Steamy text messages have resulted in a three-month jail sentence for a Indian man and an Indian woman in Dubai. The BBC reports. Judges ruled that they had planned to "commit sin", a reference to an extramarital affair - which is illegal in the United Arab Emirates. The unnamed pair, aged 47 and 42, were working as cabin crew for Dubai's Emirates airline. Their "sexy texts" first surfaced la...

Samsung has confirmed to TechRadar that current Jet owners won't be getting the BBC iPlayer upgrade. The new Jet Ultra edition, which was announced recently (despite being on sale for weeks) is essentially the same phone as the Jet S8000 launched last year. However, it has a few minor tweaks and polishes: it's now available in black with a chrome rim, BBC iPlayer is included as standard ...

News just in from the folks over at techradar.com is not good news for those of you that proudly own a Samsung Jet. Apparently according to the report over on techradar Samsung have actually confirmed that those current Samsung Jet owners will not be getting the upgrade for the BBC iPlayer. The new Samsung Jet

The Mobile Entertainment Forum has been delivering a series of illuminating webinars based around the enablement of services. The third webinar is today and I strongly recommend participating if youre into service enablement (e.g. sender pays, credit management and similar). Heres the agenda: Agenda Following on from our two successful MEF Enablers webinars, our speakers

The mobile applications market is big business, and a recent study shows that it is going to get even bigger by 2012. According to an article over on the BBC, a study performed by Getjar shows that the mobile applications market will grow to $17.5 billion by 2012. Apparently the study also states that application downloads

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Samsung has finally announced the Jet Ultra edition - and will be making it exclusive to O2. While the release has only come today, the phone has been available on the site for a number of weeks. The Jet Ultra edition isn't much of an upgrade either over the disappointing first Samsung Jet - essentially the headline grabber is the fact it now has BBC iPlayer on board. This means that users ca...

Rating: Impressive speaker line up The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF)  is holding a webinar next Wednesday 17th March 2010 on how enablers will affect the future of the mobile content industry. The webinar appears to be open to all. The list of speakers is also impressive: - Mark Kortekaas, BBC; Andrew Bud, mBlox; James Parton, Telefónica

Speakers from Vodafone, BBC, Telefonica and others to explore new business models. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.

After years of hype, location-based services are gaining real traction with consumers and businesses alike. Innovation and investment is rampant, but one vital question remains: How should companies monetise location data and services?