Sony Ericsson is apparently in talks to acquire BK Modi’s Spice Mobile – which is the handset company of the Modi group, and sells handsets under the Spice brand. A top source in the Spice group confirmed the development and said that while talks were on, the deal had not been finalised. The source also…
Orange and Bic to sell BicPhone
Orange and disposable pen maker Bic are joining forces to launch a 49 EUR BicPhone, that will come with the battery pre-charged, and one hour of call time. The phone will be widely available across France from 7th August. The phone is made by a Chinese ODM called TCL, and will support just voice and…
AuthenTec enables F906i with TrueNav
AuthenTec, the “world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions” has announced that Fujitsu’s new FOMA F906i ultra-thin world phone has integrated an AuthenTec fingerprint sensor for Power of Touch(R) features including security, convenience, personalization and navigation. The feature-rich F906i, recently offered to subscribers of Japan’s leading wireless carrier NTT DOCOMO, utilizes AuthenTec’s new small…
Siano delivers CMMB-compliant Mobile TV chip
We’ve mentioned Siano before here at IntoMobile, in respect of Mobile TV – and they are at it again withthe release of the their Mobile digital TV receiver chip, the SMS118X – this time aimed at China’s domestic Mobile TV market. The chip is apparently due to be in handheld consumer apps by the time…
Mobile camera quality isn’t great – discuss…
Warning: I am about to go on a mini-rant, so those of you looking for news should probably scoot onwards to the next post …. Some time back, I wrote a post about the quality of the images produced by Mobile camera modules – not specifically any model or manufacturer, but generally. As an Editor…
Faked handsets cause content problems…
(FYI, the pic above is of a fake HTC TyTn II) Now we here at IntoMobile are often posting about faked versions of major manufacturer handsets that we’ve seen – only a few months back, barely a week used to go by without a new set of “fake vs real” pics (you can check…
Interview: Dolby explain about “Dolby Mobile”
This week, I was lucky enough to spend some time in the company of Max Taylor (International Marketing Director, Mobile), and Mark Price (Public Relations Manager, EMEA), from Dolby Mobile. Many of you may remember that we covered Dolby’s move in to Mobile as part of Will’s CTIA coverage – out of that has spun…
Nokia to pass Motorola as top AAC customer
AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings (not to be confused with the AAC that is Advanced Audio Codec) has announced that it expects Nokia to overtake Motorola as it’s largest customer this year: “Revenue from Nokia would account for more than 25 per cent of AAC’s total sales this year….compared with 10 per cent last year, while…
3 brings mobile gaming and movie headsets to UK
3UK customers are going to being offered the “Vuzix iWear AV920 3D headsets” from this month. This is apparently the equivalent of a 62-inch screen! Althoughthe iWear kit can be hooked up to any device that can play video, clearly 3’s take is that owners of high-end devices will use their headsets with their phones…
BA T5 chaos: Silicon.com readers’ comments!
I am sure you are all familiar now with the debacle that was the launch of BA Terminal 5 at Heathrow – essentially over 20,000 bags were/are “lost” (temporarily or otherwise) during the ensuing chaos, after the terminal opened – and a LOT of passengers clearly were/are not very happy about it! Silicon.com has aggregated…