Filed in archive Forecasts
by Scott on April 17, 2006
As I posted over on Smartspace this afternoon, In-Stat has forecast US mobile location-based services to rise to 1.1 million subscribers by 2010, up from over 580,000 at present. Factors setting...
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Filed in archive Device Evolution
by tom on April 17, 2006
The guys over at The Inquirer have word that Vodafone KK (recently bought by Softbank) have launched a 3G handset with a VGA-resoltuon screen in Japan.The 904SH is made for Vodafone by Sharp. By...
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Filed in archive Mobile Society
by tom on April 16, 2006
GoldPocket and Boost Mobile are using SMS voting to award a recording deal with Drive-Thru Records. The contest, mtvU's Best Music on Campus, which opens on US college campuses on April 17 and...
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Filed in archive Mobile Games
by tom on April 14, 2006
In the first of an occasional series, we'll cover very briefly some of the week's new mobile game announcements. Monday, 10 April I-Play announced Inca Quest, Ricochet and Big Kahuna Reef are...
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Filed in archive Forecasts
by Scott on April 13, 2006
Both Nokia and SonyEricsson have raised forecasts for mobile phone markets in the past two days, both seeing good response by consumers to the shift to more media-based handsets, like the Walkman...
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Socialtext has made its impressive enterprise-class wiki application mobile. Which is good because I have been talking with colleagues and clients about the usefulness of making a wiki mobile for...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on April 13, 2006
The US arm of global messaging services provider MindMatics has announced an agreement with Virgin Mobile USA to provide MMS messaging services for Virgin Mobile USA customers.Under the terms of the...
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The Tribeca film Festival 2006 calls for a short movie competition! Record and show them your own story in 15 seconds and win honor and glory. In order to make your submissions as successful as...
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Filed in archive News
by Scott on April 12, 2006
I am in China at the moment on business, and conveniently, the Web is a-bustle with news from China's mobile market. First, though, it bears emphasizing what a critical role the mobile device is...
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Call me a geek or a gadget-head if you like, but I want one of these new handsets from Taiwanese manufacturer Xcute. The new S50, which is due for release in a few months time (but is sadly...
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Filed in archive Operators
by tom on April 10, 2006
mobile content portal walled-garden operator operamini opera...
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on April 10, 2006
bbc doctor who mobile clips...
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Filed in archive News
by Scott on April 06, 2006
Mobile Tech Shorts 4.6.06 Flying "J" Launches MVNO for Truckers Buried by news about Disney's MVNO play, an American truck-stop chain launches one of its own. Amp'd Announces...
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Lancaster, UK-based mobile content provider Monstermob has announced it expects it's 2006 profits to be lower than those from 2005, although it also expects a recovery based on new content types...
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The BBC is reporting on the launch of Mobile TV in Japan. Whilst not the first launch, it may well be the largest given the high number of subscribers and the existing high-speed mobile...
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Filed in archive Bling
by tom on April 05, 2006
Image from Midas Touch International Cellular News has pointed us in the direction of Midas Touch International, a UK-based company that offers a custom gold-plating service for Nokia 8800 handsets,...
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Filed in archive News
by Scott on April 04, 2006
Welcome to a new feature: Mobile Tech Shorts. So many interesting snippets of information pass my desk on a daily basis, but not all merit a full post, so MTS is a way to share quick hits, links and...
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on April 04, 2006
American performings rights agency BMI is predicting that the US ringtone market will exceed the US$600 million mark in 2005, US$100 million more than last year."We see the market maturing in...
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Filed in archive Design
by Scott on April 03, 2006
Textually reports the smallest autofocus mechanism for cameraphones is on its way from Shicoh Engineering in Japan. A mere 10 x 10 x 4.2mm, the little engine that could get you in trouble with illicit...
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Filed in archive Design
by Scott on April 03, 2006
We are in the middle of Interface month at Mobile Weblog. Meaning I am ranting about interfaces with the hopes that it might stir a revolt against the current interfaces of the major mobile OSs and...
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I've practically given up caring, but with the 30th anniversary of Apple just having passed, and pundits waiting for Steve Jobs to pull the next great rabbit out of the Apple hat (three metaphors...
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