After finally getting the FCC’s approval on the matter (contingent on letting the DHS listen in on all communications, of course), T-Mobile has completed the acquisition of regional carrier SunCom. The deal puts an extra 1.1 million subscribers from Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands under T-Mobile’s official…
Sony Ericsson patent application for self adjusting mobile phone projector
We’ve yet to see the pico-projector (that is, projectors embedded within mobile phones) even break into mobile phone reality, and Sony Ericsson is already thinking about a future filled with mobile phone projectors. By the time mobile phone projectors hit the mainstream (perhaps by 2010), Sony Ericsson plans to have the patents to back a…
Just when you thought the iPhone couldn’t get more coverage – iPhone is now official “American Idol” handset
Product placement is the best way to subtly (sometimes not so subtly) advertise your wares to a captive audience, and Apple really knows how to advertise. In case you haven’t gotten enough of the iPhone in the past months, you’ll be getting blasted with yet another advertising campaign during your “American Idol” broadcast. You see,…
Vodafone adds BlackBerry to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms
During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone announced that it will collaborate with Research In Motion (RIM) on the development of Vodafone consumer services for the BlackBerry platform. This move sees Vodafone add the BlackBerry platform to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms that it strategically supports. Other preferred platforms are Windows Mobile…
Mobile Operators teaming up against child abuse
MNOs across Europe are teaming up in the battle against child pornography being disributed via the mobile internet. The GSMA is launching the (not particularly snappily-named) “Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content” – which is made up of most of the major OpCo groups. The group will use certain procedures to remove content from…
Micron and Intel make flash memory breakthrough, faster NAND memory on the horizon; phase-change memory possible NAND successor
Mobile devices are starting to rely more and more on embedded NAND flash memory. The iPhone just got a bump in NAND flash capacity, the MacBook Air comes with an optional SSD (Solid state disk) flash drive, the Nokia N95 8GB uses, uh, 8GB of flash memory, and so on. So, as more data gets…
Disney Mobile gives it another go in Japan with DM001SH
What a trooper. Disney Mobile, the defunct MVNO that closed-up shop in the US after less-than-stellar sales, is up and at it again. After falling off the US-horse, Disney Mobile is trying again in the Japanese market – as we expected. This time around, the tenacious MVNO has teamed up with Softbank to offer some…
AT&T and 1-800-FLOWERS.com team up for Valentine’s Day to allow users to quickly send free animated bouquets, order flowers
AT&T has teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to develop the customized Cupid Goes Wireless campaign in time for the Valentine’s Day. The program enables the carrier’s subscribers to order flowers through MEdia Net and/or to send free animated floral bouquets from 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to friends and family. In addition, subscribers are also encouraged to enter for a…
Google lauds iPhone
What does Google think about the iPhone? Well, even with the competing mobile platform, Android, that Google is currently pushing to develop, it seems that the higher-ups at Google really like the iPhone. Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s senior vice president for product management, said that, “[Google is] particularly interested in looking at the iPhone because the…
February iPhone rumors point to Spain, Italy, Switzerland getting Apple iPhone
With Apple already having penetrated the European market in Germany, France, and the UK, it makes sense that Apple start casting a wider iPhone-net in Europe. And, it seems that Apple may just be in talks with a few more potential iPhone-partners. Spain’s El Periodico has announced that the country’s Telefonica wireless network has been…