O2 Litmus (O2’s community project dedicated to finding and nurturing the very best new mobile, wireless and internet-enabled applications and services) has released a video tour of the platform. You can view the video here: http://vimeo.com/3813960. The video explains the benefits of O2 Litmus for both developers and O2 customers in a clear and coherent…
UK: The O2: 80’s revival!
If like me you are an eighties child, then you’ll be aware of the pop sensations that were A-Ha and Spandau Ballet – formative in many peoples’ lives who are 30 and over ….! A-Ha arrived on the pop radar with such classics as “Take On Me” and “The Sun Always Shines On TV” –…
Glu and Activision buddy-up!
Glu Mobile Inc. has announced an expanded partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc. to bring five blockbuster Activision titles to the mobile platform. The upcoming titles will be published worldwide for carriers and application stores that support Android, Blackberry, BREW, J2ME and Windows Mobile. “We are delighted to expand our relationship with Activision. Through our…
Babelgum: releases first integrated Digital TV platform for Mobile & Web, launches in US
Babelgum has released today a new version of its mobile video application in the US, UK and Italy and simultaneously launched a redesigned website (www.babelgum.com) with a Flash-based player, offering one of the first fully integrated video mobile and web user experiences. Babelgum mobile has already experienced success in the UK and Italy with, respectively,…
Telefonica and Vodafone announce milestone pan European collaboration
Telefónica and Vodafone, two of the world’s largest telecommunications operators, today announce a wide-ranging strategic programme to share mobile network assets across selected European operations. As part of the collaboration, Telefónica and Vodafone are actively exploring opportunities to cooperate in related areas such as the provision of transmission services. Telefónica and Vodafone will use the…
Flip Mino HD arrives in UK!
In more Mobile device HD recording news, the Flip Mino HD has touched down in the UK, doing a very reasonable 720p HD… There’s been quite a bit of news buzz recently about HD video recording, and I’d suggest that perhaps it could be the next big thing in Mobile, now that the Camera-MP battle…
Vodafone UK outsources network to Ericsson
Vodafone UK and Ericsson have announced a seven year agreement which will see Ericsson provide maintenance and operations for Vodafone UK’s 2G and 3G radio access networks. The contract includes the transfer of approximately 350 employees from Vodafone to Ericsson, scheduled for the beginning of May. Through economies of scale, best practice tools, methods,…
New iPod shuffle doesn’t have DRM in headphones – apparently…
Apple is rebuffing those that are complaining in respect of it’s new iPod shuffle’s supposed hardware DRM. The kerfuffle all kicked off when Apple released the new shuffle, and put all the buttons on the in-line headphones/remote. iLounge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation said they found a chip behind the buttons, and assumed it…
Mercedes Benz does in-car Mobile TV in Italy
Mercedes has decided that it’s going to do a Mobile TV solution for the Italian car market – the Mercedes Classe B Special Edition, of which there are only going to be 500, is being sold in collaboration with Sky Italia, and Garmin (the Sat Nav manufacturer). So on board the car is a…
UK: O2 does new colour variant of Sony Ericsson T700: Rouge
O2 has decided to release to it’s customers a new colour for the popular Sony Ericsson T700 – the T700 Rouge has a red and gold colouring. It’s a got a decent feature list too – IMAP/POP email support, MS Exchange Activesync, music player (w/stereo speakers), stereo Bluetooth, and finally – a 3.2MP camera.…