In an ongoing battle to protect the iPhones I am responsible for, my latest purchase is the Moshi Monde iPouch. It’s a soft slip case (sock) with a smooth fabric inside, and pocket outside for headphones. I am liking the stylistic design and thought that has gone in to this… … question is, will it…
3UK CEO makes 2009 predictions
Mobile Today has been on the case again and got a quote from the 3UK CEO Kevin Russell, regarding his predictions for 2009. Mr. Russell starts off by saying that because of economic conditions, the customer is going to have more power with respect to the Operator – essentially customer retention is going to be…
O2UK’s Director of Devices and Solutions suggests trends for 2009
Mobile Today has managed to get a quote from O2UK’s Director of Devices and Solutions – in that quote, Ian Clarke says that the iPone has acted as a catalyst for design, interface, and also the usage of mobile data – and this has spurred other manufacturers on. Mr. Clarke also says that 2009 will…
Most people will be accessing the InterWeb via Mobile in…..2020!
Yep, that’s a bit of a shock for those predicting that it would be in the next few years or so! According to a new report by the “Pew Internet & American Life Project”, people will only be using Mobile devices to access the net in around 2020. The “Future of the Internet III” study…
‘Texting’ is a good sign of a person’s recovery, apparently…
BBC News has an interesting piece on it’s site, about how ‘texting’ is a good sign of recovery… read on if you are intruiged.. Essentially, Doctors at some of the huge UK music festivals have said that a patients’ ability to use a mobile (for texting) is a pretty good indicator of how ill they…
Vodafone to start cutting costs in January?
According to Mobile Today, the new group CEO Vittorio Colao is expected to start fulfilling his promise to save £1bn. This could involved job cuts, and could also affect the technology and supply-chain depts. The costliest of the Vodafone OpCos are apparently Italy, Spain, and the UK – so you can expect he will be…
Taiwan Consumers’ Federation requests Operators to lower charges
It’s no secret that the whole world is trying to save money, in the wake of the credit crunch – check out this news from Taiwan…. The Consumers’ Foundation in Taiwan is urging the national telecom operators to lower charges for 2G services, on the basis that costs are higher than in other Asian countries…
Two of China’s Mobile Operators to shrink in 2009??
Now that’s something I never thought I’d read – particularly in the ecomony that is lauded to be outpacing pretty much all others globally… Beiijing-based research firm BDA says that China Telecom and Unicom may see “negative revenue growth”. China Telecom has fixed-line and (the outdated) CDMA issues – which won’t be solved by an…
India: Mobile subscriber adds at 7.62m for November!
Telecom Tiger is reporting that Indian Mobile operators added a total of 7.62m subs in November 08! Wow! Interestingly also, this was a slight dip in the rate compared to October. There a good number of Operators in India, so this isn’t just adds to a single (or couple of) Operator(s). Some of the big…
Just when you thought Mobile memory couldn’t get any cheaper…
…. then along comes a January sale! Mobilefun, one of my fave online retailers for Mobile devices and accessories, are having a January sale, with up to 88% off! Typical amongst the deals are some great prices on Mobile removable memory – check these out for example: MicroSD prices areally seem to have crashed –…