Archive for August, 2008

A bright future for mobile payments

According to Juniper Research, about 2,1 billion mobile consumers worldwide will be using their mobile phone to pay for digital goods by 2013.  They point out that ever more digital goods are viewed as necessary by the age group under 35.  People who are 15 or 20 years old today will use their mobile to [ READ MORE ]

MobileWeb creates Jobat Mobile for Corelio

Job search & career advice on every GSM, Blackberry and iPhone MobileWeb, the Belgian specialist in mobile internet solutions, has created the mobile job portal Jobat Mobile for Corelio. Based on the unique Mobile Web Server, jobs and career advice are optimally presented on every GSM, Blackberry and iPhone. MobileWeb has previously developed De Standaard [ READ MORE ]

NY Times mobile visits surge

The New York Times announced its mobile news site drew 19 million page views in May, up from 10 million hits in December 2007 and 500,000 views in January 2007. Most of the mobile web views derive from high-end devices like the iPhone and BlackBerry.  Generally speaking, mobile consumption habits mirror online user behaviors, with [ READ MORE ]

iPhone complaints: bad reception, not waterproof

After the rise comes the fall ?  Now that many have bought an iPhone 3G, following the massive hype surrounding the new mobile device, the first complaints are coming in. The Financial Times reports that more and more users are complaining about bad reception and even temporary absence of the signal.  Meanwhile, Belgian consumers organisation [ READ MORE ]

iPhone 3G available in 20 more countries

As the Mobistar stores in Belgium and many other iPhone distributors in the world are waiting for new supplies of the new Apple iPhone 3G, it was announced that the iPhone 3G will be available in 20 other countries as of August 22nd. These countries include India, Czech Republic, Estonia, Philippines, Romania, Argentina, Chili, Colombia, [ READ MORE ]

Security SMS for the Olympics

A few days before the kick-off of the Olympic Games in Beijing, Chinese authorities are increasing security measures to avoid any danger during the event.  All airports have introduced additional security procedures.  A special “anti-terrorism manual” has been released explaining to locals 39 dangerous situations, including “an explosion, shooting, hijacking and chemical or nuclear attack”.  The [ READ MORE ]

iPhone Nano in december?

According to the UK paper The Daily Mail, Apple will release a Nano version of the iPhone.  The sized-down mobile device would be available by Christmas for all British O2 customers and would cost about 250 Euro. Apple has not confirmed the story and analysts have already said that if it were true, the iPhone [ READ MORE ]

Mobile data revenue to surpass $ 200 billion in 2008

Telecom analyst Informa predicts that this year’s worldwide mobile data revenue will surpass $ 200 billion (€ 127 billion).  In 2007 this was still $ 157 billion.  In the first quarter of 2008, mobile operators generated about $ 49 billion, or one fifth of their total revenue, in mobile data traffic.  Two third of that [ READ MORE ]

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