emoze’s PR has been working around the clock during the 3GSM, as they confronted their service against BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM). Two duelers using emoze and BlackBerry battled it out to see who could provide users with their emails quickest, and emoze emerged as comfortable winners.

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During the 3GSM, I had a chance to meet with the CMO of Mobispine – Joakim Hilj. The goal of this Swedish based company is to bring the RSS to the mass market mobile audience. By providing users with a very easy to use interface, they may be onto something. Joakim pointed out that what Mobispine’s service tries to do is to be some kind of a mobile Netvibes – to give its users a homepage-like one-click access to their favorite RSS feeds.

To reach their goal Mobispine doesn’t only show you RSS feeds you select, they also aggregate them, assuring the fast access for the end user. Read the full article »

Also from the 3GSM. As I’ve been browsing around, I’ve stumbled on Eleksen’s fabric keyboards. It’s a very nice concept, but frankly, couldn’t see myself buying one of those. On the other hand, I’ve nothing against having play/pause and related music-plating buttons integrated in my jacket. That totally makes sense.

At the 3GSM, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) held a media and analyst briefing to issue an open invitation to phone vendors to become shareholders in UIQ Technology AB following their acquisition of the Swedish software company from Symbian Ltd on February 2. UIQ Technology AB licenses the UIQ user interface framework and application suite to phone vendors. At the briefing Sony Ericsson President Miles Flint said that UIQ will remain an independent company and that phone vendors are invited to license UIQ as well as become shareholders in the company. Read the full article »

Birdstep recently launched SmartVoice, a Mobile VoIP extension to the market leading SmartConnect products for dual-radio SmartPhones with WiFi and cellular capabilities. The new client includes Windows Mobile and Symbian support, full re-branding capabilities and a patented mechanism for automatic switching between WiFi and cellular networks.

A mobile subscriber using the SmartVoice client maintains his or her cellular number, while the technology provides voice call continuity, even when WiFi connection is broken in the middle of a call. Read the full article »

HTC’s recently announced X7500, also known as the Athena, is quite strange device to understand. It is an ultimate Windows Mobile-powered device, but still I’m not sure who would want that. It’s not a UMPC, yet it’s huge to carry around. I guess a Bluetooth headset is a must with this device…

More from the 3GSM. Here’s my short hands on the HTC S710 smartphone. It has one of most coolest form factors I’ve ever seen. The standard keypads combined with the sliding QWERTY keyboard looks amazing. Both for fun and for business. I like it…

The 3GSM was a perfect opportunity for UIQ Technology to release its latest UIQ 3 theme – Barcelona. The image of a beautiful Spanish city located by the Mediterranean sea is something many of us would want to carry around. Just imagine – a piece of the Gaudi art which fits in your pocket. Having that kind of a theme on your device is certainly inspiring.

So, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) smartphone owner – what are you waiting for? Here’s the link for UIQ 3 themes.

ShoZu, a mobile multimedia service that allows you to download and upload content to your mobile phone, has been very busy lately. Beside the “Z8 deal“, ShoZu also announced:

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And the new Communicator is here. I got my hands on the Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s flagship device shortly at the S60’s booth. All I can say is wow! But, the E90 Communicator is not for everyone. First there’s the size – the new device is just a little bit bigger than the 9300, and many people will find this as a big no. And then the price – have no doubt about it, this is an expansive business device. Still – it rocks!