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Nokia's music store to go live
The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer is to take on Apple tomorrow (November 1st) when it launches its own music player. Nokia's Music Store is to stock millions of tracks from artists worldwide, including many independent labels, in an attempt to rival the popularity of Apple's iTunes and other online music stores. The launch goes hand-in-hand with Nokia's new handsets - the N81 and N95 8GB - which are also set to hit shops tomorrow. T...
Wednesday, 31st October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Recycled handset market 'growing steadily'
New research has highlighted the increasing importance of recycled and refurbished phones in the global mobile market. A new report from market analyst ABI Research states that more than 60 per cent of all handsets sold during 2007 will be replacements, with recycled phones accounting for up to $3.5 billion (£1.7 billion) in sales over the course of the year. The study also predicts that th... Read the full story »
Friday, 26th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Samsung launches 'photographer's phone'
One of the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturers has launched the first ever five megapixel camera phone. The Samsung G800's camera comes complete with a three-times optical zoom, wide dynamic range and face detection applications. Aiming the mobile phone at photographers on the move, the G800 also comes with high-speed HSDPA broadband, professional video editing software and a mobile blogg... Read the full story »
Friday, 26th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
New Nokia splits network operators
The world's largest mobile phone network will launch its new hi-tech handset next week but without the support of three of the UK's main networks. Nokia's new N81 offers users access to the newly-created Nokia Music Stores and will be available on Vodafone and O2 when it hits UK shops on November 2nd. However, the device will not be available on Orange, 3 or T-Mobile as the music software clashe... Read the full story »
Thursday, 25th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Porsche luxury comes to mobile market
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has added to the burgeoning market for high-end mobile phones by revealing its own new handset. Available next month, the P'9521 will be distributed by Carphone Warehouse and is likely to appeal to both motor enthusiasts and owners of luxury designer goods, Register Hardware reports. While no details of contracts or retail value have yet been released, the ... Read the full story »
Thursday, 25th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Orange to launch mobile football ticket system
Network provider Orange has unveiled a new mobile ticketing service in collaboration with Manchester City Football Club. The system is due to be phased in early next year, allowing fans to pass through turnstiles at the Premier League outfit's stadium by swiping the display on their handset, thereby doing away with the need for cash, bank cards or paper tickets. Contactless technology of this ty... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 24th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
O2 and Motorola team up for mobile email service
Mobile phone network O2 has joined forces with handset manufacturer Motorola to create a secure and personalised email system than can be accessed via mobile phones. To be called Good Mobile Solutions, the service will offer customers a fully integrated mobile news feeder as well as the ability to customise priority emails with personalised notes, Mobile Today reports. The service is set to be l... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 24th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Skype phone with 3 still up in the air
Rumours of a link-up between network provider 3 and internet telephony company Skype are still rife on the internet after the former refused to confirm or deny reports of a new handset. Claims that 3 is working in collaboration with Skype to launch its first branded phone first surfaced several weeks ago, with many sources reporting that a formal announcement of the partnership would be made this... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia reveals the future for mobiles
The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer has unveiled its predictions for the future of the mobile phone. According to Nokia, the future for the industry will concentrate on the convergence of the mobile phone and the internet with virtual worlds, such as Second Life, being fully accessible from handsets. Internet technologies will drive the innovation of the mobile phone, while future ener... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Apple iPhone 'could be poisonous'
The forthcoming UK launch of the iPhone could be threatened by new suggestions that the device contains toxic chemicals, it has emerged. In a move which is bound to alarm Apple employees and consumers who had considered purchasing the product this Christmas, Greenpeace has announced that an independent laboratory test discovered a mixture of toxic substances in the iPhone. After disassembling th... Read the full story »
Monday, 22nd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia N81 en route to shops
The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer has started shipping its new multimedia handset in time for the Christmas rush. Nokia's new N81 handset, and its bigger brother - the N81 8GB - are both en route to shops in time for the busy festive period. Designed to take on Apple's iPhone, the N81 offers access to the Nokia Music Store on its integrated music player. The N81 uses high-speed mobil... Read the full story »
Monday, 22nd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Google bosses duck phone questions
Top figures at Google have added to the mystique surrounding their much-anticipated mobile device by refusing to discuss rumours about the project. Making the firm's quarterly earnings announcement yesterday, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin declined to comment on suggestions that the internet giant is preparing to launch its 'GPhone' handset, PCAdvisor.co.uk reports. The expectatio... Read the full story »
Friday, 19th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobiles 'as important as money'
New research has suggested that mobile phones are almost as important as cash to the UK's younger generation. The survey, conducted by YouGov and commissioned by ATM-provider LINK, found that cash was named as the most essential possession by 30 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds, with phones the second most popular belonging with 23 per cent. Emphasising the growing dependency of young people on th... Read the full story »
Friday, 19th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobile video subscriptions 'top 1m on 3'
Mobile phone network 3 has announced that more than one million people have signed up to the company's free-to-access mobile video service. In just six months, nearly a quarter of 3's mobile phone customers have signed up for the service, which offers a mix of news, showbiz and comedy clips. The scheme was rolled out earlier this year in a joint partnership with some of the world's major brand n... Read the full story »
Friday, 19th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobiles 'could be used on all planes'
The full use of mobile phones on UK aircraft moved one step closer today after new proposals were released by Ofcom. In response to what is thought to be growing consumer demand for airline-permitted mobile use, the industry body has suggested a system of in-flight calling which must now be approved by the aviation authorities. Ofcom said that take-up of the system, which involves an on-board ba... Read the full story »
Thursday, 18th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Apple to open iPhone software
The boss of Apple has said it will open up its iPhone handset to allow other software producers to enhance the mobile phone. Steve Jobs has welcomed third-party development of the iPhone for the first time, after a number of software companies claimed their technology could enhance the iPhone, the BBC reports. Apple has constantly been the victim of hackers since the launch of the iPhone in the ... Read the full story »
Thursday, 18th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
'Bone conduction' mobile launched in Japan
A new mobile handset which works on the principle of bone conduction is the latest technologically advanced product to hit the Japanese market. Developed by one of the country's largest mobile operators KDDI in collaboration with Korean firm Pantech, the A1407PT boasts an earpiece which contains a bone conduction loudspeaker, Tech.co.uk reports. This function allows sound waves from a caller's v... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 17th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia plays it simple with new handset
The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer has unveiled a new easy-to-use handset aimed at reliably connecting friends and family. Nokia's new 2135 mobile phone has been launched to cater for the affordability end of the market, staying away from the hi-tech devices recently seen on the market. The 2135 offers a 400-space phonebook, a calendar and a battery with an 11-day standby duration. Th... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 17th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Motorola releases new handsets
Mobile phone firm Motorola has launched a bid to dominate the Christmas market by unveiling nine new products for the fourth quarter of 2007. The majority of the devices are new editions of handsets in the firm's low-end W series, in addition to a luxury version of the popular RAZR model and a new music phone, the Moto U9, Cellular-News.com reports. According to Motorola, many of the new phones ... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 16th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Samsung E250 hits 10m sales mark
A low-priced mobile phone handset by Samsung has become the fastest Korean-made mobile phone to sell ten million models worldwide, according to reports. The Samsung E250 has reached the milestone mark less than a year after being launched on the market, making it one of Samsung's all-time best sellers, Chosun.com reports. During the first half of 2007, 7.9 million units of the E250 were sold wor... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 16th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia prepares to bite Apple with new N95
The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer has started shipping out its newest handset in time for an anticipated rivalry with Apple's iPhone. Nokia's new N95 model has eight GB of memory, bigger than the original N95 which was launched earlier this year. As a result, the increase in memory, along with functions such as super-fast HSDPA mobile broadband and a five megapixel camera, see the N9... Read the full story »
Monday, 15th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Japanese mobile manufacturers 'set for buy-out deal'
A leading global mobile phone manufacturer is set to be bought out after its owners decided to sell the loss-making operation. Sanyo Electric has decided to sell off its mobile phone business to Kyoto-based electronics firm Kyocera in a deal which will create the world's seventh biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Reuters reports. Although no deal has been officially announced, sources at the new... Read the full story »
Monday, 15th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobiles to be used for airport check-ins
Air passengers will soon be able to use their mobile phones to check in for flights, after a landmark agreement was made in the industry. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that digital barcodes, which can be swiped from the screen of a mobile phone by customers at the check-in desk, will replace paper documents in airports around the world. Airlines accounting for ... Read the full story »
Friday, 12th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Low-cost handsets help Sony Ericsson growth soar
The sales of low and mid-tier mobile phone handsets has helped manufacturer Sony Ericsson see a volume growth of 31 per cent year-on-year over the last three months. In the company's third quarter results, Sony Ericsson sold 25.9 million mobile phones during the three months to September, earning a pre-tax profit of €384 million (£268 million). Alongside the strong trading results, Son... Read the full story »
Friday, 12th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Internet calls 'to go mobile on 3'
Mobile phone network 3 is reported to have linked up with a major internet telephony company to manufacture a new handset. Software company Skype, which is the most popular voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service provider in the world, is believed to have teamed up with the mobile phone operator, Mobile Today reports. The new handset will enable 3 customers to gain access to free internet te... Read the full story »
Thursday, 11th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Young Brits 'addicted to mobiles'
Britons are finding it increasingly hard to function without their mobile phones and young people are particularly dependent on the devices, a new study has found. According to the latest Mobile Life report from the London School of Economics in collaboration with Carphone Warehouse, a quarter of UK people under the age of 25 stated that they were "addicted" to their mobile. Researcher... Read the full story »
Thursday, 11th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Rumours of 'GPhone' cause confusion
The eagerly anticipated new 'GPhone' from Google may not actually be a phone at all, new reports have suggested. Industry experts now believe that the closely guarded project which the search engine company has been working on recently concerns a mobile operating system rather than an actual handset, the Register reports. According to the website, Google is developing an operating platform to co... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 10th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Samsung goes musical
Mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has launched three new handsets as it looks to take on the mobile music market. A refreshed line up includes the SGH-i450, SGH-F330 and SGH-F210, all of which have more emphasis on music than many of its rivals. The two-way sliding top-of-the-range Samsung i450 is aimed at those interested in the new Nokia N95. It includes a speaker developed by high-profile des... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 10th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Google phone dismissed as 'unnecessary'
The chief executive of Vodafone has attempted to diffuse the excitement surrounding a new mobile handset from Google by questioning the purpose of such a product. With internet communities around the world now keenly anticipating the 'GPhone', Arun Sarin claimed that the need for the device was unclear and that the market is already competitive enough without an additional product, the Time repor... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 9th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Networks Flext their muscles in marketing blitz
Mobile phone operators throughout the market are bracing themselves for an advertising blitz in an attempt to gain customers from T-Mobile's Flext tariff. T-Mobile tied its customers to the network on 18-month contracts and now, according to Mobile Today, many are looking around the market as their Flext contracts come to an end. Flext has been hailed as T-Mobile's most successful tariff by indu... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 9th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Retailers start mobile price war
Mobile phone retailers are set to intensify their sales pitches in the pre-pay market in the run up to Christmas after one started selling handsets for less than £10. In a bid to capture early season sales, Woolworths has started selling the pay-as-you-go Orange Alcatel OT-E201 handset for £8, as well as offering ten other models including Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets for less than ... Read the full story »
Monday, 8th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
New roaming tariff 'has cut bills by 60%'
The recent introduction of new roaming regulations for mobile phone use on the continent has been hailed as a success by the European commission (EC). A study by the European Regulators Group in collaboration with the EC reported that, since the price restrictions were brought in this summer, mobile customers are paying 60 per cent less on average when using their phones abroad. The 'Eurotariff'... Read the full story »
Monday, 8th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobile phones hit by 'spamdemic'
Senders of unsolicited messages - or spammers - are now frequently targeting mobile phones as well as computers, new research has revealed. A report from uSwitch.com has claimed that the UK is in the grip of a 'spamdemic', with the country's mobile handsets now receiving over one million unwanted messages each day, in addition to the 82 million spam emails sent to home computers on a daily basis.... Read the full story »
Friday, 5th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Half of world's mobiles made in China
Chinese manufacturers now account for the production of over 50 per cent of the world's mobile phones, a new report has claimed. According to research firm Market Intelligence Centre (MIC), shipments of mobiles from China have risen by 23.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2007 and now exceed 132 million units. The Taiwan-based analyst has predicted that this figure will increase to 166 million... Read the full story »
Friday, 5th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Price cuts 'to lead to better competition'
Mobile phone network 3 has vowed it will cut prices in order to make the market more competitive, according to reports. The network's chief executive said earlier this week that the tariffs and cost of calls within the UK make the market "not as competitive" as the market thinks, Mobile Today reports. All of the tariffs launched in 3's new Mix&Match range offer at least 300 free 3-... Read the full story »
Friday, 5th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
O2 offers free international calls
Mobile phone network O2 has launched a new sim card which allows its customers to earn free international call minutes. The Your Country Pay & Go tariff offers international call minutes linked to the amount the customer tops up their credit each month. Costing £4.99, the sim offers a range of deals on international calls. If the customer tops up between £10 and £14 each month... Read the full story »
Thursday, 4th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
O2 and Apple plan major iPhone ad campaign
As the countdown to the UK launch of the iPhone continues, its manufacturer and network carrier are thought to be putting the finishing touches to a major advertising campaign for the device. O2 and Apple will begin the campaign two weeks prior to the iPhone's release - scheduled for November 9th - with O2 chief executive Matthew Key stating that the advertising push will be the firm's "most... Read the full story »
Thursday, 4th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Vodafone 'to offer free unlimited downloads'
Mobile phone network Vodafone is to step up its attack on the music download market this Christmas by offering unlimited free music, according to reports. In a bid to rival Apple's iPhone, which has linked up with rival network O2, Vodafone has launched its new MusicStation service with a provisional £1.99 per week deal, Mobile Today reports. However, that deal is likely to be slashed in th... Read the full story »
Thursday, 4th October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia maps out future plans
The world's biggest mobile phone handset manufacturer Nokia has moved to increase its dominance of the mobile GPS market by placing a bid for digital map company NAVTEQ. A price of around $8.1 billion (£4 billion) has been agreed between the two companies, which will enhance Nokia's position in the mapping market, following the acquision of mapping and navigation software firm Gate 5 last ye... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Budget mobile to be launched by 3?
Rumours are rife that 3 is to collaborate with Skype to devise a service that features free mobile calls over the internet. The service would theoretically allow users to login with their Skype username and then make free calls, as well as send text messages. It has been reported that 3 is working with an as-yet-unknown mobile phone manufacturer to come up with a device that will be capable of c... Read the full story »
Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Customers 'owed ?12m' after dealership collapse
Collapsed mobile phone dealer Dialamobile is said to owe customers as much as £12 million in cashback promises, reports claim. Last month, the mobile dealer called in the administrators following the closure of the firm's offices in Birmingham, which made 80 people redundant. Between 60,000 and 80,000 customers are said to still be owed money by Dialamobile, after they bought into long-term... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Lower EU roaming charges come into effect
Making a mobile phone call in the EU is now cheaper, thanks to new price caps coming into force. Companies must now automatically switch all customers to a plan that can charge a maximum of 34 pence per minute to make calls. And receiving calls is not allowed to cost a customer more than 17 pence a minute, according to the new regulations. EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said: "We ... Read the full story »
Tuesday, 2nd October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobile phone memory 'can be doubled'
New technology developed by computer scientists in the US is set to increase the memory space available on mobile handsets, it has emerged. The result of a partnership between Northwestern University and NEC Laboratories America, the new system works by compressing data and could effectively double the amount of information that users can save on their phones, vnunet.com reports. A new handset f... Read the full story »
Monday, 1st October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Mobile network to let customers MixMatch
Mobile phone network 3 has launched its new Mix&Match tariff which it claims will give customers and dealers "ultimate flexibility", according to reports. Under the terms of the new price plan, customers will be able to choose from a wider range of tariffs, ranging from £15 to £39 per month, with further costs related to which handset the customer chooses, Mobile Today rep... Read the full story »
Monday, 1st October 2007 - by Editorial Team
Nokia sets up 'biggest acquisition yet'
Handset manufacturer Nokia has again signalled its intention to establish increased dominance in the global phone market by entering into takeover talks with Navteq. Nokia is looking to acquire the US-based navigation software group in a deal thought to be worth $7.6 billion (£3.7 billion) - the fourth time in the past year that the Finnish firm has bought a mobile business, the Times report... Read the full story »
Monday, 1st October 2007 - by Editorial Team
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