next generation Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone. Available exclusively to AT&T customers in the U.S and powered by the nation’s fastest 3G network, this sleek and compact handset features an optimized keyboard for easy and accurate messaging, including SMS, instant messaging and access to multiple e-mail accounts.
Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile on the Jack keeps enterprise and small business customers connected with synchronization of schedules and contacts, Internet Explorer Mobile provides improved quick and easy Web browsing and Office Mobile enhances productivity with the ability to manage Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The Jack will also be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5.
My great friends over at Mobile Tech Moment have done a fantastic job of showing us one of the latest iPhone and iPod Touch games to come to the App Store. Steve has given us a five minute video overview of Top Gun by Paramount Digital Entertainment.
It is another fantastic title with great graphics and game play but don’t just take our word for it, check out the video after the break.
Vodafone UK is abolishing roaming charges this summer and bringing in great value prices for international calls, making it easier for customers to phone home while abroad and make calls abroad from the UK. There are cost savings for business customers too.
From 1 June to the end of August, Vodafone Pay as you Go and Pay Monthly customers will be able to call, text and send picture messages to friends and family back home from over 35 countries knowing that it will cost exactly the same as if they were in the UK. For example, a customer on a plan with 600 minutes and unlimited texts who opts in to Vodafone Passport would use these minutes and texts when they are on holiday with no extra charges.
Our latest podcast is now available to download, in episode 35 we discuss the minimum requirements for future Windows Mobile 7 devices, Touch Pro2 coming in June, iPhone exclusivity deals, and Sling Player hits the App Store without 3G plus much more. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.
SlingPlayer for the iPhone is available in the App Store right now priced at £17.99 or $29.95 and is missing the ability to run on the cellular network. Yes it is no surprise we have to admit but deep down we had hoped for this to be one of the features of the application.
So what has gone wrong, is this Apples fault?, doubtful, Sling’s fault?, no way as they are happy to release the app on other platforms utilising 3G, so that leaves one other culprit, yes you guessed it the Carriers or Networks and in particular AT&T.
You know the companies we pay huge monthly subscriptions too for unlimited data to use as we see fit, no thats not good enough for them, they want to take our money for a service and then restrict what we can use that service for as they have not invested enough in the infrastructure and are afraid it will be exposed if they allow applications that can stream media.
Eurovision song contest is being bankrolled by Germany, UK, Spain and Italy, and thanks to this cash injection singers from these countries don’t have to compete – they have guaranteed place in the finals. Apart from them also finalist from the last year and the country that is hosting Eurovision (this year: Russia) also has a certain place in finals. All others have to fight.
Finals of Eurovision 2009 take place next weekend, so if you wanna watch it, get this FREE app now!
Eurovision app for iPhone is an official app and here is how it looks like:
Mary Jo Foley of ZD Net has managed to get another exclusive about Windows Mobile 7 and this time it is a list of minimum specifications for the new platform which we shall see from 2010. The good news is that Multi Touch and 3.5mm headset jacks are included in the list. It is great to see that Microsoft are producing these guidelines and hopefully this will ensure we do not see inferior devices trying to run Windows Mobile 7 and giving it a bad name. The full list is after the break, it makes interesting reading.
The Samsung i8910HD has appeared as coming soon on Orange’s UK website today. The i8910 which was previously called the Samsung Omnia HD is a Symbian S60 rel.5 phone and will be the first handset to offer HD video capture. You can see a video of the phone in action here
Some other highlights are the 8 megapixel camera, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, HSDPA, 7.2Mbps, internal memory 8GB and WiFi.
Not sure if Orange have an exclusive on this handset or if it will be available on other carriers but we shall see.
Federated Media is company that firstly tried to be middle man in selling advertisements to blogs. This effort failed and now they have scored a big deal from Microsoft: Federated Media has built ExecTweets website, that gathers tweets from higher managers from various companies and allows for publishing of tweets too. ExecTweets is a project that Federated Media got from Microsoft, yet there is no ExecTweets for Windows Mobile, but there is – released today to app store – ExecTweets for iPhone!
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