"All the products at Best Buy will eventually follow, " predicts Amol Sarva, chief executive of New York City-based start-up Txtbl, which will launch a wi-fi-enabled mobile e-mail device this summer.
Teen apparel retailer Aeropostale is looking to revamp its m-commerce (e-commerce through mobile) channel to strengthen its direct-to-consumer business.
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Wireless devices of every stripe are connecting to the Internet in such numbers that, by 2007, e-mail addresses associated with mobile phones will outnumber conventional e-mail addresses.
While the BlackBerry's plastic keyboard and tight integration with corporate e-mail systems makes it an unbeatable e-mail machine, Nielsen Mobile's first-quarter data show that the iPhone is all about multimedia, playing music, video and online games far above the average usage of those services for other mobile phone users.
James Faucette, a wireless analyst at Pacific Crest Securities said Motorola's (nyse: MOT - news - people ) acquisition of mobile e-mail software vendor Good Technology could make Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people ) a good fit for Motorola.
Banga is banking on prepaid cards, e-commerce and mobile payments to diversify MasterCard's customer base.
But the hope is that music-players, e-readers and mobile phones will eventually follow, says Dr Smith.
The division also has plans to build out its enhanced e-books, mobile games and other digital offerings.
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Finland's Nokia , Sweden's Ericsson and America's Motorola announced an alliance to develop a single standard for e-commerce on mobile phones.
It is no doubt true that consumer technology such as social media, web sites for e-commerce and mobile apps have achieved spectacular innovation.
Interread and Onyx International have already agreed to take advantage of the APIs, dubbed Scribd Open content Platform for E-Readers and mobile Devices (SOPED).
In the highest-performing e-commerce businesses mobile, social, globalization, cloud and legacy order management systems are all galvanized around that common goal: delight the customer and earn their trust.
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For most people the convenience of e-mail, mobile phones and voicemail has proved irresistible, but many have also begun to feel the downside of being constantly in touch.
One way to avoid overdrawing your account is to sign up for e-mail or mobile text alerts from your bank to notify you of a low account balance.
Putin took questions from the hall's floor, with live cameras positioned in towns and cities across Russia, and he also responded to phone calls, e-mails and mobile SMS messages.
Though they may have pioneered pushing e-mail onto mobile devices, the field is getting more crowded and industry analysts say RIM has its work cut out to stay ahead of the competition.
E-commerce and mobile commerce have dramatically changed the way brands reach customers, making it faster and easier for consumers to make purchases on the fly while avoiding the hassles of going to the store.
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Account and security settings also make it easy for you to control digital pan, tilt and zoom of cameras, set up motion zones for individual cameras, and create and manage e-mail and mobile-phone motion alerts or desktop notifications of important events.
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Due to the proliferation of mobile devices such as smartphones, e-readers and tablets, mobile data traffic has grown exponentially.
Today, any company thinking of producing a new kind of digital device must seriously consider the risk that such a product's functionality can be matched by smartphone-resident apps and a potential accessory (a lesson more recently learned by mobile e-mail appliance maker Peek, which has refocused its business on software and cloud services for other handsets).
Sprint Nextel (nyse: S - news - people )wants to encourage businesses to equip workers with mobile devices and use mobile e-mail and Web-based applications, thus increasing use of their networks.
Others think that auctions will force up mobile-telephony prices, because telecoms firms will pass on the costs, so slowing the development of mobile e-commerce.
We decided that choosing gadgets in three "budget" ranges would be most helpful to you, the reader, and we've chosen a kit of gear we think any student would do well to grab up for each -- covering laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, e-readers, laptop bags, and so on.
"We figured there had to be an easier way to do mobile e-mail, " says Marriott.
The demands for a mobile e-mail application are less complicated than a desktop client.
Predictably, the 25 to 34 demographic saw the strongest growth in mobile e-mail usage at 60 percent.
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In some cases, he says, workers have refused to use mobile e-mail devices, or have given them back.
The reported concluded that such e-commerce spending on mobile devices will be the number one driver of mobile purchases.
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But if accessing mobile e-mail and the occasional fact are enough, the main reason to delay may be financial.
Now layer on e-commerce, with mobile technology enabling real-time price comparisons, and the exercise of pricing becomes even more complicated.
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