Opera Software has announced that it has released a new version of their popular web browser for Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC based devices as the “culmination of user feedback and beta testing results.” We won’t waste your time much here. Just to emphasize the new features that include: support for Macromedia Flash Player…
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Operators may face rivals from SIP service providers, handset makers
As mobile phone users get more savvy, we’ll see a dramatic increase in the usage of SIP VoIP services. According to Informa’s latest report, we should expect to see the number of SIP users approach 435 million by 2012. In addition, the telecom research company predicts that by the end of this year sales of…
Videos: Markku teaches you about Finland, throwing your mobile phone and S60
I was heat broken when someone told me this Markku guy isn’t real. It is a comic act. I really wanted him to be real and I’ve been wanting to meet him ever since I saw his first videos on youtube. Well now you can enjoy Markku as he teaches you about Finnish culture, the…
Player X releases AdMe’s GuitarStar, free ad-supported game
Folks from Player X seem ready to rock as they’ve just released AdMe’s GuitarStar ad-supported mobile game worldwide. The new game features what they call “beat-matching” technology that synchronizes visual movements with the beat of the underlying musical soundtrack, hence allowing mobile gamers to “play by feel” rather than taking their cues solely from what…
Chinese iPhone/Infobar ripoff
I just don’t understand where this leads. Here we have the clear Infobar ripoff, yet it somehow sports the iPhone badge? Yeah, it DOES sound ridiculous, but the photo above — and more are following after the break — clearly suggest that certain handset maker in China thinks he’ll get more sales by combining the…
Memory cards to become the single highest revenue-generating mobile phone accessory by the end of this year
Believe it or not, it’s the memory cards and not the headsets, cases or some other mobile phone accessory that will account for the most user purchases this year. According to ABI Research, revenue from memory card shipments is expected to be over $7 billion in 2007, compared with $5 billion expected from headset shipments…
Party in London, S60 style
S60, the operating system that powers every Nokia smartphone currently out now, wants to give a little back to the community. They’re throwing a bash in the UK on Tuesday October 16th, the night after the Symbian Smartphone Show. I’ll be there so you should stop by as well! If it is anything like NY…
NTT DoCoMo 3G FOMA subscribers exceed 40 million!
While 40 million 3G users would certainly seem impressive for any other country, we’re just not that excited when it comes to Japan. The obvious reason is that they are THE most advanced mobile phone market on the planet. Anyway, NTT DoCoMo — the largest mobile operator in the country and the largest 3G carrier…
GoWare and MomCentral Announce MobileMom
Creators of the personalized homepage for mobiles – DoMo HomePage, GoWare, and the web portal for modern Moms, MomCentral, have announced the new mobile service called MobileMom. The idea is to provide busy Moms with a practical mobile solution to keep them well organized while on the go. That being said, the new service offers…
Ethiopia restores SMS in time for their new millennium
Banned since the contested elections in 2005, SMS has at last been turned back on in Ethiopia in time for their new millennium, on September 14th. During the elections in May 2005, Kinijit used SMS to communicate with its supporters, and following election results being contested, the government closed down parts of the press, blocked…