Nokia plans to bring its “Comes With Music” offering to the people of Australia and Singapore later this quarter. According to the company’s head of entertainment and communities, Tero Ojanpera, Nokia will expand its “unlimited music downloads for a year” offering to the mentioned two countries in February and March. Ojanpera also said that they…
France to ban mobile phones for children
The French government is planning to introduce new laws that would make it illegal to advertise mobile phones in a manner designed to appeal to children aged under twelve years. The new regulations were announced last week by Environment Minister, Jean-Louis Borloo. But Mr. Borloo doesn’t want to stop there. His further plans include a…
NYPD wants to jam mobile mobile phones in case of a terrorist attack
While we’re all against jamming mobile phones by the government bodies, I must admit I can understand the police of New York, which is studying the feasibility of disrupting mobile phone communications between terrorists during any attack. This comes after revelations that gunmen in Mumbai, India received electronic transmissions during their killing spree in November.…
Rolls-Royce turned into a mobile phone store in India
Here’s an interesting idea. Someone — we’re not sure which company is behind this project — has turned the Rolls-Royce Phantom into a mobile phone store. As a result, they made the first truly mobile mobile store, as far as we know. I could easily envision these cars driving around city centres of Mumbai, New…
Mobinnova, not HTC to make future Sony Ericsson Windows Mobile smartphones?
According to Chinese-language Commercial Times, Sony Ericsson will switch from HTC to Mobinnova for the manufacturing of its future Windows Mobile-powered smartphones. These info, however, suggest that the Swedish-Japanese handset maker will continue to work with HTC until the Xperia X1 completes its business cycle. Apparently, the switch shouldn’t be that hard for Sony Ericsson,…
India to shut down 25 million mobile lines in January due security concerns
Following recent terrorist attacks in the country, India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) instructed mobile operators to disconnect all handsets which do not have an IMEI number from January 6th of 2009. As a result, as many as 25 million mobile phones could be cut off in the “world’s largest democracy.” The official DoT wording goes…
Motorola challenged eight up-and-coming photographers to promoted its MOTOZINE ZN5 cameraphone
In order to promote its high-end camera phone, MOTOZINE ZN5, Motorola has challenged eight up-and-coming photographers from around the world to capture moments that epitomized a “day in the life” of their home cities in a 24-hour global photo shoot. The photographers that participated in Moto’s challenge are: Matt Baker, London – co-founder and director…
MTNL is the first to bring 3G in India
India is finally “going 3G” and the state-owned telecom company, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), will be the first mobile operator to “bless” its users with fast 3G data speeds. As part of the marketing activities, MTNL will offer free 3G access for the first two months to its premium users in Delhi area, and…
EU considering import tax on smartphones
The European Commission is expected to present a proposal to charge customs duties of up to 14% on “sophisticated” mobile phones, which come with GPS receivers and mobile TV. There’s no doubts in my mind this is a bad idea for further development of the industry, except in the case the smartphones are assembled in…
AT&T wants a single smartphone platform on its network; I wanna fly
There’s no secret in the fact that multiple mobile platforms drive operators crazy, due to obvious support costs. However, I was kinda surprised that AT&T is thinking to actually do something radical about as part of their “dramatic consolidation” of mobile platforms over the next few years. Speaking at the Symbian Partner Event in San…