VFUK has announced plans to roll out another 50 stores over the forthcoming financial year – which will take it’s total to 400. The stores are being designed so customers can experience services before purchasing, and the extra staff required to show those off and operate the shops will mean 200 more jobs – definitely…
Google CEO predicts more money from Mobile Ads than Internet in future
NMA.co.uk reports that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has predicted that Google will in fact make more money from Mobile Ads than Internet Ads in the future. His opinion is that due to the personalisation element of Mobile, accurate targeting is going to take place – which means more contextually relevant Ads, and more click-through. As…
Palm ordering millions of smartphones for 2009
According to Digitimes, Treo Central, and Gizmodo, there is news from within China that Palm has placed orders for several million smartphones, aiming for a 2009 release. The sources in China are Chinese-language news services, the Commercial Times and the China Economic News Service. The devices are all going to be WinMo O/S as opposed…
Bebo heads Mobile with Global Head apppointment
Social networking site Bebo has appointed Sean Kane as it’s “Global Head of Mobile”, as the site looks to grow it’s 45mn members. Bebo recently linked up with UK Operators including Orange, T-Mobile, and O2 Ireland – and has got Kane on board to develop compelling mobile experiences Kane comes from a social networking platform…
Vodafone Germany offers Bundesliga via 3G streaming
Vodafone Germany is to broadcast all 612 first and second division Bundesliga matches in the 2008/09 season live to customers will 3G Mobile phones, via streaming. The offer is via something called “Vodafone Live! Football Flatrate”, and will cost 7.50 EUR per month, of which the first month is a free trial. Users will even…
Amazon’s Kindle is selling very well indeed!
Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney is saying that Amazon.com will sell nearly 400,000 Kindles this year, which could build up to account for 4% of Amazon’s total revenues, projected in to 2010. Okay, it’s not a Mobile phone as we know it, but it represents one of the splinter technologies that may end up partly or…
Huawei targets Europe (and it’s rivals) with overseas sales drive
Many of you may not have heard of Huawei (pronounced Wah-way) Technologies, but make no joke, these guys are serious when it come to winning mobile infrastructure deals and rolling them out – and now they have the likes of NSN (Nokia-Siemens Networks), AlcaLu (Alcatel Lucent), and Ericsson in their sights! During the past two…
O2UK Stores to Sell PoGo Instant Mobile Printer
Polaroid has partnered with O2UK, to sell it’s PoGo Instant Mobile Printer . This accessory will now be sold in all 480 of O2’s retail stores. The PoGo weighs in a 8 ounces, and uses Bluetooth to transfer images for printing. The PoGo launched in July this year, and has already been available in the…
NTT makes moves to get 2G switched off – eventually
NTT DoCoMo has announced that it will stop accepting customer applications for it’s 2G “Mova” service from 30/11. It has also announced that it is waiving charges for those porting to it’s 3G “FOMA” service. NTT has said it is eventually looking to shut down the Mova service, and concentrate on FOMA (and I would…
Win a Tocco, have some fun, courtesy of Samsung!
How would you like to win a Samsung Tocco, and have some quiz-based fun in to the bargain? I thought so! Well, Samsung are offering people exactly that opportunity, and linking to an Olympics-related Promo.We’ve featured the Tocco a number of times on IntoMobile, and it’s a touch-driven, multimedia monster of a device – a…