All Pictures and Network operator logos are copyright to their relative companies. Motorola InformationNokia signs deal with Zeemote<p>Zeemote, the makers of intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices, today announced that Nokia will be the first organization to launch its Zeemote Zeekey application.</p> <p>With a thumbstick and four assignable trigger buttons, the Zeemote JS1 Controller offers real analogue control over Bluetooth, enabling users to truly engage with mobile games which are Zeemote Ready as well as other enabled applications residing on the mobile.</p> <p>The Zeemote Zeekey application will come pre-loaded on featured handsets as special gaming bundles and is also available for download on the Nokia website.</p> <p>By combining the Zeemote JS1 Controller and the Zeemote Zeekey application, users can replicate the actions performed by the keypad of a compatible Nokia S60 mobile phone.</p> <p>The agreement sees Nokia advertising the Zeemote JS1 Controller in its German on and offline media channels, <a href="http://zeemote.com/PDF/Zeemote_Nokia_Germany.pdf">the company press release</a> says. Additionally, the Controller will be available in special Nokia gaming bundles with selected mobile devices.</p> <p>“The cooperation with Zeemote shows that Nokia is serious about casual gaming – we invest in hardware and software to bring consumers a whole new mobile gaming experience” said <strong>Sven Morawek</strong>, Business Manager Games, Services & Software, GTM, Nokia.</p> <p>The company’s debut product, the patented Zeemote JS1 controller, is the first and only wireless controller for mobile gaming. Several major game developers and publishers including EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu Mobile, Digital Chocolate, Eidos, Namco Bandai Europe Ltd, Finblade, have already adapted popular games to become “Zeemote Ready.”</p> Global mobile broadband users hit 50 million <p>The GSM Association (GSMA) <a href="http://www.gsmworld.com/news/press_2008/press08_53.shtml">announced</a> that the number of worldwide subscribers using Mobile Broadband (HSPA) networks has topped the 50 million mark from 11 million one year ago.</p> <p>Wireless Intelligence expects the number of HSPA connections to be growing by 4 million per month by the end of 2008.</p> <p>The number of operators with commercial HSPA networks has reached 191 and there are now over 740 HSPA-enabled devices (including mobiles, dongles and notebooks) available from 116 manufacturers.</p> <p>The most widely-deployed peak data speeds over HSPA are currently between 3.6Mbps and 7.2Mbps. This translates to an end user speed of more than 1Mbps, comparable to many of today's fixed line broadband services.</p> Wireless losing its last tether <p>Intel has demonstrated technology that would allow cell phone and laptop users to recharge their devices over the air.</p> <p>The technology has been bandied around for year but it seems to getting closer actual, real –life usage. This technology enables recharging wirelessly by making use of electric coils that are programmed to resonate at the same frequency.</p> <p>Intel is building on technology that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers demonstrated last year.</p> <p>Intel was able to light a 60-watt light bulb from 3 feet away and was able to make it work with a 75 percent efficiency rating. In both the MIT and the Intel work, researchers used charging coils that were too large for use for consumer electronics.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/22/wireless.power.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech">CNN</a> the MIT researchers, who call the technology WiTricity, a combination of "wireless" and "electricity," had lit their bulb from 7 feet away with larger charging coils and between 40 percent to 45 percent efficiency.</p> <p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/">MIT</a> physics professor <strong>Marin Soljacic</strong> said his group has been able to get up to 90 percent efficiency when the devices were moved to about 3 feet apart.</p> |
