It’s been quite a time since I last gave you the selection of stories and articles from my favourite mobile industry web-pages. Now it is the time. Have a look at the most peculiar stories:

Smart Mobs writes about More mobile phone novels

MobileCrunch say that

• TV Phones Reach 20 Million Mark in Japan
• Open Source may Create Security Risks for Mobile Phones
• Rare Mobile Phone Viruses Feared by Public
• Remote smartphone support: Crazy good idea

SlashPhone informs that AdaptiveMobile Launch Comprehensive Parental Controls for Mobile Devices

IntoMobile says that

• UK: Daily Mail announces free text service
• Informa: Mobile social networking revenues could reach US$52
• billion by 2012
• Motorola’s acquisition of Soundbuzz completed

Advertising & Marketing Made Easy gives 6 tips to extend the life of a lithium ion battery

The Red Ferret Journal writes about Webasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater - warm up your parked car via cell phone and stay cosy

mTrends speaks about Mobile World Congress Side Events - Update!

Mobile Opportunity says How to beat Google (and why Microsoft + Yahoo probably won’t do it)

TechRepublic speaks about

• RIM ups the mobile mail ante with new features
• Metamaterial: the unnatural composite is transforming wireless technology
• Femtocells yes, Fixed Mobile Convergence no
• Using text messaging in business

Connected Internet informs that Dolby Labs Release Dolby Mobile

No More Disadvantages on Mobile Phones: New Services by Google and Bango

A few days ago Google announced the launch of a new search service for mobile devices. The new service has been created in order to make mobile search faster and the result more relevant.

Google states that with the new search service mobile users will be able to get results that will be extremely close to what they are searching for. Thus the search engine “looks through” traditional Internet, mobile Internet, news articles, local news and images and provides the most relevant results. For instance, if you type “Sunflower” the system will give out both links to web-pages and images of the plant.

The new mobile service by Google also has optimized local search function. Owing to the saving of previous search results of the user, the new service provides relevant results of local search in forthcoming searches – and there is no need to fill in your location once again. As long as the user specifies certain coordinates searching for, for instance, weather forecast of restaurants, the system will give out information relevant to this very location.

Mobile software developer Bango has signed agreement with the publishing house Macmillan Publishing to create a “mobile library.” The partners have launched a service under the name “The Global Reader” which will give access to books, articles, newspapers and other print content to the users of mobile Internet.

Bango technology works so that any user of any mobile network in any location in the world can browse content and buy it (paying from his/her mobile account, credit card or via PayPal).

Macmillan in collaboration with Bango’s partner, Fli Digital has developed a content-management system for WAP and integrated it into Bango’s identification and payment systems. Identification means that a user can collect a library of paid and free books. The service also features “favorites” function, which enable users to mark files to read them later.

Adam Kerr, VP of Sales at Bango Inc. said:

“Only Bango has the platform to provide detailed insights into mobile users on a global scale. By using Bango’s technology, the Global Reader will enable millions of book fans with a mobile phone to discover, connect and download their favorite books via the mobile web.”

Better than Senior Concierge Service? Yes! Mobile Transport & Question-Answer Services

Elections 2008 are the topic that is hot and discussed everywhere – online, in the newspapers, etc.

QlipMedia has just released their new online service – ElectionQlip. The idea is to make it a new place to talk coming elections.

People are welcome to share their opinions with the website community, but what makes the service special – you can leave video posts with recorded voice, drawings and photos with their thoughts on this important political event coming. Join debates and back up them with your video posts – something new even for the online world.

On the other hand, you can be the information consumer and keep updated about the candidates debates, about the citizen’s moods and attitudes.

QlipMedia’s service goal is clear – make every voice and opinion heard and viewed!