Alex Kinch

Although not officially unveiled until later today, we’ve got all the details of the new Skype mobile – launched in conjunction with mobile operator 3. Ewan will be at the press launch later, so expect pictures soon!
The 3 Skypephone is a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in. In addition to Skype [...]

In an interesting move, mobile accessories firm Parrot have just unveiled what they’re claiming is the world’s first MMS-enabled digital photo frame.
Digital photo frames are nothing new – there’s quite a few on the market. The concept is simple: chuck one on your mantlepiece or coffee table, pop in a memory card and load some [...]

The long-awaited Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB handsets (or, as Nokia call them, “multimedia computers”) are now shipping worldwide.
The most noticable feature with these new handsets is the 3D multimedia menu – which Nokia claims is the first step in their plan to bring a completely new user interface to the Nseries.
“Accessing your portable [...]

Link: Nokia N810 gets official – Engadget
Nokia unveiled their new N810 Internet tablet at Web 2.0 in San Francisco yesterday – and I must say I’m already considering throwing out my N800 at the first opportunity.
As the model number suggests, it’s not a major upgrade from the N800. It’s got the same size screen as [...]

Only a matter of hours after Nokia announced their new N810 Internet Tablet, GPS navigation software experts Wayfinder have announced that they’ve got a pre-installed free map application on the phone.
According to the company, the pre-installed free map application means that N810 users get a quick and handy pocket map where one can position oneself [...]

Goodness me…
Link: Ted Baker heads into mobile phone market – Telegraph
Fashion retailer Ted Baker has revealed plans to strut down the high-street into the doors of a very different outfit.
The group has announced it is to team up with The Carphone Warehouse to launch two Ted Baker branded mobile phones next month – with Samsung [...]

Avaya and Nokia today announced the next phase of their strategic collaboration with a solution that provides users of Nokia Eseries business devices with one number access and advanced enterprise telephony capabilities as they travel across private Wi-Fi and public mobile networks. With a single mobile device, workers can ‘handoff” phone calls at the click [...]

Link: Netsize Makes Handset Technical Specs Available Via Web API
Mobile messaging aggregator Netsize has launched a new mobile handset technical database.
The service, called mDevices, contains details of handsets, their capabilities, features and functions – and best of all can be accessed remotely in real time via a web-based API.
According to Netsize marketing director Renaud Menerat, [...]

Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for the wireless industry, announced today that it secured $14.5 Million USD (10.5 Million €) in an initial round of venture capital funding. This investment comes five months after Sofinnova bought out Purple Labs’ previous Spanish owner. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners (Paris), Earlybird [...]

Link: PC Pro: News: All mobiles to share same charger standard
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP), a forum of leading phone operators and manufacturers including heavyweights Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG, has agreed to make micro-USB the connector standard on all its future hardware.
“With UK consumers changing their handset on average twice a [...]