consumer mobile phones
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News By 2013, one in five phones will have NFC, it predicts. Report author Howard Wilcox said in a statement: "NFC will achieve traction initially in developed countries and regions, with Japan already leading the way with FeliCa-enabled phones. [18 Jul 2008]
Develop Wireless Applications Using J2ME: Update on Java Support for Mobile Phones, Two-Way Pagers, and Related Consumer Products
White Paper The biggest technical developments in the J2ME-for-wireless space include the release of the Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.0 specification and reference implementation, and the public review of the Mobile Information Device... [03 Jul 2008]
Sun's Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Enables Wireless Phone to Serve as Cost-Effective Input Device for Mobile Task Management Solution
White Paper As the Java platform for consumer and embedded devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, J2ME technology provides a set of standard Java APIs, as well as a flexible user interface, robust security model, built-in network protocols, and support both... [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than fivefold over the next five years, analyst house Juniper Research is predicting. [01 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates, iPhone 2.0, mini laptops and much more...
Photo Nokia added new HSDPA smart phones to its Eseries range. Here he demonstrates his weightlifting skills with Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey in a video shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. [30 Jun 2008]
Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
News This is because phones have now become sophisticated enough to allow virtualisation layers, which create greater compatibility through emulated applications. McCabe said that phones acting as thin clients also created the possibility of new... [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News In related news, femtocell maker ip.access has announced it has developed a 3G home-routing tech which connects third-gen phones into a home network via its Oyster 3G femtocell. Despite femtocells' current low profile on the consumer radar, the... [23 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News Flint Pulskamp, programme manager of IDC's wireless semiconductors division, said in a teleconference Thursday the growing trend of connectivity in mobile phones is making a significant impact on the connectivity semiconductor industry. [06 Jun 2008]
Mobile industry advise on handset security
News We need to ensure that the incentives for people to steal mobile phones are taken away. The two documents - entitled Advanced Trusted Environment: OMTP TR1 and Security Threats on Embedded Consumer Devices - can be downloaded here. [22 May 2008]
LiMo targets the business mobile
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [15 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News While BT ToGo phones can make use of wi-fi at home or via BT hotspots for mobile VoIP, there is no ability for calls to be seamlessly handed over from wi-fi to cellular and vice versa, as with FMC phones. [08 May 2008]
Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk, Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing at Sun, said: "Every major mobile carrier in the world delivers Java-enabled phones to their customers. Every Blu-ray disc player - the consumer and... [08 May 2008]
O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [01 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [30 Apr 2008]
Mobile banking set for boom time
News The number of people accessing banking services via their mobile phones will increase tenfold over the next four years according to Juniper Research. The number of banking transactions made on mobile phones was around 2.7 billion last year but this... [16 Apr 2008]
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