Mobile & Wireless
04 October 2009
Not just for a natter: Aussies' mobile phone use changing Good Gear Guide
The nature of mobile phone use in Australia is changing, with handsets increasingly used for more than just making voice calls and sending SMS messages according to a new study. Seventy seven per cent of people surveyed for the 2009 Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index frequently used their handsets to access services such Web browsing.
29 September 2009
Data both blessing and curse for mobile telecoms Reuters
"Dongle" may sound a bit goofy, but the innocent-seeming technology is emerging as one of the biggest challenges to the mobile telecoms industry in coming years.
26 September 2009
AT&T Says Google Voice Violates Net Neutrality Principles New York Times
AT&T is playing a "gotcha" with Google. The big phone company filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission Friday saying the Google Voice calling system violates the commission's network neutrality principles.
How smartphone became Seoul-friendly Financial Times
Until Wednesday, Apple's list of where its iPhone was available was enough to spark cries of protectionism from tech-savvy South Koreans.
22 September 2009
Australians spend more on mobiles than petrol The Australian
The mobile phone is eating a larger slice of the household budget than petrol this year, as the aftershocks of the global financial crisis force Australians to shift some of their consumption back to home base.
21 September 2009
Philippines ponders SMS levy The Observer
... The parliament in Manila is planning to implement an excise tax on text messages in a desperate attempt to narrow the country's budget deficit this year.
18 September 2009
Australian national broadband network technologies up in air Australian IT
The wireless technologies to power the national broadband network won't be known until an implementation study is completed next February, reports The Australian.
01 September 2009
Europe mobile Internet usage to reach 39 percent by 2014 Reuters
More than a third of consumers in Western Europe will access the Internet using their mobile phones by 2014, according to a research report published by Forrester Research on Monday.
29 August 2009
Newly asked questions: When will we move to 4G mobile phone networks? The Guardian
The answer depends entirely on where you live. For those in Scandinavia and some other parts of Europe, it could be sooner than you might think.
Nokia's First Linux Phone Looks Good PC World
After several unofficial leaks, Nokia on Thursday officially unveiled the N900, the company's first Linux phone. It's a good first step to rejuvenate Nokia's smartphone line, but will the N900 have what it takes to go head-to-head with the iPhone and Android Phones?
28 August 2009
'Exploding' iPhones investigated BBC News
French consumer groups are investigating reports of iPhones that explode or crack spontaneously.
27 August 2009
French Courts to Admit Text Messages in Divorce Cases New York Times
Unfaithful spouses in France, beware: Passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against you in a divorce.
Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving Wall Street Journal
As U.S. regulators step up scrutiny of the dangers of texting while driving, software makers are scrambling to develop cellphone applications that block texts or minimize the distraction of texting.
26 August 2009
How to Dry a Submerged Mobile Phone PC World
You don't feel much like talking now that your fancy new phone is at the bottom of the hot tub, ocean, or--shudder--toilet. But if you retrieve your handset quickly, you might be able to get it working again--if you take action right away.
25 August 2009
Mobile TV 'very slow' to take off BBC News
Mobile TV has so far failed to deliver on its promise of ubiquity, but analysts expect worldwide user numbers to increase to 54 million in 2009.
Nokia pledges smartphone assault on Apple Financial Times
Nokia has pledged to strike back at Apple and produce mobile phones that will compete effectively with the US technology company's iPhone.
Apple tries to 'pull the wool over' FCC's eyes, says iPhone developer Computerworld
The developer of one of the Google Voice-related applications yanked from the iPhone App Store last month isn't buying Apple Inc.'s explanation to the Federal Communications Commission.
22 August 2009
Apple Denies It Rejected Google Application for iPhone New York Times
Apple told the Federal Communications Commission on Friday that it did not reject an iPhone application submitted by Google and that it was still studying it, in part because of privacy concerns.
Reading bar codes with mobile phones: Snap it, click it, use it - A new way to deliver information to mobile phones is spreading around the world The Economist
Negotiating his way across a crowded concourse at a busy railway station, a traveller removes his phone from his pocket and, using its camera, photographs a bar code printed on a poster. He then looks at the phone to read details of the train timetable displayed there. In Japan, such conveniences are commonplace, and almost all handsets come with the bar code-reading software already loaded. In America and Europe, though, they are only just being introduced.
20 August 2009
European Regulators Examine Reports of Exploding iPhones New York Times
The European Commission said Tuesday that it was examining the safety of Apple iPhones and iPods, after news reports said that several of the devices had exploded.
19 August 2009
Mobile data show friend networks BBC News
Friendships can be inferred with 95% accuracy from call records and the proximity of users, says a new report.
Apple online App Store faces competition scrutiny in US The Times
Apple, the darling of the consumer electronics industry and self-styled underdog fighting the all-powerful Microsoft, is -- for the first time -- facing regulatory scrutiny for alleged monopolistic practices.
18 August 2009
Cutting the cord : America loses its landlines The Economist
Much has been made of the precipitous decline of America's newspapers. According to one much-cited calculation, the country's last printed newspaper will land on a doorstep sometime in the first quarter of 2043. That is a positively healthy outlook, however, compared with another staple of American life: the home telephone. Telecoms operators are seeing customers abandon landlines at a rate of 700,000 per month. Some analysts now estimate that 25% of households in America rely entirely on mobile phones (or cellphones, as Americans call them) -- a share that could double within the next three years. If the decline of the landline continues at its current rate, the last cord will be cut sometime in 2025.
14 August 2009
Mobile-phone group seals deal to be bank for millions in Africa The Guardian
Mobile-phone banking group Monitise has signed a deal that will bring financial services to millions of people in Africa for the first time.
13 August 2009
Australia the pricey country for mobile broadband: OECD Computerworld
Mobile broadband users in Australia pay more than in any other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country according to a new report released by the organisation.
