There have been some fairly shocking stories in the last week or so, what with the tumultuous time that the global economy is going through – but the story that shocked me the most (apart from the one about the 77 year old woman caught with Class A drugs on her) was the one that…
Xperia X1 – is the touch UI actually not great….?
OK so just throwing this out there … but … is the touch UI of the Xperia actually not very good at all? I say this based on watching the video that Will posted about the other day – from what I saw, the demonstrator had to catch the screen square-on with his finger, with…
Nokia N95-8GB version 30 update – umm… not much changed!
OK so that was rather dull…. I just updated the N95-8GB to the latest v30 software, and really not that much has changed at all! In fact the only thing that I noticed DID happen was the Nokia Sync didn’t work properly and my handset displayed the phrase “System Error” – something I’ve never seen…
T-Mobile invests in another Femtocell company
T-Mobile has invested in another Femtocell company, this time putting cash in to Israeli semiconductor startup Percello Ltd. The deal follows T-Mobile’s venture arm investment in another company called Ubiquisys Ltd. Percello makes baseband processor chips for 3G and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) femtocells. Its first chip for 3G femtos, the PRC6000, complies with 3rd Generation…
Orange’s world-first 3G/UMA “Unik” service
Orange has announced the launch of the world’s first 3G unlicensed mobile access (UMA) platform, opening up a new world of multimedia services to its Unik customers. Launching first with two exclusive Orange handsets from Samsung and Sony Ericsson, UMA and 3G network technology will be combined in one device for the very first time.…
ZTE opens handset assembly plant in Ethiopia
China’s infrastructure and handset maker, ZTE, is going to start assembling devices in Ethiopia, after signing a $5.2mn with the “Organization for Rehabilitation and Development of Amhara (TIRET)” This new plant will apparently be able to produce 3000-4500 mobile devices per day – or around 1.5m units per year, for those of you who prefer…
Wind Embeds DVD Disc in SIM Card Holder
Cellular News is reporting that Italian Mobile Operator Wind has started to offer SIM cards, which have an embedded DVD optical disc in the plastic (credit card sized) holder than typically is used to deliver them when new (see pic). The cards are supplied by Gemalto, and will be used by Wind to allow wireless…
Monkey: Journey to the West comes to the O2
Talk about when a whole number of strange incidents come together…. I got a nice email from the folks at the O2 telling me that “Monkey: Journey to the West” is arriving there, and I can book tickets. Strange I thought, both the name and graphics seem familiar – reminding me immediately of the crazy…
Quantum of Solace – guess the devices…
So, here’s the Friday Quiz, kinda courtesy of Sony, of who emailed me to let me know the trailer of Quantum of Solace is now available for viewing…. I say kinda, because it’s actually my question, based on Mobile Devices. So, in Casino Royale the device of the day was a Silver Sony Ericsson K800i.…
MOTOjewel to have WMP 11 on-board?
As Dusan posted up the other day, Moto is busy launching it’s MOTOjewel handset, which you could suggest is one more for the ladies (and probably some lads that I know too!)…. …but quite apart from the design-centric hardware ID, it would appear this bad-boy er .. girl is equipped with some audio goodness…. First…