Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia
said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up
Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet
services. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - A crowded marketplace and lack of removable battery may be obstacles for Apple's latest phone overseas, according to a survey. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Analysts differ on the exact figure, but AT&T could be paying as much as $425 in subsidies per iPhone. -- read full article
Reuters - After taking on the big and
small screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman
may soon be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile
phone.
AFP - Agence France-Presse announced Friday the launch of a new service providing mobile phone users with access to its global news coverage and incorporating multimedia and messaging options.
PC World - Late last year, the mobile phone industry passed a remarkable milestone, one that not so many years ago it didn't even expect... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The experimental phone network uses geo-tagged data, mobile social networking, and "virtual sticky notes" to send and receive real-time information. -- read full article
Reuters - After taking on the big and small
screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman may soon
be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile phone.
USATODAY.com - CANNES, France - They're hip, hot and everywhere on the planet. But despite a drumbeat about mobile phones being the new frontier in the ad world, marketers have been slow to dial it up, particularly in the USA. -- read full article
AFP - Television viewed on mobile phone handsets could be a huge revenue generator for the telecoms sector but significant hurdles stand in the way, industry players and analysts said Thursday.
NewsFactor - Sprint Nextel is hoping to knock the iPhone off its lofty perch with the launch this month of Instinct -- a new smartphone it codeveloped with Samsung Electronics. Like Apple's new 3G handset, Instinct combines full touch-screen functionality and fast wireless speeds with live TV, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS with turn-by-turn navigational capabilities. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Current iPhone users are automatically eligible to buy the 3G iPhone, but potential new users might have to prove they are worthy. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The U.K. carrier O2 says more than 130,000 people have preregistered for the latest iPhone, compared with only 35,000 people who had preregistered for the original model. -- read full article
Reuters - South Korean cellphone makers and
Swedish-Japanese rival Sony Ericsson forecast robust handset
sales, defying worries that a slowing U.S. economy and record
oil prices will hurt consumer demand.
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia,
unveiled two new models on Monday aimed at the business market
dominated by the Blackberry, but Research in Motion Ltd shares
rose because investors believe the maker of the popular handset
is safe.
