msmobiles.com - September 2004 archives

Designing mobile services for 3G
September 03, 2004;
3G is already available commercially in Japan, Europe, etc - but still the promised services are nowhere to see, and Nokia Networks lied when selling 3G networks to operators... so it's good that at least somebody is working on 3G services...

GSM Association Awards 2005 entries to open on Wednesday 8th September
September 06, 2004;
Leading global mobile awards celebrate tenth anniversary

Cambridge Positioning Systems receives investment from andrew corporation
September 08, 2004;
Well known creators of GPS products are getting more investment money...

Current market share of cell phone vendors
September 12, 2004;
Nokia's market share still sinks and we will not rest until it will be 0%.

Panasonic X400 - the first cell phone for western markets (Europe, USA) with auto-flip
September 12, 2004;
You press a button and the phone in clam shell design opens automatically - no need to open it with fingers - one button press is enough.

Sir John Bond to become Non-Executive Director of Vodafone
September 15, 2004;
It's not James (!) Bond aka Agent 007, but "just" John Bond, but at least he is a "Sir"...

Vodafone launches new and exclusive BlackBerry phone
September 16, 2004;
BlackBerry enters smartphone market ! It can make life difficult both for Symbian and for Microsoft. This phone has much more keys than regular cell phone - but less than QWERTY keyboard - so it is very good suitable for typing emails!

#1 for full mobile Web browsing: Opera Mobile Reaches One Million Downloads
September 20, 2004;
One Million is a lot! Good that this browser will be released yet in this year for Microsoft Smartphone platform...

Mobile Handset Outsourcing conference coming in November 2004
September 22, 2004;
No mobile operator will need companies like Nokia if they will be able to outsource production to Asia...

CoreMedia Pioneers OMA 2-Based DRM Solution for Home Domains including Phones and PC for Music
September 22, 2004;
OMA DRM or in other words "open" Digital Rights Management for mobile devices.

Mobile Streams Launches Pay-to-Play Mobile Betting Games
September 22, 2004;
Gaming service payable through SMS sending.

Operators in EU - O2 and Vodafone - roll out new UMTS (3G) cell phones
September 26, 2004;
It is expected that, around Christmas 2004, big 3G marketing campaigns about using of 3G services (called in EU by a term "UMTS") will be launched. O2 introduces 4 new models of 3G phones and Vodafone even more new models: 7.

OnInstant introduces 'FollowMe!' - world's first intellige nt VoIP call forwarding communications service
September 29, 2004;
Rerouted to any voice-enabled device, including cell phones!

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