As reported here on Cell Phones Etc. and across the Web, here’s your daily brief on what happened in the world of mobile phones this Friday, May 27th, 2011.
Nokia Plans To Crank Out A New Windows Phone Every Two Months
Yes, you read that right folks. Nokia will pushing out a new Windows Phone handset every two to three months. Nokia Senior VP of Marketing for Mobile Jo Harlow says: “We’re going to keep coming with new devices in order to have something to talk about.” We don’t doubt one second Nokia’s ability to keep this promise. Question is, when will this start? Hopefully, a lot sooner than later ‘coz Nokia might just miss the boat on this one yet again.
Business Insider : SAI
Asus Teases Possible Tablet/Phone Combo
It looks like the Dell Streak 5 won’t be the only tablet/smartphoe combo in town. Asus has just come out with a teaser for their offering at this week’s Computex, and one poses the question: “Pad or Phone? How About Both?” Now, we’re not quite sure what Asus has here, but the silhouette of two device plus that intriguing question does pose some pretty enticing possibilities. More on this soon.
CrunchGear
ooVoo brings its webcam wares to iOS with six-way video calling and more
Take that Fring! Upping the ante on mobile video conferencing, ooVoo is now providing iOS users the freedom to enjoy 6-way video calling. There is a bit of catch, though. At least one of the users needs to subscribe to a monthly plan. If none have one, video calling will only be limited to 3 individuals. Yeah, that’s a bit of a bummer, but hey, 3-way video calling ain’t that bad, and who knows, maybe one of your friends/family members has an ooVoo video subscription, then you can freely then enjoy 6-way video fun on the go. Interested? Then head on over here to download ooVoo now.
Engadget
3-year contracts banned in the UK… hopefully Canada follows
UK independent communications regulator Ofcom has just dropped the hammer on 3-yr contracts, and banned it in the country. Citing that “shorter contact are likely to promote competition and enale consumer to switch provider more easily to benefit from better prices and services,” monthly plan offerings “will be limited to a maximum of 24 month” and “consumers and businesses must also be offered a choice of contract lasting no longer than 12 months.” It’s a pretty sound argument. So, does this mean Canada might soon be following suite too? We can only hope, but being one of the few countries left to have 3-yr contracts as a standard, the pressure is now definitely on.
Mobilesyrup
Xperias with unlocked bootloaders won’t get updates
Bad news for you folks out there who’ve unlocked the bootloader on your Sony Ericsson Xepria handset. Sony Ericsson has just revealed that handset with unlocked bootloaders won’t be receiving OTA updates since they rely on specific firmware versions, and updating via the regular software update tool won’t work too since this doesn’t support devices with unlocked bootloaders. They may add support for unlocked bootloaders to the regular software update tool in the future, but this is still uncertain. What’s guaranteed at this point in time is that unlocked Xperia handset will be locked out of the Android treats Sony Ericsson will be rolling out to users.
GSMArena
