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Vodafone KK December Subscriber Count. WWJ Editors, 11 January 2006 Vodafone have just released their December net adds: 63,700, showing a strong 3G gain of 236,800 and a to-be-expected 2G loss of 173,100. This indicates the carrier gained at least some new 3G customers from other carriers if we assume all Vodafone 2G customers who upgraded to 3G stayed with the carrier. Vodafone KK subscribers are now, overall, trending up, if still slowly. The TCA website has just posted the full market-wide stats. [Wireless Watch Japan] 3:34:18 PM  comment
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Nokia and Kyocera Resolve Dispute. D&R.com, 11 January 2006 Kyocera Corporation, along with its subsidiary, Kyocera Wireless Corp., and Nokia Corporation, along with its subsidiary Nokia Inc., today announced that they have entered into a patent license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Kyocera is licensed under Nokia's essential patents, and some additional patents, relating to CDMA, PHS and PDC standards. Kyocera will pay royalties to Nokia for all Kyocera CDMA mobile phone and module products. Reciprocally, Nokia is licensed under all of Kyocera's essential patents, and some additional patents, relating to all standards and covering all Nokia mobile phone, module and infrastructure products. [Wireless Watch Japan] 2:59:32 PM comment
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BT and Virgin Tie-Up For UK's First Mobile TV Service. : UK telco BT has unveiled the details of its mobile TV offering, set for launch this year. The BT Movio service, formerly known as BT Livetime, will see its first commercial launch this summer, following a four-month trial with 1,000 participants. For now Virgin Mobile is the exclusive launch partner. Timeline: possibly after June, with probably around 15 channels, and might cost around 8 pounds per month. VNUNet: As for the prior trials, some results: The results showed that users who were not charged watched TV for an average 66 minutes a week, with the peak viewing time coming after 6pm. They listened to over one and a half hours of digital radio a week. [PaidContent.org] 2:20:34 PM comment
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UK DVD/VD Firm Lovefilm Buys Screenclick For $3.6 Million. : UK online DVD rental service Lovefilm, which has just launched a movie download service, has bought out Irish DVD rentals firm Screenclick.com, for about $3.6 million. SC will be rebranded as Lovefilm.ie, and plans to offer online VOD too...This will be the second rebranding Screenclick has had in recent times; the service was originally established as DVDrentals.ie in 2001, before changing its name to Screenclick in a major rebranding programme. Lovefilm just launched an online movie download service in UK, with some 500 movies from major studios and independents, including Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, Alexander and Batman, with more titles added over time. All titles will cost from [radical]Ǭ£2.99 per download. In addition, LoveFilm has partnered with Intel to make the service compatible with Intel Viiv technology-based PCs. [PaidContent.org] 2:17:59 PM comment
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Google Talk gets linked with Blackberry devices. BlackBerry users can download the Google Talk instant messenger application for free but they may be charged by their mobile operator for data transmitted when using the service. 1:48:23 PM comment
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Cellphones Crushing Watch Sales.
Ok, maybe this isn't for those of you sporting a $4000 Rolex, but if you've been toting around some shitty watch for years in order to tell time, you may be happy to hear that watches seem to be going the way of the sundial. And all because of the cellphone, believe it or not. According to the Journal Sentinel, it looks like folks have been ditching their watches and using their cellphones to check time instead. Makes sense. And the only watch buying that is going on is for fashion. "I see our business going down because of it," says Chuck Reardon, manager of the Time Square watch stand at Brookfield Square, "But I do see a lot more kids buying the fashion watches like Fossil. They're doing that as a fashion statement more than anything, more than a need for a timepiece.
Time runs out for the wristwatch [The Inquirer] Comment on this post Related: Small Dog Electronics Hippod iPod Case Related: Space Saving Stove 12:44:22 PM comment
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