Robbing bus drivers of their takings from bus ticket sales is apparently a big problem in parts of Sweden, so much so that they stopped selling tickets on buses. But now they’ve switched to an sms based ticket system¬†where punters get sent an sms with an expiry time built-in. I assume this is going to [...]
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Pressies by SMS
Being so involved involved in the new new world of wap these days, it’s useful to be jerked back to reality and be reminded that sms is actually far bigger and far more mainstream for the majority of people. So I liked this idea from the Netherlands, that allows you to send your buddies a [...]
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Back Up by Zyb
One of the missing services that aren’t provided by operators and handset manufacturers is good back up of data sitting on the device itself. Anyone who has ever lost a phone or dropped one into some kind of pool of water that seem so¬†irresistible to mobiles will know the pain involved. But even if you [...]
Ryanair Scoops the World with Mobile Calls
Cheeky Irish upstart Ryanair (actually corporate behemoth)¬†is the first airline in¬†Europe¬†to allow passengers mobile and Crackberry access on its flights. The deal, via OnAir, will enable mobile devices from next Summer¬†to be used via the airline’s own network at rates that mirror the pillaging roaming charges set by operators ie very expensive and you’ll only [...]
Wireless Industry Partnership Launches
Caroline Lewko (perhaps better known to MobHappy readers as the tireless organiser of our West Coast Mobilist Gatherings) has just launched the Wireless Industry Partnership, which promises to be a great addition to the mobile networking world. Plus, MobHappy readers can get $100 of the first year of membership, so it’ll only cost you $200. [...]
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Pocket Portal Review
If you’re not from around these parts, you’ll have missed that the mobile web is beginning to hit its stride and blossom into a really useful tool and one that’s now widely used by a significant proportion of the population. In fact, in certain markets, the mobile web is very big indeed already (India and [...]
Here, We’ll Make This Mobile Thing Easy For You
In the current social-networking boom, one glaring oversight has been the dearth of mobile integration — a few things notwithstanding, like Helio’s MySpace arrangement, or mobile-specific services like Rabble. There are some mobile services here and there, and some blogging sites offer users the ability to moblog, but for the most part, outside more specialist [...]
Plusmo, Another Startup Trying To Help The Web Go Mobile
A new startup called Plusmo is launching today, and its application combines an RSS reader along with support for “gadgets” (think widgets). Its difference from some other similar applications is that it can automatically fetch your content and then store it locally on the device, meaning you don’t necessarily have to connect to view content, [...]
Real World Wiki Gets Closer
Last August, I gave a speech at Wikimania (a conference for passionate Wikipedists) in which I envisioned a Real World Wikipedia. The idea I was promoting was that we could annotate our real world environment with a kind of virtual graffiti, which we could access via our mobile phones. The graffiti could be factual (Wikipedia [...]
Bacardi’s B-Live Goes Live
Bacardi have just launched their B-Live radio channel on both the web, but perhaps more interestingly for MobHappy readers, on the mobile. It’s a music-only channel, with no DJs, ads or interruptions and runs 24/7 with music that’s chosen to dance to. A whole bunch of top DJ’s helped compile the mix of music and [...]
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