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All America’s phones
November 22nd, 2005
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Mobile Video is here – all US carriers now have some form of video offering
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Mobile music is not – apparently the US carriers have dropped the ball on this one
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Motorola dominates the market – why? how?!
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No smartphones – the Blackberry and Treo are too dominant in the states.
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Samsung throws mud at Nokia, slaps at dawn duel threatens
November 18th, 2005
Samsung’s market share has started to increase with the new distinguishable mobile phone line and the people at Samsung has realised that it takes more than technology to succeed in the European markets, says Choi.
I’d agree that something spurred Nokia into life this year. Last year’s models were decidedly second rate, but its line up this year, particularly with the new Nokia N-series phones and forthcoming Nokia N92 mobile TV phone, leave the competition standing. So don’t get too cocky just yet, Harry.
Faster High Speed 3G on its way with HSDPA and T-Mobile
November 18th, 2005
T-Mobile has announced it has successfully completed what is believed to be the first live demonstration of High Speed Downlink Data Packet Access (HSDPA) calls on its networks in the UK, as well as in Germany and the Netherlands. The calls were made using Nokia 3G network technology and are the result of the strong collaboration between the two companies to deliver HSDPA. The commercial launch of HSDPA is scheduled for next year, with further testing continuing prior to then.
HSDPA is a software upgrade to 3G that delivers over four times faster download speeds than is currently possible— up to a theoretical maximum of 1.8 Mbps in the first phase, compared to today’s theoretical maximum of 384 kbps on standard 3G networks.
The benefits are both the ability to deliver high speed broadband services and the ability to meet the needs of a higher number of customers at lower cost. Thso last two words, in particular, are crucial – it doesn’t matter how fast your sexy new 3G technology is, as current 3G has shown, if you price it too high, no-one will use its services. So how low cost this technology proves to be will be the defining factor in its success – I’m hopeful, because 1.8Mbps on a mobile connection can open some seriously cool services, but only if the price is cheap enough for users to use the connection 24-7.
Rumours of a new Nokia phone: The ‘N93′ with 3 megapixel camera
November 17th, 2005
More pics of the new Nokia phone after the jump.
Motorola mobile phone strategy for 2006 revealed
November 16th, 2005
Bush awards Motorola US National Medal of Technology for ‘innovation leadership’
November 16th, 2005
Motorola Chairman and CEO Ed Zander gushed: “It is a tremendous honor to receive the National Medal of Technology. This award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of Motorola’s employees over the company’s 77 years of innovation leadership.”
Three cheers for Motorola…here’s hoping you show us some innovative leadership real soon!
Vodafone sinks the FTSE, thinks about WiFi
November 15th, 2005
Samsung and LG announce latest mobile handset sales figures
November 14th, 2005
More figures are in from the big mobile phone manufacturers. Following on from Nokia and Motorola’s reporting earlier this month, Samsung and LG have announced their latest figures. Samsung Electronics, the world’s third-largest mobile phone manufacturer, held its second-place spot in North America for its sales of cellular phones in the third quarter of 2005. U.S.-based telecommunications giant Motorola ranked number one in sales commanding 36-percent of the North American market.
Samsung reportedly sold 6.7 million handsets accounting for more than 17-percent of the mobile phone market in North America which consists of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Korea’s LG Electronics claimed third place, and Finland’s Nokia ranked the fourth-best seller of mobile sets.
LG Electronics sold the most third-generation code division multiple access (CDMA) cell phones in the world in the third quarter. Market researcher Strategic Analytics in a report Monday said LG sold 8.8 million CDMA cell phones and captured a 23.8 percent global market share in the third quarter.
Korea and North America are the big markets for CDMA phones. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been competing for the top spot in the global market in recent years, with Samsung coming first in the first two quarters followed by LG, Motorola and Nokia.
[Source: Chosun.com]
Vodafone and Universal partner for new music download service
November 14th, 2005
Vodafone has announced it is joining forces with Universal Music to offer its customers a music download service with tunes frrm Universal’s catalogue of 600,000 songs. The agreement, announced today, will see the introduction of a broad range of products and services featuring such market-leading stars as Eminem, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Kaiser Chiefs, 50 Cent, Keane, Rammstein, and Scissor Sisters. The new partnership between Vodafone and UMG’s Universal Music Group International (UMGI) division represents the world’s most extensive offering of music for mobile, including:
- Realtones and ringback tones
- Full-track audio downloads
- Full-track video downloads
- Video streaming
The service will be part of Vodafone Live! and is intended for 3G only. However, they key part of the service, price, has not been announced yet. If Vodafone price this too high (and remember, they’ll be competing with iTunes and P2P networks), then file this under “failure”. The only advantage any mobile phone music service has over traditional ways of getting music onto a mobile phone (e.g. download MP3 tunes onto your mobile phone from your PC) is convenience. However, convenience is not worth all that much – price the tunes too high, and the extra convenience simply isn’t worth the money.
[Source: Vodafone]
Motorola Fuel Cell Phones on the horizon
November 9th, 2005
