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CategoryPalm 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…
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…
Access the platform
The acquisition of PalmSource by Japanese software developer Access took many in the market by surprise, not least because Access itself is relatively unknown outside its domestic market. However, the company has played a pioneering role in the d…
What is this all about?
As the industry prepares to gather tomorrow for MEX, the PMN Mobile User Experience conference, I have been reflecting on what this is all about.
Hosting an event on such an ephemeral subject as ‘user experience’ presents a challenge for everyo…