MGM + Vodafone Germany

MGM + Vodafone Germany. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has announced its first major agreement with Vodafone in Germany. MGM Channel, which is currently available to pay television subscribers all across German-speaking Europe, will now also be available to mobile subscribers through Vodafone.

The MGM Channel is available on the 3G Vodafone Live! network in Germany, offering movies from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library - including films from the Pink Panther and Rocky franchises, as well as The Thomas Crown Affair, Terminator, Man in the Iron Mask and Robocop, among many others.

BBC Trust for 3G TV and radio

BBC Trust for 3G TV and radio. The BBC Trust is consulting on plans to syndicate all its national TV and radio services over 3G networks for mobile devices. Executives have proposed to make the arrangement permanent following a 12-month trial which ended in April.

NDS Technologies chosen by Sistema for Converged IPTV and Mobile TV inRussia

NDS Technologies chosen by Sistema for Converged IPTV and Mobile TV in Russia. NDS announced that Russian media giant Sistema Mass Media (SMM) has selected the NDS Unified Headend to manage and protect TV content delivery to subscribers across both IP and mobile networks. The NDS Unified Headend integrates conditional access (CA), Digital Rights Management (DRM) and third party applications, allowing operators to deliver secure broadcast and Video-On-Demand (VOD) services to a variety of devices - set-top boxes (STBs), mobile phones, PCs, Portable Media Players (PMPs) and digital video recorders (DVRs).

Mobile TV trials in Singapore

Mobile TV trials in Singapore. The three Singapore mobile network operators, SingTel, M1, and StarHub, along with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, are to jointly conduct a consumer mobile TV trial using Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H) technology next month.

During the trial, 300 customers will be able to see six dedicated channels. Participants of the trial will be using the Samsung P960 handsets and the trial is also supported by technology partners, Alcatel-Lucent and Gemalto.

New Firmware Update for Samsung Instinct

New Firmware Update for Samsung Instinct. A new firmware update is now available for Samsung Instinct that includes a number of small tweaks as well as updates made to its base code. Instinct users will notice increased audio volume when using Bluetooth headsets/car kits, as well as improved stability of the phone's signal and battery indicators.

Motorola MOTOROKR U9 for Fido Canada

Motorola MOTOROKR U9 for Fido Canada. Motorola U9 clamshell is now offered by Fido in Canada. Motorola MOTOROKR U9 features a 2-inch QVGA screen, quad-band, 2 megapixel camera, 30MB of on-board memory, microSD slot, Bluetooth support, media player, 820 mAh Li-Ion battery, measures 90×48.6×16.4 mm and weighs 87.5 grams.

$3 million for Neonode N2 reception issues

$3 million for Neonode N2 reception issues. Following the previous report about Neonode N2 Firmware Upgrade, In a recent open letter issued to shareholders, the interim CEO and chairman Per Bystedt said they’ve failed at meeting guidance and anticipated sales for this year. The problem was that Neonode tried to reach "too many markets, too fast," but also the N2's "reception issues."

Ultimately, the company has lost $3 million, but asks for investors' patience.

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LG KF390 exclusively for Telstra in Australia

LG KF390 exclusively for Telstra in Australia. An HSDPA-enabled slider by LG will be exclusively offered by Telstra the newest additon to their Blue Tick range of Next G handsets in Australia.

Telstra LG KF390 features a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth support, large keys, media player and more. LG KF390 exclusively for Telstra will be available on August 4th for AU$559, it will also be available under a $30 plan over 24-months from August 18th.

Transit Directions for Google Maps for Mobile now available for SymbianS60 and WinMo

Transit Directions for Google Maps for Mobile now available for Symbian S60 and WinMo. After Google has released Google Maps for mobile with Transit directions for BlackBerry and Java-based handsets, it's finally time for the release of version 2.2 of the application for Symbian S60 (3rd edition or later) and Windows Mobile (2005 or later).

It features star-ratings for businesses as well as user-generated content that will surface in search results allowing you to see what real people think about a particular business or place, your search results show up faster than ever, and user-generated content will now surface in your search results -- opening up a whole new world of geo content on your phone.

Transit directions are available on Google Maps in more than 50 cities. You can grab/download it from www.google.com/gmm

Verizon Wireless services being offered by Qwest

Verizon Wireless services being offered by Qwest. Qwest announced that it is now offering Verizon Wireless services to all new residential and business customers in its residential service area. Through the five-year agent agreement announced earlier this year, new Qwest customers can now purchase Verizon Wireless products and services, including handsets, smartphones and BlackBerry devices, as well as high-speed wireless broadband services for e-mail, Internet access and multimedia services, such as mobile music and video.