The results of a new international survey on the links between cancer and mobile phone use has been published, and the conclusion is that there’s no link that they could find, but that it still needs some research, particularly for the effects of “long-term heavy use”. Luckily that research is ongoing and the research that…
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Google nix Nexus online
Google have had a slight mid-course correction with the Nexus, and have decided to leave selling mobiles to the big boys in store, and to concentrate on pushing Android via online. Andy Rubin, VP, Engineering at Google in an announcement on his blog on Friday, “Nexus One changes in availability”, described the reasons for Google’s…
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Users like mobile advertising
According to some new research by US wifi operator JiWire mobile users actually like advertising, and are actively clicking on mobile advertising. JiWire’s research found that advertisements in mobile applications are especially effective. With over half of survey respondents acting on an advertisement in an application in the last 30 days, and 18 percent made…
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Sharp to bring 3D cameras to mobile devices
Sharp Japan has developed a 3D camera module intended for mobile devices, that’s capable of capturing high-definition 3D video images. Sharp will start shipping samples in July with consumer devices launching in 2010. The 3D camera module developed by Sharp incorporates two cameras and includes hardware to process the image data output by the left…
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Android selling 65,000 devices a day
More than 65,000 devices running the Google’s Android operating system are shipped every day, according to Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and Google has plans for the platform to be number ‘one or two’ player in the market. Schmidt, speaking at Google’s annual shareholder meeting at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, said the…
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Video is the future for mobile
OK we lied a little with the headline, video isn’t the future of mobile not unless we all became very rich and the telecomms providers discovered that they could support 20 million people streaming the latest Lady Gaga video at once putting the entire network into meltdown, instead this is a video about the future…
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Samsung Wave coming soon
Days after our piece on Bada and the Samsung Wave Vodafone has launched it’s dedicated Samsung Wave site http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/samsung-wave for pre-orders for the Samsung Wave. There’s a full list of the Wave features and some pictures and it seems to be growing on us. To register for information on the Wave on Vodafone register here
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Trustive launches worldwide 3G Wifi package
Working on the move using a 3G dongle has become a way of life for many people, and for most the service works really well. But, where it tends to screw up is when you go abroad. A SIM for every country and an account with every Wifi cloud provider is something only the well-heeled…
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Amazon on iPad
Amazon has launched an iPad shopping application but unfortunately as yet it’s only available in the US and it’s not a world shattering app. Disappointingly the app is a just a redesigned version of its existing iPhone shopping application but adjusted for the larger screen rather than anything big and new. As with the iPhone…
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Would you buy a Google Pad?
It seems that Google has decided to get in to the iPad/slate market, and who can blame them? The Nexus wasn’t exactly a huge seller, but according to Google it has made a positive contribution to their sales, which in our book is a success, and the encouraging sales for the iPad makes a move…
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Bing it’s Samsung Bada SDK v1
Samsung has launched v1.0.0b2 of it’s new Bada platform and phew luckily there’s a real life phone to try it out on the Samsung Wave which doesn’t look like the most stylish phone on the block, we don’t think it’s as nice as most of the Android phones out there. However the spec for the…
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Nokia makes a massive restructure
Nokia has made a massive restructure of its entire organisation, and has separated the business into three units; Mobile Solutions, Mobile Phones and Markets. Is this really going to help? Usually there’s only one reason for doing this sort of thing, and that’s to sell off the bad wood and keep the good. So bye…
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Android overtakes iPhone
The figures are out for smartphone sales and Android based smartphones are doing incredibly well in the US, while Nokia continues to dominate worldwide. According to analysts NPD Group Android is now number two position in the US on consumer smartphone sales with 28%, behind RIM (36%) and ahead of the iPhone (21%). “As in…
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Vodafone changes their fair usage policy
The definition of “Fair usage” in Wickedpedia (if it doesn’t already exist, please could someone build it now) is; “A bunch of meaningless weasel words designed to screw punters out of their hard-earned cash.” Nobody likes the phrase, it doesn’t do the telecoms businesses any good, and users find it confusing. So it’s good that…
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Vodafone iPad data prices now confirmed
Vodafone has now confirmed it’s dedicated iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G data plans, as mentioned in our last post http://www.bmob.co.uk/2010/05/10/ipad-data-plan-prices/ They’ve also added roaming costs which are fairly steep, but they’re not off the map for roaming. iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G Plans: 1GB – £10 per 30 days 5GB – £25 per 30 days…
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iPad data plan prices
Hot on the heels of the iPad UK pricing comes the data plan pricing and quick off the mark we have O2, and rumours from Vodafone and Orange and a spat from BT. O2 On O2 all iPad data tariffs will be available without a long contract and include unlimited access to BT Openzone and…
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The state of the 2009 handset market
The figures are in and the numbers have been totalled up, and the winners is – Mobile. (shouldn’t that be the Liberals?-ED) ABI have launched their totals for handsets delivered in 2009 and it’s a staggering figure. In 2009 global mobile handset shipments totalled approximately 1.15 billion , with enhanced phones and smartphones capturing approximately 81%…
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iPhone? yes that’ll do nicely
According to a leaked press release Apple iPhone users will soon be able to use their app-tastic iPhones for contactless payment. Web site NFC World spotted the release from Visa and DeviceFidelity on the MarketWatch website, which revealed that the companies have developed a protective iPhone case that will allow users to pay for goods and…
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Google boggles with Google goggles
The newest version of mobile application Google Goggles (image recognition technology) enables automatic text translation using the phone’s camera. From translating street signs to navigating foreign menus, people can now use their Android mobile devices for easy on-the-spot translation using the technology of Google Goggles plus the engine behind Google Translate. Here’s how it works:…
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App downloads expected to peak at seven billion by 2013
According to ABI Research’s new “Mobile Application Storefronts” report, consumers downloaded some 2.4 billion applications from the combined worldwide apps stores, and the number is set to increase until 2013 when apps will peak at just below seven billion. The bad news is that ABI expect the number downloaded from app stores to drop after…