Mobile Technology
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Create-Your-Own-Ringtone System could be a killer app
March 14, 2005 The ringtone marketplace is only seven years of age, having begun in 1998 when a Finnish operator (Radiolinja) launched the first mono-ringtone service for Nokia handsets. It took just five years for the global ringtone market to become a US$BILLION industry and with new developments in polyphonic sound and ringback tones contributing to ever more expansion, it’s a massive unforeseen market yet to be fully tapped or understood. Which is why a new service offering an easy way to record and create your own ringtones might just be a killer application. (read more...)
Samsung shows the world's first 7 megapixel camera phone
March 11. 2005 Korean giant electronics manufacturer continued to flex its massive technological muscle at CEBIT yesterday when it announced the SCH-V770 handset mobile phone, another world first for Samsung in that it features a 7 mega pixel camera with a 3 times optical zoom lens. Samsung continues to make headlines in the camera phone pixel race in that it's less than twelve months since it showed the first three megapixel camera-phone and less than six months since it showed the first five megapixel phone. (read more...)
Backpacks, Lunch Boxes and Cells? ... Nearly Half of US Tweens Have Cell Phones
March 10, 2005 New research released today indicates that 40% of 12-14 year-old Americans now have a mobile phone. NOP World Technology's mKids Study, now in its fifth wave of tracking teen cell ownership, found that cell phones are the newest school accessory, with ownership among 12-14 year olds increasing from 13% in February 2002 to 40% in December 2004. In addition, the majority (73%) of 18 year olds own cell phones as well, a 15% increase from 2002, and three-quarters (75%) of 15-17 year olds also carry cell phones, up from 42% in 2002. (read more...)
Mobile TV pilot begins in Finland
March 10, 2005 Finish companies Digita, Elisa, MTV, Nelonen, Nokia, Sonera and YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company) have begun a unique mobile TV pilot in Finland. The project tests mobile TV services and consumer experiences, as well as the underlying technology, with 500 users in the Helsinki capital region. Selected from Sonera and Elisa mobile phone customers, the test users are able to view real-time TV and radio programs on a Nokia 7710 smartphone equipped with a special accessory to receive mobile TV broadcasts. The Nokia smartphone also enables direct links to the Internet for access to background information on TV programs or sports results. Test users have access to MTV, YLE and Nelonen programs as well as international theme channels such as CNN, BBC World, Euronews, Eurosport, ViVa Plus and Fashion TV. The pilot continues until 20 June 2005. (read more...)
OMEGA Ambassadors & World Champs Meet - Michael Schumacher and Ian Thorpe
March 7, 2005 Formula One driver Michael Schumacher and swimmer Ian Thorpe presented each other with timepieces yesterday, in one of those rare moments where masters of different sports get together and recognise each other's achievements thanks to a common sponsor - in this case Omega. Omega employs a number of ambassadors including golfers Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els, actor Piece Brosnan (aka James Bond), supermodels Cindy Crawford and the highly strategic Pan Asian supermodel Qi Qi, swimmers Alexander Popov and Michael Phelps, tennis model Anna Kournikova, yachting personalities Ellen MacArthur and Dean Barker, big wave surfer Gerry Lopez, pop idol Coco Lee and astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan (the last man to have set foot on the moon), though the brightest stars on the books are undoubtedly Schumacher and Thorpe. (read more...)
Virtual TV Station aims at mobile phone viewers
March 6, 2005 Video phone viewership is on the rise and seems it now seems ineveitable that it will continue to rise until ubiquitous usage is reached in technologicially advanced countires. In order to capitalise on the wave of early adopters at the intersection of television, new media and mobile technology, a video-phone-driven virtual TV station has launched in New York, and its first major event coverage was the voyeur's paradise, the Carnival in Rio. "We chose Carnival because our viewers want something far beyond reality TV. Imagine a feature film made from 500 video-phone clips ... RevGTV users answered with everything from street performers and pet tricks to free style raps and extreme stunts," said RevGTV's, Joshua Selman. (read more...)
Augmented Reality for tourists, education and … fun!
March 3, 2005 Superimposing virtual objects over real static images is common practice in some industrial applications. Using a modified telescope, researchers are now aiming for the tourism, entertainment and education sectors. The device is set to premiere at CeBIT and the Messel Pit. (read more...)
Sony Ericsson W800 - the first Walkman phone raises the bar for mobile entertainment
March 2, 2005 Sony Ericsson today kick-started its entry into the mobile music market with the announcement of the W800, the first Walkman branded mobile phone. It will now be possible to listen to music, handle phone calls and take great pictures and video, all with one device and with no compromise on quality. The Sony Ericsson W800 is the first product to combine a mobile phone, a high quality digital music player with up to 30 hours' battery life, and a 2 Megapixel camera. All of this is packaged in a slim, lightweight device with ultra-stylish design. (read more...)
The most prestigious watches: What the world's leaders are wearing
February 24, 2005 The wristwatch, for most of the last century, has been the ultimate male Gizmo! One of the few accepted male adornments, the pocket watch evolved into the wristwatch and subsequently into a key indicator of social status, particularly in the upper echelons of society. So what do the world's most powerful men wear? An article this week in Russia's leading newspaper addressed this question and the results make fascinating reading. The world's most powerful man wears a US$50 Timex, whilst other heads of state wear timepieces that cost up to US$500,000 plus. (read more...)
Anna Sui Mobile By Samsung: The Mobile Phone Fashion Accessory
February 23, 2005 When a leading designer, a mobile phone manufacturer and a fashion icon magazine get together to collaborate on the release of a mobile phone, it's worth taking notice - clearly the world of ubiquitous communications melding with fashin accessories is beginning to go mainstream. Such was the case yesterday when Samsung, cutting-edge designer Anna Sui and VOGUE magazine issued a joint announcement concerning a new upmarket mobile phone for women. (read more...)
The camera phone megapixel battle gets hotter and hotter
February 22, 2005 Camera phones are the fastest growing consumer electronics product in history, and make up 75 percent of digital cameras sold worldwide in 2005, according to CTIA research. Samsung's announcements at the Photo Marketing Association Showyesterday indicated that it intends to grab the lion's share of the converged phone market by releasing camera phones with two mega pixel, 3.5 mega pixel and five mega pixel capabilities onto the US market this year. (read more...)
First 100 Gb Portable Video Recorder And Player
February 21, 2005 ARCHOS has launched the world's first 100-gigabyte portable video recorder (PVR) , the Pocket Video Recorder AV4100. The AV4100 allows consumers to enjoy a massive 100-gigabye storage capacity to record and save even more television shows, movies, music, photos and data for the ultimate handheld entertainment experience. The AV4100 delivers advanced multimedia features including recording and scheduling capabilities, full audio recording and playback, photo viewing, and data storage, ideal for commuters, business travellers and family holidays. (read more...)
SD Memory Card With Built-In USB Connectivity
February 21, 2005 – SanDisk has introduced the SanDisk Ultra II SD PLUS, an innovative SD flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. The new card, which works seamlessly in any SD card slot, also can be used as a high-speed USB 2.0 flash drive. The card plugs into any USB port offering the ultimate in connectivity. The new Ultra II SD PLUS, which can be used in a wide variety of SD-based productssuch as digital cameras, PDAs, camcorders and camera phoneswill offer much greater convenience than a standard SD card. Now, to transfer data, images, audio or video between computers, digital cameras and other electronic devices, you don’t need a card reader, cables or card adapters. (read more...)
Sprint and Sanyo introduce MM-5600 phone - High-Quality Video, Music and Pictures
February 21, 2005 It's a sign of the times that most of the mobile phone companies and major Telcos has a presence at the Photo Marketing Association Annual Convention and Trade Show that began yesterday in Orlando, Florida. Clearly the two industries are fast converging and that was the theme of the joint Sprint and Sanyo announcement of the Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Multimedia Phone MM-5600. The MM-5600 allows customers to listen to stereo-quality music; take1.3-megapixel photos and view the latest video content from nationally recognized brands in the news and entertainment industry at up to 15 frames per second with the built-in media player. (read more...)
Siemens SK65 - killer form factor plus mobile office functionality
February 21, 2005 Look at the pictures of the Siemens SK65 and you may not "get it." After all, there are so many permutations and combinations of flip, twist, slide et al mobile phone designs these days, (few of which offer any functional advantage), you could easily dismiss the unique x2type (cross-to-type) design as another passing fad. Not so - from the moment we twisted the SK65 body and settled our thumbs on the full-size QWERTY keyboard, we knew this was a significant development in the form factor of the device formerly known as the mobile phone. Apart from the killer design, the SK65 offers BlackBerry technology, which means you get your email messages pushed to your phone - getting them at exactly the same time you would if you were behind your home or office desktop computer. (read more...)
Mobile Webcasting from Laptop to Smartphone with World's First 'One-To-Many' Service
February 18, 2005 Today at 3GSM World Congress 2005, ComVu announced the availability of the world's first service that enables users to stream live video from a smartphone to a global audience. ComVu also announced a licensing agreement with Fifth Media to provide ComVu's PocketCaster software for the new AXIA A108 PDA phones. PocketCaster leverages AXIA's onboard 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera, and next generation Freescale i.MX21 processor, to transmit real-time MPEG 4 video to ComVu's automated streaming server network. ComVu's PocketCaster turns the smartphone into a live broadcast device, rather than solely a passive receiver of video content. ComVu's deployment of a simple, "one-to-many" live broadcasting service will create numerous new commercial opportunities for users. A typical user may be a blogger who wants to add live video to online reporting; or a mobile field technician in an urgent situation where text alone doesn't get across all that needs to be communicated. (read more...)
The ButterFly2 MP3 Player - integrated MP3 player and headphones
February 18, 2005 We really like this idea. Japanese company Thanko has integrated the MP3 player with a set of lightweight headphones to produce the ButterFly2 MP3 player. Ideal for gym, rowing, cycling and other activities where you just don't want wires getting in the way or the fear that your expensive Bluetooth headset might get smashed, damaged, lost of go for an inadvertent swim. (read more...)
World's first MMS Mobile Phone Game
Delegates at the b'TWEEN Festival of Future Entertainment conference in the United Kingdom today saw the world's first MMS game demonstrated today. MMS Me is an MMS game designed to encourage people in to play and communicate with others via images broadcast on a large screen. The game stimulates both online and physical interaction and can be applied to many existing social gatherings such as networking events, sporting events and rock concerts where a large screen is available to display the interaction. Australasian research group ACID developed and showed MMS Me at the event along with another interesting new interaction experience dubbed the BODYSHELF. (read more...)
Berlin tests first ticket-free
Munich/Berlin, Feb 15, 2005 Later this month, Berlin will become the first German city to start using ticket-free "mobile-phone parking". For a trial period of one year, the Berlin districts Mitte, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Tempelhof-Schoneberg will be trying out an alternative to the parking meter designed to make parking more convenient for the user. There'll be no need to make your way to the ticket machine, and no need to search for change. You can park as long as you like, and you won't have to pay until you leave, when you will be charged for every three minutes that you've parked. The Berlin local governments will benefit as well, as monitoring car parks will be easier and more money will flow into the city coffers. Siemens Business Services will be operating the service in cooperation with Mobile Parking GmbH and T-Mobile. (read more...)
Invisible digital post-it notes
February 12, 2005 In the future, cell phone users will be able to leave messages anywhere in the form of what might be termed electronic post-its. They will be able to post virtual messages referring to a specific location wherever they are needed. Siemens researchers have now created the technical basis and the computer programs for this "digital graffiti service." Post-its are exceedingly practical. They're a handy way of letting people know if you've gone out quickly to shop or to lunch, or for reminding you to do things. However, you can't stick these yellow memos in mid-air - at least not yet. But that will be possible in future with the virtual post-its from Siemens Corporate Technology's research laboratory in Munich. Dieter Kolb's team of specialists have developed computer programs that assign cell phone messages to specific locations. (read more...)
A casino in the palm of your hand
February 14, 2005 The announcement last week that two UK companies had developed a secure mobile casino system that will run on any mobile phone was significant. By utilizing the Spin3 wireless casino system, casino operators, mobile network providers and any company with an internet presence can now offer a secure mobile casino via a large selection of mobile phones and other wireless devices. The Spin3 wireless casino system consists of six real-time networked casino games, including blackjack, roulette and scratch card. The Spin3 mobile casino system also includes a progressive jackpot slots game, and players will have the chance to win a continuously growing jackpot that starts at US$40,000, right from their mobile device. Conversely, those people will also have the opportunity to lose their money and that spells some significant social problems over the next few years. Gambling's best clients are the addicted. (read more...)
Sony's LocationFree TV - watch live TV from anywhere via the internet
February 11, 2005 Sony continues to push the edge of the envelope with new and exciting technologies being debuted in its homeland and the Japanese giant's latest winner is its Location Free LCD LF-X5 TV - a 7"television you can take with you anywhere on the planet and watch your favourite television shows IN REAL TIME (i.e. as they are showing in your home country), with the data delivered to the Location Free via the internet. It's easy to carry and watch anywhere partly because it's small, but mainly because it's wireless - the accompanying base station plugs into the video source in your home in Japan and transmits via the internet to wherever you happen to be using a function Sony calls NetAV. (read more...)
BoomBags give your luggage a 'Home Stereo' sound
January 31, 2005 With the advent of MP3 players and laptop music programs, there are a lot more people travelling with extensive music collections. The trend has created a stronger demand for a portable speaker solution and if you're a frequent traveller, the BoomBag might be the solution you've been seeking - it's the world's first stereo luggage! (read more...)
Taxis Hailed As 'Black Hole' For Lost Cell Phones And PDAs, As Confidential Data Gets Taken For A Ride
January 30, 2005 A global survey of 900 taxi drivers shows thousands of Mobile Phones, PDAs/Pocket PCs and Laptops are forgotten in taxis every day. Though the survey was commissioned by a company with a vested interest in alerting users to the importance of mobile device security, the results are no less concerning, given that most people have confidential data readily available to an unscrupulous finder, at least some of which could be devastating to the career and financial well-being of the person losing the phone. (read more...)
Survey details the perceived benefits of mobile usage
January 28, 2005 The world's mobile phone installed base passed 1.5 billion (a quarter of the world's population) during 2004, and it is fast becoming clear that the device will be the key information portal of the future. Its global user base is now larger than either fixed line telephone subscribers or internet users, and it is growing much faster then either. As convergence impacts the functionality on offer, the device formerly known as the mobile phone is achieving incredible penetration rates not only in rich nations, but in poor and developing nations. Without the need for a costly copper wire infrastructure, these nations are leapfrogging a generation of technology and adopting the mobile phone at a startling rate - by the end of 2005 mobile phone users will have passed the two billion mark. Accordingly, a recently completed IDC study of the benefits mobile users perceive they derive makes for interesting reading. (read more...)
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