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ONESearch extends its presence

Posted on May 4th, 2007 | Mobile, Services

Yahoo! has broadened the mobile search service, ONESearch, to users in Europe and Canada, with the goal of providing locally relevant results. The search was initially introduced to US customers in March 2007, now the service will be available in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. The ONESearch service in addition to the […]

Next big thing in mobile

Posted on May 3rd, 2007 | Mobile, Nokia

Navigation on mobile handsets will be the next big thing in mobile, following the camera craze. According to some researchers, the navigation products market is set to grow in 2007 by about two thirds from 2006. Analysts are estimating the mobile navigation market at hundreds of millions of dollars. Nokia already entered the market a […]

Mobile Calls from Nimbuzz

Posted on January 17th, 2007 | Mobile, Services

Nimbuzz launched a voice enabled mobile client, designed to support more than 500 mobile phone models and all Internet capable mobile phones. Internet capable phones do not require software downloads since calls can be made using a mobile browser. The software needed for non-Internet mobile phones is free to download and users only pay the […]

Dual LCD mobile phone

Posted on December 11th, 2006 | Mobile

Korean inventor Seok Hong Jeong has developed a cellphone with dual LCD displays. The phone when not in use, looks just like any other candybar phone. The easily convertible phone can be transferred into a dual display unit. The cellphone design promises an enhanced web browsing experience and viewing mobile media content. The cellphone idea […]

Two Types of Windows Mobile

Posted on December 9th, 2006 | Cingular, Mobile, Motorola, Verizon

According to Brighthand, there are two different types of Windows Mobile used in Smarthphones. There are differences between them, so the end user purchasing a smartphone should understand which operating system he/she is buying. It is hard to tell by just looking at the phone which version comes with the unit, since most smartphones have […]

Three billion mobile subscribers

Posted on October 17th, 2006 | Mobile

Vnunet.com reports that analysts predict that there will be more than two billion mobile subscribers by the end of 2005 with a swift increase of mobile users jumping to three million before 2009 ends. As a result of the high number of subscribers, mobile operators are forced to absorb a lot of the cost to […]

BT and Virgin involved in a first mobile TV service in UK

Posted on January 12th, 2006 | Mobile

Later this year BT will provide mobile TV offering. The BT Movio service will start a four-month trial with 1,000 participants in the M25 area to get ready for the prime time this summer. BT Movio will initially only be available on Virgin Mobile – the pair are currently negotiating how long the period of […]

Mobile Phone Revenue Expected To Decline

Posted on January 11th, 2006 | Mobile

According to the market research firm iSuppli, global mobile-phone market revenue is expected to shrink by almost 5% from last year’s historic high. The expected decrease is related to slowing growth and falling prices. iSuppli projections: mobile phone global revenue will decline to $109.7 billion in 2006 (4.7 percent down) from $115.1 billion in 2005 […]

Yahoo! Go Mobile to Launch

Posted on January 10th, 2006 | AT&T, Cingular, Mobile, Nokia

Yahoo! Go Mobile, a new service designed to let consumers take their favorite Internet content and services with them on their mobile phones. Yahoo! Go Mobile will be launching with AT&T and Cingular Wireless in the United States and with Nokia in multiple international markets in the coming months. Key features of Yahoo! Go Mobile […]

Vodafone sets up the personalized music channels stream

Posted on January 9th, 2006 | Mobile

Vodafone Group is set to introduce a new streamed music offering after launching a streamed mobile TV service. The move will help boost revenue beyond its core telephony business. Vodafone the Europe’s largest mobile phone operator has joined forces with Sony NetServices to launch the Vodafone Radio DJ service, personalized music channels streamed to customers’ […]

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