I have mentioned numerous time previously (here and here), the various shops and prices that the N96 has made an entrance at – well Nokia decided I ought to know again that the N96 is available, so they mailed me. MobileFun, on the other hand, mailed me to tell me that (as far as I…
Amazon UK selling Acer Aspire for under £200
In the fast moving world of the “netbooks” (as I think someone has termed them), nothing really surprises any more – at one point it looked like only Linux could realistically be run on them, then along came XP. Now, it seems that specs are going through the roof, and prices falling rapidly – as…
Wind and 3 Italia fail to sell their jointly-owned cellular towers
Italian Mobile OpCos Wind and 3 Italia have failed to sell their jointly owned cellular tower network – dubbed Eiffel – to local firm Digital Multimedia Technologies (DMT) Apparently, the sale of the roughly 18,000 Mobile masts had been valued at about 1.5 bn EUR – so not inconsequential! The trend of some Operators either…
UK: 3 partners with GetJar and launches online applications store
UK: 3 has partnered with GetJar (a mobile apps aggregator), to offer a huge library of free applications. Customers of 3 will now be able to download popular applications such as “Google Maps for Mobile, Yahoo!Go, eBuddy, mig33, MyWaves, and Nimbuzz” GetJar has managed to pass 300 million downloads by itself, so I would imagine…
KDDI ‘au BOX’ syncs with your Mobile
TechRadar has a really interesting convergence story, which is emanating from Japan! KDDI (the number two carrier in Japan) have delivered a set-top box (called the ‘au BOX’) which will cost ¥315 (£1.60) a month, and offer subs who use the KDDI network (and handsets) the ability to load content to the device via the…
What kind of Mobile TV?
Interesting one, this one – the “Daily Mail” (which is a popular newspaper in the UK) has a story online regarding Mobile TV – the main thrust of the article doesn’t concern DVB-H, Nokia devices, or 3’s successes in Italy, but rather the upcoming inclusion of Freeview tuners in to Mobile devices. It’s interesting to…
UK: i.p.access places in Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table – again!
ip.access (www.ipaccess.com), the multi-award winning developer of solutions to boost mobile phone coverage indoors, today announced that it has once again been named amongst the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, by The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100. Now in its eighth year, The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s fastest-growing…
UK: Get your Xperias here!
Well it’s nearly X1 time, and the online presence of major UK retailers is starting to get hot! Phones 4U have a nice page (where the pic above came from) detailing the plenty of info about the device, and dial-a-phone also have a ton of info on their site. I would imagine both these retailers,…
Video gaming good for kids – really!
Well this is definitely a good story if you are having a hard time convinving your parent/relative/babysitter/other person-in-charge that you should spend more time in front of the TV with a controller in your hands: Pew Internet & American Life Project has found nearly all American teens–97 percent–ages 12-17 play computer, Web, console, or mobile…
Studio X gets “America’s Got Talent” license from Freemantle Media
FremantleMedia Enterprises has partnered exclusively with Studio X, and granted them the Mobile rights to the America’s Got Talent brand. This effectively means that Studio X will have rights for US and Canada for the game, which is being rolled out across Operators. Of course, you might be wondering who are Studio X: Studio X…