Archive for December, 2006

HARDWARE - is that convergence in your pocket?

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Who would have thought that 2006 would see a 10 mega pixel camera phone? The Samsung SCH-B600 is just that. Nokia and Samsung also introduced 8GB music phones. Nokia's N-series pushed the boundaries with its TV-enabled N92 and N93 mobile camcorder. While Symbian shipped 100 million units of devices shipped with their OS operating system. […]

BROADCAST TV - a pie best eaten hot

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

You would think that the ease with which you can receive DVB-TV on a laptop via USB stick would translate to mobiles. It seems not to be the case as service providers squabble over the potential for revenue streams. 3 Italia rolled out its DVB-H service in time for the world cup and is estimating […]

THE FACT OF THE MATTER

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

According to research from Juniper the ringtone market is expected to see a 22 per cent rise in tone sales over the next 3 years, delivering a market worth $6.6 billion by 2009. It is expected that developing markets including Latin America will push the market forward while the North American market is also expected […]

MAKE MY MEDIA

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

It's estimated that the market for mobile communities and user generated content will be worth US$13.1 billion by 2011 with photo and chat based services being the top revenue generators, Informa Telecoms & Media reports. 

GET YOURSELF CONNECTED

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

By 2010 there will be 2.6 Billion mobile phone subscribers by the end of the year and 4 billion by 2010. 

WHAT A BUZZ

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Volantis is launching a new technology called BuzzCast, which pushes headlines to subscribers. It is suggested that the service will help operators to increase the usage of data services among their subscriber base. BuzzCast pushes headline information to users based custom preferences. Users can then click through for full content and stories. 

VERIZON MAKES IT FLASH

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

You can now get Flash Lite games from Verizon Wireless over the get it Now content service. The first games to be launched are SkyZone, Jungle Jim and Extreme Hangman. 

GET SMART

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Telcogames has launched Mobile IQ trainer for mobile. Comprising of mini games and logical puzzles the idea is that the player raised their IQ. 
 

GET SMART

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Telcogames has launched Mobile IQ trainer for mobile. Comprising of mini games and logical puzzles the idea is that the player raised their IQ. 
 

Scalado sees the future in Symbian

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Scalado claims their new Symbian based imaging software can match the performance of IPOD picture viewing. The new With Scalado CAPS users can capture, edit, browse and manipulate images on any Symbian enabled device.