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Cellufun extends mobile games to new carriers

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Mobile gaming portal Cellufun and ClearSky Mobile Media is making available Cellufun’s games community to ClearSky’s existing wireless carrier partners. This relationship marks the first time Cellufun has worked with a managed service provider to deliver its games to a large network of more than two million customers in North America.

Cellufun is already attracting five million unique users a month to its virtual world, mainly from off-deck and individual carrier subscriber growth. By partnering with ClearSky, Cellufun games will receive prominent placement on subscriber handsets through a multitude of regional carrier networks, making it much easier for wireless customers to discover the Cellufun community.

Originally posted on November 25, 2008 @ 9:08 pm

Searchme iPhone app released

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The Searchme iPhone app is now available at the Apple App Store. This is the first search engine that was specifically designed for the iPhone and iTouch.

Using the Searchme app, you can see web pages without having to click through. Results are presented in a stack of pages that you can flip through or expand with your finger. You don’t have to wait for them to upload in your browser. Once you find what you’re looking for, just double-tap the screen to open the page.

The company also rolled out a new Searchme Shopping feature at www.searchme.com. In time for the holiday shopping rush and black Friday, Searchme gives people a new way to shop online. Visual search allows people to see It lets people flip through stacks of web pages just like a print catalog, provides comparison pricing and one-click access to retailers when you’re ready to make a purchase.

Originally posted on November 19, 2008 @ 1:50 pm

MediaFLO USA, CBS Mobile and Victoria’s Secret unveil ‘Victoria’s Secret TV’

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MediaFLO USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, in collaboration with CBS Mobile, which has a deal with Victoria’s Secret, has launched “Victoria’s Secret TV,” a new, dedicated, 24/7 channel on the FLO TV service that gives viewers an all-access pass to the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on their mobile phones.

On December 3, 2008 at 10:00 PM EST/PST, “Victoria’s Secret TV” will simulcast the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which is airing on the CBS Television Network. Broadcast from the iconic Fontainbleau Miami Beach Resort, the show also will include appearances by Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller and Miranda Kerr, as well as a musical performance by Usher.

Originally posted on November 20, 2008 @ 11:27 pm

Ifbyphone releases second Apple iPhone app

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Ifbyphone announced its second app for the Apple iPhone, enabling business people to launch phone conferences instantly by making simultaneous outgoing calls to participants.

Now available for download on the iTunes App Store, the Conference Call App enables users to set up conference calls from their iPhones or iPod touch devices spontaneously, or to schedule calls in advance quickly and easily while on the go. To start an instant conference call, users create a group of recipients from the contacts in their iPhone address books and tap “schedule conference.”

The Conference Call App is Ifbyphone’s second application on the iTunes App Store, joining Ifbyphone’s popular Voice Broadcast app. Both are available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Users can share contact groups between the two Ifbyphone apps.

The Conference Call App is free to download, and includes 100 free minutes of conference calling per month, with an option to upgrade for additional minutes.

Originally posted on November 20, 2008 @ 11:52 pm

As if we still do not know, iPhone is now the top device worldwide

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AdMob announced that iPhone is now the #1 device worldwide, displacing Motorola RAZR, and in a regional feature focus highlighted traffic from Latin America and the Caribbean has more than doubled in the last year in the October 2008 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report. The iPhone experienced strong traffic worldwide to become the #1 device, with 37 percent of requests coming from outside of the US.

The iPhone experienced particularly explosive growth across AdMob’s network after the company launched its unique ad units for iPhone sites and applications in July 2008. There are currently more than 400 applications and sites in the AdMob’s iPhone Network. In October 2008, AdMob reached more than four million unique iPhones, approximately 30 percent of the devices in the market.*

Other highlights from the October 2008 report:

· 17 percent of iPhone requests came from Western Europe and 8 percent from Asia. Top markets worldwide include the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Switzerland.

· In the US the iPhone is the #2 device behind the Motorola RAZR and in the UK it is the #3 device, behind the Nokia N95 and Sony Ericsson K800i.

· Traffic from Latin America and the Caribbean doubled in the past 12 months to 109 million requests in October 2008. The fastest growing countries in the region include Puerto Rico, Guyana, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico.

· Motorola, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson all have more than 20 percent market share in Latin America and are leaders in different markets. The Motorola RAZR is the top device in the market, followed by the iPhone.

· Worldwide requests grew 13.8 percent month over month to 5.8 billion. US requests grew 7.9 percent to 2.2 billion and UK requests grew 16.0 percent.

· Sony Ericsson passed Motorola to become the #2 handset manufacturer worldwide. Apple jumped ahead of LG and RIM to become the #5 handset manufacturer worldwide.

· The top 10 devices worldwide, in order, are the Apple iPhone, Motorola RAZR V3, Nokia N70, Motorola KRZR K1c, Motorola W385, Nokia 6300, Nokia 3110c, Nokia N73, Motorola Z6m, and RIM BlackBerry 8300.

The full October 2008 report with additional details and all previous reports are available for free download.

Originally posted on November 18, 2008 @ 11:30 pm