msmobiles.com - May 2004 archives

Gameloft thrives thanks to Java and Brew games for mobile phones
May 03, 2004;
It looks like no developer could survive with developing only (!) Windows Mobile games, not to mention "Microsoft smartphone"-only games...

Vodafone introduces Vodafone live! enhanced with 3G in Europe
May 04, 2004;
Vodafone live! is the most successful cellular service ever offered. Now a version for 3G networks is being rolled out. Interestingly Vodafone again proves that it doesn't like Nokia and uses Samsung Z105 cell phone in this roll out.

All your BLUETOOTH LOGO are belong to us - says Bluetooth SIG, Inc
May 05, 2004;
Believe it are not but Bluetooth SIG attacks msmobiles.com just because we used their logo...

Ultimate Mobile Software Fanatics
May 05, 2004;
You think that mobile phones and PDAs are just toys? Not at all! These are tools that profoundly has changed lives of many people...

MFORMA mobile games now available through Yahoo! Mobile
May 06, 2004;
Interestingly The Yahoo! Mobile site is tightly integrated with Yahoo! Games, the No. 1 online gaming site.

MFORMA acquires MobileGame Korea (MoGame)
May 06, 2004;
If you can't beat them, then you you can buy them...

Multimedia processor chip VC01 from Alphamosaic to be used in SCH-V4200 cell phone from Samsung
May 06, 2004;
MP3, a megapixel class camera and movie recorder/playback - all that needs decent multimedia power and Alphamosaic’s VideoCore technology seems to deliver it

RIM expands use of Certicom's ECC crypto
May 06, 2004;
This time RIM is a license taker!

m-spatial rolls out MapWay applications on portals of major operators: Vodafone Live, O2 Active and Orange World
May 06, 2004;
Forget Handango! Getting your application to mobile portals of major cellular operators/carriers is much more important...

Next Generation Network Standards to be Defined at ITU
May 06, 2004;
Where all these fancy telecommunications standards come from? New term and trend arises: "nomadicity". Forget "mobile", now "nomadicity" is trendy...

BenQ invades Europe
May 07, 2004;
... first with P30 (Symbian phone) but P50 (Pocket PC phone) may follow soon too!

Looks like live TV is coming to MS Smartphones VERY Soon... TV = popular cable television channels in your smartphone!
May 07, 2004;
... well, we are not sure whether it is specifically for MS Smartphones, but certainly for MS Smartphones too (they use MS Smartphone - Samsung i600) as a demo device...

Why Nokia left WiMax forum - the real reason revealed
May 10, 2004;
Nokia is an evil corporation that is disturbing and blocking technological progress in wireless industry.

A Norwegian guy jumps to the river to rescue a cell phone
May 10, 2004;
Dedication of some people to cellphones is incredible...

Symbian's sales sink
May 11, 2004;
The Titanic called "Symbian" hits the iceberg

Telsis SMS Router - Vodafone Greece Latest To Deploy
May 11, 2004;
faster SMS-ing!

Destiny and Cobra take Marketing into the Digital Age
May 11, 2004;
Anoto - Digital Pen and Digital Paper !!!

Openwave acquires Magic4
May 11, 2004;
Openwave is one of major suppliers of software for cell phones - it makes for example WAP browsers embedded in many cellphones. Magic4 is a specialist in messaging.

Pitfalls of operator branding of cell phones
May 11, 2004;
Without operator branding there would be no Microsoft smartphones on the market (only lately manufacturer-branded MS Smartphones appeare) but operator branding for regular non-smartphone cell phones may be dangerous to end users...

New Opera 6.20 for Symbian Series 60 (smartphones with smaller display than MS Smartphone)
May 13, 2004;
Nokia has forbidden Opera company to release Opera Browser for Windows Mobile devices or otherwise Nokia will withdraw orders for Opera Browser to be embedded in some Symbian phones. Opera is making a browser for Windows XP so porting to Windows CE would not be a problem, but Nokia continues to terrorize cellphone industry...

T-Mobile reports big growth rates, particularly T-Mobile USA is doing very well
May 13, 2004;
T-Mobile is 2nd (after Vodafone) largest cellular network operator in the world so it may be interesting to know what's up!

The smallest cell phone of the world presented in Japan by Sony Ericsson for NTT DoCoMo
May 13, 2004;
Do you really want to have your cellphone that small?

Manufacturers from Taiwan score big successes by selling cell phones under their own brands
May 13, 2004;
... at first only in China, but we are approaching times when big Taiwan manufacturers will not just be a slaves for western brands (OEMs) but will succesfully sell under their own brands, without western patronage...

Soon compulsory in EU: all cars equipped with GPS and SMS sending capibility upon car crash
May 14, 2004;
Citizens of EU (= European Union) complain about EU-cracy (bureaucracy within EU organizations), but sometimes EU can be good for something...

Any Question Answered from your Mobile Phone
May 14, 2004;
Users don't just get a bunch of links but concrete answers on all questions. All questions? Just imagine: getting answers to all big questions just by sending SMS ! How about "does God exist?" or "which religion is true?" ???

Nokia taken by surprise + Finns "reveal" truth about Japan, USA and Europe and their skills in cell phone industry
May 15, 2004;
Nokia has found new scapegoat to justify decreasing market share. Again Nokia is wrong: it is not that scapegoat that is to blame, but the fact that Nokia pigheadedly refuses to use Microsoft software in their cell phones!

Bluetooth attacks - literally - in Europe
May 15, 2004;
Europe in Bluetooth panic - no wonder: Bluetooth equipped cell phones are much popular there than in USA.

Telsis Scoops Best In Show At Global Messaging
May 16, 2004;
traffic of text messages due to texting (sending SMSes) is so big that there is a need for new architecture to handle it faster...

German airline Lufthansa starts offering Internet access on airplanes
May 18, 2004;
First airline in the world offers already Internet access service on airplanes commercially - not just some trials!

Qualcomm delivers chipsets to handle 6 megapixel cameras IN CELLPHONES
May 18, 2004;
6 megapixel cameras in cellphones are possible: it is enough that some manufacturers pick a chipset from Qualcomm and put it into their cellphones!

Agere Systems Incorporates Zi Corporation's eZiText Predictive Text Technology in Solutions for Mobile Handsets
May 19, 2004;
Better than T9?

Vodafone and Sony Music Entertainment hit global high note
May 23, 2004;
Big scale agreement between Sony and Vodafone...

Swisscom Mobile selects ChangingWorlds to deliver intelligent navigation and portal management for Vodafone live!
May 25, 2004;
Cellular network operators like to offer their own mobile portals, rather than rely on already available ones - from the regular Internet.

It's official now: Nokia is uncool and users massively switch brands and dump Nokia brand!
May 25, 2004;
Nokia - an evil corporation, that stifles whole cell phone industry, and that has been using underhanded and unfair tactics to combat Microsoft, is dying. Users no longer consider buying a "Nokia" branded cell phone to be something "cool". Our dream comes truth. Wow!

CREDANT Announces CMG Group Edition in Support of New Security Initiative
May 25, 2004;
"Be Mobile. Be Secure"

Shortlist announced for the 1st MEF Mobile Entertainment Awards
May 25, 2004;
Interesting not only for developers of mobile games: learn what´s hot, what´s not in mobile entertainment.

Matrix Solo
May 26, 2004;
High accuracy location based services for cellular network operators.

Alphamosaic Announces H.264 On Production Silicon
May 28, 2004;
H.264 - better than MPEG-4!

Cleopatra brewing
May 28, 2004;
It seems that multi-platform game development, rather than one-platform only, is the key to success...

CEO of Vodafone - Arun Sarin - speaks about 3G plans + 3G failure in Europe caused by Nokia
May 31, 2004;
Vodafone angry about Nokia and also specialist telco press is angry about Nokia, that dares to release 3G phones without telephony and thus hinders development of 3G in Europe.

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