Last month we reported on Charles Dunstone’s investment in Swedish mobile payment business iZettle. Today iZettle has launched its product commercially.

Registered users (currently just in Sweden) need to download a free app to their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch and order a plug-in card reader from iZettle. They’re then able to take ‘chip and PIN’ payments whenever they want.

Mobile accessory manufacturer Jawbone, probably best known for its noise-reducing Bluetooth headsets, has revealed more details about the UP wristband it announced in June.

Jawbone’s UP wristband works in conjunction with an iPhone application to track the wearer’s daily activity, sleep patterns and eating habits.

The latest company to join the mobile ‘personal broadcasting’ scene is Spreaker. It’s aiming to do for audio what Twitter does for text and YouTube does for video - and it’s just released its iPhone app.

An Android app is expected shortly.

This week sees Iain taking a rare break from The Fonecast, so it’s up to Mark and James to hold the fort. They start with Nokia’s Windows Phone announcement before moving on to Visa Europe’s big investment in mobile payments, Sony’s split with Ericsson, Samsung’s smartphone success, a new design-led BlackBerry and some wide-ranging patent news from Apple.

Listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by subscribing to our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

comScore has published research from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom that shows smartphones, tablets and other non-computer web-enabled devices drove 4.6% of total digital traffic in August.

91.4 million people across the five EU countries said they were using smartphones, up 46% from 2010.