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iPhone secure enough for Japanese enterprise (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Makes you wonder what they know
While the iPhone might be not secure enough for American and European enterprises, BrearingPoint has decided to equip 1,000 of its Japanese employees with Apple's uberphone.?
Verizon to charge for message termination (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Feed the masses, threepence a time
As Europe braces itself for mobile telephony without termination rates, Verizon is to start charging companies for delivering messages to its customers, while continuing to charge those customers for receiving them.?
BlackBerry Bold drops off Orange website (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Video software problems to blame?
Software issues affecting the BlackBerry Bold appear to have spurred Orange to suspend all UK sales of the 3G handset.?
No takers for Huawei handset division (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Not even if we throw in this nice toaster?
Chinese telecommunications-kit giant Huawei has failed to find a buyer for its handset division, with the state of world markets being blamed for all but two bidders pulling out.?
Web palmtop offers life-time no-limits mobile surfing for £60 (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
No 'fair use' policy either
Datawind has upgraded its PocketSurfer web browsing palmtop with a new airtime package that offers unlimited internet access for life, all for a mere £60.?
Swedish kingpin backs new mobe technology in US (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Rollout to start in Florida next month
XG Technology has secured a significant infrastructure order from secretive Swedish billionaire Johan Bohman, enough to enable the company to subsidise the first rollout of its so far untested network architecture in Florida, scheduled for next month.?
BlackBerry Storm finally blows in (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Official
RIM, together with Vodafone, has finally taken the wraps off the worst kept secret in handset history: the BlackBerry Storm.?
Spectrum Bridge solves the white space problem (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Parcel it up and sell it cheap
Last month saw the launch of SpecEx, allowing companies to sell on spectrum licences - but SpecEx backers Spectrum Bridge want to see us all competing for a few MHz in the brave new world of secondary markets.?
UK stockings bereft of Nokia Tube (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Next year? Bah
Nokia's first push into touch-control, the 5800 XpressMusic, won't be available in major markets until next year, including both the USA and UK.?
iPhone squares up to Android (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Have at you with your Google Street View
Apple is aiming to get off the back foot when it comes to phone features with the forthcoming release of iPhone firmware - hopefully before the Googlephone gets into circulation.?
EU battery rule may zap iPhone, blow away MacBook Air (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Replace this
The EU is readying a new set of directives that could spell trouble for Apple's iPhone and any other gadget that lacks an easily removable power pack.?
Videos cast light on BlackBerry Storm (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Launch date still unknown
The BlackBerry Storm handset is as good as confirmed now, following the airing of a Storm advert on US TV and the leak online of a promotional Storm video.?
A Phone That’s Not Afraid to Mess with Water (textually.org)
Spotted on Yanko Design, a Nokia concept phone by designer Rune Larsen:
"Among the grievous wrongs done by touchscreen technology, the worst is its disregard for tactile feedback. Without the pleasant sensation of a button being pressed, we are woefully incapable of using any gadget without complete visual attention.
This Nokia concept tries to right this wrong by using a small pump to fill a substrate beneath the screen that gives our fingers something to feel and press. Maybe now I can finally type out these posts while driving to work without having to put my coffee in the cup holder."
BlackBerry Storm revealed in slides (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
RIM still keeping mum
Lots of rumours have already surfaced about RIM?s first touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm. But now the most solid evidence has come to light suggesting arrival soon, thanks to a leaked presentation.?
Nokia's Communicator to make a comeback? (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Business talker updated with touchscreen and swivel
Nokia may be preparing the successor to its E90 Communicator, if a pair of images that the phone giant used in a recent presentation about its S60 user interface are taken at face value.?
Finally launched: Nokia's iPhone beater (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Tube debuts at last
Nokia has finally launched one of the world's worst kept secrets: its would-be iPhone killer, the Tube.?
HP preps secret iPhone rival (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Everyone loves a parade
California train smash driver sent text seconds before disaster (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Investigators get to work on sequence of events
The driver of a Los Angeles commuter train that crashed into an oncoming freight locomotive last month, killing 25, was texting seconds before the impact, investigators confirmed today.?
T-Mobile launches 3G broadband sharing station (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Pretty little dock for multi-user wireless web
T-Mobile is on a mission to get all laptop users familiar with 3G, and so has unveiled a docking station for its 3G mobile broadband dongle.?
Nokia chief: Mobile superiority coming to America (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Software is king
North America is tough neighborhood for Nokia. While the Finland-based cell phone giant is reputed to control over 40 per cent of the mobile market globally, its brand is stamped on a mere 10 per cent of America's sets.?
Handango cashes in on Android (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Making moolah out of mobile development
Selling mobile applications can be profitable, but the Android Marketplace is only dealing in freebies at launch - so Handango is offering a more familiar route to market that could be essential for the future of Google's platform.?
BBC jumps gun on Ofcom rethink (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Obliquely reports Australian 3G successes
The battle for the digital dividend is far from over, with Viviane Reding firing another salvo in Dublin yesterday, but the BBC yesterday decided to unilaterally declare Ofcom is rethinking the auction in response to received comments.?
invisibleSHIELD: Protecting your iPhone (textually.org)
Yanko Design reviews Zagg's clear, glass-like film called invisibleSHIELD for the iPhone 3G, because even the tiniest scratch somehow totally ruins Apple’s minimal aesthetic.
" ... Once the installation was finished, I was pleasantly surprised. My iPhone didn’t look like it had anything on it, not unless I looked really close but then again I don’t go around with my vision permanently fixed on macro. The film is totally clear, like glass. It’s also somewhat resistant to fingerprints but the best part is it seems immune to scratches."
Vodafone compo confirms BlackBerry Storm incoming (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
'There's a storm coming.' 'I know.'
BlackBerry manufacturer RIM hasn?t confirmed the over-hyped Storm handset?s existence yet. But it's been confirmed which UK network the phone will land on, whenever it finally decides to remove the gag.?
China wins, Symbian loses in Sony Ericsson reorg (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
The UI moves East
Sony Ericsson announced a company reorganisation yesterday, intended to rationalise its R&D investment. The 2,000 job losses had been announced after another brutal quarter back in July, so yesterday's announcement tells us where these will fall.?
Vendors launch sticker chart to boost 3G take-up (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
GSMA launches pre-emptive strike
The GSM Association, trade body to the network operators, has teamed up with 16 companies to launch a new logo which can be affixed to any kit offering 3G connectivity.?
Lotus flowers with Apple app (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
But IBM won't go native
IBM has released a web application providing easy access to Lotus Notes, and claims it's working with Apple on a native application to properly integrate the service.?
World's longest ringtone lasts over an hour (textually.org)
Dwango, a Japanese firm, aims for a Guinness big book of records with the world's longest ringtone, lasting 61 minutes and 40 seconds.
[via TechRadar]
3 threatens, T-Mobile shoots on late payments (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Tough talk on tardy mobile bill payers
Customers of UK operator 3 have started receiving text messages recommending they pay bills on time to avoid a late-payment fee - though the company tells us it has never charged anyone for failing to pay on time.?
Ballmer: MS not getting into handset biz (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
So much for the Zune phone...
Windows Mobile seems to be as far as Microsoft?s willing to delve into mobile phones. The firm?s CEO, Steve Ballmer, has denied it?s planning to start making handsets.?
Apple scraps iPhone NDA (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Jobsian reality check
Apple is scrapping its controversial and unpopular "fucking" iPhone non-disclosure agreement (NDA).?
Adobe preps Jesus Phone Flash Player (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Awaits Jobsian blessing
Adobe Systems could soon join the ranks of frustrated tech companies building versions of their software for Apple's Jesus Phone.?
Nokia gives corporate email the push (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
BlackBerry bitchslap
Nokia is to give up on corporate email and pushed applications, leaving all that to third-party companies while it concentrates on selling push email to ordinary punters.?
Lightbulbs Could Replace Wi-Fi Hotpsots (textually.org)
Boston University's College of Engineering is launching a program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio waves.
Researchers expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes, or LEDs, to create "Smart Lighting" that would be faster and more secure than current network technology.
"Imagine if your computer, iPhone, TV, radio and thermostat could all communicate with you when you walked in a room just by flipping the wall light switch and without the usual cluster of wires," said BU Engineering Professor Thomas Little.
This initiative aims to develop an optical communication technology that would make an LED light the equivalent of a Wi-Fi access point.
[via Cellular News]
H-P Plans to Unveil Smart Phone (textually.org)
Hewlett-Packard Co., aiming to grow its device business beyond corporate users, is preparing to release a new smart phone that will also be marketed to consumers, reports the The Wall Street Journal. The new phone will likely be released in Europe within the next two months and will be sold and sold through a mobile carrier's retail stores.
Iridium flares for another $500m (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
You can make money from satellite phones!
Iridium, the satellite-phone operation that went bankrupt back in 1999 and has been quietly turning a profit since 2005, is to be merged with an investment bank affiliate in a deal that gives the company $500m in cash to play with.?
Android and Windows Mobile 'complementary', claims HTC (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
'But we'll still make more Windows Mobile phones.'
T-Mobile G1 manufacturer HTC plans to develop more handsets based on Android. It maintain this will not affect its Windows Mobile business - the Google platform and Microsoft's are ?complementary?, it claimed.?
RAZR Still The Top Selling Cellphone In The U.S (textually.org)
Even though it has lost its sense of cool, Motorola’s RAZR is still the best-selling cellphone in the U.S. more than four years after it first hit the scene, Electronista reports via mocoNews.net.
"The latest NPD Group data puts the device above the second-place iPhone 3G, followed by the BlackBerry Curve, LG Chocolate and BlackBerry Pearl.
The clamshell device is almost universally available for free on a contract with carriers throughout the country, and yet because the device’s value has shrunk so low on the market, Motorola reaps very few benefits from sales. "
US Congress debates cellphone cancer risk (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Nothing better to do, apparently
The House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy has been hearing from cancer researchers - and the wife of a cancer-sufferer - about the dangers of uncontrolled mobile phone use and how more research is needed.?
Indian Terrorists Attack More Mobile Phone Towers (textually.org)
Attacks on mobile phone towers in India's Bihar state has stepped up, with over half a dozen of them being blown up in the past one week, police said, reports Cellular News.
Towers have become a soft target for Maoists terrorists, who have increased their attacks after several terrorist leaders were tracked by their mobile phones and arrested.
Apple reduces iPhone output, will sell more, analyst claims (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Enough to grab world's number three smartphone seller spot?
Apple will make 14-15m iPhones during Q3 and Q4, down from 18m, it has been claimed.?
Nokia ad campaign: "My Phone Knows Everything About Me" (textually.org)
TrendHunter writes about Nokia’s new promotion involving a game/story event that plays upon our propensity to harbor potentially sensitive information on our cell phones.
"How often have you gotten in trouble for pictures, videos, phone calls or text messages that have been sent or received on your phone?
The Nokia promotion features several characters like Anna and Jade, who all seem to have Facebook pages. Each character’s phone is ‘found’ or unlocked on the website at a predetermined time, and readers can snoop into the characters’ lives via their cell phones."
What does your phone say about you? Check out My Phone Knows Everything About Me
Wi-Fi brings down the cost of mobile calls (textually.org)
The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on cellphones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans. The IHT reports.
"Nokia is one of the biggest makers of cellphones that include chips for using Wi-Fi, the short-range wireless technology. Some high-profile devices are equipped with the technology, including Apple's iPhone and some BlackBerry models from Research In Motion. The soon-to-be-released G1 Google phone from HTC and T-Mobile also sports a Wi-Fi chip."
More BlackBerry Storm pictures leaked (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Official shots of RIM's first touchscreen BlackBerry?
Pictures of the first touchscreen BlackBerry have been leaked online, further ramping up speculation that RIM is poised to confirm the phone?s creation.?
High-tech bank robbers phone it in (textually.org)
According to News.com, an ordinary bank robber can now steal hundreds of account numbers from ATMs without so much as lifting a finger.
Through a method called skimming, a digital copy of your debit card is made at a compromised ATM, and then the data is sent over SMS to awaiting criminals.
Read full article.
Text Sarah Palin via digital billboard (textually.org)
The CA Democractic Party rented a digital billboard across from the Sarah Palin rally at LA’s Home Depot Center, where users can text questions to be displayed on the board. [via Online Video Watch]
To submit a question for our electronic billboard, text the keyword ASK then the question to the number 69866
For example, send to 69866: ASK You said you’d run a respectful campaign on the issues, what happened?
Keep your questions under 160 characters including spaces and remember to keep them family friendly since we’re showing them in public.
EU spectrum vote leaves digi dividend with Ofcom (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
No mandated allocations - yet
MEPs voted through a raft of amendments to the telecoms industry Framework Review this week, watering down spectrum reform proposals and providing more than enough leeway for Ofcom's digital dividend sell-off.?
Apple NDA kills Jesus Phone gospels (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Black market inflation
Apple's clampdown over access to information on the iPhone's Software Development Kit (SDK) has plumbed new depths, forcing a book publisher to withdraw a programmers guide scheduled for December 2008.?
T-Mobile joins 3 UK in prepaid mobile broadband race (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Mobile data sector moves to new revenue streams
T-Mobile UK has announced a range of prepaid mobile broadband options that come with a USB dongle for a laptop, taking on the wildly successful similar offering from 3. This move also shows how the mobile data sector is changing quickly to support new revenue streams and new breeds of users for the hard pressed cellcos.?
Sony Ericsson eyes up Android (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Google-friendly Walkman en route?
Sony Ericsson has revealed that it's got its eyes on Google's Android platform, which now only powers T-Mobile?s G1 handset.?
Ryanair dial into mid-air mobile calls (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Flight firm to launch in-plane mobile calls
Ryanair is just weeks away from letting its passengers make in-flight calls using mobile phones.?
HTC Touch Pro smartphone (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
HTC's best handset yet?
Review HTC brought out its iPod-bothering Touch Diamond back in May, but four months can sometimes seem like a lifetime in mobile phone terms.?
Sony Ericsson presses play on Play Now music services (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
We have a music store too you know... two of them
Sony Ericsson has updated its music, and content, offering with a piecemeal service direct from the manufacturer, and a subscription service that will only be available via network operators.?
Finns develop mobe sleep-cycle alarm app (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
'Arousal Clock?' wakes you up when ready to go-go
Finnish academics have developed a mobile phone app which monitors sleep patterns and delivers a morning alarm when the user is naturally ready to wake up.?
Apple bans App Store heartbreak chatter (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
'If we censor you, no one must know'
Apparently, Steve Jobs has taken his App Store despotism to new heights.?
Google: The Satan Phone cometh (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
T-Mobile G1 is go
Nokia creates Indoor Positioning (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
GPS' alter ego?
GPS is fine if you just need directions from your office to a restaurant, but it?s not much help for finding your way around a building. So Nokia has developed a form of indoor GPS.?
Analysts cut 2009 mobile phone growth estimates (textually.org)
The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts, reports Reuters.
"... UBS analyst Maynard Um halved his forecast for 2009 global handset growth to 3 percent from 6 percent, pointing to particular weakness in Europe and North America."
LAVENDER DESIGN Phone & fragrance dispenser concept (textually.org)
The LAVENDER DESIGN phone conept by Andrew Seunghyun Kim has a built-in perfume dispenser of you guessed it, lavender.
If that were not enticing enough, the LAVENDER DESIGN also features a built-in “LAVENDER LIGHT” that coats your phone in a bath of bacteria killing UV lights while charging.
[via Yanko Design]
Fatwa: No pictures of the bride by SMS (textually.org)
Cheikh Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Obikan, a member of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council and advisor to the Ministry of Justice, has issued a fatwa forbidding a fiancé to look at pictures of his fiancée uploaded online by SMS, for fear that others could see her before their marriage.
[via Point de Bascule. Image Shariah Finance Watch]
Googlephone unworthy of Satan tag (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
Where's the temptation?
Comment If this is The Satan Phone, then Beelzebub has lost his mojo.?
EU directive could change iPhone battery design (textually.org)
The European Union is considering a requirement that all cell phone batteries be easily replaceable, which might cause a problem for Apple's iPhone.
... The "New Batteries Directive" would require manufacturers to make sure their batteries can be easily replaced, either by sliding off the cover or removing a couple of screws.
[via News.com]
Google spills Satan Phone dev kit (The Register - Networks: Mobile)
(Belated) coder love
As it tells the world that unnamed developers will fill the gaping holes in its inaugural Android phone, Google has released version 1.0 of the Android SDK.?