The network technology juggernaut that is HSPA+ continues it’s rollout… This time it’s Polish Operator PTC (Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa) that has announced it’s HSPA+ upgrade programme, with a goal of boosting the network up to around 21Mbps, with uploads topping out at around 6Mbps. Of course, real-world speeds, including coverage and contention factors, could end…
Telecom Italia doing purchase via Mobile from 2010
Telecom Italia and Movincom, the Italian consortium of companies and service providers for the promotion of mobile retailing, have signed an agreement that will let Telecom Italia’s customers use their mobile phones to purchase a wide range of goods and services via Movincom. Starting in 2010, Telecom Italia will be building in an ad hoc…
UK: Acer F1 coming to town on 6th October
Techwatch.co.uk has picked up an interesting piece on the release date of the Acer F1 – which will co-incidentally be the same date that WinMo 6.5 launches! The date in question is 6th October, and although the F1 could be big news for the UK, Verizon is doing it US-style on the same day by…
UK: Nokia launches £20K developer competition
Nokia has launched a competition for UK Mobile Apps developers, and is offering a decent wedge of cash to the winner – how does £20,000 sound to you?! The competition is called “Calling All Innovators” and will have 5 categories: Social location Business and productivity Communications and social networking Games Just for fun Apparently each…
UK: What is going on with Internet Tethering on iPhone/O2?
Wow. I wrote a piece a little while ago about the Internet Tethering not working too well on the iPhone/MacBook Pro combo (I think it could just as well be any Mac), but I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad….! As I noted previously, I’ve been doing some testing of the Tethering to see…
UK: we’re swimming in smartphones!
Crumbs. And I thought the last piece I wrote on O2 being the home of smartphones was going to be the last I would write this year regarding launches of big-hitter devices – wrong! There have been rumours circulating that O2 have also got the HTC HD2 (Leo), a not inconsequential device that packs a…
UK: 0870: an iPhone App that can save you money on your calls
This one especially for UK readers…. The guys over at TechDigest have got wind of a new iPhone App that could make your calling potentially quite a bit cheaper. We all know and (don’t) love the various consumer call numbers, like 0870, 0845, and the like – these usually carry form of premium to them,…
UK: giffgaff launches as new Mobile Network …
Well this doesn’t happen too often in the crowded space that is the UK Mobile market – a new Operator is launching, called giffgaff: Hello. We’re a brand new people-powered mobile network. We’ll be fully up and running before Christmas, but in the meantime, a little about us. We love to keep things simple. We…
Vodafone Launches a Combined €1,000,000 Prize Fund to Find the Best Mobile Widgets
As if the launch of Vodafone 360 (see here) wasn’t enough, Vodafone are going big on a talent search for the best Mobile Widgets! At its international Developer Event today, Vodafone is announcing the launch of a two-phased competition to find the most innovative and useful mobile widgets, giving two victorious developers the chance to…
Vodafone announces new ‘360’ service
Ha ha. See what I did there with the title? No? Nevermind. Anyway, Vodafone has announced it’s new ‘360’ service, which in simple terms, is a social networks aggregator that sync contacts between your phone, the InterWeb, and your computer. But why have me tell you when Vodafone can say it so much better: Vodafone…