World’s first ‘newspaper’ phone launched in Sweden
While Sweden is generally considered technologically advanced, DN says the Scandinavian nation lies far behind countries like Japan and South Korea when it comes to the number of people who use mobile phones to surf the Internet.

“Many people (in Sweden) think it’s complicated (to Internet surf on their mobile phones) and they don’t know how much it costs,” the paper’s head of marketing Johan Othelius told DN.

Introducing the futuristic mobile phone that can buy your clothes for you
A revolutionary new mobile phone will soon be able to let shoppers snatch a photo of clothes they want before ordering them online.

Mobiles for the ‘world’s poorest’
As part of a UN programme to tackle poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks.

It is hoped that the connections will help improve healthcare and education, as well as boosting the local economy.

A 2005 study showed that an increase of 10 mobile phones per 100 people could increase GDP growth by 0.6%.

Mobile Phones in Ethiopia
So, we spent a good part of a Thursday morning in Addis Ababa in this month of May – the month of surprises – talking to ordinary Addis Ababans and taking some pictures to get a sense of the prevalence of this technology. We visited the city’s cafes, souks, and work places and talked to taxi drivers, SIM card vendors, businessmen and businesswomen in Merkato, coffee exporters, and even gardeners. The pictures here show just a glimpse of what we found out. The city and the country are poised for an explosive growth in mobile phones.

Nokia-krav kan få dramatiske konsekvenser for telebranchen
Nokias topchef har netop luftet tanken om at gå Apple i bedene og tage sig betalt for den trafik, som deres nye tjenester vil generere i operatørernes netværk. Det kan få dramatiske konsekvenser for hele branchen, hvis Nokia får held med det, vurderer en teleanalytiker.

Skulle det komme så langt, så ender kunderne med at blive taberne i det spil. De bør være skeptiske overfor Nokias udmelding, for det er ikke godt for kunderne, hvis det udarter sig, så det bliver producenten, der leverer indholdet.

Betal busbilletten over mobilen
500 London-borgere farter netop nu billetløse rundt i den britiske hovedstad. De skal nemlig afprøve, hvordan alle senere vil kunne bruge mobiltelefonen til at betale for at tage med bussen, toget eller undergrundsbanen.

The Mobile Web is NOT helping the Developing World… and what we can do about it.
The phones that are designed and marketed for the ‘developing world’ today aren’t data enabled, they have no browser or any ability to function as a traditional data device. We’re dumping hundreds of millions of devices into these regions that are essentially crippled – and their legacy (the average life span of a phone in Africa is many times that of it’s Western counterpart) will affect mobile internet usage in these regions throughout the next decade. Furthermore, in the small Kenyan village where I live it’s significantly less than 1 in 10 phones that can support the traditional ‘mobile Web’ experience, and it’s probably closer to 1 in 1000 phones that have ever successfully connected to the web.

Computeren er på vej ud og alt bliver mobilt
Antallet af solgte computere i Japan er faldet de seneste fire kvartaler, for der er ikke længere brug for dem. Man kan downloade musik direkte til MP3-afspilleren – udenom computeren. Man kan slutte digitalkameraet direkte til printeren eller tv’et, og film kan downloades direkte til tv’et. Computerspil er langt bedre på en spilkonsol. E-mail klares bedre med mobiltelefoner og PDA’er. Computeren er ganske enkelt overflødig for stadig flere mennesker.