Mobiles pick up speed, but Vodafone overvalued

The BBC reports that mobile phone operators are looking at HSDPA technology to speed up 3G download times for mobile devices.

Additional speed increases are being planned with 3G-LTE technology.

The developments come at a time when mobile devices are still limited by the speed of the mobile network connections, and while many companies want to push multimedia on mobile devices, so far connection speeds have been limiting.

Meanwhile, Vodafone have posted a revenue warning, stating that the company’s assets are over-valued to the tune of over £28 billion.

It’s been suggested that this will mainly hit their German arm, who suffered damage from the takeover of Mannesmann a few years back, with heavy bonuses paid out to Mannesmann directors.

Despite these issues, the mobile market continues to push forward, with two key technology announcements.

The first is Microsoft’s expected unveiling of a “ultra-mobile” tablet PC.

Part PC, part PDA, part iPod, the product unveiling is expected to be part of Microsoft’s so-called Origami Project, which is an attempt to deliver on the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) concept Intel has been promoting recently.

Speaking of the iPod, CNet report that Samsung have had the original designer of the iPod on their books - the first fruits of which will be the Samsung Z5 music player, due for release early next month.