If you’re a fan of XM Online, you’ll love that it is now available on iPhone and iPod Touch with enhanced audio quality and a new easy to use web player.

In case you aren’t familiar with the service, XM Online offers:

• Over 100 XM channels
• 100% commercial-free music
• Sports, talk, comedy and exclusive entertainment

For more information, visit the XM website or check the AppStore.

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“We are the first mobile service to offer consumers a true national unlimited voice, data and Internet plan without any contracts or commitments that is priced affordably at only $69.95 per month with taxes and fees included. We have licensed patent pending proprietary Veritable Mobile Convergence (VMC) Technology from the Unified Technologies Group that allows each smart phone user to make voice calls or transmit data efficiently by bypassing carrier circuit-switched channels by sending voice communications through a VoIP system and onto a virtual private network that accesses the Internet,” explained Ben Piilani, CEO, Zer01 Mobile.

Currently, Ze01 is accepting beta testers for the unlimited voice plans. If you’re interested to sign up you can try your luck at their website.

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What’s great about Nokia Messaging is that there’s always a dedicated team of developers building improvements to such a great email service. The following are some highlights of the new release:

• The 1.1 release of Nokia Messaging is localized in 22 languages and certified for 21 S60 devices
• Support for Windows Live Hotmail Addresses
• Support for HTML-formatted emails
• Support for hosted email accounts from Yahoo!, Gmail and Microsoft
• Support for up to 10 IMAP subfolders (selectable on email.nokia.com)
• Advanced Email Settings entry on email.nokia.com

You can download the latest version inside their website.

In addition to this, there is also a field for the outgoing mail server under the “Advanced” tab. More details at the Nokia Conversations blog.

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The app is being introduced in Africa as a means to bridge the gap between mobile phones that can handle data vis a vis price. Thus, you can own an ultra cheap phone (SMS only) and have Message Optimiser add the funcitonality of email and instant messaging.

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Ed Neal, Managing Director of Geodesa Limited, who distributes GeoSIM says “We are really excited about this ‘market shaking product’ which is generating a great deal of interest from customers and resellers already. In the past, travellers roaming on a US network have had to pay for incoming calls on their mobiles and paid higher charges for making calls. From mid April, all that will change when we roll out GeoSIM Dual IMSI. The USA will effectively become part of Europe in terms of the GeoSIM call rates and free incoming calls. GeoSIM customers will be able to call and receive at the current rates available in Europe or the US no matter which side of the Atlantic they are on.” [source]

The long term plan? It seems like they’re bridging gaps between telco operators. Imagine one single call rate worldwide?

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Red Mobile is the newest telco running in the Philippines. Here’ a creepy backmasking vid of “what really happens in conversations.”

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To utilize the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account – which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com – and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album. Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user’s Photobucket account. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account. [release]

The service will be available for 13 handsets on the Verizon network, and we’re assuming that these are the faster 3G / HSDPA phones. The service allows for unlimited photo uploading for only $2.99 a month.

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For the kiddies who love to burn the midnight oil in text speak, Sprint currently has a package (search under “plans”) that allows you to purchase that unlimited plan with text, video and picture messaging. The service costs USD $49.00.

The Sanyo Katana is actually the perfect device for your kids and tweens. Though lacking in features (no 3G, plain ‘ol VGA camera) the Katana only needs to look decent wherever your kids go. Sure it ain’t an iPhone 3G, but who cares really?

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AT&T U-verse brings together your TV, broadband, home phone and AT&T wireless services — all on one bill — with unique features that provide a new level of integration, convenience and control. AT&T U-verse services are all delivered over AT&T’s advanced Internet Protocol (IP) network. [Press Release]

Part of the integration of this service is the U-voice package that adds more value to your VoIP services with faster speeds from your provider.

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Announced yesterday, Alltell Wireless is pushing their new Rev-A technology that does 3.1MBPS for downloads and 1.8 MBPS for uploads. This service is spread across 18 areas including Little Rock, Charlotte, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa in urban and rural areas.

Here’s a quote from the press release:

Alltel’s existing broadband Wireless Internet service enables remote access to corporate intranets, productivity enhancing applications and a variety of consumer products, such as Alltel TV and XM Radio Mobile. Rev. A will enhance the performance of all of those services. Alltel plans an initial rollout of Rev. A to 18 market areas and dozens of cities, including Charlotte, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa. Customers using Rev. A will experience average upload speeds of 500-800 Kbps with bursts up to 1.8 Mbps. Upload speeds on the company’s existing broadband network average 50-70 Kbps, with bursts up to 144 Kbps, so the enhanced network will be five to 10 times faster.

Download speeds also will increase. Rev. A download speeds average 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps, with bursts up to 3.1 Mbps. By comparison, downloads on the existing broadband network average 400-700 Kbps with bursts up to 2.4 Mbps. Using Rev. A, customers can expect to download a 1 Megabyte e-mail file attachment – the equivalent of a small Power Point® presentation or a large PDF file – in less than 15 seconds and upload the same file in less than 25 seconds.

How much, pray tell? Alltell Wireless’ EVDO service only costs $59.99 per month for unlimited use. So if you have a laptop or a mobile phone that is EVDO compatible, this new service may be the end-all for your portable needs.

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