The latest update to Nokia's S60 3rd Edition is called Feature Pack 2, and it brings several interface updates to help make it a bit more user friendly. Eldar from Mobile-Review.com has taken over 100 screen shots of the UI in action, for our enjoyment.
While we in the media were focused on Sprint's new $99.99 Simply Everything plan, it seems that we failed to pick up on a slightly scaled back plan that offers unlimited voice, messaging, and push to talk services for even less money.
Last week Europe's ETSI, the group responsible for defining Europe's telecom standards, approved of the GSMA's Host Controller Interface specification for its Near Field Communications system, paving the way for wide scale NFC use in cell phones.
Vodafone UK recently began shipping Samsung's SGH-i640v smartphone, a device it announced last September. This Vodafone version of the i640 sports the same Windows Mobile 6 OS and slide out QWERTY keyboard as the original.
BlackBerry smartphones continue to be the choice of corporate users, according to a report by ChangeWave. The corporate IT spending survey indicated nearly three-in-four respondents (73%) cited Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the popular BlackBerry devices, as their company's smartphone.
While the RIM percentage is unchanged from the previous corporate smartphone survey in November 2007, its market dominance over arch rival Palm has continued to expand. The Treo maker came in at 18% - a 1-pt decline that represents just the latest hit in a gruesome year-long slide.
Apple still has a relatively small share of the corporate smartphone market (5%), however the iPhone continues to grab sky-high satisfaction ratings. Nearly three-in-five (59%) of Apple's business customers say their company is "Very Satisfied" with the Apple iPhone.
The Blackberry ranks second with a Very Satisfied rating of 47%, though the survey notes this represents an unusually large 8-pt decline from the previous measure. Palm receives its lowest corporate satisfaction rating in a ChangeWave survey yet, with only 10% of corporate users saying their company is Very Satisfied with the Palm Treo.
"What we have here is a huge and still growing market share lead for Research in Motion that, for the moment, appears near invincible," said Tobin Smith, founder of ChangeWave Research and editor of ChangeWave Investing. "However, at the same time, we've picked up an unusual 8-point decline in the percentage of corporate customers who say they are Very Satisfied with their RIM Blackberry smartphones, which may mean there's a problem brewing for the Canadian manufacturer."
Looking ahead to the 2nd Quarter, RIM (77%) is the dominant leader in planned corporate buying of smartphones - having jumped 3-pts since the previous survey in November. Apple (11%) is second, down 3-pts from its previous high. Palm (8%), Motorola (7%) and Samsung (4%) have each experienced a 2-pt decline in terms of planned corporate buying, with each company registering its lowest level of the past year.
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Today Verizon Wireless put out a press release that details its two new Broadband Access data plans that will be replacing it's sole $59.99/mo plan currently on offer. The new $59.99 top end plan has a 5GB data limit and overage charges for users that go over their quota.
Sprint today announced the Simply Everything plan, a domestic unlimited pricing plan that gives customers unlimited voice, data, text, email, Web-surfing, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect and Group Connect for $99.99 a month.
The Simply Everything plan is available to customers on both Sprint's CDMA and iDEN networks. Existing customers can switch without extending their current contract either by contacting customer service or by stopping by any participating Sprint retail location. New line activations require a two-year agreement.
"This is a bold, unprecedented move," said Dan Hesse, president and CEO, Sprint Nextel. "Wireless today is about much more than just voice. It is about data services - texting, email, video, pictures, music, navigation, surfing the Web and more. Customers want these applications, but without complexity and without having to worry about their bill. The $99.99 Simply Everything plan delivers it all right to the palm of their hand now."
For families, Simply Everything includes an incremental $5 discount for each incremental line, up to five lines on the same bill. For example, two lines would amount to $194.98 ($99.99 + $94.99); a third line would cost an additional $89.99.
Sprint now joins AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless to recently announce unlimited plans.
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Garmin, commonly known for standalone GPS receivers, announced earlier this year that it would be entering the cellphone market with its Nuvifone, named for the popular line of GPS receivers. The company is now facing a lawsuit from Nuvio over the Nuvifone name.
Opera announced yesterday that it would be switching the default search engine in its mobile browsers from Yahoo! to Google. Users will notice the change on starting on March 1, 2008.
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