In the latest Sharp End column, Jez Harris reflects that O2’s messy commission changes signal its intended exit from the dealer channel, and also discussed software issues with Parrot’s CK3100 carkit and Nokia’s 6300 and N95 handsets
Well we’re half way through the month of October and O2 has had its radically new commission structure in place for a couple of weeks.
However, many dealers are still totally confused as to how the new commission structure actually works.
The Phone Dealer Forum has seen some lively debate on the subject, with most questions seeming to be answered with yet more questions.
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Taoyuan, Taiwan — HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its latest handset, the HTC Touch HDTM, an entertainment focused mobile handset that will transform how people experience multimedia on the move. Integrating a large 3.8 inch wide-screen VGA display (WVGA), a standard 3.5mm audio jack and a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, the HTC Touch HDTM is the perfect device for multimedia fans.
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Mobile Innovator programme to allow first 300 Symbian S60 applications free certification
Samsung has launched its Mobile Innovator programme and announced the first 300 Symbian S60 applications submitted will be certified free.
The website provides services to make developing applications easier. Samsung hopes it will allow more applications to be developed for use with its devices.
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Sony Ericsson’s Q3 sales slow, but losses come in less than expected
Sony Ericsson has revealed lower than expected losses of €23 million in Q3, despite sales dropping and the company investing heavily in restructuring.
Sales dropped 10 per cent year-on-year and €35 million was spent on restructuring in the quarter, but losses were much lower than the forecasts which predicted a loss of €72 million.
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Nokia reveals drop in income, sales and market share, but remains optimistic
Nokia has released its third quarter results revealing a drop in revenue and market share as competition grows and economic troubles press.
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When we reviewed the Palm Treo 750 more than 1.5 years ago, it was a good phone with great ergonomics and Palm’s usability touches that lacked competitive features like WiFi and a GPS. 1.5 years is a very long time in terms of consumer electronics and cell phones, and now we finally have a Windows Mobile Treo with all the trimmings, but minus the original Treo’s wonderful palm-friendly (no pun intended) design, great keyboard and software tweaks. Funny how we can’t have it both ways. That’s not to say that the HTC-built Palm Treo Pro is a bad product by any means, but for those of you who are in love with Palm’s special sauce– it ain’t here. There’s no VCR-like screen controls for voicemail, no photo speed dial on the home screen and the custom applications like Comm Manager and the streaming media player are HTC’s, not Palm’s.
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After two generations of slider Chocolate phones (Chocolate VX8500 and Chocolate 2 VX8550), LG has switched gears and introduced the third generation Chocolate as a flip phone replete with multimedia features that include access to the brand new Verizon music store powered by DRM free Rhapsody songs, an FM radio, V CAST Video with ESPN MVP and 3D games. The flip phone is easier to use, and the super-sized external display will turn a few heads. Add a built-in GPS with VZ Navigator support, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR that includes A2DP stereo, and an upgraded 2 megapixel camera, you’ve got the best Chocolate phone yet.
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San Diego — Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. today announced the introductory launch of Cricket PAYGo, a 24/7 unlimited prepaid wireless service. Cricket PAYGo is a daily pay-as-you-go service designed for customers who prefer the flexibility and control offered by traditional pre-paid services but are seeking greater value for their dollar.
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Network cuts B2B dealer because of bad cashback
Northants B2B dealer Wish Communications has been axed by T-Mobile.
T-Mobile head of independent retail Roger Fletcher (pictured) said: “T-Mobile has served notice to end its trading relationship with Wish Communications after becoming aware of negative customer experience arising from certain cashback arrangements.
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Geraldine Wilson replaces James Tagg at VoIP provider
VoIP provider Truphone has appointed former Yahoo! executive Geraldine Wilson as its new chief executive officer.
Previous chief executive James Tagg, who originally invented and developed the Truphone service with chief technology officer and co-founder Alistair Campbell, moves to the role of chief architect.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Sending text messages from your mobile phone while driving is more dangerous than climbing behind the wheel under the influence of drink or drugs, a study by Britain’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has found.
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t’s a good new for those who wished to buy Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, which was released in the end of 2007. It is now cheaper than ever. You can buy only with 299$. For comparison it cost was 439$.
I guess the main factor why N810 cost fallen down is that soon we shall see new N810 - WiMAX edition.
N810 comes with these useful functions: a 4.13 inch TFT touchscreen display with a 800 x 480 pixel resolution. But device support only 65K colors, Wi-Fi, integrated GPS, Nokia Maps, a full sliding QWERTY keyboard, which makes phone more attractive, Adobe Flash 9 support and RSS reader, which are supported by Mozilla Web-browsing system. Music and Video player is also built-in, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a VGA web camera, PDF reader, embedded games, ambient light sensor, touchscreen lock key, backup and restore capabilities, USB, 128MB of DDRAM, 256MB of Flash memory. Also, there is a 2GB internal memory and it can bee extended by microSD or microSDHC cards up to 10GB.
If you ever wished to take N810 Internet Tablet in your hands - it’s best chance ever.
Nokia’s latest flagship N-series multimedia device, the N96, is effectively an upgrade of the well-endowed N95 8GB.
This Symbian S60 smartphone has 16GB of onboard storage (plus MicroSD card expansion), A-GPS satellite navigation technology, Wi-Fi and HSDPA high-speed data connectivity, plus a high-quality 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
Music and video playback is up there with the best, while its motion sensor accelerometer automatically switches the large 2.8inch screen between portrait and landscape for optimum viewing.
The device also supports a bunch of Nokia services including N-Gage advanced gaming, Ovi content sharing, and Nokia Music Store tune downloading.
Nokia’s popular N95 8GB - a souped-up version of the original N95 - is a powerful Symbian S60 smartphone with an impressive spread of features.
As well as A-GPS step-by-step satellite navigation and mapping software, it has a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss-lens equipped camera, plus 8GB of storage to satisfy its multimedia appetite.
Wi-Fi goes hand-in-hand with HSDPA mobile data support for high-speed mobile connectivity, and the phone has a high-end line-up of S60 software onboard. The dual-slide design features a media-friendly 2.8-inch display, while it packs in a stack of video and music features (including a 3.5mm headphone socket).
Another touchscreen-operated mobile from Samsung but this time it’s a high-spec Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device.
It’s larger than the Tocco, with a 3.2-inch display, and it packs in 5-megapixel camera with a hefty selection of shooting options.
Under the Samsung skin, there’s a full suite of Microsoft Office Mobile software for viewing and editing documents, plus push email support. High-speed web browsing is covered, with both Wi-Fi and HSDPA high-speed connectivity, plus pre-loaded Opera and Internet Explorer software. Continue reading »