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EU funds €10 million project to get web applications running across mobile, PC, TV and cars

The EU says it's invested 10 million Euro in the three-year webinos project, which aims to deliver a platform for web applications across mobile, PC, home media (TV) and in-car devices.

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Nokia, Vodafone and Qualcomm all feature in this week's podcast

This week's podcast discusses changes at the top in Nokia, reorganisation at Vodafone and more power for 3G transmitters. There's also a report from the Qualcomm IQ2010 event in London, where Mark Bridge talks to Melanie Honnor about mobile TV and learns about Qualcomm's mobile developer platform from Tia Cassett.

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Nokia announces DVB-H mobile TV receiver

Nokia has announced a broadcast TV receiver for mobile phones. It's designed to work with the forthcoming Nokia N8 smartphone and any other Symbian^3 devices that support the USB-on-the-go feature. The accessory should be in the shops later this year with a price tag of around €40 (which isn't far off £40 by the time you've added VAT).

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Apple updates iPod touch to reflect iPhone features - and iTunes gets social

Tonight's big Apple announcement was, as expected, focussed on the music rather than the mobile side of the business.

The company has introduced a new iPod touch music player with many of the features that were first introduced on the iPhone 4, including a 'Retina Display', Apple's A4 chip, FaceTime video calling over WiFi (with front-facing camera and microphone), 3-axis gyroscope and HD video recording.

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An extra 74 percent of nothing is still nothing

Mark Bridge writes

Ah, the joys of multiplying by zero. I was reminded of my school maths lessons when I saw a news release from Orange UK this week.

Steve Wallage, Head of Sport Partnerships and Services for Orange UK was quoted as saying “Based on the surge in demand for mobile TV during the Ashes last summer, we expect viewing figures could rocket by at least 74% during the World Cup”.

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