Ofcom has announced proposals to align more of the spectrum released as part of the UK’s digital dividend with other European countries. This will allow new wireless services, particularly mobile broadband, to be launched here and across Europe. The UK has led Europe in creating a digital dividend – the spectrum freed up for new…
Ghana goes HSDPA…
MTN Ghana has now introduced “3.5G” technology in to it’s network, giving subs the opportunity for hi-speed download loveliness! Obviously with this speed boost, comes a lot more potential in respect of data service and large-payload multimedia objects. As with most 3.5G rollouts, it’s a phased approach, and much like usual, it’s mobile broadband that…
1000 posts! Who’d have thought it!
Wow. It doesn’t seem like long ago I started writing for IntoMobile, and in that short time a year has passed – and now another milestone – 1000 posts! During this time I’ve been convering heavily the areas of Mobile TV, infrastucture, and multimedia – with a helping of devices thrown in for good measure!…
Fuel on the fire: iPhone 3G or Palm Pre?
Well we’re running a poll at the mo’ on which phone you’d choose – iPhone 3G or Palm Pre – and whilst that’s going on, Mr Gadget (Australia’s No#1 Gadget Site!) has posted up a comparison table of the two devices. I won’t spoil it by revealing which phone won which categories, save to say…
Konami Mobile reveals Metal Gear Solid Touch Footage…
I am not going to give too much away from the pic above I don’t think – other than to show, there’s some real work gone in to the version of MGS for the iPhone/iPod Touch. In Metal Gear Solid Touch, players join forces with Old Snake as he battles the money-driven mercenaries of Private…
Report says Americans watching more TV than ever!
TMCnet have got an interesting story up, based on some research that was done by the Nielsen company. The thrust of the research is that Americans are watching more TV than ever – and doing across “three screens” – namely TV, Computer (InterWeb), and Mobile. Now of course, we could assume that the percentage of…
Siano launches lowest cost receiver chip for multi-standard mobile / portable DTV
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new low-cost multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1140. As some of you may remember, I’ve talked about the moves that Siano are making in the field of Mobile TV (here and here), so this new release builds on existing (sizeable) momentum. Offering a substantial price…
UK: Beyonce comes to The O2
We seem to cover stories on Beyonce from time to time (here and here), so it’s with a happy head that I can tell you Beyonce is coming to the UK’s premier entertainment venue – The O2! I can only guess it’s the “I am….Sasha Fierce” tour, which for those of you that don’t know,…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon – gonna be big for netbooks…
Crave has a nice article that talks about the advent of Qualcomm’s uber-chip, Snapdragon. This thing runs at 1GHz, and has support for WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, XGA displays, 12MP camera, and and and )(!) DVB-H – phew, what a list!! Qualcomm already does pretty nicely out of standard 3G chips, but with this bad boy…
How fast is my iPhone at download/rendering?
Wanna see how quick your iPhone is running at downloading and rendering on-screen, for the network you are on? Well the boys have iPhonespeedtest.com have done a nice thing for you then – put a speed test page up just for the iPhone (and iPod Touch when running over WiFi). The difference from other speed…