Mobiles Phone Blogs

Kodak has defied all present expectations of mobile phone cameras by proposing their idea of a 5.0 megapixel camera onto a mobile phone.

The Eastman Kodak Company is certain that their new 1.4 micron sensor will have the ability to be put into some of the cheapest phones and plans to flaunt this fact at the Mobile World Congress later next week.

Combined with CMOS technology as well as Kodak’s own Color Filter Pattern (sic) technology, the KAC-05020 image sensor will produce excellent looking pictures even in poor lighting. Kodak says that this makes the 1.4 micron KAC-05020 better than 1.75 micron pixel CMOS image sensors.  More..

Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of brain tumours, a Japanese study suggests. The research is the first to look at the effects of hand set radiation levels on different parts of the brain.

Tokyo Women’s Medical University found no increased risk of the three main types of brain cancer among regular mobile phone users.  More…

LG Electronics launched its 3G HSDPA phone ‘Shine LG-CU720′ in US market through AT&T, which features a compact jog wheel and Bluetooth connectivity.

Uses can download a 4MB mp3 music file in 8 seconds thanks to 3.6Mbps HSDPA support.

specifications - LG CU720 Shine

CONVENTIONAL wisdom says developing competition in services markets by encouraging private sector participation (both local and foreign) brings large gains for consumers. The gains come in different forms, such as reduced service charge, improved service quality, variety of services and easy access to service. Liberalisation of the telecom sector has been especially welcomed by users because of the supply side constraints in the telecom sector. Moreover, the advent of mobile phone technology, with its unique features of 24 hour availability and instant access, created a huge demand for it.

Although liberalisation of the telecom sector was done in the belief that it would bring benefit to the consumers in terms of cheaper price and better quality of service, that has not always been the case. Contrary to conventional belief, telecom liberalisation resulted in negative consequences for some users in some cases. Liberalisation (especially fixed line telephone) sometimes causes higher prices for customers due to tariff rebalancing and result in reduced access.

In tariff rebalancing, long distance prices fall while (to maintain rates of return) line rentals (and often local call charges also) increase. For instance, in Australia, line rentals increased by 47% after liberalisation (during 1998-2000). In the Northern Territory of Australia, connection to the fixed network had dropped by 2.3 percent after liberalisation. Service standards had also fallen. Similarly, consumers could not reap the benefits of liberalisation (such as lower price) in the UK during 1984-1990 as competition was restricted between the British Telecom (BT) and the new entrant MERCURY (which was licensed to compete with the BT in some segments), and the liberalisation was partial. In 1991, duopoly policy was ended and entrance of new firms was allowed, resulting in intense competition and significant fall in prices, and more than 50% reduction in telephone fees.  More…

Britain’s four biggest mobile phone operators used their own industry trade body as a forum for colluding to shut rival 3 out of the UK market, the High Court heard yesterday.

Lawyers for 3 levelled the accusation against top executives at O2, Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile in the opening gambit of a £250 million claim against the four companies — the largest competition action of its kind to reach the UK courts.

Jonathan Sumption, QC, acting for 3, alleged that the other four firms also abused their dominant position in the market by using the five-day hand-over period for porting personal phone numbers in order to stitch together special retention packages for customers who try to leave their networks.  More..

iPhone Chanlanger the new Nokia N98

Nokia N98 has been sighted on the net and will be released really soon according to Nokia France specification sheet. Despite it’s earlier claims that iPhone is no threat to lucrative NSeries smartphone multimedia computer business, Nokia was really frightened by it and started scrambling for an answer literary the next day. Result of that is new Nokia N98 who really looks like Apple iPhone, but when you look at specifications there is huge advantage over iPhone. So we might look at new mobile phone war in which only consumer can benefit by better products and new technologies.

Nokia N98 specifications:

* 7.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens
  * Optical zoom x5 and digital zoom x20
  * 3.5 inch VGA 16 million color touch screen
  * GPS
  * Symbian S70 3rd edition (now that would be something)
  * Graphics accelerator
  * Bluetooth/WIFI b+g+n/HSDPA

Nokia N98 France image and datasheet

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Deutsche Telekom was on Wednesday forced to start selling the iPhone in Germany without obliging customers to sign a mobile phone contract with T-Mobile, following a court injunction brought by Vodafone of the UK.  More…

A Mount Everest mobile phone base has had a successful test run, meaning climbers will stay in range of calls and text messages on top of the world’s highest peak, Chinese media reported Wednesday.The station at 6,500 metres (21,450 feet) was also built to help communications for the bearers of the Olympic torch, which Beijing 2008 Games organisers plan to carry to Everest’s summit, the state-run China Daily said.

The station’s key equipment was immediately packed away after the test for the harsh Tibetan winter and will be reassembled in time for the torch visit expected in May next year, Xinhua news agency reported.

The station, run by China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile phone service provider, is the world’s highest cell phone base, the reports said.  More…

The Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte combine elegant appearance and uncompromised functionality. On the surface, the seamless metal and glass body gives the Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte an incomparable sense of style, while under the skin their hearts are driven by pure innovation. By tapping the steel surface below the display, an analogue clock appears - indicating time in its most classic form. Incoming calls on a Nokia Arte handset can be silenced gracefully with the “turn-to-mute” feature - allowing owners to quiet their phone inconspicuously by simply turning over the phone, screen-side down. Other state-of-the-art features include:

- Stunning 2.0″ QVGA 240×320 pixels, OLED display with up to 16 million colors

- 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with 8x digital zoom

- 3G capabilities

- 1 GB built in memory space

- MicroUSB all-in-one-connector

- Anti-fingerprint coating on metal and glass

Both the Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte feature a high-end metal and glass composition, creating their classic, iconic style. A smooth slide mechanism - comprised of state-of-the art ball bearings and a unique spring mechanism - ensures each handset is a pleasure to touch and behold. The Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte adds to the sense of exclusivity by further enhancing its polished steel case with a genuine sapphire gem stone and an accent of soft leather, creating an even more rich, sensual feel. More…

WidSets is a new feature announced by Nokia.  Widsets has emerged from Beta to a new service platform. With the new platform WidSets will offer improved usability by localizing mobile clients and improving mobile widget library. WidSets will also bring advertising in as the primary business model. WidSets works on Java enabled handsets from a range of manufacturers and utilizes widgets, so users can have one-click access to real-time online content without needing to use a mobile browser.  More..