News

• Apple wins battle over nano-SIM standard

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 June, 2012 12:19

  Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs.

• BYOD's phone number problem

  By Tom Kaneshige | 31 May, 2012 22:06

  A simple smartphone number can be an incredibly important corporate asset, but companies will have to give it up in a BYOD scenario.

• CIOs extend unified communications to mobile devices

  By Lauren Brousell | 31 May, 2012 19:15

  A survey finds that IT leaders are accelerating their plans to invest in unified communications and collaboration technologies. But the systems aren't cheap.

• Analysis: How Facebook could integrate with iOS, OS X

  By Lex Friedman | 31 May, 2012 19:45

  Speaking at the All Things D conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook essentially sent Facebook a friend request. "I think the [Apple-Facebook] relationship is very solid," Cook said. "We have great respect for them. I think we can do more with them."

• Kyocera launches speakerless phone, uses vibrations to transmit sound to the ear

  By Jay Alabaster | 01 June, 2012 03:58

  Kyocera is demonstrating a new mobile phone that uses vibrations in its screen to transmit sound to the ear, in place of the traditional receiver speaker.

• NTT DoCoMo shows tablet-based virtual shared spaces, two-way clear touchscreen

  By Jay Alabaster | 01 June, 2012 01:44

  NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is developing a new platform that allows two remote tablet users to explore and share a virtual space.

• Freescale wants to make wireless charging cheaper, more ubiquitous

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 May, 2012 18:02

  With the introduction of three new reference designs, Freescale Semiconductor wants to cut the cost of wireless charging and offer the technology for tablets and power tools, the company said on Thursday.

• Emergency workers scan QR codes to quickly access health information

  By Kerry Davis | 31 May, 2012 02:06

  QR codes are being used for more than just advertisements in Marin County, California. There, paramedics hope the stickers could help save lives in emergency situations.

• IPCom fails to stop sales of Nokia's phones in the UK

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 30 May, 2012 16:52

  The U.K. High Court has dismissed IPCom's attempts to obtain an injunction against the sales of Nokia's 3G phones.

• RIM warns of Q1 loss, hires bankers to evaluate changes

  By Stephen Lawson | 29 May, 2012 21:39

  Research In Motion has warned that it expects an operating loss for the current quarter and has hired two investment banks to help it study alternative company strategies that might include licensing its OS.

• Sprint gives a date for Nextel iDEN shutdown: Next June

  By Stephen Lawson | 29 May, 2012 18:48

  Sprint Nextel will finish shutting down its narrowband iDEN network as early as June 30, 2013, the company disclosed on Tuesday.

• NFC doesn't cut it on the London Tube, says public transport exec

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 May, 2012 17:50

  Read speed is very important when using contactless payments in public transport and the NFC technology still isn't fast enough to be used in the London Underground, an executive from the local transport authority said at the Open Mobile Summit conference in London on Tuesday.

• Samsung's Music Hub service brings 19 million songs to the Galaxy S III

  By Loek Essers | 29 May, 2012 14:09

  Samsung on Tuesday followed up the launch of the Galaxy S III in Europe with its own smartphone music service that allows users to store music in the cloud and stream it for a monthly fee.

• Scary times ahead for smartphone vendors, says analyst

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 May, 2012 13:54

  The rest of 2012 will be very challenging for smartphone makers as they struggle to find ways to differentiate their "black slabs," Richard Kramer, managing partner at Arete Research, said during the opening address at the Open Mobile Summit conference in London.

• Experts question the need for a Facebook smartphone

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 May, 2012 15:35

  Mobile technology will play an important role for Facebook as it tries to find new sources of revenue, but building its own device doesn't make much sense since competition in the smartphone market continues to be very tough, according to analysts.