Finnish cell phone maker Nokia cut prices for many of its handsets in July, putting further pressure on its rivals' already thin profits. Nokia made the steepest price reductions of up to 10 percent for selected music and media phones, while it made smaller cuts across the portfolio. The sharpest falls were in the average retail price of the 5310 and » source | read more

Nokia recently announced that they would be launching their Nokia N96 flagship successor alongside the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 businessphones in the third quarter. The Finns made good on their promise to bring the much-anticipated enterprise handsets to market in Q3 2008, so now we turn our attention to Nokia’s new hotness - the [...]

T-Mobile will launch parental control features to family plans in August, allows parents to manage when and how their family members use their T-Mobile phones and service. With Family Allowances, parents can give teens an upfront monthly wireless allowance, eliminating the worry of surprise overages. Parents set and change limits for minutes, messages and downloads (games, ringtones and wallpaper) using an online tool. Once the allowance is reached, the feature shuts off service for that specifi...

07/31/08 - Generate iPhone and MP3 ringtones with ease.

A few weeks ago Google has released Google Maps for mobile with Transit directions for BlackBerry and Java-based handsets. Now, they’re bringing the same feature to Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 based devices, to help users take advantage of the public transport in more than 50 cities. I’ve no doubts, more cities will be added in [...]

Australia’s Telstra has announced that the stylish LG KF390 is joining the carrier’s Blue Tick range of Next G handsets. What this (Blue Tick) means, is that Telstra is recommending the device for use in both rural and regional areas, suggesting the reception is quite solid (or at least it can be enhanced by connecting [...]

When you have a device as small as the Neonode N2, something’s gotta give, and I guess you can’t fix everything with a firmware update. In a recent letter to shareholders, the company’s CEO and chairman Per Bystedt said they’ve failed at meeting sales expectations. The problem was that Neonode tried to reach “too many markets, [...]

Fido has added the Motorola U9 to its portfolio. Moto’s kinda strange looking clamshell seems targeted towards youth (and so is Fido) and in that sense its design may be appealing to some people, while others may find it quite ugly. Specs wise, the quad-band MOTOROKR U9 boasts a 2-inch QVGA screen, 2 megapixel camera, 30MB [...]

A new firmware version is available for Samsung Instinct. Apparently, the update will affect both the base code as well as tweak several of the apps. First of all, users will notice increased audio volume when using Bluetooth headsets/car kits, as well as improved stability of the phone’s signal and battery indicators. As for the affected [...]

Following from my last post about the Sharp GX10i, I am following up with another fond memory - this time of the Samsung SGH-i300. Now, what made this device “special” was the fact that it was one of the first to have a mini-HD in it - in this case, a not inconseqential 3GB! Interestingly, I [...]

The three MNOs in Singapore, M1, SingTel and StarHub, along with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, are going to jointly condut a consumber Mobile TV trial using DVB-H next month. During the trial, 300 customers (across the MNOs) will be able to see six dedicated channels.  The handset on offer will be (slightly unsurprisingly) the Samsung [...]

Sistema Mass Media (SMM) has chosen a suite of NDS technologies to secure and manage both its IPTV and mobile TV platforms - resulting in the delivery of a true convergence play for it’s subscriber services. NDS’s Unified Headend(TM) will cover set-top boxes, PCs, and a variety of Mobile devices. The NDS Unified Headend(TM) integrates conditional [...]

 The BBC Trust is apparently consulting on plans to syndicate all its national TV and radio services across 3G networks for mobile devices. Execs are going to propose to make the arrangement a permanent one after a 12-month trial, which ended in April this year. MNOs Vodafone, Orange, 3UK and T-mobile would distribute the channels as [...]

MGM has just announced it’s first big agreement with Vodafone Germany. The MGM Channel, which is currently a German-language channel on Pay TV in Europe, is now going to be available through Vodafone. The MGM Channel is available on the 3G Vodafone Live! network in Germany, offering movies from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library - including films [...]

Widespread use of mobile phones on passenger aircraft moved a step closer following a ruling by communications regulator Ofcom. It said radio equipment for mobile communications on aircraft (MCA) would be licensed under the 2006 Wireless Telegraphy Act and that licenses would be issued to UK aircraft operators on request. But Ofcom added that EU [...]

We’ve talked about this back in June. Following the iPhone release, many people realised they could benefit from the visual voicemail. Verizon and Sprint saw its chance and started working on it. Sprint users can already use the service through such handsets as Samsung Instinct. Verizon subscribers, on the other, still wait for the carrier [...]

Sri Lanka has introduced a new law that will require all citizens to keep a certificate of ownership for their cell phones. Read the full story here.

China is one of the world's fastest growing mobile phone markets, and has just topped 600 million cell phone subscribers. China Mobile, the largest carrier, added 7.5 million users in June alone. Read the full story here.

In some parts of the world, companies that supply mobile phone optimized television service are getting beat up by free terrestrial based television service. Read the full story here.

A bill headed to the U.S. House of Representatives could ban in-flight voice calling in the U.S. permanently, while allowing data services such as internet, email, and instant messaging to flourish. Read the full story here.