Phones

Virtually all experts agree that growth in the mobile phone industry is coming from the developing world, so Sony Ericsson is pinning much of their strategy on the vision of cheap phones be used everywhere in the world.

Nokia has upgraded one of it’s N series, the N80, now called N80ie. There’s no hardware upgrade, only some softwares being added to the mobile phone to make it more web friendly. The Nokia N80ie now features shortcuts to Gizmo VoIP, F-Secure, Yahoo Go etc., a great download client and other useful applications.

It looks like Apple found another word to attach an “i” to - iPhone. Apple’s 1984 invention - Macintosh - has changed the computer industry, in 2001 Apple shocked the music industry with their iPod, and now, in 2007 Apple is taking the phone industry to a new step. What can be smarter than smartphones - iPhones.

The cons of this device. Now not having tested a device it is really hard to criticize it. There are two major factors that are going to play in how well this phone does. Number one is the price. It weighs in at a whopping $600 with a two year Cingular contract. Ouch. That is a little much for me to pay for this device, even if it does everything I want it to do. I think Apple has priced this higher than most people will be able to afford for a device of this kind. The second problem I have with the iPhone is Cingular.

Am I the only who missed the rumor that she was a witch? Could you imagine if she joined that religion? There would be cell phones magically hitting people for no reason.

In order to sync the Treo 750 with Vista, you must download and install a beta version of Windows Mobile Device Center. WMDC is currently in Beta 3. You can not use ActiveSync with Vista.

think it’s great that people still use things like a phone book to look up a number. But I a) hate talking to anyone on the phone so much that I let my answering machine get EVERYTHING b) won’t call anyone unless I absolutely have to, and usually know the number already c) don’t mind paying $.50 for 411 if it saves me time and effort rather than hauling out a 6lb book and trying to find the number and searching through 1000 pages for something, and d) I HAVE THE FREAKING INTERNET!!

Quick tip: If you ever need to find the MAC address of your Nokia phones’ WiFi interface, dial…

After having introduced a flat rate in the US - $29.95 per year to any number in the USA and Canada (50% discount available right now), Skype will also roll out per call (vs. per minute) prices in Europe in 2007.

That hasn’t stopped the San Francisco Chronicle from reporting known lies, however. They say that “millions of people who are expected to buy Apple’s iPhone should consider this first: Mobile phones emit radiation, cause damage to brain tissue, and produce the kind of cancer that kills rats in laboratory experiments”. In other words, they argue that if you buy an Apple iPhone, you’re going to die of cancer.

I started thinking about this last night and how our lives have become so much busier in a world that was supposed to supply technologies that made things easier. This would have to be the main reason I refuse to have a blackberry - Why on earth do I need phone calls, sms messages, and my email coming to me immediately!! When did the device take control of my life? I realise there is the off button that I can press when I get home of an evening - But how many people resist the temptation to just quickly check the latest email?

Es gibt einen VoIP Dienst. Für alle die, die via Handy Flirten, oder andere Angebote im TK Bereich nutzen möchten und Ihre Nummer dabei nicht preisgeben wollen. Die Firma Shadownumber (Tochterfirma von TalkPlus) ist eine Art “Firewalldienst” für Ihr Mobiltelefon und führt ein “NATing” Ihrer Rufnummer aus. Somit ist Ihre Nummer nicht nach zu verfolgen und erscheint auch auf keiner Liste eines Dienstleister. Der Dienst schützt Sie also vor unangenehmen Stalkern und bewahrt Ihre Anonymität.

Cableco VoIP and IP application infrastructure supplier Arris today snapped up Tandberg TV1 for $1.2 billion. The deal, expected by analysts, adds Tandberg’s IPTV smarts to Arris’ arsenal, to better compete with Cisco and Motorola, who have both made similar moves2 recently to beef up as the world of service-provider triple-play grows and grows.

Cingular Wireless LLC bought AT&T Wireless, then an independent company, and killed off the AT&T Wireless brand. The owners of Cingular, SBC, then decided to buy AT&T and adopted the brand for its landline services. After AT&T bought Bellsouth Corporation, the other owner of Cingular, the AT&T Wireless brand was restored.

A few weeks ago I became more interested in Skype than I ever have been. Since moving abroad in 2004 Vonage has provided all of my telephony needs and has worked great. The benefits of VoIP are just huge… and I’m still surprised at how many people are completely clueless about it.

Apple already knew that Cisco owns the trademark for iPhone. It’s been under Cisco since way back 1996. I guess when rumors about Apple going out with their own mobile phone, Cisco made its move and released a cheap VoIP phone last quarter and used their iPhone trademark. Cisco is a $176 billion dollar company so I don’t think this was about more money again.

…Indonesians use over 12 million landline phones and over 46 million mobile cellular phones (as of 2005)?

TSteve Jobs has unveiled the LONG-anticipated iPhone at MacWorld today. The iPhone features widescreen iPod functionality with touch controls and is rumored to be a revolutionary mobile phone having breakthrough Interent communications device capabilities.

I generally keep up with what is going on in the mobile phone sector. The competing technologies, new phones, etc. despite that I still have my trusty Treo 650. I have been waiting for a new phone that would do everything the Treo does, and does it a bit better. From my initial impression, I think the iPhone could have been it.

Recently mobile Internet space has been in the limelight, given the potential of the market - there’re about 200 million mobile users in the U.S. Wireless operators and media and entertainment companies alike are salivating over the prospect of a windfall. Microsoft signed a comprehensive agreement with Sprint Nextel last Novemberto provide search on its mobile network.

Last night party captain Richard Blakeley and I hit the Verizon “Off the Record” party at the Palm. In addition to the free booze, mediocre music, and awkward crowd, there was a big ol’ pile of Samsung and LG phones hooked up to the upcoming V CAST Mobile TV service.

However, I had a few bumps installing the software, for Internet calling, and the phone drivers on my laptop. Tell ya about that later.

Wall Street Journal is reporting that Cingular and Apple are to be joining forces. Now this isn’t a set in stone fact, but it’s almost 90% true. I surely do hope that Steve Jobs announces the iPhone tomorrow. I have a little bit of money set back right now and might even think of purchasing this phone. I just hope it’s not like any other iTunes enabled phone. Either way, we’ll see tomorrow at MacWorld 2007.

Okay, okay, I can hear the sniggers and the comments now: “He’s gone for style over functionality” Well, not quite so true though it does have an element of truth to it. Yes, I got myself a Blackberry Pearl through my O2 business package. Why I have this? Let’s look at my history for the last few years:

CES 2007 was the place where Cingular and Palm wanted to make the announcement official. The Palm Treo 750 is finally here. Many of you have known about the device for quite some time and have been anxiously awaiting its arrival.

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done a gadget review. Last time was a review comparison of the Blackberry 8700 vs the Treo 700, which seemed to capture a TON of attention and started a community of it’s own. It’s the #1 post I have for comments, and the #2 post in visitors on this entire blog. There seems to be an amazing amount of questions and community surrounding these phones.

Nokia, meanwhile, unveiled the N76, a light, clamshell model that includes a 2-megapixel camera and 2 gigabytes of expandable memory. But, at a half-inch thick, it is only slightly thinner than Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr model and is nearly twice as thick as Samsung Electronics Co.'s X820, which the South Korean company claims to be the thinnest on the market.