The three MNOs in Singapore, M1, SingTel and StarHub, along with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, are going to jointly condut a consumber Mobile TV trial using DVB-H next month. During the trial, 300 customers (across the MNOs) will be able to see six dedicated channels. The handset on offer will be (slightly unsurprisingly) the Samsung…
Fond Memories – pt. 2
Following from my last post about the Sharp GX10i, I am following up with another fond memory – this time of the Samsung SGH-i300. Now, what made this device “special” was the fact that it was one of the first to have a mini-HD in it – in this case, a not inconseqential 3GB! Interestingly,…
3 does 1m mobile broadband customers, announces new dongle
3 has announced sales of over 1m USB mobile broadband dongles to customers across the UK, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Austria. This has been due, in no small part, to the very attractive cost vs data propositions they have come up with: Also, a new dongle is now available – the Huawei E160G is…
China Mobile starts 3G Marketing push
China Mobile has now started it’s marketing push for a public beta of 3G telephony services, hinting that full deployment may be available soon after that little sporting event called the Olympics! As we’ve reported on before, the dominant tecnology for 3G in China is not going to be the otherwise globally-accepted WCDMA, but in…
Rant: Kids listening to mobile music through the handset speakers!
Yes it’s been some years since we saw the infamous Ghettoblaster being carried about – apart from the occasional group of disenfranchised youths sat on steps listening to one, it’s very rare we see them. Much more common is the generic “boy-racer” who has pimped his Fiesta to have a “sound system” (I believe youngsters…
Neetu Chandra Launches Mobile Games
Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra has become brand ambassador for Mobile Games company “7 Seas Technologies Ltd”, who have launched a series of seven 3D Mobile games. The games cross a variety of genres such as driving, puzzle, and Adventure – list below : 3D Sodoku Planets of Sodoku 3D Neetu – The Alien Killer Great…
CPW’s Mowbli goes bye-bye
Carphone Warehouse (CPW) is changing it’s branding with a new softer logo, and getting rid of the “Mowbli” icon (above), reports Mobile Today. CPW is looking to relaunch itself as a mobile and laptop provider, and as such considers Mowbli not to be relevant. Apparently there will be a new hand-drawn logo with “doodle” design,…
UK: £1m of Mobile speakers sold per… month!!
Market Research specialist GfK has said that in sales for June 2008, £1m of Mobile speakers have been sold – compared with just £146,000 in May 2007! In a related stat, handsets with MP3 players and/or FM Radios now account for 65% of the market, which has increased from 44% last year. This research dovetails…
Orange UK goes EeePC for Mobile Broadband too…
Following on from my post the other day about Vodafone (Portugal) using EeePCs for their new broadband offering, Orange UK are now rolling out the EeePC in mobile broadband packages… The ‘connected laptop’ packages include a cheaper-than-an-iPhone £25-per-month consumer tariff offering the popular Asus Eee PC 900 mini laptop. Users get a dongle with their…
Report says one in five purchase items via Mobile
Really? That high? A recent survey by BuzzCity (“a provider of global wireless communities and consumer services”) has apparently should that 20% of people have bought things on their mobiles, and over 30% expressed interest in doing money transfers via their device. Apparently, books, downloads, and virtual gifts (is that like when you think…