Alex Kinch

ROK Entertainment Group, the specialist mobile technology and applications developer, today announced ROK Talk, its new and wholly unique mobile conference-calling application, with an invitation for 500 people worldwide to join a BETA trial.
ROK Talk enables simple and affordable group calling, all managed directly from the user’s mobile phone. In just a few seconds, subscribers [...]

Mobile entertainment company ROK have just unveiled their brand new ‘iPod killer’ mobile music service – ROK Media Store.
The service is a free web-based application which lets you upload your music collection to your PC and transfer – or ’sideload’ it – to your mobile phones memory card. In addition, you can also purchase music [...]

There’s a really hot announcement in the field of mobile music brewing. It’s so hot, in fact, it’s got potential to completely kill off a certain device that we all know and love, and totally change the whole entertainment arena.
I should be able to spill the beans tomorrow - in the meantime keep watching this space..

Link: Truphone press office
Literally just popped into my inbox, is the news that Truphone have won their court injunction against T-Mobile. The judge in the case has instructed T-Mobile to stop blocking calls to Truphone.
An electronic version of the judgement is expected tomorrow – in the meantime you can read the Truphone blog entry for [...]

Link: Euro iPhone launch will reveal 3G handset for Vodafone, T-Mobile | Reg Hardware
I like rumours and gossip. They keep the industry interesting – although they don’t always come true.
Veteran tech and mobile journo Guy Kewney has reported that Apple are about to announce the launch of the European version of the iPhone. It’ll be [...]

Link: MusicStation…the future of mobile music!
Omnifone have today launched a brand new all-you-can-eat mobile music service, called MusicStation. In an attempt to steal some of the thunder from iTunes and the forthcoming iPhone, MusicStation allows mobile phone users to gain unlimited access to full music tracks on industry-standard mobiles for a small weekly fee.
They’ve got [...]

Link: Mac Rumors: iPhone Details from AT&T’s Sales Training Workbook
Apple news website Mac Rumours has got hold of a copy of the full iPhone Training manual provided to AT&T employees – and a quick scan through reveals some interesting details about Apple’s new long awaited product.
Here’s some interesting highlights:

No MMS messaging support for photos or videos
SMS messages [...]

Link: nuTsie
Now this *is* cool. Been itching to post about this since the press release came in yesterday, but it was embargoed until Tuesday.. and now that it is indeed Tuesday, let me spill the beans..
Built on top of Meledeo’s mobile streaming technology, nuTsie allows you to get your whole iTunes library on your mobile. [...]

Link: BBC NEWS | Business | Deutsche Telekom backs VoIP firm
Deutsche Telekom is backing the internet telephone company Jajah, becoming the first major phone company to support such technology.
T-Online Venture Fund chairman Andreas Kindt said in a company statement: “By investing in companies like Jajah, we will be able to continue to bring users around [...]

Link: fring » Twitter inside!
I’ve been waxing lyrically about Fring to my mates after finding it a couple of weeks ago. If you don’t know about Fring, go to their website and check it out – or alternatively wait a day or two longer til I get my arse in gear and finish off the review [...]