Sunday, October 23, 2005|
Make money by starring in 3UK's "You've Been Framed" videos with your 3G phone. Forget all those glossy images of high-powered financiers during due diligence and making stock trades on their 3G mobiles. Hutchison-owned operator 3 UK reckons what customers really want is to be able to download video of complete strangers making complete idiots of themselves – and to upload their own pratfalls. [Newswireless.net headlines]10:02:52 PM  comment
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Excitement - a hard-disk phone! - focuses on a Korean launch -curtain raiser for GSM version. It must be the video.... Samsung has launched a new phone, whoopee. It has a 3 Gig hard disk spinning inside it. Who-hoo. It's available in Korea. Wow. Why the excitement? Ah, that's because a European version is due November. With a lower spec, admittedly - but still, a hard disk! [Newswireless.net headlines]9:59:06 PM comment
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Sanyo Epson Develops High-Resolution LCDs featuring Photo Fine Chromarich. Tokyo, Oct. 17, 2005 -- Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation ("Sanyo Epson") has announced the development of three new high-resolution LCDs featuring "Photo Fine Chromarich" technology that achieves more than 100% coverage of the NTSC* color gamut. Mass production of the displays will commence in early 2006. The fusion of telecommunications and broadcasting through digitization and the seamless integration of cable and mobile communication have raised expectations for next-generation mobile devices. Consumers hope such devices will bring more convenience, richer content, and wider service coverage. There is particularly increasing demand for LCDs with higher resolution, a wide color gamut, a wide viewing angle, and quick response, as well as being lightweight, compact, and ultra energy-efficient. The higher popularity and functionality of digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile phones mean that consumer demand for clearer displays are particularly strong in these areas. [Wireless Watch Japan] 9:56:13 PM comment
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NTT DoCoMo Unveils 3G Push-To-Talk Phones. WWJ Editors, 19 October 2005  NTT DoCoMo have just announced the new 902i-series of 3G FOMA handsets, featuring the new "PushTalk" walkie-talkie-style communication service. PushTalk will run over the 3G packet communication network and will allow phones to be used like walkie-talkies for simultaneous, one-way communication from one 902i user to as many as four other 902i users. The service will be launched in the near future concurrently with the 902i-series. DoCoMo said they are planning to waive communications charges (5.25 yen for each one-way call) through the end of December 2005.
The announcement confirms recent rumours (reported on WWJ) that the giant carrier would market a walkie-talkie-style service, already popular in the US, to defend falling market share and respond to flat-rate voice and data products offered by KDDI/au, Vodafone Japan and Willcom. (Subscribers log in to read full report and initial review.) [Wireless Watch Japan] |
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DoCoMo's Nakamura Marathon Q&A.  WWJ Editors, 19 October 2005On 29 September, NTT DoCoMo called a presser at the ultra-buttoned-down Otemachi Press Center and... there was no news! Instead, President and CEO Masao Nakamura faced tough questions from Kyodo, Nikkei, Bloomberg and tech media heavyweights on the latest subscriber and terminal numbers, new services and technologies, and how the carrier will respond to growing challenges such as new 3G licensees, mobile TV and number portability. Is Big D getting a little worried as 3G competition heats up? (Subscribers log in to access a full MP3 audio transcript in English.) [Wireless Watch Japan] 9:46:36 PM comment
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V803T - all-in-one music player 3G model. via Vodafone KK, 20 October 2005 Vodafone K.K. today announced that it will commence sales of the Vodafone 803T all-in-one music player 3G handset by Toshiba, which features easy access to music files and background play when using mail or the web. The 803T features a ?eMusic Console?f so customers can easily access Chaku-Uta Full music tracks downloaded from Vodafone live! or PC music files transferred to memory cards while the handset is closed. The handset?fs large-size 1.3-inch sub-display also displays artist names, song length and other information so customers can find the music they want to listen to at a glance. [Wireless Watch Japan] 9:44:44 PM comment
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Microsoft scores first Windows Mobile Japan deal. By Gail Nakada, 21 October 2005  Willcom, Microsoft and electronics maker Sharp are teaming up to deliver a corporate-targeted PDA WLAN handset for the Japanese market that will incorporate Windows Mobile 5.0 as its operating system. Scheduled for a December release, the W-Zero3 will operate over Willcom's PHS (personal handyphone system) network.
Equipped for both voice and data, the handset makes full use of its Microsoft connection to juggle an assortment of PC-based functions over its handy slide-out QWERTY keyboard in addition to the standard mobile touch pad. Users can access PC-based email addresses, edit Microsoft and Excel documents on a bright, 3.7-inch VGA touch screen (the unit comes with a PDA-style stylus) and thumb through Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files. [Wireless Watch Japan] |
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Results of Survey on Cellphone Usage. JCN, 22 October 2005 Online market researcher InfoPlant has released the results of a survey of 1,200 mobile phone users from Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan, aged 20 or older, on how they use handsets. The survey of 300 users from each country was conducted from August 19 to September 5. When asked about what kind of service and function is available on their mobile phones, over 90% of the respondents in all four countries replied, "email or short mailing message." Mobile Internet capability is 20% more evident in Japan than other countries. In China, merely 34% of the handset users mentioned photo shooting capability as one of the available functions. [Wireless Watch Japan] 9:34:04 PM comment
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Scientists Build Tiny Vehicles for Molecular Passengers. Scientists at Rice University have built molecular vehicles so small that more than 20,000 of them could sit side-by-side on a human hair. By BARNABY J. FEDER. [NYT > Science] 9:32:42 PM comment
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How to profit from the 3G.  Respected industry consultant Steve Jones, who runs http://www.the3gportal.com, says investors should focus their attention on the infrastructure providers - involved in areas such as base stations and phone masts - along with handset manufacturers and mainstream network operators. These, he says, include the likes of Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola... Tag:steve jones | Posted in: Specific 3G News Analysis Our 3G Support Service - 3G Assistance-at-a-Distance[base ']Ñ¢ [Daily 3G News] 9:30:23 PM comment
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* Mobile Design Brings Analogue Challenge.  This is a technical look at the hardware behind music on mobile phones and how companies are trying to improve the quality and reduce the drain on processing power[base ']Ķ [base ']Äú3G, and the heralded arrival of wireless broadband, have sharpened consumer focus on richer multimedia applications. Tag: | Posted in: Breaking 3G News Our 3G Support Service - [Daily 3G News] 9:28:41 PM comment
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Reliance Infocomm To Provide Comic Strips On Mobile Phones; To Charge Rs 2 Per Log-in. Business Standard: It's now comic strips on mobile a la newspaper. Reliance Infocomm, India's leading mobile service provider, has begun uploading major Indian and foreign comic strips, on its R-World portal. At present, Archies, Chacha Chowdhary, Billoo & Pinki and Hum Tum are available on R World, and plans to add others on to the platform. Reliance Infocomm is planning to add one new strip a week on R World. "The addition of comic strips will help Reliance Infocomm to cash in on its universal appeal, irrespective of the age group, and use the powerful combination of pictures and prose to tell stories." The mobile comics application is also a breakaway from the conventional style of reading comics page by page, as on a cellphone the user reads frame by frame using the scroll key. The comic strips are available under the âo[breve]Messagingâo[dot accent] application on R World and is paid service, with Reliance intending to charge Rs 2 per log-on basis. [ContentSutra] 9:18:55 PM comment
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A Cisco System to Make Radios Work Together. Cisco Systems plans to announce a new method for marrying the frequently incompatible radio gear used by emergency services agencies and businesses. By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Business] 9:17:45 PM comment
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3G drives massive DRAM expansion.  Powerchip is betting more and more consumer electronics products will use DRAM, such as game machines and 3G (third generation) mobile phones, and that, since many of its rivals are chasing the NAND Flash memory market, there will be more opportunities for DRAM makers in the future. Tag:dram | Posted in: Breaking 3G News Our 3G Support Service - 3G Interim Management [Daily 3G News] 9:11:46 PM comment
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