Julia, Author at Mobile Industry Review

Toshiba shutters mobile TV service

Is this the deathknell for broadcast mobile TV? Toshiba's four year old mobile telly subsidiary, Mobile Broadcasting Corporation, is soon to be shut down. Says...

Blue Whale gets new Facebook profile

If getting on Facebook is still the mobile equivalent of crack for you, then Blue Whale's BlueWhaleMail push social networking product is hoping to...

DoCoMo kills off 2G

Get out the black arm bands - it looks like rumours of the death of 2G really haven't been exaggerated. Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo...

Apple boss confesses iPhone kill switch exists

Remember all the to-ing and fro-ing, rumourmongering and discussions about the iPhone kill switch discovered late last week with the potential to disable iPhone...

Amobee lands Moto, Cisco investment

Mobile ad company has announced its landed new investment from the likes of Motorola and Cisco, along with more cash from previous investments Telefonica,...

Google Olympics overload straight to your mobile

Are you heartily sick of the Olympics yet? If you can't wait to see more of men and women in Lycra trying to beat...

Qualcomm healthcare MVNO on the way

It looks like Qualcomm is finally getting its MVNO off the ground, according to Wireless Week, which reports that the company has picked a...

FON-tastic way to turn mobiles into hotspots

Joikusoft - the developers behind the JoikuSpot software, which turns wi-fi enabled Symbian S60 phones into hotspots - has teamed up with wi-fi sharing...

T-Mo planning iPhone app store equivalent?

T-Mobile USA has announced it's planning on taking a leaf out of Apple's book by opening up its development platform. The end result? A...

Can Apple kill your iPhone apps?

iPhone rumour mongering is always an interesting sport and, like the Olympics, mostly it's a waste of time with the occasional bit of gold...

T-Mobile snags the Bold for Blighty

If youâ€™ve been getting a little bit frothy-mouthed about the BlackBerry Bold, then wipe off that dribble - the latest operator to get the...

O2, Vodafone scramble on music bandwagon

This week has seen the launch of two new music services from operators: Vodafone Music from Vodafone and My Play from O2. Vodafoneâ€™s music service...

New mobile satellite provider for Europe

The EC, it seems, canâ€™t get enough of talking up mobile data and that old nearly-ran mobile TV. The Commission has announced itâ€™s started...

Moto phones’ future in Qualcomm man’s hands

So whoâ€™s getting the poison chalice of the top job at Motorolaâ€™s handset division (well on its way to be being rechristened Motorolaâ€™s ailing...

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