The idea of beaming payment from a phone to a vending machine is nothing new. And one or two apps have appeared for some smart phones to allow payment to be transferred from phone to phone (where the phone becomes a wallet. But the big battlegro...
Comms: MS / Nokia tie-up - smart phones but not a smart decision
So, Microsoft and Nokia are to get into bed and, in doing so, think that they will prove to be a third force in computer-phone convergence. But...
Comms: Malaysian Mobile Telco implements secure SMS - for some
Malaysian mobile provider Celcom has quietly implemented secure 3G SMS services for BlackBerry and Enterprise customers.
Comms: UK SMS system heavily used for international fraud faling Nokia competition
The messages began to spread across the world two days ago: SMSs arriving displaying UK originating phone numbers claiming that the recipient's telephone number had won huge cash sum in a competition involving Nokia. It's a fraud.
Comms: Kenyan mobiles - companies told to reduce cost of SMS
A decision by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) may see some operators crying "foul" after they have been told to make progressive reductions in the price of sending an SMS over the next two years.
According to police chiefs in Paris, one of the most dangerous things you can do is take your phone out of your bag or pocket. It's not that litt...
Comms: Apple iPhone security issue noted by US-CERT
The USA's IT Security group, US-CERT, has warned of a security issue with iPhone 3G and later models which allows the bypassing of password-based...
Comms: Skype leaves HTC Froyo users out in the cold
Is it coincidental that just as HTC makes Froyo available for e.g. the Desire, Skype's "Get Skype for Android 1.1 and above" link stops...
Comms: Microsoft buys mobile market monopoly - maybe
Expect an advertising blitz for Microsoft's Windows 7 for Mobile. Scratch that - try to avoid an advertising blitz.. For although the formal laun...
Comms: T-Mobile - Stupid is as Stupid does.
On 4th August, we published an open letter to T-Mobile in the absence of any success in dealing with the customer (dis)services channel. We promp...
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