Archive for June, 2005
Thursday, June 30th, 2005
The Australian government has a few concerns regarding adult content on mobile phones.
The Government's communications regulator has banned hard-core pornography from mobile phones.
Phone companies will not be allowed to broadcast content that is rated X18+ or refused classification. The rules affect SMS, picture and video services.
Phone companies will also ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
Verizon Wireless "announced" that they plan on introducing a music download service similar to iTunes in "the next couple of months". The news was not an official press release, but rather derived from comments made by Verizon CEO, Denny Strigl at a conference. I wonder if this will affect Verizon's ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
In China, a 5 part, 25 minute movie was filmed specifically for mobile phone consumption. Telegraph reports that the movie, which cost nearly $360k to produce, is the first film to be commissioned for mobile phone viewing.
"The number of mobile phone users in China has doubled to more than ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
EETimes reports that Philips may soon have a phone which retails for under 20 bucks.
The Nexperia cellular system platform — including integrated hardware and software constituting the electronics needed in a mobile phone — should drive GSM handset costs below $20, according to Thierry Laurent, Philips Semiconductors' executive vice president ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
The MTA has approved a program which will track NYC buses in real-time throughout New York City. The program is designed to prevent bus "bunching" and will provide riders with accurate times as to when the next bus will pull up. In addition to having digital displays at the bus ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2005
I hate to beat a dead horse here, but BetaNews reports that there is an official investigation by the British Government into the sales practices for the Crazy Frog ringtone. Jamster and their messaging provider, MBlox are the focus of this investigation which seems to have been spurned by ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
mFoundry annouced today the release of go2 mGuide, a Java-based mobile application which will allow users access to a nationwide phone directory and movie guide.
Some of the PR rhetoric goes like this:
"mWorks enabled us to make dramatic improvements in the user interface and experience for the mGuide downloadable applications that ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
The Feature has a great piece speculating on whether the mobile operators will allow junk SMS messages to be sent to their users. Unlike email, SMS is not free. Each time an SMS message is sent, a carrier is making money; at the expense of the recipient.
Would mobile operators ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
NetImperative reports that T-Mobile will use Google as their WAP entry page. Many people already have Google as their home page on their PC, but your mobile phone? The article states that this is part of T-Mobile's strategy to offer its subscribers full access to the Internet, as opposed to ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
Warner Brothers Online launched the first ever "Looney Tunes and Friends" mobile video channel. Sprint PCS Vision customers can "tune" to channel 12 to enjoy all time favorites such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety with Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones and The Jetsons soon to follow. The channel which can ...
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