Cellphones, PC talking
The gulf between the mobile phone and PC narrowed a bit more when Microsoft`s CEO, Steven Ballmer, announced an instant messaging (IM) product to be offered by Orange, reports the International Herald Tribune.
According to the report, when the service starts in December, Orange subscribers will be able to conduct real-time chats by voice, text or video on their phones or personal computers, using a version of Microsoft`s messaging software.
The service, which the companies are calling Orange Messenger by Windows Live, is one of several that are trying to unify a consumer`s computer and mobile phone identities in a world in which digital communications tools are proliferating and colliding, it says.
SMS from landline phone
Vietnam`s EVN Telecom has launched a service which allows its subscribers to send SMS messages to cellphones from their wireless E-Com landlines, reports the Vietnam Bridge.
Similar to mobile phones, E-Com telephones have numerous features that fixed-line telephones lack, such as SMS capabilities, a phone book, various ring tones, and a missed call log, the report says.
Antidote for mobile messaging threats
Airwide Solutions has unveiled an antidote for the new and growing epidemic of mobile messaging threats, reports Unstrung.
The solution lets operators protect their network and subscribers from threats including fraud, spam and other malware infecting SMS messages in one comprehensive solution, the report says.
It defends against a wide variety of abuses, including denial-of-service attacks, unwanted advertisements, offensive content, scams, and over-the-air messages that reprogram handsets to use premium rate numbers, it says.
The Mobile-XL Smart Browser unveiled
Motorola has unveiled mobile handsets equipped with an application which allows users instant access to information such as news, sport scores and travel information, at this year`s 3G GSM Conference in Cape Town.
The Smart Browser fills an important need in areas with limited Internet access, the company said in a media release.
"Using a Motorola mobile phone with the Smart Browser downloaded, a command can be translated into an SMS message and sent to the Mobile-XL search engine, where a reply is instantly generated, sent back to the phone and displayed as text or image," said Cody Winn, Motorola`s consumer products manager.
With a simple and intuitive user interface and offered the normal SMS rate, users will be able to obtain a number of customisable services, he adds.
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