RIM has announced its launch of a BlackBerry JDE – Java Development Environment plug-in to work with Eclipse which allows Eclipse developers to make and test mobile applications for the BlackBerry platform using IDE – Integrated Development Environment. Key benefits of using the BlackBerry JDE Eclipse plug-in are it extends familiar development experience to mobile…

Last year Samsung produced a total of 160 million mobile handsets, this year they will exceed the 200 million mark. 50% of all the mobile phones shipped last year came out of Korea, the rest is manufactured in Samsung’s plants in Brazil, India, and China, and still they continue to expand. Therefore, Samsung is set…

GIGA-BYTE seem to be somewhat struggling when it comes to the European continent, although they do endeavour to push their mobile handsets. Recently GIGA-BYTE announced the launch of their GSmart t600 Windows Mobile smartphone on MVNO Neuf Cegetel in France. As yet there has been no conformation on price, but it is known that the…

Apple and Google the joining of two giants in mobile and internet continuing their work in harmony. So now Google has just released a set of APIs in their GData Objective-C Client Library which allows iPhone developers to use Apple APIs alongside Goole APIs in the iPhone. All apps written in Odjective-C should be able…

Sources from Boy Genius Reports indicate the BlackBerry 8820 is on track for T-Mobile on 24th March with a release date of 14th April, and with an added tweaked software bonus will be able to show video recordings. There was a bit of a flap when T-Mobile delayed the launch window on the T-Mobile BlackBerry…

According to Telecom Tiger, Spice Telecom is about to launch UGC content for its Mobile TV service; the idea is that “citizen reporter” will be able to submit content that others can download. Along with some existing services Spice Telecom is using MMS on the upload leg, while a portal is used for downloading and…

Shift, it has a few things that fail such as battery life and crippled SnapVue, which is sort of a locked down version of Windows Mobile 6 but with pieces removed. Ever wanted to liberate SnapVue by having it as full Windows Mobile 6, and being able to install it as usual? How about it…

Motorola has revealed it’s investing in INVIDI Technologies Corporation, who are leaders in advanced addressable advertising for the television industry, via their Motorola Ventures. Reese Schroeder, managing director, of Motorola Ventures said: “INVIDI is a pioneer in addressable television advertising space and we welcome their addition to the Motorola Ventures portfolio.” For full press release…

Nokia’s “Comes through music” is Nokia’s new strategy whereby the purchasing of a Nokia handset you receive 1 full year of infinite downloads, and when that years is over you can keep whatever you have downloaded to your handset. Firstly Universal signed up and yesterday EMI has said they too will sign to Nokia’s digital…

Pangea Day is an event which tries to help people see themselves through others using the medium of film, and so Nokia is inviting people to enter the Nokia 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards. The idea is for everyone to submit their short video to www.ozi.com/pangeaday where they will be viewed and judged for inclusion…

As most are aware, carrying and using things while driving isn’t the best of ideas as it’s always best policy to keep your hands on the steering wheel, and not answering your mobile or fiddling with your MP3 player. So to solve this dilemma we have the Bluetouch Car kit, a hands-free system that allows…