Graham Brown

E-mail is Dead, Long Live Social Networks

July 25, 2007

It seems that the high time of the traditional e-mail is over, at least among the younger generation. E-mails are better suited for communication with adults and for business purposes. With friends, it is now much more common to exchange notes via social networks. Given the trouble with hordes of spam e-mails and the recent [...]

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Texting and Driving – An Often Fatal Combination

July 25, 2007

A young woman named Rachel Begg has been jailed for four years after causing a fatal car accident. She had been sending text messages on her mobile phone while driving 70mph on a rainy night. According to reports, she used her mobile phone 9 times during her 15 minute drive prior to colliding with the [...]

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What is too Young for the First Mobile Phone?

July 25, 2007

Children as young as four are given their own mobile phones, but the yearning to have a device often starts at even younger ages. So at what age should children get their first mobile phones? The ultimate decision depends on several factors. If the child acts responsibly in other areas, it usually reflects on how [...]

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Amp’d Mobile is Closing Down

July 25, 2007

It is official – Amp’d Mobile will cease all services presumably at the end of July. Having been unable to find anyone willing to fund its debt, the operator will start to sell its assets within the week.   Things began to fall apart when Amp’d’s carrier partner Verizon Wireless contacted the judge supervising the bankruptcy [...]

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New Targeted Mobile Advertising Model

July 25, 2007

Everyone loves fancy applications. However, recent studies have shown that teenagers simply can’t afford many of the more advanced applications currently on the mobile market since they require WAP to work properly. Also, only 20% of teenagers have access to the mobile web because data plans are still expensive, the networks are often painfully slow [...]

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Samsung Plans Joystick for Mobile Phones

July 25, 2007

Analysts have repeatedly predicted an explosive growth of mobile gaming throughout the coming years, and obviously handset manufacturers are already reacting to the forecasts. Sony will likely introduce a PSP phone at some point, and Nokia is planning the launch of the next generation of NGage platform. Samsung, on the other hand, decided on a [...]

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New Zealand Youth are Highest Users of Mobile Phones

July 25, 2007

A study sponsored by MTV and Nickelodeon on how young people interact with digital technology reveals that youth in New Zealand are the highest users of mobile phones globally with 80%. Also, the average young mobile user (aged 14 to 24) has 88 phone numbers on their mobile (global average is 94), 77 people on [...]

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Free Mobile Video by ABC

July 12, 2007

TV stations owned or operated by ABC will now launch free ad-supported video services for mobile phones in all of their 10 markets.  The plans constitute a win-win opportunity for both advertisers and viewers interested in the mobile video. The service is free, easily accessible and offers compelling content designed to meet the growing consumer [...]

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Mobile Transactions Predicted to Generate $22 Billion by 2011

July 12, 2007

According to forecasts by Juniper Research, mobile payments and P2P transfers in the developing world, as well as the commercialisation of Near Field Communications (NFC) based payments in 2009, will cause mobile transactions will grow to almost $22 billion by 2011.    The research further states that SMS based P2P fund transfers and payments will drive [...]

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New Blogging Phone by Samsung

July 12, 2007

This month, Samsung will launch its Mobile Blog 3G Phone (SGH-L760) in Europe. The device allows users to directly upload content onto blog pages on the Net, and it is predicted to further increase the popularity of mobile Internet and user-generated content services. With the handset, users can directly upload content to popular pages such [...]

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