I know I promised more details about Skype for mobile, but there really aren’t any. Skype’s not adding much nor is 3. But the eagle-eyed Rafe Blandford of All About Symbian spotted a Skype client running on a Nokia S60 phone. it’s not exactly surprising, but at least proves there’s a complete, running version of [...]
Archive | February, 2006
Helio Offers Handsets, More Details
US MVNO Helio has unvelied its initial two devices and given a few details about its service plans. It’s launching with two hot handsets from Korean manufacturers VK Mobile and Pantech that certainly live up to the high-tech specs earlier promised by Helio: 2-megapixel cameras, big QVGA screens, music playback, plenty of memory and more. [...]
3GSM — Opera: Empowering Operators By Empowering Users
Anybody that’s followed my writing for a while knows both my belief that widgets will have a significant impact on the mobile industry as well as my interest in content platforms like Flash Lite that offer content providers and operators relatively easy ways to deploy rich content that can be easily updated. It’s little surprise [...]
3GSM – Palm OS Is Dead, Long Live Linux Palm
Access this morning announced its Access Linux Platform, or ALP, it’s next-generation mobile OS that will replace Palm OS. They’ve ditched Palm OS 6, saying it won’t ever be used, and sound like they’re even going to ditch the Palm OS name. It’s also not clear if the new user interface will retain the familiar [...]
3GSM – Hutchison Testing Skype For Mobiles
Hutchison Whampoa’s carrier 3 is testing Skype on mobile phones, with plans to offer the service later this year. It’s unclear exactly how the service will work (more details later), although 3 Sweden offers Skype bundled with a 3G data card and flat-rate data plan. It certainly sounds like they’re using mobile phones, though: “Trials [...]
3GSM – Motorola: Nothing Going On But The Rent
Despite how long they talked, Motorola’s press release didn’t unveil anything new beyond a handset for emerging markets that includes an FM radio, called — you guessed it — the RDIO. The basic message was that they’re planning to ride the RAZR horse as far as it takes them. RAZR-based designs of every style will [...]
3GSM – Microsoft Takes Aim At Blackberry
It’s no secret that Research In Motion is at a vulnerable point, with the prospect of an injunction that would shut down its US business hanging over its head. But, as we’ve said many times before, a threat that’s just as serious is the rising level of competition in the push email market. Certainly plenty [...]
Goldfrapp To MobLog
When a name as big on the music scene as Goldfrapp, in conjunction with mega-label EMI, start something, you know it’s gone mainstream and is almost certainly here to stay. So now Goldfrapp have followed Maximo Park and started to moblog, it’s great news for moblogging in general and Moblog.co.uk, the Electronica-meets-trip-hop-meets-glam duo’s chosen platform. [...]
3GSM – Nokia Pushes UMA
Nokia today announced a new UMA handset, the 6131. It’s an updated version of the 6101 handset that’s proved popular with operators because it’s made to be customized, while it’s been popular with consumers, particularly in the US, because of its relatively rich feature set for its low price (the company says it expects to [...]
Mobile Phones: Empowering Stupid Criminals, Part V
In Part 5 of our occasional look at how stupid criminals use mobile phones, a couple of choice stories caught my eye. Firstly, a pair of 16 year olds in Minnesota were arrested for animal cruelty offences. However, the hapless duo made it nice and easy for the police to find out about their other [...]
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