Nokia confident that “Comes With Music” will be profitable
Liz Schimel, head of Nokia’s music business, answered some questions about the profitability of company’s unlimited, free music downloads service called “Comes With Music” that they plan to offer with a series of new Nokia music phones in the second half of 2008. The company seems confident that they will make profit both from the [...]
Adsense for Mobile integrated with DoubleClick Mobile
Just a week ago we wrote about Google’s new product - mobile image ads - which allows displaying image banners instead of the company’s usual AdSense for Mobile text ads on mobile web pages.
Now the official Google Mobile blog announces the integration between this new product and DoubleClick Mobile. What this means for publishers basically [...]
T-Mobile 3G Launch Tomorrow
Every T-Mobile customer is eager to hear more information on when the company will be coming through with its promise on their activation of its 3G network.
At first we were told that the date for 3G release was set for early summer 2007, but at a news conference at the GSMA World Congress, T-Mobile [...]
Nokia N95 comes to Rogers Wireless in Canada, at last
Apparently, Apple isn’t the only mobile phone maker that Rogers Wireless is getting all warm and fuzzy with. Because even though it’s late, they are set to launch the Nokia N95 stardard version soon in their network, beating American network giant AT&T to the punch.
No software or hardware modification will be done on the Nokia [...]
Samsung Glyde coming to Verizon in May
Although it was first scheduled for a later release, Samsung’s new touchscreen-endowed wonder, the Samsung Glyde, will be coming to Verizon in May. It will cost you $429 per unit if you want to get it byt itself, and $299 with a two-year contract.
The Samsung Glyde, also known as the Samsung U940, a touch-based user-interface [...]
Nokia Music Store opens in Singapore
Nokia recently opened the doors to its music store in Singapore, offering millions of tracks from major international artists, Asian artists, and independent labels.
Among the first independent Asian labels to join Nokia’s new project are Ocean Butterflies Music and Rock Records Singapore. Even an independent label from Thailand, RS Digital, has begun offering music from [...]
3G iPhone confirmed to be cheaper, thinner, and more powerful?
Rumor has it (as usual with Apple’s iPhone) that the 3G iPhone will be outed on June 27, 2008, on the first year anniversary of its introduction to the mobile phone market. And not only is it going to come with the much-awaited support for 3G networks, but it will purportedly also have an [...]
Cheap 3X optical zoom without moving parts
Tessera, a producer of miniaturization technologies, has announced in an online press release about their new optical zoom solution. This innovation is called OptiML Zoom and can provide 3X optical zoom in a small, compact camera - ideally fitting for a modern, thin and slim cameraphone. Did I mention that there actually are no moving [...]
WHERE for Nseries smartphones
uLocate Communications, a developer of location-based services, has announced that WHERE - a package of smart, location-enabled widgets - is now available for Nokia’s Nseries phones with built-in GPS (N95 8GB, N95 and N82).
Interestingly enough, WHERE is also available for Nokia N81, but because of the lack of GPS, you will have to report your [...]
Leaked: Photos of the still unannounced Nokia 6025
There was a time when mobile phone makers could just calmly sit back after a hard day’s work, not worrying that a random stranger might introduce their newest and top secret products to the curious public. Sadly for them, that time is over. For now we have another round of those old “Leaked!” story headlines, [...]