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Third-generation mobile network, 3, has attracted far fewer customers for its video services than it wanted. Launched in March, 2003 the UK's first 3G operator was aiming for a million customers by the end of 2003, but only has 210,000. In a recent readers' choice poll by T3, two early 3G models did not do well. The prize of ugliest gadget went to Motorola's A830 mobile with the most over-rated prize given to NEC's e606. But analysts say 2004 will see a increased demand for pocket-sized gadgets which will play video, and more handset makers will be joining the video phone market. Join NEW survey at www.3G.co.uk Forum Read More Copyright 2003, BBC News Service |
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| Wireless Phone Good Vibrations |
| Talking on the phone even in crowded, noisy places will be made easy with a new handset in Japan that sends vibrations through the human skull to relay sound. |
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| i-mode Wireless Games for WIND |
| Macrospace, the market leader in wireless gaming and wireless gaming solutions, today announced the launch of its first dedicated games channel for i-mode subscribers across Europe. |
| NEC 616 3G Phone Gets PacketVideo |
| PacketVideo Japan have announced that its wireless multimedia technology has been embedded in NEC's latest "616" mobile handset to support RTP/RTSP streaming. |
| 3G W-CDMA Field Trial in Beijing |
| UTStarcom, Inc announced that China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has selected the company to conduct official field trials of its 3G W-CDMA solution in the capital city of Beijing with China Netcom. |
| NTT DocCoMo Trial Sony FeliCa for i-mode Wireless |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will launch a trial, called the "i-mode® FeliCa preview service," using mobile phones equipped with FeliCa contactless IC chip technology developed by Sony Corporation. |
| 3G UMTS Live Call in Pacific Islands |
| Alcatel announced that it has performed the first live 3G multimedia call on its UMTS trial network installed in New Caledonia, Pacific Islands. |
| 3, Sun and Cisco Develop 3G Applications |
| For the first time a mobile operator makes available instruments and platforms to the software houses and system integrators for developing advanced applications |
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Europe
: The BBC has released an article about the poor sales of 3G phones
in the UK.