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Verizon to allow Skype on Blackberry

Verizon Wireless have announced that they are now to allow smartphones connected to their network to use Skype. The network will now allow unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls within the US and also allow you to utilise cheaper SkypeOut calling rates both in and out of the US.

To utilize Skype services you will need to have a data plan along with a compatible phone. When these are available you’ll be able to…

* Make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the globe on America’s most reliable wireless network.
* Call international phone numbers at competitive Skype Out calling rates.
* Send and receive instant messages to other Skype users.
* Remain always connected with the ability to see friends’ online presence.

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Pizza Hut’s iPhone App Has Generated $1 Million

More and more companies are creating iPhone applications as a way to reinforce branding and to gain new customers. Some companies are even seeing increased sales thanks to iPhone apps.

One of those is the Pizza Hut app for the iPhone and iPod touch, which has now generated more than $1 million in sales according to MobileMarketer. The US-only iPhone app was first introduced three months ago.

Although Pizza Hut had a WAP enabled mobile site before launching the iPhone app, the iPhone app has far exceeded expectations.

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New WAP portal from Disney

The Walt Disney Company has launched a brand new WAP portal, allowing South African kids, tweens and families to access a range of Disney content directly from their cellphones.

The portal, which is accessed by simply entering a shortcode into the Internet browser on a cellphone, features a range of exciting content including downloadable wallpapers, games, animations, music, ringtones, competitions and news.

Content will also span the Disney Channel’s most popular series such as Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and Phineas & Ferb. The portal can be accessed as follows: Type in disneysa.mobi into the WAP browser on a cellphone or text Disney to 33978 and a link to the portal will be sent to your phone.

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Internet access from mobile phones is on the rise

The latest Sweeney Research (SR) found that 20 percent of respondents had visited MySpace via mobile, and 15 percent were frequent users of the site, visiting more than once a day. According to MySpace, its internal showed around 150,000 Australians visited the MySpace Mobile WAP sites in December 2008. Many WordPress blogs and WordPress blog hosting companies use Mobile Plugins that let you display your blog or a site on a mobile device such as a Blackberry.

The latest SR shows that Australians are using their mobile phones to go online for music (43 percent), games (33 percent) and sport (32 percent). They are also sharing photos (70 percent), ringtones (46 percent) and music (46 percent) via their mobile when they are online.

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Move beyond voice

Mobile phone owners are embracing a multitude of mobile services these days. In addition to making and receiving calls, the latest mobile phones offer a lot of features like built-in camera, games, text messaging, internet connectivity through GPRS, Bluetooth, etc. Currently, text messaging is catching on with a more than half of the population. Better mobile handsets play a major part in encouraging consumers to try text and to make this an easier activity for them. This technology has changed the way people interact with mobile phones. Text messaging is indeed a simple yet powerful communication medium for mobile phone users.

Another type of mobile messaging which is gaining popularity is MMS (Multimedia messaging service). The growth of MMS will mirror the growth of camera phones. MMS allow you to send picture messages and share it with others. As the network of MMS capable handsets grows, there is an increase in sending pictures between phones by MMS.

Mobile phone companies such as Motorola, LG, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and many more have seen their profits sore since the introduction of camera mobile phones. Various networks like Orange, 3 Mobile, T Mobile, O2, Vodafone, Virgin etc offer free camera phone with special deals. The larger colour screen of camera phones makes the mobile phone an interesting and leisure device. These phones allow you to take an excellent photo and set it as the background image in your phone.

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) adoption has partly been slowed historically by an unattractive, slow and text based user interface. WAP allows mobile phone users to have access to information services. The WAP enabled mobile phone can be connected to the internet instantly and can access any internet service immediately. Colour camera phones tend to support GPRS connectivity and also icon based graphical interface. This makes WAP a far more convincing user experience, and hence is increasing strong WAP adoption. All these features make a mobile phone more than just a device for handling calls.