The Washington Post featured an article on the "Kosher" phone - a no no frills mobile device being marketed in Israel by local provider Mirs for Orthodox Jewish and other conservative groups. It allows you to make phone calls and not much else. It has the blessings of several Rabbinical groups and a bright future if marketed correctly. What's more - devices and services like this are growing.

This titbit via SMS Text News reports that MobileGlu has added Flickr upload capability for its users. MobileGlu  interfaces with popular  API's for image and RSS streams but unlike other aggregators it formats and optimizes its output for mobile and handheld devices. The small application is compatible with most phones and integrates Flickr, del.ico.us, moblog.uk and other services.

The much awaited Motorola Q Windows Smartphone has been delayed again. Certainly this will disappoint some gadget freaks who like us, have drooled over this devices wonderful features. After all, wouldn't you want the worlds smallest QUERTY device with a fully backlit 320 x 240 screen in a tablet PC format? See Brighthand's wonderful review below:

Want to go mobile blogging with your Palm PDA or treo smartphones? Here's an updated list of  popular software and tools  - all available from our downloads section. Use WAPUniverse to browse the mobile web, the classic Torpedo editor for post composition, record live video and enjoy podcasting with Live! for Treo and edit images with Twisted Grille and see why so many people love BlogPlanet and Azure. See descriptions and download links below:

The global market for cell phone premium content, including music, gaming and video, is expected to expand to more than $43 billion by 2010, rising at a compound annual growth rate of 42.5 percent from $5.2 billion in 2004, according to iSuppli Corp.

Hyperboy a Seattle WA startup (not to be confused with the webtoon Hyperboy ) is set to launch a service based on the MySpace.com model - a one stop shop for pictures, video, blogs and social networking community focused on user experience and the desire of an increasingly tech savvy public for the next "big" thing. 

High end smartphones and media players are not new but they have not embraced mobile video - a market led by Apple's Ipod and similar devcies. But could that change with content specially designed for mobile devices? Carriers are formulating steps to with mobile video distribution to do just that says the article "Short films eye the small screen." 

MSN has linkted up with British mobile content provider 3 to develop a video blogging channel. The product  would interface with MSN Spaces - the popular blogging and personal content  service.

Text messaging rules in Europe - Over 80% of mobile users in Britain and Germany send at least one SMS a month but new research by M:Metrics suggests that reality TV and the ability to interact with the shows in terms of messaging opinions or voting for contestants is driving SMS usage to unseen levels.

IDC research reports that SMS and text messaging remains the most popular mobile data application among users in the Asia Pacific region. Increased adaptation of mobile devices with penetration rates of over 90% in some areas especially for higher end 3G color screen phones along with shortened replacement cycles led to greater usage of SMS and related functions. See excerpts below: