Thursday, June 30, 2005
ipod shuffle to get major upgrade?
according to t3 media, two ipod models will receive substantial upgrades. the ipod mini will soon incorporate an 8gb hard drive while the ipod shuffle will soon become available in 2gb and 4gb configurations. no word on pricing or timing.
sendo files for bankruptcy
slick mobile phone manufaturer, sendo, has filed for bankruptcy and motorola has agreed to but their research and development division and portfolio.
what does this mean for motorola? motorola gains access to some progressive industrial design and advanced smartphone development. add this to the announcement from earlier this week about the pending new phone OS from motorola.
what does this mean for motorola? motorola gains access to some progressive industrial design and advanced smartphone development. add this to the announcement from earlier this week about the pending new phone OS from motorola.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
passengers would rather type than talk..
an article in today's register, talks about how a recent survey of airline passengers indicated that they would prefer that airlines allow inflight sms and data access over talk services with their mobile phones.
is this a case of where the consumers may actually win? while the networks would love the "roaming revenue", consumers and other industry groups continue to lobby to change the ban on in-flight mobile services and limit it only to silent usage.
is this a case of where the consumers may actually win? while the networks would love the "roaming revenue", consumers and other industry groups continue to lobby to change the ban on in-flight mobile services and limit it only to silent usage.
Monday, June 20, 2005
cingular looks to supress plane rage..
cingular is asking the faa to maintain their ban on in-flight phone calls. it appears that cingular wants to prevent the looming threat of plane rage and encourage customers to use mobile phone data services and text messaging as a means of in-flight communication as opposed to voice calls.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
time well wasted?
looks like napster is jumping into an alliance with a mobile phone partner.
napster will join forces with sonyericsson to develop a mobile music service that will compete with apple and motorola. lets hope they have something in mind thats remotely resembles an idea:
The reinvented Napster is moving into wireless via an alliance with Ericsson. The companies are teaming to launch a Napster-branded mobile digital music service. The service will let users download music files to their handsets or other mobile devices. The companies are combining their respective strengths: the Napster brand and Ericsson's existing personalized music service. The service will be offered in monthly subscription and a la carte formats. Pricing hasn't yet been announced, but the companies expect to unveil the service first in Europe sometime within the next year. Other target markets include Asia, Latin America and North America.
napster will join forces with sonyericsson to develop a mobile music service that will compete with apple and motorola. lets hope they have something in mind thats remotely resembles an idea:
The reinvented Napster is moving into wireless via an alliance with Ericsson. The companies are teaming to launch a Napster-branded mobile digital music service. The service will let users download music files to their handsets or other mobile devices. The companies are combining their respective strengths: the Napster brand and Ericsson's existing personalized music service. The service will be offered in monthly subscription and a la carte formats. Pricing hasn't yet been announced, but the companies expect to unveil the service first in Europe sometime within the next year. Other target markets include Asia, Latin America and North America.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
nokia is stepping up
nokia introdced a few new phones yesterday at an asian conference. the new phones are wall based on a "slider" design which seems to be the new hot design trend. what's even more interesting is that one of the models sports 2 camera. one of the cameras is on the back of the phone for 2 megapixel images, while the camera on the front of the phone is a vga camera for video calls. this particular model is for wcdma/edge networks.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
see ya sms, its all about wireless im
according to in-stat and as reported by vnunet.com, the leading growth category for wireless messaging is wireless instant messaging. the sms market, facing extreme, price dropping competition will lower in revenue contribution from subscribers.
in-stat also estimates a 50% growth in mms messaging (this will obvioulsy grow with network interoperability).
in-stat also estimates a 50% growth in mms messaging (this will obvioulsy grow with network interoperability).
