NEW YORK (Reuters) - After cramming Web browsers, e-mail
and music and video players into cell phones, the wireless
industry is now trying to make more money by adding mobile
advertising and credit-card shopping to handsets.
BBC Click reports on the internet phase, Web 2.0, which is reaching mobile handsets.
A US team develops software to help deaf people use video to chat via sign language over mobile networks.
Samsung rolled out the official red carpet for its latest Ultra II handsets at 3GSM yesterday, referring to the 10.9 as the ‘crown jewel in the pack’ [pictured].
The series comprises the slim sliders, the Ultra Edition 10.9 (U600) and the Ultra Edition 12.1 (U700), a metallic clamshell, Ultra Edition 9.6 (U300) and a candy bar model, the Ultra Edition 5.9 (U100).
Samsung says the Ultra Edition II phones are slimmer and stronger than the first edition models, which is good to know. They boast 3MP cameras and come with Samsung’s Optimized Power Usage Solution (OPUS) which promises a 10% increase in talk time, 30% power saving and 10% more battery capacity.
Music lovers will be happy to know that the phones come with a digital power amp developed by Bang & Olufsen.
The 5.9 (U100) is touted as the world’s slimmest phone (?) but this changes so often it’s hard to keep up.
The new Ultra Edition II phones are certainly lookers but will they debunk the LG Chocolate, which managed to sell an outrageous 7.5m units in Europe alone last year?-Martin Lynch
The mobile world is at 3GSM in Barcelona discussing how to get people to do more with their handsets.
Vodafone is to enable its users to access video website YouTube via their handsets, in its third internet tie-up this week.
People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.
People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.
People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.
People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.