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...last year's CeBIT technology exhibition in Hanover, Germany, Juha Christensen spoke about Microsoft as if it were the Evil Empire. As a cofounder of London-based Symbian, he saw himself as a Jedi Knight, intent on European technology winning the day and becoming the Windows of the handset market. Several months later the 36-year-old Swede switched camps. Now, he is helping design the mobile strategy for Symbian's nemesis out of the U.S. as vice president of marketing and services for - you guessed it - Microsoft's mobility group...
Though telecom companies in Europe and Asia have paid dearly for 3G licenses, the whole mobile revolution looks further off than once seemed likely. The Financial Times recently reported that only two of the 11 manufacturers with whom NTT DoCoMo had signed contracts for 3G handsets would be ready for a scheduled launch of the service in May. Meanwhile, manufacturers like Ericsson, Motorola and Siemens are scaling back their projections for today's mobile phones, never mind tomorrow's; Ericsson's shares tumbled to a 17-month low after the company said that it expected handset sales to be considerably...
...network standard called the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, or UMTS, 3G devices will have more bandwidth, which will enable faster data transmission. Not only does UMTS help solve the capacity problem for voice, it will allow "always on" Internet access and, eventually, even video and color graphics through your handset. So for consumers, 3G could be seriously cool...
...talking chessboards and ionic hair dryers, has a new item that may actually be of some use, especially in counties that prohibit dialing while driving. The cleverly named Car Cell Phone System ($130) is a plug-and-play speakerphone for Nokia and Motorola models that doubles as a handset recharger. Not sharp enough? It comes with a built-in digital recorder that, when activated, grabs the previous 20 seconds of your conversation or message...
...speaker phone and an on-off button for the incoming call alert, make the Treo easy to lust after. The reason not to: its battery life can't match standard mobile phones. With heavy usage, daily charging is needed. And the Treo costs about $500, a lot for a handset. Kyocera, Sony and Samsung all have Palm-based phone/organizer combos on or about to hit the market. Here's hoping competition drives down the price. I'd love to free up some pocket space...