Preparing you for the future of the wireless world
Welcome to Mobile University, the world's leading institution of higher learning for wireless technology users.
Here at Mobile U, you'll find a wealth of info on the latest wireless applications and services. We'll teach you to get the most out of your mobile phone and use the newest wireless technologies to make your life more efficient, more productive and more fun.
Students enter Mobile U with a wide range of mobile skill levels. From beginners to advanced users, all students can find useful tips on boosting their mobile know-how. At Mobile U, there's something for everyone: teens trying to figure out the name of a song on the radio, new parents keeping track of baby naps and feedings, executives getting text message calendar updates, green-minded drivers tracking their car's emissions. It's all here -- and much much more.
Start exploring Mobile U today, and get on your way to graduating as a full-fledged mobile power user.
Posted: 07/16/08
SpotJots just launched their BlackBerry app , offering location-based social networking that includes voice, picture, music, video and text sharing. Using Google maps to let you find jots around the world, SpotJots acts like a GPS-powered social radar. Just text SPOTSJOTS to 41411 or visit their website with your BlackBerry browser.
Posted: 07/16/08
For the visually impaired, text based mobile technology doesn’t have much of a use. A new service from Audiopoint, called Voice Terminal Service (VTS), changes that. VTS is a service that alerts users via any telephone about updates to a news feed, keyword search, email or calendar item. Each item is read to the user over the telephone immediately after it happens.
Posted: 07/16/08
A bald eagle’s cry. Squeaky chirps of baby emperor penguins. The Center for Biological Diversity offers these endangered species’ sounds—and many more—straight to your phone as ringtones. They might just provide you with a great starting point for talking about the plight of threatened species worldwide.
Posted: 07/16/08
Blue Lion provides worldwide access to a new mobile social network called qeep. It’s offered free of charge, and has a host of alternative entertaining features for staying in touch. Multi-player gaming enables users to compete against one another in real-time on their mobile phones, while a photoblogging feature lets users share unlimited photos with friends in real time.
Posted: 07/16/08
Zagat’s ranking may only get published once a year, but Buzzd, a new “mobile lifestyle platform,” provides rankings about restaurants and events in “your town, your time.” The mobile service lets users find and share events, rank them and find out what their friends are doing. As of late June, Buzzd had 1.2 million venues in its system.
Posted: 07/16/08
Zkout (pronounced Scout) is a new social network that follows you. It allows you to send notes, pictures and chat with friends based upon their geographic location. With Zkout you can also find out what is happening in your area.
Posted: 07/16/08
Not sure if your favorite website is compatible with your mobile web browser? Well, Tilt View can tell you. The website has options to check for IE Mobile, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Opera Mini and Symbian. It also works on all mobile browsers.
Posted: 07/16/08
Hate the airport? Flightstats is a mobile website that is your one-stop hub for air travel information. Need to find out if your plane is delayed, if there are seats on a plane, what the security wait times are? Then Flightstats is free and available from any mobile phone.
Posted: 07/02/08
ShakeSMS enables Nokia’s N-series owners to read their text messages just by shaking their phone.
Posted: 07/02/08
Ask any common question in four languages with PocketSchool. It is a great aid to any one traveling abroad as it provides common phrases (as mp3 files) which one might need in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
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