Nokia is getting pretty serious about offering services to the consumer, but are they actually considering competing with Google? Taptu CEO Steve Ives, former VP of Business Development of Qualcomm Europe, went to Nokia House in Finland on September 11th to talk about their product: Taptu is a new search engine, focused on providing the…
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Google to start including AdWords in Google Mobile Search
Google is set to start serving up AdWords advertisement in Google Mobile Search in the next few days. SearchEngineWatch reports that Google will only be displaying ads to sites whose webpages can be optimized to fit on a mobile phone screen. If you’re an AdWords customer, Google will be including your ads in their Google…
HTC Juno coming to T-Mobile as Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional slider with TouchFLO
So, it looks like T-Mobile may be getting a new Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional handset with that spiffy new TouchFLO interface. Boy Genius is reporting that the HTC Juno should be coming to T-Mobile in October and will be billed as the “adult sidekick.” The HTC Juno, whose real model name has yet to be…
Samsung and B&O prepping new mobile phone – live pics revealed, teaser site launched for Samsung F310 B&O Serenata
Remember that Samsung F310 B&O Serenata mobile phone that we brought you earlier? Well, Samsung and B&O will be bringing their latest creation to the free world in 19 days – as their newly launched teaser site seems to indicate. This time around, Samsung and B&O are calling it the “Serenata.” The new mobile phone…
Video: Nokia N95 8 GB preview
Rafe is at it again, here is the Nokia N95 8GB from the Go Play event. If you want to know the 9 things that make the 8 GB version different from the plain old N95 then sit back and enjoy:
Live pictures of the white Nokia N73, pink Nokia E65 and brown N95
These seem to be for the Asian Pacific region only, but hopefully the rest of the world will get them in due course. These are the highest selling (volume) Nokia devices out there so it only makes sense to release more colors to spur sales. The white N73 isn’t too appealing, the pink E65 is…
QNX just went open source, how will this affect mobile phone operating systems?
Symbian powers nearly 7 out of 10 smartphones on the planet. Nokia uses it and builds S60 on top to create devices that lead in multimedia. Sony Ericsson uses it and slaps UIQ on top to create devices that are smarter than typical feature phones. A major competitor to Symbian is Linux, an operating system…
Sony Ericsson integration with the Sony Connect Music Store to be announced on November 6
The Inquirer is reporting that Sony Ericsson will be integrating the Sony Connect service into their devices on November 6th. Whether or not this is a response to Ovi is questionable, but do we really need another player in the “we hope kids stop pirating music” game? Sure the future is services, but why are…
Palm Treo 500v is official, how did our leak stand up?
We got everything right except for the product dimensions. Score. The new Palm Treo 500v is a Vodafone exclusive for now, triband GSM (900/1800/1900) and UMTS on the 2100 MHz band. With a weight of 120 grams and only 16.5 x 61.5 x 110 mm it is wider than the Treo 680, but thinner and…
Google Mobile to start running AdWords ads
We all knew this will come sooner or later and now it’s about to start happening. Google will begin displaying ads in its mobile search results in the next few days. According to the search giant, the new service will be free to existing AdWords users through November 18th. To make the experience truly mobile,…