Recently, mobile operator 3 launched an interesting campaign “3 Like Home” to stop the roaming rip-offs for its customers. Under the new deal, 3’s customers visiting Ireland, Italy, Austria, Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden and Denmark will now be able to take advantage of being on one of 3’s sister networks to use their existing minutes,…
Archives for January 2007
Mobile e-mail and data backup to reach the masses this year
Synchronica‘s CEO Carsten Brinkschulte thinks that 2007 will be the year when both mobile email and backup and restore for mobile devices come of age for the mass market. We will see mobile email taking off in the consumer space, due to the advent of industry standards, lower cost devices and falling service plan costs.…
Give Nokia your feedback: N series Internet User Study
Pulled straight from Tommi’s blog: A colleague of mine from Nokia asked me to promote the Nseries Internet User Study: What are the features you use and what would you like to improve? We would like to know how you browse the Internet with your NSeries device today and what needs to be done to…
All About Symbian Podcast 11 is up: CES, iPhone and 3GSM oh my!
I listened to this during breakfast, 15 minutes is all you need. Rafe has a chat with Ewan and they discuss how much CES and Las Vegas rocked, Nokia’s position in America vs Europe, the significance of the iPhone on the mobile industry, and briefly touch upon 3GSM. Enjoy it! Source: All About Symbian Direct…
Audio: Technology Evangelist talks about the Nokia N93
Benjamin and Cariann take a look at the Nokia N93 cameraphone and wonder about its place in the marketplace. Would you be willing to give up a QWERTY keyboard for an amazing camera on your convergence device? Source: Technology Evangelist Direct link to MP3 You’re going to have to tell me if this is good…
Nokia Concept Phone: allmyfriends; weirdest concept phone ever
Darla Mack just bumped in to this … thing I suppose I should call it. This has got to be the craziest mobile phone design ever! It was designed by Jack Godfrey Wood, a student at St Martin’s College of Art and Design, on behalf of Nokia. The idea behind the “allmyfriends†bead bracelet design…
Mobile Burn reviews the Nokia 7360 L’amour
For you trendy consumers out there check out Mobile Burn’s review of this pretty little thing. High on style, low on tech seems to be the overall tone of this one. Some snippets: Unfortunately, the only update to the 7360 was the colour scheme – nothing else. It is still the same VGA camera equipped…
Nokia working on diamond-like coating for mobile devices
Portable gizmos such as phones, handheld computers and mp3 players can easily get scuffed, dirty and sticky. Bulky covers are one option, but Nokia in Finland has been experimenting with plastic casings coated with a diamond-like material made from coal. The material is more protective and grime resistant, as well as cheap and bio-degradable. To…
20 second Nokia E61i Video
Yes it’s a dummy phone, yes it’s a short video. Am I desperate to see/play with this thing? You have no … freaking … clue! I mean I only had my E61 since November and it’s already out of date! If I find out the E61i is running S60v3FP1 then I will truly feel like…
Nokia 3GSM 2007 website up; another live webcast scheduled!
Thanks to Biskero for posting the URL! Link to Nokia’s 3GSM 2007 site Nokia employees speaking at the event: Dr. Tero Ojanperä: Technology Symposium Session: Defining the Next Technological Evolution Harri Männistö: Mobile TV Panel Mary McDowell: Name of session to come Simon Beresford-Wylie: Name of session to come The live webcast will be February…