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Japanese operator DoCoMo, in an attempting at further monetizing their wireless network, have just announced that on December 21, 2009 they will begin trailing an Environmental Sensor Network. These sensors, 300 at the start of the trial, 2500 by March 2011, with an eventual goal of 9000 all over Japan, will provide data on pollen counts, carbon dioxide, ultraviolet, sunlight, and other atmospheric conditions

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DoCoMo to start new Environmental Sensor Network Business, 2500 sensors planned for March 2011

Rajeev Suri has only been the CEO of Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Siemes Networks since October 1, 2009, yet he managed to drop this quote in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat : “In early 2008 we made a strategic decision to focus more on cash flow and profitability than on the market share. Now it’s time to give it up and to focus solely on the market share.” If you have any Nokia or Siemens stock, now may be the best time to dump it. [Hat tip to Reda!] If you’re a wireless operator looking to roll out a brand spanking new network on the cheap, call Rajeev, he give you a very good price my friend! [Via: Reuters ] Related News from IntoMobile: Greenland Going 3G in 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks expected to start operations in the first quarter 2007 Nokia Siemens Admits Limited Iranian Interceptability Over Their Hardware Russia delays clearing Nokia-Siemens venture Nokia Siemens Win Contract to Upgrade Austrian 3G Network Share this:

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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Anssi Vanjoki has always been the one executive from Finland who provides, on a near consistent basis, one line quotes that are ridiculously memorable. He called the camera in the iPhone a “toy camera”. When he announced Ovi in London in August 2007 and then proceeded to demo a concept of what Nokia’s touch user interface may look like, he said the company can “ copy with pride “.

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Nokia Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki: We may sell our handset manufacturing business

As you likely know, Tiger Woods was in an accident under apparently mysterious circumstances early Friday morning. Predictably, the reports and reactions thereto pertaining varied somewhat in quality and timeliness, and predictably, this has led to paroxysms of futurist glee in some and sullen condemnation by others. Now that the smoke has cleared, we can examine the event, which is certainly worth a little inspection despite its obvious triviality, with a little perspective.

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Real time, real discussion, real reporting: choose two

If you’re the proud owner of a brand new BlackBerry 9700 , and want to ‘trick it out’ with some color customization… The good folks at ColorWare are now offering a BlackBerry Bold 9700 option. No matter if purple , green , orange or brown is your thing, ColorWare lets you customize the 9700 to your liking. If you’d like to cut to the chase and get started, you can check out the ‘design studio’ right here .

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ColorWare Goes Live with BlackBerry Bold 9700 Customization Service

Nissan Motor announced that it will license its “Scratch Shield” paint to NTT DoCoMo for mobile phone in Japan. The self-healing paint, currently applied to certain Nissan and Infiniti vehicles worldwide, was developed in collaboration with University of Tokyo and Advanced Softmaterials. The Scratch Shield was commercially introduced in December, 2005.It is able to self-heal fine scratches and is capable of restoring the vehicles’s paint surfaces overnight or up to a week’s time in more severe cases

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NTT DoCoMo Licenses Nissan’s Scratch Shield Paint Technology

Orange Poland is bringing Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Messaging to, well, Poland. The carrier started offering Nokia’s push-email service on November 17th, allowing users to access popular webmail services such as Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Ovi Mail as well as local internet and email service providers such as Wirtualna Polska, Onet.pl, Interia, o2 ( NYSE: TEF ), home.pl and others – from their compatible Nokia phone. For the limited time, until December 8th, Nokia Messaging is offered free of charge for both the service and related data traffic

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I promised myself I would keep my laptop shut off this weekend so that I could do some actual reading, as in you know, from a book, but after reading MG Siegler’s piece in TechCrunch titled “ In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite ” on my mobile fone, I knew I had to post a response. Some back story: Tiger Woods, the professional golfer, was involved in a car accident

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Walter Cronkite, the man, is in no way, shape, or form similar to Twitter, the medium

Put down the drumstick, put on your headphones, and pick up the drumstick again. Since Will is off enjoying delicious mountains of mashed potatoes, gravy and turkey this week, Stefan and I handle the week’s wireless news.  There’s not too much going on, but it’s mostly Android related.

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The Signal 49: Google Phone, Android Gaming, and BlackBerry iSkin Giveaway

While we’ve seen the envelope being pushed on adult content in officially sponsored app stores like the Android Market and iTunes , there’s really been no proper home for those raunchy apps so cruelly cast out into the cold. Fret not, lascivious reader, MiKandy is hoping to change that with their own Adult App Store for Android. I’ve checked it out for strictly editorial purposes (honest), and there’s nothing loaded in there yet, but it looks like things are still largely under construction.

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MiKandi Adult App Portal Launched for Android

Talk about being able to increase the odds of you winning something in an ongoing competition (in the UK) – Samsung Mobile are giving away a prize every hour, starting Monday 30th November! There are some pretty sweet prizes too – apart from making some great Mobile devices, Samsung are rather (read: very) well known for their other consumer electronics equipment – and by the looks of things, this is on offer too! To be in with a chance of winning, you need to register on samsungmobile.co.uk – and then once the competition is running, you need to submit an answer to a question within each hour (for which the answer will be on the Samsung, or partner, website) to be in with a chance of winning! As I said, a prize per hour shouldn’t be sniffed at - you might win an entry-level Mobile device, or something even nicer – either way you’ve got to be in it to win it. Check out the info about the competition here . Related News from IntoMobile: UK: eXpansys celebrate new Laptop range with competition to win Samsung R510 UK: eXpansys competition: Nokia E75 ‘Design The Future’ and win $10,000, just do it soon! O2 launches search for best iPhone app for O2 customers Vodafone Launches a Combined €1,000,000 Prize Fund to Find the Best Mobile Widgets Share this:

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We haven’t heard much from Lenovo ( OTCPK: LNVGY ) since their OPhone made the rounds last year , but the company is starting the process of getting back their cell phone brand for $200 million, pending investor approval. Considering the laptop manufacturer originally sold their mobile division almost two years ago for $100 million to refocus on their core business, that’s a pretty steep loss, but good news for the buyer, Hony Capital. The buy-back is a result of “changed market conditions of the past 18 months”, and honestly, pretty good timing considering the growing Android hype in China right now . I’m curious if OPhone development was put on hold after the original acquisition, or if Hony actually cranked out the product to increase the company’s value

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Savant has been selling an iPhone app called Rosie since last September that allows users to command just about all things electronic in the house: lighting, security, and home entertainment. By combining a hardware hub at home with a monitoring server, subscribers can remotely control many functions, like security (cameras), climate (A/C and furnace), and entertainment (TV and stereo). While that’s a little swanky for a private residence, I could see lots of solid commercial applications for something as unified and mobile as Rosie

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Savant’s Home Automation by iPhone Comes to Canada

Just when we reported that MMA has honored Pizza Hut’s iPhone app with two awards , the company has scored another award for its iEfforts. This time it’s Forbes Magazine, which named the application as the #1 Branded Mobile Application of 2009. Commenting on the new award received, Pizza Hut’s Bernard Acoca said: “It is very exciting to be receiving such high accolades surrounding the Pizza Hut App.

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Pizza Hut iPhone app scores another award, this time from Forbes

Orange introduces new connected Laptops and Dongles for Consumers and SMEs Orange today announced two new ‘Connected Laptops’; the Asus 1005HGO and the Compaq CQ61, both featuring the new  Windows 7 OS, as well as two new dongles – they’ve been busy! Laptops The Asus 1005HGO with embedded SIM card which is exclusive to Orange. Weighing just 1.27kg, this laptop comes equipped with Windows 7 Starter, a webcam and features a compact 10.1” screen. This small, light-weight laptop is perfect for people that travel or work remotely.

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Orange introduces new connected Laptops and Dongles for Consumers and SMEs

3UK has launched the first mobile TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, giving subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit TV shows. The service, called ‘TV on Demand’, is fully managed and powered by Mobix Interactive, now part of On Demand Group, (which in turn is a SeaChange International company)

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Microvision , which is a company that makes Pico-projectors, has released a series of Ads for it’s Show WX product on YouTube, covering a wide variety of social situations – even including two ladies who are out on the town! In case you are thinking ‘WTF?’, Pico-projectors are portable projector units, that are touted as being the next big thing in Mobile – literally INside them! I’m not so sure if that’s going to happen on a wider scale as it bulks out the mobile device – but I can definitely see the allure of a small projector, IF it produces good quality. Microvision is one of the leaders in that field. But enough of that – let’s check out some Ads – one embed below, and then some links for you: Links: Video Sharing with Advertisement Texting Friends Music Videos Everywhere Elevator Pitch After the Game You can find out more about Microvision here .

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Microvision release range of Pico-projector Ads for Show WX

Apple has taken iTunes LP and Extras public, encouraging independent developers to begin work on interactive digital content for distribution in iTunes starting early next year. The new move signals a big move in taking on Adobe Flash, pushing the adoption of web standards, and creating an new business model for content that could impact how the company’s forthcoming tablet is sold and used.

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Apple posts tools for building TuneKit iTunes LPs and Extras

PayPass mobile contactless payments have been making the rounds in NYC , and even found their way north of the border through Bell recently , but have both been limited to NFC-enabled phones (namely the Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) ( NYSE: NOK ) 6131). Luckily, MasterCard Canada is launching a new tag that you can slap on the back of your BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) ( NSDQ: RIMM ) which enables you to pay for goods and services with a mere tap of the phone on a sensor

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MasterCard Canada Pilots PayPass Mobile Tag for BlackBerry

Nobody’s really holding their breath to see Flash on iPhone , but of all companies, Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) might be the one to offer a reasonable alternative. Microsoft UX Platform Manager Brian Goldfarb was demoing Silverlight working on an iPhone to wirelessly stream H.264 video at the Professional Developer Conference ‘09 . Now, it’s a bit of a mis leading to think Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) and Microsoft are collaborating closely on this project; it’s the Microsoft guys doing the heavy lifting, Apple simply gave the go-ahead

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Microsoft Bringing Silverlight to iPhone?

Welcome to the last 35 days of 2009. The economy looks like the shit you took when you woke up Sunday afternoon after a weekend of heavy drinking and late night snacks at the kebab stand around the corner, the one owned and operated by the illegal Turkish immigrants living in your neighborhood.

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The best phone to enjoy this holiday season is the one already in your pocket [anti-consumerism]

Fring has updated its Symbian S60 application to enable Skype video calls! Yap, you’ve read that correctly – now you can use you S60 device and Fring not only to talk with your Skype buddies, but also to “video call” them. Not all S60 smartphones are supported at the moment. The list includes all touch-enabled phones (S60 5th Edition) such as the 5800 XM, N97, N97 mini and X6; as well as some non-touch handsets – N95, N95 8G and N82

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Fring for S60 updated with Skype video calls