Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo are talking about uniting their respective mobile OS to form 1 open mobile software platform.

Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. Membership of this non-profit Foundation will be open to all organizations. This initiative is supported by current shareholders and management of Symbian Limited, who have been actively involved in its development.

Nokia announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Foundation. Sony Ericsson and Motorola today announced their intention to contribute technology from UIQ and DOCOMO has also indicated its willingness to contribute its MOAP(S) assets. From these contributions, the Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations.

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A royalty free license? We are in for a treat! :)

The four pledges of Docomo’s new base:

1 - Polish-up the brand and strengthen ties with the customers
2 - Listen to the voices of customers and become a company that can beat their expectations
3 - Continue making innovations and aim to become a company highly appraised by the world
4 - Become a group of people with lively spirits who will keep-on challenging toward a common dream

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Can someone tell me what phone this is?

Wireless is no longer a path for PDAs and phones, it’s creeping into every part of life. This video is a perfect example of it.

CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show. Dan Meyer is the Managing Editor of RCR Wireless news and he is abotu to be interviewed on his views on consumerism in the electronics industry. Interesting one:

International roaming used to be a novelty when it was enabled a few years back. It used to be pretty expensive and it is still today to have a phone package that roams worldwide. NTT Docomo is giving a discount on their Videophone/packet International Roaming service, which means you can have video calls internationally for a significantly reduced price!

TOKYO, JAPAN, June 21, 2007 — NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced that they will offer WORLD WING™ international roaming subscribers a 20% discount on videophone and packet communications over the networks of Conexus Mobile Alliance partners from July 1 to September 30, 2007.

This will be DoCoMo’s first discount plan for roaming services. Other alliance members are also launching roaming discount plans for their respective customers in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The discount applies to all outgoing videophone calls, regardless of destination, but not to incoming videophone calls. Videophone services are not yet available in India and Macau at this time.

The discount does not apply to the minimum packet-communications fee of 50 yen for the first 50 packets.

The Conexus Mobile Alliance was formed in April 2006 to mutually enhance international roaming services not only in its members’ respective countries/territories, but the broader Asia-Pacific region as well. The current members are Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Taiwan); Hutchison Essar Limited (India); Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (Hong Kong and Macau); KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (South Korea); PT Indosat Tbk (Indonesia); Smart Communications, Inc.(Philippines); StarHub Ltd (Singapore); and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan). Backed by the strength of the alliance, DoCoMo will continue to develop services that offer customers increased convenience and flexibility for international roaming.

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This is a commercial with Anna Tsuchiya for NEC’s FOMA cellphone. It’s a sleek looking flip phone - i’d go as far to say that it’s rather big but if not too small it wouldn’t have all the frills and functions that makes it a rave anyway:

It’s a little delayed by it’s very interesting nonetheless.

First there was HTC Titan Mogul:
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Now, HTC has recently announced that HTC Titan II (HTC TyTN II) for eMobile will be released on the 28th of March.

The HTC TyTN II will be the first device from eMobile supporting broadband voice services and this handset is the eighth model, including designs scheduled for future release, from the HTC lineup to appear in Japan.

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