Sony Ericsson and Sagem just announced a partnership agreement under which Sagem will make entry-level devices for the Swedish-Japanese company. As part of the agreement Sagem will license certain hardware and software technologies to Sony Ericsson. In addition the two companies will conduct joint development activities. As part of its commitment to the new partnership,…
ClassifEye joins Symbian ecosystem
ClassifEye, a developer of fingerprint recognition and m-commerce solutions, announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones by extending ClassifEye’s solution to the Symbian ecosystem. ClassifEye’s unique, software-only, technology leverages the on-board camera for secure authentication and non-repudiation necessary for mobile commerce and other customer verification…
Nokia Gives Cingular Some N95 Love
In a rather groundbreaking move, Nokia has announced that they will give the N95 to Cingular with a 1900 Mhz radio. This will allow those residing stateside to actually use the high-speed HSDPA connection, which Cingular pushes over the 1900 Mhz spectrum. And Cingular does seem to be the logical choice for the N95, as…
Free VOIP On Your Mobile Phone
A European company, started by a former Nokia president, wants to give all mobile phones access to free Voice Over IP services on their planned network. Well, nothing is really free in life, and neither is this service. The VOIP service will be “free” as long as you are willing to have advertising thrown at…
Motorola Announces Moto Q Amp’d Edition
Motorola announces their intention to push another variant of their venerable Moto Q. This time it will be a version carried by Amp’d Mobile. This youth and multimedia oriented phone will be marketed to the young, hip, business minded demographic. The Amp’d Moto Q will sport all the same features as the current Verizon Moto…
Sidekick X – Motorola And Danger Offspring
What happens when the makers of the RAZR and the Sidekick 3 get together for some carnal fun? Well, you get what might be the Sidekick X. Apparently the new device was announced at a T-mobile conference in Twenty Nine Palms, California. This is an interesting development in Danger’s recent push to penetrate a little…
Belgium – World’s First To Pay By SMS Text
Yahoo! News is reporting that Belgium is rolling out a “world’s first” service in their payment-via-sms texting service. Those residing in the home of that famous waffle will be able to pay for those waffles (and pizza or taxi rides) by simply texting the retailer. As long as you have a Belgian bank account and…
Frengo Launches A New Mobile Network
Frengo comes to us as the brainchild of co-founders’ Mahi de Silva and Dan Mosher. The idea behind their, um…idea, is that social networking shouldn’t keep you bound to your computer. Their goal was to develop a mobile social network that could always keep friends and family connected. And what better way to do that…
Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” Cellphone By Samsung
Beyonce, of Destiny Child’s fame, will evidently be using the Samsung’s new Ultra Music SGH-F300 mobile phone. Why did she choose this device? Well, because she just signed on as Samsung’s spokesperson (of sorts) and will collaborate with them in “TV commercials, advertisements, global concert tours, and other co-promotional activities.” This slim 9.4mm, music oriented…
Yahoo!, AT&T Partnership On Shaky Ground – Bad For iPhone
Reuters reports that Yahoo! and AT&T are in boardroom talks right now discussing how to pull back on their partnership deal. The announcement of the partnership built confidence in Yahoo! investors and affected a rise in stock value. But after the new announcement regarding the two companies cutting back on their deal, Yahoo! stock dropped…