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ShoZu is a pretty fine photo-sharing application, and an even more exciting service. It’s a consumer application that’s risen from the operator-licensed Cognima Snap (see our previous posts on it for background), and has been received very enthusiastically — so much so that Cognima has stopped licensing Snap and only servicing existing deployments in order [...]

Smartphone OS developers have for some time been looking to move their products deeply into the mass market, aiming to take smartphones down from the high end and solidly into the midrange of the market. It’s a strategy that looks like it’s quite near to bearing fruit, with a number of developments this week highlighting [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m here at 3GSM this morning, getting things going, and will be joined by my esteemed collegaues later in the week. Everything’s fixing to kick off, and the announcements are already starting to fly. So stay tuned for plenty of coverage this week, and drop us a line if there’s anything you’re particularly curious about. [...]