Archive for June, 2008

‘Love Guru’ on Mobile gaming find your love

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Player X are going to be bringing us the mobile game of the new Mike Myers vee-hicle called “The Love Guru”. From the looks of things we could be on to a good one here, as it’s not going to be a standard-fare platformer/shooter, but rather a series of mini-games where players have to pass [...]

UK Mobile video and TV take up low

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of an independent survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. The research found that there are several barriers preventing people from consuming TV and video content on their mobile phones, including a lack of awareness of the mobile TV and video services offered (44%) and [...]

Saucy SMS could land you in Jail Scots gone mad

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The Register is reporting on a new Sexual Offences Bill just published in Scotland, which means that people can face up to 10 YEARS in jail for sending SMS/MMS/emails with (inappropriate) sexual content…
The offence will be committed if someone sends an unsolicited text message to someone else which a court finds was designed to give [...]

Nokia to launch ‘Ad Labs’

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Nokia is apparently going to open a series of “Ad Labs”, to train traditional ad agency staff in the ways of mobile advertising – hopefully catalysing the relatively dormant sector. The Labs will open initially in those boltholes of Advertising, London, and Boston.
Obviously we know that Nokia acquirted Enpocket last year to further it’s advertising [...]

Motorola lost 1.3 million RAZR customers to iPhone

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

IntoMobile,Motorola lost 1.3 million RAZR customers to iPhone,
While the floundering handset once-juggernaut tries to fool itself and the public that a commendation for “teamwork” is as important as actually pumping out handsets that are worth anyone’s time, it seems Motorola has proved, once again, that “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
Oh yes, Motorola [...]

Sprint’s Motorola Q9 / Q9c gone for good?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

First things first: this isn’t the first time (in the past quarter) that we’ve seen a handset vanish from Sprint’s website, only to get fanboys riled up and it reappear days later when stock refreshed. That being said, quite a few Q9 / Q9c users are thinking the smartphone may be gone for good from [...]

Video: Samsung’s Soulful dinosaur takes tour around England

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Remember that not-entirely-innocent looking prehistoric creature that won your heart immediately upon viewing Samsung’s optical illusion promotional vid? Apparently quite a few folks demanded to see more of the Soul dinosaur, so Sammy hoisted him up onto a truck and proceeded to drive around a few English towns. Catch the sub-2 minute journey (reactions included) [...]

Gilded Samsung D780 is official for Russian Olympic team

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Released in May of this year, the Samsung D780 must have turned enough heads that is was given the high honor of being the official handset of the Russian Olympic team. Perhaps the color thrilled? Maybe the fast and flowing lines or that certain je ne sais quoi brought about by gem encrusted or golden [...]

Samsung Soul in fresh and frosty pink

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

It’s rehash day chez Samsung, the very popular Soul is just out of the paint shop and is definitely pretty in pink. The handset still boats everything it did before, Magic Touch navigation, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 5 megapixel camera, and the Bang & Olufsen ICEpower amplifier. Phones 4U has an exclusive on this little pink toy [...]

Mental health clinic treats children for cellphone addiction

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Not like we haven’t seen individuals diagnosed with cellphone addiction before, but two kids in Spain were so badly obsessed with their mobiles that they weaseled money from relatives to buy more airtime, began to fail classes and eventually wound up in a mental health clinic. The kids, aged 12 and 13, were reportedly spending [...]