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A survey commissioned by network operator O2, has revealed that brand names in the financial, retail and manufacturing industries are looking to invest heavily in their mobile marketing efforts over the next 5 years. Despite the economic slowdown, the survey reveals that big brands are looking to increase their mobile marketing budget almost 150% by [...]
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Mobile manufacturers HTC are clearly having an excellent year. After successfully releasing the much coveted HTC Diamond, they moved directly to producing the first ever Google Android operated phone, the G1, and they are now it again with their latest release – the T8290. Exclusive leaked pictures of the T8290 have emerged and is said [...]
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Sony Ericsson have revealed that their new 8 megapixel C905 device will come preloaded with Mobile Commerce’s NearMe application. NearMe is a local search service which is powered by the GPS capabilities of the handset. With the GPS switched on, the application will automatically work out the exact location of the user and provide access [...]
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Text crazy fans should steer clear of the numerous paid SMS text messaging services currently floating around on the internet. SMSNTXT.co.uk in particular, charge as much as £4.50 per week for the privilege of being able to send 140 text messages from your computer. Why pay for sending texts when you can do it free [...]
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Bad news for US phone lovers – HTC have declared that they have no plans to release the Touch HD to the US, citing engineering issues supporting the 3G HSDPA and HSUPA bands. The company believe that it would simply take too long to rework 3G radios for US frequencies used by the likes of [...]
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The very best handsets and mobile services of 2008 were announced last night at the annual Mobile Choice Awards in London. Judged by a panel of industry experts and Mobile Choice readers, Samsung were the stars of night having scooped a total of three awards. The Korean giants received perhaps the most coveted award of [...]
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Network operators Orange, are set to take part in an new programme to access the company’s environmental impact. Announcing a new partnership with the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), Orange will take a detailed audit to see how it’s mobile and landline services are affecting the environment in France.
Starting at the end of October, Orange will [...]
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For the last few days, we have been working behind the scenes to bring readers an exciting mobile phone comparison tool, and I am pleased to announce today that the new feature is now fully functioning and ready for use.
Our new phone finder tool compares offers from over 25 leading UK mobile phone retailers and [...]
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After so many rumours, leaks and speculation about their first ever touchscreen phone, Nokia finally pulled back the curtains today on their new 5800 Xpress Music with an offical unveiling in London. Commonly referred to as The Tube, Nokia’s new 5800 Xxpress Music phone is a direct response to the threat posed by the new [...]
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HTC, manufacturer of the world’s first Android-powered phone, is expecting to produce over 2 million of its G1 units for T Mobile. Industry insiders say that of that number, between 400,000 and 500,000 phones are predicted to be sold in the last quarter of 2008 alone.
Compared to Apple’s original sales target of 10 million units [...]
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The Japanese are at it again. Famous for inventing not only the coolest, but also the weirdest gadgets, they have now introduced a phone strap accessory which shows off which particular blood group you belong in!
This is the latest craze which is sweeping Japan, and you may be surprised to learn they are not intended [...]
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For some people, a mobile phone is just that – a phone which they can carry around. As long as the phone performs its primary function of making and receiving calls they are happy. They have no need for fancy cameras, slidey out QWERTY keyboards, or internet access, and they certainly wonder why phone blogs [...]
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Credit crunch – I’m increasingly becoming fed up with hearing this term. It seems that every time that you switch on the TV or flick through a news paper, inevitably you always end up discovering yet more bad news about the state of the current global financial crisis.
It’s not all doom and gloom though; not [...]
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Global sales of touchscreen phones are expected to hit 90 million handsets in 2009 accounting for 7% of the total number of phones sold, according to data experts Strategy Analytics.
Tom Kand, Senior Analyst said:
Next year, we expect both Apple and Nokia to ramp up shipments and start to lower the price of touchscreen phones towards [...]
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