Fujitsu has been chosen by NTT DoCoMo to be a supplier of the core networking systems (EPC, or “Evolved Packet Core”) for the next-gen LTE (4G) network. This follows a 2006 deal for Fujitsu to develop and manufacture the wireless base stations and handsets for the network. The new systems will integrate with Nokia hardware…
Moto’s Touchscreen Yuva A810 comes to India
Motorola has announced that it is to follow Apple and Samsung in to India with a touchscreen device – an affordable device called the Yuva A810, apparently (pricing at Rs 8,000). There were be 2.2 inches of the screen of touchiness, some handwriting recognition, and the usual stack of multimedia features. In addition to which,…
PlanOn’s PRINTSTIK is world’s smallest Bluetooth printer
Yep, he be mighty tiny! The PlanOn PRINTSTIK (I wonder if that’s a play on words for a certain glue?) can be easily stored when travelling, and connecting through Bluetooth means no cables… it uses thermal paper (of which a cartridge contains 20 sheets of A4), and weighs only 700g! Other details you may want…
UK: Online Bingo on your Moby?
Well we know that major trends on the InterWeb are gaming and gambling, so lets mash the two together, throw in a Mobile device, and all start playing…… er …… Bingo. Apparently some of the larger operators in the UK are getting in to this big time, allowing players to actually go in-game, as opposed…
Global sales of LG Prada hit 1m
LG and Prada have announced that they have now sold 1m units of the touchscreen fashion device. This is in advance of the much-rumoured follow-up device. Hey I wonder if the original tagline for the device was “Touch Fashion” – probably not actually – it could well have been something far more obscure….. *update* well…
UK: Nokia 1208 is only £24.99 SIM-free at MobileFun!
Another UK offer, and on this occasion, the time-limitation is “during this week” – however it is a good bargain, given you get a colour-screen, SIM-free Nokia for £24.99! MobileFun are the purveyors of this offer. It seems miraculous that handsets are now at such a budget price – admittedly Supermarkets have been pushing prices…
UK: Asus Eee PC 701 is cheap at Expansys on Friday 26th Sept, 11am-4pm
Expansys have been kind enough to mail me and tell me of a great offer they are doing for peeps in the UK, on Friday 26th September (tomorrow, at the time I am writing this post!). Between 11am and 4pm, you’ll be able to get the Asus Eee PC 701 surf in white at £117.99,…
Iridium is sold to private equity firm for $591 million
Iridium Holdings LLC, which you may know as a Sat Phone company, is being bought by private equity firm Greenhill & Co. for $591 million. Iridium has said that the deal allows it to be debt-free, and also puts it in a good position to replace it’s 66 satellites. Iridium was around in a different…
Mobiles phones to lock/unlock and start cars?
Yep, that’s if Sharp, NTT DoCoMo, and Nissan have anything to do with it! Sharp and DoCoMo have apparently developed a Mobile phone that also works as an electronic key for Nissan cars. It incorporates Nissan’s “intelligent key system”, which is standard on some existing cars – something like 950,000 of them since 2002. We’ve…
Another LG handset with a DVB-T tuner – the HB620T
You can’t fault LG for being busy – pretty much most operating systems, form factors, and multimedia standards they have covered – in this case, producing their second DVB-T compliant handset. I mentioned about the KB770 a few weeks back,but that was tablet-style device – this bad boy is a clamshell! Apparently this will be…