Here’s a great idea coming from T-Mobile that might make you consider leaving AT&T or Verizon Wireless and start buying BlackBerry phones. T-Mobile is willing to let BlackBerry phone owners make calls over WiFi networks. The only condition is for these BlackBerry phones to have been purchased by a company and distributed to its employees. That’s right, T-Mobile’s newest offer will be available to corporations only.

How it all works? It’s actually very simple. Employees will be able to make WiFi calls while at work which will significantly reduce cell phone costs for the employer. Whenever they leave the office space and the local WiFi network, the calls will automatically switch to T-Mobile’s network. Too bad this brilliant idea doesn’t apply to regular consumers and regular phones!

via Reuters

Tags: BlackBerry, Business, Corporate, Mobile News, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, WiFi Calls

Yesterday we let you know that Nokia and Microsoft were teaming up to launch a Symbian version of the popular Office suite. Well today, that official announcement was made that will bring native support of Microsoft Office to the Symbian platform.

The Symbian Microsoft Office suite will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote which will definitly please business users currently using one of Nokia’s handsets.

Tags: Business, Business, Cell Phones, excel, Microsoft Office, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, onenote, powerpoint, symbian, word

The Sidekick is probably the last phone a business executive would turn to when they are picking up a new smartphone. However, a recent press release suggests that the Sidekick is getting a bit more business oriented.

For $5 added onto your monthly T-Mobile subscription you will be looking at real time push email along with Exchange support. Yes, the Sidekick LX ‘09 will officially be getting Exchange support thanks to the new Sidekick Sync app.

In addition to Exchange and push email support Sidekick sync will offer you the ability to view attachments and configure sync schedules.

Tags: 0.9, Business, Business, Cell Phones, exchange, Mobile News, Mobile Software, push email, sidekick lx, T-Mobile

These past two years twitter has really blown up previously, the service was enjoyed primarily by the tech savvy but has now spread to all wakes of life. And, while it’s good to keep track someone’s every move, it has found to be a prominent marketing tool for businesses.

Along comes twitter 101, a comprehensize guide launched for the soul purpose of guiding buisnesses through the whole process.

While you’ll have to check it out for yourself to get the full effect, it basically runs you through what twitter does and how it could benefit your business.

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Tags: Accessories, Business, Business, marketing, microblogging, online, seo, software, twitter, twitter 101

Sprint managed to leak the Pre business launch guide which is totally cool since we get to read more about the Pre. Despite being business-orientated, it’s definitely worth inspecting. Some of the facts described about the Pre are right here:

• first-party vehicle and travel chargers will be available for $31.99 and $34.99 if you won’t want the Touchstone
• clear plastic holster available at launch for $24.99
• leather pouch for $39.99
• additional phone covers are expected to cost $29.99
• Individual plans will offer 450 minutes for $69.99, 900 minutes for $89.99, all with unlimited data
• Simply Everything unlimited plans for $99.99 with unlimited data
• SERO plans will not be compatible with the Pre
• similar plans for the iPhone 3G, Storm, and G1 will cost $149.99, $158.98 and $124.99
• the Pre is an exchange phone only due to its design; you break it and you won’t have it repaired but rather replaced. So no refurbished Pres anytime soon?
• ten flagship stores will host invite-only VIP launch events on June 5. Is this what we have seen on Sprint’s online store?
• support for Office documents will be available at launch, built into the ROM
• Palm Profile creation is absolutely required for phone usage.
• Synchronization to multiple Exchange accounts is available.
• remote wipe capability will be available at launch; hence the need of a Palm Profile

So what do you think? The guide here isn’t exactly meant to be read just by business guys and gals since the details above should probably be known by any future Palm owner. Do you want the Pre even more now? Thoughts anyone?

via Engadget

Tags: Business, Guide, launch, leak, Palm, Palm, pre, Sprint, Sprint

Research In Motion (maker of BlackBerry) and computer giant Hewlett-Packard have agreed to a strategic alliance to design and sell business software for the popular BlackBerry smartphones. These two companies will produce new software that will increase productivity among business users that need to work while on the go.

One of the new services includes HP’s CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones, which will allow users to print emails, photos, documents, and Web pages directly from their devices. HP also plans to launch HP Operations Manager for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server which is software to better manage and control IT. HP said the deal with RIM doesn’t mean that it is planning to abandon its own line of Windows Mobile-based devices

Tags: BlackBerry, Business, hewlett packard, Research In Motion, Research In Motion, smartphone

Unlike other big names in the mobile business, Samsung managed to bring in some cash in the first quarter of 2009. Overall the company has done batter than in the last quarter of 2008 bringing in a total of $459 million. The sad part for Samsung is that a 72% drop compared to the same period of last yer. As for Samsung’s mobile division, it has grown 36% in revenue which is pretty good considering the current times. With all the phones Samsung announced at the beginning of the year, we’d be surprised for it not to make a profit. We expect Samsung to sell even more phones in the following months as more handsets will be unveiled.

Tags: Business, Earnings Report, Mobile Software, profit, sales, Samsung, Samsung

It was recently announced that Systemax has made haste and snatched up both the Circuit City brand and domain name for a cool $6.5 million.

Apparently Circuit City Incorporated will stay on board and net an unspecified share of sales under the brand name.

Does this all mean that Circuit City will be making a reappearance? Possibly shifting to an online only retailer? Only time will tell.

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Tags: branding, Business, Business, buyout, Circuit City, domain name, Mobile News, retailer, systemax

Giant International’s Olympia P324 is a two way radio designed to meet the different needs within a business’ organization. With its 4 Watt and 1 Watt selectable output power, this radio allows users the option to choose the power suitable to their unique work environment. It is also a  fully programmable radio with 32 channels that allows businesses to use the radio on their fixed frequencies.

Some additional features include a hands free operation mode, a time-out timer to prevent unintended transmissions, battery save function and a low battery alert. it comes with a lithium ion battery pack and drop in charger that provides an estimated battery life of 16 hours at 1 Watt or 9 hours at 4 Watts on a 5-5-90 cycle. The Olympia would be as useful in the front office as it would be in the warehouse.

Tags: Business, Olympia P324, Portable Devices, radio

Marking a blow for the company’s operations, Sony Ericsson has announced that it will lay off 450 workers from its Research Triangle Park location, the headquarters for it sNorth American operations.

It was revealed to the employees in a mandatory all-staff meeting at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham.

The layoffs are part of company-wide changes, Sony Ericsson’s head of global communications and PR, Aldo Ligouri, revealed.

“This is our map of how we see things moving forward,” Ligouri said.

Sony Ericsson has been struggling recently, with low demand for high-end phones and delayed products hurting profits.

Tags: Business, layoff, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson

DataViz, an Office compatibility solutions provider, announced RoadSync, a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client for Motorola’s Symbian UIQ based MOTO Z8 mobile phone. RoadSync is apparently the first and only Z8 solution offering a secure, direct push sync of email, calendar, contacts and attachments to Exchange Server 2003 and 2007. The UIQ platform hasn’t been as much in the news as the S60, but some neat apps keep trickling in once in a while.

What’s more, DataViz is also offering Documents To Go for free (view-only edition) to all Moto Z8 customers. This allows you to view Word, Excel and PowerPoint files right on your Z8. All you need to do is register at DataViz and download a free copy.

RoadSync for Moto Z8 carries a price tag of US $49.99 per user when purchased in volume license options for five or more users. Available right now online as well as through distributors worldwide. A free eval copy is also available.

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Tags: Business, Cell Phones, deals, exchange, free, Motorola, Motorola, office, productivity, roadsync, viewers, z8

In case you are a small/medium enterprise spending tons of money on international calls, you may have help at hand. Fonality, a maker of business phone systems, announced the trixbox Pro, a free business-grade phone system for making free VoIP calls. Targeted at SMEs with 5-500 employees, the system supports traditional PSTN dialing and PBX features. trixbox Pro also includes conf calling, unified messaging, embedded corporate chat server and the ability to integrate with MS Outlook.

Thanks to trixNet, a free in-network calling service, any trixbox Pro user can essentially call any other Pro user using their real phone numbers. Best part is, such calls are not subject to any local or long distance charges. There are also plans to extend free calling to include anyone using Google Talk.

The trixbox Pro is a hybrid-hosted phone system, connecting your local system to the Fonality network. The base edition of trixbox Pro is free. Head to http://www.trixbox.com/ for more info.

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Tags: Business, fonality, free, hosted, Off The Topic, pbx, Phone, service

As we head into the weekend, I thought it was about time MW shared a few SEO tips for webmasters that we have learn’t while being on the internet. SEO is changing all the time and there is probably countless numbers of ways to get good positions in search engines, here are some of my top 10 tips that I think help.

1. One have your site focused on a single topic, don’t try to cover all things on the one site.
2. Quality: I have found that the best written and most interesting articles on there subject find there way creeping up search engine results.
3. Title: use your keyword in the title and make the title as interesting as pos, so your site will attract a search engine visitors attention. I’m sure some system is in place where the site that gets he most clicks gets a high position in a search engine.
4. Categories and Tags - spread your stories into all your tags and categories.
5. Try to get a good PR rank on your homepage, categories, tags etc etc.
6. I have found recently that linking to old and really old stories in articles and having a related links list helps.
7. Back links: If your stories are good your going to get some good back links coming through, also actively per sue getting back links from sites you think might add some value to your site site, I have found sites in the same field as you are in are goodbacklinks and links from very old sites in a similar fields as your site as well, (say hey if you link to me sometimes I’ll link to you, the people who link to us sometimes, we have abosulety no association with them at all, i have never even met them and i don’t know who they are, they choose to link to who ever they like.), if you got a few good sites link to them often this might help as well.
8. Also i have noticed lately that covering a single topic often over a period of time can help boost you site in search engine results
9. As you can see in the left hand column of my site i have a friends list on all the pages of my site and they do the same in return, I’m sure this helps a bit.

My money making tips: If your out to make some income from your site here is what has worked best for MW.

1. Google adsense does very well on my site, they allow three on a single page and I have found the the mid size square ones do the best.
2. Textlink ads from Vibrantmedia in articles do good
3. Chikita and Shopping.com and do very well on this site as it is product related and people can see the product they want and get it quickly from the product the list.

There are many gadget sites out there the do best fo write about stuff but have not many sources.

These are my five sources.
1. Press.
2. Other blogs, the big guns but always say via, not the everyday guy on the street unless you have there permission and you don’t go over the top of them.
3. Asia and the FCC but get it yourself and you might have to use gurillala tactics out there against though tricky blogs.
4. China, Japan, Korea and Asia that you have permission from and by directly linking to them might help them out a bit in there countries search engine.

SEO is cool, something new is always popping up. Try everything you can think off, have a passion for what you do, hang in there, work hard and soon you will a awesome internet biz. Compete as honestly and as fairly as posssible.

Regards Paul Briggs (Mobile Blog Maverick)

Tags: Business, keywords, Off The Topic, seo

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