Gameloft’s Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain was released two weeks ago for the iPhone / iPod Touch, and we’ve been hard at work getting a special prize lined up to be given away for this very contest. Now, we could have gone the easy route and held a giveaway of some codes for Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain and we all could have had a good time playing it, with high-fives certain to go around. But that’d be too easy. You see, this is a game starring a legendary icon. I mean, the man we’re talking about sparred with Bruce Lee! So, with such a prestigious starring in his own game, we thought of the perfect prize for our readers. Two lucky winners will receive autographed t-shirts from the legend himself, Chuck Norris. As far as prizes go, we believe these two autographed t-shirts will be great additions to anyone’s Chuck Norris shrine (I mean, really, who doesn’t have a corner of their office dedicated to him?). What makes the prizes more worthwhile is the t-shirt will be personalized with your winning “Chuck Norris Fact” contest entry. Here are the official entry rules: Follow @IntoMobile & @Gameloft on Twitter After following both Twitter accounts, submit your favorite or most creative Chuck Norris Fact with the hashtag #bringonthepain (ex: Chuck Norris does not sleep , he waits #bringonthepain; Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird #bringonthepain) Multiple entries are allowed, so please enter as many Chuck Norris lines as you like! The contest will be live for 1 week, so make sure to get those entries in by 1:00PM ET Dec.
360 Live for iPhone recently updated to version 2.0, with a few new goodies. Another popular choice for XBox Live gamers is 1337pwn’s iNEXS that seems to offer all the same functions and has the added bonus of being free (versus 360 Live’s $1.99 pricetag). Both offer messaging with XBox friends online, but 360 Live has automatic friend importing and achievement viewing (comparisons coming in the next update). It’s close race for sure – personally, I’d nab 133tpwn first, and if you’re looking for more, upgrade to 360 Live.
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360 Live for iPhone Features Coverflow Gamertags and Messaging
SPB Software is out with an updated version of its popular time toolset app for Windows Mobile – SPB Time . The application, now in version 3.0, offers a completely new UI and improved alarm features. Speaking of alarms, there are three different types available: Paranoid alarm – designed to wake up deep sleepers, Bio alarm – which does its job in a very gentle way, and Classic alarm – for those who don’t believe in biorhythms and do not want to be disturbed too much in the morning time
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SPB Time 3.0 for Windows Mobile released
The Amazon Kindle has many problems: inconsistent international support for both features and availability of titles, a rather too-dark gray screen, no touch and the inability to display any EPUB-format titles bought elsewhere. Once you start reading, though, the Kindle manages to do what Amazon promises: It disappears in your hand. Apart from the odd bright light reflecting in the screen, you almost forget you’re not reading a paper book.
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Amazon Promises Kindle Update for Better Content Organization
Japanese operator DoCoMo, in an attempting at further monetizing their wireless network, have just announced that on December 21, 2009 they will begin trailing an Environmental Sensor Network. These sensors, 300 at the start of the trial, 2500 by March 2011, with an eventual goal of 9000 all over Japan, will provide data on pollen counts, carbon dioxide, ultraviolet, sunlight, and other atmospheric conditions
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DoCoMo to start new Environmental Sensor Network Business, 2500 sensors planned for March 2011
Rajeev Suri has only been the CEO of Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Siemes Networks since October 1, 2009, yet he managed to drop this quote in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat : “In early 2008 we made a strategic decision to focus more on cash flow and profitability than on the market share. Now it’s time to give it up and to focus solely on the market share.” If you have any Nokia or Siemens stock, now may be the best time to dump it. [Hat tip to Reda!] If you’re a wireless operator looking to roll out a brand spanking new network on the cheap, call Rajeev, he give you a very good price my friend! [Via: Reuters ] Related News from IntoMobile: Greenland Going 3G in 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks expected to start operations in the first quarter 2007 Nokia Siemens Admits Limited Iranian Interceptability Over Their Hardware Russia delays clearing Nokia-Siemens venture Nokia Siemens Win Contract to Upgrade Austrian 3G Network Share this:
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Brief: Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajeev Suri: Forget about profits, we need market share, ASAP
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Anssi Vanjoki has always been the one executive from Finland who provides, on a near consistent basis, one line quotes that are ridiculously memorable. He called the camera in the iPhone a “toy camera”. When he announced Ovi in London in August 2007 and then proceeded to demo a concept of what Nokia’s touch user interface may look like, he said the company can “ copy with pride “.
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Nokia Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki: We may sell our handset manufacturing business
As you likely know, Tiger Woods was in an accident under apparently mysterious circumstances early Friday morning. Predictably, the reports and reactions thereto pertaining varied somewhat in quality and timeliness, and predictably, this has led to paroxysms of futurist glee in some and sullen condemnation by others. Now that the smoke has cleared, we can examine the event, which is certainly worth a little inspection despite its obvious triviality, with a little perspective.
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If you’re the proud owner of a brand new BlackBerry 9700 , and want to ‘trick it out’ with some color customization… The good folks at ColorWare are now offering a BlackBerry Bold 9700 option. No matter if purple , green , orange or brown is your thing, ColorWare lets you customize the 9700 to your liking. If you’d like to cut to the chase and get started, you can check out the ‘design studio’ right here .
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ColorWare Goes Live with BlackBerry Bold 9700 Customization Service
Nissan Motor announced that it will license its “Scratch Shield” paint to NTT DoCoMo for mobile phone in Japan. The self-healing paint, currently applied to certain Nissan and Infiniti vehicles worldwide, was developed in collaboration with University of Tokyo and Advanced Softmaterials. The Scratch Shield was commercially introduced in December, 2005.It is able to self-heal fine scratches and is capable of restoring the vehicles’s paint surfaces overnight or up to a week’s time in more severe cases
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NTT DoCoMo Licenses Nissan’s Scratch Shield Paint Technology
Orange Poland is bringing Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Messaging to, well, Poland. The carrier started offering Nokia’s push-email service on November 17th, allowing users to access popular webmail services such as Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Ovi Mail as well as local internet and email service providers such as Wirtualna Polska, Onet.pl, Interia, o2 ( NYSE: TEF ), home.pl and others – from their compatible Nokia phone. For the limited time, until December 8th, Nokia Messaging is offered free of charge for both the service and related data traffic
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Orange brings Nokia Messaging to Poland
I promised myself I would keep my laptop shut off this weekend so that I could do some actual reading, as in you know, from a book, but after reading MG Siegler’s piece in TechCrunch titled “ In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite ” on my mobile fone, I knew I had to post a response. Some back story: Tiger Woods, the professional golfer, was involved in a car accident
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Walter Cronkite, the man, is in no way, shape, or form similar to Twitter, the medium
Put down the drumstick, put on your headphones, and pick up the drumstick again. Since Will is off enjoying delicious mountains of mashed potatoes, gravy and turkey this week, Stefan and I handle the week’s wireless news. There’s not too much going on, but it’s mostly Android related.
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The Signal 49: Google Phone, Android Gaming, and BlackBerry iSkin Giveaway
While we’ve seen the envelope being pushed on adult content in officially sponsored app stores like the Android Market and iTunes , there’s really been no proper home for those raunchy apps so cruelly cast out into the cold. Fret not, lascivious reader, MiKandy is hoping to change that with their own Adult App Store for Android. I’ve checked it out for strictly editorial purposes (honest), and there’s nothing loaded in there yet, but it looks like things are still largely under construction.
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MiKandi Adult App Portal Launched for Android
Talk about being able to increase the odds of you winning something in an ongoing competition (in the UK) – Samsung Mobile are giving away a prize every hour, starting Monday 30th November! There are some pretty sweet prizes too – apart from making some great Mobile devices, Samsung are rather (read: very) well known for their other consumer electronics equipment – and by the looks of things, this is on offer too! To be in with a chance of winning, you need to register on samsungmobile.co.uk – and then once the competition is running, you need to submit an answer to a question within each hour (for which the answer will be on the Samsung, or partner, website) to be in with a chance of winning! As I said, a prize per hour shouldn’t be sniffed at - you might win an entry-level Mobile device, or something even nicer – either way you’ve got to be in it to win it. Check out the info about the competition here . Related News from IntoMobile: UK: eXpansys celebrate new Laptop range with competition to win Samsung R510 UK: eXpansys competition: Nokia E75 ‘Design The Future’ and win $10,000, just do it soon! O2 launches search for best iPhone app for O2 customers Vodafone Launches a Combined €1,000,000 Prize Fund to Find the Best Mobile Widgets Share this:
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Samsung starting ‘gone in 60 minutes’ competition in UK
We haven’t heard much from Lenovo ( OTCPK: LNVGY ) since their OPhone made the rounds last year , but the company is starting the process of getting back their cell phone brand for $200 million, pending investor approval. Considering the laptop manufacturer originally sold their mobile division almost two years ago for $100 million to refocus on their core business, that’s a pretty steep loss, but good news for the buyer, Hony Capital. The buy-back is a result of “changed market conditions of the past 18 months”, and honestly, pretty good timing considering the growing Android hype in China right now . I’m curious if OPhone development was put on hold after the original acquisition, or if Hony actually cranked out the product to increase the company’s value
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Lenovo Buying Back Mobile Division for $200 Million
Savant has been selling an iPhone app called Rosie since last September that allows users to command just about all things electronic in the house: lighting, security, and home entertainment. By combining a hardware hub at home with a monitoring server, subscribers can remotely control many functions, like security (cameras), climate (A/C and furnace), and entertainment (TV and stereo). While that’s a little swanky for a private residence, I could see lots of solid commercial applications for something as unified and mobile as Rosie
Just when we reported that MMA has honored Pizza Hut’s iPhone app with two awards , the company has scored another award for its iEfforts. This time it’s Forbes Magazine, which named the application as the #1 Branded Mobile Application of 2009. Commenting on the new award received, Pizza Hut’s Bernard Acoca said: “It is very exciting to be receiving such high accolades surrounding the Pizza Hut App.
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Pizza Hut iPhone app scores another award, this time from Forbes
Orange introduces new connected Laptops and Dongles for Consumers and SMEs Orange today announced two new ‘Connected Laptops’; the Asus 1005HGO and the Compaq CQ61, both featuring the new Windows 7 OS, as well as two new dongles – they’ve been busy! Laptops The Asus 1005HGO with embedded SIM card which is exclusive to Orange. Weighing just 1.27kg, this laptop comes equipped with Windows 7 Starter, a webcam and features a compact 10.1” screen. This small, light-weight laptop is perfect for people that travel or work remotely.
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Orange introduces new connected Laptops and Dongles for Consumers and SMEs
3UK has launched the first mobile TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, giving subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit TV shows. The service, called ‘TV on Demand’, is fully managed and powered by Mobix Interactive, now part of On Demand Group, (which in turn is a SeaChange International company)
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3UK and Mobix Interactive partner to launch first ever Mobile TV subscription VoD offering
Microvision , which is a company that makes Pico-projectors, has released a series of Ads for it’s Show WX product on YouTube, covering a wide variety of social situations – even including two ladies who are out on the town! In case you are thinking ‘WTF?’, Pico-projectors are portable projector units, that are touted as being the next big thing in Mobile – literally INside them! I’m not so sure if that’s going to happen on a wider scale as it bulks out the mobile device – but I can definitely see the allure of a small projector, IF it produces good quality. Microvision is one of the leaders in that field. But enough of that – let’s check out some Ads – one embed below, and then some links for you: Links: Video Sharing with Advertisement Texting Friends Music Videos Everywhere Elevator Pitch After the Game You can find out more about Microvision here .
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Microvision release range of Pico-projector Ads for Show WX
Apple has taken iTunes LP and Extras public, encouraging independent developers to begin work on interactive digital content for distribution in iTunes starting early next year. The new move signals a big move in taking on Adobe Flash, pushing the adoption of web standards, and creating an new business model for content that could impact how the company’s forthcoming tablet is sold and used.
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Apple posts tools for building TuneKit iTunes LPs and Extras