Electricpig is reporting that an online store, Mobiles.co.uk, is expecting stock of the LG Arena on 27th March – that’s one week from now! For those of you not tracking the LG uber-device, it’s a multimedia monster – with a fancy-schmantzy 3D UI! It’s killer-feature though is a WVGA screen – nice! Anyhoo, if you…
UK: iPhone going to be cheaper on O2
O2 is dropping the price of the iPhone in-contract – and whatever you think about it suggesting new devices coming soon, the right-now news is that TCO (total cost of ownership) is going down! According to Electricpig, O2 is going to offer the iPhone 3G (8GB) for free on a 24-month, £34.26/month contract. Until now…
UK: T-Mobile intros “Instant Email”
A number of news sites (including MobileWhack) have picked up the news that T-Mobile UK has launched a push email service called “Instant Email”. Apparently it’s only Nokias that are covered right now, but, I’d imagine a stack of other devices will be added too. It’s going to cost £3.50/month apparently, after a month’s…
UK: research says lot of people put sensitive info on their mobiles, and then don’t protect the device!
The BBC is reporting that Security firm Credant has done some research, and found out that many users store data on mobile that easily be used for ID theft if those devices were stolen! For example, apparently only 60% of users have a password running on their devices. If we consider the fact that…
Microsoft Surface arrives in UK sporting whopper of a price-tag!
TechDigest has had the opportunity to play with the Microsoft home-table-computer thing they call “surface” – to be (a bit) clearer, it’s a computer, with a huge touchscreen, in a table form factor – the idea being it can do loads of cool things whilst you rub…er…. touch it. If you’re like me, and…
My requirements for a converged home – and where companies are with it today
As far as I am aware, there STILL isn’t a simple solution for having a media-hub-like box in your living room, which can run the show (as far as entertainment goes) for one or more rooms, AND also sync up seamlessly with your chosen Mobile device. When I say sync, I mean that I set…
How much standardisation do we need in the Mobile space?
It would seem of late that we might be moving toward a process of standarisation of certain things in the Mobile space – if not standardisation, then at least the distillation of a plethora of variants to a main few. Case in point – most charger manufacturers are committing to get to a universal connector…
What are strangest names for a phone you’ve heard?
I was wondering down a local road the other day, and came across a dry cleaners – the name stuck in my mind because it was one of those strange ones where you think perhaps it might have been ill-conceived…. So the name was “Stains Dry Cleaners”…..! You can see what they have done there…
Indonesia: Telkomsel chooses NSN to expand network
Telkomsel has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its existing network, capacity, and performance. Given that the current active subscribers are less than half the population, there is some serious room for expansion. The deal between Telkomsel and its long term network and services supplier Nokia Siemens Networks, covers the supply, deployment and integration…
MTN goes with Fundamo for mobile wallet rollout
Fundamo has announced that MTN Group (who some of you may know as Africa’s leading Operator) have chosen them to deliver their m-wallet solution to around 80mn subs in 21 countries in Africa! The deal is apparently worth US$9.7mn, and will mean that subs that don’t even have direct access to banks will be…