Filed in archive Mobile Content
by tom on November 29, 2006
The use of SMS messaging has continued to grow in the UK with new figures released by the Mobile Data Association showing total traffic in the UK rising by more than 100,000,000 messages.Likewise...
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Filed in archive Mobile Community
by tom on November 27, 2006
Mobile Europe has managed to get a lot of information about Myspace's plans for a mobile version in an interview in this months edition. MySpace plan to concentrate on delivering core services...
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Filed in archive Mobile Games
by tom on November 27, 2006
A recent survey by Nokia has thrown up some information about the changing habits of Mobile game players.The mobile phone gamers surveyed frequently play mobile games with the vast majority (80%)...
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Filed in archive Mobile Society
by tom on November 24, 2006
The issue of locked or disabled features on handsets made available for sale in the US has been around for long time. At the beginning of 2005, reports surfaced of Verizon Wireless users suing the...
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Filed in archive Device Evolution
by tom on November 24, 2006
The extremely popular Chocolate handset from LG has been given a makeover, at least for Verizon customers in the US, with three new colours being released. The new colours, named 'Cherry'...
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Filed in archive Mobile Community
by tom on November 23, 2006
Business Week have a story up this week about Vodafone's plans to allow their customers to access social networking sites and services from their handsets. Of course, as noted on MocoNews, this...
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Mobile wallet, anyone? Fourteen operators within the GSM Association, representing 40 percent of the world's mobile customers, have agreed to a standard approach to implementing near-field...
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Filed in archive Mobile Games
by tom on November 22, 2006
Oberon Media has announced it has bought mobile game developer Blaze.Blaze will provide Oberon with a dynamic portfolio of single player, multiplayer, and 3D mobile games such as: "The Da Vinci...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by on November 22, 2006
The Mobile Data Association has released a new press release with news that the use of mobile internet is growing in the UK.Increasingly tech-savvy, mobile users expect their phones to give them more...
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Filed in archive Mobile Community
by tom on November 21, 2006
First up, some disclosure: This is the project I've been working full-time on for the past 3 months, and is what I alluded to in my last post. Pitch has launched a full mobile social networking...
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Filed in archive News
by Scott on November 18, 2006
SonyEricsson has topped the respected JD Power & Associates' annual survey of customer satisfaction in the US. For customers who have owned their devices more than two years, the...
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Filed in archive Blogging
by tom on November 17, 2006
regular readers may have noticed I've been remarkably absent for the past few weeks. Well, the major development work on my project has been completed, and the first release has been made - and...
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Filed in archive Device Evolution
by tom on November 17, 2006
According to a post today on Digital Inspiration, next year's Apple iPhone will only have a 2megapixel camera.While consumers can expect to buy the iPhone handsets early next year, the latest...
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Darla Mack has news of another possible high-end Nokia multimedia computer, even as we await the release of the N95. The N97 looks a little like the N95 crossed with the E61, with a 5 MP camera, 20x...
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Filed in archive Operators
by Scott on November 17, 2006
UK 3G operator 3 announced a raft of new applications and services this week in a bid to jolt its business into a higher gear. Under the label of X-Series, 3 has added applications from Sling Media...
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These Canadians aren't bare or naked or ladies, but they totally rock and they may be rocking your way very soon on their "Barenaked Ladies Are Me" tour. Here are more details on the...
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Filed in archive Operators
by Scott on November 03, 2006
About five years ago when I was with the Yankee Group, I forecasted an eventual shift away from the old PTT model of building a communications company around wires and networks, and toward the...
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