Filed in archive News
by Scott on June 19, 2006
Mobile giants Nokia and Siemens are not just involved in the handset business, but in the equipment side as well. A good deal of global mobile network infrastructure runs over (or between) the...
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Filed in archive Operators
by Scott on June 19, 2006
A new study by Carrick James Market Research of the UK, written about in today's International Herald Tribune, points out that 63% of Britons 7 to 19 have mobile phones. In the US, the number is...
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Filed in archive New Launches
by Scott on June 19, 2006
SonyEricsson has gone i-mode with its new K610m handset. It comes in a classic, carbon black candybar form, with a 2MP camera for video and still with zoom, push e-mail, a 64MB MemoryStick and 2MB...
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Filed in archive Fun
by tom on June 19, 2006
I know Scott's only just posted about #31, and now #32's popped up, back home at Mobhappy.It's my pleasure to bring you the 32nd installment of the Carnival of Mobilists, returning like a...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by tom on June 19, 2006
This story comes to us via Engadget and MocoNews, with apparent word that EA have decided to sell their mobile games (which now includes Jamdat's back Catalogue) direct to consumers via their...
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I know we are a couple of days Late, but it's summer, and the World Cup is on, and the pool isn't that crowded, and, well, it took a few days. But Carnival of the Mobilists 31 is in full......
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Filed in archive News
by Scott on June 16, 2006
Motorola, NEC, NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone are backing an effort to develop linux for mobile devices. They have opened the effort to other mobile and electronics companies, and are...
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I don't get it. According to new research from Commscore, Motorola's RAZR V3C is the most researched handset, with the V3 (pictured) the fifth most researched."The top 10 models sold...
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A couple of days ago Katie at V-Enable dropped us a note about their voice search service being awarded a patent, but with the World Cup taking up so much of my time, I forgot to post about it.......
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on June 15, 2006
The ArgoGroup conducted a comparative study of World Cup content offerings from the major carriers in the UK during last week's England vs Paraguay match. Overall the outlook wasn't very...
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Nokia have announced that the 6233 3G handset has started shipping to retailers. The handset, aimed primarily at business users, has a classic 'candy bar' design, and a focus more on business...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on June 14, 2006
Motorola have managed to strike a deal with Real Madrid and England footballer David Beckham to become the global brand ambassador for the manufacturer. The three year deal will see David Beckham...
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The Nokia 8801 'luxury mobile' has been known about for a while, and now Nokia and T-Mobile have announced the availability of the handset at retail, through t-mobile.com and selected US...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on June 13, 2006
MonsterMob PLC has announced a directorate change. Current group Chief Executive Martin Higginson has been asked to stand down and leave the group with immediate effect. His role will be filled by...
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Summer's here so why not only give your kid a mobile phone to stay in touch from the pool or down on the beach, but track the little monster as well? Verizon has launched it's own kid-phone...
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Filed in archive Fun
by tom on June 12, 2006
Anders has an interesting post about using a Nokai E61 as a replacement for his broken ipod nano.My iPod Nano recently bit the dust and went on to wherever gadgets go to rest when they brake down and...
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Nokia have announced their N92 multimedia handset will officially be part of the pilot of DVB-H mobile TV services currently underway in Germany. During the pilot, guests of E-Plus, O2, T-Mobile and...
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on June 09, 2006
4INFO dropped us an email this morning to let us know about their World Cup score text alerts service, being delivered in partnership with opera. 4INFO are providing a text messaging solution...
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This popped up a couple of days ago, but it's been warm recently so we've been a little laid back, enjoying the sun. Samsung have announced the release of a 1.98" VGA LCD screen. The new...
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Filed in archive Operators
by tom on June 07, 2006
O2 has announced that they signed up more than 250,000 i-mode susbcribers in the 6 months after the launch in October last year. Graham Riddel, head of content marketing at O2 said that the UK's...
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Filed in archive Mobile Games
by tom on June 07, 2006
Nokia is moving forward with it's support of it's N-Gage mobile gaming handset, with the announcement of the launch of a global retail distribution channel for N-Gage content through a...
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Filed in archive Operators
by Scott on June 06, 2006
This week it all seems to be about bundling. Not the colonial American sleeping practice, but throwing everything you can into a package of telecom services. UK mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has...
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Filed in archive New Launches
by tom on June 06, 2006
Nokia has announced that the N91 'multimedia device' has been released in the USA. The N91 is aimed primarily at people who want a music player as well as a handset, with an inbuilt 4Gb hard...
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Germany's T-Mobile is pleased that response to its churn-managing effort T-Mobile@Home, a convergent mobile/fixed-line substitution service, has been sehr gut. According to Dow Jones, the...
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