"With mobile downloads for BBC iPlayer, you can now load up your mobile phone or tablet with hours and hours of BBC television programmes, then watch them on the road, on the Tube, on a plane, without worrying about having an internet connection or running up a mobile data bill, " said Daniel Danker, general manager of programmes and on-demand for the BBC.
Ofcom hopes this will encourage more mobile users to make use of the existing public wi-fi network and help lighten the load on mobile networks.
Granted, your mobile banking application will load much faster, but if you lose your phone, that information will be available to anyone who finds it.
The Windows Mobile 6 Standard software load is fairly typical, albeit mildly Sprint-ified with a yellow theme and shortcuts to access On Demand, Sprint TV, and the like.
While the CPMs on mobile are significantly higher (you have to stare at the ads which are quite large relative to the screen size), we struggle to believe Facebook can continue to ramp the ad load on mobile the way they did in Q4 2012.
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Already you can load a number of mobile payment apps onto your iPhone including Square and PayPal.
For now, non-iOS users must load their tickets though a mobile site in order to save a tree or two.
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Last week Barclaycard and Orange announced that credit or debit card holders from all UK banks would be able to load money onto Barclaycard's mobile payments application, in the Quick Tap wallet.
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Starting today, mobile professionals can look forward to a paperless briefcase, a lighter load, and a better way to work.
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DJs can use the mobile application to manage their music on the road and then wirelessly load their tracks and playlists to the XDJ-AERO.
The CS40 enables an all-encompassing business process transformation for mobile workforces in pre-sales, merchandising, field service, long haul and truck load transportation.
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