Cellphones: Motorola V365 via Cingular
October 31, 2006
The Motorola V365 adds a high-quality speakerphone for PTT while keeping the same features as its cousins the V360/V361.Features include: including Bluetooth connectivity, EDGE data, memory card slot,built in music player, an internal antenna, plus a VGA camera with video capture.
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Japan phone alerts couples to baby-making window
October 31, 2006
Leave it to the Japanese to create something like this: A new mobile phone that is available through Japan’s NTT DoCoMo can be set to alert potential mothers know when they reach the most fertile part of their monthly reproductive cycles.
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Japan Flash Game Maker CELL Co. Ltd to Bring Mobile Games to Verizon Wireless
October 31, 2006
CELL Co. Ltd of Japan has signed a distribution deal with Shockwave.com to bring CELL’s most popular mobile games to the US market. CELL Co. Ltd. is the leading developer of mobile Flash Lite-based content in Japan with a catalog of more than 400 games and four million downloads, making CELL games some of the most popular downloads for Japanese consumers.
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LG Handsets to Feature Schneider-Kreuznach Lenses
October 31, 2006
LG Electronics has just signed a contract regarding technical cooperation with Germany’s Schneider-Kreuznach. This is Schneider-Kreuznach’s first partnership with a mobile phone company, and further solidifies LG’s expertise in the camera phone space. LG’s upcoming handset, codenamed “Shine”, will reportedly be be the first camera phone equipped with a certified Schneider-Kreuznach lens.
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Cellphones: Kyocera Cyclops Phone for Virgin Mobile USA
October 31, 2006
The new Kyocera Cyclops cellphone will soon be made available to Virgin Mobile subscribers in the USA. Featuring a clamshell design, the Cyclops comes in a red/white build that weighs in at 3.5 ounces, making it a very lightweight phone thats easy on the eye. Reportedly priced at US $99.99, the Kyocera Cyclops will be available online and from retail from Virgin Mobile USA.
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Cerience RepliGo Professional 2.0 for BlackBerry
October 31, 2006
Cerience has just released a new version of its popular document viewing solution for the Blackberry, the RepliGo Professional 2.0. With features like faxing, printing and document management capabilities, it looks like this new release packs enough bang for the buck.
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Cellphone Review: Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV
October 31, 2006
The Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV had a favorable response from the reviewers due to its Windows Mobile Smartphone capabilities, its TV and DAB radio support plus the phone’s menu buttons. However what they didnt quite like was the average build quality and the rather weak battery life. The 700TV also had a small amoun t of internal memory and the need to remove your sim card to access the expansion card.
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The Samsung E570 in Le Fleur series
October 31, 2006
Samsung aims to complete their Le Fleur series,which are targeted specifically at the female demographic, with the Samsung E570, Samsung E420 and the E500. The Samsung E570 is an upgrade from the Samsung E530. The E70 supports GSM Tri-band network and has a 1.8″ 176 x 220 256k color TFT display. This phone for the ladies can play MP3s, take photos via its 1.3 megapixel camera and also has bluetooth connectivity.
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Text Messaging Statistics - USA
October 30, 2006
Once considered a service that is popular only to European and Asian users, sending text messages is gaining ground as an important form of communication in the US, with 40% of the nation’s 220 million mobile phone users sending text messages regularly, according to research from NPD Group.
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Monitise Launches Mass Market Java Based Secure Identification Service
October 30, 2006
Monitise Group, the mobile banking and security division of Morse Plc, has announced the launch of its two factor authentication service which is to be called ACCODE. This new service is based on the banking grade security model behind Monitise’s banking service MONILINK, and provides organizations with a secure two factor authentication (2FA) service delivered seamlessly to existing mobile phone units.
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