Konami’s classic footie game, Pro Evolution Soccer, has won the “best mobile game” award at the Leipzig Games Convention. The award was given to the 2009 incarntion of the game, published by Glu in it’s Mobile format. The judges were apparently of the opinion that the control system meant the game rocked, and that the…
Sport dominates mobile games chart
Sporting games (like EA Mobile’s Fight Night Round 3) are apparently dominating a mobile games chart, which is compiled by website GameMobile. There is a mix of Football management games, Golf, Pool, and a touch of the Olympics! Driving games and Basketball also make an appearance. Some sports games do lend themselves well to Mobile…
IBC 2008 is coming soon…
IBC 2008 is coming (very) soon to the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam. Great, you think, why should I care? Well, IBC is an entertainment industry exhibition and conference. And given part of that industry is “mobilised”, then there are going to be a large number of mobile companies there, showing their wares. Specifically,…
Gesture-sensing TV does away with remote
The Telegraph.co.uk has an interesting story about a TV developed to sense hand gestures as a means of control, rather than using the traditional remote. Following on from all the hype regarding the combined gesture/hardware remote of the Nintendo Wii, Toshiba’s TV trumps that by doing away with the hardware altogether. The system uses a…
UK: Orange to open another 60 stores
Following relatively hot on the heels of Vodafone, Orange UK has announced plans to open 60 new stores through 2008, and into 2009. These will take up locations such as Southampton, Bristol, and parts of London – adding to the existing 338 shops. If that wasn’t enough, another 100 stores are set to get a…
UK: Want a cheap WinMo Smartphone? Get a BenQ from Expansys!
My favourite online shop, Expansys, have emailed to let me know that I can know pick up a WinMo 6 O/S Smartphone for under a ton! Yes, just less than 100 GBP (exc. postage) will see this little beauty making it’s way in to your ownership… highlighted features are: Operating System Windows Mobile™ 6…
O2 do SIM-only tariff at great price – but what do you prefer?
O2 are currently advertising a SIM-only deal (which they call “simplicity”) on their website, which is £20/month, and includes 600 mins/unlimited texts. If that wasn’t enough, there isn’t a contract tie-in either. Obviously the deal isn’t unique as other Operators have this offering, but in a more general sense, I’d like to “open a question…
Motorola appoints Director of Marketing Strategy for Europe
Given all the recent departures of Senior Motorola staff (here and here, for example), it’s nice to see Moto hiring new bods to (hopefully) bring them back to the dominant force that they were. In this case, Marketing Week is reporting that Moto has hired former BT Vision Sales Director Simon Collinson, as “Director of…
UK: Samsung 8MP i8510 arrives at Carphone Warehouse!
Following up on Dusan’s post about the announcement of the Samsung i8510 (“INNOV8”), with 8MP camera, the uber-imaging device has now hit UK shores! There are an extremely impressive set of specs (as you can see above), and Carphone Warehouse is offering the device on the Orange network with a £35/month Tariff over 18 months,…
UK: consumers want NFC on their mobiles
…so says Nokia. The statement is based on the results of a trial run between a number of parties, including the aforementioned Finnish vendor, O2, London Underground, and Barclays. In the “O2 wallet” trial, users carried an NFC-equipped Nokia 6131 mobile, which was able to make payments much as an Oyster card (season pass for…