There’s a lot of buzz this week over Research in Motion’s announcement of the Torch Blackberry 9800, featuring improved search, media, and notification capabilities. And it’s a touchscreen that also has a slide-out keyboard.
Australian mobile developer Moko.mobi has been selected by KPN, the largest mobile operator in the Netherlands, to provide mobile chat and share services to KPN subscribers via two premium mobile portals.
The “international” iPhone launch across Asia-Pacific and Europe on Friday got off to a bad start when New Zealand customers were originally told the device would be made available at midnight, and then later informed it would be obtainable later in the afternoon, and THEN only to Vodafone NZ account holders. Read the rest of this entry »
3 in the UK has launched a new smartphone campaign, offering subscribers a choice of three free handsets – Sony Ericsson Zylo, Nokia E63 and Nokia 5230 – for £25 per month. The plans include 1GB of mobile Internet, as well as substantial voice and SMS allowances.
Applications purchased in the Android Market will soon be able to be charged to a users bill, according to changes to the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) published on the Android Developer Blog, and communicated by e-mail to all registered Android developers this week.
Gomonews reported last week on a new service designed to make it easier to tell what your mobile subscribers are thinking. MPoll is a self-service mobile survey tool, allowing network operators are application developers a fresh way to gaining feedback directly from their users, and we had a chance to try it out for ourselves.
Vodafone has announced that it will discontinue “360″ branded handsets from Samsung, instead focusing entirely on 360 as a value-added service across all of its handsets in the future.
When talking to product or value-added services (VAS) teams in mobile operators around the world, we’ve been often surprised to find a general lack of awareness of how their peers in other markets are addressing the challenges of competitive markets and rapidly-growing downward pricing pressures. While there are any number of mobile content-oriented publications, there’s little in the way of business media addressing this field from a network operator’s perspective. Read the rest of this entry »
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