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Free mobile program launched by Clear Channel

Posted on May 21st, 2007 | Cingular, News, Services

Clear Channel Communications Inc. announced a new free mobile offering enabling listeners to make song requests, get real-time traffic reports, and access other information by sending a text-message to Clear Channel’s radio stations.
The new free mobile program follows the payed program ($2.99 per month) launched in September jointly with Cingular Wireless. The payed program [...]

World’s smallest phone

Posted on May 15th, 2007 | News, Products

Haier Elegance, the one of the worlds smallest phones resembling a conventional MP3 player, became available in the UK.
The phone is ideally fitted for active users. You can bring this phone with you when you run or workout.
The “little giant” accordingly sized 3.5 inch x 1.38 inch x .70 inch is loaded with features.
Haier Elegance [...]

Virtual BlackBerry on Windows Mobile

Posted on April 26th, 2007 | BlackBerry, News, Software

Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry, is releasing a software suite which runs a virtual BlackBerry on mobile devices running Windows Mobile 6.
Virtual BlackBerry will allow users of other mobile devices to take advantage of BlackBerry software services and applications.
The new software suite will be released later this year with a full support for BlackBerry [...]

Price wars blamed for the loss

Posted on April 18th, 2007 | Motorola, News

Motorola reported a loss of $181 million during its first quarter. According to company’s report, the price wars in emerging markets and Europe where the major factor in the loss.
The net loss of $181 contrasts the last Q1 profit of 686 million dollars.
Handset sales were reduced by 31 percent, to 45.4 million handsets, compared [...]

iSkoot Raised $7 Million for Mobile Skype Initiative

Posted on March 1st, 2007 | Ericsson, News, Nokia, Services

iSkoot, a start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, secured $7 million in Series B financing for its software for mobile Skype calling.
In recent months, iSkoot has entered into a co-marketing and development partnership with Skype, and landed its first mobile carrier for its Skype-to-mobile service. iSkoot targeted its PC-to-mobile plug-in at Skype’s PC-based VoIP service. [...]

Mobile world will expend internet use

Posted on February 22nd, 2007 | News

According to Vinton G Cerf, Vice President of Google, increasing popularity of mobile handsets will bring more people to the internet. Mobile devices reduce the initial cost of access, since phones are less expensive than computers or laptops.
In addition to lower costs, mobile devices allow access and connectivity on the move, which appeals to today’s [...]

Nokia E90 Communicator announced

Posted on February 15th, 2007 | News, Nokia, Products

The new Nokia E90 Communicator was announced at 3GSM World Congress. The new and improved version of the communicator keeps its predecessor’s (9300i Communicator) design. One big change is that the device is now on the S60 platform instead of Series 90.
Features of the E90 Communicator include:

Quad band GSM plus HSDPA and WiFi
3.2 megapixel camera [...]

TV phone Nokia N77

Posted on February 14th, 2007 | News, Nokia, Products

The Nokia N77 is a mobile TV phone announced at 3GSM World Congress.
Nokia N77 features:

Music player with support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA
QVGA screen with 16 million colors
2 megapixel camera plus VGA camera for video calls
Live DVB-H TV viewing with a dedicated TV key
Live DVB-H TV viewing with a dedicated TV key
Tri-band GSM [...]

Sony Ericsson W610 Walkman

Posted on February 7th, 2007 | Ericsson, News, Products

Sony Ericsson has announced a new Walkman phone today, the Sony Ericsson W610. This new futuristic model is not as thin (14mm thick) as its sibling, but has nice features.
The Sony Ericsson W610 features:

1.9 inch 262K TFT LCD display
2.0 megapixel camera with auto focus
Walkman player 2.0
512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2)
card slot

Sony Ericsson W610 is [...]

Children Safety

Posted on February 6th, 2007 | News

In celebration of the Safer Internet Day, which is being celebrated today by approximately 40 counties around the world, a group of a dozen European mobile phone companies met in Brussels Belgium to sign an agreement to make mobile phones safer for children.
The agreement cover the following commitments from all mobile companies signing the agreement:

support [...]

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