Esato News Archive

Nokia 2610, Nokia 2310 and Nokia 1112 entry level phones announced
At Chongqing in China, Nokia presented three new entry level phone models targeted at first time users in new growth markets.

Innovative new mobile phone technology on display for the first time at the Science Museum
1712 mobile phones are upgraded every hour in the UK alone‚ reveals a new free exhibition to be opened at the Science Museum from Today.

EU looking to end roaming charges in Europe
Excessive charges for using your mobile phone abroad could soon belong to the past. The European Commission’s updated website of international roaming charges, unveiled today, adds further weight to its proposal to bring down these charges by means of an EU regulation.

Major Change Ahead For Bluetooth
Bluetooth (SIG) today announced the next version of Bluetooth will see some big changes.

First 'Single Price' Mobile Music Download Services on Offer to Consumers
The first off-portal full track music service where consumers pay ‘one price’ to download songs with no additional data charges has launched in the UK.

Worlds First Mobile Phone feature Film useing Sony Ericsson W900
"SMS Sugar Man" the world's first mobile phone feature film shot entirely on Sony Ericsson W900 launches its website and its 1st promo.

Sony Ericsson Selects Zi Corporation to Improve User Experience on New M600
Zi Corporation today announced that Sony Ericsson has embedded Zi's eZiTypeT product on its new M600 mobile phone and e-mail device

NVIDIA GPU powers new Kyocera phone
New Kyocera W41K Mobile Phone Uses GoForce 4000 Handheld GPU to Accelerate Camera Preview, JPEG Codec, and Display Functionality.

The medical uses of mobile phones show they can be good for your health
Vodafone Group has recently published a report that shows how current mobile technology can increase productivity, improve patient health and enable greater access to healthcare.

The First ringtone back in 1956
A article from Popular Electronics dated 1956 reads: "Telephone users will welcome the news that the Bell Telephone Laboratories is experimenting with a new device that will eliminate the b-r-r-r-ing of present-day instruments.

Mobiles save British workers 20 minutes a day
The mobile phone sector was responsible for an increase of just under 1% of UK labour productivity, representing a financial boost of almost £9 billion in UK GDP in 2004, revealed a new report commissioned by O2.

The future of Television on your mobile phone
Three frantic years to control the global mobile TV market A ground breaking report on the biggest challenges facing operators, broadcasters, regulators and equipment suppliers.

A free SMS directory
TextMeFREE lists 180 free SMS sites; alphabetically, by continent and by country (60 countries). And listings now contain reviews written by registered users of the SMS directory.

MSN Messenger on your 3 mobile
If your on the 3 network you will soon be able to access both your Hotmail and Messenger on your 3G mobile after the company signed an agreement with Microsoft to offer seamless access between PC and mobile.

DVB-H for Mobiles Phone with Automatic Zoom
Siemens has developed a solution for mobile television viewing that automatically adjusts the picture to the size of displays found in small receiving devices and mobile phones.

Vodafone Japan Sold
Vodafone Group announces an agreement to sell its 97.68% interest in Vodafone Japan to SoftBank.The sale values Vodafone Japan at an Enterprise Value of approximately ¥1.8 trillion (£8.9 billion) of which £6.8 billion will be received in cash on closing. Subsequently,Vodafone will distribute £6 billion of cash to shareholders.

Discovery Channel Launches Mobile Content Services in Europe
Discovery announced the launch of its first direct-to-consumer WAP portal in the United Kingdom allowing consumers for the first time to access Discovery’s award winning content via WAP, mobile TV and i-mode platforms across Europe.

Oblivion For Mobile Phones
Oblivion for mobile phones will be a single-player game with 3rd person isometric view, the game is set within Tamriel’s capital province, Cyrodiil, where players will journey through cities, lairs, and dungeons. As players earn points working through the many varied levels, their skills will increase in attributes such as Strength, Intelligence, Willpower, Agility, Speed, Endurance, Personality, and Luck.Oblivion is the ultimate in mobile fantasy gaming.

Vodafone achives 10 million live 3G Customers
When Vodafone launched 3G services in November 2004, the Company announced that it expected over 10 million customers to be using Vodafone live! with 3G by 31 March 2006.

Mobile TV kicks off at CeBIT
The Soccer World Cup will be the test run for television on the mobile phone, with the breakthrough onto the mass market expected to take place by the next Olympic Games in 2008, at the latest. But visitors to CeBIT can already try out mobile television at the trade fair.

Vodafone K.K. unveils Vodafone 905SH for "One Seg" digital TV
Vodafone K.K. today announces the development of the Vodafone 905SH by Sharp, a new 3G handset capable of receiving "One Seg" *1 terrestrial digital TV broadcasts. The new model is planned for June 2006, a time scheduled for international football matches.

MOTOFWRD UK winner announced
The judges votes are in and the first MOTOFWRD UK winner has been named.

Motorola PEBL Gets a Colorful Makeover
Motorola expands consumer choices with four bright new color Pebl phones.

UAProfile.com launches a service to search for phone capabilities
UAProfile is the machine readable description of a mobile phone capability and the company Mobile Phone Wizards has now launched a service that let you search their database with over 2300 profiles.

Nero Previews Nero Mobile
Nero is previewing Nero Mobile, a state-of-the-art mobile multimedia center for mobile phone, Smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

3 completes successful HSDPA trial
It's very much looking like 2006 will be the year of HSDPA.If your not sure of what that is then it's essentially a new technology that allows mobile operators to boost data speeds up way in excess of current 3G speeds.

Samsung's latest Mobiles for 2006
Samsung strengthens the 3G Line-up with powerful Z400 and reinforces its leadership in 2.5G mobile with the world's slimmest slider D870

A New Muslim Text Service
A new mobile phone text messaging service called muslimtext.com aims to boost the quality of life for Muslims.

Roaming Mobile Phone Charges Could Spoil Your World Cup
Football fans travelling to the World Cup in Germany this summer could get unlimited free incoming calls and texts by using a local SIM card instead of their UK number.

No More Tickets
A lot of us are already familiar with the Orange Wednesdays 2-4-1 film offer, where you receive a text with a unique code allowing you to get one film ticket free. Australia's bCODE go one step further, transferring all types of ticketing into a code in a normal text message.

Vodafone UK to Trial High Speed 3G Broadband
Customer trials starting in early April ahead of mid 2006 launch,All major UK towns and cities to have high speed Vodafone 3G broadband by end 2006.

BenQ Mobile further expands product portfolio at CeBIT
BenQ-Siemens announced six new models for the CeBIT. This year is really dynamic for the company, as by now they have presented 12 new phones, including those six. This time, the new additions are EL71, C81, CF61, CL71, E61 and P51. The new series are all multimedia devices with music features. The CL71 and E61 models have iF product design awards. The E61 phone also has the red-dot award for design.

Sony Ericsson Black Diamond
Industrial designer Jaren Goh has created his newest concept,the Black Diamond mobile phone for Sony Ericsson,Could this be Sony Ericsson's answer to Nokia's Vertu?I certainly hope so.

Pantech wins Design Award
Pantech Group the number two mobile phone manufacturer in South Korea today announced that it has been honored for the second consecutive year at the prestigious iF (International Forum) Design Awards for excellence and innovation in the design of Mobile phones.

Nokia at CeBIT 2006
Under the motto "Experience Nokia", Nokia will be showing visitors at this year's CeBIT how the theme of convergence is being applied to innovative and exciting solutions and products for consumers, business customers and mobile communications providers.

Mobile TV set to be very popular
Results from pilots on broadcast (DVB-H) mobile TV services amongst consumers in Finland, the UK, Spain and France have revealed clear consumer demand for such services as well as important indications over future business models for commercial mobile TV services.

BriteFlash for LED Flash Cameraphones
The one thing holding back cameraphones as compared to standalone digital cameras is Flash photography.Even when there's a flash built into the cameraphone, it's usually only good for short distances.

Sony Ericsson Launch Video
Video of Sony ericsson's official launch Ceremony event from the 28th of Feb.

New Study says Aircraft mobile ban ought to stay
A study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that Mobile phones and other portable electronic devices, like laptops and game-playing devices, can pose dangers to the normal operation of critical electronics on airplanes.

Orange Launches Animal Themed UK Tariff Structure
Orange today revealed a new simplified way of offering services to its customers, with a range of packages built specifically around the behavioural characteristics of the modern mobile user.

The New Samsung SGH-i310 with 8GB and WM5
Samsung has announced that it will be introducing their new 8GB SGH-i310 windows mobile 5 smartphone at CeBIT 2006.

Oscars Special Edition Gunmetal PEBL
Motorola makes its annual walk down the red carpet on Hollywood's biggest night by continuing its tradition of providing a not-yet-available, state-of-the-art mobile phone to the Academy Award nominees in the top directing and four acting categories.

Sony Ericsson Launch the Sony Ericsson SO902i 3.2 Megapixel phone
Sony Ericsson may have just announced the Cyber-shot K800 but the people of Japan can already get their hands on the latest 3.2MP Sony Ericsson handset.

Orange and Sony Ericsson Announce Music Partnership
Orange and Sony Ericsson today announce a partnership and integrated marketing campaign aimed at delivering the best mobile music experience to their European customers in 2006.