Festive Mobile News podcast now online

The Mobile News podcast bids farewell to 2008 this week. We're taking our usual look at mobile industry headlines from the last seven days and we're also predicting what'll be making news next year. In addition, there's a look back at our predictions from 12 months ago. 3G iPhone on Vodafone, anyone?

As always, you can download or listen free at TheFonecast.com and on the Mobile News website... and you'll find us on iTunes and via RSS too.

The Mobile News podcast is presented and produced by Iain Graham, James Rosewell and Mark Bridge at TheFonecast.com

Ofcom publishes "Tomorrow's Wireless World" predictions

Ofcom has published a report about future communications technology . Called "Tomorrow's Wireless World", it talks about technology in cars to help avoid collisions, wireless devices to remind patients to take medication and wireless food scanners to check the content of products before we buy them. It looks up to 20 years ahead, saying it doesn't expect much new technology, just more uses for existing technology. [Press release; report]

New edition of The Fonecast now online

This week it's the last podcast of 2007 from TheFonecast.com. As well as our regular look at industry news from the last seven days, the team looks back at its predictions from 2006... and makes some new ones for 2008. In addition, we've reviewed the Samsung F210 music-playing handset. . Each weekly edition of 'The Fonecast' can be downloaded automatically by including us in your RSS reader or by using iTunes.