Following the KDDI summer collection announcement, Softbank unveiled its line of new handsets. The idea seems not to release just a single device, anyone can do that, but a bunch — making sure there something for everyone. Unfortunately, in other parts of the world, we hardly see anything new released for the summer. Anyway, let’s…
Archives for May 2007
Playing music through mobile phones
While mobile phones are known as a notorious audience distraction at musical performances, there are some contemporary artists that use them as musical instruments to add that “handset tune” into rock, hip-hop and even modern classical music. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story on the subject, even showcasing few examples like the contemporary…
Brits who can’t access Internet from their work normally turn to mobile phones
A new study of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by T-Mobile UK and compiled by YouGov, examined how consumer habits were affected by lack of Internet access in Britain. The results were somewhat interesting — apparently some Brits (15% of respondents) use mobile phones in toilets to bypass office Internet restrictions. Over 25% of UK’s workforce,…
Vodafone UK releases the HTC Vox as Vodafone v1415
Following its German division, Vodafone also made available the HTC Vox as Vodafone v1415. The HTC-manufactured Windows Mobile smartphone comes with very usable slide out QWERTY keyboard, running Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition (no touchscreen). There’s also the 2 MP camera, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. All in all, one of the best smartphones on the…
NTT DoCoMo unveils FOMA SIMPURE L2
NTT DoCoMo unveiled yet-another stylish FOMA handset – the SIMPURE L2, designed by industrial/interior designer Gwenael Nicolas and manufactured by LG Electronics (I felt a bit of Chocolate in this device). As the name says – SIMPURE comes from “simple” and “pure” – this device is simple to use, and unlike other FOMA models, doesn’t…
Changhong V880 leather-clad phone
Not that known company Changhong has unveiled the V880, leather-clad mobile phone. The clamshell device doesn’t impress with the features — Changhong is rather pushing the V880 as a fashion handset in China. It has a RAZR-like keyboard, but it’s more thicker, and my guess is that it will not fit the hand as RAZR…
117 million 3G users use UMTS/HSDPA
According to Informa’s World Cellular Information Service quarterly subscriber reports, with 117 million subscribers UMTS/HSDPA is commercially available through twice as many operators as other 3G technologies -– 167 operators in 69 countries, compared to 71 operators in 44 countries offering CDMA EV-DO. In other words – of the 172 million mobile broadband 3G subscribers…
Mobile content generates more revenues than Web content?
There’s an interesting article on Guardian, suggesting that in terms of revenues generated from content, mobile is already far bigger than Web — and that’s before music and mobile TV took off in a big way. Revenues from the web are estimated at about $25bn, while according to Informa, mobile content is already worth $31bn.…
Palm Treo 680 ROM Update released!
There have been many patches to the Palm Treo 680’s firmware since its release last year. Now, instead of downloading and individually applying each patch, Palm has released a ROM update that includes all the patches rolled into one new operating system update. The “Software Update for Palm Treo 680 Smartphone for AT&T 1.09” includes…
Mousing around with Windows Mobile – Use your Bluetooth Mouse on Windows Mobile Smartphones
Ever wanted to use your Bluetooth mouse with your Bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone? Well, Teksoftco has you covered. Their new BlueMouse software will allow you to pair your Bluetooth Mouse with your WinMo device and mouse away to your hearts content! BlueMouse will not support the Widcomm Bluetooth Stack (found on some Asus models), and…