Month: January 2005

Vodafone in Japan have launched the wittily, thoughtfully named V603SH (maybe it means something witty in Japanese anyway). It’s a handset that responds to movements made by the user. What this means is that, for …

My Predictions for 2005 continue: 6. DRM Rises up the agenda DRM continues to dominate the conversation and will continue to do so. However, it’s pretty obvious these days that all DRM is doomed and …

“The Text Generation” is New Zealand’s most comprehensive survey on teen cellphone use, released today by NetSafe, the Internet Safety Group. Once again we’re reminded quite how central mobiles are in young people’s lives – …

Many villagers living in the Romanian village of Ciosa own mobile phones, even though the nearest electricity is 5 miles away and only accessible on foot. That’s commitment for you. Source:New Kerala —–>Follow us on …

Threadwatch (via SmartMobs) points to an interesting (if lengthy) piece of research by the Social Issues Research Centre about the role of gossip in the context of mobiles. It seems that gossiping is a real …