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	Weekly Wrap: Hitting the Right Notes Mobile music keeps on playing, search screens up for sale, moving past ARPU, and more...				Cameraphones as Personal Storytelling Media The cameraphone exists at this moment in that ephemeral, potent and confusing phase of its adoption cycle where people are still deciding what kind of social medium it is.
Carlo Longino Mar. 04 2005 08:15 GMT 0 comments Score: +5				Howard Rheingold Mar. 03 2005 08:45 GMT 0 comments Score: +22

Yahoo Moves Into Mobile Games

The Web giant says it's started a mobile games studio, and instantly given it some bulk with an acquisition.

By Carlo Longino Mar. 05 2005 01:00 GMT 0 comments Score: +3

The Day Communication Died In Nepal

The King of Nepal seized power last month and turned off all mobile phone communications. Citizens of the country are discovering just how much they relied on mobile phones for communications -- and just how difficult life is without them.

By Mike Masnick Mar. 05 2005 00:30 GMT 0 comments Score: +2

Advertisers Catching On To User-Initiated Advertising

It looks like more advertisers are realizing the value of letting users make the first move in cameraphone-based advertising. Who will take it to the next level?

By Mike Masnick Mar. 04 2005 02:45 GMT 0 comments Score: +6

Is EV-DV DOA?

Reports out of South Korea say Qualcomm has abandoned the development of chipsets for EV-DV handsets, choosing to focus instead on upgrading its EV-DO offerings.

By Carlo Longino Mar. 03 2005 22:45 GMT 0 comments Score: +8

The Camera Phone As The Modern Time Clock?

A new offering to use QR codes and cameraphones as a remote timeclock may not be that compelling, but it does show some of the potential for such systems that blur the lines of the digital and analog world.

By Mike Masnick Mar. 03 2005 02:45 GMT 0 comments Score: +6

This Phone Will Self-Destruct In 3... 2...

With a brand new hype around mobile phone security threats, companies are rushing out all sorts of new security features on phones, including the ability to destroy its contents remotely. Of course, the number of people who might actually need such a feature may be pretty small.

By Mike Masnick Mar. 03 2005 02:15 GMT 0 comments Score: +3

No Relief For Siemens

The company's chairman says its mobile unit will again turn a loss this quarter, and handset sales figures reiterate its slump.

By Carlo Longino Mar. 03 2005 00:30 GMT 0 comments Score: +1

Are We There Yet?

How mobile technology can help unglue kids' eyes from the screen.

By Mark Frauenfelder Mar. 02 2005 08:30 GMT 0 comments Score: +9

Kicking The ARPU Infatuation

In what should be a shocker to very few people a new study is claiming late adopters are late adopters for a reason. They don't see much of value out of existing providers. That doesn't mean they should be ignored however.

By Mike Masnick Mar. 02 2005 02:00 GMT 0 comments Score: +15

If WLAN Is Such Good Business, Why Is Everyone Bailing Out?

Just as new predictions talk up the potential for the WLAN market, it looks like the chipmakers providing the core pieces of these networks are looking to get out of the market as quickly as possible.

By Mike Masnick Mar. 02 2005 01:45 GMT 0 comments Score: +13

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