The FCC have ruled on an ongoing investigation into exclusive telephone agreements in apartment buildings, judging that the existing practise of landlords entering into limiting contracts with individual telcos is contrary to the consumer's best interest and, as such, is being banned.  Exclusivity contracts had been seen as a money spinner for landlords and developers, promising clients to the phone companies for ... continued »

To a customs worker, Pangea - the hypothetical unified landmass that existed 200-300 million years ago, when all the continents were connected - is a logistical nightmare; to Nokia, it's an opportunity to plug their Ovi media sharing community.  Pangea Day is the brainchild of Jehane Noujaim, who won the 2006 TED Prize, where we're encouraged to consider life from ... continued »

Lest you think WiMAX's success hinges on Sprint not making an utter mess of their roll-out, Motorola has recently completed a trial implementation of the network in Thailand that local partner United Information Highway Company Limited (UIH) are calling "outstanding".  Intended to demonstrate WiMAX's suitability for low-cost and targeted network expansion, UIH selected two areas - Bangkok and Phuket - with ... continued »

It looks like Steve Jobs sharp criticism of Adobe's mobile Flash offering was enough to send them scurrying off to download the iPhone SDK.  The Wall Street Journal [subscription required] is reporting that Adobe have been examining the public release of the developer's package, and are considering creating a special iPhone version of the Flash player. "We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet ... continued »

Sprint has slapped another proxy in-between your cellphone and the internet; thing is, once you find out what it's doing, you may actually thank them for it.  The carrier is rolling out Openwave's OpenWeb mobile formatting system, which automatically takes any page requested and reformats it to suit the smaller display of a cellphone or smartphone.  Unlike specific cellphone versions ... continued »

Samsung are stepping up to the cameraphone challenge with a new 8-megapixel CMOS chip that the company expects to see in high-end handsets by the second half of 2008.  Easily besting Kodak's latest 5-megapixel sensor, on paper at least, the 8.5mm thick unit also packs anti-shake, smile-recognition, face-tracking and a macro mode capable of shots just 1cm distance from an object (or tiny person). continued »

Social networking site MySpace are finally taking their mobile version out of beta, giving all cellphone users with internet access a way to log in to their accounts, check and send messages, look at the three most recent friend updates and more.  Unlike existing subscription-based services offered by some carriers, this is a reformatted version of the site for viewing in ... continued »

Perhaps recognising that it's faintly ridiculous to licence a rival's media streaming technology when you have your own sitting back at the lab, Microsoft have finally got around to announcing an availability date for the Windows Mobile version of Silverlight.  From Q2 this year, developers will be able to get their coding hands on Silverlight 1.0 for Mobile, supporting animation, ... continued »

The European Commission has attempted to streamline the roll-out of mobile TV by backing the DVB-H standard; however while this might be good news to Nokia, who were petitioning for DVB-H, some operators are accusing the Union of deciding too quickly.  EU member states will now be required to "encourage" the use of DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld) in new ... continued »

Adobe have announced a licencing agreement that will see both Flash Lite 3.x and the Adobe Reader LE software available on Windows Mobile smartphones; the former, to be released as a plugin for Internet Explorer Mobile, will allow streaming media sites such as YouTube to be viewed on the handsets.  The latter will make PDF format files - whether received as ... continued »