I happened to be watching UK Terrestrial channel ‘Channel 5‘ the other day, and came across this neat wireless gadget, which provides a neat way to get your scribbles digitised! It’s name is the Dane-Elec Zpen, and consists of a receiver (the elipse-shaped item in the pic), and the transmitter – which is, surprisingly enough,…
Buongiorno studies those who browse on their Mobiles…
Buongiorno has released study into the behaviour of 18-34 yr old mobile browsers – revealing 2 major modes of behaviour, and 4 big reasons for browsing. The study, which took place in the UK, used detailed assessment techniques on each person, the idea being to get a very clear picture of what role mobile browsing…
Glu releases Wedding Dash!
Glu Mobile has now released it’s wedding planning game, ‘Wedding Dash’, in Europe. The game is aimed at the female mobile gamer for a change, and lets brides practice (I guess) at planning a Wedding – how accurate the simulation is, I’m not sure 🙂 To succeed, players must interact with guests, avert wedding day…
UK: Orange improves Mobile TV packages
Orange has boosted it’s Mobile TV packages in an effort to get more people using it. The MNO has added 3 Setanta Sports channels, and ‘Channel 5’ (the 5th terrestrial channel in the UK) to it’s ‘Max Pack’ – along with dropping the price to £8.99/month. Orange Max Pack currently features around 25 channels including…
UK: 4th screen details O2 Mobile Ad survey results
Mobile Ad company ‘4th Screen Advertising’ has announced the results of some research conducted across the O2 Active portal (600 men and women over 16 yrs, in case you were wondering). Apparently, 88% of people are happy to receive Ads in exchange for free content (something that’s got make Blyk pretty pleased too, I would…
Spain: Ericsson, Boomerang, Telecinco enable F1 Mobile TV
Ericsson has partnered with Boomerang TV and Telecinco to launch F1 live on Mobile TV in Spain. Ericsson’s HyC ( formerly a Spanish IPTV consultancy and systems integration company) will deploy the full service inlcuding the encoding, editing, and transmission, which will allow Boomerang TV and Telecinco to stream the F1 races to subs using…
UK: Post Office study reveals ‘NoMo Phobia’
The PostOffice has released the results of a study looking at the ‘stress’ caused by being out of contact on your mobile, and coined the term “NoMo Phobia” – a cunning play on words from having “No Mobile” I presume…. They ‘sampled’ 2163 adults (I assume asking questions, rather than taking their DNA…) and the…
Mobile Marketing Association releases Global Code of Conduct
 The Mobile Marketing Association has released a Global Code of Conduct – the aim being to help companies use mobile for marketing, whilst protecting consumers. This latest release updates the 2007 document, and contains five categories: Notice Choice & Consent Customisation & Constraint Security Enforcement & Accountability I’m all up for this sort of more…
Sony Ericsson might buy Spice Mobile
Sony Ericsson is apparently in talks to acquire BK Modi’s Spice Mobile – which is the handset company of the Modi group, and sells handsets under the Spice brand. A top source in the Spice group confirmed the development and said that while talks were on, the deal had not been finalised. The source also…
T-Mobile goes for mega-coverage in Germany
 T-Mobile Germany has annoucned the completion of the HSPA upgrade to it’s 3G network, meaning that customers can now download (HSDPA) at 7.2Mbps. The plan is that the upload speed (HSUPA) will be boosted to 2Mbps by the end of the year. T-Mobile’s UMTS network now covers all important agglomerations as well as all…