11:30AM: Smart, Piltel oppose entry of 3G mobile phone company

Grok Headline matches for 11:30AM: Smart, Piltel oppose entry of 3G mobile phone company

Smart, Piltel oppose entry of 3G mobile
phone company

Smart, Piltel oppose entry of 3G mobile
phone company 03/08/2004 11:21 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer Mar 9 2004 3:42AM GMT

Antivirus Company Warns of New Smart
Phone Trojan (PC World)

Antivirus Company Warns of New Smart
Phone Trojan (PC World) 04/07/2005 10:26 PM
PC World - Trojan horse program runs on Symbian Series 60 mobile phones and prevents them from restarting.

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone 09/09/2004 09:12 AM
Smart Digital Assistant on its way

T-Mobile to battle iPod with music smart
phone

T-Mobile to battle iPod with music smart
phone 09/15/2004 07:57 AM
Nice handset, shame about the storage capacity

EasyMobile: a mobile phone company
without phones or towers

EasyMobile: a mobile phone company
without phones or towers 08/11/2004 09:48 AM
The EasyGroup (who provide the discount EasyJet airline and the cheap EasyInternet cafes) have launched a mobile phone company called, what else, EasyMobile. EasyMobile -- which leases capacity on other carriers' networks -- won't give away free phones with their plans; instead, they'll just sell you a SIM card and rely on you to find a phone somewhere. Given that most mobile phone carriers give you a new phone annually if you threaten to quit, a lot of Easy's ptoential customers have a wealth of easily unlockable phones kicking around, ready to be used with an Easy SIM. And since Easy isn't giving away phones, it can roll those savings back into cheaper airtime and services.

EasyMobile is to be launched in December at the latest on the British market and if all goes well the service will be expanded to the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

Link (via Engadget)

Dwango Establishes Next-Generation
Mobile Phone Content Development Company

Dwango Establishes Next-Generation
Mobile Phone Content Development Company 02/18/2004 02:18 AM
Japan Corp Feb 18 2004 6:55AM GMT

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents 09/13/2004 12:34 PM
Smart Box Design announces the release of Farkle, a Palm OS version of the classic dice rolling game. Farkle offers players an opportunity to challenge friends or compete against a variety of “intelligent” computer opponents with a wide range of personalities—from cautious to daring—that will determine the level of risk each opponent is willing to take when deciding just how far to push their luck. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone?

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone? 04/13/2004 08:56 PM
ZDNet Apr 14 2004 0:41AM GMT

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
"VoIP2Save.com" becomes first broadband internet phone company to offer total internet phone number portability to customers. VoIP2Save accuses rivals of holding customer phone numbers hostage because they cannot switch their phone numbers to other carriers. [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Mobile barcodes permit conference entry

Mobile barcodes permit conference entry 04/19/2004 05:50 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 19 2004 10:10AM GMT

Your New Phone Company Is The Cable
Company?

Your New Phone Company Is The Cable
Company? 05/03/2004 05:18 AM
Cable providers in the US took an early lead in the broadband market, though they've lost a little ground lately due to cut rate prices for DSL from the telcos. However, the cable providers are looking to pull an ace out of their sleeve by promoting their ability to easily provide the coveted "triple play" of voice, video and data through one single company. Many cable providers have been able to do this for a while, but they haven't spent much time promoting their phone service. That's about to change. While the telcos are still struggling to figure out their video strategy (TV over DSL? partner with a satellite provider?), the cable companies are getting ready to heavily promote their VoIP phone plans in conjunction with their TV and broadband connections. They admit that most people still don't know the cable company offers phone service, but they aim to change that soon. Beyond just getting more money out of each subscriber, it also means much less churn for the cable companies, as studies have shown that the likelihood of a customer switching providers drops drastically for each additional service they receive from their provider. While the article doesn't mention much about pricing, it would make sense for the cable companies to cut the prices on the phone service drastically. The additional cost to the companies isn't that high, and undercutting the telcos in their core market has to hurt them. Besides, as the article points out, choosing a phone company is much more of an "emotional" decision than choosing a broadband provider. If the cable companies can win over the emotions of people with very low priced calling plans, they'll more than make up the difference in new customers for their broadband and video services - and the resulting lack of churn.

Company to license smart-card security
tools

Company to license smart-card security
tools 04/19/2004 12:13 AM
CNET Apr 19 2004 4:16AM GMT

"Fast Company | If He's So Smart...Steve
Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of
Innovation"

"Fast Company | If He's So Smart...Steve
Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of
Innovation" 12/24/2003 09:20 PM

Fast Company | If He's So Smart...Steve
Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of
Innovation

Fast Company | If He's So Smart...Steve
Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of
Innovation 12/23/2003 02:10 PM
Fast Company's Heath Row was kind enough to point out this article about Steve Jobs. He says:

The battle over digital music is just another verse in Apple's sad song: This astonishingly imaginative company keeps getting muscled out of markets it creates. So what does Apple have to tell us about innovation?

It's less an anti-apple piece, which is how one reader pegged it, and more an analysis of what innovation really means to an organization. Can you build a company on innovation alone?

Link

SVASE San Francisco Thursday 2/10
11:30AM-1:30PM

SVASE San Francisco Thursday 2/10
11:30AM-1:30PM 03/14/2005 05:35 PM
This is a pretty busy speaking week - I'm going to be speaking at the San Francisco chapter of SVASE on the topic of "The Blogosphere - Past, Present, and Future". Date: 02/10/2005 Time: 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM...

A phone that's as smart as you are

A phone that's as smart as you are 03/28/2005 08:39 AM
SiliconValley.com Mar 28 2005 12:37PM GMT

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Siemens SX1 smart phone

Siemens SX1 smart phone 04/28/2004 11:43 AM
Reg review Designed to make Nokia tremble?

Linux Smart Phone

Linux Smart Phone 12/11/2003 04:55 PM
/. notices that Trolltech's embedded Linux will be powering the Motorola A760 smartphone. Looks nice and feature-packed, with PDA, camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth, and (assumedly GPRS) Net access in a pretty Motorola-style flip-phone.

"We're sorry, but your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please recompile your kernel and try again." Couldn't ressist. ;-)

Smart Phone Recorder v2.5.2

Smart Phone Recorder v2.5.2 06/13/2004 10:31 AM
SmartPhone can record your phone calls at an incredible compression rate of 3.7MB/Hour into windows wave files using your computer's voice modem. Another unique feature that is SmartPhone can start recording automatically even you lift your telephone handset before the answering machine takes an action for an incoming call. [Shareware $49.95 648 KB]

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone 06/30/2004 07:55 AM
AME Info Jun 30 2004 11:19AM GMT

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!"

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!" 01/05/2005 04:34 AM
Killer Mobile (killermobile.com), a mobile phone software development company released what is quickly becoming a controversial program targeted at young, tech savvy men - a program aptly titled "Save Jimmy". Save Jimmy is a program that can run on any MIDP 2.0 compliant mobile phone that allows the user to input specific information on their significant other's menstrual cycle and in turn receive daily alerts as well as view a calendar with information regarding which days are "Safe" to not use a condom. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress)

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress) 04/12/2004 08:57 AM
featureXpress - Mobile Phone Tracking sites Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A Mobile.com report huge increase in subscriptions

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition.

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition. 06/23/2004 02:36 AM
A new free advertising service is now available for pubs throughout Ireland. Publicans can freely advertise their premises to one of the largest audience of people looking for things to do in Ireland, both on the web and now on their mobile phone at http://mobile.irelandpubguide.com. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile 08/27/2004 01:23 PM
I4U Aug 26 2004 11:05AM GMT

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Tavros Mobile Announces the availability of European Soccer News, direct to your Mobile Phone Handset! The latest soccer scores, goal updates as they occur, and news, on an ongoing basis. All of this for one low monthly fee. This new service is in addition to the latest java games, ringtones, and other original mobile content for users to download to their mobile phones. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $30

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $30 12/04/2003 08:24 PM
BrightHand Dec 4 2003 6:22PM ET

Smart-phone worm has a hang-up

Smart-phone worm has a hang-up 06/15/2004 06:02 PM
Researchers say the 'Cabir' virus takes an approach that hampers its spread--it asks for permission to infect your phone.

An affordable, capable smart phone

An affordable, capable smart phone 12/09/2003 09:47 PM
ZDNet Dec 9 2003 8:38PM ET

2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes
and no

2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes
and no 01/01/2004 10:58 PM
ZDNet Australia Jan 1 2004 9:34PM ET

Motorola's MPx Smart Phone Coming Soon

Motorola's MPx Smart Phone Coming Soon 07/05/2004 07:01 PM
WebTalk Radio Jul 5 2004 11:12PM GMT

Smart Bullets Phone Home

Smart Bullets Phone Home 05/29/2004 12:09 PM

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $80

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $80 11/18/2003 12:18 AM
BrightHand Nov 17 2003 11:50PM ET

Nokia touts new smart phone

Nokia touts new smart phone 09/23/2004 12:45 PM
The phone, due out in October, comes with a built-in megapixel camera. Also on tap: a wireless home-monitoring system.

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network 04/09/2005 03:48 AM
AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that its mobile friend finder service MonAmi is now available to customers in Iraq. [PRWEB Apr 9, 2005]

Research In Motion Unveils Smart Phone

Research In Motion Unveils Smart Phone 09/08/2004 12:50 PM
TheStreet.com Sep 8 2004 5:02PM GMT
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