Anyway, I think much fewer people is going to liberate its iPhone 3G. When first version of iPhone was released it was available only in few markets: USA, UK, Germany, France,… Many people from other unfortunate countries was interested in buying an iPhone, not signing the contract with operators, unlocking it and then using the iPhone with their current SIM - and tariffs- in their country.

Now, iPhone 3G is available much broader over the world and flights to New York for buying and iPhone will stop - specially from Europe.

Moreover - and this is a key point - iPhone 3G is given the end user only when the contract with the mobile carrier is already signed. So, you could unlock your iPhone and use it through your previous operator network, but this will not save you from paying the fees to the operator who sold you the iPhone.

For sure, not many people will be interesting in paying twice for its mobility bill.

Yes, the App Store have more than five hundred apps and counting… however, just a few are useful and I have not been surprised by any of them, there´s nothing we already didn´t know.

Via TUAW, I discovered DataCase, a new iPhone app which will be uploaded to the App Store next 28th July. I´m really looking forward to test it. DataCase seems to be all I were waiting for: it turns your iPhone/iPod Touch into an external wireless drive (withouth syncing iTunes!), it lets you drag and drop files and even view them (powerpoint, excel, pdf, etc).

We will have to wait for benchmarking it, I´m not sure about its performance as on its official website it says they use “industry standard FTP” as well as HTTP. Let´s hope it´s quicker than iTunes (well, that´s not too difficult).

Via TUAW |  Link veiosoft - DataCase

Are you thinking on buying a Windows Mobile smartphone but you don´t know which one to choose. Samsung Omnia is one of the best choices nowadays. See the physical diferences between iPhone & Omnia in the pictures below to have an idea of the size and specs of this great smartphone.

Via Gizmovil

This is one of the most interesting news in mobile software development i have heard in months.

A great system allows you, through a wireless sensor network, to know wich of the 24,000 metered parking spaces in San Francisco are free at any moment. Great!

Drivers will be alerted to empty parking places either by displays on street signs, or by looking at maps on screens of their smartphones. They may even be able to pay for parking by cellphone, and add to the parking meter from their phones without returning to the car.

Read here the full article.

Link Streetline
Via Core77

Telefonica Movistar distributed last friday only 10.000 iPhone 3G in Spain,  where more than 200.000 iphone maniacs was waiting for it. Of course many people could not buy it, including me.

I had three units pre-reserved since a couple of weeks, so i was calm. Friday monday i went to the store to get it but… they had not receive it yet, they told me i had to wait along the morning to get it. (I am still waiting) :(

As i was so nervous, i tried to get it in another store, i went to El Corte Inglés but there was more people in the line than iPhones for retail, so I left the store in a rush and y tried in another one, an official Movistar Store in downtown.

There was a long (not huge) queue but there was iPhone for anyone, unless for purchasing the 8GB version, so i was so happy. Even store employees asked us if we was waiting to buy it or not, they made a note to people was waiting a 16GB iPhone, because they would have to wait till next tuesday to get it.

The problem happened when (after more than an hour) the same employees asked us if we wanted our 8GB iPhone unit we must write our name in a list in order to have an unit reserved because they had seven units in this moment. I was the twelve in the queue! So,  i had to wait around two hours to leave the store without my iPhone 3G. there are no iphones for all men. We must wait for a week, at least.

Apple and Telefonica make us really crazy.

Link Manel Fontdevila’s Blog

Caixa Penedes by the hand of SevenCLick, company of  the TBS Group specialized in development and consultancy services on mobile technologies, presents its Online Banking application completely developed fo the iPhone.

Coinciding with the launch of the iPhone 3G in Spain next July 11th, clients of Caixa Penedes could accede from this link mobile.caixapenedes.com to new surroundings of acces for iPhone in which to consult and operate with their accounts, as well as visualize corporative and commercial information and social responsibility of this entity.

Accounts and cards global liquids, account movements consultancy, money transfers between own accounts or another accounts, charging prepaid mobile phone accounts, branch and cashier localization via Google Maps, are some of the features supported, all of them specifically developed for the first time using to the limit the capacities of the famous device of those of Cupertino.

Link Press release
Link CaixaPenedes
Link MobileCaixaPenedes

Oh men!, tomorrow is the 3G day, we are going to get them, and Movistar iPhone 3G plans has been revealed a few minutes ago. There are prices and plans for all pockets, check them all in this link.

Here in our head office everybody are crazy, of course tonight is going to be a sleepless night. I am so nervous :D

Link Movistar iPhone

Sharp, has just launched a new mobile TV phone on Japanese market. This model will be available under the name Sharp Aquos 923SH, but only for the subscribers of SoftBank (Japanese mobile operator).

Main features:

• 3.3 inch LCD
• Swiveling display
• TV Mobile (DVB)
• 16.7 million colors
• 480×845 (woouu!!)
• Camera of 5.2 Megapixel with auto focus, flash, face detection, wide-angle capabilities and video recording.
• GPS
• 3G W-CDMA and GSM standard
• Bluetooth
• 135 grams
• 113×50x18.6 millimeters
• Battery should provide up to 350 hours of standby or 4 hours of talk-time.

It’s a pity that this only available in Japan. :(

Via Gizmovil

People of iLoveWindowsMobile have new software available, Winterface: The next generation Shell

Winterface is the Next Generation Shell for Windows Mobile comprising the options of a launcher, a task manager, and multitude of Today plug-ins. Winterface virtually replaces default interface of touch screen Windows Mobile devices and gives the user unprecedented freedom to easily lay out interface exactly the way they like it.

Features:

• exclusive interface constructor
• task manager & launcher
• finger-friendly interface
• unprecedented freedom of customization

It looks like really great, and it is a great idea if you want to have an iPhone-like interface in your WindowsMobile, and it is as cheap as the rest of the iLoveWindowsMobile software, it is for 19,95$ (12,70€),

Link Winterface

According to Mitchell Baker words, FireFox Mobile will be available this year, probably at the end of the year, Maybe Christmas?

They have to do a great job to beat current mobile browsers, and of course their target are smartphones and it will come with a lot of great features.

Via Bitelia

2 days left to have the iPhone 3G in our hands! The world is excited.

iPhone 3G unboxing video,

People waiting for the iPhone in front of stores around the world. In Harajuku (Tokio) people are waiting since yesterday (many people for a mobile phone launch I think, that is because japanese love iPhone)

There are some new great cases too for the iPhone 3G in this link

iPhone is going to make us crazy :D

Via: MacNN

Since Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone, on sale on July 11th, companies have been working hard to get versions of its products suited to this device.

Google could not miss this meeting and a few days ago it has update its website with one link to access the new version of its chat.

Google Talk Gadget, which is the name that has given at this version of chat from the iPhone, simply using the Safari browser (using ajax) and a Gmail account.

Via Engadet Mobile

“Nokia Email service is mobile email made easy.” This can be read on the official Nokia Email website, home of a new service still in beta, which will help you if you are one of these Internet addicts who need a permanent link to your online world. Thanks to it, you will have Push Email on you Nokia smartphone, enjoying real-time follow-up of your email accounts.

As a beta service, it only works with POP and IMAP accounts. “Corporate email and MSN Hotmail are not currently supported”, Nokia explains… but hey, read the FAQ : “There is no charge for using Nokia Email service during the beta trial.” Hope this lasts long!

Via Gizmóvil

Another game for the iPhone. Today is the well known videogame Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart. A funny racing game like the Mario Kart.

I still think iPhone could be a great videogame platform, maybe not for its graphics but for its interactivity, it is like a Nintendo DS, but including its acelerometers that brings a lot of fun and a different experience.

Polarbit is the creator of this amazing game for the iPhone, but it is not already for release, we must wait. :(
You can take a look to this well built game in this videos below. As you can see controls are easy and great solved.

Key features:

Stunning, console quality graphics

Twelve beautifully crafted tracks

The famous Crash Bandicoot cast of characters
A host of weapons, items and power-ups
Fully configurable controls

this game will be not only for the iphone, the supported platforms are: iPhone, Series 60, NGI, Brew.

Link Polarbit

Movistar will bring you this cell phone next friday here in Spain and plans will be revealed this thursday.

Movistar today announces that next thursday at 13h will unveil its plans for the iPhone 3G.

There are some rumored plans pending to confirm, 15€ online flat rate for 200MB (overtaken this MB, online velocity will fall till 128kb/s)  or 25€ online flat rate for 1GB (overtaken this GB, online velocity will fall till 128kb/s), plus voice rates cost.

Don´t bite your nails!

Via Applesfera

Probably only a few of you readers know who Michael Mace is.  Well, I think that he will introduce himself better than me:

“I’m a principal at Rubicon Consulting, where we help tech companies solve tough strategy and marketing problems. Drop by and sign up for our newsletter. I’m former Chief Competitive Officer and VP of Product Planning at Palm, VP of Strategic Marketing at PalmSource, director of Mac Platform Marketing at Apple, and served in a lot of other roles. For more info on me, visit my website.”

Pretty Impressve, isn’t it? Apart from these, he writes a personal blog named “Mobile Oportunity” where he analyses, very precissely I must admit, key events related to mobile world.  He is not very prolific (Michael, if you read this, please, don’t take it as a critic :P ), one post a week, but his posts are always worth reading.

One of the his last posts has been specially interested for me. It talks about Psion, a company we could cald Symbian’s father. The post mentions an extremelly interesting article by The Register about Psion, which is also worth reading.

Please, take this advice and spent (not waste) some time reading both articles.  You will not regret it.

Link Mobile Oportunity - The end of the dream
Link The Register - Psion the last computer

OpenMoko Freerunner came out past July 4th, after some months waiting for this new release of the most open cellphone in the market. We have talked about it a couple of times.

As Neo 1973, the target of Neo Freerunner is mainly developers and hackers more than mainstream users.

It includes some very interesting features:

• AGPS
• WIFI
• 3axis Motion Sensors
• 2,8” touch screen VGA (640×480)

… but lacks some others like 3G and camera.

Anyway, the release seems to have been succesful since OpenMoko’s web store has sold out the GSM 900 model. OpenMoko also has a handful of distributors, but no data about availability is provided.

Link OpenMoko

This news has gone unnoticed but in really specialized blogs. Openwave’s mobile clients business has been acquired by Purple Labs. This includes Openwave’s browser and client messaging products including all code, patents, customer contracts and the engineering team.

Openwave was the leading mobile browser vendor few years ago. But his business has vanished as WAP has been fading away and mobile versions of desktop browsers (Webkit, Opera) has appeared on the scene. This explains the low price of the acquisition: just $30 million.

Purple Labs is a French company backed by European venture capital firms and is the only independent software vendor with a complete Linux solution for mass-market 3G phones. The deal will provide them not only the technical assets but an entry point to very important customers.

A very insightful analysis on this topic, as usual, on VisionMobile.

Via Moconews
Link VisionMobile

I can´t believe my eyes! How somebody can copy anything at this level, it is a clone!

I am talking about Rolando Game by HandCircus coming this summer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Unless HandCircus is a company created by creators of LocoRoco (game from Sony) we can say that this game is a clone of the second. I am really angry because i love LocoRoco and i hate people who only copy thing, of course you can take some references, but this is not only a reference.

Please, check both videos below to discover how these words become reality.

Even the music is similar!. In spite of everything i must say this is one of the best games revealed yet for the iPhone.

Link Rolando, Locoroco, Patapon

You are probably bored of your iPhone ringtones, everyone have the need of change its device ringtone. If you own an iPhone you are lucky, because now you can create your own ringtone even set video ringtones on your iPhone.

If you want to personalize your phone with your own ringtones in a simply and fast way, all you need is  PocketMac RingtoneStudio™ software. It’s the first tool to allow you to easily create ringtones from practically any multimedia file — from QuickTime movies to unprotected music files of all types.

Video below shows how does it works.

Just drag any movie or unprotected music file onto PocketMac RingtoneStudio and it does all the rest.
If the movie or song is less than 30 seconds in length, PocketMac RingtoneStudio converts it automatically into the proper ringtone format.
If it’s longer than 30 seconds, PocketMac RingtoneStudio will open up a preview window so that you can select the exact 30 second clip you’d like.
PocketMac RingtoneStudio will place your completed ringtones into iTunes’ “Ringtones” folder.
The next time you connect your iPhone, your ringtones will be automatically synched.

RingtoneStudio is available for retail for $14.95, this software is only available for Mac OSX is available for Mac OSX or Windows

iFonetec released an application for the iPhone, called “VideosTone”, which logically adds support for video ringtones. It can be found in the Installer after the http://app.ifonetec.com source is added. Once installed, you’ll be able to activate it in the settings menu and set the video clip to be used for notifications. So if you prefer use video ringtones in your iPhone instead basic ringtones, here you can check how to make it real.

Via PhoneArena
Link iPhonetic, PocketMac

Remember you iPhone 3G launch day is closer, and remember that its price is 8GB 199$/199€ or 16GB 299$/299€. Movistar will bring you this cell phone here in Spain and plans have not been revealed yet.

Don´t bite your nails!

Apple has published a great guided tour of its amazing iPhone 3G, this is the first opportunity to know more about this gadget.

Link iPhone 3G guided tour HD video

Sleek Audio SA6 earphones are here and we reviewed them, overall score 10. Unbelievable! this “transformers” are the best in high quality in-ear earphones around its price.

Continue reading this article to discover this great earphones.

This SA6 are different from the rest of in-ear earphones, you can´t see that difference in the picture above but watch this video to discover “the key” of SA6.

Why SA6 are so different form the others?. It is simply answered with the picture above, you can customize audio settings as you preffer changing its interchangeable treble and bass tips.

Sleek Audio interview

Thanks to David from AJR&Partners, he scheduled a time for us to speak with Mark and Jason, creators of SA6 earphones.They gave us all the information we need to know what is SA6 and how to use it. You can see the interview in the video below. Sorry about the audio, it is not good enough and it is noisy sometimes :(

Video length is 10 minutes, it is a great opportunity to know all about SA6 from the creators, they show us how this amazing “transformers” works.

I know you can´t believe it, but SA6 are real and they are for retail right now.

The VQ System, or Variable Equalization System, is the first of its kind in an in-ear monitor.

This multi-stage system allows you to completely customize the sound of your music. While you may appreciate brilliant treble, someone else may want deeper bass. Now, with the VQ System, all listening experiences can be tailored: from symphony to hip-hop, or country to rap, everyone can have the sound they love.

First, using Interchangeable High Frequency Filter Tips, the end-user can dramatically alter the sound of the high frequencies to adjust the amount of make up gain they need after inserting sound isolating in-ear monitors. It may be that you like sustained high-frequencies with a peak at the vocals. Or it could be that you want a flat response with some roll off at the upper high end. The choice is yours with our Interchangeable Treble Tips.

Second, low frequency response is a personal preference. Our patent-pending Variable (Interchangeable) Bass Port System maximizes the low-end bass curve. The result is a dramatic 12db difference at 20 hertz between our three interchangeable bass filters, with no effect on the high-frequencies. This is an industry first.

Features

Lightweight
Wearable in Multiple Positions
Wide Band Balanced Armature Driver with Custom Porting
Replaceable / Interchangeable Swivel Cables
Variable Equalization (VQ) System

Specifications

Standard Cable: 60 inches
Impedance: 50 ohm
DC Resistance: 24 ohm
Speaker Type: Ultra Wide Band Balanced Armature Driver with Custom Porting

Sensitivity: 110 dB SPL/mW

Included Accessories

Multipack Ear Tips
Tip Cleaner
Treble Tuning Ports
Bass Tuning Ports
Carrying Case

In my opinion SA6 are the best in-ear earphones around its price in market. SA6 are tiny, very comfortable (maybe the best) and bring you the opportunity of many new features never released: Interchangeble cables, custom audio settings and some further features like wireless connexion. God, this is the present future!

You can buy SA6 now for 249,99$. Get them and feel your favourite music as you have never heard it.

Link Sleek Audio

Some months ago we posted an extended In-ear iPhone earphones review. Today, as an update, we are going to review the Jays M-Jays Handsfree headset iPhone version.

If you need a Handsfree headset including answering button, music remote control and microphone, mister, you are lucky. Jays has made it for you.

There are no too many items like this in market even when iPhone´s 3G release is so close, next week! So this is the best option to choose from handsets for the iPhone 2G.

Delivery includes:

• Microphone: noise cancelling
• Answering button: Stop/ resume music, answer / hang up calls
• Apple iPhone plug
• Metal clip
• 3.5 mm Female plug
• In-ear Stereo Earphones (included): A-Silicon Rubber Sleeve ( 3 sizes included) B - Earphone cable 60cm.

As you can see in picture above, box includes the Handsfree Headset M-jays and the In-ear Stereo Earphones. It is a good idea to include the earphones in the set.

One of the best features is M-Jays of course fits into the iPhone´s Jack hole, one of the worst problems now resolved in the new iphone version.

The handsfree headset allows you to plug any earphone, Jays brings you a pair, but you maybe love your current headphones instead of these.

Earphones supplied in the box are really great, it brings a very well balanced sound and bass are good.

M-Jays technical data:

• Cord: L 0.90m (~35inch), W 2.5mm (0.098 inch)
• Weight: 12 grams (0.42 oz)
• Plug: Straigth, Gold-Plated Stereo Mini-Plug 3.5mm (1.8 in)
• Male plug: Apple iPhone

Jays M-Jays, are probably the best Handsfree headset in market for the iPhone 2G. These Swedish earphones are well built, fashionable, iPhone-like design, you can answer phone calls and control your music by button and it include a microphone to speak. That is enough to become an standard and these are only for 25€.

Do you need more info to know M-Jays are the best? :D

Link Jays

Negocios.com pubishes today a non pleasant article for Banks, Telefonica Movistar confirms they can not supplies iPhones to banks in order to marketing proposals, because demand is too high from customers, 150.000 iPhones reserved only in Spain.

iPhone´s Phenomenon make impossible confront this customers fever with a predicted 27 million iPhone 3G sold till 2009.

Movistar gives preference to customers in the first months, Thet will supply banks as soon as they have enough units for all.

Via Negocios.com

こんにちは (Konichiwa · hello)

Acording to a little survey, 91% of Japanese don´t want an iPhone. Sure?, I don´t think so.

iPhone 3G will change mobile phones foundations, and i think everybody agree. Japanese are waiting for the iPhone with desire as in the rest of the world. Maybe Japan is a little bit special market for this gadget, they have great handsets and much more features built in their phones than in the rest of the countries, they pay the subway, order an pay a meal, use internet everywhere with affordable data plans… but even this things it is not enough to beat the fashionable and cool iPhone for many people in Japan. Of course the sales of this device will not be as incredible as in other countries like USA or UK, but it will be better than people think.

I have some friends in Japan, and i have made my own survey to know what japanese youth really think about the iPhone 3G.

Erika 20 years old, from 千葉県 (Chiba, Tokio)

Alvaro: Do you know the iPhone 3G?

Erika: Yes, i know it from TV news

A: What do you think about it?

E: I´m very interested in it!, it is so cool and fashionable.

A: Are you thinking on get it?

E: I want to get it, but i can´t, because I can´t cancel easily my current mobile phone contract.

A: What people around you think about this device?

E: People think it is reasonably price and attractive shape.

A: What do you think about the iPhone´s future in Japan, success or failure?

E: I think success, It is no expensive and it is so lovely! Many people are interested in it.

A: Do you think it is a great option to choose in Japan?

E: I´m not sure… If it can be very convenient phone in Japan, ( in terms of radio wave, battery live, usability…), it will succeed

本当にありがとうErika ( Many Thanks Erika) :D

The earthquake caused by Nokia on Symbian’s world a couple of days ago, has hidden another interesting movement of the Finnish company: the acquisition of Plazes.

Plazes is a Berlin-based company that offers a social network based on location. As they state in their blog, Plazes team will join the LBS team of Nokia based in Berlin, created from the acquisition of gate5 in 2006.

With this new deal, Nokia pushes its strategy on location based services and social networks. This is one of the hot topics today!

Via error500
Link blog.plazes.com

iSkin presents its last iPhone protection skin, The fuze combines a soft, shock–absorbing inner–layer and a durable, hard shell outer–layer. It is available for iPhone now and 3G version will be ready soon. Don´t miss it.

The fuze features two complete layers of protection that guard against scratches, impact, moisture and shock. And since the fuze snaps only to the iPhone it fits and feels as if it’s not even there.

It also features an integrated docking port cover to keep harmful elements away, and extend the life of your iPhone’s connectivity.

The iSkin fuze includes a glare and fingerprint resistant screen guard that easily tacks on to the iPhone’s delicate screen, without the need for messy adhesives or glues. It’s truly a better view of on-screen protection.

The fuze fits perfectly with the iSkin revoClip (picture above). The revoClip allows you to comfortably watch movies or make handsfree calls. And you can charge your iPhone and connect your earphones without removing your iPhone+fuze from the revoClip.

It is one of the coolest ways to protect your iPhone and it is only from 40$, you can buy it now for iPhone EDGE or wait its new version for iPhone 3G

Link iSkin

Pedro Carrillo took this pictures, with his Mobile Phone, of Telefonica Movistar iPhone 3G advertisements here in Spain specifically at Dos Hermanas (Seville).

It is a normal way to distribute ads in stores in order to sell any product, that is correct, but the problem is the text written in the advertisement: “Proximamente” (coming soon). Coming soon?!

Why they say coming soon in its ads this week, if the release date is next July 11th?. It sounds like telefonica wont have enough iPhone for all, and i want my iPhone!

Via Applesfera
Photo Pedro Carrillo

Nokia has released today this big news:

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS(TM), S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform.

The Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations.

The Foundation will make selected components available as open source at launch. It will then work to establish the most complete mobile software offering available in open source. This will be made available over the next two years and is intended to be released under Eclipse Public License (EPL) 1.0.

“Establishing the Foundation is one of the biggest contributions to an open community ever made,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia.

The Foundation’s platform will build on the leading open mobile software platform, with more than 200 million phones, across 235 models.

This is one of the biggest announcements in mobile phones field in years, mobile leades to unify a software, mainly to beat the iphone´s career. I think. iPhone keeps your chin up. :D

Link Nokia Press Release

Google has created a new YouTube Channel called “Mobile Tricks” to show what people do with their Mobile Phones, you can submit your own videos showing your best tricks, ideas…, there are only ten videos right now but some of them very funny. Check it out.

It is of course a funny way of google´s marketing. Submit your video and enjoy.

Via Gizmovil

Remember you must wait 17 days yet to reach this precious gadget, and remember that its price is 8GB 199$/199€ or 16GB 299$/299€. Movistar will bring you this cell phone here in Spain and plans will be detailed next July 1st.

Don´t bite your nails!

iPhone 3G is becoming a real phenomenom and sales are expected to exceed Apple´s supplys. The numbers are impressive: the analysts at Morgan Stanley predicted 27 million iPhone 3G sales in 2009. It sounds inflated, but as 9to5mac.com says:

“More than 130,000 people have signed-up to receive further information from O2 concerning the iPhone 3G when it ships - that contrasts to 35,000 customers who registered such interest for the first edition iPhone, the company admitted.”

In Spain, where the iPhone will launch thanks to MoviStar, there are no news at all, and by now no predictions have been published.

The situation is completely different in Japan, as TUAW highlights. According to a little survey, 91% of Japanese people don´t want an iPhone, and I can understand why: they are far away in the future on mobile technology.

Via Applesfera
Links TUAW, iPhone MoviStar, 9to5Mac 1 & 2

As happened earlier with the iPhone 1.0 and iPod Touch, just already developed a stand to put your new iPhone 3G like an iMac.

At this time, the responsible company of this creation has been RockRidge and they launch its stand even before the iphone 3G launch, you can buy it now for 44€. WOW

Features:

• 90 degrees pivot joint
• Aluminum, Resin
• Adjustable viewing angle
• Dock-connection cut-out
• Headphone extension cable in the box

As soon as i get my new iPhone 3G i will get one of this cute stands.

Via RockRidge

10.000 mobile phones per hour were sold in India this first quarter of year, Incredible!.

Acoording to IDC India, 20 million mobile phones were shipped in India along this Q1´08.

Naveen Mishra, Manager, Communications Research at IDC India, said, “As the need of Indian mobile phone consumers is evolving, they are demanding feature-rich devices, which can cater to their business communication requirements as well as their personal needs.”

“This growth comes on the back of a burgeoning mobile services market and lower entry barriers across various customer categories, as average selling values (ASVs) of handsets continue to fall in the wake of a highly competitive landscape populated by close to 25 vendors.”

Overall, Nokia retained the top spot with a market share of 52.8%, followed by LG at 10.2%, and Samsung at 8.3% in terms of units shipped during the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Via CellularNews

When some months ago Google released ‘My Location’ feature for Google Maps for Mobile a lot of buzz hit the blogosphere. Every tech-blogger wondered about how had Google managed to know the location of cellphones.

But now - just a couple of weeks ago - Google itself has put some light on the business with a post on the Official Google Mobile Blog. And not many people has talked about it. But it’s really good news.

Not only Google has unveiled how they really get to know location, but has announced they are going to give third party developers access to this information.

This will enable development of location-aware applications to every developer.

Now, ‘My Location’ is available in more than 200 countries and across many different platforms, including BlackBerry, Nokia Series 60, Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, Windows Mobile, and many Java phones. Gears for Windows Mobile and Android already contain location APIs.

The major drawback is accuracy, that is clearly insufficient for serious applications. And this issue won’t be solved - if possible - until Google has collected a huge amount of data from cellphones all over the world, which will be possible just when GPS chips were commonplace in every mid-range cellphone.

So, I’m not sure if this new service will have a real impact in deployment of production applications. But, definitely, it will help LBS applications to be mainstream and to boost innovation related to this technology.

Via OfficalGoogleMobileBlog

Yes, we enjoyed with Picasa for iPhone and since april, also for Windows Mobile. There was only one left, and here it is, Picasa for the Nokia S60 platform is finally here.

If you want to give a try of any of this versions, just access picasaweb. It will detect your device and adapt accordingly. And it will do it really nice, I promise.

Here you have a few screenshots, and if you feel like reading, here you have the Google´s Mobile Blog posts for the releases: S60, WM and iPhone.

I bet we´ll have also an Android version as soon as the first devices hits the streets… and I guess that one will be the best of them all.

Via Google Mobile Blog

Today is the Firefox download day, it will probably break the most downloaded software record but, What about Firefox for mobile handsets?. There are not too much info but this video below shows how it will looks like in a concept video. It is very similar compared with iPhone´s Mobile Safari browser but of course it looks like better than Opera Mini.

Via Bitelia

Remember that you must wait 22 days yet to reach this precious gadget, and remember that its price is 8GB 199$/199€ or 16GB 299$/299€. Movistar will bring you this cell phone here in Spain.

Don´t bite your nails!

Samsung Omnia (model: SGH-i900), the newest handset in a growing series of DivX Certified mobile products by Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.

Probably one of the best iPhone killers, Check it out.

The Samsung Omnia is the first Windows Mobile-based DivX Certified phone on the market and the fourth Samsung mobile to achieve DivX Certification.

It features 8GB/16GB of internal memory with a micro SD slot, allowing users to keep a media library on the device, and easily enjoy their video on a large 3.2-inch touch screen. It also features a TV-Out feature to play back content from the phone directly on the television screen.

DivX technology enables a high-quality media experience in which video content can be transferred from the PC to the mobile environment and beyond.

“As the availability and creation of video content explodes, being able to take videos from the PC on-the-go and from the mobile to the living room is of increasing importance to consumers,” said Kevin Hell, CEO at DivX, Inc. “Samsung has recognized that DivX allows users to do more with their media, and we’re pleased that Samsung has continued to expand DivX certification to their mobile devices.”

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Link: MobileBurn

TB-Solutions establishes a new subsidiary company: TB·Solutions USA.LLC, together with TB·Solutions Security and TB·Solutions SevenClick, they all conform TB·Solutions Group.

As a part of the process of internationalization of the Company, TB·Solutions Group has created a new subsidiary company what it will contribute to the development of American business.

The strategic target will be focus not only the Latin American market but the market of the U.S.A. and Canada, TB·Solutions Group has created TB·Solutions USA LLC its head office is established in Miami, Florida. The activities of this new company will be focus on the commercialization of products and solutions of TB·Solutions Group transferring the reliability and maturity from these solutions to the American Public Administrations market.

Recently, as a result of these activities, TB·Solutions has consolidated new projects of consultancy for the creation of a new center of response faced with informatics alerts (CERT) and the electronics implementation in the Republic of Venezuela.

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The telephone company Verizon Wireless announced a few days ago that will acquire its rival Alltel Corp..

The transaction represents one of the biggest and fast in U.S. history.

The total cost of the operation around 28 billion dollars, approximately 6 billion by buying and more than 22 billion debt that accumulates Alltel.

The combination Verizon-Alltel create a company of more than 80 billion users (Verizon had 71 and Alltel 13). This means, that after this transaction Veiroz shall become the largest U.S. telephone company, thus overcoming its biggest competitor AT&T.

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Last friday 6, SevenClick celebrated its first anniversary with a Guitar Hero Battle. The event took place in SevenClick’s Lifestyle Room and it was a free for all event, open to SevenClick, TB·Solutions staff members and anyone. In the end, there were 13 rockers from SevenClick and TBS. The game chosen was of course Guitar Hero III for the Wii.

This was the scene: 42″ LCD, nintendo Wii, six big Speakers (of course they were not real, made by me from recycled cardboard), and The Guitar Hero III copy for Wii with two guitar controllers.

1st Round

In the picture below, the first opponents: Alberto Aparicio VS Borja Ramos, Alberto won this match.

Victor Ferre VS Rafael García. Finally Rafael won, look at his face like saying, “not enough for me”. Of course, Rafaél won, but was not easy.

Javier Rubio VS Raúl Ramos. Raúl was a begginer so Javier beat him.

Jesús Marin VS JM Cristobal, this was an exciting battle, both with expert skills. Finally JM won.

Beatriz VS Sergio Castellote, it was