Sony: Public not regulators should dictate market
Sony believes that the regulation of products by television platforms needs to be eased back, in order for consumers to understand why it's worth paying for premium products. Speaking at the Westminster eForum, Sony's UK head of corporate affairs, Adrian Northover-Smith, insisted that big companies deserved an advantage because of the amount they invested in research and development. He believes that 'c' level brands are benefiting from over-regulation of equipment saying that big brands end up paying to improve smaller manufacturers' products.
TechRadar
SD, SDHC and SDXC cards get speed injection
The SD Association has announced that it has increased the speed of its latest edition of SD memory cards, by creating a new, dual-row pin memory card design. The new system is fully backwards compatible with readers, in that it doesn't alter the shape or size of the cards and it has been designed for use with both full-size and micro versions of SD. No new system is complete without a fancy number after it, so the SD Association is calling this now generation of cards SD 4.0.
TechRadar
Nokia finally on the road to recovery
Nokia's stock is back on the rise thanks to the interest its new Symbian^3, MeeGo and next generation devices have generated amongst investors. According to market analysts Merrill Lynch & and Morgan Stanley (among others) interest in their upcoming products has seen stock value for the firm rise. The highly anticipated N8 has been getting some positive press and with the addition of the E7 and MeeGo to their roster, Nokia finally seem to be getting back on track and offering users devices that compete.
Know Your Mobile
WebOS 2.0 beta screenshots leaked
Screenshots of Palm's WebOS 2.0 SDK have emerged on the Chinese site Wibozi.com showing the new firmware and refined features such as Stacks, VPN support, HTML5 enhancements, Dropbox and Google Docs integration, support for multiple IM accounts and a whole lot more to boot – including an improved spellcheck. While WebOS has always shown promise, the screens combined with the upcoming feature list demonstrate that the OS is maturing well.
Know Your Mobile
Nikon COOLPIX S80 14.1MP camera gets OLED touchscreen
Nikon’s third and final new camera of the morning is the Nikon COOLPIX S80, a 14.1-megapixel point and shoot with a 5x optical zoom and a 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen for control and settings. Just 16.5mm thick, the S80 records 720p HD video and you can even annotate and draw on top of stills. There are also various preset shooting modes, including digital effects, a 7cm macro mode and an ISO range of 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 and 6400. An HDMI connector makes viewing shots and footage straightforward, while SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards can be used.
SlashGear
Meet the Augmented Reality Stamp
The Royal Mail’s Great British Railway Special Stamp issue will use the Royal Mail channel in Augmented Reality browser junaio to provide online content to users with an iPhone or Android handset. When the junaio app is launched, the Royal Mail channel selected, and the phone's camera pointed at the stamp, the app launches online content on the stamp's theme, which for this particular issue sees a recital of the Night Mail poem by Bernard Cribbins. RBIT, working with m2end and the junaio browser, junaio, has created a new way of interacting with the world of stamps on mobile phones.
Mobile Marketing Magazine
mkodo Gambles on Spin3 Deal
mkodo has entered into a partnership with Spin3, which provides full service mobile gambling solutions. The deal will enable mkodo’s clients to offer Spin3 games to its customers via the mkodo platform. mkodo supplies blue-chip betting and gaming operators such as 888, Blue Square and Sky Bet with mobile internet, mobile application and mobile marketing services. Spin3, a division of Spiral Solutions, provides complete, turnkey mobile solutions based on leading mobile casino games.
Mobile Marketing Magazine
Google TV to launch this year
Google will launch its Google TV service, which it intends will bring the web to TV screens, in the US this autumn and around the world next year, its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said today. In its sights will be a slice of the £117bn global TV advertising market – which it will want to add to its online advertising revenues, which totalled $22.9bn (£14.94bn) in 2009. The announcement, just a week after Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveiled a miniaturised version of his Apple TV, which lets people rent films and TV shows, and stream content from YouTube, shows that the television set has become the new battleground for the two companies, which are also competing for market share in the smartphone and tablet computer markets.
The Guardian
Lycatel agrees to clarify advertising
International calling card company Lycatel has agreed to clarify a number of points in its advertising and terms and conditions after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into consumer complaints earlier this year. Ofcom’s investigation found that Lycatel’s advertisement of its international calling cards potentially breached the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.
Mobile News
Vodafone agrees sale of China Mobile stake
Vodafone has agreed to sell its 3.2 per cent stake in China Mobile for £4.3 billion. The stake has been sold to the banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS in an accelerated bookbuilt offering. Vodafone said it intends to return 70 per cent of the proceeds from the sale to shareholders through a share buyback scheme, with the remainder used to reduce the Group’s debt. Vodafone said it will continue to work with China Mobile on roaming, network roadmap development, multinational customers and green technologies in the country.
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