From Christmas SMS to customer service
Mark Bridge writes:
We started last week with a 20th birthday party for the SMS text message, which was first used as an alternative Christmas card by Neil Papworth in 1992. Since then, mobile data has been transformed from the familiar dit-dit-dit dah-dah dit-dit-dit of Nokia phones to non-stop internet connectivity on smart devices.
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Nokia has launched its third Windows Phone 8 device, the Nokia Lumia 620. It’s a smaller, lower-price smartphone than either of the company’s two previous models.
The Nokia Lumia 620 has a 3.8-inch display, a 5 megapixel camera, NFC support and a battery that promises up to 9.9 hours of talk time.
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Podcast - 5th December 2012
In this week's podcast we find BlackBerry facing a legal battle, SMS spammers suffering a big fine and EE boosting its 4G data tariffs.
We're also talking about a new iPhone camera accessory from musician will.i.am, rich cross-network communications in Spain, free WiFi in Yorkshire and the year's most-popular mobile search terms.
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Fifteen years after moving in, Nokia has agreed to sell its head office building in the Finnish city of Espoo to property management company Exilion.
The building, which was designed by architect Pekka Helin, is being sold for 170 million Euro (£138 million). Nokia will then occupy the HQ building on a long-term lease.
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Innovation, legislation and anticipation
Mark Bridge writes:
As the end of the year approaches, so the volume of ‘real news’ tends to reduce as it’s replaced by annual reviews and seasonal surveys. We’ll be joining in with our predictions for 2013 in a few weeks’ time... but first, here’s a look back at the biggest stories from the past seven days.
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