The biggest threat to the iPod is a combined mobile phone/music player. Let’s face it, if you pretty much take your cell phone everywhere, why take along another piece of hardware to play music? Read more about why Cupertino is scared of the Sony Ericsson W600…

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Mobile giants Sony Ericsson and Nokia today unleashed a bunch of new mobile phone handsets. Sony Ericsson announced five new mobile phones and Nokia introduced seven. More on a couple of potential iPod-killers after the jump…

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China View: BEIJING, June 14 — Nokia announced on Monday a partnership with Apple Computer in developping an open-source web browser for its world leading smartphone software, the Series 60 Platform. The software uses the same open-source components, WebCore and JavaScriptCore, that are found in Apple’s Safari web browser… The two companies said the new mobile browser would be available starting early next year which will enable wireless carriers to offer more robust services to the consumer.

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Swedish case manufacturer Krusell International AB has posted their list of the top 10 selling PDAs/Smartphones in May 2005…

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Swedish case manufacturer Krusell International AB has posted their list of top 10-selling phone cases in May 2005…

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Is your mobile phone bill higher than you expect each month? Part of the sticker shock is undoubtedly taxes. Did you know that $9 on the average mobile phone bill goes to taxes? In fact, in New York city taxes amount to 22% of your cell phone bill. For more check out StopAddingToMyBill.com.

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How-to connect the palmOne Treo 650 (on Verizon) to a PowerBook via Bluetooth. Read More…

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Trevor Harmon has posted step-by-step instructions for setting up dial-up networking with the Sprint Treo 650 smartphone using Bluetooth and Mac OS X. Links after the jump…

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iPodLounge: “BusinessWeek reports that Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and Cingular will introduce new services for downloading digital music directly to mobile phones later this year, and that the first two companies have already turned down carrying the Motorola iTunes phone because of their upcoming offerings.” Read More…

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Nokia’s, the world’s top mobile phone manufacturer, announced new 4G mobile phones with built-in hard drives that will challenge Apple and Canon.

Nokia unveiled new premium phones on April 27, 2005 that included one with an MP3 music player, the N91 (L), that it said will outsell Apple’s iPod and a camera phone, the N90, that it forecast will surpass Canon, the world’s top digital camera maker.

The new music phone is a direct shot across Apple’s bow and challenges the space comfortably dominated by Apple’s iPod. Nokia thinks that if you already carry a mobile phone, what’s the sense in schlepping around an MP3 player in addition. Unless your a fan of the BatBelt look of multiple devices across your belt, they kind of have a point. Besides, although Apple has innovated on iPod hardware design, the software is so 2001.
Read More:
- Nokia Takes Aim at IPod with Premium Line of Phones (Reuters)
- Nokia unveils 4GB music mobile (Macworld UK)

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