More phones in the lurking?

Communication is the core. Any product around it is big money. Deep pockets, a skilled design team and a “killer app” and perhaps a phone is not all that a bad idea. Consider this, there was another rumor rife at the Leipzig Games Convention that Sony Ericsson was planning a PlayStation based phone (PocketGamer) somewhere down the line.

With online advertising as the mainstay of its success, Google has a lot of options to play with to determining the price of the Gphone. Many feel that it will cost lesser than the iPhone, with perhaps similar features.

What often intrigues me is how the traditional mobile phone heavy weights are not at the center of these innovation flux. Did they never see these coming, a whole industry becoming a fundamental base for add on apps? As for a user, its indeed a rollicking time to own a phone. So with the limited speculation that is out there, would a GPhone interest you?

Nokias neue Dienste für Spiele und Musik

Der finnische Handymarktführer Nokia hat am heute in London seine neuen Online-Dienste für Mobiltelefon-Games und Musik vorgestellt. Auch neue Oberklasse-Telefone will das Unternehmen im vierten Quartal auf den Markt bringen.Der neue Spieledienst N-Gage wird weltweit im November online gehen. Der Dienst wird es erlauben, Testversionen der angebotenen Spiele kostenlos herunterzuladen und auszuprobieren.

Auch die Spezialanwendung für N-Gage wird kostenlos zum Download von der Website des Dienstes bereitstehen. Die Software ist mit Nokias Mobiltelefonen der N-Serie und S60 3rd Edition kompatibel.

Es sieht so aus als ob "die Spiele beginnen können" ;-)

Google against Nokia

Nokia's biggest competitor in the future may be Google. If Nokia doesn't offer value added services and software on its phones, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft will. In a world of shrinking margins on handset hardware sales, finding every valuable cent per user per ad or selling services for monthyl revenue is incredibly important. Where is Motorola in all of this?

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