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Streaming football (sorry, not soccer)
US customers of MVNO Mobile ESPN will soon be able to enjoy college football games streamed to their handsets. The service is priced at USD 25 per month as part of ESPN’s ‘Total Sports’ package. The MVNO…
Handset subsidies may be counter-productive
I was intrigued by the data M:Metrics provided for our recent Stat Spot: according to a survey of some 33,000 US mobile phone users, those who received their handset free of charge were the least satisfied with their ‘purchase’. Is this merely a …
Smarter music search
Telefonica Moviles is working with Musiwave, the mobile music specialist owned by Openwave, to launch an artist-based content service in Spain. Users will have ‘one click’ access to full track downloads, wallpapers, video tones and ringback tones…
Something for the weekend…from Japan
There is a Japanese theme to this edition of ‘Something for the weekend…’
DoCoMo goes faster
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has announced the availability of its first HSDPA handset – the NEC-manufactured N902iX. It claims speeds on the dow…
Industry moves in favour of embedded feature delivery
There have been a couple of news stories recently which have highlighted the growing importance of OTA (Over The Air) platforms. In Japan, DoCoMo is facing a major public relations blunder after savvy customers realised they could purchase highly…
Sony Ericsson’s floating elegance
Sony Ericsson’s latest clamshell handset, the Z610, is a further example of the manufacturer’s commitment to elegant design. The 3G device uses OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology to power a ‘floating’ sub-display on the outside of the…
Ofcom identifies mobile participation generation
Ofcom, the UK regulator responsible for radio, television and telecoms, recently published its annual market review. This brings together a wide range of usage data and financial results to provide a snapshot of UK communications and media.
On…
CUE: The contextual user environment
Mike Short, Vice President of Research & Development at O2 and Chairman of the Mobile Data Association, stresses the importance of understanding how the user’s physical environment influences their mobile technology needs.
User experience needs…