There once was a time when exclusives played a big part in console sales, and while times have indeed changed, having the right games on your hardware can still make a difference. It’s public knowledge that Sony might have dragged their feet when it came time to wheeling and dealing with Rockstar, and they paid a pretty large price for that mistake — Grand Theft Auto IV is now multiplatform. But the past is the past, and it can no longer be undone. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t downplay what the competition has to offer. According to SCEA’s VP of Product Marketing, Scott Steinberg, the episodic content offered to Xbox 360 owners is nothing to get worked up about:
Archive for March 29th, 2008One of the more interesting aspects about this developer diary for Too Human is that it ends with excerpts from a documentary which creator Denis Dyack claims to be the inspiration for his game. Titled The Goblin Man of Norway, it details the discovery of some kind of ancient machine discovered in the ice. Interested by the clips shown (at least from a mockumentary standpoint), I decided to do a tiny research to see if I could find out some more … … And it seems the documentary doesn’t actually exist. A few message boards around the ‘net have been talking about this so-called Goblin Man of Norway video, but nobody had ever heard of it until now, and there is no cryptozoological record of any such “Goblin” being discovered in Norway. The film company that supposedly made the documentary, The Norwegian Film Committee, also looks like it’s fake.
Skype sent me a nice email this day to tell me that “Skype is now mobile“. Apparently, “More and more people are using Skype on the move – on mobile phones and in WiFi hotspots on the latest portable devices“…. conveniently they listed out a number of ways for me to make use of their mobility options:
Personally I don't use Skype heavily, but I'd be really interested to hear if any of the IntoMobile readership use one of the above “mobile” options from Skype, or if you’ve another solution - answers in the comment box please……! —
The solution is apparently based on proven roaming principles, preserving the user cellular experience including voice, data, SMS and all supplementary services while using a WiFi hotspot when roaming. This apparently differentiates the Accuris Networks solution from other WiFi Hotspot roaming solutions available today
According to Aidan Dillon, CEO at Accuris Networks “Roaming revenue contributes significantly to a mobile operators bottom line however with competitive offers from VoIP providers, mobile operators roaming revenue is seriously threatened. At Accuris Networks our aim is to aid mobile operators in maintaining their position in the roaming value chain while at the same time increasing the level of profitability generated from roaming traffic.” Dillon went on to say “What makes AccuROAM different from other mobile VoIP products available on the market this day is: It's a mobile phone based solution so subscribers use the same phone number and have the same customer experience while connected to either GSM or WiFi. Subscribers use their mobile phone to make mobile VoIP calls and not their Personal computer. AccuROAM supports both incoming and outgoing calls to WiFi connected phones, unlike some VoIP solutions that require the subscriber to rely on incoming calls to be handled by GSM and only support outgoing VoIP calls.” The benefit to the subscriber is cheaper roaming calls. While the benefit to the home operator is greater profit margin on the roaming call as there is no revenue being leaked to a foreign GSM network, which normally receives largest proportion of roaming revenue. The end result is that Net Profit on roaming revenue can apparently be increased by 30%. Well, we all like cheaper calls, don't we - and certainly if they’re international ones! Please order me up one portion of seamless roaming WiFi for the next time I am travelling …. ! —
BlueAnt have mailshotted me to let me know that they will be at CTIA showing their wares - you may remember from previous posts on IntoMobile (here and here) that BlueAnt are specialists in Bluetooth-connected headsets, handsfree units, and speakers. Without recapping in detail, the products on show at CTIA will be:
For more information on what’s available in your country, go here. —
The solution is apparently based on proven roaming principles, preserving the user cellular experience including voice, data, SMS and all supplementary services while using a WiFi hotspot when roaming. This apparently differentiates the Accuris Networks solution from other WiFi Hotspot roaming solutions available today
According to Aidan Dillon, CEO at Accuris Networks “Roaming revenue contributes significantly to a mobile operators bottom line however with competitive offers from VoIP providers, mobile operators roaming revenue is seriously threatened. At Accuris Networks our aim is to assist mobile operators in maintaining their position in the roaming value chain while at the same time increasing the level of profitability generated from roaming traffic.” Dillon went on to say “What makes AccuROAM different from other mobile VoIP products available on the market today is: It's a mobile phone based solution so subscribers use the same phone number and have the same customer experience while connected to either GSM or WiFi. Subscribers use their mobile phone to make mobile VoIP calls and not their PC. AccuROAM supports both incoming and outgoing calls to WiFi connected phones, unlike some VoIP solutions that require the subscriber to rely on incoming calls to be handled by GSM and only support outgoing VoIP calls.” The benefit to the subscriber is cheaper roaming calls. While the benefit to the home operator is greater profit margin on the roaming call as there is no revenue being leaked to a foreign GSM network, which normally receives largest proportion of roaming revenue. The end result is that Net Profit on roaming revenue can apparently be increased by 30%. Well, we all like cheaper calls, don't we - and certainly if they’re international ones! Please order me up one portion of seamless roaming WiFi for the next time I am travelling …. ! —
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Ammeon’s Commune: multi-cast video communities via mobilePosted by: admin in Mobile News
What’s it with UGC-TV? You mention one company, and suddenly a whole load come along! Ammeon is announcing what’s apparently the “birth of a unique new communication medium”, called Social Mobile Broadcasting. Ammeon's Commune platform basically combines interactive mobile Television with communities and social networking, to delivering an e2e solution designed to complement unicast, broadcast and multicast mobile technologies.
Commune delivers TV content organized in themed communities. While subscribers watch scheduled content, they can chat with other community members and interact with competitions and polls. Subscribers can “virally” invite their friends to join the community and can even upload their own video contributions direct from their phone! Ammeon believe that creating digital multimedia content on the handset is now simple, and should be complemented by a system to allow them to both distribute that content via their own “TV stations”, which have a community of users attached to them. Ammeon believes that “… This represents a true convergence of broadcast and mobile, not just at a technology level, but at a social level“ Comment: It's certainly going to be interesting, as more and more of these platforms are deployed, to watch the landgrab that is occurring. No doubt social networks are going to be one of the next huge things in Mobile (maybe on just hype alone), the only question that remains is how big…? —
Mar
29
2008
Ammeon’s Commune: multi-cast video communities via mobilePosted by: admin in Mobile News
What’s it with UGC-TV? You mention one company, and suddenly a whole load come along! Ammeon is announcing what’s apparently the “birth of a very special new communication medium”, called Social Mobile Broadcasting. Ammeon's Commune platform basically combines interactive mobile Television with communities and social networking, to delivering an e2e solution designed to complement unicast, broadcast and multicast mobile technologies.
Commune delivers Television content organized in themed communities. While subscribers watch scheduled content, they can chat with other community members and interact with competitions and polls. Subscribers can “virally” invite their friends to join the community and can even upload their own video contributions direct from their phone! Ammeon believe that creating digital multimedia content on the handset is now simple, and should be complemented by a system to grant them to both distribute that content via their own “TV stations”, which have a community of users attached to them. Ammeon believes that “… This represents a true convergence of broadcast and mobile, not just at a technology level, but at a social level“ Comment: It's certainly going to be interesting, as more and more of these platforms are deployed, to watch the landgrab that’s occurring. No doubt social networks are going to be one of the next large things in Mobile (maybe on just hype alone), the only question that remains is how big…? —
Eagle-eyed Engadget folks spotted the OZ2 hitting the FCC for the approval process. If you remember, prior to releasing it as the Helio Ocean, the Pantech-made dual-slider was known simply as OZ. Naturally, we think the OZ2 stands for Ocean 2 and hopefully, soon enough, we'll see our assumptions confirmed, or not. CTIA is ahead of us and we'll be looking for both Pantech and Helio for some answers. In the meantime, Helio users could keep their fingers crossed, it can't hurt for sure. [Via: Engadget Mobile] —
An Esato forum member got Nokia representative to tell him a tiny secret - Nokia N96 will get a Xenon flash. Here's his/her full post:
When you think about it, it makes sense that Nokia wants to make the N96 the real flagship all-in-one device. Why would the N82 make better pics than the company's flagship device? Market segmentation? Ok, that makes sense, but still if we can't get a better battery, put a Xenon flash inside Nokia. Will “please” help? [Via: JampBLOG] —
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