Mobiles

SpinVox is making its specially-developed SpinVox for BlackBerry plug-in available at www.spinvox.com/BlackBerry from today.

InfoSonics Corporation has begun to ship its verykool i700 to carriers in South America.

NTT DoCoMo and its eight regional subsidiaries will revise upward the i-mode Usage Charge from 210 yen to 315 yen per month (including tax) for both FOMA and mova users, effective June 1, 2008. Packet transmission charges will remain unchanged.

In a move that anyone even remotely familiar with Apple could have seen coming from miles away, even with the SDK Apple wants complete control of what Apps make it onto the iPhone and iPod Touch and complete control of distribution. I don’t think this tidbit has been confirmed, but how likely is it Apple is going to open up any portion of their business model?

Instead of the mesh-metal exterior their predecessors had these limited edition Jawbones are designed by Yves Behar and come in Black, White, and Copper. Each design also has a title, Dirty Talk, Trash Talk, and Sweet Talk respectively.

As far as Bluetooth headsets go, this one isn’t really anything special, it’s the additional features that set this headset apart from all the others. However, on the headset side, you get 6 hours of talk time and 10 days of standby.

Android video demo with Google Maps Street View

Samsung announced the launch of its entry level mobile handset - Samsung Guru100. Equipped with features such as MP3 ringtones, mobile tracker and 9-hour long battery, Samsung Guru100 offers a strong value proposition to its users with its consumer relevant features and affordable pricing.

Compatible with most DCT4 and BB5 Nokia mobile phones, The No-Key Nokia X-SIM allows users to bypass the lock and utilize different service providers. It is available at www.one-stop-china.com, can unlock Nokia mobile phones that operate with a SIM card, allowing phones to work in any network.

NFC payments and ticketing will take NFC to mass market and IMS Research has forecast that NFC penetration rates into handsets will reach 12% in 2013. However according to Filomena Berardi, Research Analyst with IMS Research; "The additional value that NFC could bring consumers in other applications beyond ticketing and payments are often over looked."