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OnAir and Aviation Center Cologne (ACC) today announced they have reached an agreement for the provision of communication services to the business jet market. Under the agreement, ACC will install the airborne equipment to enable business jet passengers to use their mobile phones and BlackBerry-type devices during flights to make and receive calls, and to exchange emails and text messages. The service will be available to ACC customers from early 2009.

Joachim Taube, CEO of Aviation Center Cologne, said, “Business jet owners and passengers want convenience and part of that is the ability to remain in touch when they are flying. OnAir’s technology enables them to use their own mobile phones and PDAs, just like anywhere on the ground.”

The OnAir service replaces the existing in-seat phones. The key advantages are that it enables passengers to use their own devices to access a wider range of services, including email, SMS and the contact list stored in the phone. It also removes the need for a separate phone number when onboard and instead passengers can be reached on their normal number as if they were on the ground.

OnAir also simplifies operational management because passengers use their own phones and are billed through their home mobile provider, meaning there is no need to invoice aircraft customers separately for their onboard communications. Other airlines that have agreements with OnAir are
AirAsia, AirAsiaX, Jazeera Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Oman Air and Royal Jordanian. OnAir also has agreements with Jet Aviation and Airbus Corporate Jetliners.

Hands-On Mobile in partnership with Activision Publishing today announced the availability of Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass for mobile phones. The game is available today on select carriers nationwide.

 

 

Backstage Pass offers more than 25 hours of gameplay. Players assume the identities of Axel Steel or Judy Nails and promote their band and music on TV and radio, build buzz and street cred, create demo tapes, sign record contracts, handle press interviews, rehearse songs and play shows. By achieving certain career goals, players can unlock several guitars to strengthen their performance. Players can also earn in-game money, which can be used to buy new guitars to play at a variety of venues in an effort to gain the attention of record labels and soar to the top of the charts.

Through the Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass Web companion at www.guitarheromobile.com/backstage, players can register for full access to the Backstage Pass community. The online component allows players to message each other, check standings, download new guitars and music, and even join or create official Backstage Pass contests - providing fresh content for their mobile experience. In the online contests, players have the opportunity to wager their in-game money and stats with each other against a variety of different scenarios.

Nokia announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Plazes (www.plazes.com), a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. The deal was initially announced on June 23, 2008.

By acquiring Plazes, Nokia will extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity planning features. Plazes adds the elements of “place” and “time” to social networking through features that allow people to alert friends of their activity and location; review their own and others’ past activities; share their experiences and make plans with friends, who are then able to respond with comments and suggestions as well as their own location information.

LG, ignoring the hype of the iPhone G3, released the its new slider handset, the KS360. Boasting of a full QWERTY thumbboard and a large 2.4" touchscreen display, the KS360 can automatically rotate by 90 degrees.

Color schemes include titanium (silver) and bright blue, white and soft pink, black and red, and black and silver. The LG KS360 operates on the GSM 900/1800/1900 and features an internal 2MP camera, 15MB internal memory, a microSD card slot that can hold up to 4GB of storage, Bluetooth V2.0, USB 2.0, 64 polyphonic ringtones, Wap 2.0 browser, support for JAVA MIDP2.0 and integrated FM radio.
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The European Union recently launched an investigation that found 80% of ringtone and mobile phone graphics sites are breaking consumer advertising rules.
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Today Sony Ericsson announced its second quarter 2008 sales and income figures. The company cites a number of reasons that it says have contributed to the fact that it only managed to break even this past quarter.
Read the full story here.

Motorola and Research in Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect software (v4.0) on the MOTO Q in Australia. BlackBerry Connect software for MOTO Q9h supports “push”-based wireless access to email, including support for wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing through BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Professional Software and BlackBerry Internet Service.

Additional features supported by BlackBerry Connect v4.0 on BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software include:

• Integration with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
• Complete, two-way wireless synchronisation of email, calendar, address book and task information;
• Support for attachment viewing for file and image formats;
• Remote look-up of corporate email address directory;
• Triple DES or AES wireless encryption;
• Support for BlackBerry Mobile Data System allowing organizations to wirelessly extend corporate data to mobile users;
• Wireless device provisioning to allow devices to be activated wirelessly;
• Ability for mobile users to wirelessly configure out-of-office replies, email filters, and auto-signatures directly from their device; and
• Ability for IT groups to wirelessly enforce IT policies.

BlackBerry Connect v4.0 for the MOTO Q is available for download at http://asia.motorola.com/q9/download/ANZ.html

Verizon Wireless has added support for its BlackBerry smartphones to the Verizon Mobile Banking service. The application allows users to check account balances, transfer funds, and pay bills all from their cell phones.
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Can’t wait for a T-Mobile SideKick 2008 Gekko? Prototype of the messaging device is being “showcased” on Craigslist. However, the poster is not going to sell it but a SideKick LX instead.

Source [Craigslist] via [hiptop] via [engadgetmobile]

Today iPhone-dev team made a new message, the new PwnageTool 2.0 seems to be available for download “Very Very soon” according to the post. “Happy Birthday guys! Very Very soon we will have for you a downloadable birthday present for you, so hold on tight!”

When available, the PwnageTool 2.0 will be able to activate, unlock & jailbreak the first generation of iPhone. As for the iPhone 3G, the team are still working on the unlock solution for it. iPhone 3G users will be able to activate & jailbreak their iPhone 3G for this release

Read more info at iphone-dev team blog here

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/