Interesting developments in world of handsets as Nokia starts testing a platform which brings social media and location-based information to the heart of the mobile.
How Nokia wants to make location and sharing a part of the mobile DNA
November 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
Do not be overwhelmed, Mr Travel Agent – conquer post-booking first
February 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With so much happening in the world of mobile travel, it is easy for agents to be unclear about what they should do to get a piece of the action.
Apple, Google battle to a tie in mobile ad share
September 28, 2010 By 4 Comments
Google’s market dominance in search advertising isn’t being replicated in mobile advertising as Apple and Google are expected to battle to a draw in mobile advertising marketshare by the end of 2010.
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TripAdvisor adds user lists to mobile app, reveals huge stats
September 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
User review giant TripAdvisor is talking up its mobile services in a big way after putting user generated destination lists and tours into its smartphone application this week.
Nokia parks Dopplr travel network in neutral
September 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
Nokia has confirmed that the Dopplr travel social network it bought in September 2009 has effectively been put into live storage and there are no plans to do anything with it.
TripAdvisor extends app service to Nokia phones
August 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
User review giant TripAdvisor has continued its move to become available on-the-move as well as desktops by launching the service on Nokia handsets.
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Nokia extends Ovi location-aware hotel search into US and UK via Expedia
June 8, 2010 By 3 Comments
Expedia is to power a new hotel search system on all Nokia GPS handsets in the US and UK using the mobile manufacturer’s Ovi maps system.
Dopplr would make a good addition to the new Nokia sat-nav killer
January 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
Plenty of praise for a major development by mobile handset manufacturer Nokia to produce what some believe is a serious threat to the sat-nav GPS systems but is probably more of a rearguard against recent similar moves by Google.
The upgraded Ovi maps are being touted as a personal sat-nav (it uses similar tracking technology) coupled with trip planning and other travel-friendly features such as location and activity search and networking.
Missing from the announcement was any mention of Dopplr, the travel social network and trip planning business that Nokia acquired in 2009.
Will Nokia pull the Dopplr app from the iPhone?
October 22, 2009 By 11 Comments
Unseasonably hot news from Finland today as it emerges that mobile handset giant Nokia is busy in the Federal District Court in Delaware, US, with plans to sue Apple over patent infringement.
Nokia is taking Apple to task because the company “infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards” – in other words, critical elements of Nokia’s technology for handling wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption.
At a corporate level this could be quite a scrap, given the enormity of what is a stake (the action relates to every iPhone shipped since 2007!) and the size of the companies involved.
Okay, so 3G mobile services are officially A Big Deal now in the UK
September 29, 2009 By 1 Comment
Hot on the heels of the announcement yesterday from network provider Orange that it would be selling Apple iPhone handsets to customers later this year, comes news of a similar deal for iPhones from Vodafone, another of the UK’s mobile giants.
Vodafone might be slightly bruised at missing out on the consumer and tech PR frenzy won yesterday by O2, but Apple will clearly be delighted at the momentum.
