The SMS text messaging application FishText (www.fishtext.com) has attracted more than 100,000 registered users since its launch three weeks ago. FishText is used to send text messages to destinations across the globe, bypassing the mobile operators’ networks and thus dramatically reducing text messaging charges. FishText subscribers profit from the lowest messaging rates available anywhere and can also send free messages to other subscribers. (more…)

CardBoardFish (www.cardboardfish.com), the low-cost SMS specialist, has developed a mobile application that dramatically reduces the cost of national and international texts from your phone: FishText. This bypasses the operator’s network and thus dramatically reduces SMS fees. FishText is free when texting other subscribers and costs from 1p for all other texts globally (over 200 countries). (more…)

Red Herring announced this week names of the companies in the “Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe”, and mobile Linux software company, Purple Labs, was named among them. “This year’s impressive list of submissions from companies demonstrates Europe’s growing role as a major center of innovation in the global technology sector,” said Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Joel Dreyfuss. “The exceptional accomplishments of European technology startups and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem.” (more…)

PocketNow says HTC launched the HTC P3470, an entry level, low-end navigation phone that operates on Windows Mobile Professional and tops out on EDGE data speed. The device will feature 256/128 MB ROM/RAM, microSD expansion, and Bluetooth, and closely resembles the HTC T-Mobile Wing, currently available on sale in the United States. (photo bellow). (more…)

NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, jointly announced today the release of a 3G Linux reference feature phone offering video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsingand video streaming at a transfer price below US$100. The new Purple Magic phone serves as a reference design for phone manufacturers creating entry-level 3G handsets, including those targeting mobile markets such as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. (more…)

Taiwanese laptop computer maker Micro-Star International (MSI) is working on an ultra-low cost notebook PC based on Intel’s Diamondville microprocessor to compete against rival Asustek Computer’s Eee PC. (more…)

The Vizio 32″ LCD HDTV cost around $500 or so, depending on where you buy it. I bought mine at around $520. I also purchased the wallmount for it. This is my first HDTV LCD TV that I have ever owned and I love it. It has dual HDMI output connections as well as VGA output connection to hook it to your PC or what not. I have hooked this up to my PC via DVI connection and the quality isn’t as good as I thought it would be, but still very good. If you get the perfect resolution set for this TV it would look flawless, especially with HDMI. The max resolution for the Vizio 32″ is 1366 x 768 resolution. The HDMI cables run about $100, thats why I have not hooked this up via HDMI yet. (more…)