MobileNest

Meemo is a first mobile email service offered to mobile users not limited to Smartphones and PDAs. If you have a phone with a mobile browser and you have an email account, you are ready to use Meemo.

Meemo works with many different email accounts including Hotmail and Gmail. Once you sign up and configure the service, you will start getting an alert in the form of a text message anytime you receive an email. Clicking the alert will take you to your inbox, where you can read it, reply to it, or forward it. Meemo will also let you open attachments right on your phone.

In addition to the email capabilities you can also take advantage of Meemo’s calendar. The calendar allows users to create events and display them in the day, week, or month view. Event reminders are sent as text messages to your phone.

A new service offered by Verizon Wireless, VZ Navigator, has the same features as an advance navigation system. The service can be used at a fraction of a cost of a GPS system, right from your phone.

If you decide to sign up, you will have a chance to take advantage of: heads-up, voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions with auto-rewriting if you miss a turn, local search of approximately fourteen million points of interest in the U.S.A., and color maps with zoom-in capability.

VZ Navigator comes with Verizon Wireless Location Management website, where you can manage your location preferences.

VZ Navigator is available on many different phones, like Motorola v325, RAZR V3c, Samsung a930, etc. Verizon offers this service using two subscription options, per day ($2.99) and per month ($9.99).

If you like to browse the web using your mobile device and you like to share your findings of interested mobile friendly sites with others, you should check out Tappity.

Tappity is a user driven site where you can discover, rate, and suggest mobile-friendly web pages that are formatted for viewing on mobile devices (phones, PDAs, etc.).

Tappity allows its users to create customized mobile home pages populated with user’s favorites. In addition, users can take advantage of RSS feed used to alert of new sites submitted by other users.

ClairMail, Inc., the leader in 2-way mobile customer interaction, was selected by the oldest bank in California, Bank of Stockton, to provide mobile banking services. Bank of Stockton is seen as the leader in banking technology innovation, thus it makes sense for it to partner with a mobile service provider with a cutting edge, ClairMail System. The system operates using any mobile phone’s communication software, including mobile browser, wireless email, and short message services (SMS).

ClairMail is device, carrier,manufacturer, operating system, or wireless transmission standard independent. The mobile device independence is an attractive feature for a partner like Bank of Stockton, it reduces the cost of ownership through unified deployment and configuration.

All customers interested in mobile banking will have access to the following services:

• On-Demeanf Account Management
• No-Hold Customer Service
• Mobile Payments
• Actionable Alerts
• Enhanced Security

ClairMail to Power Bank of Stockton’s Mobile Banking Services [clairmail.com]

No one wants to get stuck in the middle of the lightning storm, but something can warn us if the storm getting closer.

Nokia is attempting to turn your phone into a warning system. Lightning bolt is an electric current that emits radio waves which produces 10 hertz and 5 gigahertz frequency. Nokia is trying to utilize receiver technologies already existing in phones (Bluetooth, FM, tri-band, GSM, Wi-Fi and RFID) to intercept radio waves produced by lightning bolts and with the help of software calculating the distance, can warn you of a storm getting closer to you.

Nokia has already filed a patent for the new idea that has a potential to save lives.

Cellphones could warn of imminent lightning strike [via NewScienceTech.com]

Clear Channel Communications Inc. announced a new free mobile offering enabling listeners to make song requests, get real-time traffic reports, and access other information by sending a text-message to Clear Channel’s radio stations.

The new free mobile program follows the payed program ($2.99 per month) launched in September jointly with Cingular Wireless. The payed program allowed listeners of Top 40 New York station, Z100, to stream live broadcasts, listen to interview podcasts, and communicate with the station by making song requests and getting real-time traffic using a text-messaging.

After testing the opportunity, Clear Chanel decided to move away from the paid model and offering broadcasting. Instead, they will concentrate their efforts on the free service and text-messaging offerings.

“Giving users an individualized, on-demand experience will strengthen listeners’ connection with their favorite radio stations,” said John Hogan, chief executive officer of Clear Channel Radio.

Hogan is planning to capitalize on the number of people Clear Channel can reach, thus he is building the mobile platform to add a level of accountability and credibility to Clear Channel’s offerings.

The mobile industry is quickly becoming a new channel for many content providers. This is a very important move for those that plan to follow the advertisement money.

The latest information released by Yankee Group, expects the mobile advertising market to more than quadruple to $275 million in 2007 and reach $2.2 billion in 2010. This is a large jump from 2006 where the market was about $60 million.