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Sony Ericsson introduces world's smallest HD video recording smartphone

Sony Ericsson has added two new members to its Xperia smartphone family. Both run Android v2.3 on a 1GHz processor, offering a 5 megapixel camera, 720p HD video recording and a 3-inch screen.

The new Xperia mini is just 88mm x 52mm x 16mm, weighing 94g, while the Xperia mini pro is slightly larger to accommodate a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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New CEO and more cash for mobile web technology company Wapple

Wapple, which provides businesses with mobile web technology, has appointed a new new Chief Executive.

Simon Lavers is joining the company as CEO. He's most recently been a director of advisory and venture capital group Hartnup Group, having previously co-founded digital services company Activ Australia.

 

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New 'network price promise' from Carphone Warehouse

The Carphone Warehouse has introduced a "Network Price Promise" that guarantees to match any deals available from the UK's major mobile networks.

It applies to new connections and upgrades for prepay and 'pay monthly' contracts.

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Why the cloud will kill SMS text messages... eventually

Mark Bridge writes:

This week my lovely wife made a rare error in leaving her mobile phone behind when she left the house. Fortunately I was working at home, so I was able to answer her calls and relay her messages. But it got me thinking. What were the alternatives?

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In five years, services will generate more SMS revenue than people

A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that revenue from text messages sent to or from an application - so-called Application-to-Person or A2P SMS - will exceed $70 billion within five years.

In addition, worldwide revenue from A2P messages will overtake that of person-to-person texting in 2016.

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