Babelgum scores film start video content

Rating: Reverse Shot to provide its [ahem] curate content

Fast becoming a giant in the provision of video content for the mobile sector, Babelgum has scored another impressive tie up – this time with online film criticism site – Reverse Shot. These gys are so trendy that the verb they use for creation – ‘curated’ - isn’t even in the dictionary yet.

Truphone is busy this year: mobile VoIP operator expands its Nokia mobile footprint

Truphone has been one busy company this year. It’s a pure-play mobile VoIP service - meaning that it focuses its entire business on allowing people to make incredibly cheap voice calls over the internet, using their mobile phone. So far this year it has launched an Android version of the service, and announced its intentions to create its own VoIP based MVN over Vodafone in the UK. And today it has announced an expansion in its range of Nokia phones.

Phones4U to offer b@TV’s streamed music

Rating: Will it put a big strain on mobile broadband?

In what is believed to be its first commercial agreement, b@T, has signed an agreement to provide its streamed content services for the Nokia X6. The deal will be exclusive to Phones4u customers. Interestingly, independent UK handset retailer, Phones4U, hasn’t said which networks it will offer [...]

Android needs to target lower-end mobile devices, according to Broadcom

Broadcom is one of those companies that’s so big it’s slightly unnerving. Its “stand” at Mobile World Congress was more like a small village, and the mere 25 minutes I had to talk to Michael Civiello, Senior Director of Marketing at the Mobile Comms Business Unit wasn’t barely enough time to cover what the company actually does. But those 25 mins raised some very interesting bits of information - including the central position that Broadcom has carved itself in mobile phone manufacturing, and its opinion on what Android isn’t doing quite right.

woZZon goes Android for event search

strong>Rating: from Nokia hero to Android champion in 2 months

Having won a top prize from Nokia for its clever use of Ovi Maps (see here ), woZZon has shown its gratitude to the Finnish handset vendor by taking its location based events app onto Android.

Nokia reinvents NFC with Explore and Share mobile content service

Here’s a quickie on a “new” service from Nokia that it has released an official video for today. Explore and Share is a way for people who buy their phones in a Nokia retail store to get content from the Ovi store onto their phones incredibly quickly.

#MWC Nokia N900 chat with Peter Schneider

I was lucky enough to get some of Peter Schneider (the in house Nokia N900/Maemo guru) time during Mobile World Congress this week and he told me a little about the Ovi Store. I was very impressed with the fact that they are so intent on adding content to it they waived the token $50 fee. I find this a nice step in the right direction and a gesture signaling that Nokia is ready to have the N900 stores shelves stocked.

Nokia is dropping the price for developers who make mobile apps for Maemo

I was lucky enough to get some time during MWC with Peter Schneider (the in house Nokia N900/Maemo guru) this week and he told me a little about new moves for Maemo developers on the Ovi Store. I was very impressed with the fact that they are so intent on adding content to it they waived the token $50 fee. I find this a nice step in the right direction and a gesture signaling that Nokia is ready to have the N900 stores shelves stocked. See a short video interview below:

#MWC Nokia Money review with Waltteri Karhusaari

Nokia Money is one of the most interesting services I saw during day 2 of Mobile World Congress. It truly gives all kinds of control to the consumer in ways they may have never thought possible. In many emerging markets people will never have their own bank account or credit card or debit card. Nokia Money gives them the opportunity to do what was once impossible for them by enabling them to transfer money from person to person and from person to company using technology instead of actually handing cash back and forth. This saves them time and money plus enables them in ways never thought possible.

MWC: Yep, Maemo and Moblin really are on the way out - is an Intel/Nokia device on the way in?

I was among the crowd at the joint Intel/Nokia announcement yesterday when they introduced MeeGo. The service contains a lot of “multi”s - it’s multi-platform, multi-device, multi-system, multi-use, multi-multi. The launch was so big and vague that I was left with a lot of nagging doubts. But today I got to sit down with Scott Apeland, Director of Intels Developer Network, and ask a few questions.

MWC mobile navigation: Nokia Ovi Maps doesn’t need a connection to work

Spending time in the Nokia suite because the Nokia announcement was very anti climactic, I got to chatting with the maps guys and I learned something interesting. Ovi Maps can be used out in the field entirely without a data connection. Yes you read that right, no data necessary to run Ovi Maps.

Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo. Intel and Nokia merge mobile operating systems.

Nokia and Intel have announced an interesting merge at Mobile World Congress. They will be launching a new service called MeeGo - which is a blend of Nokia’s Maemo operating system with the Moblin OS. What does that mean exactly? Read on…

Nimbuzz reports over 1 million downloads through Ovi - looking good for mobile VoIP and IM

Mobile communications hub Nimbuzz is reporting that it has seen over 1 million downloads through Nokias Ovi application store - which is a pretty significant portion of the 15 million total installations that Nimbuzz claims.

Nokia defends itself against invisible assailants - who has been a naughty boy?

Here’s a short but interesting story - Nokia has asserted that it will defend itself vigorously against a class-action complaint that was filed against it last Friday. Who are the accusers, and what is the case? Weeeeell…

Nokia going back to basics with simple C-Series mobile devices?

There’s a reason that Nokia is the biggest selling mobile manufacturer in the world. At a time when the world was undergoing a massive surge in demand for mobile phones, Nokia was selling simply, reliable and cheap handsets. Having taken a bit of a battering in the smartphone market, it seems to have gone back to the basics that made it money with the new C series.

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