Archive for 'Mobile Devices' Category
O2 Gets Irish iPhone Deal
29 February 2008St Patrick’s Day arrives in a few weeks and O2 is already passing out shamrocks and quaffing Guinness after signing on to sell the iPhone in Ireland. The 8GB iPhone will go for €399 and the 16GB for €499 in the land with 40 shades of green. Rates seem a bit steep and range from […]
South Korea to Have 95% Mobile Penetration by 2010
29 February 2008Research and Markets predicts in its “1Q08 Mobile Forecast: South Korea, 2007 - 2010″ report that the level of wireless phone penetration in South Korea will increase from 88.5% in 2007 to 94.7% in 2010. The number of total subscribers will increase from a projected 43.3 million in 2007 to 46.9 million in 2010, below […]
Motorola Rolls Out DOCSIS 3.0 Gear
22 February 2008- Speeds Up to 160 Mbps
- No Major Network Upgrade Required
- Uses TI’s Puma, “the First Standards Compliant DOCSIS 3.0 Chip”
Maybe the cable TV operators have wrong footed the telcos with their new DOCSIS 3.0 technology
Motorola says its newly announced line of DOCSIS 3.0-based customer premises equipment (CPE) shows it’s ready to move into the […]
20M TV Phones Hit Japanese Streets
22 February 2008Phones compatible with the Japanese mobile digital TV service have reached 20 million units shipped in just under two years since its launch.
The 20 million milestone was hit in December, a month that saw over one million shipments, according to the Telecommunications Carriers Association.
Launched in April of 2006, Japan’s mobile digital TV service OneSeg offers […]
Mobile Phone Sales Reach $11.5B in 2007
22 February 2008Mobile phone sales to consumers reached 146 million units in the US last year with total sales hitting $11.5 billion after promotions and rebates, according to The NPD Group.
Smartphones showed a growth in handset sales, accounting for 6% in Q4 of 2006, but reaching 12% in Q4 2007.
Music enabled phones went from 34% to 48% […]
Gamers Won’t Go Back To Old Handsets; They’re Hooked On Smartphones
22 February 2008Over 90% of smartphone gamers feel that smartphones have better entertainment services than traditional handsets according to a survey released by Magmic Games and Information Solutions Group (ISG).
These users said it is unlikely they would switch back to a traditional handset due to improved image quality, controls, downloads and increased screen sizes of smartphones.
ISG surveyed […]
Report Finds People Only Like Useful Products
22 February 2008More isn’t always better, especially when it comes to mobile devices.
According to a new report from In-Stat, consumers don’t want a device that simply combines separate features on the same device, they want a device that combines functionality with a new interaction and usage model.
The study - “Converged Devices: US Road Warriors Start Cord Cutting” […]
Mobile Operating System Rivals Line Up at Mobile World Congress
22 February 2008• Linux Takes Helm of Mobile Web But Too Immature to Bear the Burden
• Stylish Internet Devices Trump Android Promises
• Mobile Linux Rivals Face Off
• Microsoft Signs Sony Ericsson, Buys Danger But Mobile Web Role Still Uncertain
• Nokia and Google Team Up Too
The battle for supremacy in operating systems for mobile devices - from handsets […]
Smart Phones to Outsell Laptops in 12- to 18-Months
22 February 2008- Future of the Internet Is Mobile
- Mobile Web Won’t Be Second Class
- Single Function Portable Devices Converging into Handsets
Sales of smartphones are expected to surpass laptops sales in the next 12 to 18 months, according to the BBC’s excellent article on the near term advances in mobile phone technology.
The thrust of the report is […]
Vivendi Moves into Mobile Platform Again
22 February 2008French conglomerate Vivendi plans to launch a multimedia service called Zaoza, which will work on mobile phones and PCs and later perhaps on TV set-top boxes.
Zaoza is Chinese for “word of mouth” or “buzz” and will offer consumers unlimited downloads of exclusive content - like music, ringtones, video clips and games - from a variety […]