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Motorola shows off a phone made from recycled bottles
This week sees the giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas, providing the year's biggest showcase of the latest and hottest gadgets. The smartphone was a major feature in 2008 as it crossed the borders into the CE world, but may take a lower profile this year amid the downturn in spending on phones. Still, expect the new Palm operating system, lots of Bl...
Tuesday, 6th January 2009 - by Peter White
Vodafone IOU offers credit for those times when you just can't top up
We hear a lot of talk about the credit crunch, but Vodafone UK is suddenly in the business of lending credit to pay as you go customers, with its new IOU scheme, introduced for those times where you have an emergency and yet you have run out of cellphone credit. Once customers have been with Vodafone for a month and have spent some money on top ups, then the UK operator will let them sign up for I... Read the full story »
Sunday, 4th January 2009 - by Peter White
New tool unlocks the iPhone, as new treats line up in App Store
The iPhone rumour mill has been working overtime throughout the holiday period, with the MacWorld show due this month even without the traditional keynote from Apple chief Steve Jobs, the blogs are full of possible new products that could be unveiled, from an iMac netbook priced under $300 to the iPhone Nano. Back in reality, the real headlines have come from the software side, and among all t... Read the full story »
Sunday, 4th January 2009 - by Peter White
Apple tipped to release budget iPhone
The coming year could see Apple's mobile phone handset the iPhone become available in a budget version, it has been predicted. Craig Berger, analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co, forecasts that a low-cost version of the mobile phone and a similarly competitively priced version of Apple's laptop the MacBook will be released in 2009. However, neither of the two are expected to feature ... Read the full story »
Friday, 2nd January 2009 - by Stephen Glass
Mobile phone ownership continues to rise
British consumers are making the most of increasingly competitive prices in the mobile phone market to snap up new handsets, research suggests. A study by Mintel revealed that the majority of adults in the UK now own a mobile phone, with only the "very young and very old" missing out, according to the Telegraph. Furthermore, mobile owners now have an average of 1.8 handsets each as Bri... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 31st December 2008 - by Bruce Carter
LG to launch 3G watch phone
Mobile phone manufacturer LG has announced that it will be releasing a 3G watch phone early next year. The firm's new model will first be shown publicly in January's CES show, according to the Korean company. Called the GD910, the phone has a 1.43-inch colour touchscreen, which could offer video conferencing capabilities through the video camera built into the watchface. The gadget will also ... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 30th December 2008 - by Stephen Glass
Sony Ericsson and HTC to part ways?
Mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson might be ending its collaboration with HTC. According to DigiTimes, the firm could be looking to continue the development of its Microsoft-based lineup with a company other than HTC. DigiTimes quoted a Chinese newspaper, which claimed that Sony Ericsson is working with Mobinnova to produce the second Xperia handset. The first Xperia mobile phone, the X... Read the full story »
Monday, 29th December 2008 - by David Roberts
Xenon flash available for iPhone
Apple iPhone users can take better photographs on their handset now that a Xenon flash option is available. One of the complaints about the iPhone is the relatively poor quality camera that is built-in to the handset. It can only take 2.1-megapixel images, which arguably struggles to compete with the photography hardware offered by handsets such as the eight-megapixel Samsung Innov8 i8510 or S... Read the full story »
Monday, 29th December 2008 - by Charles Kane
Pop star loved the phone so much he bought the company
While we all worry frantically about last minute purchases for Christmas, Elevation partners, the venture capital unit run and funded, in part, by Bono from U2 fame, has decided that it needed a mobile phone company for Christmas.
This week it injected a further $100 million (£67.75 million) in equity funding into the company which made PDAs famous and which is now trying to surf out ... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 24th December 2008 - by Peter White
Middle East embraces SMS technology
The Middle East has been identified as a place where mobile phones are being used for far more than personal communication. According to ITProPortal.com, businesses and many other organisations in the region are increasingly using text messages as a means of promoting their goods and services. This trend was said to be particularly apparent in the United Arab Emirates, especially Dubai, where SM... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 24th December 2008 - by Written by James Glynn
G2 rumoured for January 2009 release
The follow-up handset to the T-Mobile G1 might be slated for release in January 2009, it has been claimed. According to the Cell Phone Signal website, the latest gadget to implement Android technology could be on the shelves as soon as January 26th next year. Apparently one of the most significant new features on the gadget will be a VGA camera, which is intended to be used for video-calling. ... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 - by Stephen Glass
Motorola to abandon Symbian?
It has been rumoured that mobile phone manufacturer Motorola is preparing to abandon its in-house development of Symbian. According to Spanish language news site elmundo.es, Motorola's Spanish director of mobile devices Oscar Rodriguez told the press that the firm will cease almost all production in 2009. This move is to give the company time to prepare a new range of Android-based handsets re... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 - by Charles Kane
Enhanced Android and T-Mobile G2 to appear in the new year
Google's Android software platform has certainly attracted the loudest talk in the handset sector since its launch, but there is still only one actual phone available, the T-Mobile G1. The system will not really be put through its paces by developer and consumers until there is a wider choice of devices, and until the big names weigh in. Before that happens, Google knows there have to be major imp... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 - by Peter White
Firefox could be available for Symbian phones
A new version of Mobile Firefox could be available for mobile phones with a Symbian operating system (OS). The latest incarnation of Mozilla's internet browsing application is also known as Fennec and could be downloadable during 2009. Reports claim that the target date for the project completion is April, at which point the software will be usable and finalised. Christian Sejersen of Mozilla ... Read the full story »
Monday, 22nd December 2008 - by David Roberts
Samsung prepare to launch new Google phone
Samsung is preparing to launch a new smartphone based on Google's Android operating system. The product could be on the market during the first quarter of 2009, making it only the second phone released to feature Android technology. Sources have revealed that the phone will be available with both GSM/3G and CDMA options and will be sold through T-Mobile. T-Mobile is beginning to corner the Go... Read the full story »
Monday, 22nd December 2008 - by Charles Kane
Motorola unveils the i9
Mobile phone manufacturer Motorola has unveiled its new iDEN handset to the public. The i9 is housed in a clamshell chassis and is stylistically similar to the iconic Razr, which is already on the market. It features a built-in camera which offers 3.1-megapixel imaging and autofocus capabilities, as well as a flash. Some reports suggest that the latest Motorola offering will have dedicated mu... Read the full story »
Friday, 19th December 2008 - by David Roberts
RIM predicts strong BlackBerry sales
BlackBerry manufacturer RIM is predicting strong sales over the festive season. According to Reuters, the firm's revenue is expected to hit the $3.3 billion (£2.16 billion) mark by the end of 2008. The company said that its performance during the third quarter of this year was in line with expectations. RIM stated that it has experienced strong sales growth in the last few months. Cana... Read the full story »
Friday, 19th December 2008 - by Stephen Glass
Searches for PAYG mobiles up 40 per cent
The number of online searches for Pay as you Go (PAYG) mobile phones are up 40 per cent in the last two months, it has been claimed. According to a price comparison site, between October and November there was a significant rise in the number of searches for PAYG handsets, reports FairInvestment.co.uk. This prompted Fair Investment to claim that PAYG phones are top of the Christmas wish-list fo... Read the full story »
Thursday, 18th December 2008 - by David Roberts
'It is hard to pick a new phone'
The rapidly improving technologies in the mobile phone industry are making it difficult for consumers to choose a handset, it has been claimed. According to Victor Keegan of the Guardian, it is tough to select a phone because "the more you know, the less easy it is to make a choice". He noted that there are so many hi-tech units available on the market that buyers have to decide what ... Read the full story »
Thursday, 18th December 2008 - by Charles Kane
UK consumers getting the worst deal in Europe on mobile music
British consumers are getting a bad deal when it comes to mobile music, paying more to download a track than in any other European country. A study carried out for mBlox found huge inconsistencies in charging for mobile music services, and some users could end up paying as much as £9.50 or €10 for a single track, despite heavy marketing of 'low prices' in this competitive market. Also,... Read the full story »
Thursday, 18th December 2008 - by Peter White
Vodafone customers will get social networking music features
Vodafone subscribers will be able to access Last FMs social networking music features on their handsets. The radio station is introducing a new mobile application, which has "scrobbling functionality", reports 3G. Users' choice of music will be tracked in real-time and an online music profile will be created, based on their listening habits. This will enable the website to create pl... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 17th December 2008 - by David Roberts
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