Nokia Should Lock Up Ovi Store Developers In A Warehouse

Over on the Lazarus like Mobile Industry Review, the other Ewan in mobile has posted an ambitious yet simple plan to save the Ovi Store from itself. Simply put, Nokia would create three enclaves of coders (in London, San Francisco and Paris) and give them a monthly stipend of £3,500 and as much coca cola and pizza as they can eat. As long as they code one application every eight weeks, the proposed 100 developers per warehouse get to stay. Total cost? Roughly £2.34 per handset. That's quite high, but this is a fascinating idea that should be taken seriously.

Ovi Contacts makes its way to touch-enabled Nokia 5800 and N97

Ovi Contacts, Nokia's integrated IM client, is now compatible with the touch-enabled Symbian S60 5th edition devices such as Nokika 5800 XM and Nokia N97. The application is still at beta status, but can...

PurpleRa1n jailbreak for iPhone 3GS now out, unlocking begins

Yes, it's what iPhone 3GS users have all been waiting for - a jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS. , who has been involved with iPhone hacking from day one, has now releases the PurpleRa1n jailbreak utility...

Any colour smartphone you like, not just black

With the Symbian Foundation set to provide an open source smartphone OS, hardware partners with off the shelf components, and a huge amount of software ready to be placed into a smartphone, is the time right for the smaller companies to come back to Symbian? Ewan considers the potential rise of the boutique range of smartphones in 2010. Read on...

Cricket Brings World’s Largest Working Cell Phone to the Inner Harbor

~ Baltimore Residents Invited to Make the Biggest Calls of their Life on the Guinness World Record-Breaking Samsung Phone ~ BALTIMORE – Cricket, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, and Samsung Telecommunications America, (Samsung Mobile) a leading mobile phone distributor in the U.S., will bring the world’s largest working cell phone (WLWCP) to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor today. As...

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Cricket introduces Samsung MyShot II

Samsung's MyShot II is a flip phone with an MP3 music player, a microSD slot for removable memory, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera and Mobile Web. Samsung said it is the first Cricket phone to offer MyHomeScreen, which provides customers with a fully personalized home screen with widgets to quickly access their account information, favorite Internet content including news, weather,...

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LG plans to become the second largest supplier of mobile in 2012

In his interview with Yonhap News Agency Al-Sep Gvon (Ahn Seung Kwon), president of the mobile units of LG, said that the company plans to become the second largest global supplier of mobile phones in 2012. This year, LG took a third position, ahead of Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Also Ehn Syung-Kwon told little about the company's plans for new devices. For example, in the fourth quarter of this...

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The new MP3-Player GoGear LUXE: the music on-line

The company Philips has submitted to the Russian market of MP3 player series GoGear LUXE with 4 GB of memory. The new player, who works as a Bluetooth-headset for mobile phones, may always remain in touch and do not miss a single call. GoGear LUXE quickly and easily connects to the phone, and melody, and the files are added to memory by dragging the mouse, it does not require special software....

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In-house developed user interface, ecosystem and applications crucial for smartphones, says sources

The introduction of in-house developed user interfaces, the establishment of an ecosystem, and application stores will be crucial for competition in the smartphone segment, in addition to the previous focus on the choice of operating systems, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers. In a bid to offer customers a consistent user experience,Taiwan-based HTC (High Tech Computer) and...

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HTC UNVEILS THREE HANDSETS – HTC SNAP™, HTC TOUCH DIAMOND2™ AND HTC TOUCH PRO2

Sydney, Australia – June 30 – HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled three new additions to the HTC family of handsets – HTC Snap™, HTC Touch Diamond2™ and HTC Touch Pro2™. “These three unique HTC devices focus around simplifying how we communicate, and will challenge and exceed your expectations around what a typical “business” phone is capable of...

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