4 posts tagged “cell phone”
Today is an exciting day for my client, ShoZu, who closed $12 Million in Series C funding in a round led by SEB Venture
Capital in London. ShoZu makes uploading/downloading content to/from your favorite social networking sites very easy, and usership is growing rapidly amont those downloading the app from their mobile browsers (m.shozu.com). Plus, ShoZu is being pre-loaded on over 50 million mobile phones in 2008! Here's a copy of the release:
ShoZu Raises $12 Million in Series C Funding;
Round Led by New Investor SEB Venture Capital, London
Mobile Social
Media Company Now Attracting Over 100,000 New Users Monthly
LONDON
– January 28, 2008 – ShoZu Inc., the leading provider of
mobile social media services for exchanging content between mobile phones
and Web-based social media sites, today announced the closing of a $12
million Series C round of financing led by new investor SEB Venture
Capital, London, the UK-based venture capital arm of Swedish financial
services firm Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. Previous investors
Atlas Venture, Crescendo Ventures and TTP Ventures also participated.
The new cash commitment reflects
ShoZu’s growing market traction in the highly competitive mobile social
media sector. The ShoZu application will ship pre-installed on
more than 50 million mobile phones in 2008. In addition, the number
of users downloading the ShoZu client to non-preloaded handsets is more
than doubling every quarter, with more than 100,000 users currently
registering every month.
“ShoZu is the only mobile
social media company that has secured global pre-installation agreements
with multiple handset manufacturers. That fact alone positions
the firm for substantial growth,” said Frank Kelcz, an investment
manager with SEB Venture Capital’s London office who has joined ShoZu’s
board of directors. “Demand for Mobile-to-Web enabling technology
is being driven by a variety of factors, including the need to stay
connected with online social media like Flickr and Facebook on the go,
and ShoZu has the opportunity as well as the initial market presence
to dominate the space.”
“The industry is still grappling
with solving the usability problems of the mobile Web, from navigation
to dropped connections,” said ShoZu CEO Mark Bole. “ShoZu is addressing
many of these challenges with its approach to simplifying the user experience,
exchanging content in the background, and providing an open gateway
that offers a shortcut to key destinations. Strategies like these
may be the answer to mobilising social media in the short term and also
help define the shape of the mobile Internet moving forward.”
Over the past year, ShoZu logged
a series of successes in establishing its service as the industry standard
in mobile social media connectivity. Achievements in 2007 included
securing global pre-installation agreements with Motorola and Samsung,
creating the first unlimited-use ShoZu access package through a carrier
partnership, expanding its Web 2.0 partner ecosystem to a market-leading
30 sites, and introducing the market’s first two-way multimedia social
media capability with a service that will send friends’ latest Flickr
photos directly to the handset on request.
Also in 2007, the company added
to its collection of major industry awards with the top 3GSM award for
Most Innovative Mobile Application, a 2007 MEFFY Award from the Mobile
Entertainment Forum for best handset application, and a 2007 Ultimate
Innovator Award from the Interactive Advertising Bureau for its mobile
advertising platform.
These developments coincide
with growing consumer demand for mobile connectivity to social networks
and other online communities. A recent Juniper Research report
predicted that the number of users accessing social networking sites
by mobile will skyrocket from 14 million in 2007 to nearly 600 million
by 2012, helping to push mobile operator revenues from user-generated
content from $576 million to $5.74 billion.
ShoZu’s Share-It service
enables mobile users to maintain contact with their Web-based social
networks, personal blogs, photo/video sharing sites and other social
media with a few clicks. Users can publish photos and video clips
up to 10 minutes in length from their phones to favorite Web 2.0 sites
without complex navigation, transmit photos at full or blog-quality
resolution, exchange comments with friends, and sign up to receive friends’
photos and other multimedia files on their handsets automatically with
no manual intervention. These and other capabilities are unique
to ShoZu.
The ShoZu application is currently
available on 317 handset models with users in over 100 countries.
About ShoZu
ShoZu is the leading provider
of mobile social media services that connect mobile consumers with their
online social networks, personal blogs, photo storage sites and other
Web 2.0 properties from the handset. The company’s patented
technology provides fast, easy, one-click uploads of photos and video
clips from the mobile to the Web, full-resolution photo and video delivery
without compression, an emerging suite of services that push content
to the phone, the ability to work in the background even if a connection
is dropped, and other unique features that simplify and enhance the
user experience, plus a mobile advertising service that provides non-intrusive
and behaviorally targeted ad delivery. The company was founded
in 2000 and has formed partnerships with some of the leading players
in the mobile ecosystem, including Motorola and Samsung. For more
information, visit www.ShoZu.com/AboutUs.
About SEB Venture Capital
SEB VC is the venture capital arm of SEB, a leading Nordic financial
institution. SEB VC has 280 M€ under management in an evergreen fund
structure, focusing on early stage and expansion investments in life
science, media and technology, and industrial growth. The firm’s 22
seasoned professionals have made more than 70 investments and 34 exits
since the fund’s inception in 1995. Offices are located in Stockholm,
London, Vilnius, Gothenburg and Malmö.
If you're into Twitter, try Nowthen. Nowthen is the newest brainchild from the folks at Blinkx. It's everywhere messaging like Twitter, but besides written updates/broadcasts, you can also send pictures from your mobile phone using MMS. You can set up privacy features to use it with specific groups of friends or with the world. You can also get it to send you notifications via SMS/ MMS on your mobile phone (if you've got an unlimited messaging plan) or your Nowthen mailbox. I'm curious to know what Twitter fans think. If you try it, post a comment and let me know what you think.
One thing I think is particularly cool is that they're already starting to think globally. There are separate numbers you can MMS your NowThen photos to depending on whether you're in the US or UK.
Yesterday, inCode Telecom Group Inc. announced its "Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2007". Topping the list as the number one trend for wireless operators in 1007 is Social Networking:
On the handset side, inCode predicts that in 2007, "Multi-Function Devices [will] Become Cheaper and More Versatile". This includes the introduction of video-capable devices to the masses. They also predict that location-based services (LBS) and GPS will become mainstream. According to the article:"Social Networking Gets Mobilized. Mobility is added to existing Internet business models, services and behaviors, driving traffic for wireless operators. Teens and twenties accustomed to constant connectivity and habit-forming Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, lead a wave of membership in mobile social networks. Location social networking including friend and event finder services gain popularity, even in the professional and over-50 segments. Google, Yahoo and Skype are more compelling for users than wireless brands, which are hard-pressed to compete. As customer appetites for social data and video services spike, wireless operators offer more “all you can eat” pricing for high-end data packages. Social networking applications initially are preloaded on many mobile devices sold and later become downloadable."
"GPS is the location technology of choice for the wireless industry. Handset manufacturers continue to push GPS-enabled handsets as the technology evolves from popular in-car satellite navigation systems like TomTom to a broadly accepted feature in wireless phones. With Nokia having launched its first GPS-enabled handsets in early 2007 and bandwidth available to support new multimedia services, location-based service providers build critical mass. Since there are 10 to 20 times more mobile phones sold than any other consumer electronics device, wireless is a huge driver for GPS adoption. That’s great for users and handset vendors, but the benefit to operators isn’t clear."
Another of inCode's predictions is that "Mobile Advertising Breaks Loose:"
This prediction, is already starting to come true, with MVNOs like Virgin Mobile USA and Amp'd Mobile planning to offer discounts to customers for viewing advertisements on their mobile phones. Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel have also said they're going to test the concept of mobile advertising. And, according to CNET, mobile advertising services company, Millennial Media, which was founded by Paul Palmieri, a former Verizon executive recently received $6.3 million in Series A funding."Major brands shift from basic SMS marketing to more sophisticated multimedia advertising. RBC Capital Markets expects mobile marketing revenues to balloon from $45 million in 2005 to $1.5 billion by 2010. With the technological ability to target and measure the effectiveness of mobile advertising, brands are more strategic in their approach. Operators under increasing price pressure set limits on current handset subsidization. Brands take up the slack, subsidize handsets and services for target demographics and take direct ownership of marketing channels. Rich 3G content and video services and accuracy advancements in GPS-based location services deliver further value to brands targeting existing and potential customers in innovative ways."
inCode is on the money with their predictions for 2007. Tying together the above predictions for 2007 and thinking about the future, I predict that in 2008, mobile operators will further realize the power of social media - extending beyond simply social networking to all forms of social media. If all goes as I predict, in 2008, Mobile Operators, MVNOs, OEMs, and ISVs will harness the power of social networking, GPS (LBS), and multi-function handsets and incorporate the power of social media, adding applications and web-based services to handsets that add value to consumers. Services/ applications like Helio's Buddy Beacon, Dodgeball, etc. will increase. I predict that large mobile operators and OEMs will begin to pre-load devices with social networking-focused applications that incorporate GPS. I also believe that mobile advertising will increase and that the value of GPS to mobile operators will be realized in the ability to either charge for LBS social networking services and/or offer interactive mobile advertising via these LBS-enabled social networking applications.
Collaborative and community-based entertainment like YouTube on the go will evolve and continue to be popular. I also expect that sites that monetize video footage (of, say, news events) that users take on their mobile phones will become increasingly popular....Think sites like: ScoopLive.com, Scoopt.com, and SpyMedia.com.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Optimisation (SMO) will also play a big role in mobile social networking AND mobile advertising in 2008. Though, I expect to see real advances in and popularization of this area happening towards the end of the year and into 2009, once mobile GPS and mobile advertising are better established. I see this happening in several ways:
- When users search for friends, that mobile advertising will be well integrated so that suitable meeting locations and activities will be suggested (e.g. restaurants, coffee shops, stuff to do, sites to see, etc.)
- Based upon users mobile searches, social networking behavior, and text written in the emails they send via mobile phones, mobile LBS and mobile ads will generate new advertising content.
These are my initial thoughts for 2008, and all of them are predicated on inCode's predictions for 2008 coming true. If you've got any additional predictions for 2008 and beyond, post a comment!
I know, I know, this blog is meant to be about social media and social networking, but I couldn't resist writing about another piece of new technology that I know well - the Treo 750, one of the newest GSM Windows Mobile phones on the market. On January 5th, Palm, Inc. announced the launch of the Treo 750 on Cingular. This is the second major release from Palm in the last couple of months.
I've been using the Treo 750 as my primary phone for the past seven months (I was a business development, developer relations, and marketing consultant at Palm, Inc., so I got early access to the device**). The Treo 750v has the same hardware as the Treo 750 but the two devices are branded differently because they're on different carriers (Treo 750v on Vodafone, Treo 750 on Cingular). Despite having spent significant time working at Palm, I believe that the following review unbiased and fair. In my opinion, as a power-user of mobile phones, the Treo 750v is the best smartphone on the market, but as with every product, there is always room for improvement.
Before I review the Treo 750, I feel compelled to point out something that many consumers don't realize - There are two current versions of the Windows Mobile 5 Operating System (OS). There are important differences between these two versions,
and most consumers don't know the differences. Here's an overview, which I hope will help:
I think that Pocket PC Phone Edition is the easier of the two Windows Mobile 5 OSes to use - especially because of the touch screen capability. This puts the Treo 750 at a distinct advantage over competitors like the Moto Q that use "Smartphone Edition".
- "Windows Mobile 5 - Pocket PC Phone Edition"
- Used by all Windows Mobile-based Treos (Treo 750, Treo 750v, Treo 700w, Treo 700wx) and phones from other OEMs.
- Comes with mobile versions of all Microsoft Office applications (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile)
- Touch Screen Enabled. Users can use a stylus, touching the phone's screen to navigate through the user interface and make menu selections. With some phones, including the Treo 750, it is also possible to navigate through most of the user interface using 5-way button navigation and soft-keys
- Phones using this operating system are often more sophisticated than the phones that use "Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition". They typically have larger screens/form factor and increased computing capacity.
- "Windows Mobile 5 - Smartphone Edition"
- Used by Motorola Q, Samsung Blackjack, T-Mobile Dash/ HTC Excalibur and other slim-style phones.
- The name of this OS is a bit of a misnomer because plenty of phones that use other OSes - including Pocket PC Phone Edition are marketed by OEMs and mobile operators as "Smartphones". The Treo 750 is considered a Smartphone by Palm, as is the Treo 680, which runs on the PalmOS.
- Not as feature-rich as "Pocket PC Phone Edition":
- No Microsoft Office Mobile, so no viewing/editing of documents.
- No Touch Screen capability. Users must use 5-way navigation and soft keys to navigate through the user interface.
And now, the Treo 750 review...
The Treo 750 on Cingular costs $399 with a 2 year contract. If the thought of paying that much for a mobile phone makes your heart race, it may help to know that the Treo 750 is not your average mobile phone. Think of it as a hand held computer and phone - all in one. Having used the phone extensively, I feel it is well worth the price - especially if you're a power-user of mobile phones. If you're not interested in getting 3G data speeds or having the Treo ease of use with the benefits of Windows Mobile, you may want to check out the Treo 680 (a lower-end GSM Treo, that uses the Palm OS - recently released on Cingular and also available "unlocked").
Out of the box, the Treo 750v works very well with PCs. Using MissingSync by Mark/Space (sold separately), the Treo 750 also works great with Macs as well. The Treo 750 is easy to navigate if you're familiar with using a PC, but don't worry if you use a Mac. You'll figure it out quickly. I use a Mac and found Windows Mobile easy to use with a little practice.
Overall, the Treo 750 rocks. My favorite parts include:
There are a few downsides with the Treo 750, but given the upsides (and when compared to the competition), they're fairly minor:
- It integrates easily and almost seamlesly with Microsoft-based PCs and back-end systems.
- It is fast - very fast. It downloads data quickly on 3G networks, making email and web browsing a breeze.
- It includes MSFP, so it is push-email enabled. It is easy to check e-mail - both corporate/ work email (Push or Pull) and consumer email like Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo (POP3 or IMAP). Blackberry Connect (sold separately) is also supported on Vodafone, though I noticed it has not been released on Cingular. I use gmail's mobile web-based email and find it exceptionally easy to use on the Treo750.
- Mobile web browsing is easy and quick. You can do a Google search from the "Today" screen (that's what the main screen is called on Windows Mobile phones). Most websites render very well... including popular social networking and web 2.0 sites like: Yelp. The only improvement I'd like to see on web browsing is the incorporation of Adobe FlashLite (as seen in the Nokia E60 and E62), as flash-based websites like YouTube don't render on the device.
- There is no external antenna like the earlier Treo 700w, Treo 700wx, Treo 700p, Treo 650, and Treo 600, and it is slimmer and lighter than these other models.
- Lots of memory - more than any other Treo.
- It is stable
- It is durable - I've dropped it... a lot. It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. By far the most durable Treo design thus far.
- Mini-SD expansion slot supports up to 2GB cards.
- Streaming music and videos on-line using Windows Media Player
- Dial by name, number or picture. You can set up speed dials on your Today screen. I've got pictures of five friends on my Today screen, and when I tap a particular picture, it automatically dials the preferred number I've set up for that friend.
- The ability to use the Treo 750 as a modem with a PC.
- There is a TON of third-party software available (make sure to ensure that the software you buy supports Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC edition and screen independence/ is compatable with a 240x240 screen).
- The following sites are great sources for software Astraware (especially for games), Palm's Software Connection (Palm's store), Handango, Motricity, Mark/Space (sells Mac synchronization software and other popular titles), and Handmark.
- I enjoy the following software on my Treo 750** (It is important to note that data rates may apply. Make sure you chose a data plan with your carrier if you plan to purchase any software that accesses content wirelessly. I pay "all you can eat" data plan from Cingular that allows me to download as much data as I want on a monthly location for a fixed price.):
- Astraware - mobile games
- ScanR Whiteboards - Take pictures of a white board using your Treo in lieu of taking notes at your next meeting. Use the ScanR Whiteboards application for Treo 750 to send any whiteboard picture to ScanR's image servers, which will cleanse that image, remove vectoring, glare, etc. and send it out in .pdf format to whomever you designate.
- Windows Live for Mobile (Live.com, Live Search, and Live Messenger) - So many great tools to try. Get traffic, directions, restaurant recommendations, IM with friends, create a custom mobile web page with gadgets, and more.
- Tube 2 maps and Rough Guides (travel guides) from VisualIT - Make sure you know where you're going with the latest transport and city maps and guide books on your mobile phone
- Vox for Windows Mobile - Blog on the go
- MobiTV - Watch streaming TV from your treo. Available through Cingular.
- TeleNav- GPS mapping from the Treo 750... no need to mess around swapping and loading miniSD cards or suffer through outdated maps. Telenav gives you a GPS puck which communicates with your Treo via Bluetooth and downloads maps over the wireless networks as you drive. So, your maps are always up-to-date.
For those of you who are considering getting a GSM Treo but aren't sure which one to buy - the Treo 750 or the Treo 680 (recently released as well), the following may help you compare features**:
- Certain parts of Windows Mobile 5 are frustrating - namely small, fidgety things, which are easier on PalmOS devices (like cutting/pasting items between calendar, contacts, the internet, tasks and email).
- I don't like the way that call waiting and voice mail notification work. When you're on a call and call waiting informs you of another call, the phone vibrates/buzzes very loudly while the ringer switch is on "silent." If the ringer switch is on, the phone dings very loudly. Either way, the caller on the other end can hear what's the noise, which is irritating. If you chose to ignore the call waiting by pressing the "ignore call" button and the ignored caller leaves a voice mail message, a similar loud ding or buzz can be heard when the message arrives - even if you're still on the original call. It is frustrating to ignore a call when you're busy only to be interrupted for a second time when a voice mail is left.
- No FlashLite: Flash websites don't render on the Treo 750. I'd like to see FlashLite included in Rom like it is on the Nokia E62.
- No Wi-Fi.
- No built-in GPS.
- A 1.3 Megapicsel camera. If the Treo 750v had a 2.0 Megapicsel camera or higher, it could be used as a document scanner, business card scanner, and Fax machine using ScanR.
- Price
- Treo 750 - Starts at $399 in the US with a 2 year subscription to Cingular. (on Vodafone in the UK from free to £212.77. Pricing on Vodafone outside the UK varies by country/ Vodafone operating company.)
- Treo 680 - Starting at $199 (with a 2 year subscription to Cingular).
- Size
- Treo 750 - 4.44" H x 2.3" W x 0.8" D. Weight = 5.4 ounces
- Treo 680 - 4.4" H x 2.3" W x 0.8" D. Weight = 5.5 ounces
- Speed
- Treo 750 - 3G Phone: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS. It is able to take advantage of 3rd generation mobile network speeds where available, resulting in faster downloads of data
- Treo 680 - 2.5 Generation phone. It is not capable of achieving 3G UMTS speeds from 3G networks.
It downloads data at slower speeds than a 3G phone like the Treo 750.
- Processor
- Treo 750 - 300MHz Samsung processor
- Treo 680 - Intel® PXA270 312 MHz processor
- Operating System
- Treo 750 - Uses Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition 5.2. This is a multi-threaded operating system. (Note: Palm Inc's Treo comparison website says that it uses Windows Mobile 5.0, but the Treo 750 actually uses 5.2, which allows for push email).
- Treo 680 uses the Palm OS (5.4.9) and is a single-thredded operating system, which means with few exceptions, users cannot multitask with applications. Users must close down one application before starting another.
- Memory
- Treo 750 - 128MB / 60MB persistent user storage
- Expansion Slot
- Treo 750 - miniSD card slot
- Treo 680 - MultiMediaCard, SD, and SD I/O cards
- Camera
- Treo 750 - 1.3 megapixel with 2x digital zoom. Automatic light balance. Integrated self-portrait mirror. Video capture support.
- Treo 680 - Has a less-sophisticated camera than the Treo 750 - a VGA camera with 2x digital zoom.
- Email: Push vs. Pull ("Push email" means that when an email arrives at the server it is automatically pushed down to the phone. With "Pull email," a users must 'ask' the server whether email has arrived. Email doesn't automatically "push" to the phone when it reaches the server. Users can do this manually or set up alerts for the phone to check with the server after the desired number of minutes or hours have passed.)
- Treo 750 - Windows Mobile 5.2 (with MSFP) included: push-email comes standard for those accessing email systems that use Microsoft Exchange Servers on the back end. This means that unlike RIM, which charges users a monthly service fee to get "push" email and requires their eterprise customers to purchase a separate Blackberry server to get 'push' email on their Blackberry mobiel phones, Treo 750 users who work at companies that have a Microsoft Exchange Server can get 'push' email for free with no additional hardware costs. Those users who do not have a Microsoft Exchange Server on their back-end can still 'pull' down email or check it over the web using Internet Explorer Mobile.
- Treo 680 - Without purchasing additional 3rd party software (like Good, Visto, etc.), users must "pull" down email from their network or check email using the Blazer browser.
- Network Availability
- Treo 750 on Cingular
- Treo 680 - Available locked or unlocked to the Cingular Network. When you buy the unlocked version, you pay more because the cost of the phone is unsubsidized. When you buy the version that is locked to Cingular's network, Cingular subsidizes the cost of the phone because you must also sign up for a service contract.
- Battery & Talk Time
- Treo 750 - Removable 1200 mAH Lithium-ion battery. Talk time: up to 4 hours. Standby time: Up to 250 hours. Data preserved by persistent file system.
- Treo 680 - Removable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Talk time: up to 4 hours. Standby time: up to 300 hours.
- Screen Resolution
- Treo 750 - 240 x 240 color TFT touchscreen
- Treo 680 - 320 x 320 pixel TFT touchscreen
- Accessories
- Treo 750 - Includes stereo headset
- Treo 680 - No headset
- Colors
- Treo 750 - only available in 1 color (depending on carrier)
- Treo 680 - available in 4 colors
- Comparison of primary in-box software: *may vary depending on carrier. List shown includes some trial versions.
- Similar software: Treo 750 (WM) vs. Treo 680 (POS):
- Similar but different Clocks and Alarm Clocks
- Similar but different integration between Outlook Calendar and Contacts on a PC and the calendar and contacts software on Treos. (In my opinion, Windows Mobile offers better calendar integration than PalmOS, but the features are very similar).
- Similar but different Calculators
- Similar but different search capability
- Similar but different Solitaire game
- Similar but different voice command capabilities
- Similar but different Word document, Native PDF, Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation capabilities:
- Microsoft Office Mobile Suite and also Picsel PDF viewer (WM) vs. Documents To Go® 8.0 (POS)
- Syncing with PC:
- ActiveSync® (WM) vs. HotSync® Manager (POS)
- Internet Browser:
- Internet Explorer Mobile (WM) vs. Blazer® Web Browser (POS)
- Electronic Book Reading Capability
- eReader vs. eBook Reader
- Remote File Access
- Handmark Express
- The ability to listen to cached or streaming digital music: Windows Mobile Media Player vs. PocketTunes™
- SMS / MMS Messaging with chat view
- Audible®
- Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
- Xpress Mail
- Software features available on Treo 750 not available on Treo 680:
- Games:
- Bubble Breaker
- Dynomite!™ by Astraware
- Similarity to Windows PC Operating Systems and seamless integration with many Microsoft back-end systems.
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Microsoft® Office Outlook® Mobile
(The Treo 680 offers similar features, but in my opinion, the integration isn't as seamless to Outlook on the PC as with the Treo 750)
- Calendar
- Contacts
- Tasks
- Notes
- Good Mobile Messaging stub application
- Pocket MSN
- Windows Media Player Mobile (allows users to play audio and video)
- Outlook 2002 for desktop
- Spritesoft backup and restore
Do you own a Treo 750 or have thoughts/feedback on this review? If so, post a comment. If you are a non VOXer, feel free to email your comments to me, and I'll post them manually: socialmediablog@gmail.com.
- Software features available on Treo 680 not available on Treo 750
- Game: Bejeweled 1.0 by Astraware
- Pictures and Videos
- Tasks (similar to 750 but syncs to different program on Palm Desktop on PC)
- VersaMail®*
- Voice Memo
- Traffic for Treo™ smartphones (Microsoft offers a similar program via Microsoft Life Search Beta)
**Note: I am not, nor have I ever been a Palm employee (I was an independent contractor). The facts contained in this blog are in the public domain. The views expressed in this blog are my own opinions and are not endorsed by Palm, Inc., Microsoft, Cingular, or Vodafone. While I attempted to verify the accuracy of product specifications prior to writing this blog, I cannot guarantee ongoing accuracy of this information. Before purchasing a mobile phone, software, or wireless plan, confirm all specifications and product compatibility with the provider/ seller. Please consult your mobile operator and your mobile contract/user agreement before downloading 3rd party software to your phone to confirm that the software you use is permissible on your network and to confirm the cost of data charges. Data charges may apply when using certain in-box and 3rd party software. Data speeds and related charges will vary, depending on your carrier and service plan. Consult your wireless carrier to pick the wireless data and voice plan that is right for you.
