Nokia’s all-aluminium 6500 classic

Although Nokia’s 6500 classic isn’t quite as technically sassy as its ‘slide‘ sister, its anodized aluminium body is sure to win it more than a few lingering stares. Also based on the Series 40 platform, the quad-band 6500 classic ships with 1GB of on-board memory, which is nice, although there’s no sign of a slot [...]

Nokia pumps up its mid-range with new 6500 slide handset

Hot off the press release comes this, the new Nokia 6500 slide. The new 6500 series comes in two flavours, this stainless steel ’slide’ version and another called ‘classic’ (more on that in a moment). Intended to bring previously high-end (read Nseries) features into Nokia’s mid-range, the 6500 slide’s big feature is a 3.2MP camera [...]

Vodafone and Sony Ericsson team up with Justin Timberlake

Moon-walking pop pin-up Justin Timberlake isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but that hasn’t stopped Sony Ericsson and Vodafone banking on his popularity to help shift their respective products. Both companies have signed exclusive deals with the man to sponsor his European Future Sex/Love Show tour.
The deal will a give Vodafone users with Sony Ericsson handsets [...]

Mobile content generates more annual revenue than internet content

If we were to tell you that the mobile content industry generates more annual revenue than internet content does, you would probably be more than a little surprised. According to recent findings however, the content on mobile networks is worth $31bn in comparison to the web’s $25bn. Once mobile music and TV services start to [...]

Teacher Pro: student-tracking mobile application

Oi, teachers! Leave those kids alone! And don’t get any clever ideas about monitoring them using your mobile phone either. Okay, so Teacher Pro isn’t quite as scary an application as that sounds.
It lets teachers keep info on their students, plan their lessons, and keep a note of whether they’re on course to beat the [...]

Get Teletext on your phone

Well, you can’t do it right now, but you will be able to in the future. Sofia Digital is touting a technology called Mobile Digitext, which is designed to sit alongside DVB-H digital TV services for mobiles. Which haven’t launch yet in the UK, sadly.
But anyway: the idea is you get traditional Teletext pages on [...]

Barablu offers mobile VoIP to Nokia N95 owners

Cor, that N95 can do anything. GPS-based mapping, hi-res photographs, the washing up. Okay, not that last one (I hear it’s coming in a software update, mind). And now you can add Barablu’s mobile VoIP software too, which the company says is now fully compatible with the N95.
The app offers free voice calls to other [...]

Sony W660i, Motorola Z8 and Samsung U700 to hit UK in June

A trio of new handsets, the Sony Ericsson W660i, Motorola’s Z8 and the Samsung U700 are due to land on UK shores in June, with Vodafone already listing them on its ‘Coming Soon‘ pages. With 2, 2 and 3.2-megapixel cameras respectively, none of them are going to be challenging the N95’s photographic supremacy right now, [...]

Apple wants thirdparty apps on iPhone but says no to direct video downloads

According to comments made by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during an interview with famous US technology writer Walt Mossberg, Apple wants to have non-Apple software on the iPhone. Jobs told Mossberg, “We would like to solve this problem, and if you could just be a little more patient with us, we’ll do it.”
Stories have been [...]

iTunes tracks might be DRM-free but they’re not account info-free

Just a quick note to say that CrunchGear is reporting that while the new iTunes songs may be DRM (copy protection)-free, they’re still embedded with your iTunes account details. So if you’re faced with the temptation to share them (not that you would, of course)… Well, let’s just say that would be a Bad Idea.
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