Yet another provider is offering a VoIP/internet telephony service for mobile
phone users. But Vyke Communications has fallen into the same Nokia N95 trap as
Truphone...More
Strong UK demand for iPhone found
Reacting to stories that the iPhone won't do well outside the US, M:metrics says that
7 million Brits have a
strong interest in buying Apple's musicphone...More
Touchscreens vulnerable to nails
Rumours had emerged that the official advice to owners of the Prada phone by LG
were officially advised not to use their nails to operate the phone. This is
untrue. But the worries still continue...More
3GSM becomes Mobile World shows
Recognising that cellular networks are about more than just selling handsets,
the owner of the 3GSM shows has re-branded its upcoming show in Macau as the
Mobile Asia Congress...More
Vodafone embroiled in Turkish politics
The murky state of Turkey's politics appear to have claimed another victim in
the shape of Vodafone. The company is being sued in New York's Supreme court
over its Telsim acquisition...More
Waterproof condom for handsets
Water damage is
the commonest cause of mobile phone failure and most handset insurance policies
don't cover it. So the Dutch have come up with a prophylactic for mobile phones...More
Snippets
The Bluetooth SIG and Nokia have announced
that the Wibree standard will be merged into the Bluetooth family of
standards. This will bring an ultra low power capability to wireless products.
Bluetooth is already the world's most successful short range radio
technology, shipping around two million chipsets every day.
See Ezuiro's White paper at
www.ezurio.com/wibree.
In Site of the Week (by Tony Dennis)
This week
Honda F1 Mobile
For a site described as "One of the most exciting and informative mobile WAP sites in the automotive sector to date", you'd expect something special.
Sadly Honda's F1 WAP site is hugely disappointing.
So what does it offer? Video clips from the last race at Monaco? Results and summary of performance from the Monaco GP?
Predictions for the next race? None of the above. What it does have are three pathetic F1 style ringtones and three wallpapers showing Jenson Button plus Rubens Barrichello.
The best part is probably the chance to win a tour of the Honda F1 factory in
GB.
For a company which offers state of the art technology, you might expect Honda to have tied location based techniques to displaying where the nearest Honda garage is located.
But, no. Surfers find the nearest Honda dealer by typing in their postcode.
Unfortunately the site's provider – the Mobile Interactive Group (MIG)– seems to think the site is industry leading.
This site definitely does nothing for the Honda brand. But at least it wasn't foolish enough to utilise a dotmobi (.mobi) address for the site.
