Mobile Phone news achive for August 2007.

Orange unhappy with Nokia's new direction

A leaked memo has exposed a growing rift between two of the biggest companies in the mobile phone industry, Orange and Nokia.The document reveals the position held by Orange on Nokia's move into the mobile multimedia market, announced this week with the launch of its new online music store, gaming service and advanced handsets, in particular the flagship N81 device. Several industry commentators h...
Friday, 31st August 2007 - full story

Major overhaul for 3's tariffs

Mobile phone network 3 is to make major changes to its tariff rates as it tries to bolster its market share.The operator aims that by overhauling its tariffs, which will include asking the customer to pay some of the fee for the handset, it will become more competitive at the higher end of the market.After cutting its acquisition costs by 43 per cent in the last six months, 3's next marketing move...
Friday, 31st August 2007 - full story

Orange and Nokia 'argument escalates'

A row has broken out between mobile phone network Orange and handset manufacturer Nokia over the introduction of a range of new internet services.Nokia's launch of its Ovi internet portal yesterday, including the Nokia Music Store, has reportedly not gone down well with Orange, which already has its own music store from which more than 100,000 tracks are downloaded every month. A leaked memo has s...
Thursday, 30th August 2007 - full story

Nokia unveils new multimedia services

Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has revealed a series of new products designed to expand its share of the growing multimedia market.The Finnish firm has launched an online music store, a gaming servic...
Thursday, 30th August 2007 - full story

Vodafone introduces Blackberry with GPS

Mobile phone service provider Vodafone has unveiled the cutting-edge new Blackberry Curve 8310 which has a GPS system.Users of the new Blackberry will find it hard to get lost, as it incorporates the ...
Wednesday, 29th August 2007 - full story

Vodafone to offer faster mobile broadband

A range of new 3G handsets are to be introduced by Vodafone to cope with an increase in mobile broadband speeds.The handsets, all with built in High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), are being produ...
Wednesday, 29th August 2007 - full story

Samsung links up with former distributor

Mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has reappointed a major distributor of its handsets 18 months after a row between the two.Data Select, part of the Phones International group, split from Samsung afte...
Tuesday, 28th August 2007 - full story

iPhone deal "negative" for operators

The recent agreement made between Apple and Orange, T-Mobile and O2 over the sharing of iPhone revenues is threatening to "rewrite the rules" of the mobile phone industry, it has been claimed.With net...
Tuesday, 28th August 2007 - full story

Nokia and Microsoft go Live with new deal

The world's largest mobile handset manufacturer Nokia is teaming up with Microsoft to provide customers with a new range of the software giant's products.Customers in11 countries with compatible hands...
Friday, 24th August 2007 - full story

Survey reveals change in mobile search habits

The number of information searches being made on mobile phones for UK-specific information has fallen in recent months, new research has shown.According to the Q2 Mobile Local Search Index 2007 from m...
Friday, 24th August 2007 - full story

Orange clears out 150 'fraudulent' distribution businesses

Mobile phone network Orange has cut over 100 phone dealerships from its distribution channels in a crackdown on poor customer service.In a wide-ranging review of its sales operations, Orange is outlin...
Thursday, 23rd August 2007 - full story

Mobile phone use 'surpassing landlines'

A new report from communications regulator Ofcom has revealed that the continued growth of the mobile phone market is beginning to engender a decline in the use of landlines.The proportion of UK house...
Thursday, 23rd August 2007 - full story

Mobile banking 'set to explode'

The number of people using their mobile phones to check bank balances and access mini-statements is growing steadily, a technology firm has claimed.Mobile banking company Monitise has said that an "ex...
Wednesday, 22nd August 2007 - full story

Apple makes iPhone agreement in Europe

Mobile phone firms looking to be exclusive sellers of the iPhone in European countries will have to share a proportion of their revenues with Apple.Three companies - Orange of France, Germany's T-Mobi...
Wednesday, 22nd August 2007 - full story

O2 and the BBC tie-up content deal

Mobile phone network O2 has announced a content partnership with BBC Worldwide to deliver video highlights, wallpapers and ringtones from hit TV series to its handsets.The deal, which will allow conte...
Wednesday, 22nd August 2007 - full story

Turbo speed for 3

Customers on mobile phone network 3 will get access to super-fast mobile broadband next month with the launch of its 3Turbo service, it has been reported.The service will be launched on September 3rd ...
Tuesday, 21st August 2007 - full story

Experts label phone batteries 'unsafe'

Technology experts have said that the batteries used in mobile phones and laptop computers must be altered in order to guarantee the safety of consumers.Kuniaki Tatsumi, head of the National Institute...
Tuesday, 21st August 2007 - full story

Books to be published on iPhone

Apple has struck a unique deal with a major book publishing firm to allow users to access books from their iPhone.HarperCollins announced last week that it had set up a special link that will allow iP...
Monday, 20th August 2007 - full story

Advanced features 'do not interest mobile users'

Mobile phone companies are failing to interest consumers in features such as surfing the internet or watching television programmes on their mobiles, new research has revealed.According to the study b...
Monday, 20th August 2007 - full story

Mobile phones boost demand for radio

The development of technologies such as mobile phones is helping radio to expand, rather than contributing to its demise, it has been claimed.Despite the fact that people are now more likely to use th...
Friday, 17th August 2007 - full story

iPhone texting 'slow and clumsy'

Writing text messages on Apple's new iPhone takes twice as long as on a conventional mobile phone, new research has revealed. Users of the iPhone took longer to write messages as they were unfamiliar ...
Friday, 17th August 2007 - full story

Consumers getting ready for iPhone

More than ten per cent of people planning to buy a new mobile phone over the next six months will invest in Apple's new iPhone, it has been claimed.According to a recent study by trend identifier Chan...
Tuesday, 7th August 2007 - full story

Nokia posts positive results

Mobile phone company Nokia has announced sales growth of more than a quarter as a result of struggling competition.The firm recently posted sales growth of 28 per cent from €9.8 billion (£6....
Monday, 6th August 2007 - full story

Rumours of 'Googlephone' persist

While the internet may be rife with rumours of Google developing an own-brand mobile phone, the search engine company has refused to confirm its exact intentions regarding the mobile market.Despite ma...
Friday, 3rd August 2007 - full story

Mobile phone firms 'complying with roaming regulations'

Most mobile phone operators are complying with the recently implemented regulations under which roaming charges were cut by up to 70 per cent in the European Union, it has been claimed.According to th...
Friday, 3rd August 2007 - full story

New iPhone features revealed

Travelling iPhone users have received a boost with the announcement that they are to receive free wireless broadband access in airports.Apple will offer the service throughout August in collaboration ...
Thursday, 2nd August 2007 - full story

Vodafone aids flood victims

Mobile phone firm Vodafone has pledged its support for those affected by the recent flooding with a £100,000 donation to the Red Cross.The charity's National Floods Appeal has now raised £1 ...
Thursday, 2nd August 2007 - full story

New mobile advertising system proposed

Many mobile phone adverts fail to attract business because consumers do not remember the details contained within them, new research has found.Over 50 per cent of respondents to the survey by 2ergo, i...
Wednesday, 1st August 2007 - full story