The result of the LG and Prada JV recently got all the attention thanks to the Apple iPhone’s announcement. LG used all the hype surrounding the iPhone to release its similar all-touchscreen LG Prada phone. And now, thanks to MobileToday we know the release date and the price. The LG Prada phone will be launched…
Archives for March 2007
Mobile games revenues grow in Q4 2006
Latest Telephia’s findings indicate a strong, 61% year-over-year growth, in mobile game revenues in the U.S. in Q4 2006. During that period, nearly 17.4 million consumers accounted for total mobile game revenues of $151 million. Almost three quarters (74%) of that amount goes to on-portal game downloads, leaving around 26% for off-portal downloads.
Patents behind the iPhone
During his Macworld keynote, Steve Jobs said that Apple used over 200 patents for the technology behind the iPhone. Apple’s CEO only pointed out the multi-touch, leaving us guessing which other patents he had in mind. Luckily for us, Mad4MobilePhones has been busy researching, and they came up with a list of 21 patents they…
Nokia 8800 Monaco
Nokia 8800 is certainly an impressive feature phone and so far we’ve seen various special editions released, including the Nokia’s mass-market Sirocco edition. Now, ISSE in Russia is set to start selling their own Nokia 8800 special edition – MONACO. Crafted with jewelry, these devices will be available in several colors and designs. Wealthy Russians…
Nokia’s GDC announcements
Nokia, as well as many other companies, have this habit of releasing a ton of press releases during an event. With 3GSM we had 20 in 3 days, CES and Nokia World 2006 also presented some fairly high numbers. I know why it has to be done, news wire agencies, but can’t the communications people…
Extremely high quality Nokia N93i photo gallery
I found these images on an online forum called Vergelijking. They are ridiculously sharp and detailed. 69 in total. Since they’re hosted on imageshack I wanted to make sure I never lose them, so I downloaded them and threw them up on my Flickr account for permanent storage. Direct link to the Flickr gallery or…
Paul live blogs the GDC Mobile Keynote
Check out everything he has to say. His conclusion is what I want to focus on: This is great, Trip is making fun of Mitch Laskey from EA Mobile (Super rich x-CEO of Jamdat now head of EA mobile) because last year Mitch said if you’re not already in with a big license your dead.…
Samsung brings Heat to Helio members
Few days ago, Helio annouced the newest addition to its portfolio of mobile devices – the Heat. A slim, gleaming slider with an electrostatic touchpad integrated into a chic form factor, Heat combines Helio’s line-up of 3G content and services into a fashionable package. The new handset is manufactured by Samsung exclusively for Helio members…
Four things you probably missed from Steve Jobs’ iPhone presentation
Thanks to Chris from Actioncorp, we now know more about the iPhone. The new info includes what the calendar application looks like, how you’ll view traffic in Google Maps, another way to scroll through long lists and how ringtones may ultimately work. Enjoy the video.
Interview: Nokia’s director of games publishing, Gregg Sauter
Chock full of detail, read the whole thing over at Games On Deck. Here are some snippets: GOD: How expensive do you expect titles to be? GS: We expect N-Gage titles to be premium priced, so higher than your typical Java game but ultimately this will be up to the publisher/operator/retailer. GOD: do you consider…