A smart phone costs US$130 to manufacture, but Symbian aim to get the price down to US$70.
eWeek on Symbian in the USA.
Spiral Arm News
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
The camera phone backlash today
mimics the reaction to the portable camera when it was introduced more than 100 years ago.
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Mobile integration with back-end systems should be loose: one of the lessons reported in Computer Weekly.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Boots dispenses PDAs to shop floor staff: "shop assistants will be able to answer customer enquiries on the spot, rather than disappearing to check internal stock systems and paper-based manuals."
Monday, July 19, 2004
"Smartphones are very likely to become the second biggest converged device after the PC". Computing on the growth of Symbian.
Friday, July 16, 2004
Economist: Strong brands launch their own phone services.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Unlock and hire a bicycle in London via SMS. Reported by BBC.
Monday, July 12, 2004
Mobile integration with back-end systems should be loose: one of the lessons reported in Computer Weekly.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Deploying 11,000 handhelds: cuts out calls and "thousands of bits of paper" for lift maker (Computer Weekly).
"This was all previously done by voice over the mobile phone and on thousands of bits of paper."
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Computing: "Increasing worker productivity, rather than lowering costs, is the primary driver behind mobile technology deployments [...]".
"According to research conducted by analyst IDC, boosting productivity ranked higher than any other potential strategic benefit of mobility - including increased revenue and market share - and reduced costs."
Friday, July 02, 2004
UK public sector leading the way in mobile applications, reports
TheFeature.
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