Following all the hype surrounding the iPhone and iPhone 3G launch, guess we all waited for this to happen. The first (and probably the only) print magazine dedicated to Apple’s handset will hit the newsstands on September 9th. Thaddeus Computing is the publishing company behind the project and for the premier issue they promise 100…
Acer’s Stan Shih optimistic on the company’s smartphone market prospects
Acer’s acquisition of smartphone maker E-Ten Information Systems is set to be complete in the next few days, and Acer’s founder, Stan Shih, used the opportunity to comment on the company’s future prospects. Mr. Shih is very optimistic about Acer’s entrance into the smartphone market. He believes they [Acer] will be able to compete evenly…
Inflation drives SMS prices through the roof in Zimbabwe
We don’t usually post news from Africa. However this one caught my eye. Apparently, mobile phone operators in Zimbabwe have increased their prices by 1,000% as the country’s inflation spins out of control. The end result is that an SMS within the country costs between $5 and $7, while sending the same SMS outside of…
Follow US elections on your phone, the Google way
Google has made it easy for all of us who care to know what’s going on with the US elections from our mobile phones. By pointing your mobile browser to m.google.com/elections you can find the following resources: Mobile Search – Link to search results for Obama and McCain, so you don’t have to type in…
HSBC: No we’re not dumping BlackBerrys for iPhones!
Roughly a week ago we wrote about HSBC apparent plans to dump BlackBerrys in favor of iPhones. Well, that ain’t gonna happen soon as we now have the official word from the HSBC UK representative who said: I don’t know if he was miss quoted or if it was made up, but I can put…
Japan Communications launches MVNO service on DoCoMo’s network
Japan Communications has recently announced that it has reached an interconnection agreement with DoCoMo to offer MVNO services on the network operator’s 3G FOMA network. What’s interesting about the new virtual operator is that this is the “world’s first interconnected MVNO service,” according to Japan Communications’ President Seiji Sanda. Until now, MVNOs have been limited…
Chinese 3G still waits for mass adoption
It’s not a secret Chinese 3G aka TD-SCDMA isn’t delivering the numbers expected. According to China’s CCID Consulting, the number of TD-SCDMA subscribers is expected to reach 2.31 million by the end of this year, falling substantially short of the optimistic projection of 20-50 million subscribers. Since launching the service in early April, China Mobile…
Deutsche Telekom acquires 17% of Indian start-up Devas Multimedia for $75 million
Deutsche Telekom is acquiring a 17% stake in Indian start-up Devas Multimedia for $75 million in a deal that values the company at Rs 1,865 crore or about $443 million. Devas is a Bangalore based company which plans to deliver content via a hybrid satellite-terrestrial network to mobile devices. It works in the area of…
CCID: China to make 605 million mobile phones this year
According to the data released from China’s CCID Consulting, the production volumes of handsets in China are expected to top 605 million units in 2008 compared to the 550 million units produced in 2007. About 400 million units (66%) of the total number will be exported to overseas markets, while the remaining 205 million units…
Sony Ericsson to launch Bravia-branded mobile phones in India
With 62.5% market share Nokia is the dominant mobile phone maker in India. Sony Ericsson holds 13% of the market and to tackle the competition, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker plans to release the Bravia-branded mobile phones in the country. Sony Ericsson already sells Walkman and Cyber-shot branded handsets world wide, while Bravia mobile phones are…