In this week's edition of The Fonecast we're talking about the UK's first 4G broadband trial, Google's mobile payment scheme, Symbian's plans, Ofcom's dongle research and some cheering customer satisfaction figures.
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Iain, James and Mark discuss the week's top mobile news headlines, covering the UK's first 4G trial, Google's mobile payments, Symbian's plans, Ofcom's broadband study and some customer satisfaction research.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It’s often said that timing is everything. Or is it size? I’m never sure.
Both came into play this week as online giant Google announced the forthcoming launch of its much-rumoured mobile payment service. Expect Google Wallet to arrive on the Nexus S 4G in the USA this summer.
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Stephen Elop, Nokia's President and CEO, has said that software updates and support for Symbian phones will continue until 2016 at the earliest.
His comments were posted on the Nokia Conversations blog this week.
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Nokia has announced a premium smartphone that has 18 carat gold-plated highlights, a sapphire crystal for the home key and Caledonian leather on the back.
It runs the latest Symbian Anna OS with a 3.5-inch reinforced glass AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel camera with 720p video recording, 3G HSDPA and WiFi.
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