msmobiles.com - August 2004 archives

Openwave completes acquisition of Magic4
August 02, 2004;
In the era of smartphones Openwave must either innovate or find new markets...

Siemens releases cell phone with BlackbBerry inside + merges wireline and wireless groups
August 03, 2004;
Can you imagine it, that apart from mobile phones, Siemens is also producing fixed line phones (including DECT wireless) that have ability to send and receive both SMS and MMS, and that have built-in camera - despite not being a cell phone??? Yes, "high-end" and "platform convergence" are the new buzzwords of Siemens...

Ban on cell phones in airplanes soon to be lifted
August 05, 2004;
Results of latest research in this area: usage of cell phones aboard of airplanes - may lead to abolition of this ban....

Orange invites developers to Code Camp - 13-15 September 2004
August 10, 2004;
Sponsored by Nokia and Microsoft...

T-Mobile thrives and expands business into new areas
August 12, 2004;
Not in Europe or internationally but also in USA, through T-Mobile USA!

Nokia N-Gage QD storms cell phone markets - the cheapest smartphone with Bluetooth of all times
August 14, 2004;
Without subscription it is being sold for 190 Euro... and since it has Symbian OS and built-in Bluetooth it looks like it's the cheapest smartphone of all times! Danger for Microsoft? For Sony? Not really! Read on...

Solution for Olympians who say "It's Greek to me!"
August 16, 2004;
Greek is not an easy language, so For Olympians and Fans That Say "It's Greek to Me," Beiks Announces Greek Talking Phrasebooks for Palm OS Handheld Computers

Vodafone buys Beckham for 1 million GBP a year
August 18, 2004;
Vodafone, headquarted in UK (EU) is the biggest cellular network operator in the world, so it may be interesting to know what it's doing...

Future of Mobile Browsing Market Research
August 18, 2004;
Interested in Internet browsers for cell phones?

CDMA 1X network from ZTE launched in Indonesia
August 18, 2004;
Indonesia is not a small country, so clearly in combination with USA, where CDMA 1X networks are already operational, the size of this market, albeit still tiny compared to GSM, grows... by the way: why to buy cellular network infrastructure from Nokia Networks if China-located ZTE has better offering?

Celador International and CMate launch “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” One on One Multi-Player Mobile Game
August 24, 2004;
Famous TV show as a mobile game for cell phones!

Vodafone gets creative about 3G: easier way to get UMTS data card
August 24, 2004;
By the end of June 2004 Vodafone has sold 50000 of these cards: Mobile Connect Card for UMTS ! Now Vodafone introduces new tricks to attract more users...

Opera to BREW in Asia: Opera Offers KDDI Full Internet Browser for BREW in Japan
August 26, 2004;
Wireless Java is being undermined by BREW... even in Japan! After being hugely dissapointed by Nokia (that again proved that is a dirty corporation, not a fair player and made Opera obsolete), Opera is searching for new markets... and finding them...

iFone granted exclusive rights to ‘Lemmings’ game franchise on wireless devices
August 26, 2004;
Funny thing, somebody got exclusive rights to lemmings. What next? rats? cats?

Voicesignal launches world's first natural language voice recognition solution on Samsung's MM-A700 wireless phone
August 26, 2004;
One-Step Voice Commands Allow Users To Operate Cell Phones With A Single Utterance Instead of several commands to open various applications, with one naturally formed sentence users will be able to give commands to their cell phones and invoke whole sequence of commands! Very Star Trek -like.... what have you expected? We have 21st Century after all...

Vodafone in love with Nokia on the island of Java
August 26, 2004;
So much for Bill Gates claiming that now Vodafone and Microsoft are cooperating...

After Wi-Fi in airplanes the final frontier soon to be reached: phone calls over cell phones in airplanes!
August 31, 2004;
Wi-Fi is not enough! Very soon you will be able to take your cell phone to the airplane, turn it on and make some phone calls! Wow... the first test flight to offer this service: September 3, 2004.

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