Motorola and Yahoo have demonstrated mobile podcasting at 3GSM. Using a Motorola RAZR V3x, the Mobile Podcast application lets consumers drag and drop podcasts directly from their PC straight to their mobile phone through the Yahoo! Music Engine. In addition, consumers can directly download podcasts over-the-air to their handset using an integrated application.
Demonstrated on a Motorola RAZR V3x, the application is extremely flexible and may be made available on a variety of Motorola handsets.
[Source: Motorola]
Nokia have announced at 3GSM the new Nokia 6136 mobile phone, which features UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access): a technology that enables the phone to make calls over mobile networks and broadband Internet connection via WLAN. Both data and voice calls can be made over a user's Internet connection via WLAN, enabling incredibly quick download speeds and high quality voice calls when within range of a home WLAN/mobile basestation. When out of range, the voice or data call is transferred seamlessly to the mobile phone network. Orange have already said they will be an initial customer for the Nokia 6136, and will sell the basestation with the phone.
Motorola have announced at 3GSM that they are partnering with Microsoft to enable their future mobile music phones to synchronize seamlessly with PCs, play all Microsoft music formats, and "provide mobile handset offerings that are tailored for discovering and acquiring music over an operator’s 3G network." In other words, you can forget any hopes of future Motorola/Apple partnerships, like the heavily criticized Motorola ROKR. Future Motorola music phones will be firmly Microsoft affairs.
Motorola's partnership with Microsoft is big news, coming as it does after all the hype of the ill-fated Motorola ROKR and Motorola's partnership with Apple. Whether the new partnership with Microsoft is any more successful, only time will tell, but it does seem as if Motorola have some big plans up their sleeve. More details of what you can expect form
Motorola and Microsoft's partnership after the jump.
Sony Ericsson have announced two more new mobile phones at 3GSM, the Sony Ericsson K610 and entry-level Sony Ericsson J100. The K610 is a 3G mobile phone with candy bar form factor, 2 megapixel camera and is just 17mm thick. The J100 is good looking...er, and that's it! Oh, and it's cheap!
Nokia have announced the launch of two new camera phones at 3GSM. Not wanting to be outdone by the other mobile phone manufacturers, Nokia have released details of the new Nokia 6131 and Nokia 6070 mid-range camera phones. The Nokia 6131 is a clamshell with a large, high-resolution true color QVGA display that supports 16 million colors, and comes with built-in digital music player and FM stereo radio supporting Visual Radio and 1.3 megapixel camera. The Nokia 6070 is a cheaper candy bar featuring SMS, MMS, Nokia Xpress audio messaging, email and instant messaging. The phone also comes with a stereo FM radio and supports true tones, MP3 and polyphonic MIDI ringing tones.
Motorola have announced a raft of new mobile phones at this week's 3GSM conference. First up is the Motorola W220, a value-priced thin clamshell handset incorporating an integrated FM radio. Not likely to set the world on fire, but cheap. Next comes the "ultra thin" Motorola L2 and "ultra sleek" Motorola V195. The L2 is a thin candybar based on the design of the Motorola SLVR, and offers Class 2 Bluetooth wireless communications along with hands free speakerphone, scratch resistant display and 10 MB of user memory space. The Motorola V195, meanwhile, is a clamshell with Class 1 Bluetooth, and, er, that's it!
Motorola have also updated their existing SLVR range of phones, by bolting i-Mode on to them. All the details and loads of pictures of
Motorola's new mobile phones after the jump.
