The GSM Association is spearheading a project called “Pay Buy Mobile”, suggesting two options for mobile payments, which will probably complement each other. The first one is about over-the-air downloads and the other one includes preloading encrypted credit card information from the bank on the phone’s SIM card. Both Visa and MasterCard are (so far…
Symbian smartphones shipments reach 51.7m in 2006
At 3GSM World Congress, Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS, released its unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2006 and the full year ended 31 December 2006. Highlights – Full year 2006: 51.7 million Symbian smartphones shipped to consumers worldwide in 2006 – a 52% increase on 2005 (2005: 34.0m) 108…
LG devices
LG’s offering includes array of feature phones (i.e. Chocolate), but also some Windows Mobile and Symbian-based (JoY) devices. The Korean company also showcased its fancy Shine and touchscreen-based Prada phones. @LINK1@
Samsung devices
Samsung has always been the company with a compeling offer. They just didn’t care whether it’s Symbian or Windows Mobile, or just a feature phone – just make it look nice, easy to use and people will love it. Well, actually people in most cases prefer Nokia, or maybe Motorola, but Samsung has been working…
S60: 3GSM Booth + FP2 screenshots
Located near Nokia’s Booth (later about that), the S60 Booth has all the proper gadgets on it – latest S60-based devices, freebies for S60 device owners (ringtones, wallpapers, etc), and other promo materials. Most of the S60 bloggers are also there. MRKTNGman was kind enough to demonstrate me the latest S60 3rd edition Feature pack…
Symbian booth tour
Symbian booth at the 3GSM is as expected – quite modest. The business philosophy of Symbian is what drives its partners to it – “it’s not about us, it’s about the whole ecosystem”. Making sure that its partners benefit is what matters. Something that many companies could embrace. 🙂
NGMN gets new members
Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) initiative got new members. Founded by companies like China Mobile, KPN Mobile NV, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Vodafone, the group’s goal is to create a virtuous cycle of investment, innovation, and adoption of mobile broadband services with competitive price-performance ratios. New members include Alltel Corporation, AT&T, SK…
New BlueAnt's Bluetooth Headset features Caller ID and vibrating alert
Our sponsor, BlueAnt Wireless, has announced the release of its latest Bluetooth headset – the V12 LCD. The new headset incorporates a Backlit LCD screen with 12 digit caller ID, vibrating alert for incoming calls, “Ambient Noise Reduction” for improved clarity of sound, battery and volume “Intelligent Status Indicators” and a history of the last…
Nokia 888 concept
SymbianGuru spotted fascinating video of the Nokia 888 wearable concept phone in action. It’s touch based, light, flexible, smart, easy to use, location sensitive, it has superior graphics and animation, and… it seems too far away. Ten years at least, as far as I see. But who knows, things can change rapidly…
Mobile phone docking station patented by Sony Ericsson
It seems that something interesting is cooking-up in the research centers of the Japanese-Swedish company. Sony Ericsson filled a hard-to-miss patent for the mobile phone docking station, which should sport the full QWERTY keyboard, additional screen and the speakers. Is this a dream coming true? A device which you can have with you all the…