Just after having read the very detailed article about the new 903i Series from NTT DoCoMo with its "Kisekae-Tool (dress-up tool)," a new function to change the menu screen, ring tone and other settings in a lump " (see the Tetsuwan Atom menu screen here), I found other interesting articles like the Google interview (see below) and now this one: NEC, Panasonic Name Joint Mobile Phone Development Company 'ESTEEMO'

The new company will develop a common hardware and software platform in an effort to reduce cost of mobile phone handset development. As for the common hardware platform, the company plans to explore application CPUs and SoCs, select core devices, choose component suppliers, and design, manufacture and assess test substrates in collaboration. NEC and Panasonic Mobile will each manufacture and market their mobile phones, after adding their own original design, software and other values to base handsets developed by the new joint company.

This makes a lot of sense to me and I only hope other handset manufacturers would follow this example.

Dipchand Nishar, Google: "We've made a significant investment in mobile search technology"

Until very recently, mobile browsers did not support Ajax, but we have started seeing some new Ajax browsers coming out. I think some of the high-end phones will start supporting Ajax in the next six months and then, anywhere between the next six to twenty-four months, a lot of phones will start having it. We are very excited by that opportunity because now, all of a sudden, you can provide many more value-added services for the users and the experience becomes a lot richer.

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Still under positive shock from yesterday's Informa figures*, Toni Ahonen writes a long article relating the mobile revolution from it's infancy with SMS to end by presenting 3G's killer app: mobile communities. We write very clearly in defining the consumer of tomorrow - Generation-C (for Community Generation) - that it is an inherently multitasking generation, it will always be multiplatform (and multimedia, while I am at it). Gen-C is digitally astute, much more than you and me. And they optimize. Do not for one moment think, that mobile will be "enough". NO. You HAVE to be multiplatform.

* Dean about market statistics:

Treat data included in market research press releases with extreme skepticism, even if at first sight it appears to confirm your beliefs or hopes.

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And here a bit of selfpromo:

For those interested in Switzerland to know more about the SMS revolution, SMI, MNC, Kaywa will present and discuss the SMS phenomena in the new Keitai Marketing series, starting November 24 - exactly in a month.

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Video 1: Magazine with QR Code, Mobile Phone
Video 2: Stamp, QR Code, Mobile Phone