Alex Kinch

Mobile messaging specialists Sybase 365 have launched their new MMS content delivery gateway – enabling content providers, marketers, and media companies to deliver MMS content directly to consumers’ handsets, globally, with a single connection.
“MMS is, and will continue to be, the most viable method for delivering rich media,” said Marty Beard, President of Sybase 365. [...]

In an interesting move, mobile accessories firm Parrot have just unveiled what they’re claiming is the world’s first MMS-enabled digital photo frame.
Digital photo frames are nothing new – there’s quite a few on the market. The concept is simple: chuck one on your mantlepiece or coffee table, pop in a memory card and load some [...]

Mobile messaging provider Sybase 365 have announced the launch of the Africa and Middle East Exchange (AMEEX) mobile messaging hub, to consolidate its position as the major provider of international SMS across Africa and the Middle East.
The new Hub allows Sybase 365 to expand further into this fast-growing region and offer international SMS services to [...]

Paris-based Realeyes3D, a leading provider of mobile imaging applications, today announced their handwritten messaging applications for camera phone users had been shipped to more than 30 million camera phones worldwide.
The applications, which has also been licensed via an OEM agreement with Samsung and Sanyo, allow camera phone users to send messages that they create in [...]

Link: Nokia offers mobile photo printing – vnunet.com
Nokia has launched a photo printing service to allow Nseries users to upload images and place an order directly from their smartphones.
Users can select the images in the phone’s gallery application and insert the postal address and other requested information. The order is then processed by CeWe Color [...]

Link: TheStar.com – Business – Interactive with an X
Now this is quite neat. There’s a Canadian TV series called ReGenesis, which airs over here in Blighty on the Sci-Fi channel. I must admit I haven’t seen it before, but looking at the plots it looks quite cool. Anyway, leaving my TV habits aside for one [...]

Link: Mobile Messaging 2.0 » Thoughts On The Morphing SMS and MMS Fee Model: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends
Interesting blog post to Mobile Messaging 2.0 from Russell Shaw on the subject of flat rate SMS and MMS plans.
According to a tip turned into a post on Engadget Mobile, [...]

Link: PixDrop Launches The First Free Picture Messaging Service
Had a note in earlier from SMS Text News reader Nate, to let us know about his new service launched today. PixDrop lets people send send free picture messages to Verizon Wireless, AT&T/Cingular, and Sprint users with picture messaging capable handsets.
There’s no registration required – you just [...]

Link: moblogUK newsletter, June 2007
moblog have teamed up with Gong Anime Studios to give away some wicked anime related prizes.
The the best anime themed post made to the site before June 15th will win a Sony Ericsson K800i, 2 Runners up will each win a Gong Studios engraved 30GB iPod and free Joost.com accounts.
To enter, [...]

Link: Government restricts SMS news services
The government has been restricting some SMS news services and blocking certain media websites, said journalists and opposition parties. ‘SMS news service via mobile networks are facing a legal challenge, and I call on the government to make laws to issue licenses to the companies who want to offer this [...]