JavaFX Mobile platform launches

Sun Microsystems recently announced the availability of the JavaFX Mobile platform, enabling the Java wireless ecosystem to create expressive solutions, which leverage the power and ubiquity of the Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME). The JavaFX Mobile platform delivers rich content and services across the broadest range of mobile devices – from mass market feature phones to smart phones. Sun also announced that several leading handset manufacturers, service providers and ISVs are working with Sun to ship JavaFX Mobile handsets. Details on companies working with JavaFX are available at: http://javafx.com/partners. Developers and partners can start building JavaFX applications for mobile and desktop today by downloading the JavaFX SDK, which includes a complete JavaFX Mobile Emulator at: http://www.javafx.com. 

“JavaFX provides new functionality for easily creating more immersive applications that seamlessly integrate content, media and data across device platforms. By delivering JavaFX Mobile on top of the wireless Java platform, Sun is now bringing expressiveness to the most pervasive and powerful platform in the mobile industry,” said CP Loo, managing director, Sun Microsystems, Malaysia. “We are thrilled with the excitement and interest we’re seeing for JavaFX from many of the world’s top handset manufacturers, service providers and ISVs, which will help us bring this new technology to market and to the world very quickly.” 

The Java platform, supported by global mobile operators and device manufacturers, is available on more than 2.6 billion mobile phones and is supported by 6.5 million software developers, making it one of the strongest mobile platform in the industry. Built on top of a consistent Java ME platform implementation, JavaFX Mobile allows companies to create immersive mobile content, while leveraging their existing investment in the Java platform. Developers can use JavaFX Mobile to easily extend their current Java ME mobile applications, games and solutions with expressive features and functionality. In addition, developers using JavaFX technology have access to Java ME’s mature and highly proven security model and phone specific capabilities, such as address book, Bluetooth, camera, location services, etc. 

The JavaFX platform is unique in that it provides a unified development and deployment model for building expressive RIAs across desktop, browser and mobile. JavaFX delivers high fidelity audio and video, rich text, vector graphics, animation and web services for mobile and desktop applications via a simple but powerful scripting language. To help developers and technical designers get a jump-start on building these applications, updated samples, tutorials, articles, screen-casts etc. are available at http://www.javafx.com. 

The JavaFX Mobile Platform Gains Support From Industry Leading Companies 

JavaFX Mobile helps companies across the mobile industry to quickly and easily deliver innovative, new products to market. Service providers can use JavaFX Mobile to deliver the expressive content and services that are critical to improving average revenue per user (ARPU) and end-user satisfaction; JavaFX Mobile allows device manufacturers to offer richer, more immersive applications to help differentiate their devices and ISVs benefit from the pervasiveness of the Java platform to help deploy their content across broad range of wireless devices. Visit http://javafx.com/partners for more information on companies who are working with the JavaFX platform. 

“Sony Ericsson is committed to delivering innovative and energized user experiences to our consumers, working closely with partners who share the creativeness and vision.” says Rikko Sakaguchi, corporate vice president and head of creation and development at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. “We see JavaFX as a natural fit to our mobile software platform strategy to enable developers, both in-house and in our ecosystem, to create superior, innovative, expressive mobile applications and services. Sony Ericsson expects that JavaFX will have a great impact on the mobile content ecosystem and plan to bring JavaFX to a significant part of our product portfolio.” 

“LG Electronics plays a leading role in creating world class mobile experiences for consumers,” said Woo-Young Kwak, executive vice president, head of LG Mobile Handset R&D Center at LG Electronics, Inc. “Sun and LG Electronics have a strong working relationship around Java technology for our product line. We look forward to being the first company to deliver a JavaFX enabled handset so we can build new and exciting features that benefit our customers.” 

“Orange is committed to bringing the best mobile multimedia services and applications to its customers and Java technology already plays a key role in supporting this, by delivering exciting content across our entire Signature handset portfolio,” said Dominic Lobo, head of Device Platfoms, Orange. “As a cross platform technology, Java also enables the development of converged applications delivered via Orange’s mobile, broadband and TV services. Orange welcomes the announcement of JavaFX Mobile which will provide opportunities to develop richer and more compelling content.” 

“Sprint, in its continued support of an open framework and ecosystem, views JavaFX as an additional strategic platform in its open toolkit. JavaFX enables Sprint to further leverage the developer and designer community towards offering its customers a broader and richer experience,” said Mathew Oommen, vice president, device and technology development, Sprint. 

“JavaFX shows a lot of promise to help application and web developers create rich, engaging and immersive applications across desktop and mobile,” said Cynergy Vice President, Dave Wolf. “As a global leader in the design and development of Rich Internet Applications, we are excited to leverage this technology in our drive to design and build incredible experiences, for the right users and on the right device.” 

“We are very pleased with the direction of the JavaFX platform,”said Cedric Fernandes, vice president, Technology at MobiTV. “JavaFX really allows us to leverage our Java ME investment, and reinforce our core mobile video streaming value proposition. Our existing technology expertise is a great fit with the Java FX offering, and the combination means MobiTV and Sun are bringing an optimized media experience to market.”

Nokia ponders the laptop business

We have just caught a glimpse of a Reuters report of Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who is Nokia’s current boss, saying on Finnish TV what amounts to Nokia’s first official acknowledgement that they are prepared to enter the PC industry. 

In recent weeks, we have seen PC manufacturers announced cell phones to add to their range of mobile PCs, and we now observe that this cuts both ways. Nokia may merely be the first handset maker to try its hand at the portable computer business. 

Either way, it would be a safe bet that in the future laptops will come with built in voice capabilities, and so will handphone devices come with more and more laptop features. The question that must be asked is this: Will they use Microsoft Windows or new version of the Symbian OS for a Nokia laptop? One can’t help but suspect a modified Symbian OS is under development. After all, Nokia did buy the entire Symbian operation a little while ago.

Mobile Internet Search Engine Use Jumped 14% Between 2007 and 2008

According to surveys conducted by ABI Research in 2007 and 2008, 70% of respondents who used their mobile phones to access the Internet sought information through mobile search engines last year. That represents a substantial 14% increase over 2007. The consumption of mobile data services, including search, has steadily increased year over year as indicated by the use of email and web from a mobile phone. 

That jump in mobile search usage is nearly double the increase in users who said they accessed mobile websites generally. “Mobile search represents a utility for information anytime and anywhere,” says senior analyst Jeff Orr. “With a few keywords, one can quickly identify movie times, the discography of a musical artist, recommendations for a local eatery and so much more.” 

Some types of content accessed via mobile phones rose in popularity from 2007 to 2008. These included news, game downloads, music downloads, and especially video downloads. A significantly lower percentage in 2008 reported downloading a ringtone than the prior year, while the interest in location information, social networking and sports remained about the same. 

“Use of the mobile phone goes well beyond voice calls,” says Orr. “A significant percentage of respondents say they use their handset for mobile email and web access, reflecting the broader access to inexpensive or all-you-can-eat mobile data services in the US.” 

The surveys, each of which sampled more than 1000 mobile phone users in the United States aged 14-59 and across a wide range of demographic profiles, were conducted in November 2007 and December 2008. They queried users’ preferences with regard to a variety of mobile email and web usage questions.

India’s Tata may buy into Asean and African telcos

India’s Tata Communications is looking to expand its presence in Southeast Asia and Africa following its recent acquisition of South African fixed-line firm Neotel, reports Dow Jones Newswires. “We have invested in Neotel in South Africa and will take a similar approach in other emerging markets in Southeast Asia and in the future in Africa,” said Srinivas Adeppalli, senior vice-president of corporate strategy. According to the company’s new CFO, Sanjay Baweja, Tata Communications has around INR15 billion (USD303.7 million) in cash at present, dispelling earlier reports that the company’s cash position had reached a critical level. Adeppalli added that the company’s capital expenditure plans of USD400 million to USD500 million for the current fiscal year were on track, and would concentrate mainly on undersea cabling to connect India with Europe and South Africa. 

According to reports last month, Tata Communications has approached the Indian government - a 26 percent shareholder in the firm - regarding a new rights issue to raise INR10 billion, plus taking on a further INR20 billion in debt. As well as the submarine cable project, the company is thought to need funds in order to acquire spectrum suitable for WiMAX in India’s forthcoming ‘Broadband Wireless Access’ (BWA) auction, which is scheduled to begin later this year alongside India’s 3G spectrum auction. The company is also looking to participate in the Tata Group’s sale of a stake in its mobile subsidiary, Tata Teleservices, to Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, Adeppalli said. NTT DoCoMo has agreed to buy a 26 percent stake in Tata Teleservices for USD2.7 billion. Tata Communications holds around 15 percent in Tata Teleservices and the report adds that Tata Communications may offer some of its stake to be sold to the Japanese firm.

HP announces Windows Mobile 6.5 phones under development

HP today announced plans to support the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system on future smartphone devices, continuing its efforts to deliver the latest wireless technologies to the diverse mobile professional market. 

Windows Mobile 6.5 on HP smartphones will offer key enhancements to business productivity, personal messaging and mobile Internet capabilities, making it even easier for mobile customers to communicate and to manage critical business and personal information. With its new visual appeal, enhanced mobile Internet experience and greater personalization capabilities, the new operating system boosts the opportunities for Windows-based smartphones in broader market segments. 

“HP continues to work toward developing smartphones that simplify the mobile experience and meet evolving customer needs,” said Chua Hwee Koon, vice president, Consumer PC and Handheld Business Group, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “Working closely with key partners such as Microsoft allows for smooth integration of new technologies for the best possible customer experience.” 

“Windows phones enable people to stay on top of their personal and business lives by connecting them to the diverse array of information they need throughout the day,” said Todd Peters, corporate vice president, Mobile Communications Business, at Microsoft Corp. “We’re excited HP will offer phones with Windows Mobile 6.5, which will help people access and personalize services and applications that can make a phone truly individual.” 

The refreshed look of the new operating system offers a more interactive touch experience that responds to tapping, flicking and panning on-screen movements. The mobile Internet experience is improved with browser enhancements and Rich Internet Application (RIA) support that allows users to add new dynamic applications on the home screen. 

Additionally, with Windows Mobile 6.5, customers will have new ways to personalize their smartphones including new themes, applications and ring tones, and by using personal photos as photo contact cards and for the home screen background. Customers can also transfer music and video to their smartphones with Windows Media Player and select an array of widgets for use on their home screens. 

Customers will enjoy staying up to date with a rich and more-efficient messaging experience. HP smartphones with Windows Mobile 6.5 will automatically discover Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 settings for company e-mail. A unified e-mail inbox allows customers to see “text” or Short Messaging Service (SMS) messages and conveniently playback their voicemail. SMS messages can also be archived on an Exchange Server to safeguard information for later reference.

Australians getting the 5800 by March

The 5800 will be commercially available in Australia on 20th March 2009 together with Comes With Music. The 5800 is a music-centric device which comes bundled with 1,000 DRM-free songs.  

The device comes with 8GB microSD card and 81MB internal memory. The microSD memory slot goes up to 16GB as well. 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials including a graphic equaliser, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. 

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available on various Australian service provider plans and from leading retailers from 20 March 2009. The recommended retail price for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic with 12 months subscription to Comes With Music is 979 AUD. The 5800 XpressMusic will also be available with selected service providers with an 18 month Comes With Music subscription at an RRP of 1109 AUD. 

Windows Mobile 7 Coming Next Year

Microsoft has had an conference call earlier today, and Steve Ballmer spoke about Windows Mobile as one of its 7 big businesses.

According to Ballmer, Microsoft has been ramping up expenditure in the Windows Mobile segment over the last few years, and at $900 million per year, Windows Mobile is close to 4% of Microsoft’s operating expenditure and has 2000 employees (RIM has 2900).  This still however leaves Windows Mobile as a “somewhat unprofitable” Microsoft business, and with Windows Mobile currently 3rd place in market share behind Symbian and RIM.

Ballmer re-affirmed his oft-repeated statement that Microsoft will not be making a Microsoft Phone, saying it was

 committed to the licensing model.  There was however a plan to extend revenue-generating opportunities to services.

One statement of note regarding Windows Live was that Microsoft was hamstrung in bundling Live services with the PC due to their Consent Decree from Anti-trust ruling against them nearly a decade ago, and one does wonder how this ruling continues to prevent obvious integration opportunities which would make Windows Mobile and the various services around it a much more powerful solution than it is now.

Regarding the operating system itself, Steve Ballmer mentioned the unveiling of Windows Mobile 6.5 last week, and also clearly stated Windows Mobile 7 will be coming next year.  He noted that he felt the continuing expansion of the smartphone segment into the whole phone segment should help Windows Mobile to continue growing despite the downturn in the economy, and that Windows Mobile is particularly well suited for low cost smartphones with many different from factors.

Regarding the future of Windows Mobile, Steve made it clear that he saw Windows and Windows Mobile as two sides of a single project, and that there is now and will be even more shared technologies.  Specifically he mentioned features like the browser, presentation surface (Silverlight?) and even, in the future, the kernel, and that the amount of shared technology will only increase over time.

Nokia announces Comes With Music devices for Singapore launch

Nokia will deliver music loud and clear to local music lovers with its revolutionary Comes With Music service when it is launched in Singapore in the coming weeks, making it the first market in Asia where it will be available. 

The service will be delivered on its newest and highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device - which will begin shipping in Singapore very soon - as well as on Comes With Music editions of the Nokia N96, Nokia N85 and Nokia N79, as well as the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and 5220 XpressMusic devices. 

Consumers in Singapore will be the first in the world to get their hands on a Comes With Music-enabled Nokia 5800 XpressMusic when it hits the stores. 

Nokia’s pioneering Comes With Music service offers consumers a new and revolutionary way to discover and download music, revamping their entire digital music experience. Consumers can buy a Nokia Comes With Music-enabled device and be able to download millions of free tracks from the Nokia Music Store catalogue over the course of a year*. What’s more, they get to keep ALL their downloaded music from the diverse catalogue of music from international and local artists - even when the service period is over. 

“Comes With Music sets a truly industry-leading precedent in consumer value and convenience that others are already following. Especially in these trying economic times, music lovers can stay connected to the music they like, yet no longer worry about the cost of purchasing music by single tracks or album. The freedom and simplicity of the service is unparalleled. Comes With Music is revolutionary simply because all your downloaded music is yours to keep”, said Vlasta Berka, General Manager, Nokia Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei. 

“Nokia Comes With Music is also coming to Singapore through a wide and popular device range across different consumer segments covering various price points, because at Nokia, our vision is to connect people to the music they want, anytime and anywhere”, he said. 

Nokia Comes With Music is already live in the United Kingdom and on the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic and will be available on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic later this year.

India adds record 15.41 mobile million users in January

India, the world's fastest-expanding mobile market, added 15.41 million wireless users last month -- the biggest monthly growth ever, according to government data Saturday. India's number of wireless subscribers grew by 15.41 million in January after swelling by 10.81 million in December.

January's increase was a record for monthly wireless subscriber growth, according to figures from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) posted on its website.

The total number of wireless connections stood in January at 362.30 million, up from 233.63 million in the same month a year earlier.

Combined with fixed line users, the country of 1.1 billion people now has over 400 million telephone connections.

The country's blistering mobile phone customer growth has been helped by one of the world's lowest cellular phone tariff structures of less than two cents a minute.

India's "mobile revolution" is mainly confined to the cities, but the real prize for phone companies is the vast rural market, where nearly 70 percent of the population live, analysts say.

The country's teledensity -- the number of people owning a telephone out of every 100 people -- stood at 34.50 by end-January, Trai said, meaning there is still a huge untapped market for connections.

This is in contrast to such regions as Europe and North America where the mobile market is saturated, analysts say.

Twelve years ago, teledensity was around three per every one hundred people while in 2005 it stood at just 11.

In the wireless segment, Reliance Communications, India's second-largest mobile company by users, registered the highest growth rate in January at 8.1 percent, adding 4.95 million users, bringing its subscriber base to 66.29 million.

The jump in Reliance customers came after the company began offering global system for mobile communications or GSM technology as well as discounts to new clients.

Others such as Bharti Airtel, the country's top mobile company, and Vodafone Essar, controlled by Britain's Vodafone, registered between 3-4 percent of growth in January.

Global consultancy Gartner forecasts India's mobile phone owners will total 737 million by 2012.

Nokia and T-Mobile partner their webstores

The NoKia and T - Mobile Today, a wide range of Internet services that provide convenience to customers as a component of the plan, applications, and other content, announced the promotion of the supply. Download the tools, users can browse, T - Mobile and Nokia to use a gallery of gadgets that Covic T - Mobile's Web'n'Walk tool provides storage platform. Nokia Series 40-2009 years mass-market integrated market in the second half, the mobile platform. T's - Mobile Web'n'Walk tools in the platform of the 40 series of mobile phone features are supported, the latest equipment available in most of Europe. Artificial client based on Java, can be served by two colleagues - are present at the same time. This new platform for cooperation in the public market Web'n'Walk tools and applications open and a long tail of the service, the Nokia store Covic T - Mobile and widget gallery. The "T - Mobile and Nokia, and their customers share a common vision of the customer's interest, and related Internet services provide access to a wide range. Symbiosis can compare the component gallery storage Covic, Nokia provides mobile Internet experience for your customer, depending on personal preference, Lai Deutschmann, Senior Vice President, Mobile Internet, said T - Mobile International. "Nokia Series 40 devices, or 'Covic store experience with only one of the Covic store a huge platform to provide offer, you can enjoy the most relevant content for the people t'importen place and said, "Urpo Karjalainen, vice president, channel operators, than Nokia." We are excited to work with a T - Mobile The most important mobile Internet experience to the mass market yet. The "T - Mobile's Web'n'Walk today a new platform, the next version of the tool, the Internet provides more customers. In the spring, my favorite Internet services and applications to customers with fast access to the number of relationship with the media to provide a launch tool. Covic 19, Nokia announced the store to provide to consumers directly from the standby screen, and said the actual location information. content providers, developers, Forum Nokia, ecosystem development, and current subscription can turn off. ovi.com its first storage Covic. Covic storage services to the public via the media consumers are early in May. integrated market and the T - Mobile is the second half of 2009.

Consumers say no to Touchscreen handsets

Manufacturers of mobile phones are at risk of losing customers on the basis of race to integrate their functions, tactile phones attempt to copy Apple's success, according to a review of clients to collect the client site www. reevoo.com.

More than 19,000 customers were asked to Reevoo.com phones to record and evaluate the 226 telephone number of criteria, including the style and function. Reevoo.com 's analysis of customer information shows that 5 out of ten phones on the bottom of the ten models with touch screen [see. evaluated at the top and bottom side of the phone boxes].

In contrast, only 2 out of ten are phones with touch screens. This high-end phone with a 8.8 on a scale of ten is the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic. The phone has a conventional keyboard. Apple's iPhone is the highest result of the touchscreen phone with a 8.3 on a scale of ten.

The real mobile Reevoo.com category manager, said: "Manufacturers are ready to go to the touchscreen car, but most current efforts are not just right click the buyers. We appear on phones with touch screens and the ability to watch videos on the big screen, but with the active display is difficult to get right, and many buyers complain that the touch interface too fiddly. "

Respondents suggested the criticism of the current phones with touch screens:

"The touch screen is a bit difficult if your fingers are thin and sharp." Virtual "keyboard is the basket, took ages to write anything ... you can always use the five-year period, with small fruit. They used a pencil."

Jerky software, rather than liquid. Accidents often. " If your nails are a little difficult on the keyboard, because it is sensitive to heat and must be used with a finger tip as the key does not work. "

"I found the touch screen and hard physical work, click" was more difficult because of the finger, but the thin, or fat, typically "extend" the pressure.

While manufacturers are investing millions of pounds of R & D resources, and web browsers for mobile phones faster, simpler and software that the average consumer is still only one to find a good phone.

A key feature of the phone to his style, depending on the respondents, 15.3%, compared with the high style. These characteristics are the best compact (14.1%), with a good camera (10.4%), and must be good music (7.7%). Criteria for customers to browse the Internet (1.5%) and features of e-mail (1.2%).

His Reale said: "If the mobile phone manufacturers want to have an impact on the touchscreen stage, we have to listen to what consumers want and respond to the questions they have with the buyers current models touchscreen."

Ten phones per customer rating:

1. Nokia 5220 XpressMusic 2. Nokia E71 3. Sony Ericsson W595 4. Nokia 2680 5. Nokia 3110 Classic 6. SAMSUNG M150 7. Apple iPhone 3G 16GB - Touch Screen 8. LG Renoir KC910 - touch screen 9. Nokia 6600 Slide 10. Nokia 3600

At the bottom ten phones per customer rating:

1. HTC Touch Diamond - Touch Screen 2. Sony Ericsson T303 Coming 3. Samsung Armani - touch screen 4. Sony Ericsson C702 5. Nokia 6124 Classic 6. BlackBerry Storm 9500 - Touch Screen 7. Samsung i900 Omnia - touchscreen 8. Nokia N96 9. SAMSUNG U600 10. Samsung F490 - Touchscreen

Analysis: Sony Ericsson W715 Walkman

Sony Ericsson W715, Sony Ericsson is the regulatory body of the family walkman phone. With 3.2 million pixel camera built in, for example, C510, and we look forward to some of the time.

This is a very long time, W710 has a single in 2006. W710 is one of two million pixels, with four-band EDGE and HSDPA. This makes it a 2G phone. More than once before, and will be W705, which'5 "refers to the models, is also a tool of the slide. The'0 'after Sony Ericsson mobile phones and displays in a row.

The quad-band W705 is a 3.5G mobile phone, as it supports UMTS mobile technology, especially the different HSDPA. W715 like this. The W715 is a 3.5G phone with HSDPA support.

Sony Ericsson W715 launched 8 January 2009, this is a milestone in the outskirts of the unified economic zone in 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The W715 is very similar to the W705. Most of the improvements with other programs on the W795, not W715.

Sony Ericsson W715 TFT screen with 260,000 colors with 120 memory, motherboard, which extends through the slot of microSD memory card memory.

We believe that:

W715 Sony Ericsson W705 appears only in some of the additional coverage of the new regime. We will examine this period more than that, that's all I can offer very good recommendations of potential buyers.

You should compare the prices of all equipment and to determine whether the price difference between the W705 and W715 show that the purchase price of the most expensive. Of course, says that the increase in prices from time to time, so when the W715 only slightly more expensive than the W705. If you think a purchase, you are welcome to do so.

Nokia announces Comes With Music devices for Singapore launch

Nokia, the music loud and clear to local music lovers with his revolutionary music service Comes with when it is launched in Singapore in the coming weeks, making it the first market in Asia, where it will be available.

The service will be delivered on the latest and highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - which will begin shipping in Singapore very soon - and comes with the music publishing Nokia N96, Nokia N85 and Nokia N79, as well as the Nokia 5320 Xpress Music and 5220 Xpress Music devices.

Consumers in Italy will be the first in the world in his hands on a Comes with music-enabled Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, when it hits the shops.

Nokia Comes with pioneering music service offers consumers a new and revolutionary way to discover and download music, reorganizing all their digital music experience. Consumers can buy a Nokia Comes with music-enabled device and be able to download millions of free tracks from Nokia Music Store catalog in the course of a year *. They get all their downloaded music from diverse catalog of music of international and local artists - even if the service is over.

"It comes with music is a true industry-leading consumer previous value and convenience that others are already following. Especially in these trying economic times, music lovers can stay in touch with the music they want, but not longer have to worry about the cost of buying music in a single or album. The freedom and simplicity of the service is unparalleled. Comes with music is revolutionary because all your downloaded music is to maintain, "said Vlasta Berka, General Manager, Nokia Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.

"Nokia Comes with Music is coming to Singapore through a wide range of people and equipment in the various segments of consumers in respect of different prices for Nokia, our vision is for people to music they want, anywhere, anytime "he said.

Nokia Comes with music has lived in the United Kingdom and the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic will be available on Nokia 5800 Xpress Music later this year.

Mobile World Celebrates Four Billion Connections

The GSMA today announced that it celebrates the world's four billionth mobile connection, the Wireless Intelligence, GSMA, the Market Intelligence Unit. This milestone highlights the strong growth to continue so that the mobile industry and the global market is well on track to reach a staggering six million connections in 2013.

Growth driven by two main sources: the integration of mobile devices and the subscriber additions in emerging markets összefüggéstelenné earlier. The Mobile World Congress, the world's leading mobile communications industry event will take place from 16 Barcelona 19 February, the industry is to explore ways to sustain this growth.

"As in 2009, enter the world in the middle of a major economic downturn, which affects all aspects of business, every step in the communications value chain. In order to solve the biggest challenge for the global economy, the GSMA focuses on membership and leverage new opportunities and mobility to drive productivity and prosperity, "said Michael O'Hare, Chief Marketing Officer of the GSMA. "Industry initiatives GSMA Mobile Broadband, mobile lifestyle and mobile Planet will help drive this innovation and growth, despite the challenges of the global economic downturn.

Mobile Broadband

The GSMA's Mobile Broadband initiative will focus on developing a ubiquitous mobile broadband infrastructure and the spread of Internet-connected mobile devices. The world's mobile connections now numbering resources of four billion - almost 100 million euros in the mobile broadband - and broadband is only one sixth of the 1.1 billion of the world's population, the opportunities are huge.

At Mobile World Congress Wednesday, February 18 C-level executives of China Unicom, Google, Nokia Siemens Networks, Qualcomm, Skype, Telstra and Verizon Communications will be the "mobile broadband" and "mobile Internet" session to explore Recording Mobile Broadband how to convert customers to the Internet and even more convincing when the wife is always available on mobile broadband services. In addition, mobile broadband Showcase (Hall 2 - 2C37), the GSMA Mobile Broadband focus of a number of implementations, including HSPA + demonstration, which connects the device to the notebook up to 21 Mbps, the maximum time, and more than 50 Netbook HSPA devices, smart phones, USB modems, Data and wireless router.

Mobile Lifestyle

The GSMA's Mobile Lifestyle initiatives in the creation of multidisciplinary services combine innovative Web-only attribute of mobility to services such as banking and entertainment, much more convincing.

Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace, on the shares in the mobile entertainment industry, the Mobile Backstage conference on Thursday 19 February at Mobile World Congress. The conference, which both deal with Kevin Spacey and will.i.am are the technical challenges in the mobile services and mobile entertainment features of the industry and the partner co-operation.

Mobile Planet

The GSMA's Mobile Planet to promote initiatives to encourage the mobility of individuals in developing countries, the life of a socially responsible manner. In countries such as India added 10 million new mobile connections per month, and many users accessing the Internet, e-mail and banking statistics, the only mobile devices, developing countries are the most important element in the mobile industry's growth.

Since the electricity network is not available in many new areas of the Mobile World Congress will assess the use of renewable energy. The GSMA's Fund, which facilitates the delivery of mobile for people living on less than USD2 per day will be presented to the Green Power Green Pavilion, where the leading technology providers to meet. The 'Green Mobile Energy "seminar Wednesday, June 18 will explore the role that renewable energy is to expand off-network coverage and reduce OPEX.

"Mobile phones have already been developed for broadband multimedia devices connected to the mass of the mature markets and emerging markets alike.

Facebook, Nokia look to bring social network to mobiles

Facebook is in discussions with Nokia on ways to integrate the wildly popular social network into mobile phones made by the Finnish giant, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," said Palo Alto, California-based Facebook and Nokia were discussing a partnership that would embed parts of the social network into some Nokia phones.

The Journal said the talks have been going on for months. Financial terms of the potential deal could not be obtained, it said.

The newspaper said Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, was deciding whether it wanted to team up with an established Web player like Facebook or "build a social network from the ground up."

It said the two companies were looking at potentially integrating contact information stored in Facebook with a phone's address book.

"When users looked up a contact, they could see whether their Facebook friends were logged on, send them messages and post comments on their profile pages," the Journal said.

Facebook is also working with US handset maker Palm on integrating aspects of the social network into its new mobile operating system, the Journal said, and has also held talks with another US mobile phone maker, Motorola.

It quoted a Facebook spokeswoman as saying the company is "dedicated to working with and developing partnerships with mobile operators and device makers all over the world."

Facebook has already built software applications for Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple's iPhone.

According to Nielsen Co. figures cited by the Journal, Facebook in December surpassed rival MySpace in terms of the number of visitors from mobile phones -- seven million US mobile users for Facebook compared with 5.7 million US mobile users for MySpace.

According to Internet tracking firm Compete.com, Facebook racked up nearly 1.2 billion visits in January while News Corp.-owned MySpace slipped to second place with approximately 810 million visits in January.

Smartphone Hacking on the Rise

1200 video on YouTube, with the increases, how Paris Hilton, the next fastest Smartphones hackers' paradise may be clear as a cell phone password and high instances of fraud phones for cutting.

The level of coordination and access to data so attractive Smartphones hackers and fraudsters, are a laptop as a new model, with the increases, but it is much easier to use. E-mail accounts and often complete copies of the bank or corporate network access systems across the country are stored on the Smartphones, the opportunities for criminals to create a virtual seventh heaven.

The case of identity fraud in 2008, two-thirds, Experian, according to Rose. "Most mobile phones are just a simple 4-digit code that are not just for this job," Colin Allison, CEO says PINoptic ", the amount of information with most of the stored on mobile devices only a matter of time Before a serious breach of security. "

Security is an image authentication PINoptic a user based on an alternative that more than 37 times more than the latest products is a new product is safe. This is cheaper and an easy solution for the implementation of the security of mobile fraud to almost zero by hackers can be done.

The statistical PINoptic you "to a solution to 10 the number of a good look with your PIN, which are the time to understand." Allison says.

INoptic allows Reused which can be easily remembered for a memorable picture password users. If the user to enter''to appear on the screen, is where the images associated with accidental or numbers and letters. Related letters or numbers, which are the same password in order right from entering the picture with.