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The new Netsize Guide 2005 is available for download at www.netsize.com; it is a very good overview to get an in-depth view of the current global mobile phone market.

“The report gives an comprehensive and up to date snapshot of the state of the Global mobile phone market covering 29 countries and 103 mobile operators [...]

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Specialized podcasting clients have quickly entered the ranks of the top RSS clients in the FeedBurner statistics. iPodder, iPodderX, Doppler and Nimiq have ensconced themselves in the top 50 RSS clients as measured by total daily FeedBurner circulation.
“There’s a very interesting statistic that highlights how different the RSS world will be from the web 1.0 [...]

About 480,000 passengers pass through La Defense station every day on the subway, taxis, buses, trams, and the suburban commuter train, making it one of the 10 largest hubs in Europe. Now the Paris transportation authority has deployed a context-aware Wi-Fi network for their employees and travellers.
“As workers move about the station, the system recognizes [...]

Read John Lettice’s article on The Register on the latest “Music Phone” trend at 3GSM: “So when do mobile phones really kill iPods? (…) Not until handset manufacturers figure out pricing, functionality, the target market and its habits. Which is easier said than done, but grasping that just saying ‘and it plays music’ isn’t good [...]