Mobile Content World

Who doesn’t like customizing? Today its easy, laptops come in various colors, a million companies produce special covers for your iPhone and Android smartphone and our computer’s screens and folders are fully customizable. Maybe the most popular customization is your mobile phone’s ringtone. Today ringtones are not only far more interesting, but are also big business.

Modern mobile phone ringtones
Long gone are the days of sitting on the train while the guy next to you plays every annoying ringtone on his mobile phone looking for the perfect one. The modern rigntone now supports almost every type of music file, meaning you can turn your favorite song into a ringtone. Also, nearly all mobile phones have an option to select different ringtones and apply then to individual people in you contact list. Have the Jaws soundtrack alert you when your mother in law calls or you will know its your boss calling when the Mission Impossible music plays.

The ringtone business
And ringtones aren’t just for techies and high-schoolers, industry execs have seen the potential of ringtones and are cashing in. Berlin-based Jamba, and its’ US affiliate Jamster have made millions off of selling ringtones and mobile content at rock bottom prices. However, many experts see the ringtone field as a declining market. Partly due to the recent explosion on new apps for smartphones. Another reason is the abundance of do-it-yourself ringtone software. Sites such as this one that allows you to use the MP3s in your computer to create your own ringtones using your favorite audio files.

Google’s Android smartphone operating system is just about to enlist in the US Army. For years the US military has been trying to integrate networking technology into the everyday soldiers kit. With cool names like the Future Warrior System and Mobile Handheld Computing Environment, the military is eager to combine the technology of the civilian world with the hardware used by the military. Already many vehicles are linked via satellites and commanders are never far from thier battle laptops. But now, the Army wants every soldier to be smartphone equipped and has chosen Google’s Android as their weapon of choice.

Android’s army of apps

The advantage of choosing Android as the platform of choice is not as a music player, but for the wide range of apps that could become standard. The Army wants a do draw upon the open source development environment to get some of the best minds creating military-themes apps for their smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

Meet the HTC Arrive mobile phone, a powerful, fast and sleek Windows phone. Trying to choose between a touchscreen mobile phone or a smartphone with a keyboard? Well, now you don’t have to sacrifice either for one. With a full QWERTY keyboard and a large illuminated screen, this mobile phone has it all.

HTC Arrive is the best of both worlds

The HTC Arrive provides you with the best of both worlds;  Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone paying attention can see that smartphones are becoming ubiquitous. Yet, as I look around I notice that more and more people are using their phones for things other than making phone calls. Does anyone actually own a calculator or a map anymore? With all the apps available for your mobile phone from Apple’s App Store, there is no need.

iPhone Apps
With 350,000 apps, without a doubt, the current leader in the smartphone app name game is Apple’s App Store. In fact, in January, the Apple App Store celebrated its 10 billionth app download (yeah, that’s billion with a ‘b’).

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Late last year South Korean mobile phone manufacturer, released, or perhaps better said, unleashed its LG Optimus 2x mobile device on an unsuspecting world. Known as the world’s first mobile phone to offer a dual core processor, the LG Optimus 2x mobile device is a true speed demon.
LG Optimus 2x Mobile Phone
With its 8 GB of memory it can easily hold a large chunk of your music files, videos and enough ringtones to last you a lifetime. However, the major selling point of this phone is its super fast processor and excellent video capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »