http://www.mobile-digest.com/ The UK and Europe's premier site for news, reviews and opinion on mobile phone handsets and services en-GB 2007-02-15T15:59:01+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_motor_5.html The big handset manufacturers aren't just focused on music, TV and signing deals with trendy fashion houses to get some free Prada gear, y'know. Really. On its stand at 3GSM, Motorola was showing off its new mobile blogging application. It'll... Applications Al W 2007-02-15T15:59:01+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_the_b.html Can YouTube be a big hit on mobile phones? The company signed a deal with Vodafone last week, but some industry rivals aren't so sure. One is Yospace CTO David Springall. The company runs the See Me TV and Look... Video news Al W 2007-02-15T15:58:35+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_nvidi.html To see some of the properly futuristic stuff at 3GSM, you have to seek out the technology companies. On its stand, NVIDIA was running a bunch of demos, including one showing a next-generation mobile interface, powered by its GoForce 5500... Applications Al W 2007-02-15T15:57:55+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/symbian_not_thr.html 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... Applications Al W 2007-02-15T15:57:13+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/microsoft_playr.html 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... Applications Al W 2007-02-15T15:56:34+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/bluetrek_st1_bl.html Any phone worth its salt has Bluetooth these days, with most of the high-profile launches at the 3GSM offering A2DP streaming too. So a good time for Bluetrek to launch its ST1 Bluetooth headset. The headset offers A2DP streaming from... Accessories Al W 2007-02-15T15:56:06+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_sony_.html I've just been working my way through the Tech Digest mobile phone archives and realised that the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot K800 camera phone was unveiled on 28th February 2006. And with mobile handsets coming and going so fast, it's surprising... 3G handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:55:32+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/kingston_launch.html Not all devices takes the same size of storage card - meaning you could have one that fits your PDA, but isn't much use in your digital camera or MP3 player. One solution to the dilemma is Kingston Technology’s new... Accessories Al W 2007-02-15T15:55:02+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/tmobile_halves_.html More cuts in roaming charges - this time from T-Mobile, which is reducing data charges for registered business customers from 16th February. According to the company, the new tariffs will reduce by half the cost of data roaming for new... Network news Al W 2007-02-15T15:54:28+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_polym_1.html Our new friends at Polymer Vision should be in fine spirits this morning since they just picked up a Best in Show award at 3GSM 2007. The futuristic rollable Readius display saw off stiff competition to win ‘The most innovative... Add-ons Al W 2007-02-15T15:53:55+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_cboss.html Cboss is a Russian company that specialises in converged billing, end-to-end solutions and value-added services. It also has a troupe of teenage dancing girls in hotpants. One of those sentences is the reason why once an hour, the Cboss stand... Music Al W 2007-02-15T15:53:05+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_polym.html Bendy screens – they are the future according to Polymer Vision. And they could potentially spell an end all that papery nonsense. Imagine a world where you can pull full sized screens out of your mobile phone like you’re unravelling... Add-ons Al W 2007-02-15T15:52:43+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_htc_a.html Susi takes a look at two consumer orientated handsets from HTC. First up is the P3350 sporting an FM radio, microSD slot, MP3 player and BlackBerry Pearl-a-like trackwheel. Then there’s the S710 which sneakily disguises a slide-out QWERTY keyboard beneath... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:52:21+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_htcs_.html This is the extremely smart, ultra-mobile, HTC Advantage – not to be mistaken with a UMPC because, y’know, it actually has a keyboard. It also has Wi-Fi and HSPDA connectivity and will be selling for around a thousand Euros when... 3G handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:51:44+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_our_top_fi.html Well, there's another hour or so of the majority of the Shiny Massive's (Susi, Ashley and Stu) time here at 3GSM (although Hard Core Stu is staying on for more mobile fun); just time enough for a quick reflection on... 3G handsets Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:48:40+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_samsungs_p.html One of the best, although some cynical bloggers would also say one of the worst, things about Samsung is they always launch so many phones. 3GSM has been no different with around a dozen or so new handsets taking their... 3G handsets Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:47:41+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_micro_1.html More news from the 3GSM, this time from Microsoft and Vodafone, who have announced they are working together on an enhanced and co-branded Instant Messaging service. The idea is to make the service seamless - accessed from both the PC... Network news Al W 2007-02-15T15:46:39+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/htc_to_provide_.html HTC have announced that they have signed a deal to provide Windows Mobile 6 devices for their BT Fusion service. The VoIP service allows you to make calls over WiFi when you're in the range of your house, switching to... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:46:04+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_samsu_3.html It's a bit of a Samsung love-fest here at the moment, as Susi and Ashley are getting hands on with some of the brand's recently announced mobiles. The latest cat out of the bag is this rather sleek F500 multimedia... Handsets Video news Al W 2007-02-15T15:45:31+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_samsu_2.html Susi has made a recent discovery over at 3GSM - could this be an LG Shine killer? Samsung have displayed unfortunate timing by announcing their D840, which, whaddyknow, has a highly reflective mirror finish, slide function, and design which resembles... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:43:26+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_htc_l_1.html Alongside the Vox, HTC has two other new devices on display - the Advantage (X7500) and P3350. The HTC Advantage (X7500) is like a miniaturised PC, powered by a 624MHz XScale processor and Windows Mobile 5. It also features an... 3G handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:41:25+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_black.html Not to be confused with Nokia's 8800, BlackBerry have just announced their new version, the 8800, which apparently contains 'GPS goodness', according to our woman of the hour, Susi, who obviously needs a long nap, judging by this video. Bless.... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:40:45+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_toshi.html Toshiba is muscling in on the smartphone market, showing off two devices at 3GSM - the G900 and the E01. Attracting most of the attention is the G900, a horizontally-sliding handset, not unlike the popular HTC models. Like a good... 3G handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:40:05+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_samsu_1.html Ever the comedian, Susi has pronounced this U100 mobile from Samsung as being so thin, it 'verges on taking up minus space'. Wowsers. If this U100 were a woman, she'd be stumbling down the London Fashion Week catwalks in a... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:39:13+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_htc_l.html HTC has finally launched its much-rumoured Vox device (or S710 if you prefer) - a smartphone with slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Slide-out keyboards are nothing new for HTC, most of their top sellers feature one. But this time the sliding... 3G handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:38:13+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_samsu.html Still hovering around the Samsung stand at 3GSM like a hobo 'round The Ivy's garbage cans, Ashley has his mitts firmly clamped on the F300 music phone from Samsung. This hybrid of a mobile phone, and music player on the... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:37:09+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/shiny_at_3gsm_s.html Remember that Samsung F700 smartphone we mentioned last week, with the slide-out qwerty keyboard and 5-megapixel camera? Well, Ashley is a lucky little sod, as he's got within inches of one over in Barcelona for 3GSM. That's right, he got... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:36:06+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_2007_vodaf.html We previewed the new BlackBerry 8800 yesterday, unsure at the time which networks were going to offer new device. Well, now we know at least one - Vodafone. The BlackBerry 8800 features a full QWERTY keyboard, built-in GPS and BlackBerry... Handsets Al W 2007-02-15T15:35:03+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/revealed_the_ri.html 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... Add-ons Al W 2007-02-15T15:33:15+00:00 http://www.mobile-digest.com/2007/02/3gsm_viruses_hi.html 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... Network news Al W 2007-02-15T15:32:04+00:00