Mobile Gazette has broken a story about the LG KB770, with the main headline being that there is a DVB-T tuner on-board. DVB-T means that the device can pick up free-to-air terrestrial broadcasts, which makes for cheap Mobile TV! Quite apart from the tuner however, there are a number of other OK/impressive specs: HSDPA-capable 3″…
Follow up: Nokia 8800 Arte “lived in” review
Following on a previous post I wrote (here), alas, the 8800 Arte has now departed my fair hands….. Given it has now gone, I thought I would write just a small post about WHY. The total ownership period of this premium device from Nokia was only 2 weeks, but during that time it developed a…
Research: Global Mobile Content Tools Market to breach $8bn in 2008
The Insight Research Corporation has just released a new study, stating that those involved in Mobile content creation will spend more than $8 billion on the tools for creation, editing, management, and loading of that content. These could be Music and electronic game publishers, television broadcasters, video production companies, content aggregators, and telecommunications carriers worldwide.…
Research: Mobile Content Consumers are more loyal than ‘Internet’ Consumers
A new piece of research suggests that consumers of mobile content are more loyal to the sites where they get the content from, than those accessing through the internet. This surely is good news for Operators and some Content Partners with off-desk presence… Prof. Philip Sugai and Prof. Donghun Kim, both professors at the International…
Coming Soon: Cowon P5 PMP looks the business…
Never let it be said we don’t cover PMPs (Personal Media Players) – after all, they are Mobile, and they have superset features of what we tend to find in Mobile Handsets – at least in terms of Multimedia. Cowon’s latest effort, the P5 looks the business – nice design, great specifications (see below)…
Jumptap gets $26 Million in Series D Funding
JumpTap has announced a Series D round of funding, of over $26mn! JumpTap is apparently the leading mobile search and advertising company – aha, that explains the huge amount of extra money then, since every man and his dog are keen to capitalise on the burgeoning online advertising market, be it “online” or “on-mobile”. “Internet…
Dragons’ Den Mobile Dating Agency pitch falls short – the full story?
The Inquirer has an interesting piece about a chap who pitched a 3G Dating Agency business concept on the popular BBC2 show “Dragons’ Den“. The main thrust of the article is that the viewing audience didn’t get to see what business owner, Romi Pamar, said during his pitch. (Note: Dragons’ Den is a “business” reality…
Sony Ericsson to be divested?
Apparently, Sony CEO Howard Stringer is disappointed with the performance of the Sony’s Mobile Phone JV with Ericsson. He has hinted that a re-org or break up or the JV was possible if things didn’t improve. This situation arose out of an interview with Die Welt online. On a more positive note, Stringer talked about…
Pet Dog Wins Top Prize in Mobile Tossing World Championships
The 9th annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships were held in the Estonian town of Narva. This was in fact the first time the contest was held outside Finland, we are told. Nothing unusual so far you might think…. Timmo Lilium won the men’s category with a throw of 85 meters, and Valeria Kadorova taking…
Win an E8 from Motorola
Gee, those guys at Motorola sure are good – they mail to let me know that you can win an E8 device from them, through a promotion they are partnering with Last.Fm on. So, if you’re not already a Last.fm user then go and check it out and create a profile for yourself. Tell us…