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Archive for January, 2008

OS, Symbian

Symbian powered 30 million Japan’s phone in 2007

Symbian turned out to be successfully delivers service for 30 million Japan's phone until November 2007. To date, a total of 69 mobile phone models based on Symbian OS have launched in Japan by six Symbian customers: Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp and Sony Ericsson. Definitely a breeze for Symbian since nowadays the competition among mobile operating system is getting tougher with Windows Mobile, Linux and Mac (as in iPhone). Source: intomobile

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

IP Phone, Japan

Softbank white call: new free call service for IP phone

Due to great response from customer, Japan's third largest operator, Softbank, is going to enable free-of-charge call service, especially for IP phone subscribers. Started in Hokkaido, Niigata and Ehime, the company will enlarge the area to cover across Japan. This service known as White Call, is being introduced for the first time in Japan.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Samsung, Windows Mobile

Samsung to create Windows-Mobile-based iPhone competitor

iPhone is truly becoming new benchmark of smartphone industry. Now it is Samsung's turn to create "iPhone killer" handset. With Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional based, this new phone currently coded i900. What's so special with this phone?
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Motorola

Motorola unveiled 2 new phones in CES 2008

Yes, we are bored with RAZR-look-alike series. If you want to take back the position, you must be creative, Motorola! One of the effort is the launching of 2 new phones in CES 2008 last week. The first is ROKR E8. One fresh feature is touch keypad, named Omega Wheel. It has 2 megapixels camera but no 3G connectivity available. A fresh 2GB flash memory is equipped.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Financial, North America, Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson sold 100 million handsets in 2007

Japan-Swedish manufacturer, Sony Ericsson, which is now rank in number 4 of mobile producer, reported to sell 100 million handsets in 2007. Translated into percentage, now Sony Ericsson holds 9% of market share and plan to take the US market from Motorola. One big contribution made by its Walkman series. Among 145 million music phone sold last year, 57 million were Walkman phones.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Apple, Japan, iPhone

iPhone is struggling to enter Japan’s market

Apple is dying to enter Japan market. As their desktop (and laptop) dominate the computer market (and vanish Windows into second place), they want iPhone to have same history. Even if they have already made conversation with DoCoMo and Softbank, iPhone is hardly to enter Japan's market.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Battery, Motorola

Motorola introduced fuel cellphone

US phone manufacturer, Motorola, introduced something we have been waiting for so long. Their SLVR L7 is powered with hydrogen! In creating the technology, Motorola are in cooperation with Canadian company, Angstrom Power. Angstrom claimed that the fuel cell lasts twice as long as an equivalent sized lithium battery, and recharges in just 10 minutes. Definitely something we need since we are tired charging 3-4 hours for only 2-3 days last. Source: vnunet

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »

Asia Pacific, NSN

China Telecom selected NSN to boost MegaEyes service

China Telecom, the leading wireline provider of telecommunications services in China has selected Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) as the primary solutions provider for its video monitoring service, MegaEye. This video monitoring solution is an operator host IP based offering capable of providing high end images for remote monitoring.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 16th, 2008 No Comments »

Europe, Nokia

Nokia to close German plant

Due to lack of location competitiveness, Nokia plans to close its German manufacturing and automotive supply unit plant in Bochum. The moves would reduce Nokia's work force by 2,300 positions, or about 2 percent. Currently they are in talk to sell the plant to India's Sasken Technologies.
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Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 16th, 2008 No Comments »

Advertising, Asia Pacific, Operator

Singapore’s Singtel for mobile advertising

The Singapore's largest operator, Singtel, unveiled the plan on entering mobile and internet advertising business and to lead it within next 5 years. The new strategy will involve delivering an end-to-end advertising solution across four key areas – inventory creation and control of customer information, media planning, advertisement delivery and advertising campaign performance tracking. The mobile and Internet advertising industry in Singapore is estimated to be worth more than $200 million by 2012. Source: adoi magazine

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 16th, 2008 1 Comment »

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