A week in mobile
The mobile industry has been extremely active over the last few days, with several major announcements coming from CTIA in San Francisco and 3GSM Asia in Singapore. Before we get into the specifics of some of these annoucements, it is worth notin…
Palm and Microsoft – a recipe for innovation?
Today’s announcement that Palm will build a Windows Mobile version of its Treo smartphone is representative of a significant change in the industry. Palm was a company built on a vision of delivering a very specific user experience, characterised…
Are handsets suitable for e-books?
An announcement from HarperCollins, one of the world’s largest publishers, that it will offer free chapter summaries direct to consumer’s handsets in Australia started me thinking about the viability of the mobile handset as an e-book platform. T…
OZ wins KPN instant messaging deal
OZ Communications, the mobile instant messaging platform provider, has won a major deal with Dutch operator KPN to power its MSN Messenger offering. The application will be available to all of KPN’s i-Mode users and connects directly with the use…
The MEX Event Summary
This article summarises the sessions at the PMN Mobile User Experience (MEX) conference, held 6 – 7th September 2005 at The Great Eastern Hotel in London. The page is organised into sections according to the original agenda. Please contact Marek…
Thinner is better
NEC is claiming to have trumped Motorola in providing the world’s ‘thinnest’ mobile handset, a clamshell device measuring just 11.9mm in depth and weighing 96g. The product also includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, MP3 capabilities and an …
Orange launches SPV M5000
Orange will be one of the first operators to sell an own-brand Windows Mobile handset operating on 3G networks. The SPV M5000 is aimed specifically at business users, combining 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in large, PDA-style device. It also incorpor…
Emerging markets initiative ready for next step
The GSM Association (GSMA) is preparing to announce the next steps in its emerging markets handset initiative at 3GSM Asia next week. The association, which represents virtually all of the world’s GSM operators, is expected to announce the winner…