Today Sprint and Telespree Communications, the leading provider of on-device self-service solutions, introduced Mobile Broadband on Demand. This first ever wholesale prepaid data solution is available exclusively for Sprint Wholesale partners.
Sold through Telespree, Mobile Broadband on Demand () provides Sprint Wholesale partners a way to offer their customers an easy to use and economical way to experience mobile broadband. Offered as a standalone product or packaged with back office services, this unique plug and play product with over-the-air activation is so simple that a wide variety of enterprises will be able to add wireless broadband to their portfolio - from traditional MVNO wireless partners to companies that cater to more casual mobile data users such as rental car companies, airport kiosks, hotels, and retail stores. | |
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Sprint, the second largest employer in Rio Rancho, is bringing more jobs – lots of them – to the market. With close to 200 positions to fill in its Rio Rancho Contact Center, the jobs are an economic boom for the city during a time when other companies have been downsizing.
Sprint is going to hold an exclusive on-site hiring event on Friday, March 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rio Rancho Contact Center. The special event is designed for Sprint representatives to meet with interested job-seekers and for candidates to learn more about the positions. In addition to the Sprint event, the company will also take part in the “Gobs of Jobs Career Fair” at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid at 5151 San Francisco Road NE in Albuquerque on Tuesday, March 23 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | |
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HTC Corporation has outlined its disagreement with Apple’s legal actions and reiterated its commitment to creating a portfolio of innovative smartphones that gives consumers a variety of choices. Founded in 1997 with a passion for innovation and a vision for how smartphones would change people’s lives, HTC has continually driven this vision by consistently introducing award-winning smartphones with U.S. mobile operators.
“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then.” | 
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Nokia has released another video showcasing its app "Nokia Point & Find" (similar to Google Goggles). See previous video at "Nokia Point & Find Pilot Campaign Started in Colchester UK". Nokia has been testing the app in the Colchester, UK. The video takes you step-by-step through how the free app works with shopping, worldwide locations and identifying mysterious objects. See video above. |
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Google has introduced a few features for Google Maps for mobile 4.1 that makes sorting through search results or seeing Maps info easier.
For Google Maps, Google has eliminated the tabs to give you all the information on one page. Now you just tap the new buttons to see the place on the map, get directions, call it, or see it with Street View. Now you can swipe pages with our finger (left or right) to see the next or last results.
The updated Maps 4.1 will allow you to have a couple different ways to put Maps up close and personal on your phone. Add the Latitude widget to a home screen panel to see your nearest Latitude friends by pressing the “Menu” button from the home screen and selecting Add > Widgets > Latitude. On Android 2.1+ phones, you can also turn your home screen into one big, updating map using the Maps live wallpaper. Press the “Menu” button from your home screen and select Wallpaper > Live wallpapers > Maps. Now you can see nearby friends or a map each time you open your home screen.
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MobiTV, Inc. is broadening support to its managed technology platform carriers and operator customers with a robust and secure Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution that enables users to store content on their mobile device and watch it offline wherever they want.
MobiTV, Inc.'s DRM solution will allow for a number of business models including subscriptions, rental, content metering, and sharing of content across multiple devices and platforms. By having the same DRM solution on all platforms, MobiTV, Inc.'s technology allows easy authentication with minimal involvement by the end user.
"It was imperative for us, as multi-screen distribution becomes core to our business, to create a solution that allows for consumption of content on multiple screens and platforms, whether someone is on a plane or sitting in front of their home television," said Cedric Fernandes, VP Technology, MobiTV, Inc. "This solution provides the ability to track and supply content rights for the end user as well as the device, creating new business models around the multi-channel screen viewing concept."
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Verizon is has announced new software updates for your Droid by Motorola smartphone. The Droid by Motorola software version AP: ESE53/BP: C_01.3E.03P update includes numerous enhancements and improvements.
Enhancements include:
- Pinch-to-zoom is now available when using the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps.
- New Weather and News application plus widget. The Weather and News app pulls the information you want from the
- Web and brings it to your fingertips. You get weekly and hourly
- weather forecasts based on your location, and news headlines.
- New support for voice-to-text entry.
- Whenever a text-entry box appears, simply tap the microphone icon on the virtual keyboard and speak.
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MasterCard Worldwide today announced the availability of the MasterCard ATM Hunter application for BlackBerry smartphones. (Last April the company announced the same app for the iPhone/iPod Touch.) The app lets BlackBerry smartphone users easily locate the nearest ATM no matter where in the world they are. ATM Hunter is available for free download on BlackBerry App World.
“BlackBerry is the number one smartphone platform in the country and we are pleased to bring its users ATM Hunter,” said Cheryl Guerin, Senior Vice President, US and Digital Marketing, MasterCard Worldwide. “MasterCard ATM Hunter helps make life easier not only for MasterCard cardholders, but for all consumers by letting you instantly search by your financial institution – or find those that are surcharge free – helping to avoid deposit or withdrawal fees and save time and money.”
The MasterCard ATM Hunter utilizes the BlackBerry platform’s location awareness technologies to pinpoint the search and easily locate the nearest ATM, whether located in a bank, restaurant, airport, retail or convenience store…or elsewhere. | 
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The Federal Communications Commission will deliver to Congress a National Broadband Plan setting an ambitious agenda for connecting all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future -- robust, affordable Internet.
“The National Broadband Plan is a 21st century roadmap to spur economic growth and investment, create jobs, educate our children, protect our citizens, and engage in our democracy,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski. “It’s an action plan, and action is necessary to meet the challenges of global competitiveness, and harness the power of broadband to help address so many vital national issues.”
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Fourth quarter mobile handset sales almost always outpace the performance seen in the rest of a year. But according to the latest market data from ABI Research, the final quarter of 2009 was remarkable for the strength of smartphone shipment growth compared to the rather lackluster preceding nine months.
“4Q 2009 saw 25% more smartphones shipped than 3Q,” says analyst Michael Morgan. “Granted, the fourth quarter is usually better than the third, but 3Q saw only a 3.6% growth over the second quarter. The robust strength of this market’s recovery is very encouraging indeed.”
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Today, Opera Software released the final versions of the world’s most popular mobile Web browsers, Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. Now, nearly any mobile phone can support an Opera-driven Web experience, complete with unmatched speed, style and cost savings. Simply go to m.opera.com to download it directly to your phone today.
Today’s release puts the finishing touches on the Opera mobile-browsing duo. The focus is on delivering the best Internet experience on nearly any mobile phone, along with a unified look and feel and innovative favorite features, such as Speed Dial, password manager and tabbed browsing. |
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Today at MIX10, Microsoft Corp. showcased advancements in its platform technologies that enable the developer and designer community to deliver compelling user experiences across a broad set of devices. Building on the excitement of the recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, .NET Developer Platform, and Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president, Windows Phone Program Management, detailed the opportunity for developers to use proven technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight and the XNA Framework to build new mobile applications and 3-D Games.
“As the browser, server, Web and devices evolve, a focus on delivering consistently great user experiences has become paramount,” Guthrie said. “By extending our familiar platform technologies and tools to phones, Microsoft is delivering the premier application development experience across a variety of devices and form factors.” | |
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Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, is unveiling a new convenience for film fans, where they can get movie tickets sent as barcodes to their mobile phones.
Fandango is rolling out its "Mobile Ticket" program in eight markets around the country, with more markets to come.
The benefit is that moviegoers can simply take their mobile phones straight to the theater ticket-taker, who scans the phones' barcode, allowing customers to bypass the box office windows and kiosks.
Fandango's Mobile Ticket works with most mobile carriers, and does not require a smart phone. The program is rolling out to more than 100 screens in the Reading Cinemas circuit, including:
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