Tag: techdigest
Forget the features; mobile users just want good reception, research says
Research carried out by the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME) amongst 15,000 mobile phone users across 37 countries has concluded that what they want more than fancy, complicated features is decent voice reception. The number one complaint from…
MSN Soapbox video sharing service enters public beta
Microsoft's would-be-YouTube video service Soapbox that we first mentioned in September last year has now entered public beta testing. Though Bink.nu reckons it's only supposed to work on Internet Explorer and not Firefox (presumably on a PC), I've been able…
UK broadband makes it cheaper to shop online, says uSwitch
Shopping online has always been seen as being cheaper than going to the shops, but a survey by uSwitch suggests that the UK's average broadband price is now so cheap that it's worth doing all of our shopping online rather…
BT's Wireless City total grows to a dozen
BT's Wireless City project has been growing since Birmingham joined the scheme in November last year. Twelve cities are now networked: Sheffield, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Westminster….
Symbian not threatened by the iPhone
CEO of Symbian, Nigel Clifford, has said that he sees no real competitive threat from Apple's iPhone – in fact he welcomes their entry into the mobile market, particularly in the US. In a press conference at 3GSM, Clifford also…
Microsoft PlayReady: brand new DRM for mobile devices
Microsoft have announced that they've been working on yet another Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. PlayReady is a new 'multimedia content access technology optimised to meet the needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers for digital entertainment and commerce.' In…
Microsoft looks beyond Vista: Vienna in 2009?
Ever forward-looking, Microsoft is already murmuring about its post-Vista plans. Given that it took so long for Vista to arrive, and that key features were left out in order to hit deadlines, that's not too surprising. Come 2009, we could…
Revealed: the ringtones that ruin romance
We've already seen that the British are worried by their own ringtones, and now, two days before Valentine's Day, research from the ringtone retailer MAX BOX reveals which mobile ringtones are the most unappealing to the opposite sex. Women said…
3GSM: Viruses hit mobile operators hard
A joint survey from security software firm McAfee and the research company Informa has found that mobile operators are being struck hard by viruses. A poll of over 200 operators worldwide shows that they are experiencing the effect of viruses…
3GSM 2007: HP announce new iPAQ smartphone
HP have shown off their new iPAQ 500 series Voice Messenger smartphone at 3GSM. The phone features VoIP, "push" email, voice-to-text recognition, and the Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system. It also has a 1.3 megapixel camera, wi-fi, Bluetooth, USB, and…