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Something strange is happening with me. It happened over the weekend. I was in a Vodafone shop and … I don’t know what came over me. I headed over to the other side of the store where they had the ‘work’ phones and I started browsing the small handsets.
We’re doing a lot...
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We’ve a guest post today from World of Nokia’s Dan Carter on the manufacturer’s newest additions coming soon — over to you Dan: - - - - - First of all hello everyone from me on my first guest post and thanks to Ewan for the chance to post on the site I have been [...]
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A little while ago I got a note from 3. “Would you like to try out one of our new handsets?” asked the chap.
“Sure!” I said. I’m always interested to see what’s coming next.
The chap wouldn’t be drawn on the identity of the handset. Quite a good idea, if you...
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So you’re in the business of making watches that people buy to make themselves look good, yes?
Your business has had it’s lunch eaten by the mobile phone industry — to the point that almost everyone uses their mobile to tell the time. I don’t bother with a watch for this reason...
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Dredging up memories of flopped rumors from days gone by, Michael Dell, the founder of the computer manufacturer that bears his namesake, has hinted at the possibility that Dell is entering the handset business. More specifically, Dell could be poised to take a swing at the smartphone segment that fellow...
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The folks over at LG must be popping a few champagne corks right now - according to analysts Gartner, LG phones are now more popular than their Sony Ericsson counterparts: in the analysts’ latest set of quarterly figures, LG has jumped ahead of Sony Ericsson for the first time to take the number...
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More doom and gloom from the handset people. After Nokia said it though the worldwide mobile phone market might shrink next year, Sony Ericsson has reported its profits have nosedived over the last quarter, its market share has dropped (enough to see it slip behind LG to number five in the biggest device...
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Analysts Gartner have put out a advisory criticising the mobile industry for being too male-centric. According to Gartner, “Sixty-eight percent of the world’s population is women and children who could benefit much from mobile technology, but the majority of mobile devices are designed by men,...
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The zzzPhone: The first mass-consumer customisable mobile handset. I can’t tell you how exciting it was, a few months ago, flicking through the zzzPhone order form and choosing the specification of my new handset. GPS or no? How much memory? Size of camera? Did you say 7 megapixel? [...]
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Japanese mobile giant DoCoMo has filed a complaint against competitor Softbank, with DoCoMo alleging that one of its rival’s handsets bears a little too much of a resemblance to one of its own devices, the Financial Times says.
According to the paper, DoCoMo is trying to get the disputed device...
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Sharp has decided to take its mobiles to pastures new. According to reports, this one from the Financial Times among them, the electronics manufacturer is planning to start selling mobiles in China in time for the Olympics later this year.
The reports say that Sharp will bring in high-end devices to...
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Wouldn’t it be nice to play “handset designer” for a day? What would your dream mobile phone look like? While you might not get to design your “dream phone” just yet (unless you’ve got some serious design-credentials and a high-level design-job at a handset vendor...