Nokia Takes A Glimpse Into The Future With Morph

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Paul in Mobile Phone Manufacturers

Some time ago, Nokia revealed plans for a concept phone capable of being flexible enough to wrap around a wrist, bend and contort its shape at will and remain flat as a pancake at rest. It looked great, but all seemed a tad futuristic and there was no particular reason to believe that it would ever see the light of day.

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Following work with the University of Cambridge, Nokia has recently announced that the ‘Morph’ phone could well be arriving sooner than you might think. It looks a bit different to the original idea and is still at the concept stage, but is on show at the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition from 24 February to 12 May 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. … continue reading "Nokia Takes A Glimpse Into The Future With Morph"

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T-Mobile Ties Down Yahoo At Googleâ€™s Expense

Posted February 25th, 2008 by Paul in Mobile Phone Manufacturers

Itâ€™s not often that the ever-evolving search giant Google loses out to a rival, but a recent announcement from T-Mobile saw them unveil plans to drop everyoneâ€™s favourite search engine as its preferred provider in favour of Yahoo. Following its rejection of an unsolicited buyout offer from Microsoft, it entered a strategic partnership with T-Mobile to offer its services to customers in 11 European countries.

Yahooâ€™s oneSearch delivers relevant results quickly and easily and offers instant answers to search queries, reducing the need for mobile users to swim through a sea of matching pages to find the relevant hit. In addition to traditional searches though youâ€™ll see other Yahoo services such as Flickr, Messenger, Mail, Weather and Finance included. … continue reading "T-Mobile Ties Down Yahoo At Googleâ€™s Expense"

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Motorola Could Walk Away From Mobile Market

Posted February 4th, 2008 by Paul in Mobile Phone Manufacturers

Following our recent news of Motorolaâ€™s declining sales figures and poor performance in 2007, it seems the American electronics company may be looking to quit the mobile market altogether. Talks are in progress amongst shareholders to decide the next step, but it is likely that it will elect to separate mobile devices from the rest of its range, which includes radios, networking equipment and set top boxes.

Despite the success of the Razr, which sold over 50 million units worldwide, a failure to effectively build and expand this range has seen profits slump by 84% in Q4 2007 to around Â£50 million. … continue reading "Motorola Could Walk Away From Mobile Market"

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