Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Desperate Housewives, Disney-ABC Television Group, iPhone, LG, LG Electronics, Mobile phone, Nokia
LG Electronics is expected to introduce this month a touch-screen phone with fewer features, but at what it terms an affordable price “never offered before.” The KP500 will feature a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3-inch screen with Bluetooth, the ability to read PDFs and Office documents, and some multimedia capabilities: EDGE connectivity instead of Wi-Fi or 3G. InformationWeek (9/30)
MobiTV reached an agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group to offer full-length episodes of many ABC prime time shows including Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy and Samantha Who?, in addition to a selection of content from ABC Daytime, ABC Family and ABC News. MobiTV has 4 million+ subscribers on multiple carriers including Sprint, AT&T and Alltell. (Cynopsis 10/1)
The number of touch-screen phones will reach 90 million worldwide by next year and account for 7% of all mobile phones sold, according to a study from Strategy Analytics, which said that Nokia and Apple would drive price cuts by ramping up production. cellular-news (U.K.) (9/30)
Cell phones are no longer primarily a business-driven product, according to a study from Artificial Life that finds almost half of all U.S. users depend on their handsets for entertainment, mainly multimedia content such as videos, music and games. Another finding: One-third of the 200 respondents said that entertainment was more important to them than other services, including e-mail, GPS and Web browsing. TMCnet.com (9/30)
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