O2UK recently posted financials showing that it has added 275K customers in the last quarter of this year, bringing it’s subscriber base to an impressive 18.7mn – however Telefonica (the owner of the group) has at the same time shown a 48% decrease in revenues…. The addition of 138K contract customers has been largely attributed…
Sharp’s Operating Profit Falls on Lower Sales of Mobile Phones
Sharp Corp, which is Japan’s biggest mobile device maker, reported it’s first quarter operating profit dropping 14%. Operating profits are sales, minus the cost of good sold and their administrative/logistical expenses. Sharp’s fell to 36.4 billion yen, compared to 42.3 billion from the same period a year earlier. Sharp’s presence in Europe has been one…
O2 bundles mobile and home broadband
O2 has begun offering a joint mobile and fixed broadband deal for customers. Those that sign up to get O2 Mobile Broadband for £20/month (which includes 3GB of data and unlimited WiFi) will get the standard home broadband package free for a year. This a clever move by O2, as it adds real value for…
Will 5MP on the C902 be good enough?
…. well probably is the answer. And why the question? Well, read on….. Sony Ericsson were kind enough to email me and let me know the C902 is now available (has been for a little while) – it comes with a much-touted 5MP camera. This is interesting to me, because I would contend that certain…
Tag Heuer Meridiist – more videos for you to watch!
Following on from Will’s post about hands-on time with TAG Heuer’s Meridiist handset, I was contacted by them this week, to let me know that there is a new video about the phone available on their website: After “Why” and “Challenge” videos, this new video of Meridiist phone, called “Genesis“, shows how TAG Heuer imagined…
Acer Aspire One UMPC – small, good-looking, and cheap!
For a while the Asus Eee PC ruled the UMPC roost, with it’s quirky but cool design, good features, and most importantly, LOW price point. Until now. Acer has entered the fray with the Aspire One UMPC – this combines an 8.9 inch screen, full QWERTY keyboard, Linux O/S, and WiFi – all in a…
MiniWiz HYmini Wind Powered Charger
This cunning little device, available from Expansys, is the MiniWiz HYmini Wind Powered Charger. It will charge any 5V portable device that has a mini-USB socket, using yep you guessed it, wind! Internal battery charging starts when the wind speed reaches 5mph, but it is recommended that the Hymini is fitted to a bicycle, car,…
Did Apple borrow their iPhone3G design from Samsung’s LCD TVs?
(Before I begin – apoogies for the poor quality photo – this is from my supposedly excellent 5MP Mobile camera!) The other day I was stood looking at our Samsung LCD TV, and something struck me – it looks ALOT like a new iPhone turned on it’s side – scarily so in fact. The only…
RIM’s staggered Bold launch vs. Apple’s “all at once” approach
BlackberryNews.com has recently commented on the Blackberry Bold release dates – and the keyword we are looking at here is staggered… to recap, here are the supposed dates: July 29 – Rogers business customers August 1 – Vodafone UK August 4 – T-Mobile Germany August 8 – Rogers for general availability September 1 or later…
UK: users are doing more than making calls with their mobiles!
Reuters is reporting that users of Mobiles in the UK are diversifying their usage of device from just making calls, to include sending texts, taking pics, and checking the interweb on the move. Nothing surprising there I’m sure you’ll agree, but the stats (which is derived from the Mobile Data Association’s research) are quite interesting….…