Neuros, the maker of the video-to-MP4 hardware encoder that Krisse uses on all the All About NGage game videos, has created an "Unlocked Media" trademark to promote the concept of open standard DRM-Free files that can be stored and played anywhere. Click through for its explanation of the trademark in text and video form .
Sony Ericsson has announced the winners of its 2007 Content Awards. Congratulations to RealNetworks (Playman Extreme Running) in the games category, BitCycle (Pull Face Image Manipulator) in the Imaging category, Opera (Opera Mini 4.0) in the productivity category, Gracenote (TrackID) in the music category and Clavitones (Geeks themes and graphics) in the graphics category.
One piece of news that’s been picked up around the internet , with little clear answers, is that T-Mobile in the USA and the popular Twitter service stopped working this weekend. Whether by design or by mistake, it’s a timely reminder that in this world of third party services over mobile, the networks can switch them off, quote ‘terms of service’ and it’s game over.
The deal between Sony Ericsson to co-own UIQ Technology, together with Motorola, has received blessing from the European Union and it seems the approval is the last hurdle before the split-ownership begins. With Sony Ericsson's strong UIQ developer community and Motorola's innovative designs, UIQ's future catalogue looks interesting. Time will tell... Full news after the jump.
Nokia recently released a press release about a report it had comissioned, 'A Glimpse of the Next Episode' which talked about the future of entertainment. The main trend identified was the coming of 'Circular Entertainment' (content created, edited and shared within a peer community rather than traditional media sources). Nokia have now released a number of videos featuring discussion around some of the key areas of the report. Read on for more and to view the videos.
With a huge number of partners, licencees and developers around the world, Symbian announced a partnership with the PGP Encryption Platform to protect the contents of Symbian laptops, desktops and email exchanges around the world; specifically the IP of Symbian and their partners. After all, one lost laptop with details on a prototype device getting into the wild would not be a nice scenario for anyone involved. I 'm just wondering if there's a mobile client for Symbian staff's smartphones, and if that will ever be available to the public?
With Nokia's impending reorganisation, I started wondering what I'd do about the devices and visions from the current different divisions within the company. What would you do when integrating three separate hardware divisions? Read on for some of my thoughts...
Nokia and Telecon Italia today announced that Ovi services will be enabled on Nokia handsets, starting with the N95 8GB and N81, offered by TIM. TIM services will be offered alongside Nokia's Map, Music and Photo services. TIM joins Telefonica and Vodafone who have made similar announcements endorsing Nokia's Ovi vision.
Nokia has announced 'Comes With Music', a revolutionary program that enables people to buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited access to millions of tracks from a range of artists from Universal Music Group (more publishers to be added). After the year is up, you still get to keep the music, too, on that device at least.
In practical terms this is a music subscription that is bundled with the cost of the device allowing for a consumer perception of a device that comes with unlimited free music. For more commentary read on.
Quickoffice, already licensed by Sony Ericsson for their UIQ 3 smartphones, has been re-licensed for the next five years, with the addition of the Quickmanager on-device update system, not present on devices like the P990 and P1i. The full press release follows.
A number of sources are reporting that Motorola is to launch a range of high end multimedia ZiNE phones. This ties in with Motorola stated intent of using UIQ for high end multimedia phones. The rumours indicate that the first of the devices in this range will be the Z10.
In much the same was as the EU adopted the GSM standard back in the nineties, the mobile TV standard for Europe will now be based on DVB-H (from a consortium that includes both Nokia and Motorola). While not unexpected, neither is it universally accepted as a good idea, although the aforementioned rubber-stamping of GSM has prevented the compatibility problems in Europe that are still experienced in the American market (Reuters).
