Stuff for mobile devices
Talkonaut. Bringing Google Talk and MSN type IM to your mobile phone. The main feature of this free product is the fact that it can run on a lot of handsets because it’s Java based. That’s worth something, right? Talkonaut is a Google Talk like application for your mobile phone. Unlike most others IM clients, Talkonaut lets you explore all features of VoIP on almost any J2ME complient device. No needs for brand new expensive handsets to buy!
Barablu promises free calls from cell phone to cell phone via a downloaded software client. The only slight hitch is that you have to own a WiFi enabled mobile handset. Kind of limits the field a bit, don’t it? Not to mention the fact that finding a usable WiFi zone when travelling is about as easy as kissing an alligator. Barablu is a free calls community. It is the worlds first company to offer free mobile-to-mobile (Wi-Fi enabled) calls. It also…
PartyStrands. Billed as an interactive music and entertainment service for bars and clubs. You enter the party zone in a club, text the system and interact with everyone there on huge screens dotted around the venue. You can request songs, chat up the DJ or send photos to the screens. Check the blog. It sounds wild. Doesn’t it? Hmm… partyStrands runs on a single or multiple flat panel television screen or projector, and shows the current song and album art,…
The Thinkgeek Bluetooth Retro Handset. This is so cool it’s frightening. Bluetooth, retro, 30 foot range, rechargeable via USB. Did we mention downright talkalicious? And the best part is the price. A very reasonable $39.99 (mobile not included y’all). We have taken the ever-popular Retro Handset and updated it to connect to your cell phone using Bluetooth technology. That’s right! No more tangled up phone cord. Now people will think you’re really crazy talking into a old-time handset connected to……
Radio Mundu. Cross platform Internet radio program which lets you stream radio, create playlists and store fave stations. It’s in free beta at the moment, but you’ll need a reasonably priced data service from your mobile phone provider if you don’t want to go bankrupt using it, but still worth a look. Unfortunately they don’t support the earlier versions of Symbian, so I haven’t been able to test it as yet. But I will. Why stop at a few hundred songs, when you can pick from…
Jitterbug Cell Phone. Designed for the ‘silver dialler’ generation, with big numbers, big on-screen display, easy dial and rather expensive call plans. If you can do without cameras, music players, SD cards and the like, then this is probably the simple handset for you. Your call, Santa. From $244.00 on prepayment plan. Over the years, cell phones have gotten smaller and smaller and loaded with complicated features and gadgets. They’ve become harder to program and even harder to use. The screens are so…
ZoneGate from Ubiquisys is an indoor 3G access point which gives consumers low cost calls using their 3G handsets and home broadband connection. The idea is that 3G performance is typically poor indoors, so this device offers a boost to the signal and also gives added VoIP features to reduce call rates. I’m not sure about bringing the equivalent of a 3G cell into my living room, but hey whatever floats your EMF. [Thanks Ed] The ZoneGate is a domestic 3G access point,…
Orange France has signed up to supply an SMS Jukebox function to its subscribers. The service lets customers in bars, restaurants or other leisure establishments choose and play songs by sending a text message to the jukebox. Apparently the song will be played in seconds. Phone jammers could suddenly become very popular, don’t you think? [via The Stinger Report] All the customer needs to do is send an SMS on his mobile phone with the selected song number, and it…
Reporo. Download this proglet onto your mobile phone and you’ll be able to send free text and picture messages and IM via all the main services like MSN, Yahoo! et al. It’s all done via the network’s data service, so all you’re paying are the data rates. Nice application. Reporo is a free piece of software for your mobile which lets you send Texts and Picture Messages and use Instant Messenger over the mobile internet. Reporo works by connecting you…
Phonezoo. Create cell phone ringtones from your music, share them with others and download free public domain tones from a range of categories. Interesting. At Phonezoo, we believe your phone should reflect your personality. That’s why we make it easy for you to make free ringtones and share them with others. We make it simple for you to turn the music you already own into custom ringtones and get them on your phone. You can also explore the ringtones other members…
Radar Photo Chat. Regular readers will know that I love the simple ones, which do one innovative thing well, and this is a great example. Radar lets you email images – and video if you must – from your camera phone to a private web portal for your invited friends, family and guests to browse. The cool thing about this free service, however, is the fact that your recipients can also view the image gallery on their handsets, and reply or…
The folk at MobileRated maintain a pretty neat catalogue of free games for your mobile phone for download and enjoyment. You can either grab them via your computer or directly to your handset via their WAP site. Remember that a goodly percentage of the toys will be advertising supported, so don’t complain, eh? Enjoy! All mobile phone games, also known as java midlets, j2me games, java games, and/or mobile games, are presented totally free to customers. Each game is legally free –…
Three free VoIP programs for your mobile phone. Enjoy! Jajah Mobile. Available in Symbian or ‘universal’ Java versions, which means that you should be able to run it on your particular handset. An extension of the rather clever online Jajah phone to phone service, so definitely worth a look. iSkoot. P2P Java application which only runs on a limited number of handsets, but which will eventually offer access to Skype, Google Talk and the rest of the IM crowd on your mobile phone. Currently…
The Tovo T450g WiFi-GSM Mobile Phone. It’s not the fact that this is a dual mode WiFi and GSM mobile phone handset that’s the big news. It’s the fact that it’s being sold through the UK’s biggest and most powerful supermarket, Tesco. This is the start of a war on the mobile phone telcos and it could be messy. The tri-band handset also comes complete with calculator, currency converter, camera, and 150 hours standby time. £169.95. The tovo t450g is…
Vox for Skype. Clearly putting Skype on to mobile phones is now big business, since it seems that every man and his dog is trying to do it. We mentioned Fring the other day, and now there’s a product that seems to go one better, in that it can run on any mobile handset, not just a handful of 3G ones. The cool thing is that you only have to install Vox on the computer which is running Skype, no installs on the handset, hardware kludges or even…
