3GWeek - Asia’s Mobile News

Well, this is a new kind of weekly roundup. I am about to make a different thing, compared to previous Carnaval section. As me and other editor have talked about, this roundup is originally based on Weekly Wrapup by famous RWW.

Let’s get started! This week’s news is filled with 2008 Beijing Olympics coverage and update of iPhone 3G’s next launch. The launch (and approval) of Nokia N85, Sony Ericsson T700, Sony Ericsson C902 Titanium Silver (for James Bond latest movie), Blackberry Bold, and Motorola new ROKR series has also grabbed our attention. In review section, we are lucky to test geotagging feature of Nokia N78.

2008 Beijing Olympics

Beijing Olympics has grabbed world attention nowadays. China managed to create beautiful extravaganza in opening ceremony, hopefully the closing will be as grande as the opening. For us who cannot attend the sport celebration directly, Yahoo! helps us cover the story right in our mobile phone using their Yahoo! Go. If we want to read from many sources, Mippin assists us to aggregate the feeds to our cell. As olympics motto said: Citius, Altius, Fortius; may the faster, higher, and stronger side win!

Apple and iPhone 3G

After successfully creating hype for the launch of iPhone 3G in several countries, Apple is going to strike again. On August 22, they will sell iPhone 3G in several new countries, in Asia including Philippines, India, and Singapore.

In other stories, iPhone 3G helps Japan’s Softbank beat its rivals for new subscription, while Apple asked for production increase to due high demand of this hype product worldwide. One good news, third party has successfully created iPhone 3G’s solar powered charging case.

Not only good news, there is also bad news for Apple too. Steve Jobs admitted that chaos caused by MobileMe, because the system has not met Apple’s standard.

Launches

What’s the new products being announced (and approved) this week? Here is the list:

• Nokia N85 is approved by FCC
• Sony Ericsson T700, T650’s successor
• Motorola new ROKR series
• Sony Ericsson C902 titanium silver, special for latest James Bond movie-Quantum of Solace
• Blackberry Bold in market, begun in Chile
• White version of Samsung Omnia

Pretty much action from big companies, ranging from low end to high end mobile phones.

Rumor

Beside official launch, there are also some rumors spreaded across the Internet. They are:

• Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to be in the market on Oct 30?
• New iPod Nano in christmas?
• PSP phone with Haier inside?
• Motorola Alexander: 8 megapixels camera?
• Nokia to collaborate with Microsoft’s Zune?
• More Nokia 5800 Tube pictures leaked

Others

Take a look at our other contents that also give lot of information:

1. Review: Nokia N78
2. Tips: How to prevent virus attack in our phone
3. Software: nova media creates Sony Ericsson sync software for Mac platform, OK Labs supports Xperia, IBM developed mobile version of its several enterprise service
4. Legal: WiAV sues Apple, RIM, and Palm for GSM patents; in other hand, Michael Bennet sues T-Mobile, Samsung, Motorola for hazardous radio emitent
5. Financial: LG to beat Motorola in Q3, while Windows Mobile Sales doesn’t reach target, miss by 2 million

That’s all folks! Happy weekend!

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