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Podcasts on the Go with Nokia N91

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 [...]

About Camera Phones

Most cell phones nowadays have a camera, but this does not make them “camera phones”. If you want to replace your digital camera with a camera phone, you need more than a cell phone with a camera. And remember that megapixels isn´t everything. If you want a really good camera phone you should consider things like [...]

Nokia Launches New N-Gage Games

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 [...]

The Minimalist but Irresistible Chocolate

By Zatni Arbi What is black all over but has been christened with the name “Chocolate”? Well, let me tell you — it is another handset that I have found quite hard to part with. I do not consider myself fashion-crazy, but when it was time to return it I could not help saying to myself, [...]

3G Billing Deployment for Intec

Is there any problem in charging 3G services? This is one of the best solutions The BSS/OSS software vendor, Intec and Huawei say they have successfully implemented Intec’s Mediation solution for Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (”APBW”), a CDMA 2000 operator in Taiwan, within three months. Established in November 2001, APBW won its 3G mobile operating license [...]

3G Operators in Malaysia to Fully Interoperate

Smart move in accelerating 3G services in Malaysia. All 3G operators here will have to enter into interoperability agreements to widen subscriber base and coverage. They show that cooperation much better than mere competition. All 3G operators in Malaysia will have to enter into interoperability agreements to secure a wider subscriber base, Frost & Sullivan Asia [...]

Mobile Search Expands Across Europe

Millions can now explore, find and connect with Mobile Search as coverage extends to Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Spain Nokia recently announced the expansion of Mobile Search, a free software solution for the high-performing Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia devices based on the S60 platform. Mobile Search provides people with an easy, fast [...]

NSeries is Multimedia Computer: Nokia Senior Manager

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 [...]

France Telecom Considers China 3G Technology

France Telecom SA’s (FTE) research unit in Beijing said Friday it is assessing China’s locally developed third-generation mobile phone standard, which its parent company may consider using in Europe at a later date. China’s Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access standard uses a different frequency spectrum for mobile-phone calls and data transfers than the other [...]

Pornography Fears Lead to Ban on 3G Mobile Phones

How 3G technology faces the reaction regarding high-quality video of mobile phone which could be a good media for showing, say, a pornography content? Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, yesterday banned the latest generation of mobile phone services in Cambodia to curb the spread of pornography, heeding a request from his wife. Bun Rany recently urged Hun [...]

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