The latest addition to Sony Ericsson's GreenHeart product portfolio is a smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard. The Sony Ericsson Aspen uses the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 version, offering a choice between a 2.4-inch touchscreen and a conventional keyboard. Availability is Q2 2010.

As well as the standard range of Windows Phone applications – including Internet Explorer Mobile, Microsoft Office Mobile and Outlook Mobile – there's a 3.2 megapixel camera, assisted GPS and a number of pre-installed SPB applications. The 'green' features include a power saving mode, the eco mate application, an e-manual and recycled materials in the charger, hands-free and packaging. Availability is planned for Q2 2010.

Just three months after the Vodafone 360 social network aggregator launched, Vodafone says there are now over 7,000 applications available for download from the Vodafone 360 Apps Shop across eight European countries. And by March 2010 it expects to have shipped more than two million devices that are capable of accessing the Vodafone 360 Apps Shop.

A new report from Juniper Research has calculated that nearly 15 billion tickets will be delivered to mobile phones worldwide by 2014. Only 2 billion are expected this year.

The fastest-growing sector for m-tickets is transport, with companies offering a combination of SMS, barcode and app-driven services. Western Europe will be the leading region in 2014 based on the total number of mobile tickets delivered, taking over from the Far East & China region.

Nokia, business software provider SAP and security-focussed technology company Giesecke & Devrient have confirmed that their joint venture, Original1 GmbH, began operations on 1st February. Original1 was announced in October last year and aims to deliver product authentication and anti-counterfeiting services worldwide. It's being run by Claudia Alsdorf, former vice president of SAP Research.

Original1 will protect products and product packaging by tagging them with intelligent, tamper-proof codes ('smart barcodes'). Original1's services will rely on SAP technology and will use Nokia's mobile software to allow businesses to follow a branded product's entire lifecycle from factory to end user. G&D will contribute security solutions for the entire value chain, including user authentication and data encryption.