Ericsson & Nokia Increase Global Network Share According to Infonetics Research, worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment hit to $US10.2 billion, after Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks each increased their worldwide revenue by 5%, reinforcing their strong number 1 and number 2 positions respectively, in a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Its Business As Usual Says Crazy Johns CEO After yesterday?s announcement of the impending acquisition of Crazy John?s by Vodafone, it looks like it?s a case of same ole? same ole, according to the mobile resellers CEO Brendan Fleiter.
Vodafone Makes Crazy Decision Vodafone Australia today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire from Patricia
Ilhan, her major stake in mobile phone retailer Crazy John?s, for between $150 and $200 million.
Mobile Phone & Barcode Scanner Combo From Motorola The CA50 enables companies to extend the benefits of integrated mobile voice and data to task and service-oriented workers inside your four walls ? quickly, easily and cost-effectively.
Sony Ericsson iPhone Competitor Looks Less Likely Struggling phone Company Sony Ericsson is facing further delays for their Xperia X1 mobile phone which is intended to compete with the Apple iPhone with some insiders saying that it will not appear untill early in 2009 due to problems associated with the Windows Mobile operating system.
Does Sony Want To Divorce Its Ericsson Half? In a recent interview with a German newspaper, Sony's CEO Howard Stringer was quoted as saying that its mobile-phone joint venture with Ericsson must do better or else.
Telstra, NAB & Visa Launch Mobile Payment Technology Telstra, NAB and Visa today launched a contactless, mobile phone payments trial with a group of consumers and participating merchants at Melbourne?s Docklands.
iPhones On Optus & Virgin Networks Slowest In World It looks like iPhones running on the Optus & Virgin networks are the slowest in the world, after a recent survey by US Wired magazine, which found those mobile carriers as the culprits for slow connections.
Gen Y Making Mobile Maps, Music & Nokia Big Winners According to the latest Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index, conducted together with m.Net Corporation and Ideal Interfaces, the young and restless are ensuring that mobile content downloads are fast becoming the norm.
Sex In The City Just A Phone Call Away It looks like LG just cant get enough of US actor Chris Noth, who currently is (still) gracing the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as the face of LG Electronics and its latest mobile marketing campaign.
Telstra To Roll Out HTC Google Phone Soon Telstra is set to be the first Australian carrier to launch a Google Phone in partnership with Taiwanese Company HTC. Senior HTC executives told ChannelNews recently that they are well advanced in marrying HTC hardware with the new Google Android-software. It will also be the fastest Google phone in the world when it runs on the Telstra NextG network. The new Telstra offering could be announced within the next two months.
LG Touchscreen Phones Prove Popular LG Electronics, has over taken Samsung to snare the #2 spot in the US mobile phone market. The gains have come due to the popularity of new touchscreen technology.
Apple 3G iPhone Sucking The Mobile Market Dry A survey of several phone carriers? retail shops reveals that vendors selling phones up against the new 3G iPhone could find their sales decimated by demand for the Apple 3G iPhone.
Touch Diamond Mobile Set To Hit A Million Units HTC who rolled out their new Touch Diamond phone this week in partnership with Telstra have told DigiTimes that they expect to be hitting a million units a month by mid August.
Microsoft Mobile Fails To Hit Home According to Bill Gates local newspaper the Seattle Pi Microsoft has only sold18 million Windows Mobile software licenses which is 2 million short of what was forecast. The news is particulary bad as Apple and their new 3G iPhone is now available in up to 40 new markets including Australia.
Olympians Get Free Samsung Handsets Free Samsung handsets have been handed out to Australian Olympic athletes and officials before they head off to Beijing, as part of the mobile manufacturer's sponsorship of the Games.
HTC Wobble Looking For A Diamond Result With Telstra Struggling mobile phone Company HTC is attempting to go up against the Apple iPhone with their new HTC Diamond. Last week shares in the Company crashed as HTC tries to compete head on with Apple.
Snubbed 3 Try To Out Manoeuvre Apple After being cold-shouldered by Apple in its bid to sell the 3G iPhone in Australia, Hutchison Telecommunications' "3" operation is urging Australians to buy "unlocked" iPhones and run them on 3.
Telstra Jumps The Gun With Problematic BlackBerry Telstra has jumped the gun on today's official launch of the new 3G Blackberry Bold, announcing it will be offering the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone for $0 upfront to business customers from late September.
Like A Tiger--Nokia Joins Paws For Big Pussy According to reports from the Business Standard, Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia has joined paws, err, hands with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and an Indian state government, in support that countrys tiger conservation initiative.
Are Mobile Phones The New Cigarettes? There has been a raging debate for some time as to whether mobile phones or more specifically the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that they emit, increase the phone users cancer risk.
Carriers Rorting iPhone Users Claim IDC Market researcher IDC has accused the three major Australian mobile phone carriers Telstra, Optus and Vodafone of "stringing" Australian iPhone users with their data download pricing plan.
Sony Ericsson In Deep Trouble Sony Ericsson is in strife after net profits for the last quarter crashed 97%. The European manufacturer of mobile phone is finding it hard to compete up against the Apple iPhone, as well as new mobile phone products from Samsung and LG.
Apple Sells 1 Million iPhones But Only A Few In Australia Apple today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, 11 July. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries including Australia. However stock limitations resulted in only 80,000 going on sale in Australia.
Consumers Ignoring Recycling Claim Nokia With Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pushing climate change in Japan it appears that consumers are not taking the enviroment seriously with Nokia reporting that only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones despite the fact that most have old devices lying around at home that they no longer want. Three out of every four people added that they don't even think about recycling their devices and nearly half were unaware that it is even possible to do so.
FIRST REVIEWS: New 3G iPhone Has Problems But The Audio Is Great The new 3G iPhone has poor battery performance particularly when running 3G applications, however one really big addition is the inclusion of GPS navigation however the antenna is too small to permit turn by turn navigation. On the plus side Apple has improved the audio output of the device over previous iPhones claims Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital, David Pogue of The New York Times, and Edward Baig of USA Today who are among the first technology journalists in the world to conduct in-depth reviews of the new Appple 3G iPhone which will go on sale in Australia on July 11.
Nokia Admits Green Phone Incentives Failing It seems handset makers and carriers aren?t doing enough to encourage mobile phone recycling, whilst at the same time it looks like many people have grown emotional attachments to their old mobiles.
EXCLUSIVE: 3G iPhone Shortages Carriers Not Happy Telstra Vodafone and Optus will get less than 80,000 3G Apple iPhones to sell between them from July 11th with sold out signs set to go up within minutes of the new phones going on sale. Australia and New Zealand will be two of the first Countries in the world to see the new devices.
Samsung Launches Tough Phone Samsung has just released a tough mobile phone for users who want a phone that is resistant to water, dust, and shock.
Conroy Gives $8M For More Phone Coverage The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released guidelines for the $8 million Mobile Connect program for 2008-2009.
The Road Is Clear For Nokia's Navteq Takeover According to reports from AP, European regulators have cleared the road for Nokia's takeover of digital mapmaker Navteq, saying the deal would ?be unlikely to shut off rivals' access to digital maps?.
The Age Of Exclusive Phone Deals Is Over The recent telco scramble to secure rights to Apple's iPhone in Australia with Telstra just managing to scramble over the line and Hutchison's 3 asking customers to beg Apple to give it a share of the action is destined to become a relic of the past, and its all thanks to technology according to S2 Intelligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Telstra Boss Talks About the Worlds Fastest 3G iPhone EXCLUSIVE: Telstra has confirmed that they will roll out the world?s fastest 3G Apple Phone on July 11th in a move that will hurt both Vodaphone and Optus who have significantly slower 3G networks. In an exclusive interview with ChannelNews and SmartHouse a senior Telstra board member has said that the iPhone on Telstra will be the fastest iPhone in the world and even faster next year.
Get Lost With GPS Walkman Phone Sony has unveiled a 3G Walkman phone that comes with an inbuilt GPS that will prevent users from getting lost. The new Sony Ericsson W760 will also allow users to download music and data faster than ever, as it will be utilising Telstra?s Next G network.
Telstra Claims QR Codes Will Change Advertising Industry Telstra customers will soon have software downloaded free to their mobile phones, through QR coding technology, giving them quick access to websites and mobile content via special barcodes.
Samsung Launches GPS Multimedia Phone Say goodbye to roadmaps with the Samsung i560 with state-of-the-art GPS technology. The GPS navigation experience with the bonus Route 66 software includes turn-by-turn voice guidance and a navigation kit.
New 3G iPhone Only $173 BOM Only days after HTC announced an iPhone competitor at $900 comes news that the real cost of building the new 3G iPhone iony $173.
Nokia Flies In With The Bat Phone For those that think they live in Gotham City and have a thing for the Catwoman, Nokia has released the N82 Black to celebrate the launch of The Dark Knight movie, the prequel to the Batman series.
LG's Secret Is A New Tough Phone The third LG Black Label Series handset has finally been unveiled. The LG Secret KF750 is a slim 5-megapixel camera that comes with an innovative design and enriched technological features to satisfy any user.
Google Mobile Platform To Slash Smart Phone Costs The Google gPhone will not be delayed with HTC who yesterday rolled out their new Windows Mobile Diamond phone in Australia set to be one of the first Companies to deliver a version of the HTC Diamond running the Google mobile operating system.
HTC Hands Telstra A Gem With Diamond HTC has today launched its Touch Diamond on Telstra?s Next G network. This new device promises fast internet browsing, captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFlo, all in a small compact size.
HTC Working On New Google Phone President To Talk Today A phone war is set to kick off today with both HTC who are currently working on a new Google phone and LG set to launch new models in an effort to take on the new Apple 3G iPhone. HTC will roll out their new Diamond model while LG is set to roll out a range of new phones including their Secret model.
Telstra To Roll Out Worlds Fastest 3G iPhone July 22 Telstra looks set to join Optus and Vodafone in launching the new 3G version of Apple's best-selling iPhone in Australia in July, according to an Australian IT report. It says Telstra chief Sol Trujillo may make an announcement later this week.
LG Face Phone Downturn From 3G Apple iPhone LG who is set to roll out new mobiles this week in Australia in an effort to take on the new Apple 3G iPhone could face a downturn later this year according to several telecommunication analysts.
Crazy Johns Hooks Up With Jims Group For Phones Jim's Group, the company behind one of the world's largest franchises and one of Australia's most well-known brands with companies servicing everything from antennas, bookkeeping, fencing, mowing and cleaning has chosen Crazy John's, to deliver an integrated business mobile solution package to improve its service and reliability.
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