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May 26, 2005 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
AvantGo releases new mobile travel features
DUBLIN, Calif. -- The beta release of travel features for AvantGo mobile Internet service has been announced by iAnywhere Solutions, a subsidiary of Sybase. The new AvantGo features are available as an additional tab within the application, enabling users to access flight itineraries, weather, directions, maps and city guides for 98 metropolitan areas worldwide.
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June 8, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
New Zealand start-up advocates free Wi-Fi access
There is a growing advocacy for free access to Wi-Fi networks based on the argument that much of the connection charge paid by consumers goes for marketing and payment processing. On the other side of this argument, there are those who maintain that consumers, especially the business traveler, are more than willing to pay for reliable and secure Internet access. Now, a New Zealand start-up is going global saying that free Wi-Fi is going to win the race.
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April 15, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
SmartVideo shows cell phone streaming video
LAS VEGAS -- At the National Association of Broadcasters show this week, SmartVideo Technologies will be demonstrating its high quality streaming video to narrowband Internet and cell phones. SmartVideo says it wireless technology provides a unique outlet for owners and distributors of video content to make their content available to any audience, anytime, anywhere.
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October 27, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Disney content set for Chinese mobile market
TOKYO -- Index Corporation, a major provider of mobile phone content and information services, has signed an agreement with the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) to develop and distribute Disney branded mobile content for the Chinese market. Having experienced joint success in Japan, where Index and WDIG already collaborate on several Disney branded mobile content projects which lead the market, the two companies have decided to extend their relationship into other markets in Asia.
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October 17, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
New York Times offered for mobile devices
NEW YORK -- NYTimes.com is partnering with Vindigo Studios, a developer and publisher of consumer information and entertainment applications for mobile devices, to launch NYTimes.com Mobile News with Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless service provider in the USA.
The new subscription service, priced at $3.75 monthly access, is available to Verizon Wireless customers with select Get It Now-capable phones. These customers can now download The New York Times's award-winning news coverage in an easy-to-read format, to read on their phones via a fast and flexible interface.
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August 21, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
MSNBC offers Wireless Traveler news service
REDMOND, Washington -- MSNBC.com, the web site of television network specializing in breaking news and original journalism, has launched MSNBC Wireless Traveler, a way for unwired mobile professionals to stay on top of the latest news and information. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable and Internet joint venture of Microsoft and NBC News.
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June 16, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Sports could offer new mobile revenue streams
By Darryll Adler
LONDON -- In tough times the promise of new opportunities no matter how elusive are so much more appealing than when things are good. Last week's Financial Times Conference, "The Business of Sport", demonstrated this very point. Sponsorship -- one of the major sources of revenues for the sporting industry -- is under threat.
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April 14, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
American Airlines adds AvantGo mobile channel
DUBLIN, California -- My AvantGo has expanded its mobile channel with a new mobile Web site from American Airlines, offering up-to-the-minute flight schedule and loyalty program information for frequent fliers. In addition to the new airline site, My AvantGo channels let companies extend their marketing efforts to more than eight million registered mobile users worldwide.
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April 4, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Travel seller lastminute.com offers SMS newsletter
LONDON -- European online travel seller lastminute.com has contracted with InfoSpace to provide an SMS newsletter service for mobile phone users. The weekly newsletter will be used by lastminute.com as a marketing tool to increase sales from customers visiting its web and WAP portals.
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February 19, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Blogging software for mobile phones launched
By Ken Smith | Editor, SmartTravelNews.com
CANNES, France -- Text messaging and taking and sending small-file photos with a mobile phone are not yet popular in the United States, but much of the rest of the world is wildly enthusiastic. If the exhibits and talk in the aisles at the 3GSM World Congress this week are an indication of the next big thing, then we may soon see many new applications in handheld mobile communications. The mobile phone is not just for voice any longer.
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