Archive for January, 2006

Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition Web Browser Source

Friday, January 20th, 2006

The new web browser for the S60 is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple’s Safari Web Kit that Apple uses in its Safari browser. For anyone curious as to how the new Nokia browser works, Nokia have just released the latest source code for Webcore and JavaScript under LGPL. Even if you don’t particularly […]

Users Interested In Disconnecting Their Landline

Friday, January 20th, 2006

According to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Network Strategies service, one in five mobile phone owners in Western Europe would consider disconnecting their landline service.

So how feasible is this? VoIP currently isn’t reliable over GPRS and 3G due to high latency (round trip times). VoIP will become more and more possible as […]

Mobile Phones Used for More than Just Talking

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Sprint has just announced the results of the Sprint U.S. Consumer Wireless Usage Study performed last October, a nationwide survey of wireless phone users. The findings show that more than half of wireless phone subscribers (56 percent) rely on their mobile phones for features such as cameras, clocks, calendars, messaging, music and as a substitute […]

Camera Phone Growth

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Infotrends have released a Mobile Imaging Study into camera phone usage and predicts that worldwide camera phone shipments will grow from 233 million units in 2004 to 903 million units in 2010. By 2010, camera phones are expected to account for 87% of all mobile phone handsets shipped.

The press release says…
"Key findings include:

The total […]

Series 60 3rd Edition SDK

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Nokia Forum have release the final (not beta) version of the Series 60 3rd Edition SDK. This is a significant release as it forms the basis for programs built for forthcoming Series 60 Symbian 9.1 phones.
Symbian 9.1 is a major change to the Symbian OS that allows for improved application security and architectural changes that […]

DIY USB Nokia Phone Charger

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

If you are into soldering, check out this DIY Nokia USB phone charger. The article fails to note that some USB interfaces can’t supply the required current - However, I have never had a problem and have charged all manner of things from USB ports.

Teenage Phone Usage

Friday, January 13th, 2006

I have been pointed to a study by Jane Vincent into teenage mobile phone usage.
The 2004 report highlights that, contrary to popular belief, teenagers are very price sensitive. Voice calls are kept to a minimum and chat is via MSN (an a PC) rather than via SMS. Children do not tend to connect their phone to a PC and resist […]