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How many of you guys would Recycle Their Old Mobile Phones?
Recently, Nokia has reported that only 3% of all people around the globe are recycling their mobile phones despite the fact that most of them have old devices lying around at home without any usage. 3 out of 4 people added that they don't even think about recycling their cell phones and nearly half were totally unaware to the fact that it is even possible to do so. This survey is based of interviews that made with over 6,500 people in 13 countries including Finland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, Nigeria, India, China, Indonesia and Brazil. Nokia says they carried out the survey to find out more about consumers' attitudes and behaviors towards recycling, and inform the company's take-back programs and efforts to increase recycling rates…
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Sprint = A very bad customer service. No doubt.
Sprint's troubles as a national wireless carrier are so deep, now on their way to recover. Sprint was reeling from an ill-fated merger with Nextel. Customers were leaving in droves. Executives were threatening to leave, while those who wanted to stay were worried they would lose their jobs. To motivate the staff, Mr. Hesse gave them DVDs of a documentary about Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer whose ship was trapped in ice on an expedition to Antarctica. He liked the movie for its optimistic message: the crew survived. Shackleton’s ship did not. It was crushed by the ice and swallowed by the unforgiving sea. That parallel to Sprint was probably not lost on Sprint employees because many have been asking the question: Can Mr. Hesse save his crew and stop the company…
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Olympic handset by Samsung:
Oh China...once you where hitting civil rights with no shame (& still does) & now entertain the Olympics, & for this happy happy occasion Samsung has released its new phone for the Canadian Olympic Team, yep a cell phone of shame. The device is not much special than others but allows users to watch live coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing China this coming August 8 - 24. In addition, users will have access to Canada’s medal standings during the said sports event. The special edition phone will have the Canadian Olympic Team logo on its external case as well as with an Olympic wallpaper. The phone features a 2.1 internal TFT display with 262K colors and 240 x 320 pixels, a 1.2 external CSTN display with 65K colors, GPS with turn-by-turn directions,…
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And who will take care of the Hearing weakened?
Nokia (once again, they just need to make all better on earth) announced of this new device accessory designed for users with hearing aids. The Wireless Loop-set work out with T-coil equipped hearing aids or cochlear implants such. It slips around the user's neck & compatible with Bluetooth-ready handsets, essentially transforming the user's hearing aid into a headset. Device features adjustable side-tone levels, optimized volume range, single-button calling (which is a great idea), and a vibrating alert. "The Nokia Wireless Loop-set provides hearing aid users with a hassle-free and hands-free connection to their mobile phones," said Nokia R&D Specialist, Peeta Piiparinen,. "Sound is amplified more efficiently, while the distance between the phone and…
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Nimbuzz: the name behind a popular VoIP and IM client
Nimbuzz, has announced of a $15 million raise in the second round of funding. Naspers/MIH led the first round and Nimbuzz's other major existing investor, Mangrove Capital Partners are in. The new ‘money’ will be used to further develop Nimbuzz's product offering into the "most comprehensive and user friendly application for the widest range of handsets, across multiple IM and Social Network communities and in any country."Commenting on the announcement, Nimbuzz's founder and CEO Evert Jaap Lugt said: "We are actively working on strategic distribution deals with leading social networks and mobile operators. It is our aim to blend our technology with existing mobile internet access to upgrade the value chain for business and consumers alike. Operators…
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SMS text messaging, you mean the Email thing?
A new & absolutely amazing research has shown that SMS text messaging isn't used oftenly by Americans. Sure, there have been counless number of SMS text messages sent over the years, but per “Head” there is a very small number. According to this survey, it wouldn't translate very well. Researchers at Ipsos MediaCT found that SMS text messaging was either used by a mobile subscriber on a recurring basis, or almost not at all. In the US, 82% of respondents indicated that they had never used the text messaging feature on their mobile phone. A full 3% indicated that they had used text messaging on, at most, a monthly basis, while 15% used text messaging "every week or more." Apparently, US mobile subscribers using SMS text messaging do so frequently and regularly…
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Visions of the new BlackBerry Thunder...
New images shows an apparently reworked media player for Research in Motion's first touch-screen handset. All images indicate an interface that is heavily based on the current BlackBerry system but includes an iPhone style category picker for music, video, recording, and other features, but also has a more visual album browser and a full-screen video player than last Black model. The Thunder will also reportedly have access to a carrier-supplied music store that will help the new BlackBerry compete against the iPhone, although the nature of the store is unknown; Verizon is rumored to be the exclusive provider for the Thunder and would use its V CAST music store in such a case. No further information has been supplied regarding the phone, though multiple past rumors have…
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Mobile coupons rules!
I would never imagine that this is gonna be the next big thing to hit the mobile scene. & im talking about the mobile coupon. Cellfire is in the forefront of this rapidly expanding mobile market. Cellfire, the mobile coupon and discount offer service a little while ago introduced Cellfire 3.0, which is apparently even more powerful than before. Here are a few things… Rich User Experience - filtering offers by category for easier finding of an appropriate deal; Seamless web-phone integration - you can browse, sort, and select Cellfire offers both online and using your mobile phone. Any changes made are simultaneously reflected across both platforms; Clip 2 Mobile Offer Discovery and Capture - allows users to discover mobile coupons featured by Cellfire advertisers within…
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All Vodafone units for convergence
Vodafone has joined with its sister companies to rebrand under a single trading name. The new brand is called Abzorb, sees the Bradford-based business combine Vocal with B2B dealer Protocall, fixed-line reseller Vitel Systems and IT infrastructure provider Vitel Networks. Protocall is a direct Vodafone, O2 and Orange B2B dealer. Vitel Systems is a BT licencee, selling fixed-line, broadband and VoIP solutions. Abzorb managing director Mike Walsh (pictured) said the combined business will quadruple its turnover in the next five years. It is tracking to post ?9 million turnover this year following the merger, compared with ?6 million last year. Walsh expects the figure to jump to ?20-?30 million by 2013. "The business is on a very solid financial platform and we don't…
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Philips X800 is not as thin as you may think
Philips latest full touch Xenium X800 making its way to the headlines very easily. Philips Xenium X800 features tri-band GSM/GPRS support and a 2.9-inch 262K color TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels, not bad at all. It also flaunts a 2 megapixel auto focus camera, a microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth, an office documents reader & ct. About it’s performance well; it sure has the sleek-looking mobile & we are very happy with the touch-screen sensitivity and the responsiveness of the device. The 1250 mAh battery is also quoted as being quite a performer - and it should be, as the manufacturer promises up to 850 hours of standby time and up to 8 hours of talk-time. We are yet to see when the Philips X800 will hit the market and at what price but the initial…
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