All Posts Tagged With: "Mobile News"
Vodafone To Offer Bare Bones Handset
Vodafone is aiming to shake up the mobile market with the international launch of a basic phone aimed at consumers who do not want a high-tech handset.
I think this is a great idea. There are a lot of people who have no interest in ringtones, MMS, 3G, video messaging/calling etc. and probably will never [...]
NTL and o2 announce TV to Mobile trial details
NTL and O2 today revealed what content they will be using in their TV to mobile trial in Oxford. Available will be The Cartoon Network, CNN, Discovery Channel, Sky Sports News and Sky Travel. Overall 16 channels in all will be available.
The six-month trial will use the DVB-H broadcast transmission standard, specially designed for handheld [...]
Realworks Acquiring Mobile Game Company For $15 Million
RealNetworks is making its first salvo in the mobile gaming business, after a succesful online gaming effort with RealArcade: it is buying out Finnish game company Mr. Goodliving for $15 million.
Goodliving offers games for cellphones throughout Europe through relationships with wireless carriers like Vodafone Group PLC and Deutsche Telekom. The company’s products include the popular [...]
SMSs Are The 21st Century love letters
A new survey found that romantic Brits now start 40 per cent of their romances with the sweet beep-beep of their phones.
One of the interesting findings is that one person in four would accept an SMS marriage proposal (if sent by the right network partner, of course).
Thanks to textually.org for the story
Nokia 6680 review
I won’t be doing a review of the 6680 as I’m going to wait for a N70 or a N91 as my next upgrade. However, for those of you who are still considering the 6680, including Errol, then here’s infosyncworld’s write-up.
Their summary was:
‘Whether the Nokia 6680 is an improvement over its predecessor, the 6630, [...]
iTunes Mobile to launch in July
Motorola have confirmed that these shots are genuine and that the software is due to launch in July on the on/off Motorola iPod phone.. The design looks pretty good to me-I particularly like the first shot.
Read more on Gizmodo
Cameraphone sales up 200% - but are users sending more MMSs?
Camera phones now outsell digital cameras by almost 4 to 1, reaching just 68 million units globally in 2004. However, I’d be interested to see whether MMS traffic is increasing so that the networks are actually benefiting. I have a sneaky suspicion that more camera phones are being sold because almost all phones [...]
5May2005 | Everton | 2 comments | ContinuedNokia N91 has Wi-fi - I'll be able to setup Skype! (hopefully…)
Grrr I’m getting slow in my old age. I missed that the N91 has a built-in Wi-Fi connection! I was going to upgrade my 6630 to a 6680 but I think I’ll hang in there now for the N91 as hopefully by the time it comes out I’ll be able to setup Skype [...]
2May2005 | Everton | 5 comments | ContinuedBuy films for Nokia handsets
Nokia, Granada Ventures and ROK Player have teamed up to start releasing films on memory card. The first to come out will be Shawshank Redemption , which comes preloaded on a memory chip for £16.99 from mobile phones stores or is available to order online for a slightly pricier £19.99.Seems a good idea particularly if [...]
29Apr2005 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedReuters launches free mobile news service
Reuters have launched a free mobile news service providing business, sports, entertainment, as well as market data and global share price information. The service is available at mobile.reuters.co.uk
“The free service delivers the top ten news stories written by Reuters correspondents in 200 bureaux around the world. Each story is illustrated with pictures from photographers on [...]




