Archive for September, 2009

Web Goes Mobile 4: Web or App? Subscribe now

Web or App? Mobile Apps are the hype of the moment. Will apps be the holy grail of the mobile industry? Or should you bet on the mobile web? Find out during the 4th edition of the Web Goes Mobile seminar: Web or App?.   Program of the seminar – Thu. 19 November 2009 (9h30-14h) [ READ MORE ]

Blackberry presents U2 mobile album

Research In Motion, producer of the Blackberry smartphone, has collaborated with Irish rock band U2 on a Mobile Album.  This mobile app, which can be downloaded for free in Blackberry App World, gives a “visual experience and an interactive dimension” for their latest album ‘No Line On The Horizon’.   While it doesn’t include the actual songs, [ READ MORE ]

Mobile app to facilitate SMS Parking

Mobile-for, the Belgacom affiliate responsible for the SMS parking services in several Belgian cities, has launched a mobile application to facilitate this service.  The app, which can be tested in Leuven as from October 2009, can be downloaded on all Google Android enabled smartphones (which kinda limits the testing audience…)  In the coming months however, the [ READ MORE ]

Mobile site for train info

Infrabel launched the mobile site m.railtime.be already in april 2009, but somehow that escaped our blogging attention.  While it shouldn’t have, because it is a nice example of an efficient and very useful mobile website. It’s been years since I’ve traded the railways for the highways (not necessarily getting me to my destination any faster), [ READ MORE ]

Facebook Connect expands across the mobile web

Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Connect for Mobile Web, an effort to extend its reach across the mobile application ecosystem. Speaking at the Nokia World event in Stuttgart, Germany, Facebook Mobile director Henri Moissinac said Facebook Connect for Mobile Web will enable developers to add Facebook social media functionality to any app across any [ READ MORE ]

Samsung Application Store launched

Last Monday, Samsung Electronics has launched its Samsung Application Store. Users of Samsung smartphones, such as the Samsung Omnia, in the UK, Italy and France have now access to mobile apps; 30 other countries will soon follow. The  Samsung Application Store joins a large range of other app stores, including Apple App Store, Blackberry’s App World, Nokia’s [ READ MORE ]

Mobile Internet usage to reach 39% in 2014

According to a recent Forrester research report, one out of 3 European consumers will use the Mobile Internet in 5 years from now.   The adoption of the mobile platform is set to grow from 13% in 2008 to 39% in 2014. Read more[ READ MORE ]

Mobile Internet use in Belgium will triple

According to a new Forrester study, the use of the Mobile Internet in Belgium will triple over the next 5 years.    While now only a mere 9% of Belgian mobile users surf the mobile web, this will be 28% in 2014.  Still, this means Belgium still seriously lags behind in Europe, where an average of [ READ MORE ]

Nokia announces mobile payment service Nokia Money

Nokia has announced a new mobile payment service, under the name Nokia Money.  The service is targeted mainly at countries with a limited bank infrastructure. Argumenting that there are 4 billion mobile phones worldwide, compared to only 1,6 billion bank accounts, Nokia considers the mobile phone as the perfect device to facilitate a payment or a [ READ MORE ]

Minister Q: “maximum price for sms not possible”

Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne reacts to a call from consumers organisation Test-Aankoop to put a maximum price on SMS messages.  According to Minister Q, this is not possible, since the European legislation does not allow such a limitation.  But he claims that high competition on the market will automatically lead to lower prices.   This will be stimulated [ READ MORE ]

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