Mr GoodLiving the Mobile games division of Real Networks has signed a distribution agreement with Lateral Profiles Ltd. Lateral Profiles with now distribute all MrGoodliving game titles via mobile operators, aggregators and brand partners in Australia and New Zealand. These titles include the mobile versions of Trivial Pursuit, The Apprentice, and Gorillaz (developed in association with the band). Real Networks are also steadily converting the vast catalogue of Real Arcade games to Mobile. Real Arcade is one of the world largest libraries of on-line casual games and most of these are well suited to mobile conversion. In 2006 Real added to their impressive list of Game Industry Awards when Turbo Camels Circus Extreme won best mobile game of the year in the UK Mobile Choice Consumer 2006 Awards and in the USA Digital Entertainment Media and Marketing Excellence (DEMMX) Awards.
Kiwi OZChat users on Vodafone Live! are now able to use a short code to post their pictures and photos. To post a message users simply snap their pictures and send to the short code 220. This does away with he more clumbsy method of using an email address. Previously users sent pictures to image@t2u.biz. The use of the short code had an immediate impact on the number of pictures submitted per day. All pictures are moderated by our moderation team before posting.
Vodafone Australia has relaunched OZChat. The service is available via the VodafoneLive! portal, via the Vodafone SIM (using SIM toolkit) and as a command based service for SMS users.
Specific safety measures have been incorporated into the Vodafone Chat service to make sure it is the safest and friendliest service possible. Vodafone Chat is pre-moderated this means every message is checked by a human moderator and assessed for acceptability before it is posted.
For more information go to www.vodafone.com.au
Lateral Profiles, was chosen to manage both phone and SMS voting for NZIdol 2006, plus accompanying services such as ringtone downloads. Once again NZIdol was the country’s biggest interactive event. The winner was Matthew Saunoa a 21 year old from Levin. For information about NZIdol go to www.nzidol.co.nz
Bell Canada has become the most recent mobile operator to connect to the Lateral Mobile Community. The service now interconnects all major operators in Canada, where it is branded as On2Chat.
