Rolling out mobile payment services for the masses Union Bank of India announced a strategic partnership with Nokia. Through this partnership they have announced m-banking services available for Union Bank account holders on their Nokia handsets through a Java-based mobile application.
[This article was published in the July 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While 3D technologies dominated the exhibitions, handset makers and telcos too showcased new devices and platforms
Samsung Electronics has launched its first smartphone powered by Google Android, Samsung I7500. The phone has a 3.2-inch touchscreen AMOLED display with 480 x 320 pixel HVGA resolution, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB.
Skype has launched its application on the Apple iPhone and announced plans for a similar service on Blackberry phone for next month.
More than half a million public domain books from Google’s digitization project will now be available for free on the Sony Reader in its e-book store.This has been made possible by a deal struck by Sony Electronics with Google.
Boston is preparing to roll out its first iPhone application, Citizen Connect, which will allow citizens to place complaints usually made through a telephone hotline.
A British Telecom (BT) project aims to give some UK cities widespread wi-fi coverage. The telecom giants have signed deals with 12 councils to fit wi-fi antenna in streets to create broad zones where people can have access to the Internet.
