June 2nd, 2008
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Indonesia’s newest GSM and 3G’s operator, AXIS, launches today the new prepaid tariff for data usage: Rp0.1 per Kb for the first 10 Mb every day. The company claims that this is a revolutionary step for the country’s data services, emphasizing that this price is 90% cheaper than the existing tariff offered by other providers.
Prepaid [...]
May 30th, 2008
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Yeah, Boy Genius was lucky enough to review Nokia E71! But I was no less lucky to had the device in hand recently! And it along with N66 also!
Unfortunately, a friend of mine asked me not to take the devices’ pictures. OK. Since I got the pictures already on the Net, I was still happy to [...]
May 30th, 2008
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The latest news about Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. to offer Apple’s iPhone in Hong Kong and Macau, has undirectly delivered another important message to the market: will this provider also bring iPhone to Indonesia, one of the emerging markets in Asia? Will Indonesia follow Singapore and the Philippines as the third countries of ASEAN to get the iPhone?
It’s [...]
May 25th, 2008
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The next Sony Ericsson phone, codenamed Beibei, already got its new name: G702, which appeared on the FCC website.
Here are the rumored highlights:
UIQ 3.2 User Interface
FM Radio
Music Player
5 Megapixel Camera
So, we are just waiting for the official announcement of the cool phone. Can’t hardly wait.
Source: Sony Ericsson Blog, Ubergizmo
May 25th, 2008
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Before you come to China for the Olympic Games, please bring the right charger for your cell phone! Due to the outlets in China are different from some other countries, please prepare an adapter if your charger can’t be used in China.
This type can be used in China:
But this type can’t be used in most [...]
May 25th, 2008
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To some extent, Nokia E71 has similar features with E66: S60 3rd FP1, GPS and - 3.2 mega pixel AF camera with LED flash. But it has another type of battery: 1500mAh BP-4L battery. The device is expected to feature 3G connectivity and Wi-Fi in a 112 x 57 x 10 mm package.
I think this [...]
May 25th, 2008
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Dear Nokia fans and S60 fans, here are other cool pics of the E66. This slider phone will run S60 3rd FP1 and offers GPS capability, 3.2 mega pixel AF camera with LED flash and 1000 mAh BL-4U battery and will operate under HSDPA (3G) network.
Source: Justamp
May 24th, 2008
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I personally like the handset’s body. Flat. Slim. It’s easy to hold or keep it in our pocket.
Above all, the most-sophisticated feature this phone can do is its ability to create geo-tagging for pictures taken by its camera. When you took a picture, then its GPS capability will add some geo-tagging informations to this photo [...]
May 24th, 2008
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It’s a new report by Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) about handset market over the past few years and I think it’s a good reading for 3GWeek readers. Please keep it for the future reference.
“In 2004, Siemens shut down its handset business as it was unable to keep up with the rapidly-changing handset industry. In [...]
May 24th, 2008
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Mobile phone makers are still competing to win the low end phones market. Asia is one of the emerging market for this sector. Philips announces a new low-end handset that have very basic features, measuring 99 x 42 x 13.5 mm and weighing only 65 grams.
This company offers two variations of this entry phone. The [...]