In their latest report, entitled “Mobile WiMAX: Global Opportunities, Strategies & Forecasts, 2007-2013″, Juniper Research forecasts that Mobile WiMAX will be subscribed by 80 million people within 5 years. The main issue for this success story are availability of suitable devices and service differentiation.
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Nokia is working on concept to make our life better (and easier). They plan to use photo recognition for shopping, reading menu, and any information required. The idea is to use cameraphones to take pictures of something and send them to the web, and then receive information back on the object.
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Yes. You must have been familiar with the marked and scratch issue for the screen. One simple solution is to apply screen protector. But it is going to be more cost to spend. Sony Ericsson, patented nice idea on how screen can have self-cleaning ability.
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Mobile email application maker, Momail, has achieved more than 1000 mobile phones supported, 4 times more than closest competitor. “We estimate that more than 300 million mobile phones will be sold worldwide this quarter: In UK alone, approximately 6 million handsets will be sold, and Momail functions on almost all of them”, says Roger Grönberg, [...]
Emirate based telecommunication company, Etisalat, reported to buy 16% stake of XL, third largest Indonesia’s telecom company. Total price amounted US$ 438 million. Etisalat will obtain 1.13 billion shares of Rajawali Group, means that there will be no local stakeholder in XL. More than 60% shares are owned by Malaysian, Telecom Malaysia.
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As the domestic penetration dense up, operators may think to expand its business opportunities abroad. Korean largest telecom operator, KT, opens the road on expanding its business. KT CEO Nam Joong-soo says that the firm aims to build a “Silk Road” of the digital era with its broadband and mobile network technology.
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The phone is back to its motherland. After being introduced in Europe on October 2007, LG Viewty (also known as LG-SH210/KH2100/LH2100), made its path to Korean market. It is 3G phone that has 5 megapixels camera, powered by Schneider-Kreuznach lens. The phone is available in dark silver and black. The price tag is KRW 737,000 [...]
More than 150 films will be screened at the festival, organised by the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, which is being held in neighbouring Yokohama, said spokesman Yuko Mori. They will compete to grab the prize of 500,000 yen (£2,200).
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Twenty one years old Rin (not the real name), the nursery school teacher from Kokura, Southern Japan, will never dream that her novel, written down firstly using SMS menu is going to be major hit. Her series, now being converted into book, has been sold for more than 420 thousand copies. It is even higher [...]
For those using DoCoMo and SoftBank network, no need to worry when talking with low battery. Strapya offers really unique - yet very useful - portable battery [in Japanese]. What, portable battery? Not portable charger?
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