Filed in archive Forecasts
by tom on July 31, 2006
Carnival of the Mobilists 38 has been posted, and this week it's being hosted by the good folks over at SmartMobs. The Carnival is getting bigger every week, and this week topics include Posts By...
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The other day we mentioned the Black Diamond handset, that looked pretty good and cost a pretty penny. Well now the company has come out with a variant on the design. Losing some of the things that...
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This woman is smiling because she just got rid of another confused mobile owner. Already we know that many people don't even know which mobile they own, which makes it no surprise that they...
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I always like to make sure we are getting a good geographic spread of coverage, and Emily at textually.org provides us with a good newsbite. Mobile usage in Arab nations jumped by 70% in 2005,...
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That sounds like an obvious headline, but the major UK operators are stepping up their efforts to stamp out mobile phone theft by cooperating with the UK government to block IMEI numbers of stolen...
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Nokia is testing real-world handoffs between GSM and Wi-Fi with its 6136 UMA handset in Oulu, Finland, according to the company. The trial will last for 2 months and involves practical use by 50...
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I saw this over on Cellular NEws this morning. benq siemens have announced a new slider handset, the SL91. The new handset, which is due for release in November this year, features a 3.2 megapixel...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on July 27, 2006
Mobile game developer Digital Chocolate, headed up by Trip Hawkins, has secured another round of funding, obtaining an additional US$22.5 million from a group of investors led by Bridgescale...
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MEX, the Mobile User Experience blog, carries a recent post of interest regarding mobile user behavior in the areas of search and location. According to the piece, highlighting data from M-Spatial,...
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According to Darla Mack, skype maybe coming to the Symbian OS. More specifically, Skype might be introduced to Symbian in Spain (?), according to Alberto Lorente, MD of Skype Spain. Now of we can just...
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Research firm Strategy Analytics has released a new forecast predicting that consumers worldwide will purchase 950 million wireless devices for the home over the next five years. This includes devices...
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Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on July 26, 2006
OutKast has launched their latest Music Video through O2's mobile platform n a cross-promotional deal between Sony and BMG. O2 customers will be able to download and view the music video for the...
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Filed in archive Operators
by tom on July 25, 2006
This has been all over the TV news in the UK today. With recent announcements of problems at Vodafone and a general slump in it's share price, at today's Annual General Meeting in central...
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The release of new designer handsets continues apace, with the announcement of the Black Diamond smartphone. The handset, from Swiss manufacturer VIPN is a limited edition run of 5 devices designed...
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OK, so the headline's just taking the mickey, but it can't be helped. Motorola have announced details of five new products they will be releasing over the next little while. Two of the...
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Mobile Opportunity hosts this week's Carnival of the Mobilists, with plenty to say about smartphones, content, T-Mobile, barcodes, Palm and more. And, to boot, some colorful analysis of carnivals...
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Here in the UK the range of mobile handsets available is rather limited. Even though there are physically a lot of different mobiles, they all follow one of a very few basic patterns: Candybay, Flip,...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on July 21, 2006
Yahoo has announced a deal with Motorola that will see yahoo's Yahoo! Go for Mobile preloaded on all compatible Motorola handsets over the next several years. Yahoo! Go for Mobile is a single...
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Several news reports have mentioned today that the Israeli military is alerting residents in southern Lebanon to impending strikes by, among other methods, SMS. Besides dropping leaflets and utlizing...
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This image is a mockup The guys over at Mobile Mentalism (via The Inquirer) have pointed out that the upcoming Nokia N93 will include PowerVR architecture, making the device capable, at least in...
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Image from ShinyShiny BenQ have launched a new handset aimed firmly at female consumers. The new BenQ EF61 Mia Special Edition flip phone (pictured) comes with the usual assortment of mobile features,...
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The Internet Home Alliance, an organization comprised of high tech companies such as HP and Microsoft as well as P&G and Whirlpool, have begun an eight-week pilot to test the concept of an...
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Motorola has had a lot of success in the past with their RAZR handset, and have now announced they have shipped the 50,000,000th MOTORAZR V3 handset.Noted by industry experts as a game-changing feat...
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Filed in archive Mobile Commerce
by tom on July 19, 2006
mBlox are claiming they are the first company to be ready for the upcoming mobile Internet billing scheme PayForIt, saying they are successfully accredit with both Vodafone and Orange. The PayForIt...
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