ZTE are maybe not that well-known to you as a handset vendor – probably their most public presence has been some handsets they have supplied to Hutchison 3G at the budget end of the market. But, ZTE is a growing giant, which plays in both mobile network infrastructure AND handsets…… now they have done a…
7-Eleven to launch MVNO in Singapore
7-Eleven Inc, the purveyors of US convenience stores, have seen success with their MVNO offering in the US and Canada, and have now decided to roll-out in Singapore. The offering is called “7-Eleven SpeakOut Wireless”. Given the plethora of stores in Singapore, 7-Eleven will launch in 400 stores, and will feature free night and weekend…
UK: Top 10 phones, commencing 1/8/08
It’s been a while since I did it, so I thought I would re-visit the “Top 1o” handsets in UK retail – with information kindly provided by Mobile Choice UK. So let’s take contract devices first: Not surprisingly the Tocco has made an appearance at the top of the chart, but it closely followed by…
Djay for Mac…. wondering if we are going to get an iPhone version?
Now I am sure some of you have heard of the djay software by Algoriddim – it allows you to act as a virtual DJ on your Mac, pulling in iTunes and mixing to your heart’s content. It is award-winning, as it has scratch and automix features too, but what I am wondering is…. are…
Rant follow-up: Anti-social kids, teenagers, and adults with their mobile ghetto blasters….
Recently I posted on a growing menace in our society – namely that of anti-social ‘people’, who think it’s acceptable to blast out their ‘fave choonz’ from the speaker on their mobile handset, whilst walking/riding/sloping/grunting along in public. I was surprised to find out that this isn’t just a UK phenomenon, oh no… my post…
Wordle provides mashup ‘word cloud’ of IntoMobile posts
Above you can see the ‘word cloud’ generated by a neat little web app called Wordle. Using this app, you can paste a selection of words, or an RSS/URL in to the interface, and generate your very own customisable word cloud – I think this warrants the classification ‘uber-neat’ 🙂 You can make your very…
Ofcom moves forward on in-flight Mobile usage…
Widespread use of mobile phones on passenger aircraft moved a step closer following a ruling by communications regulator Ofcom. It said radio equipment for mobile communications on aircraft (MCA) would be licensed under the 2006 Wireless Telegraphy Act and that licenses would be issued to UK aircraft operators on request. But Ofcom added that EU…
MGM goes live on Vodafone in Germany
MGM has just announced it’s first big agreement with Vodafone Germany. The MGM Channel, which is currently a German-language channel on Pay TV in Europe, is now going to be available through Vodafone. The MGM Channel is available on the 3G Vodafone Live! network in Germany, offering movies from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library – including…
BBC Trust considering 3G TV and Radio
 The BBC Trust is apparently consulting on plans to syndicate all its national TV and radio services across 3G networks for mobile devices. Execs are going to propose to make the arrangement a permanent one after a 12-month trial, which ended in April this year. MNOs Vodafone, Orange, 3UK and T-mobile would distribute the channels…
NDS chosen to power SMM for IPTV and Mobile TV in Russia
Sistema Mass Media (SMM) has chosen a suite of NDS technologies to secure and manage both its IPTV and mobile TV platforms – resulting in the delivery of a true convergence play for it’s subscriber services. NDS’s Unified Headend(TM) will cover set-top boxes, PCs, and a variety of Mobile devices. The NDS Unified Headend(TM) integrates…