Tinkling concept: the future of message notifications?

We’ve seen a few concepts in our time, but when I saw this one I just had t post it. It a Korean concept next generation chimes. Not exactly a phone I know but it sure is a step into the possible future. Think wind chime notification and you’re half way there.


This quaint charming concept, which for some reason reminds me of the Apple logo, will chime whenever you receive a new message such as email, SMS, text, you get the idea.

It’s called Tinkling, and whenever something new happens it makes an audible chime, changes colour and displays the massage on the embedded display.

Kinda cool idea I think, there is a video below so take a look.

Motorola loses $397 million in Q3 will shed 3000 staff

Yep, seems like poor old Motorola is still slipping down that steep decline, as they announce their 3rd quarter earnings, and it’s not too pretty a sight. Motorola has lost a massive $397 million in the quarter.

Motorola have announced they intend to develop a full range of Android based mobile handsets next year, but none will come quick enough as the first is expected in the second half of 09 and taking in the usually delays we probably won’t see a Motorola android until 2010.

Then there’s the way Motorola is going to save cash $800 million in 09 to be precise which no doubt, and they intend doing that by shedding employees by the shed load, 3000 from the company, of which 2000 will be from its mobile phone division.

Source – Motorola

New Android mobile phone from OpenMoko coming soon

It looks like Google Android is taking off, as the company most famous for its open Neo FreeRunner, OpenMoKo is reportedly almost ready to push out their own Android based mobile phone.

There were whispers of this happening with OpenMoko some time back in April, and by what is being touted about now its coming along quite nicely apparently. Word is a firm known as Koolu is looking to

OpenMoko for the design and we could be seeing an android device emerging as early as next month.
Word is the specs on this new android model will be 400MHz / 500MHz Samsung 2442B CPU, 802.11b/g WiFi, accelerometer, 2.84-inch 640 x 480 resolution touch-screen, Bluetooth, 2.5mm headphone jack and microSD.

Source – androidguys

LG to push out low-end handset to emerging markets

LG is about to change strategy with their mobile phone business and is to produce less expensive, low end mobile handsets. LG’s intention is to now sell half of its mobile products in emerging markets at an aggressive price band of $100.00 to $150.00, according to Jung Do-hyn, LG’s chief financial officer.

Jung Do-hyn has stated: “We will settle for a single-digit profit margin in the low-end market by 2011.” And that LG will expand outsourcing channels to reduce cost and keep up with flexibility for rapidly changing emerging markets.

LG sold twenty-three million mobile phones globally in the 3rd quarter which included the Secret and the Viewty. This U-turn is also to keep in line with the downturn of global economy stated analysts.

Source – koreatimes

BT shares plunge amid profit crisis

Phone Giant BT (NYSE:BT) shares plunged 20 percent due to the warning the company issued warning share holders regarding poor performance in its global services unit. BT Finance Director Hanif Lalani will be the new Global Services divisions head after the resignation of Francois Barrault.

Group chief executive Ian Livingston said that BT’s global service division results “are particularly disappointing” he also added that the quarterly earnings for the division of some £120 million would be “significantly below expectations”.

Mr Livingston made it clear that they acknowledged the unsatisfactory performance in the group and that they will be committed in taking decisive action to rectify the situation, adding that the they will also speed up plans to implement cost efficiency plans for the division.

Analysts from Cazenove said that BT is likely to remain depressed for a while so they now have to make the move to underperform.

BT shareholders will be concerned about the risks of the ailing UK economy and what effect this will have on BT’s future operational performance, also in recent months the pension schemes funding position looks like it’s taken a sharp hit. In morning trade shares in BT were down 29p to 112.8p. We will see BT’s half-year results on November 13.

Source: BBC

Sony Ericsson begins FanWalk 08 to MTV Music Awards

On October 29th one hundred music fans embarked on the biggest FanWalk in history, which is the Sony Ericcson FanWalk to the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. The FanWalk will cover 400 kilometres from London to Liverpool between October 29th to November 6th and to arrive at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

One hundred music fans were selected from three thousand applicants who went through a vigorous casting stage to locate the most passionate, creative, and dedicated music fans available.

One lucky FanWalker will receive the opportunity to go on stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards to present an award to one of the famous music acts.

Got to give it to Sony Ericsson for being extremely inventive with marketing campaigns as I’m sure the media exposure will be immense.
Source – intomobile

Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G gain MobileMe side-server updates

Apple iPhoners that have MobileMe subscriptions have been waiting for Apple to finally get their push-email service up to scratch and in line with most of Apple’s top line products; and the constant struggle to find a silver lining in MobileMe is beginning to ease as Apple techs refine the service.

In trying to improve MobileMe for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPhone 3G, Apple has implemented a few side server updates which should now make the MobileMe experience more enjoyable for the iPhoner.

According to Apple these side server updates should improve experience when viewing Galleries on an iPhone/iPod touch…improve localization for MobileMe web applications…and resolve an issue when attempting to Reply All to some messages.

Source – Apple