Tier 1 manufacturers starting to understand the China price
At a conference last December I listened to an interesting presentation from Madeline Duva, then CEO of China MobileSoft, entitled: ‘The China Price’. The title was taken from a Business Week article which explained that China’s combination of lo…
Meet the speakers: Kristoffer Aberg
Continuing our series of articles to introduce you to the speakers at the MEX conference, we’re pleased to welcome Kristoffer Aberg, Senior Interaction Designer at Sony Ericsson.
Kristoffer will speak on the panel entitled ‘Innovations in softw…
The numbers tell the story
IDC published its quarterly market share figures today and they make interesting reading. They provide numerical evidence of the trends we’ve been reporting recently, showing strong growth for both Motorola and Sony Ericsson on the back of their …
Flexible building blocks
For many years handset development has proceeded along two tracks: devices designed for GSM and devices designed for CDMA. One of the most basic design choices is the baseband processor where these functions are handled and, since these have alwa…
Cingular working with Bango to open US mobile internet
Bango.net, the pioneering payment platform for the mobile internet, has secured an agreement with Cingular, the largest operator in the US, to integrate with its payment gateway. The deal will allow third party content providers to bill for their…
W2Forum supports MEX
We are pleased to welcome the Wireless World Forum as a supporter of the PMN Mobile User Experience conference. The Forum is a business development and knowledge share network for senior decision makers in the telecommunications, media and techno…
Meet the speakers: Sofia Svanteson
In her own words: “Ms. Svanteson, dedicated to innovative and lovable interactions, is Head of Mobile Concepts at Industrial and GUI design agency Ocean Observations.”
Sofia was one of the founders of Ocean Observations, a Swedish company which…
Motorola Q offers new take on mobile email
I talked about the sea-change in Motorola’s design approach a few days ago and hinted the DNA of RAZR, its flagship clamshell, was soon to be seen throughout the MOTO range. Yesterday the company officially unveilved ‘Q’, a Windows Mobile smartph…