The Big Apple gets a mobile internet makeover

The South Korean technology giant Samsung said on Monday that it will build a mobile internet network in New York.

Samsung is being commissioned by the US mobile phone company Sprint Nextel for this project. Sprint seems to be a very progressive player in mobile web across the pond, and is already working with Google to further develop its phone-based internet service.

The network for the Big Apple will be "WiBro", one of the major 4G communications standards. It's an improved version of the WiMax wireless web technology that enables high-speed internet connectivity even when a user is on the move.

This development in New York is a major step forward in the development and commercialisation of the mobile web. Samsung has already built WiBro networks in five major US cities and regions including Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston.

AOL moves towards the mobile internet

It is interesting to see more and more of the internet giants rallying to the call of mobile search.

The American internet leader AOL has released an upgraded beta version of its mobile search service.

To simplify the amount of typing needed to get a search result, it features a keyword/tab combination, something which Google is also looking at.

The results you'll get will include AOL content such as city information from CityGuide, playing times for movies from Moviefone, and geographical data from MapQuest.

Socialising online through mobiles is all the rage

The mobile phone giant T-Mobile, which has a mobile phone package with unlimited web browsing for £1 a day, says that 48% of their customers use their service to update their profiles on social networking websites like MySpace and FaceBook while out and about.

We are experiencing a major change in the way we socialise, driven by our ability to access the internet, through mobiles and delivered at broadband speeds.

And the pace of this change is speeding up. T-Mobile is expecting to double the number of its mobile internet customers by the end of 2007.