Smartphones drive explosion in mobile internet use

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report on the state of Australian communications sector for the last year. The ACMA is the broadcasting and telecoms regulator for Australia - and it has found that high-tech mobile devices have driven a massive surge of mobile data usage in the country.

Top 10 hot must have new phones

Wirefly has announced its Top 10 Most-Anticipated Cell Phone Launches list.

Here it is.

Wirefly’s Top 10 Most-Anticipated Cell Phones*

Nifty location device phone for Alzheimers disease

OK its not a mobile phone but this is a cool gadget for Alzheimer’s disease (which my granny died from). EmFinders by EmSeeQ.

Top Brands 2009: iPhone is the coolest brand in Britain

The recent results from Cool Brands 2009 sees the Aston Martin knocked off its perch by the Apple iPhone.

Is Nokia engulfed in its own vapour hype and out of touch with the core market?

New devices are vital for mobile technology. The operating system is part of the mobile device – but only part. The demands of new technology and new mobile devices must be accompanied with due diligence, sex-appeal and innovation.

Gadget freaks defy the recession and queue to get their hands on the Orange Watch Phone

Everyone talks about tribes of youth. So far, apart from Yobs or Hooligans I failed to spot any underlying similar characteristics. But my judgment has changed following images of proud, triumphant nerds, geeks and all over techno-freaks waiting in line to be the first to purchase the Orange Watch phone.

Chinese mobile operator round-up: 3G moves from Mobile, Telecom and Unicom

All of the major Chinese mobile operators have had news regarding their 3G services this morning and over the weekend. Mostly China Mobile, it must be said, but China Telecom and China Unicom are making moves as well.

KPT identifies $351m untapped market for language dictionaries on mobile phones

Millions of users in Europe and the Americas have a restricted messaging experience because their native language is not installed on their mobile phone
Wednesday, 05 August 2009 – KeyPoint Technologies (UK) Ltd. (KPT) have conducted extensive research and found that potentially 117m mobile users (in Europe and the Americas) have language requirements that the mobile [...]

Samsung mobile device update: Mondi for WiMAX, Gravity 2 and Comeback for texting

Samsung has made announcements for three mobile devices since yesterday. The first is for Mondi, the Mobile Internet Device (MID) that has been designed to work with the Clearwire WiMAX 4G networks in the US. The second two devices, the Gravity 2 and Comeback, are both QWERTY devices aimed at the SMS market.

LG reports record-high profits and mobile phone sales

LG Electronics has declared that it has broken its profit records for Q2 this year. The South Korean manufacturer saw its net and operating profits soar. It also sold almost 30 million mobile devices from April-June, over 7 million more than it had in Q1.

Standardisation in mobile barcodes is becoming a reality

This year has seen great news in standardisation for mobile and 2d barcodes. The main highlights have been the NeoMedia patent win, and the recent Scanbuy announcement of a five-company barcoding push for packaging (I won’t be touching on any legal proceedings in this article, by the way. If you want information on the NeoMedia/Scanbuy infringment case check the report from Bena on Friday). And now we have another significant piece of news, from GS1. The global standards body has facilitated a huge meeting between brands, retailers and mobile barcoding providers to discuss the future of an open standard.

DeviceAnywhere launches LG-specific mobile development lab

DeviceAnywhere announced today that it is launching a remote mobile development service just for LG. The LG Virtual Developer Lab (VDL) has been created in partnership with the mobile manufacturer.

Watch phone from LG on Orange – YES really!

This might sound like the Revenge of the Nerds, or at least the Revenge of the Orange Nerds and it might just be!

Research shows 1.5 mobile phones per user in South Africa

Research just released shows that at the end 2008, there were 1.47 active mobile phone accounts in South Africa per user. The figures show 50 million phones in the country - but the entire population is somewhere around 48 million, including those too young or too old to have a mobile.

Sprint takes the social networking bull by the horns with Samsung Exclaim and HTC Snap

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