Smackall, a leading mobile entertainment solution provider announces the release of massively multi-player online game (MMOG) available on selected Java-enabled mobile phones through the SMNA Technology. The game is played on a board with 7 columns and 6 rows, which is placed in a vertical position. The players have 21 discs each, distinguished by color. The players take turns in dropping discs in one of the non-full columns. The disc then occupies the lowest unoccupied square on that column. A player wins by placing four of their own discs consecutively in a line (row, column or diagonal), which ends the game. The game ends in a draw if the board is filled completely without any player winning. Strategy ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 14th, 2006 No Comments »

Nokia Indonesia announced its participation in the Indonesia Cellular Show 2006 (ICS 2006) in the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, 5-9 Juli 2006. This event is the biggest mobile telecommunication industry exhibition in Indonesia aiming at accommodating demands and needs of all parties in this industry, particularly mobile phone users in Indonesia. In ICS 2006, Nokia Indonesia introduces Mobile TV, the latest technology offered by Nokia N92 phone, which enables users to watch digital TV broadcast, with the support of DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast – Handheld) technology. As a player in the mobile telecommunication industry in Indonesia with a commitment to always provide the best for its users, Nokia Indonesia welcomes this Indonesia Cellular Show 2006. "We see the people have a ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 6th, 2006 1 Comment »

Nokia recently announced a new commercial DVB-H pilot in Stockholm with Teracom in Sweden. Nokia is supplying the Nokia Mobile Broadcast System 3.0 and Nokia N92 mobile TV devices to the pilot which will last from October to December 2006 and includes 400 consumers. The project is a co-operation between ATG, Boxer, Nokia, Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television/UR, Telenor and Teracom. The pilot participants will be able to watch fourteen TV channels and listen to four radio channels in the Stockholm city region, where a network has been built for high quality indoor and outdoor coverage. The objective is to evaluate what Swedish consumers think about commercial broadcast mobile TV. We strongly believe in the capability of the DVB-H technology as ...

Posted by Budi Putra on June 30th, 2006 No Comments »

How the future of mobile game in the era of 3G services? Mobile game developers must find ways to build in the technology’s capabilities, says Artificial Life. Creativity and innovation will play important role to conquer this challenge. 3G opens up myriad opportunities for mobile games, and it’s a shame that few developers are taking advantage of it. The overwhelming majority of them are content to develop single-thumb apps, which are bundled free on handsets, and offer little opportunity for revenue generation through product placement or service usage. Such games, which typically take one developer a few days to develop out of his home PC, are squandering the vast possibilities that 3G offers, says Eberhard Schoneburg, chairman and CEO of Artificial Life, a ...

Posted by Budi Putra on June 23rd, 2006 No Comments »

As the market evolves with new phones arriving weekly, Whoscallingme.com is poised to support over 600 of them, delivering ring tones to all on-comers. The vast chasm of mobile functionality is rapidly being bridged by a weekly influx of new mobile devices. This causes more than enough headaches for those hoping to get in on the latest multimedia craze; games, pictures or the most popular…ring tones. Now, a California Ring Tone company has re-designed their web site to support over 600 devices, and the list grows with the market. Motorola commands over 28% of the new sales market, selling their Razr phone to millions, while the rest of the market including Nokia, Samsung, LG, Kyocera and Sanyo all are delivering new devices ...

Posted by Budi Putra on June 23rd, 2006 No Comments »

Nokia Podcasting Application let's you discover and download podcasts on your mobile device. Today, Nokia introduced the beta release of the Nokia Podcasting Application. Available for the Nokia N91 and other Nokia S60 3rd edition devices, the application enables people to find and download supported audio and video podcasts directly to your Nokia Nseries multimedia computer. The Nokia Podcasting Application also allows you to play previews while tracks are downloading, download multiple podcasts simultaneously, and even multi-task while downloading in the background. Also, you can personalize the application by adding new podcasts and directories, share and import OMPL files, and interact via mobile Internet links to add comments to podcasters blogs or websites. Podcasts downloaded from the PC can ...

Posted by Budi Putra on June 21st, 2006 No Comments »

N-Gage owners get easy access to games through www.n-gage.com/gameshop Today, Nokia launched its first global digital retail distribution channel for N-Gage games. N-Gage owners can now trial, purchase and download popular N-Gage games like Pathway to Glory and Mile High Pinball from www.n-gage.com/gameshop. To access N-Gage content, N-Gage owners simply browse the online catalogs to see what is available and then download their choices to a PC. With a compatible memory card reader and memory card, game files can then be installed to the N-Gage game deck. The price of games ranges from 19.99 to 29.99 euros per game and purchases can be made directly using a credit card. [3G!]

Posted by Budi Putra on June 6th, 2006 2 Comments »

JAKARTA -- Nokia will promote its master piece, NSeries, as a multimedia computer and considered as a latest invention of computer history, a Nokia senior manager told 3GWeek.NET here today. "NSeries was different from cell phones or smart phones. It's a computer, a mobile multimedia computer," said Usun Pringgodigdo, Business Development Manager, Nokia Indonesia. Nokia Nseries is a range of high performance multimedia devices that delivers unparalleled mobile multimedia experiences by combining the latest technologies with stylish design and ease of use. With Nokia Nseries products, consumers can use a single device to enjoy entertainment, access information and to capture and share pictures and videos, whenever and wherever they want. According ...

Posted by Budi Putra on May 30th, 2006 5 Comments »

Welcome to video phone journalism! BBC has been testing since three years ago. BBC journalists in the field are using commercially available camera phones on a daily basis. The BBC news organisation has been experimenting using mobile technology or as they call it “participatory social media”. Although the UK-based news company has been toying with video enabled mobile phones since 2003, to file video using the Internet in extreme circumstances, only now is it going mainstream, report Mobile Monday. [3G!]

Posted by Budi Putra on May 22nd, 2006 No Comments »

Research In Motion (RIM) reportedly expects to launch its Blackberry wireless e-mail deivce with Hong Kong-based China Mobile by the end of 2006. The number of Chinese mobile subscriptions reached 404 million at the end of February, according to Chinese government statisticians. Over half of Chinese users rely on China Mobile for their wireless service, a total of 254.9 million as of the end of February, according to the company. China Mobile alone has more mobile phone subscribers than the entire U.S RIM has also announced plans of launching a Blackberry device that uses 3G mobile technology in the second half of 2006. Meanwhile, China Unicom has launched a 'Redberry' wirless e-mail service which emulates the Blackberry. Once the genuine Blackberry hits ...

Posted by Budi Putra on April 16th, 2006 No Comments »