Google has launched the UK-specific version of its popular Java mobile app – Google Maps mobile. Users in Britain can now see Tube stations, and use the local search. If you have a Java-enabled handset (almost all new phones support Java), you can download the UK version of Google Maps mobile from google.co.uk/gmm. In the…
Archives for 2007
Mobile video set for growth; 46 million subscribers by 2010
Mobile video is set for boom and the revenues from mobile video services jumped 317% to almost $200 million worldwide in 2006, with that number expected to triple in 2007. According to market research firm Infonetics Research there will be more than 46 million mobile video users by 2010 globally. Thanks to the low costs…
Mobile Review interviews Mikko Rontynen
GPS, power consumption, Symbian 9.5, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, it is all in this interview between Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review and Mikko Rontynen, Head of S60 Platform Marketing at Nokia.
Why did Nokia make Ricky take down his images?
First of all I have to applaud Ricky for getting the biggest scoop of the year thus far. Not 1, but 2 N Series devices were leaked! Full specifications, pictures and even a marketing blurb. You will not find the pictures of the N81 or N82 on his site now because Nokia asked him to…
Zenum Opus PDA Phone – Beautiful, Slick, and Finally HERE!
The Zenum Opus Operis Smartphone has been on our radar since mid-March and we just got word that this beautifully slick, qwerty-keyboard, smartphone is on schedule to drop soon. Zenum has decided to drop the slightly redundant “Operis” tag from the name, and will come to us as the Zenum Opus PDA Phone. We like…
Phone Flasher: Blinking pendant alerts you to incoming call
Don’t you hate it when your cell phone is set on vibrate but you can’t feel it vibrating in your purse? We feel the same way. We like to carry our phones in our man-purses (Murses?), but we don’t want to miss incoming calls. What’s a modern, metro-man (or woman, as the case may be)…
Nokia N81, N82 in works?
Nokia is preparing two interesting NSeries smartphones – N81 and N82. Both of them will run Symbian OS with S60 on top of it and will boast 2.4″ QVGA 240×320, 16M colors screen. Furthermore, both devices support 3G networks, have two cameras (one for taking photos and other for video calls), and will most likely…
O2 Asia to offer free Windows Mobile 6 upgrades Xda Atom Life users
O2 Asia has recently announced its first Windows Mobile 6 upgrade that targets the users of the O2 Xda Atom Life Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition. The free upgrades will start from May 12 and will be available either as a download for a self-upgrade or by getting it from one of O2…
Helio Ocean now available
It’s not the May 21, as we previously thought – starting from today you can buy yourself the new Helio Ocean on Helio’s website and stores for $295. Third-party retailers will have Helio’s dual keypad flagship handset for sale till the end of this month. We’ve already said everything about this device — it has…
Opera Mini, the most popular mobile Java app, looking for beta testers
Usage of Opera Mini, the free Java-based Web browser for mobile phones, continues to grow worldwide. With more than 15 million cumulative users and with 5,2 billion Web pages viewed, Opera Mini is the most popular downloadable Java software for mobile phones. And Opera wants to go even further. At the moment they are inviting…