Silicon Motion Technology has announced its FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner has been selected by Samsung for its recently launched SGH-P960 mobile phone, which will be available in many European markets. I wrote about the Samsung P960 recently, but it’s always nice to be able to add just a little extra detail – as you…
Nokia and Sasken tie up deal over German unit
Nokia has said that it has now completed transfer of its “adaptation software R&D unit” (the one in Bochum, Germany) to Sasken Communication Technologies As we know, Bochum lept in to the news in January when Nokia decided to close its cellphone plant, cutting 2300 staff. Apparently this deal means that 35 people at least…
Orange Swiss offers Euro 2008 matches using HD mobile TV
Orange Switzerland has launched a package of services targeting this year’s European football championships Euro 2008, which will be held in Switzerland and Austria between 7 June and 29 June. Apparently customers will be offered unlimited access to the Orange World football section for CHF 8, which includes mobile TV broadcasts, live tickers, match schedules,…
Mobile TV is Booming, Says Telstra
According to Telstra, their Mobile customer have watched 80,000+ hours of Mobile TV during April. This apparently is due to Telstra’s close relationship with Foxtel, which supplies the content to the telco’s mobile users. Foxtel by Mobile takes snippets of pay television programming and packages it across the Telstra Next G mobile platform. Interestingly, Telstra…
Blyk launches new website for advertisers
Blyk, the ad-funded MVNO for 16-24 yr olds, has launched a new website (http://media.blyk.co.uk) to explain the concept to advertisers and agencies. The site contains detailed info, and is constantly being updated with new insights and case studies: Over 100K subs have already joined Blyk in the UK, which is quite an impressive feat for…
Comedy break: Top 10 places to lose your cellphone…
Actually this story isn’t very new at all, but I stumbled across it whilst looking at other info on the ever-wonderful Interweb. Cell phones etc wrote up a list of the top 10 places to lose your cellphone – rather than replicate the entire list here (you can read that by clicking the link at…
F706i does Mobile TV underwater?
Now and again at IntoMobile Towers, we do get the odd random story in – the one below is right up there with them, and is about underwater Mobile TV viewing – yes, you heard it right…. Apparently Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu has created the Fujitsu F706i, which is a waterproof mobile that can receive digital…
SEGA’s Sonic Mobile game passes 8mn downloads!
SEGA Mobile has announced that their Sonic the Hedgehog Mobile game has passed over 8mn downloads in North America and Europe, since launch in early 2006. The Sonic franchise has apparently now spread to 40 games over 19 video game platforms – of which Mobile is racking up some sales for! Remember back in the…
Konami bringing DanceDanceRevolution to Mobile via Exit Games
Konami’s upcoming version of DDR (DanceDanceRevolution) is set for Multiplayer – on Mobile! Multiplayer games haven’t exactly set the Mobile gaming world alight before now, but apparently Exit Games’s Neutron engine allows for lots of clever real-time multiplayer shenanigans. Konami has licensed the engine so that the mobile DDR will allow you to dance off…
Mobiles games market looks good, says Glu CEO
Glu Mobile CEO Greg Ballard has said that the Mobile games business is looking good, and backed it up with some stats, during his keynote at the Games and Mobile Forum recently. Glu Mobile holds a 14% market share of the mobile games business, ranking second overall, he said, adding that the company ports 10…