While previously Orange was the main news maker in Windows Mobile phones, now it seems that T-Mobile has taken over this role. Orange is owned by France Telecom but it is still headquarted in UK. T-Mobile is headquarted in Germany and is a the second largest operator globally (after Vodafone that is UK headquarted). The fact is that despite having leading position in British market, globally Orange is just one of the smaller operators. T-Mobile was the first company that announced HTC Universal branded by them as T-Mobile MDA IV. Now, at CeBIT 2005, T-Mobile broke news more...

Orange France has launched a new high-speed mobile service which covers 85 percent of French inhabitants. The Central and Southern France regions operate on a solution provided by Nortel. Using EDGE (Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution) technology which enables speeds from 100 to 200 Kilobytes per second, Orange business customers can now connect simply and easily to their company network, pick up their e-mails, surf the Internet and their Intranet, and access business applications three times faster than currently available on GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) more...

Motorola, the No. 2 maker of mobile telephones, is set to unveil a service called iRadio that will let users download preselected audio content from a range of providers on their home computers, dump it on their cell phones and listen to it on their car stereos. Motorola, Inc. offered a select group of media and content industry insiders a sneak peak of the forthcoming Motorola iRadio™ Solution at the Demo @15 conference in Scottsdale, AZ. The breakthrough Motorola iRadio solution will mobilize hundreds of commercial-free Internet radio channels and your personal more...

Good news for wireless users in Islington - they can now get free wireless Internet access. But will commercial hot spot operators be pleased? Mobile workers in London will be able to get free wireless access across a mile-long swathe of the capital, via a Wi-Fi network financed by Islington Council. Dubbed the 'Technology Mile', it is thought to be the largest free public-access wireless network built in the UK so far. Islington Council took the decision to fund its creation in order to boost economic activity in the area, and to encourage local residents onto the more...

A joint venture with Sanyo has resulted in a hybrid battery and fuel cell system that works for laptops and could find its way into phones IBM and Sanyo have put together a prototype of a fuel cell system for ThinkPad notebooks. The methanol-based fuel cell is designed to work with most standard ThinkPad systems and could provide power for up to eight hours, the companies said Monday. The new battery does not require any change in the internal power architecture of the ThinkPad. The fuel cell can be charged by means of an auxiliary docking station, which also more...

LGE announced the 410 series of mobile phones designed to look like sports cars. The 410 Series is a followup to the LG-M4300 musicphone showcased at CeBIT 2005 held in Hannover, Germany last month. The 410 series has a folding design and offers a 1.3 megapixel camera, a 260,000 color TFT-LCD display, video recording, MMS, MP3 and mobile banking functions. In addition, if users really want the race car experience, they can have the sound of a race engine starting each time the phone is opened or closed. Images of luxury sports cars are also available as more...

The Swedish handset maker wants the British firm to stop making and marketing phones, due to alleged infringement of GSM and GPRS handset technology patents Sweden's Ericsson has sued UK-based mobile phone firm Sendo for infringements on its GSM and GPRS handset technology patents, the telecom equipment maker has said. Ericsson said in a statement on Wednesday it wanted monetary damages from the privately held firm as well as an injunction against the continued sale and marketing of Sendo's mobile phones. "We believe that Sendo is using Ericsson patented more...

Today the Communications Group at Siemens AG announces its intent to strategically partner with Canon, the leader in the photo printer market. Understanding that the compatibility of their products offer consumers advanced photography options with Direct Printing, users of high-resolution camera phones, such as the Siemens S65 and SF65 will be able to conveniently print cable-free with Canon photo printers such as the PIXMA iP90 and the SELPHY DS700. Using existing connectivity technology standards, such as Bluetooth wireless technology and IrDA, makes this possible more...

Samsung is extending its sponsorship of the British Superbike Championships by supporting the Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha British Superbike team for a second season. Mark Mitchinson,director of Samsung Mobile UK, said: "This is a very exciting sponsorship for Samsung Mobile and we are pleased to be able to continue our close links with the team in 2005. With the new riders and an incredible set-up, 2005 looks set to be a highly successful year for the team and I wish them the best of luck for the season ahead." Mitchinson added that Samsung will run a number of more...

The new tungsten E2 handheld is an updated version of palmOne's Tungsten E, which the company says has now shipped more than 2 million units. With the additions of a brighter color screen, flash memory, Bluetooth and a more powerful battery, the Tungsten E2 provides more features at a US249 price tag. The Tungsten E2 brings a brighter 320x32 colour display, and incorporates 32MB of non-volatile flash memory with 26MB actual storage capacity. Even if the battery happens to run out the memory is still protected and will not be erased. It is based on a 200MHz Intel more...