CALL FOR ACTION: UNAUTHORIZED CELL PHONE BILL CHARGES
Living on a fixed income, Marta Millikan looked to her cell phone bill to trim her budget. She dropped to a less costly plan with T-mobile, but her bill actually increased. She went through her bill line by line and noticed a charge for "premium services."...
THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAKER, PART 2
For decades, U.S. cell carriers have crippled the American mobile ecosystem. Their nickel-and-dime mentality has hobbled user and device manufacturer alike. RIM's BlackBerry nearly didn't get off the ground simply because carriers couldn't see a need to push email nor a way to squeeze more money out of users for the service. Ditto every mobile innovation from ringtones and wallpapers to mobile ......
RIM SNAPS UP APP STORE INFRASTRUCTURE VENDOR CELLMANIA
Research In Motion has Apple’s App Store in its sight with the acquisition of Cellmania, a company that specializes in infrastructure for mobile marketplaces. Currently, RIM’s app store has about 10,000 items, a significantly lesser number than 65,000 Android apps or more than 225,000 items on Apple’s store. Although RIM didn’t formally announce the transaction, [...]...
RIM WIDENS ITS APP WORLD WITH CELLMANIA BUY
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has purchased Cellmania, whose products drive mobile ecosystems for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and content operators. "Cellmania has joined RIM and is bringing their expertise in application storefront development to the BlackBerry platform," Marisa Conway, of RIM's public relations agency Brodeur Partners, told the E-Commerce Times....
RESEARCH IN MOTION BUYS MOBILE STOREFRONT PLATFORM CELLMANIA
It looks like Blackberry developer Research In Motion has made a purchase today: Cellmania , a company that builds and licenses the software that drives many mobile phone stores. According to Cellmania's website, the company is "now part of Research In Motion." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cellmania's technology powers mobile ecosystems for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and ......
