tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266181703428419032011-11-27T15:38:40.165-08:00Cellular TechnologyAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-4662204094284058132010-10-20T20:52:00.000-07:002010-10-20T20:53:43.788-07:00<span class="intro">Ah, Apple rumour time. It’s almost always Apple rumour time these days, what with Apple having so many products and services undergoing constant wizardry and revolution, with new photos now potentially revealing Apple’s first iPhone 4 “World” phone that would theoretically work with all the world’s major mobile networks and break AT&amp;T’s iron-grip of exclusivity in the US. </span>While Steve Jobs may have iBliterated any notion that Apple will produce a 7-inch iPad anytime soon, there was no word on whether a CDMA-based iPhone 4 would be making an appearance in the near future.<br /><br />As we know, Steve Jobs isn’t in the habit of pre-announcing products with any kind of regularity and said as much a couple of times in answer to analyst questions, but given the ongoing rumours about Verizon finally getting to join the iPhone party on its superior network, this one seems a lot more likely to happen, probably by early next year as the rumours suggest.<br /><br />What’s the latest piece of news doing the rounds to support Verizon’s iPhone 4 rumourology?<br /><br />It comes from blogger Richy Rich, who posted an “exclusive” featuring what he claims are “<a href="http://richyrich.net/exclusive-verizon-iphone-4-photos/" target="_blank">Verizon iPhone 4 photos</a>”.<br /><br />Rich noted the Boy Genius report which suggested the Verizon/CDMA iPhone 4 could come as both a CDMA and 3G/GSM device, thus turning it into a “world phone”, working on almost all of the world’s major mobile networks and giving more choice in some countries, primarily the US, over which network would be used – especially if the phone was available in a fully unlocked edition.<br /><br />Rich says he’s “happy to report a follow up to that post with live shots of an “N92DVT” device, which was reported to be the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 back in August by John Gruber.”<br /><br />Rich adds some mystique to the proceedings by suggested that: to his knowledge, “these shots originated from a repair shop in Vietnam, and according to the “DVT” (Design Verification Test) label, it is in final testing stages before production.”<br /><br />The Vietnamese shop owners, who presumably have excellent contacts within the iPhone 4 manufacturing plans, or who have excellent contacts with excellent contacts, say that there is indeed a micro-SIM slot on the iPhone 4, but as “the device is no longer in my sources possession, therefore I wasn’t able to obtain photos for proof.” Although it does dovetail nicely with Boy Genius’ report, the slot might just be there because it’s not a final production unit, or perhaps because Apple intends to deploy such capabilities in a future iPhone 5.<br /><br />Rich’s photos also purport to show a “test operating system” similar to a previous one called “Inferno” from previous “iPhone 4 beta test images and video”.<br /><br />So… it’s all either yet another elaborate hoax… or underground confirmation (or leakage) of Apple’s secret plans, whether to cause mischief or to unofficially alert the world to the imminent arrival of the iPhone 4 to stave off any as-yet unmade Android or WP7 purchasing decisions.<br /><br />It also makes me wonder… will Apple launch a CDMA iPhone 4 in January 2011, only to follow it up with a non-CDMA iPhone 5 just only three or four months later?<br /><br />Or is the CDMA iPhone 4 going to make a surprise 2010 pre-Christmas appearance so there’s still plenty of time between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 going out the door?<br /><br />A final thought – how soon before an LTE iPhone makes an appearance, could it come with the iPhone 5, or will LTE-lovers have to wait until the iPhone 6 to get their kicks?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-466220409428405813?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-49202444315034773992010-10-20T20:43:00.000-07:002010-10-20T20:46:27.999-07:00<h2 class="custom-color"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you are looking for a Smartphone which does it all, Blackberry just might have the answer. </span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"> If you are looking for a Smartphone which does it all, Blackberry just might have the answer. The Blackberry 9800 Torch is a feature rich Smartphone which combines both a touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Its features include a 5 mega pixel digital camera, Wi-Fi Internet connectivity and the new Blackberry 0S 6.0.<br /><br />Measuring 111x 62x 14.6 mm it is relatively compact and lightweight at 161 g. The touchscreen aspect of the phone is in the shape of a 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen which features a pixel resolution of 360x 480 which is capable of displaying up to 16M colours. This is great for viewing photos and videos thanks to the display quality. The slide out QWERTY keyboard offers an efficient method of entering text which is ideal for those more prolific text message or email users, or simply those who prefer to use a physical keyboard.<br />Both vibration and ringing are utilised in order to alert users to incoming calls and messages with the added bonus of supporting MP3 ringtones, resulting in an aspects of the phone which can be customised. Carrying out handsfree calls a simple thanks to a built in speakerphone system as well as a 3.5 mm headset socket which can be used for both handsfree headsets as well as earphones for listening to music via the internal media player. The media player is versatile and the fact that it supports a whole host of different music and video file formats. In addition to this, there is also a number of pre-installed games (with access to a library of downloadable games) to keep users entertained, whilst social networking fans are catered for thanks to social feeds.<br /><br />The blackberry brand is renowned for its comprehensive connectivity features, and the Blackberry Torch is no different. Class 10 versions of both EDGE &amp; GPRS provide the handset with its connections to the relevant cellular networks, whilst an HSDPA connection allows users to browse the web in areas covered by 3G. A faster Internet connection can be attained thanks to Wi-Fi connectivity whenever local Wireless Networks are available. To connect to other devices, both Bluetooth and micro USB connections are included.<br /><br />The Blackberry Torch is equipped with a handy 5 mega pixel camera which does a great job of taking high quality still images thanks in no small part to the inclusion of Autofocus, LED flash and image stabilisation. Should users wish to shoot video footage, they have this option is the camera is also capable of shooting VGA quality footage at a rate of 24 frames per second.<br /><br />Blackberry handsets are well known as a choice for business professionals thanks to their ability to view the front door connect types. The Blackberry Torch features a document viewer which is compatible with Microsoft Office documents including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. There are additional productivity tools in the form of an organiser as well as voice memo recorder, meaning the Blackberry Torch is an ideal companion for staying productive even when out of the office.<br /><br />The Blackberry Torch is an ideal choice for many types of user ranging from social networking and multimedia fans 3G the business professional. With software which is equally as impressive as the hardware, it is hard to find anything to dislike about this versatile Smartphone.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4920244431503477399?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-5532685392627458922009-09-15T19:05:00.000-07:002009-09-15T19:09:22.500-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Nokia has demonstrated a new technology that enables an in-car navigation screen to be connected to a conventional smartphone and act as its surrogate display. Once connected the full range of smartphone features, services and applications are available through the high resolution screens and audio systems embedded in the car. It also enables an information exchange between the smartphone and the car as well as information retrieval through GPS functionality.<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">The demonstration was carried out by Nokia, its subsidiary, NAVTEQ and Magneti Marelli Electronic Systems.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">Connectivity between the smartphone and the car may provide key information such as fuel levels and engine status and combined with GPS information from the smartphone or car, could enable location based services. These services might include the nearest petrol station with the day's lowest prices or even offering an e-coupon for a free coffee if the driver chooses a particular station. In addition, ADAS based safety features may also be supported, for example, to warn drivers to slow down for an upcoming sharp bend. The integrated system mirrors the display of the smartphone on the larger screen and commands can be given either by voice, gesture, touch or traditional in car controls to enable ease of use.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">"This collaboration offers Magneti Marelli the opportunity to make its know-how available for the integration of complex systems in the automotive field," stated Giuseppe Rosso, CEO of Magneti Marelli Electronic Systems. "In this case, through specific management of the vehicle's infotelematic node, Magneti Marelli enables communication between the car - and more precisely between certain functions and data concerning the car - and the new generation of smartphone devices. So, by combining the capabilities and functions of consumer devices with the added value of a "graded" automotive system embedded in the vehicle, the best possible system integration is provided, especially from the standpoint of ergonomics and safe use".</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">Connection from the mobile device to the infotainment system is made either via Bluetooth or USB cable which is a useful choice depending on the length of the journey. For a short distance the driver could leave the phone in a briefcase and connect wirelessly but for longer journeys, the smartphone battery can be preserved by connecting with a cable.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">This technology known as "Virtual Networking Computer layer" is in alpha phase and was developed in collaboration with Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto.</p><p style="text-align: right;" class="body_text"><a href="http://www.cellular-news.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-553268539262745892?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-42160867717995190642009-09-15T18:57:00.000-07:002009-09-15T19:04:13.199-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.cellular-news.com/story/39584/LG_Shows_Off_First_Android_Based_Smartphone_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 894px; height: 550px;" src="http://img.cellular-news.com/story/39584/LG_Shows_Off_First_Android_Based_Smartphone_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />LG Electronics has shown off its first Android based mobile phone, just a week after it announced plans for three new Windows Mobile based smartphones. The new android OS based LG-GW620 features a 3-inch full touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad.<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">"The LG-GW620 will appeal to first-time smartphone customers by offering a new and different kind of user experience," said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "Our objective is to provide a wide selection of smartphones to satisfy the diverse preferences of today's consumers. This Android phone is just one of many smartphone models we plan to introduce worldwide in the years ahead."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">In addition to the Android model, LG announced in early September that it will be introducing a minimum of 13 new smartphones over the next 16 months that utilize Microsoft's Windows Mobile. The newest release, version 6.5, was announced just last week.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body_text">The LG-GW620 will be available in the fourth quarter of this year in select European markets. Pricing and technical specifications are still to be confirmed.</p><p style="text-align: right;" class="body_text"><a href="http://www.cellular-news.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4216086771799519064?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-82568491044811383342009-09-15T18:26:00.000-07:002009-09-15T18:30:18.171-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="byline"><span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Zach Epstein<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nokia_n900_official.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 555px;" src="http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nokia_n900_official.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post009539/">Nokia USA</a> has already put up the <a href="http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post009329/">Maemo-powered N900</a> up for pre-order already, but if you’re waiting for an exact release date to be announced, then better listen up because that’s what we’ve got for you right now.<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">According to <a href="http://thenokiablog.com/2009/09/14/nokia-n900-available-september-27th/">The Nokia Blog</a>, the Nokia N900 will hit distribution centers on September 27th. Granted that this is true and no further delays are encountered, this feature-packed QWERTY-equipped touchscreen slider should be available in the first few days of October at best. So, from the looks of it, the US will indeed be among the select markets which the Nokia N900 will become available in by next month. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">As expected, the retail price of the Nokia N900 is a dollar short of $650 making it the current most expensive handset from the Finish mobile phone maker in the US. <a href="http://www.cellphones.ca/cell-plans/carriers/t-mobile/">T-Mobile</a> hasn’t announced it yet, but you shouldn’t encounter any problems connecting to this particular US carrier’s 3G network as this version of the N900 comes with T-Mobile friendly WCDMA 900/1700/2100MHz bands. </p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8256849104481138334?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-21147996499285107892009-09-15T18:22:00.000-07:002009-09-15T18:23:21.022-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. Senate Health Committee plans to probe deeply into any potential links between cell phone use and cancer, concerned that the case may be similar to the cigarette-lung cancer connection that was denied by tobacco companies for decades.<br /><br />Iowa senator Tom Harkin, who became the committee head after the death of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, said that he was concerned that no one has been able to prove cell phone do not cause cancer.<br /><br />"I'm reminded of this nation's experience with cigarettes," said Harkin. "Decades passed between the first warnings about smoking tobacco and the final definitive conclusion that cigarettes cause lung cancer."<br /><br />Some researchers believe that low levels of radiation from cell phone use may cause cancers of the brain and central nervous system -- similar to the malignant brain tumor that Kennedy had been battling with.<br /><br />Years of research have <a href="http://www.mobiledia.com/news/30541.html">failed</a> to <a href="http://www.mobiledia.com/news/43093.html">establish</a> any clear link between their use and several kinds of cancer, including brain tumors.<br /><br />Four years ago, <a href="http://www.mobiledia.com/news/29261.html">Danish researchers</a> studied the cell phone usage of brain tumor patients and reported that the two were unlikely connected but said that "we won't be able to make any firm conclusions until we can confirm these results with studies with more long-term and heavy cell phone users."<br /><br />Studies in France and Norway last year reported similar results.<br /><br />However, recent worries have been raised by <a href="http://www.mobiledia.com/news/70445.html">U.S. and British researchers</a> who suggest that many of the previous studies were telecom-funded and had a "systemic-skew" that greatly underestimated the chance of tumors, such as excluding people who "had died or were too ill to be interviewed as a consequence of their brain tumor and children and young adults who are more vulnerable."<br /><br />While no solid link between cell phones and cancer has been established, studies indicate the likelihood of such a connection calls for a precautionary approach.<br /><br />An estimated 275 million people in the U.S. and 4 billion worldwide use cell phones.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mobiledia.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2114799649928510789?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-8430190198157279852009-09-10T17:56:00.000-07:002009-09-10T17:57:51.202-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By Rachel Metz<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Struggling phone maker <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_0">Motorola</span> unveiled its first device using <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_1">Google</span>'s Android system Thursday, banking on it to power features that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect with friends, family and colleagues.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Cliq comes with a touch screen and a standard, "QWERTY" keyboard that slides out from its side. Software on it will let users aggregate contact information from various <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_2">social networks</span> and e-mail accounts. Small application "widgets" will show such information as your friends' <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_3">Facebook</span> status updates on the home screen.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The new device also sports a five-megapixel camera, allowing for sharper images than most other phones, including Apple Inc.'s iPhone and its three-megapixel resolution.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Cliq, which Motorola unveiled Thursday during a GigaOM mobile Internet conference in San Francisco, will be available from wireless carrier T-Mobile in time for the holiday season. Pricing and release details will be announced within three weeks.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Motorola plans to unveil a second Android phone in the coming weeks. It will also be available for the holidays, most likely through <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_4">Verizon Wireless</span>, which has already said it will be one of the U.S. carriers for a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_5">Motorola smart phone</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The company's Android-based phones could be key to luring back customers. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company hasn't produced a hit since the wildly popular <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_6">Razr phone</span> in 2005.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Sanjay Jha, Motorola's co-CEO and head of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_7">mobile devices</span>, said <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_8">Google Inc.</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_9">Android software</span> is a modern, well-written operating system that allows people do many different things with their phones. He said a vibrant community of programmers has sprung to build tools around Android. Thousands of applications are already available for free or for sale directly from Android phones.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">With Android, which <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_10">Google</span> encourages manufacturers to use and customize for free, Motorola can also offer distinctive features — something that will be key in convincing cell phone shoppers that the Cliq is more worthy of their dollars than the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_11">iPhone</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_12">Research In Motion Ltd.</span>'s BlackBerry devices.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"I see this as a first step in a long journey where we develop the kind of products which are really relevant for consumers," Jha said in an interview.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Jim Kelleher, an analyst at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_13">Argus Research</span>, said the Cliq may be Motorola's best stab at the smart phone market thus far.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"I think for Motorola to retain its tech edge and reputation for engineering, it really has to hit a home run — not necessary with this particular phone, but with its phones in the coming year, including this one," he said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Outside the U.S., the Cliq will be known as the Dext. It will be available through wireless carrier Orange in the U.K. and France, Telefonica in Spain and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_14">America Movil</span> in South America.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Currently, T-Mobile sells two Android-running smart phones made by HTC Corp., and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_15">Sprint Nextel Corp</span>. is releasing one also made by HTC on Oct. 11. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_16">Samsung Electronics Co</span>. has said it is making an <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252616460_17">Android phone</span> as well.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-843019019815727985?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-39132266574696483072009-09-10T02:49:00.000-07:002009-09-10T02:51:07.414-07:00<b style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="fn">Bonnie Cha<br /></span> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/t-mobile/4505-6454_7-32137728.html">T-Mobile</a> teased us at <a href="http://ces.cnet.com/?">CES 2009</a> by <a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10134121-100.html">introducing the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900</a> but denying us any details on availability date and pricing. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait too long as the carrier has released the final details and has given us our own review unit. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> In short, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a solid addition to T-Mobile's smartphone lineup and one of the company's top offerings, in our opinion. It replaces the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query=blackberry+curve">Curve 8300 series</a>, and brings several notable improvements, including a sleeker design that's bolstered by a more solid construction and an amazingly sharp display, a faster processor, a full HTML Web browser, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. It also has integrated Wi-Fi with UMA support so you can make unlimited calls over a Wi-Fi network. However, our one big disappointment is the lack of 3G support. It's a feature that could really have given the 8900 an edge over its competition. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite this omission and some other minor issues, we would absolutely recommend the BlackBerry Curve 8900. It's a solid device that will appeal to both consumers and mobile professionals, offering a nice balance between work and play and all wrapped up in a sweet little package. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is available now through B2B sales and will be in retail stores nationwide starting February 11 for $199 with a two-year contract. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Design</b><br />The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 holds the distinction (though who knows for how long) as being the thinnest full QWERTY BlackBerry to date. The smartphone measures 4.2 inches tall by 2.3 inches wide by 0.5 inch thick and weighs 3.8 ounces compared with the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/rim-blackberry-curve-8320/4505-6452_7-32626249.html">BlackBerry Curve 8320</a>, which comes it at 4.2 inches high by 2.4 inches wide by 0.6 inch thick and 3.9 ounces. It feels comfortable to use a both a phone and messaging device and fit into a pants pocket. We do appreciate the Curve 8900's sleek profile but even more than that, we're fans of the phone's more solid construction. Though the phone's body is still made of plastic, RIM used different finishes and paint applications to make the handset more durable and you can notice the difference as soon as you pick it up. Our only complaint would be that the battery cover can sometimes shift a little. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33485567-2-300-DT3.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">The BlackBerry Curve 8900 offers a sleeker and more solid design compared with the Curve 8300 series.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Also, while style is subjective, we have to say we dig the look of the Curve 8900 over the previous Curve 8300 series. It has tapered edges like the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/rim-blackberry-storm-verizon/4505-6452_7-33311850.html">BlackBerry Storm</a> and the metallic paint gives the 8900 a fresh, modern. It's a lot less corporate and masculine looking than the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/rim-blackberry-bold-at/4505-6452_7-33016450.html">BlackBerry Bold</a>, so it should appeal to a wide variety of users. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The Curve 8900 features a 2.4-inch TFT LCD that supports 65,536 colors at a 480x360-pixel resolution. It's a better screen than the BlackBerry Bold, which isn't too shabby itself with a 480x320-pixel resolution, but there is an extra level of sharpness and brightness to the Curve's screen that's quite impressive. The Curve 8900 also runs the latest version of the BlackBerry operating system so you get an updated user interface. There's no doubt the UI is more aesthetically pleasing, but we do have one minor complaint: a lot of icons look the same, so it's a bit hard to distinguish different folders and applications onscreen just at a glance. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Below the display, you have your standard navigation array that includes Talk and End keys, a menu shortcut, a back button, and the trackball navigator. The layout is simple and spacious, so there were no problems using the controls or navigating the phone. The side controls, which are outlined below, also allows for easy one-handed operation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33485567-2-300-DT2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">The Curve 8900's keyboard is similar to the BlackBerry Bold's. Though it's smaller, we still found it easy to use.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The BlackBerry Curve 8900's keyboard is similar to the one found on the BlackBerry Bold. Since the phone is smaller, the keys aren't as big or roomy but we still found it easy to compose e-mails and text with minimal errors. The buttons provide a nice tactile feedback and the keyboard is adequately backlit, with the number keys highlighted in red instead of white. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> On the left side, there's a single user-programmable shortcut key (launches voice dialer by default), while there's a 3.5mm headphone jack, a volume rocker, a MicroUSB port, and another customizable side button (assigned to the camera out of the box). The camera and flash are located on the back, and behind the battery cover are the SIM card and microSD expansion slots. We would have preferred that the expansion slot be on the outside for easier access, and we also weren't huge fans of the little plastic piece that held the card in place. It felt flimsy, so we worry if it'll hold up over time. Finally, while not immediately visible, there's a mute button and a lock key on top the unit. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">T-Mobile ships the Curve 8900 with a travel charger, a USB cable, a 256MB MicroSD card, a wired headset, a protective case, a software CD, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/">cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Features</b><br />The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 runs BlackBerry OS 4.6.1.114 so aside from the aforementioned updated user interface, you also get new functionality and improved applications. For example, unlike the Curve 8300 series, you can now edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, thanks to the inclusion of DataViz's Documents to Go Suite. Like the Bold and the Storm, only the Standard Edition is preloaded on the smartphone so if you want the ability to create new documents, you will have to upgrade to the Premium Edition. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The BlackBerry Curve 8900 also ships with a number of personal information management tools, such as a Calendar, a task list, a memo pad, a voice recorder, a calculator, a password keeper, and more. There's quite a catalog of applications available for BlackBerrys, whether you're looking for new games or software for your job. Be aware, however, that if you have third-party applications on an older BlackBerry model, they may not be compatible with the Curve 8900. T-Mobile includes some suggestions and direct download links on its mobile site, or you can check out <a href="http://download.cnet.com/mobile/">Download.com</a> for more ideas. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> One of the most-needed improvements was in the area of Web browsing, and the Curve 8900 delivers. You now get a full HTML Web browser with support for RSS feeds and streaming media, including YouTube clips. Browsing and navigating sites is made better by the Page and Column view options and onscreen cursor. There are also zoom in/out functions. The experience hardly matches the Web experience on the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html" section="luke_topic">iPhone</a>, but it's a definite improvement from previous versions of the BlackBerry browser, which was pretty much atrocious. Baby steps, right? </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> To get connected, you have two options: Wi-Fi or T-Mobile's EDGE network, which is all well and good but what's more newsworthy to us, is what's missing: 3G support. We realize that the addition of a 3G radio affects battery life and size, but still, T-Mobile has finally rolled out its 3G network and could use more 3G smartphones (currently, the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/t-mobile-g1-black/4505-6452_7-33283585.html">T-Mobile G1</a> is the carrier's only smartphone to offer 3G). Admittedly, we found that surfing the Web on the Curve 8900 over EDGE wasn't that bad but even so, we still would have liked to see the inclusion of 3G. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Fortunately, you do get Wi-Fi as an alternative, and the other upside of the integrated Wi-Fi is UMA support. This means you can make and receive unlimited calls over a wireless network and not have the minutes deducted from your cellular plan. The caveat is that you will need to sign for T-Mobile's Unlimited HotSpot Calling plan, which starts at $9.99 per month on top of an existing T-Mobile plan. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Other voice features of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 include quad-band world roaming, a speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, and text and multimedia messaging. The address book is limited only by the available memory (the SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts) with room in each entry for multiple phone numbers, e-mail addresses, work and home addresses, job title, and more. For caller ID purposes, you can assign each contact a photo, a group ID, or a custom ringtone. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Like most of the carrier's handsets, the Curve 8900 supports T-Mobile's MyFaves service, giving you unlimited calls to five contacts, regardless of carrier. Individual plans for MyFaves start at $39.99 a month. You also get Bluetooth 2.0 with support for mono and stereo Bluetooth wireless headsets, hands-free kits, and dial-up networking. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> GPS is built in, using both satellites and cellular triangulation to find your position. You can get maps and text-based, turn-by-turn driving directions with applications such as BlackBerry Maps, which is preloaded on the Curve 8900, and Google Maps for Mobile, but if you want any real-time tracking and voice-guided instructions, you'll have to use a location-based service like TeleNav GPS Navigator. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The BlackBerry Curve 8900's built-in media player can play various music and video formats, including MP3, WMA9/WMA9 Pro/WMA20, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, and MIDI music files, and MPEG4, WMV, DivX4, DivX5/6 (partial support), XviD (partial), and H.263 video clips. There's a search function, playlist creation, shuffle and repeat, and you get a full-screen mode for video playback. The included software CD also contains a copy of Roxio Easy Media Creator, so you can create MP3s from CDs and add audio tags as well as the BlackBerry Media Sync application so you can load your iTunes library. The Curve has 256MB onboard Flash memory while the expansion slot can accept up to 16GB cards. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33485567-2-300-DT1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is equipped with 3.2-megapixel camera and flash.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Curve's camera gets upgraded to a 3.2-megapixel lens (from 2 megapixels) with video recording capabilities, flash, auto focus, 2x zoom, and image stabilization. In camera mode, you get a choice of three picture sizes and three picture qualities. There are white balance settings, and you can add various effects to your photos, such as black and white, and sepia. With the built-in GPS, you can also geotag photos. The camcorder records clips in two formats (normal and MMS) with sound and offers a video light and color effects. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33485567-2-300-SS1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">The Curve took decent photos in well-lit rooms, but had some problems in darker environments. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11508_7-6385526-1.html">Picture quality</a> was good, as long as we were snapping shots in well-lit areas. Even with the flash or in night mode, we had a hard time getting a photo that didn't look dark or completely blown out by the flash. We also noticed a bit of shutter lag, so be sure not to move to quickly away from the scene after pressing the capture button. Video quality wasn't the best as clips looked pretty grainy, but you can still make out the objects and scenery so it'll be fine if there's a moment that you absolutely must get on film and don't have access to a camcorder. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Despite all these other features, e-mail remains the heart and soul of the BlackBerry. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 can sync with your company's BlackBerry Enterprise server, with support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise, to deliver corporate e-mail in real time. There's also an attachment viewer for opening Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect, PDF, JPEG, GIF, and more. With BlackBerry Internet Service, you can also access up to 10 personal/business POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts. Set up is nearly instantaneous; we simply input our Yahoo log in and password, and within a couple of seconds, we received a message that activation was successful. The smartphone also comes preloaded with several instant messaging clients, including Yahoo, AIM, Windows Live, and Google Talk. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Performance</b><br />We <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Labs/4520-6603_7-5109683-2.html">tested</a> the quad-band (850/900/1800/1900; GPRS/EDGE) RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 in San Francisco using T-Mobile service and call quality was satisfactory. There was some minimal background noise that made audio quality a little less pristine than some other smartphones we've tested, but nothing that prevented us from having a conversation or using an airline's voice automated system. There's an Enhance Audio option where you can boost the treble or bass, but we didn't find a noticeable difference. Our friends reported a couple instances of warbled audio, but otherwise no major complaints. We didn't experience any dropped calls during our review period. The speakerphone was also OK. There was plenty of volume, but there was some hollowness to the audio, making it sound as if our callers were talking in an empty room. We successfully paired the Curve 8900 with the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/logitech-mobile-traveller-headset/4505-13831_7-31518390.html">Logitech Mobile Traveller</a> Bluetooth headset and the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/motorola-s9-bluetooth-active/4505-13831_7-32363768.html">Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is equipped with a 512MHz processor and is a fairly responsive device. There were some instances of sluggishness; for example, we encountered some lag when we were trying to access our photo gallery and a couple of times when we launched the camera. It wasn't anything that stopped us in our tracks or left us completely frustrated, and overall, we're pleased with the general performance. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Curve 8900's speaker can't rival the BlackBerry Bold's rich output, but most of you will probably be listening to your music through headphones anyway, so it's a not a huge issue. Using the handset's 3.5mm jack, we plugged in a pair of <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/bose-on-ear-headphones/4505-7877_7-32123892.html">Bose On-Ear headphones</a> for a MP3-like music-listening experience. Video playback was quite impressive. We checked out a couple of clips, including an MP4 file, and found playback to be smooth and the picture looked great on the Curve's high-resolution screen. We also watched a couple of YouTube clips from the Web browser, which looked very mushy and blurry, but that's more about a video quality issue than a Curve issue. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our review unit had no problem finding and connecting to our Wi-Fi network. On EDGE speeds, it took the smartphone about a minute to fully load CNET's Web site, while it took about 15 to 20 seconds to load CNN's and ESPN's mobile sites. Though we weren't hooked up with TeleNav GPS Navigator for real-time navigation, the Curve's GPS radio was able to pinpoint our location within a couple of minutes on BlackBerry Maps. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The BlackBerry Curve 8900 features a 1,400mAh lithium ion battery with a rated talk time of 5.5 hours and up to 14.5 days of standby time. In our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11288_7-6634891-8.html">battery drain tests</a>, we were able to get 8.5 hours of continuous talk time from the Curve 8900 on a single charge. According to <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-13.html">FCC radiation tests</a>, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 has a digital SAR rating of 1.01 watts per kilogram. </p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-3913226657469648307?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-5054314498818704862009-09-10T02:45:00.000-07:002009-09-10T02:47:20.585-07:00<b style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="fn">Bonnie Cha<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"> While it may seem that everyone is obsessed with the latest full-featured phones, there is still the need and want for basic handsets, and the Samsung Glint SCH-u350 answers that call for <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/verizon-wireless/4505-6454_7-32137727.html">Alltel</a> customers. The flip phone offers a simple design and ease of use and most importantly, good call quality. Samsung even throws in Bluetooth, but if you're looking for any type of multimedia features or Web browsing capabilities, look elsewhere. The Samsung Glint is purely for those who simply want a handset for making calls, and the best part is that you can get the phone for free with a one-year contract and after a $30 mail-in rebate. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Design</b><br />Being a basic phone, the Samsung Glint doesn't have a flashy design. Instead, it's simple and functional with a plain but classic midnight-blue-and-black color scheme. The clamshell handset measures 3.78 inches tall by 1.87 inches wide by 0.76 inch deep and weighs 3.35 ounces, so you'll have no problem slipping this compact phone into a pants pocket. Also, while lightweight, the Glint doesn't feel too fragile, though the battery cover is rather plasticky, and the flip mechanism is solid. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33767761-2-300-POCKET.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">Light and compact, the Samsung Glint fits easily into a pants pocket.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> On the front, there's a postage-stamp-size display that shows the usual information (time, date, network strength, battery, message notifications, and photo caller ID. You can also change the contrast, wallpaper, and clock format of the external screen. Above the display, you'll find the Glint's VGA camera while the camera activation/capture key is on the right side along with a dedicated speakerphone button, a 2.5mm headset jack, and Samsung's proprietary power connector. A volume rocker is located on the left side. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Inside, the Samsung Glint offers a 1.9-inch TFT screen that shows 65,000 colors at a 128x160-pixel resolution. With a low resolution, graphics and colors didn't look all that great, but the display was clear enough for dialing numbers and reading text messages. Like the external screen, you can change the wallpaper as well as adjust the backlight and dialing font size. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33767761-2-300-DT1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">We found the Glint's navigation controls and keypad to be spacious and easy to use.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Below the display, you'll find a standard navigation array of two soft keys, Send and End/power buttons, a Clear key, and a four-way directional keypad with a center select key for navigating through the Glint's menu system, which is easy to use and understand. All the controls are large and roomy so we had no problem with any mispresses. The alphanumeric keypad is also spacious with large and easily readable numbers and letters for dialing numbers and text messaging. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Alltel packages the Samsung Glint with an AC adapter and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phone-accessories/">cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Features</b><br />The Samsung Glint has a 1,000-contact address book with room in each entry for five numbers and two e-mail addresses. For caller ID purposes, you can assign a photo, group ID, and/or a custom ringtone. Other phone features include a speakerphone, speed dial, three-way calling, voice commands, vibrate mode, and text and multimedia messaging. Also, while mostly a basic phone, the Glint does offer integrated Bluetooth with support for wireless headsets, hands-free kits, serial port, object push, and phone book access. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Moving beyond voice, the Glint includes a handful of tools for personal organization, such as a calendar, a memo pad, a calculator, a unit converter, an alarm clock, and more. You can shop for more apps through Alltel's MobileShop, but be aware that browsing and downloading apps uses up airtime (the phone warns you of this as well). The same goes for using the phone's WAP browser. You can check your Web-based e-mail accounts as well as other social networking sites through the browser, but given its bare-bones nature and the Glint's low-resolution screen, we'd keep this to a minimum. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33767761-2-300-DT2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">Above the external display, you'll find the Glint's VGA camera.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Samsung Glint isn't big on multimedia and only comes with a VGA camera. A 1.3-megapixel camera would have been nice. You can shoot photos in one of three resolutions and one of three quality settings. The camera also offers five shooting modes, including series, mosaic, and night, as well as white balance settings, effects, and a self-timer. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33767761-2-300-SS1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">With a lowly VGA camera, picture quality wasn't the greatest.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11508_7-6385526-1.html">Picture quality</a> was subpar, which isn't that surprising considering the VGA lens. Images looked blurry, and colors were drab and gray. It was also hard to get any close-up shots. After you're done taking pictures, you can upload your photos to Alltel MyPics or send them to friends and family via multimedia message. You can also set it as your wallpaper, use it for photo caller ID, or view them in a slideshow on your phone. The Samsung Glint offers about 52MB of internal memory. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Performance</b><br />We <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Labs/4520-6603_7-5109683-2.html">tested</a> the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) Samsung Glint in San Francisco using Alltel's roaming service. Call quality was quite good. We enjoyed rich-sounding audio on our end with plenty of volume. There was very little background noise, though on a couple of occasions, the call cut out for a brief second. Our friends also reported good sound quality and didn't have any complaints until we activated the speakerphone at which point they said we sounded a bit tinny. On our end, we were impressed with the clarity and volume of the speakerphone. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> We paired the Samsung Glint with the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/logitech-mobile-traveller-headset/4505-13831_7-31518390.html">Logitech Mobile Traveller</a> Bluetooth headset with no problem. The handset has an M3 Hearing Aid Compatibility rating. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The Samsung Glint has a rated talk time of 6 hours and up to 12 days of standby time. We are still conducting our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11288_7-6634891-9.html">battery drain tests</a> but will update this section as soon as we have final results. According to <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-7.html">FCC radiation tests</a>, the Glint has a digital SAR rating of 1.09 watts per kilogram. </p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source<br /></span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-505431449881870486?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-25131537182206261452009-09-10T02:42:00.000-07:002009-09-10T02:44:52.100-07:00<b style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="fn"> Bonnie Cha<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/sprint-nextel/4505-6454_7-32137729.html">Sprint</a> has really <a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10345042-85.html">filled out</a> its smartphone lineup quite nicely this summer, offering a little something for everyone. The <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/palm-pre-sprint/4505-6454_7-33490473.html">Palm Pre</a> brought a touch-screen smartphone to the masses; the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/rim-blackberry-tour-9630/4505-6454_7-33686230.html">BlackBerry Tour</a> gave mobile professionals an international e-mail machine; and the soon-to-be-released <a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10338820-251.html">HTC Hero</a> will certainly please tech-savvy gadget lovers. And now, for power business users, there is the HTC Touch Pro2. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Like the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-touch-pro2-t/4505-6452_7-33738108.html">T-Mobile version</a>, the Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 features a gorgeous touch screen and one of the best QWERTY keyboards we've seen to date. It's also packed with features like HTC's Straight Talk Technology for conference call management, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. However, Sprint offers a few more extras on its HTC Touch Pro2 than T-Mobile, such as its various entertainment services, and wait for it...a standard 3.5 millimeter audio jack. Sprint's globetrotting execs will also be pleased to know that it offers world-roaming capabilities. Unfortunately, your wallet will take a hit for all these premium features. The HTC Touch Pro2 costs $349.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate, which definitely hurts, but the powerful smartphone is one the best-equipped devices to meet the needs of the most demanding user. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Design</b><br />Sprint's version of the HTC Touch Pro2 more closely resembles the unlocked model of the smartphone than T-Mobile's version, which is fine by us. The tapered edges give the smartphone a more streamlined and smoother look and the charcoal gray color is a classic and attractive choice. The Sprint Touch Pro2 is also actually just a hair shorter and lighter (4.56 inches tall by 2.33 inches wide by 0.68 inch thick and 6.3 ounces) than the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 as well, but overall, this is still a very bulky device. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33770281-2-300-DT1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">We favored the design of the Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 over T-Mobile's model.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone features a gorgeous and spacious tilting 3.6-inch WVGA touch screen. It displays 262,000 colors at 480x800 pixels so whether you're viewing Web pages, photos, or reading e-mails, it all looks good on the Touch Pro2's sharp screen. The touch-sensitive zoom bar below the display also makes it easy to zoom in and out of Web pages and photos. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> There is a built-in accelerometer that automatically switches the screen orientation when you rotate the phone, but it only works in certain applications, such as the browser, photos, and e-mail. The accelerometer was fairly quick and didn't freeze up at any point during our testing period. Though we would have preferred a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen">capacitive touch screen versus a resistive one</a>, the Touch Pro2's was responsive overall. The one exception was when we were using the Sprint TV app and had a hard time scrolling through the various channels and program guides. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Windows Mobile device is easy to navigate, however, thanks to HTC's TouchFlo 3D interface. Sprint added several more tabs to provide easy access to its services, including Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music, and Sprint TV, but you can also remove or add more tabs through the Settings menu. Below the display, you also have a few navigation controls, including Talk and End keys, a Start menu shortcut, and a back button. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33770281-2-300-DT2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">The HTC Touch Pro2's QWERTY keyboard is one of the best we've seen and used to date. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The slide-out QWERTY keyboard is largely unchanged, with the exception of some relocated shortcut buttons. It's still a delight to use with its spacious layout and large buttons and remains one of the best keyboards we've used on a smartphone. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> While there haven't been too many physical differences among the various versions HTC Touch Pro2, Sprint does offer something the others don't: a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. Yes, finally! The jack is located on bottom of the device right next to the USB port/power connector, so you're now free to plug in your favorite pair of headphones or earbuds without the hassle of using an audio adapter. There are volume controls on the left side of the device, but if you feel like blasting your music or calls for all to hear, there are dual speakers on back along with a mute button. The camera is also located on back, while the microSD expansion and SIM card slots are behind the battery door. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33770281-2-300-BOTTOM.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">Hurray! The Sprint version of the Touch Pro2 includes a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Sprint packages the HTC Touch Pro2 with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a screen protector, a SIM card, an extra stylus, a software CD, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phone-accessories/">cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Features</b><br />The Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 offers a lot of the same core functionality of the T-Mobile model, including HTC's Straight Talk Technology, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition. Though Sprint hasn't officially announced it, a company representative did say the smartphone has the hardware and software requirements to support an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 and that it's foreseeable for Sprint to deliver a software upgrade in the near future. For now, you get the usual Mobile Office Suite and e-mail capabilities as well as some extras, including Opera Mobile 9.5, Facebook app with contacts integration. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> You can read more about Window Mobile 6.1 and some of the aforementioned features in our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-touch-pro2-t/4505-6452_7-33738108.htm">full review of the T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2</a>, but here we'll discuss some of the more Sprint-specific offerings, starting with the world roaming capabilities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Touch Pro2 offers dual-mode functionality, which means the handset supports both CDMA and GSM technology to provide seamless international roaming. Domestically, the smartphone works on Sprint's CDMA network, but will then automatically detect and switch to the international GSM bands when you're traveling overseas. The Touch Pro2 comes with a SIM card for international use, and Sprint offers voice coverage in 185 countries and data coverage in 150 countries. Unfortunately, the smartphone does not offer 3G coverage overseas. Also, before you head off on your trip, be sure to check Sprint's international rates, which range from 59 cents to $5.99, so you're not surprised when you receive your phone bill. You can check rates <a href="http://nextelonline.nextel.com/assets/pdfs/en/support/guides/services/worldwide/Worldwide_eflyer.pdf">here</a> (PDF). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The HTC Touch Pro2 also supports a number of Sprint services that take advantage of using the carrier's the EV-DO Rev. A network. Sticking with the theme of travel, there's Sprint Navigation, which is powered by TeleNav, and offers 2D and 3D color maps, voice-guided directions, traffic information, and more. For entertainment, the Sprint Music Store offers music downloads and you can watch clips of your favorite TV shows courtesy of Sprint TV or use the phone's dedicated YouTube app. Sports enthusiasts might also enjoy the NFL Mobile Live or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile apps. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The camera is the same at 3.2 megapixels. It can shoot images in one of five resolutions and one of four quality settings. Unfortunately, there's no flash but there are white balance and brightness controls. You also get ISO settings, effects, flicker adjustment, panorama mode, and other tools. For videos, the Touch Pro2 can capture clips in H.263, 3GPP2, MEPG4, or H.264 formats in one of three resolutions. The HTC Touch Pro2 offers about 288MB RAM, which is supplemented by the microSD expansion slot, which can accept up to 16GB cards. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/33770281-2-300-SS1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px; width: 300px;"><b class="v1">We weren't very impressed by the photo quality.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11508_7-6385526-1.html">Picture quality</a> was OK. While images were sharp and objects were easy to indentify in photos, colors looked bland and somewhat hazy. Videos looked a bit grainy but acceptable if you're in an absolute pinch and need to record something. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Performance</b><br />We <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Labs/4520-6603_7-5109683-2.html">tested</a> the dual-mode HTC Touch Pro2 in San Francisco using Sprint service, and call quality was excellent on our end. We were happy with how rich and clear voices sounded and with the lack of any background noise. Unfortunately, our callers didn't quite enjoy the same experience. Though they said they could hear us just fine, they mentioned that it sounded as if we were in a tunnel with a bit of echoing. Also, callers reported that parts of our conversation occasionally cut in and out when we were using the speakerphone, but once again, we had no complaints on our side of the call and was wholly impressed the volume and clarity of the speakerphone. Unfortunately, we couldn't test the international capabilities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> We successfully paired the smartphone with the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/logitech-mobile-traveller-headset/4505-13831_7-31518390.html">Logitech Mobile Traveller</a> Bluetooth headset and the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/motorola-s9-bluetooth-active/4505-13831_7-32363768.html">Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones</a>, and it was a treat to plug our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/bose-on-ear-headphones/4505-7877_7-32123892.html">Bose On Ear Headphones</a> straight into the smartphone without having to fiddle with a cumbersome adapter. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Music playback was rich and loud. Video performance was OK, depending on the format. From our personal library, WMV and AVI files played back smoothly with synchronized audio and images. YouTube clips took a few seconds to buffer, but they also played with no major interruption. Unfortunately, Sprint TV didn't fare well in our tests. There were problems from the get-go and navigating through the various channels and clips was jerky. Also, when playing videos, the picture took a while to render and once again, it would occasionally hiccup and freeze up momentarily--not worth the hassle, we say. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Using Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A network, CNET's full site loaded in a rather zippy 37 seconds, while CNN and ESPN's mobile sites both loaded in 5 seconds. The smartphone's GPS wasn't quite as quick. In fact, it took a little while for the Touch Pro2 to find our location. We weren't in a part of the city that was dominated by tall buildings and it was a clear day, yet we still kept getting this message for about 10 minutes: "GPS signal is weak. Please move to an open are and remain motionless until getting the GPS location." Once locked on though, it tracked our movements accurately and Sprint Navigation provided accurate directions from the Golden Gate Bridge area to CNET's downtown headquarters. Spoken directions were loud and clear, and the app checked for traffic along the way. Route recalculations were also swift and on point when we purposefully missed several turns. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Powered by a 528MHz processor, the HTC Touch Pro2 was a fairly responsive device. We didn't experience any major meltdowns during our testing period, though we did have to exit out of a couple of applications in order to get a video to play. To help with task management, there is a pull-down menu in the upper right corner of the Start screen where you can see all running programs and you can also close out apps now by tapping the X in the upper right-hand corner. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The HTC Touch Pro2 features a 1500mAh lithium-ion battery with a rated talk time of 4 hours and up to 14 days of standby time. We are still conducting our <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11288_7-6634891-12.html">battery drain tests</a> but will update this section as soon as we have final results. According to <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-11.html">FCC radiation tests</a>, the Touch Pro2 has a digital SAR rating of 1.41 watts per kilogram. Finally, the smartphone has a Hearing Aid Compatible rating of M3. </p><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2513153718220626145?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-50502041107173615302009-09-08T16:09:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:10:00.647-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By Jennifer LeClaire<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"> Despite Nokia World grabbing the lion's share of the wireless industry news this week, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_0">Sony Ericsson</span> stole some of the spotlight with its Xperia X2, a new <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_1">Windows Mobile</span> 6.5 smartphone that focuses on 24/7 multimedia communications. A Windows device marks a shift in strategy for Sony Ericsson. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The X2 lets users synchronize their mail and calendar and open and edit <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_2">Microsoft Office Mobile documents</span>. It also offers a SlideView feature that gives users a quick overview of missed calls, e-mails and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_3">text messages</span> so they don't miss an important contact. The Xperia X2 has QWERTY messaging. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "In the fast-moving world we live in, the need to stay connected has never been so important," said Sumit Malhotra, marketing business manager at Sony Ericsson. "We constantly rely on our mobile phones as an extension to the office, and the Xperia X2, debuting with Windows Mobile 6.5, allows users to work quickly and efficiently while on the move." </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b> Partnering with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_4">Microsoft</span> </b> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The communications-centric Xperia X2 hosts Skype, Mytopia, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_5">Google</span>, games, CNN, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_6">Windows Live</span>, and lots of other application panels to help users stay up to date on their interests. The phone's touch interface has been improved and a new 3D signature panel makes way for categorization of business, fun and communications functions. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"Windows phones allow people to manage their whole world -- from work to home to play -- on a single handset," said Stephanie Ferguson, general manager of product management for Microsoft. "The Xperia X2 taps the powerful messaging and multimedia capabilities in Windows Mobile so customers can be in touch, productive and entertained wherever they are." </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Although the X2 focuses on communications, there are plenty of entertainment features, including an 8.1-megapixel camera with instant upload to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252445881_7">Facebook</span>. The phone also offers the ability to play music, shoot videos, or play games. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b> Sony Ericsson's Major Shift </b> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> This Sony Ericsson-identified need to stay connected 24/7 drove the launch of Xperia Services, a package designed to help Xperia X2 users get the most out of their mobile phone. Sony Ericsson has a specialized technical team standing by to support users and talk them through the phone's features, from troubleshooting to accessing Web sites. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">With always-connected communications in mind, the Xperia Services team will help users if the device stops working while traveling internationally. Xperia Services can replace the phone immediately. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The X2 will be available in selected markets early in the fourth quarter. When it debuts, it will mark a definite shift in Sony Ericsson's mobile-phone strategy, according to Mike Disabato, a senior analyst at the Burton Group. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "Sony Ericsson used to run on Symbian. Sony Ericsson used to be one of the biggest manufacturers in the industry and they made some outstanding phones on that operating system," Disabato said. "If they are going to Windows Mobile, that's a big shift."</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5050204110717361530?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-77715878555730705442009-09-08T16:06:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:08:19.459-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By Tarmo Virki<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252416998_0">Nokia Siemens Networks</span>, the key equipment vendor to British operations of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252416998_1">Deutsche Telekom</span> and France Telecom, has most to lose in the merger of the two mobile networks, analysts said Tuesday.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom unveiled Tuesday a plan to merge their British mobile units, looking to save 4 billion euros ($5.76 billion) and aiming to get regulatory approval by mid 2010 for the venture.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Analysts said both carriers were likely to hold off from any major investments until the venture starts.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "I don't think there will be major changes in the short term, but the merger will decrease the cake to be shared," said Pohjola analyst Hannu Rauhala.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia Siemens has been the key network gear supplier for both vendors, while also operating Orange's network.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "Nokia Siemens faces the biggest downside risk on the infrastructure side. In supplying both networks, NSN is exposed to almost all of the planned capex savings," <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252416998_2">Nomura</span> analyst Stuart Jeffrey said in a note.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia Siemens Networks said it was too early to comment on possible impacts to its business.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "We believe we are in a good position to help the joint venture to succeed," <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252416998_3">Ashish Chowdhary</span>, incoming chief of Nokia Siemens' services unit, told Reuters.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The telecoms equipment market has seen cut-throat competition for new business during the past few years, driven by Asian vendors, and the outlook remains tough.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Ericsson provides managed services to T-Mobile, while also supplying 2G network.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> A spokesman for Ericsson declined to comment.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> ($1=.6950 Euro)</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source<br /></span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-7771587855573070544?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-12577839155329260032009-09-08T16:00:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:01:34.924-07:00<cite><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Manila Bulletin</span><br /><br /></cite><div style="text-align: justify;">With all the latest technology in its arsenal, it is only a matter of time before Nokia moves from mobile phones and handhelds to something much bigger... or smaller? Leading the pack of new phones that Nokia launched recently at the Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany is a cellular phone dynamo that has everyone buzzing -- the Nokia N900.<br /><br />Giving computer-grade performance with its Linux-based Maemo software, Nokia N900 allows users to multitask with the use of windows that can open and run simultaneously. Thanks to its powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 32 GB of storage that is expandable up to 48 GB via a microSD card, 1 GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. Switching from one application to another is not even a problem as all running programs are available in the dashboard. And with its user-friendly QWERTY keyboard, the experience of computing is not much different from that of the laptop.<br /><br />"Just as Nokia continues to expand and diversify its device portfolio, so it is deploying multiple platforms to allow it to serve different purposes and address different markets.<br /><br />"While we have seen continued growth in Symbian as a smartphone platform, Maemo enables Nokia to deliver new mobile computing experiences based on open-source technology that has strong ties with desktop platforms," said Jonathan Arber, Senior Research Analyst in Consumer Mobile at IDC.<br /><br />Browsing the Internet is a breeze with a fast internet connectivity through 10/2 HSPA and WLAN. It also features a browser powered by Mozilla technology. That means websites will look the way they would on any computer. Online videos and interactive applications are also vivid with full Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support.<br /><br />Messaging on the N900 is easy and convenient. Setting up email happens with only a few touches and the Nokia Messaging service mobilizes up to 10 personal email accounts.<br /><br />Text message or IM exchanges with friends are shown in one view and all conversations are organized as separate windows. But like other Nokia phones, the N900 also has fully customizable homescreen that users can fill with their favorite applications and widgets as well as a 5 MP Carl Zeiss camera.<br /><br />The N900 is so powerful that it even stole the thunder from Nokia's first mini laptop- the Booklet 3G- that was also launched the same day.<br /><br />The mobile dynamo is set to come out October this year in selected markets for about 500 Euros. Unfortunately for the millions of techie Filipinos, the Philippines is not yet part of that initial market list. But who knows, Filipinos might just have the chance to get their hands on this stunning piece of gadget?<br /><br />Other phones that were launched in Nokia World 2009 which will be made available last quarter this year in the Philippines are the N97 mini, which is a smaller and much cheaper version of the N97; the X6, which features a TV-out support, video editing capabilities and the first in the Xpress phone series to have a capacitive touchscreen keypad; and lastly the X3, which has two stereo speakers for better sound quality and an internal FM antenna. Both X6 and X3 are packaged with "Comes with Music" which allows users to download all the music they want for free for a certain period of time, normally one year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://ph.news.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-1257783915532926003?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-55266074817430163202009-09-08T15:58:00.000-07:002009-09-08T15:59:20.135-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By David Coursey<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"> If you believe technology is supposed to become less expensive over time, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_0">Nokia</span> has news for you: Prices for the company’s newest products, introduced last week, are simply shocking.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Still, there is a bit of illusion at work here. The prices quoted are for <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_1">unlocked phones</span> and don't reflect subsidies paid by U.S. cellular carriers. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_2">Subsidies</span> lower what Americans pay for cellular hardware at initial purchase and make Nokia's non-subsidized list prices appear outrageous by comparison. If you think no phone offered in the U.S. costs as much as what Nokia wants for its new models, this is the reason. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> In the case of my 32GB <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_3">iPhone</span> 3GS, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_4">AT&amp;T</span> appears to have <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/shockandawenokiashandsetnetbookpricing/33308405/SIG=12cln0vrt/*http://www.pcworld.com/article/166341/inside_the_iphone_3g_ss_pricing.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_5">paid at least $300</span></a> to lower its initial selling price. (You can get a handle on how much the subsidies are by looking at pricing for replacement phones bought before the end of a service contract).</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> In some parts of the world, handsets are sold by themselves, without subsidies, without service contacts, making these list prices more important than they are in the U.S. And, of course, the list prices don't reflect discounts that resellers offer to consumers.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Let's consider the new-model pricing that Nokia has released, mostly last week at Nokia World in Germany:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/shockandawenokiashandsetnetbookpricing/33308405/SIG=13e12tr8f/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/170913/linux_phone_netbook_prove_nokia_still_has_ambition.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_6">N900</span></a> "iPhone killer" handset (Yeah, sure it is) Unix phone: $700 </li><li><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/shockandawenokiashandsetnetbookpricing/33308405/SIG=1312s9v1e/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/171290/nokia_booklet_3g_priced_at_and8364575.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_7">Booklet 3G</span></a> tablet: $816</li><li>The <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/shockandawenokiashandsetnetbookpricing/33308405/SIG=12uef7c5n/*http://www.pcworld.com/article/171299/nokia_gets_social_with_two_new_touchscreen_phones.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_8">N97 Mini</span></a> handset: $640</li><li><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/shockandawenokiashandsetnetbookpricing/33308405/SIG=12uef7c5n/*http://www.pcworld.com/article/171299/nokia_gets_social_with_two_new_touchscreen_phones.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252447803_9">X6 handset</span></a>: $640</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> Reduce each of these prices by a $300 carrier subsidy and they still seem high. Take off another $50 as a reseller discount and they seem a bit more reasonable. Still, if an American can purchase an iPhone for at little as $99 or a Palm Pre for $199, all these products seem pricey, least to me. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> In England, there are subsidies but cellular service costs less, too. You can, for example, get a free iPhone 3GS with a $70-a-month service contract. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> A English friend looked at the prices for me, however, and said that by the time they make it to High Street shops, the new Nokia products will be priced to compete with other vendors' products.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Just for comparison, an unlocked 32GB iPhone 3GS sells for $799 in Asia, so my $300 subsidy guesstimate could be a good bit too low. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Taken in a global context, Nokia may seem be asking top dollar, but maybe not top Euro. Global handset pricing is a complex and confusing business, and I think the cellular carriers are happy about that.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5526607481743016320?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-7182777156025701912009-09-08T15:56:00.000-07:002009-09-08T15:57:38.406-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">By Jason Hiner<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.techrepublic.com.com/gallery/339309-500-273.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 273px;" src="http://i.techrepublic.com.com/gallery/339309-500-273.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">There’s a lot of hyperbole about the expected growth of smartphones over the next three to five years, especially when you consider that in 2009 smartphones represent just 15% of total mobile phone sales. But, the X factor that’s changing the game and creating one of the hottest new trends in technology is smartphones evolving into an application platform.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone has arrived where it is today by taking the mobile phone and adding a qwerty keyboard plus “push” email and calendar functionality. But, the success of Apple’s <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/">iPhone App Store</a> has demonstrated is that simple, functionality-focused applications can unlock a wealth of additional usefulness in the smartphone. Now, the race is on, as mobile vendors and application developers elbow each other in the ribs to gain an advantage in this potentially massive opportunity to capture audience, influence, and revenue.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-718277715602570191?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-43565642664229568382009-09-08T15:54:00.000-07:002009-09-08T15:55:36.074-07:00<p style="text-align: justify;">Credit Suisse <a href="http://money.aol.com/article/ahead-of-the-bell-analyst-sees-smart/649384">recently projected that total smartphone sales for 2009 will end up at around 176 million units</a>. In the years ahead, Credit Suisse expects the smartphone market to balloon to around 1.5 billion units. By comparison, worldwide unit sales of all mobile phones in 2009 will be about 1.2 billion and worldwide unit sales of all PCs in 2009 will be about 300 million. Credit Suisse commented: “We believe smartphones represent one of the most attractive secular trends in technology.” (In this context, “secular” means not tied to just one vendor.)</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Beyond smartphone applications, there are several additional forces at work that are going to drive the growth of the smartphone market:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;" type="disc"><li><strong>Mobile broadband</strong> - The rise of 4G on WiMAX and LTE will bring multi-megabit broadband Internet to the same airwaves that people are currently using for mobile voice service and pedestrian Internet services such as EDGE and 3G. This next generation of mobile broadband will unleash a new wave of software applications and video services on smartphones. It will also enable <a href="http://cnettv.cnet.com/yelp-iphone-3gs-monocle-feature/9742-1_53-50076295.html">augmented reality</a> software to let smartphones interact with the real world.</li><li><strong>Emerging economies</strong> - In countries that have largely missed the PC revolution so far but will be be joining the global civilization in a more connected way, many citizens will not be jumping on the information superhighway with a PC - the power grid and Internet infrastructure are still too spotty and underdeveloped in many areas. Instead, the mobile phone will become their PC, because cellular towers are much easier and cheaper to deploy and there are inexpensive ways to generate small bursts of recharging power (remember the hand crank on the OLPC?).</li><li><strong>All mobile phones become smartphones</strong> - The definition and form factor of the smartphone has certainly expanded. It’s no longer just a mobile phone with a qwerty keyboard. There are now smartphones with nothing but virtual keyboards (iPhone, HTC MyTouch) and clamshell smartphones with more traditional keypads (BlackBerry Pearl Flip). Today’s smartphones are more about an advanced mobile OS under the hood. Thus, all mobile phones will naturally become smartphones as their underlying software takes on more advanced functions and vendors become less likely to build their own OS and more likely to use an open source mobile OS like Android or license Windows Mobile or Palm’s webOS.</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4356564266422956838?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-68794385439167423542009-02-19T19:36:00.000-08:002009-02-19T19:46:48.108-08:00<h2 class="dek2"><br /></h2><h2 class="dek2"><span style="font-size:85%;">Made in part from recycled bottles, Samsung's Blue Earth phone boasts various eco-friendly features</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/blueearth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 165px;" src="http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/blueearth.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Green-tech enthusiasts (myself included) are taking note of a new solar-powered cell phone unveiled by Samsung at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dubbed the Blue Earth phone, the touchscreen device has mini solar panels located on its back. Fully charging the phone via solar power takes between 10 and 14 hours and would offer 4 hours of chat time. Users could also plug the phone into a charger and harness solar power to extend talk time. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>[ Samsung's Blue Earth phone demonstrates some of the ways phone manufacturers are <a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2008/10/making_cell_pho.html?source=fssr">making their wares greener</a>. ] </b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Blue Earth boasts some other notable eco-friendly features. Among them, it's built from plastic harvested from used water bottles, according to Samsung. Also eco-friendly, the phone and high-efficiency charger contain zero toxic chemicals such as brominated flame retardants, beryllium, or phthalates.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, screen brightness is easy to set, users can adjust backlight duration, and the phone has an energy-efficient Bluetooth mode.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Add to that the phone's "eco walk" function. A built-in pedometer counts the user's steps and calculates many CO2 emissions said users has saved by walking instead of driving. A little gimmicky, perhaps, but hey, it could have its uses.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> The device will be launched in Europe in the second half of this year. No price tag has been revealed, and it's not clear when, or if, it will reach North America.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6879438543916742354?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-33282422458632979122009-01-27T19:19:00.000-08:002009-01-27T19:22:36.811-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Children who talk on cell phones while crossing streets are at a higher risk for injuries or death in a pedestrian accident, said psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in a new study that will appear in the February issue of Pediatrics.<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">"Cell phones clearly offer convenience and safeguards to families, but they also may pose risk," they said, "particularly when children attempt to multitask while conversing on the cell phone and have reduced cognitive capacity to devote to potentially dangerous activities such as crossing streets."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">For the study, researchers used a virtual reality software program and three screens to display an actual Birmingham-area crosswalk with simulated vehicles of different sizes traveling on the virtual street. The psychologists found that all of the children - even those who were experienced with talking on cell phones, crossing streets or rated as highly attentive - were more likely to exhibit risky behaviors when they crossed the virtual street while talking on a cell phone.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Specifically, it took the children who were on a cell phone 20 percent longer to begin crossing the street, and they were 43 percent more likely to be hit by a vehicle or have a close call in the virtual environment. In addition, the children looked both ways 20 percent fewer times before crossing the street and gave themselves 8 percent less time to cross safely in front of oncoming traffic when they were on the cell phone.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The study was published by UAB doctoral student Despina Stavrinos, M.S., under the direction of UAB psychologist David Schwebel, Ph.D. UAB graduate student Katherine Byington also contributed to the study.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In this study, 77 children, aged 10-11, completed simulated street crossings in the virtual environment. They were asked to cross the virtual street six times without a cell phone and six times while talking on a cell phone with an unfamiliar research assistant.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The UAB researchers asked the children to cross the virtual street when they believed it was safe. The children stepped from the "curb," onto a pad with a pressure switch electronically connected to a computer, and the system registered the precise moment they entered the "street."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Cell phones are quickly becoming ubiquitous among American schoolchildren, the UAB psychologists wrote. "Commercial interests actively market cell phones for children, and marketing research firms estimate that 54 percent of children 8-12 will have cell phones by the end of [this year,] double the 2006 rate."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Just as drivers should limit cell phone use while driving, pedestrians, and especially child pedestrians, should avoid using cell phone while crossing streets, the UAB researchers said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">More research is needed to determine the impact that texting, listening to mp3 players and talking to peers has on children's ability cross streets safely, they said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The study was partially supported by the UAB Injury Control Research Center through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-3328242245863297912?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-5887552551489486742009-01-27T19:10:00.000-08:002009-01-27T19:18:40.267-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_0"><br />Cell phone users</span> are learning that their devices aren't immune to bugs, glitches, and poor construction. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=12lu2csu4/*http://www.pcworld.com/article/157149/blackberry_storm_touchscreen_underwhelms.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_1">The Blackberry Storm</span></a>, released on November 21, 2008, has been particularly affected by these faults, as <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_2">Research in Motion</span> (RIM) rushed its device to compete with the iPhone. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_3">Jim Balsillie</span>, co-CEO of RIM, told <em><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=12ccsn790/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123292905716613927.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_4">The Wall Street Journal</span></a> </em>that these bugs are becoming a part of the "new reality" for cellphone manufacturers. Sources close to the device's creation told the <em>WSJ</em> that the bugs were known but were overlooked for the purposes of getting the Storm out on the market.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> RIM should have known better. <em><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=12ou7lrvt/*http://www.pcworld.com/article/154212/blackberrys_storm_awkward_and_disappointing.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_5">PC World called the device</span></a></em> "underwhelming" and "awkward and disappointing." <em><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=130ibjrdg/*http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/technology/personaltech/04pogue-email.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_6">The New York Times' David Pogue</span></a></em> called the Storm "by far the worst <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_7">product Research in Motion</span> has ever produced." And now consumers are returning the phone in droves. So what is this new reality, and can it be avoided?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> As cellular phones become as complex as small computers, bugs and viruses are bound to follow. Before a software fix, the <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=13327mfds/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148270/iphone_3g_debuts_some_glitches_reported.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_8">iPhone 3G suffered</span></a> from a poor battery, lagging keyboard, and spotty 3G reception. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_9">Google</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_10">Android phone</span> was <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/cellphonebugsandglitchesthenewreality/30739733/SIG=11potcjpv/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119800856883537515.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_11">plagued by glitches</span></a> in the development stage. Both of these phones were rushed out to the market in order to get a heads-up on the competition, and both, in a way, suffered for the hubris.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> RIM could have learned a valuable lesson from both <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_12">Apple</span> and Google: Make sure the phone is <em>done</em> before throwing it in the coliseum. Instead, the company appears to be twisting reality to its standards of failure by calling it a "new reality."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Perhaps companies are now <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_13">turning a blind eye</span> to quality construction and functionality in order to slash the throats of their competitors, but here's the "new new reality": the public won't buy it, and you won't get away with it. Future cellphone manufacturers take note: the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233111069_14">Blackberry Storm</span>'s failure should be your impetus to ensure a product is the best it can possibly be before landing in the eager hands of consumers.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-588755255148948674?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-64368157441537264872009-01-18T17:25:00.000-08:002009-01-18T17:26:50.154-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_0"><br /><br />Mobile phone giants</span> are going beyond their traditional role as handset makers by offering entertainment and lifestyle content to help grow revenues amid tough competition, analysts say. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_1">Mobile phone sales</span> are expected to decline worldwide this year as consumers hurt by the economic meltdown cut down on spending, and phone makers hope the services will help keep existing clients, attract new ones and generate fresh <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_2">revenue streams</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "The overarching story here is that the various device makers... are looking for ways to go beyond selling just devices into generating revenues from selling multimedia content and services," said Aloysius Choong, research manager at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_3">market intelligence firm</span> IDC.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "Right now, especially in Asia, we haven't actually figured out the best way or whether there is a right way to be selling these content and services," he told AFP.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nathan Burley, an analyst with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_4">market research firm</span> Ovum, said bundling content and services into the handsets is also dictated by industry trends as handphones come with more processing power and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_5">wireless connection</span> becomes more widespread.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "For the handset vendors, these are ways to reduce churn and to tie the customer to their services," Burley told AFP.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "There is no doubt that they see services going forward as a key part of their competitive arsenal."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Burley said global mobile phone sales are expected to fall between five and 12 percent this year compared with 2008.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "If you look at many companies, in the middle of last year many people were expecting positive growth. Now they expect negative growth in 2009 in terms of total shipment," he said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_6">Mobile phone makers</span> have come up with different business models on how to package content.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> On Wednesday, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_7">Sony Ericsson</span> launched a new service called PlayNow Kiosk, which allows its handphone users in the Asia-Pacific region to download the latest movies, television series, games and music from its retail stores.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> During the first phase of the launch, the service will be available at more than 80 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_8">Sony Ericsson stores</span> in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_9">Indonesia</span>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_10">Singapore</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_11">Malaysia</span>, the company said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The stores will feature a station where <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_12">Sony Ericsson users</span> can plug in their phones, browse from a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_13">flat screen panel</span> and download the latest movies within just three to four minutes for a fee.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Popular television series, games, ringtones and music, including more than 1,800 albums and 23,000 individual tracks, are also available.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "The nice thing about the Kiosk idea is that it creates an opportunity for impulse buys and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_14">instant gratification</span>," Choong of IDC said.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "It's something like hopping into a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_15">convenience store</span> to buy the evening paper before you hop on the train home."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Hirokazu Ishizuka, corporate vice president and head of Asia-Pacific region at Sony Ericsson, said the company launched the service because there was a need to offer something better.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "The competition is getting tougher so therefore we need to differentiate ourselves from our competitors," he said in an interview with AFP. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> "This is the solution. We will provide a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_16">mobile entertainment experience</span> which nobody can do." </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finland's Nokia, the world's biggest maker of handphones, has already launched its OVI Suite, an "umbrella concept" that allows users to share photos, buy music and access third party services such as <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_17">Yahoo</span>'s Flickr photo site, among others. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_18">Nokia</span> reported last year that its third quarter to September <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_19">net profit</span> fell 30 percent from a year earlier amid falling sales and lower prices for its handsets. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Burley, the Ovum analyst, said Nokia "has taken the most aggressive approach" among the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_20">mobile phone makers</span> in offering content and services. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> However, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_21">Apple</span>'s stylish <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_22">iPhone</span>, which is bundled as a phone, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232248820_23">iPod</span> and Internet device, "has lifted the bar on many levels," he added. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> iPhone user Junel Tan, 50, agreed, saying: "There's so much fun using iPhone. Never in my life have I enjoyed a phone as much as this." </p><p style="text-align: justify;">IDC's Choong said mobile customers need more than just music, which is why some phone makers are offering movies and television shows for people on the move. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> But he said the content should be widened to include Asian movies and TV shows as well.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6436815744153726487?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-77676315413329293652009-01-18T17:24:00.001-08:002009-01-18T19:35:57.907-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Anthony Barker</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_0">Nokia</span>, the world's top <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_1">mobile phone maker</span>, plans to roll out its unlimited music service in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_2">Australia</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_3">Singapore</span> later this quarter and is eyeing further expansion in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_4">Europe</span> and the United States. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Tero Ojanpera, the head of entertainment and communities at Nokia, told the MidemNet annual digital music gathering in Cannes that the roll out would continue following a good experience in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_5">Britain</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "The next two countries which we are going to roll out in the next 10 weeks are going to be in Asia, in Australia and Singapore," he told the conference. "We'll be launching there in the first quarter of 2009, in February and March."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Like any organization trying to sell music, Nokia needs to secure rights agreements with both the recorded music side of the business and the publishing side. Ojanpera said the group had recently secured a breakthrough on a pan-European publishing deal.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "In 2009 we will also be looking at the United States and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232203976_6">Latin America</span>," he said. "That's the plan."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia's "Comes With Music" service offers unlimited music from the four major music labels and many independents. The music can be kept after the yearly contract has expired.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The individual tracks can be downloaded to the phone and a single computer and are free, though the cost of the music is reflected in the price of the phone itself.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Carphone Warehouse, the sole retailer of Nokia's service in Britain, recently cut the price of one of the phones and analysts speculated that the phone had yet to take off.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Ojanpera declined to say how the phone was selling in Britain but said the service would gain momentum as it increases the number of handsets on which it is available.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> He said the company was considering providing some content in exchange for advertising, such as videos and news from music magazines to accompany the sale of music.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "2009 will be a very big investment from our part," he said.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-7767631541332929365?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-617989655531943272008-10-24T20:35:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:38:12.783-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Melissa J. Perenson<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The first phone with Google’s Android operating system boasts excellent ergonomics and call quality, but it’s held back by the lack of such basic features as a standard headphone jack.</span></span><br /><br />At first glance, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151395/tmobile_google_and_htc_introduce_first_android_phone.html">the T-Mobile G1</a> ($179 with a two-year contract) doesn't seem to merit much attention. It looks like just another bland, HTC-manufactured phone. But use the G1--the first phone to run <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/151981/how_will_android_compare_to_the_iphone.html">Google's Android operating system</a>--for 5 minutes, and you'll start to see why it's one of the best-designed phones you can buy. Not only is the G1 intuitive to use, but its customization options (via Android) makes it a tweaker's delight.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,924-page,1-bid,0/video.html">View a video</a> of the T-Mobile G1 in action. <p><strong>Setup:</strong> From the start, the G1 offers a different, more intuitive smart-phone experience. At boot-up, the phone displays a cartoon graphic of an android, with an animated finger pointing at the android and instructions to "touch the android to begin."</p> <p>The ensuing screens are clearly presented, and walk you through the speedy setup process. You'll need a Google account, the phone explains, for automatic syncing of your contacts, calendar, and e-mail with your Web-based Google data.</p> <p>If you don't already have an account, you can sign up directly from the phone. Otherwise, sign in to link your existing Google account and the phone. After the initial, over-the-air synchronization finished, my Google e-mail and calendar info was available to me on the phone, and the phone was ready for use.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> The <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/151448/tmobiles_g1_in_pictures.html">phone itself</a> has a candybar design with a matte black finish and slightly rubberized plastic back. It's narrower than its chief rival, Apple's iPhone, but slightly thicker (the G1 measures 4.6 inches by 2.2 inches by 0.6 inch, and weighs 5.6 ounces). The 3.2-inch capacitive touch-screen display dominates the front face of the phone; the physical buttons on the phone are well chosen and clearly labeled.</p> <p>The lower fifth of the phone holds an easy-glide trackball (similar to the trackball found on RIM BlackBerry devices) and five buttons: a green talk button to activate the phone itself; a home button to return you to home screen; a back button to move to the previously viewed screen in the browser and throughout the phone; a red end button; and a rectangular, context-sensitive menu button. This last button is conveniently situated beneath the screen (double press the button to quickly release the screen lock; hold it down for a couple of seconds to get a shortcut screen to recently used applications) and directly above the trackball.</p> <p>A full QWERTY keyboard hides beneath display; when you press the middle left part of the phone, the display smoothly slides up. At the same time, the phone automatically rotates the screen's orientation from vertical to horizontal; you have to use the horizontal orientation for data entry tasks, as the phone lacks an on-screen keyboard (unlike <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/31941/review/iphone_3g.html">the Apple iPhone 3G</a> or <a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007749.html" target="_blank">the RIM BlackBerry Storm</a>).</p> <p>The roomy backlit keyboard made typing easy, though the buttons felt a bit too flat for my comfort (because the flat buttons butt up against the rim of the phone, pressing the bottom row of buttons was sometimes difficult; the same issue arose with the buttons at the far right). My right thumb had to work harder than my left because, in effect, the keyboard was deeply inset (my thumb had to reach around and over the bottom fifth of the phone to reach it).</p> <p>The only other physical buttons on the phone are a volume rocker switch on the upper left side, and a dedicated camera shutter button on the right side. A microSD Card slot is hidden on the left of the phone; to access it, you open the screen and press a subtle tab; the card then pops out of the side (warning: you'll need fingernails to get it to pop out easily). T-Mobile includes a 1GB card; the device has been tested with up to 8GB microSD Cards, and should support 16GB cards when available.</p> <p>The rear cover pops off to reveal the unit's battery and SIM card. Because (like other HTC-designed handsets) the phone lacks a standard dedicated headphone jack, you have to use the included wired stereo headset, which plugs into the proprietary jack at the phone's base--the same jack that the charger plugs into. T-Mobile plans to offer a converter at extra cost, but the dongle approach seems as bothersome and inelegant as <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/133639-8/the_iphone_lots_to_love_but_flaws_too.html">the original Apple iPhone's nonstandard headphone jack</a> was. It's too bad, because the phone is certainly a capable media player.</p> <p><strong>Phone Use:</strong> The phone feels good in the hand, and it sounded great when I tested it. I received both 3G and EDGE network coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area; audio was clear, with no background noise or hiss.</p> <p>In the PC World Test Center, the battery lasted for 5 hours, 51 minutes of continuous talk time--23 minutes longer than the iPhone 3G. In my hands-on use, the battery drained a bit faster than I had expected, though: After an hour of use (including phone calls, and music and application downloads), the battery had drained by 31 percent.</p> <p>The Dialer application is simple to use. The on-screen buttons are well-spaced, and I had no difficulty using the app one-handed. Unlike with the iPhone 3G, I didn't accidentally trigger buttons by running my finger over the screen. I particularly liked the streamlined process for entering contact data, and the freedom I had to customize a contact's info to match the fields I wanted to fill. The Voice Dialer worked well when I tried it in a quiet environment.</p> <p><strong>Hardware and Software Integration:</strong> As with Apple's iPhone and its software, the integration of the G1's hardware with the Android software is crucial. Here, both the phone and Android shine: Thanks to its trackball and its slide-and-glide gesture-capable touch screen, the G1 had particularly intuitive and smooth ergonomics. Displays behaved as my fingers seemed to expect them to--except that I couldn't swipe left-to-right to scroll through pictures in my photo library, as I could with an iPhone 3G. The touch screen was usually highly responsive, but sometimes when I'd touch a hypertext link in the browser, I had to press twice for it to take. I liked being able to use my finger to drag open the Notifications status to see additional details about incoming text, instant, voice, and e-mail messages; and calendar events.</p> <p>As the first Android device, the G1 teems with potential, and exploring the new interface is fun. Google's own clean, simple Web design has clearly informed much of Android's interface--and how you interact with the applications. You can tweak and customize everything, either through the deep and varied Settings options or through suitable apps.</p> <p>The opening home screen consists of a myFaves icon at the upper left, an analog clock icon in the middle, and four primary applications: Dialer (also known as the phone), contacts, browser, and maps. Hold your finger down on an app, and the phone will vibrate once and release the icon so that you can move it to another spot on the screen.</p> <p>Swipe your finger to the right, and the wallpaper continues onto a second home screen, with a Google search bar permanently fixed at its top. Press or drag the tab at the bottom of the screen (in vertical orientation; in horizontal orientation, the tab shows at right) to reveal the other applications. The icons, arrayed in rows of four, will include all of your applications. Apps are arranged alphabetically; the icons are smaller and slightly less distinctive than on the Apple iPhone, but they're comparable to what you'd see on a Palm OS or BlackBerry OS device. Hold your finger down on an icon to duplicate the icon on the home screen.</p> <p>The phone has both assisted GPS and GPS. The Google Maps app built-in uses both, but in my casual tests in San Francisco, it didn't exhibit the same level of accuracy in picking up my location as an iPhone 3G's Google Maps app did.</p> <p>At launch, the G1 doesn't support the stereo Bluetooth profile, according to T-Mobile; however, the phone may support stereo Bluetooth at some future time.</p> <p><strong>Applications:</strong> The phone comes with a number of apps preinstalled--and you can add tons more via <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/150446/.html?tk=rss_news">the Android Market</a>. The versatile IM lets you configure instant messaging with AIM, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger. Because Android permits multitasking--and no app actually closes--you can receive IMs after you've left the IM app to browse the Web, for example. (With the iPhone, you won't get your messages if you leave the IM app, and you have to log in again each time.)</p> <p>Mail from Gmail gets its own icon, but you can set up other POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts as well, in just a couple of steps (the software automatically configures the server settings). The calendar syncs with your Google Calendar. I had no trouble viewing the various calendar entries I'm privy to, or adding an entry to my calendar, but I couldn't add an entry to other Google Calendars that I have rights to. And bizarrely, Android has no Google Docs support at launch; the only way you can access Google Docs is through the Web browser--a bit of a pain. You can view Microsoft Word and Excel documents through Gmail, but you can't save and view these docs through the Web browser. Similarly, you can open and read PDF files received through Gmail.</p> <p>The Web browser handled much of what I threw at it, but it balked at some tasks (for example, it lacks in-browser Flash support). I missed having discrete forward and backward controls (you can go back only by clicking the universal hardware back button) and an option for offline viewing (as on <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/128008/first_look_a_new_treo_for_the_masses.html">a Palm OS-based Treo</a>), but adding and retrieving bookmarks was simple.</p> <p><strong>Multimedia:</strong> The Amazon MP3 app is a useful alternative to iTunes, and music downloaded quickly and easily. I could queue up the DRM-free tracks for download, which occurred in the background as I did other things with the phone. Unfortunately, the selection is less extensive than the one on iTunes.</p> <p>The music player application is easy to navigate, and great for finding and playing back music. Music sounded okay when piped through the built-in speaker (on a par with the iPhone 3G's speaker). But the lack of a standard headphone jack limits the G1's potential as a music player.</p> <p>The camera app is a big disappointment. Though the device has a 3-megapixel camera, it lacks a flash, a zoom, and any controls for adjust image quality, white balance, or the like. There's no camcorder, either, though T-Mobile says that the imaging sensor can capture video if someone writes a video capture app and offers it on the Android Market.</p> <p><strong>Final Analysis:</strong> T-Mobile's Android-based G1 isn't especially sexy or eye-catching, but it does a lot of things right. It's a strong first-generation Android device, but the absence of a standard headphone jack, a video camera, and Google Docs (and support for Word and Excel) at launch are notable detractions. Still, I would recommend this versatile phone over countless other smart-phones; Android's intuitive ease-of-use raises this phone above most Windows Mobile- and BlackBerry-based devices.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-61798965553194327?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-57463736538068699872008-10-24T20:33:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:41:32.947-07:00<h2><br /></h2><h2><span style="font-size:100%;">By <em style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Ginny Mies</em></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The E71's sleek design and multitude of useful features make it suitable for both business and personal use.</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;">As Nokia's very first 3G phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, the $500 E71 is an all-around improvement on its predecessor, the E61. It not only has a sleeker and more sophisticated curved design, but it packs a multitude of features ideal for both business and personal use.<br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">This candy-bar phone is remarkably slim at 0.4 inch thick and fits as easily in your hand as it does in your pocket. And at a light 4.4 ounces, it won't weigh you down. Call quality on my end was generally very good, but some callers on the other end reported that my voice sounded tinny. I also noticed an echo in some calls. In the PC World Test Center's trials, the battery lasted 4 hours, 50 minutes--on a par with other 3G smart phones.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The E71's keyboard is smaller than the E61's, but a colleague with larger hands had no trouble using it. The raised, tactile keys enable quick and easy typing.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Nokia has made the sometimes confusing Symbian S60 platform more user-friendly by including customizable shortcut keys and a standby screen. You can access your home page, calendar, address book, and e-mail from the dedicated shortcut keys on the keyboard. These keys can be customized to launch another application of your choice. And holding down a shortcut key for a few seconds triggers a different action. For example, holding down the calendar key lets you enter a new appointment. You can add up to 15 shortcuts on the E71's standby screen. A new Switch mode allows you to create two separate standby screens to accommodate the business and personal sectors of your life. And finding a contact in your phone is as simple as typing the first few letters of their name.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Web browser loads quickly, and pages look sharp on the E71's 2.3-inch QVGA screen. The d-pad offers easy mouse maneuvering, and Nokia's Mini Map feature, which zooms out to a full screen view of the entire page, is helpful for speedy navigation. Just find the section you want and zoom in.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Setting up personal e-mail is a snap, but business e-mail requires your IT department's assistance. The free Nokia Exchange client synchronizes your phone with push e-mail, contacts, and calendar appointments from Microsoft Exchange, but you cannot access e-mail subfolders--something I find baffling in a business phone. The E71 supports e-mail accounts from over a thousand ISPs as well as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many of the E71's applications, such as the Music Store and Push-to-Talk, are not available to American users. The inclusion of Nokia Maps 2.0 is a real gem, however. Turn-by-turn pedestrian and car navigation, voice guidance, satellite maps, and multimedia city guides are just a few of the features of Nokia Maps.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">You can also share photos and videos via the preinstalled Ovi and Flickr applications, but given the camera quality, you might not want to. Pictures I took with the E71's 3.2-megapixel camera came out grainy and dark, particularly in bright environments.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The music players' audio quality is good, and it offers features such as an equalizer and balance control. Videos stored in the device's memory or on a card play smoothly in RealPlayer; however, flash videos in YouTube tend to skip frequently.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, the E71 comes at a steep price, as it is not currently offered by any U.S. carriers. You'll have to drop around $500 for it, so it is important to evaluate exactly what you want out of it. But overall, the E71 shines as a stylish device that does more than the average business phone.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5746373653806869987?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-85727856127177406552008-09-25T15:09:00.000-07:002008-09-25T15:11:25.042-07:00<span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Jay Alabaster<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key.<br /><br />The phone, built by Sharp Corp., uses a technology previously developed by <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222262206_0">Nissan Motor Co</span>. called "Intelligent Key" that allows drivers enter and start their cars without removing their keys from their pockets or bags. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Cars equipped with the system sense when the correct key is nearby, automatically unlocking their car doors, and allow the engine to be started once the key is brought inside the car. Nissan said it has shipped about a million cars with the technology in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222262206_1">Japan</span> since 2002.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The new twist on this technology is that it is loaded in a phone. The service will work on the mobile network operated by <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222262206_2">NTT DoCoMo Inc</span>., Japan's largest mobile operator.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The companies said in a joint press release Wednesday they will display the technology next week at CEATEC, a major technology conference in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222262206_3">Tokyo</span>. They are continuing development and aim to bring the phone to market sometime after March of next year.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Japanese phones are some of the most sophisticated in the world; most come standard with digital TV, music players, GPS, cameras that double as <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222262206_4">barcode scanners</span>, and wireless credit cards.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8572785612717740655?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-87552097870204658922008-09-25T15:08:00.000-07:002008-09-25T15:13:11.847-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_0"><br /><br />Google</span> has released a kit for software developers to create fun, hip or <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_1">functional programs</span> for the "<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_2">G-phone</span>" due out next month in a direct challenge to <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_3">Apple</span>'s hot-selling <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_4">iPhone</span>.<br /><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_5"></span><br /><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_5">The Android</span> 1.0 <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_6">software developers kit</span> lets <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_7">computer programming wizards</span> customize applications that will work on the open-source platform built into the G1 handsets being brought to market by telecom carrier T-Mobile. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The T-Mobile G1 phones are heralded as the first of a generation of devices built on the Google-led Android operating platform.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Apple recently began letting outside developers customize applications for <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_8">iPhones</span> and <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_9">iPod Touch</span> models but vets programs carefully and safeguards details of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_10">proprietary software</span> built into its products.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The finished Android developers kit released on Tuesday is a refinement of a "beta" test version that Google has let third-party programmers tinker with for months.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Google already held the first of what is to be an annual "Android Developers Challenge" and gave away five million dollars in prize money for innovative software tailored to the platform.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "I've already seen a lot of applications that have me stoked, and I can't wait to see things really come together," Android developer advocate Dan Morrill wrote in a message posted at a Google website devoted to the platform.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "We're also already working on the future of the Android platform, and on more devices."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Google unveiled its long-awaited smart phone on Tuesday. G1 phones will be available in stores in the United States on October 22 and will cost 179 dollars, 20 dollars cheaper than the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_11">iPhone 3G</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Cole Brodman, T-Mobile chief technology and innovation officer, called the G1, built by the Taiwanese firm HTC, a "game-changing" device for Web surfing which will "power a new mobile Internet of the future."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The G1 will go on sale in Britain in early November and in other European countries served by T-Mobile, a subsidiary of <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_12">Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG</span>, in early 2009.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The G1 offers many of the features of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_13">iPhone</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222283369_14">Research in Motion</span>'s popular BlackBerry including a touch screen similar to that of the iPhone, a trackball for navigation, high-speed Internet browsing, Wi-Fi, email, instant messaging and SMS texting.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/">Source</a><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8755209787020465892?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-88500385834392561782008-09-25T15:07:00.000-07:002008-09-25T15:13:22.626-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />Belgium - A growing number of Europeans don't bother to buy landline telephone service in their homes, relying instead on their cell phones, the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_0">European Commission</span> said Thursday.<br /><br />Cell phones, which first outnumbered <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_1">human beings</span> in <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_2">Europe</span> in 2006, did that by an even greater margin in 2007: nearly 112 phones for every 100 people, the EU executive body said. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">One reason is that monthly line rental for fixed phones costs more on average than a <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_3">prepaid mobile phone</span> package.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Both trends are changing the business landscape for major telecommunications companies such as <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_4">Deutsche Telekom AG</span>. They are seeing falling revenues from fixed lines, the traditional core of their business, forcing many to look to mobile calls, Internet services and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_5">cable television</span> to generate more profit.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">About one-quarter of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_6">European Union households</span> have a mobile phone only, the report said. The rate in the United States is believed to be slightly lower.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Eastern European households are more likely to shun fixed lines for mobiles, the European Commission said, because telecommunications infrastructure is less developed in the region. Some 39 percent of households there have a mobile phone only, compared to one-fifth of homes in <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_7">western Europe</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_8">Finland</span>, home of <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_9">mobile handset</span> giant <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222353993_10">Nokia Corp</span>., has the most mobile phone enthusiasts, with 61 percent of households sticking to cell phones alone.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8850038583439256178?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-53304521737201326062008-09-25T15:03:00.000-07:002008-09-25T15:13:32.803-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Alan Fram<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >People with only cell phones may differ enough from those with landlines</span></span><br />People with only cell phones may differ enough from those with landline telephones that excluding the growing population of cell-only users from public opinion polls may slightly skew the results, a study has concluded.</div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>The finding, in a report this week by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, may increase pressure on polling organizations to include people who use only cell phones in their surveys. While many major polls including The Associated Press-GfK Poll already interview cell phone users, some do not, largely because doing so is more expensive.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Earlier studies — including a joint Pew-AP report two years ago — concluded that cell and landline users had similar enough views that not calling cell users had no major impact on poll findings. The new report concludes that "this assumption is increasingly questionable," especially for young people, who use cells heavily.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack">Combining polls it conducted in August and September, Pew found that of people under age 30 with only cell phones, 62 percent were Democrats and 28 percent Republicans. Among landline users the same age that gap was narrower: 54 percent Democrats, 36 percent GOP.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Similarly, young cell users preferred Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over Republican nominee John McCain by 35 percentage points. For young landline users, it was a smaller 13-point Obama edge.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Scott Keeter, Pew's director of survey research, said he believed this was because young cell-only users are less likely to own homes and be married than young people with landlines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"Those are two variables that are associated with being somewhat more conservative and more Republican," he said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>The report released Tuesday said that in Pew presidential polls from June, August and September, Obama's lead was 2 or 3 percentage points smaller when cell users were omitted. Though such small discrepancies are usually within a poll's margin of error and not statistically significant, this suggests some bias could exist by omitting cell users, which could be crucial in studying a race as close as this year's presidential race.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack">It has long been known cell users are likelier to be younger, lower income and minorities. Pollsters routinely weight, or adjust, their data so it accurately reflects the age, race and other demographic features of the entire population.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>According to federal figures, 16 percent of households had only cell phones during the second half of 2007, and another 13 percent had cell phones and landlines but seldom used the landlines to take calls. Cell-only households have been growing by 1 or 2 percentage points every half year.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5330452173720132606?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-88049617062647615482008-09-22T14:47:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:49:22.964-07:00<span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Peter Svensson<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_0">Google Inc.</span>'s announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let the search engine company conquer the world of mobile advertising.<br /><br />On Tuesday, a fruit of that announcement is set to drop: T-Mobile USA will reveal the first phone to use Android, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_1">Google</span>'s software platform, at a New York news conference. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But a lot has happened in the world of <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_2">cell phone software</span> in the intervening year, and Google looks set for an uphill battle in trying to capture the desires of consumers and wireless carriers.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that T-Mobile could sell 400,000 phones this year, giving Google about 4 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones, a category dominated by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_3">Research in Motion Ltd</span>.'s BlackBerry phones with tough competition from <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_4">Apple Inc.</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_5">iPhone</span>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_6">Palm Inc.</span>'s <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_7">Treos</span> and Centros and various phones running <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_8">Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile software</span>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The new phone, called the G1 according to T-Mobile's invitation, is widely expected to be a design from HTC Corp. of Taiwan, which has made a name for itself by making smart phones that use <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_9">Windows Mobile software</span>. Based on previous Google demos of its software, it's assumed that it will have a touch screen and a slide-out, full-alphabet keyboard.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_10">The Wall Street Journal</span> reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that the phone would sell for $199 and carry the Google brand. It's likely that the phone will go on sale in a few weeks. Other details are scant, and it's not clear exactly what the phone will be capable of, but Web browsing and e-mail are safe bets.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"This is the right moment for Google to answer some of the big questions that have been outstanding since Android was announced almost a year ago," said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_11">LiMo Foundation</span>, which has created a rival <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_12">cell phone software platform</span>. "What will the consumer do on this handset that can't be done on other handsets?"</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The LiMo Foundation is behind one of the developments that has undermined the prospects for Android in the last year. In May, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_13">Verizon Wireless</span> said LiMo, or Linux Mobile, would be the "preferred" software for its phones, starting next year, joining some European carriers.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Like Android, LiMo is based on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_14">Linux</span> computer software, and is given away free to phone makers. But the LiMo Foundation is designed as consortium of industry participants to assuage their fears that a single company would dominate phone software, like <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_15">Microsoft</span> does on PCs. In contrast, while Google has tried to broaden its base by creating an <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_16">Open Handset Alliance</span>, Android is still very much identified as its project, and a "Google" brand on the phone will strengthen that image.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The world's largest supplier of software for smart phones is Symbian Ltd., used by <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_17">Nokia Corp</span>. In June, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_18">Nokia</span> announced it was buying Symbian with a view to donating the software to a LiMo-like foundation, which will make it available for free.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">That means there will soon be not one but two suites of software with strong industry support and a price tag of zero to compete with Android when manufacturers pick operating systems.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to getting carriers interested in Android, Google has an advantage its competitors lack: a world-beating advertising system that turned it into a multibillion-dollar company in the space of a few years. If Android can translate Google's success in Web advertising to the phone, carriers could get a cut of the revenue.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Wireless operators have been looking for more than a decade at making the cell phone an welcoming place for advertisers, said In-Stat analyst Bill Hughes. In particular, they want to make use of the ability of cell phones to locate their users and provide ads keyed to that location.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But the carriers "are not really set up, structurally or by temperament, to pursue that," Hughes said. "So it's basically remained: `This is a really good idea that we're going to get to some day.'"</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, he added, Google "can come to them and say `Look, we've proven ourselves to be very successful in this application." By building an operating system from the ground up with this idea in mind, it could succeed where others have failed.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">That prospect boosted Google's stock to its highest level ever, $747.24, on Nov. 7 last year, the day after Android was announced. Analyst Sandeep Aggarwal, then with Oppenheimer &amp; Co., predicted then that Google could be harvesting as much as $4.8 billion in annual revenue from the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_19">mobile market</span> within three years after Android appears. He put a 12-month price target of $850 on Google stock. But time has deflated some of the hopes around Android, and Google shares closed Monday at $430.14.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Among U.S. carriers, <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_20">Sprint Nextel Corp</span>. has apparently taken the bait along with T-Mobile, and is a member of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_21">Open Handset Alliance</span>. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_22">Verizon Wireless</span> has not ruled out Android phones, but is putting its energy into LiMo. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222118223_23">AT&amp;T</span> is holding off on making decisions about Android.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"We will look at it and see if it makes sense for our customers," said AT&amp;T spokesman Mark Siegel. </p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8804961706264761548?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-25345086006933546742008-09-21T18:18:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:46:57.723-07:00<span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Tarmo Virki<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) first phone model with free access to music is scheduled to go on sale on Oct 17 in Britain, retailer <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_0">Carphone Warehouse</span> (CPW.L) said on its Web page. <br /><br />Nokia's "Comes with Music" bundle of phone and music service could help the <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_1">music industry</span> make up for falling CD sales, while challenging dominance of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_2">Apple</span>'s (<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_3">AAPL</span>.O) <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_4">iTunes</span> in the digital music market. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The package will differ from other bundles on the market as users can keep all the music they have downloaded during the 12 month subscription period.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Carphone, the exclusive retailer for the first model, said the phone was expected to go on sale on Oct 17.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> A Nokia spokesman declined to comment.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia has signed deals with the top three music labels -- Universal (<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/tc_nm/storytext/nokia_music_britain_dc/29159092/SIG=10f4rbuek/*http://VIV.PA"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_5">VIV.PA</span></a>), Sony BMG (6758.T) (BERT.UL) and <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_6">Warner Music Group</span> (<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_7">WMG</span>.N) -- to offer their tracks on the service.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Having the world's three largest labels on board is set to help Nokia attract smaller music companies and challenge the dominant pay-per-track sales model for digital music.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "'Comes with Music' and other bundled services, should they succeed, offer a lifeline to the music labels which have seen revenues decline sharply in the digital age," David MacQueen, analyst at researchers Strategy Analytics, said in a statement.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Strategy Analytics said its consumer survey showed clear latent demand for bundles like "Comes with Music," with 84 percent of respondents willing to pay for such service.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> "Comes with Music" is a key part of Nokia's push to expand its offering to services, beyond maturing cellphone market.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> While last year Apple grabbed most of the headlines in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_8">mobile world</span> with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_9">iPhone</span>, now analysts say Nokia has stolen the spotlight from Apple in the digital music world with the "Comes with Music" package.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Record labels are looking to Nokia and others to challenge the dominance of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1221778891_10">Apple's iTunes</span> as they have struggled to negotiate with the American group on a level footing when it comes to issues such as pricing.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia's Carphone deal is for prepaid sales of its first "Comes with Music" model, but getting the new lineup to carriers portfolios is likely to prove more challenging as many telecom operators already run their own music stores and create additional revenue and profit from those.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Nokia's head of new services business, Niklas Savander, told Reuters last week the firm was confident its phones with free access to music also will be sold by telecom operators, with the timing now up to the carriers.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Deals with operators are usually more beneficial to phone makers as operators subsidize phones to boost demand and win new clients, hoping to win the subsidy back in monthly bills.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> (Reporting by Tarmo Virki; editing by Carol Bishopric)</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2534508600693354674?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-39246735945291427562008-08-30T19:22:00.000-07:002008-08-30T19:24:04.349-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a title="Corbin Newlyn" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/corbin-newlyn/25955.htm">Corbin Newlyn</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of the miniature nature of cellular <a id="KonaLink0" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/wholesale-cellular-phones-must-have-communication-answers-to-boost-your-business-bottom-line-295243.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">phones</span></span></a> as well as their capabilities to communicate they are one of the most demanded accessory a person can have and they will also be replacing numerous other gadgets as well.<br /><br />For instance, when first introduced, <a id="KonaLink1" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/wholesale-cellular-phones-must-have-communication-answers-to-boost-your-business-bottom-line-295243.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; background-color: transparent;">cell </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; background-color: transparent;">phones</span></span></a> were constructed and designed to enable people to have the ability to communicate as and when they wish to with one another. Nevertheless, as people's needs for communication grew at an exponential rate, cellular phones had developed into a necessity as opposed to a luxury.<br /><br />For reasons of lessening the number of devices that each person carries, for instance planners and photo cameras, MP3 players for music, cellular phones have integrated the majority of these types of functions into them; nowadays all they required as a mobile phone.<br /><br />Making an Investment in the Cellular Phone Market<br /><br /><div id="AuthorBox"><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Corbin Newlyn shares his insights as an expert author and an avid writer in the field of electronics. If you would like to learn more go to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cellphoneproworld.com/">Used Cellular Phone</a> advice and at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cellphoneproworld.com/cell-phone-plans/verizon-wireless-cellular-phone-best-network-in-the-country/">Verizon Wireless Cellular Phone</a> tips.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><br />You will find that it is not surprising that the majority of retail department stores, despite whether they are small or large carry cellular phones. It is becoming increasingly easy when it comes to shopping for cellular phones regardless of whether you are looking to buy one or more. All the same, here are a few considerations you should be aware of the prior to buying wholesale cellular phones.<br /><br />Because cellular phones are increasingly turning into a very significant personal accessory, the majority of us are looking for quality over quantity. Because of if you are investing in wholesale cellular phones you should make certain that you buy them from dealers that are authorized from a brand-name company so you will have a much safer investment.<br /><br />For the most part you will find that wholesale cellular phones are virtually always bought for the purposes of business and if you are striving to have a successful business it is always prudent for you to invest your hard-earned money in high quality products.<br /><br />Also, make certain that customer service is of high quality when you look into this type of investment since regardless of the high-quality product there could certainly be a defective piece at one point or another or some other type of trouble you may run into and you may need assistance that is dependable.<br /><br />Always keep in mind that the majority of individuals who rank your customer service and business are likely to be any unsatisfied customers so it pays to minimize that element because many of those ratings will be read by any future customers that may wish to do business with you. Therefore customer satisfaction is an element you should invest in always when it comes to syndication devices.<br /><br />Some Places to Shop for Wholesale Cellular Phones<br /><br />If you are the type of person on a tight budget and depending on the kinds of cellular phones you are searching for, one of the more economical places to shop for them is on the Internet at places such as eBay, where many bargains can be found. Even so, these auction sites at various times offer items that are used so that is an additional consideration you have to be mindful of when shopping for wholesale cellular phones.<br /><br />Because telephones are becoming a essential, the market is saturated with numerous kinds of phones at all different price levels and at times you will even find them free when purchased with contracts so, buying second hand wholesale cellular phones may not be the most ideal investment if you have plans on reselling them at higher prices.<br /><br />Despite the fact that cellular phones will always have a high demand, educated consumers expectations are ever increasing while at the same time expecting to pay much less. Hence, while they are one of the best products to make an investment in, make certain you choose the best on the market so that your business will be supported in the best way possible.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-3924673594529142756?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-84054466177130186442008-07-14T17:53:00.000-07:002008-07-14T18:00:54.665-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />Toronto Public Health is advising parents to make sure their children take simple precautions to minimize exposure to radiofrequency (RF) waves if they use a cell phone.<br /><br />Cell phone use has risen consistently in the last decade in Canada, health officials describe. In particular, the number of children who use cell phones has increased greatly. A new report responds to the Board of Health's request for further information on the use of cell phones by children and youth and their consequent exposure.<br /><br />However, mobile phone providers, citing the authority of the World Health Organization, maintain the technology poses no health risks and that radiation from cellphones falls well below government safety guidelines. The Board of Health also cites the World Health Organization (WHO), and suggestions to limit the length of phone calls, or using "hands-free" devices like headsets or ear phones, to keep the cell phone away from the head and body.<br /><br />There are currently no specific Canadian recommendations with regard to cell phone use by children. Some jurisdictions in Europe recommend that children decrease their exposure to RF by strictly limiting their use of cellular phones and some have strongly recommended that use be avoided completely.<br /><br />The Toronto Board of Health and Toronto City Council recently endorsed a Prudent Avoidance Policy that will help ensure that public exposure to radiofrequencies (RFs) from cell phone towers is 100 times below the current Health Canada exposure standard known as Safety Code 6.<br /><br />This policy does not address public exposure to RFs from the use of telecommunication devices such as cell phones. RF exposure from using a cell phone can be considerably higher than environmental exposure to RFs from local cell phone towers or antennas, the policy adds.<br /><br />The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), an industry group of wireless telecom providers, is an important information source on these matters, as it reports maintaining close liaison with government agencies including the CRTC, Health Canada and Industry Canada. CWTA also maintains close liaison with key US and international organizations including the World Health Organization.<br /><br />CWTA says that the overwhelming evidence in the scientific community as determined and published in numerous studies worldwide supports the conclusion that there is no demonstrated public health risk associated with the use of wireless phones.<br /><br />Health &amp; Safety issues related to wireless communications have increasingly been the focus of media attention. These issues fall into one of three categories including: health concerns in relation to hand-held devices and antenna installations; the responsible use of mobile phones while driving; and the use of mobile phones for emergency 9-1-1 calls.<br /><br />The wireless industry in Canada as well as around the world is 100 per cent committed to a completely open process in the study of health and safety issues related to wireless technologies. All research is made public and fully open to scientific and public scrutiny.<br /><br />Government agencies responsible for establishing safe limits for signal levels of radio devices also support that wireless telephones are not a health risk. The signal levels from all wireless devices are well below the safety limits established by Health Canada and other international governmental departments.<br /><br />Health Canada's Safety Code 6 sets the limits for safe exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields at home or at work. The Code also outlines safety requirements for the installation and operation of devices that emit radiofrequency fields, such as mobile phones and base station antennas. This code is based on current, accepted scientific data and is among the most stringent in the world.<br /><br />In its May 2008 report entitled,<br />Children and Safe Cell Phone Use, the Toronto Board of Health stated that:<br /><br />Radiofrequencies (RFs) are energy waves that are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. RFs occur between FM radio waves and microwaves. People are exposed to many sources of RFs. Cell phone towers, cordless phones, pagers, remote control devices, wireless Internet services (also know as WiFi) and cell phones all emit low levels of RFs.<br /><br />Health Canada's guidelines for exposure to RFs (known as Safety Code 6) protect the public from short-term, high exposure effects of RFs. Studies of adults who have been using cell phones generally conclude that there are no effects on their health; however, it is still not clear what the impacts might be from using a cell phone for many years.<br /><br />It says research on the health effects from cell phone RFs on children is very limited since the use of cell phones by young people is a relatively new trend. Scientists are not yet sure what the health effects in children are from using a cell phone. While research continues in this area, many scientists feel that children may be more susceptible to harmful effects of RFs from cell phones for several reasons:<br /><br />Pre-teen children have a smaller head and brain size, thinner skull bones, skin and ears.<br /><br />Their nerve cells also conduct energy like RFs more readily than an adult's or teenager's nerve cells.<br /><br />Children's brains and nerves are also still developing so they are likely to be more sensitive to exposures of RFs, the report describes.<br /><br />Today's children have started to use cell phones at a younger age, therefore their lifetime exposure to cell phone RFs will likely be greater. As a result, the chances that a child could develop harmful health effects from using a cell phone for a long time may be greater.<br /><br />The Board of Health cites the World Health Organization (WHO), and its suggestions limiting the length of phone calls, or using "hands-free" devices like headsets or ear phones, to keep the cell phone away from the head and body.<br /><br />The amount of RF energy absorbed decreases quickly with increasing distance between the antenna and the user, the report noted. People can also use the speakerphone mode if appropriate, or use text messaging instead.<br /><br />According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), the level of RF waves emitted can be obtained by using the FCC ID number usually printed on the case of the phone. Information about each individual ID number and corresponding cell phone is availabel from the a US government website, at www.fcc.glv/oet/fccid.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8405446617713018644?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-85266319033739389192008-05-23T22:26:00.000-07:002008-05-23T22:28:46.643-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Spurred by the popularity of Apple's iPhone and its elegant user interface, global shipments of touch-screen display modules are expected to more than double from 2008 to 2012, according to iSuppli.<br /><br />The worldwide market for touch-screen modules will amount to 341 million units and $3.4 billion in value in 2008. iSuppli forecasts that the market will grow to 833 million units by 2013, expanding at Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.5 percent from 2008, according to iSuppli’s new forecast issued this week. Global touch-screen module revenue is forecast to grow to $6.4 billion by 2013, rising at a CAGR of 13.7 percent from 2008. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“The total number of touch-screen technologies including those in production and emerging products has increased from 16 distinct approaches in mid 2007 to 20 different touch-screen</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">technologies this month,” said Jennifer Colegrove, senior analyst for emerging displays at iSuppli. “New touch-screen technologies are being commercialized and 12 types of touch-screen technologies now have commenced mass production.”</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">For example, Ntrig and Lumio have been shipping new touch-screen-technology products since the end of 2007.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many companies commenced touch-screen manufacturing and integration in 2007 and more are starting in 2008. But this market is still volatile due to numerous acquisitions occurring while touch-screen applications either flourish or begin to die out, Colegrove observed.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Projected gains</strong><br />Catalyzed by Apple’s highly successful iPhone, sales of touch screens using projected capacitive technology are growing dramatically. Projected capacitive touch-screen technology is more durable and has better transmittance than the more commonly-used resistive technology. More touch-screen manufacturers are developing and commercializing this type of screen. Furthermore, the average pricing gap between the capacitive and resistive display types is dwindling, making the technology more attractive.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Projected capacitive technology grew at the fastest rate of all the touch technologies in 2007, with 10.5 million units shipped, for a value of $222 million.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">iSuppli forecasts that projected capacitive touch screens will maintain high growth momentum and reach 123.5 million units and $1.3 billion in revenue by 2013.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Multi-touch hits the right buttons</strong><br />Since the iPhone proved that multi-touch technology can be portable and affordable, this approach has become the hot topic in the industry. Many providers of alternative touch screen technologies have announced multi-touch capabilities, such as touch-screen designer and developer NextWindow’s optical imaging camera-based touch screens. Other examples include IR Touch Systems Technology’s infrared touch screen and Stantum - formerly named JazzMutant - which has offered a multi-touch music controller since 2004.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can’t resist</strong><br />Resistive is the most commonly used touch-screen technology in the marketplace, accounting for 91 percent of global units in 2007. However, due to low Average Selling Prices (ASP) for this technology, it accounted for only 52 percent the total touch-screen market revenue.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Although it is not very durable and has poor transmissivity, resistive’s low price and high responsiveness to both finger and stylus touch has made it the No.-1 touch-screen technology in terms of unit shipments during the last few years. However, the resistive market now is suffering a shortage of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) film used to make such screens due to production expansions among several major manufacturers and limited numbers of ITO film suppliers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">With several large manufacturers expanding capacity, other types of transparent conductive materials such as conductive polymer, carbon nanotube and Antimony Tin Oxide (ATO) have an entry-to-market opportunity now. In fact, Fujitsu Ltd. already has started using conductive polymer for some of its resistive-type touch screens.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>More technologies to come</strong><br />Despite the total of eight distinct, commercialized touch-screen technologies—i.e. resistive, surface capacitive, projected capacitive, surface acoustic wave, infrared, bending wave, active digitizer and optical imaging - even more novel touch-screen approaches are being invented. These include new touch technologies from N-trig, Sony, Sharp, TMD and Samsung. Several companies recently have announced plans to commence touch-screen manufacturing. Furthermore, several mergers and acquisitions have occurred, launching new participants into the market.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">For the touch-screen market, with more than 100 suppliers, in excess of 300 OEM/integrators and a wealth of technological alternatives, fascinating times are ahead.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cellular-news.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8526631903373938919?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-3178294188837717272008-05-23T21:57:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:59:46.180-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.feelphones.com/wp-content/uploads/nokia-maps-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 378px;" src="http://www.feelphones.com/wp-content/uploads/nokia-maps-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Nokia today announced that Nokia Maps is ready for consumers to download. Downloaded over 240,000 times since announced in February, Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, now offers satellite images, and is sporting a redesigned user interface.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">A new beta version of the Nokia Map Loader is available on the Nokia Betalabs web site. For download and more information, please visit <a href="http://www.maps.nokia.com/">http://www.maps.nokia.com</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-317829418883771727?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-24510825098397249212008-05-23T21:54:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:57:08.699-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.feelphones.com/wp-content/uploads/htc-touch-dual.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.feelphones.com/wp-content/uploads/htc-touch-dual.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>HTC and Best Buy are finally getting ready to make the North American version of the HTC Touch Dual available to U.S. customers.The HTC Touch Dual will come with Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC’s unique TouchFLO touch-based user interface, a 2 megapixel camera and HSDPA network support. $549 (before tax) will leave you if ever you get hypnotized enough to go and purchase this thing. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The handset will be on sale at Best Buy retail locations, on the Best Buy website, and through any specialized Best Buy Mobile store.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2451082509839724921?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-18270164435365315782008-05-21T22:03:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:04:49.276-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Martyn Williams<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;">Cellular carrier Orascom said on Monday that it has completed the first 3G call on a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) trial network in North Korea, and is working towards a commercial launch there later this year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Orascom, based in Egypt, said in January that a 25-year exclusive license to offer 3G cellular service in the country had been awarded to CHEO Technology, a joint venture in which Orascom holds a 75 percent stake and Korea Post and Telecommunications holds the remaining 25 percent.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A full commercial service is scheduled to begin in the second half of the year, Orascom said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In January, Orascom said it intended to provide voice, data and value-added services across the network, which represents a US$400 million investment.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">North Korea, the world's only Communist dynasty, keeps tight control of its people. Almost all citizens are forbidden from leaving the country and there are controls on internal movement of people into the capital city of Pyongyang. Poor conditions in the country have prompted hundreds of thousands over the last decade to risk their lives and flee to neighboring China.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Almost total government control of the population means phone calls are restricted and subject to routine monitoring, according to humanitarian aid groups that monitor North Korea.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) cell phone network was previously launched in the country but access was restricted in 2004 and it's now thought to be used by a handful of elite in the country.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-1827016443536531578?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-65313163049332970712008-05-14T21:24:00.000-07:002008-05-14T21:29:05.732-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=145619&amp;page=1&amp;zoomIdx=1"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=145619&amp;page=1&amp;zoomIdx=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">By </span><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;" >Melissa J. Perenson</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />New cell phone is easy to use for basic tasks like phone calls and messaging.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">An admitted fan of touch screen interfaces, I've found a lot like about the new Samsung Glyde SCH-u940 for Verizon, and I've found a lot to like. The phone--Samsung's first touch screen phone for consumers--has an array of features. And, it feels lightweight and comfortable in the hand (not surprising given that it weighs just 4.1 ounces and measures 4.1 by 2 by .7 inches).<br /><br />The Glyde takes a page from the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133639/article.html">Apple iPhone's</a> playbook by going for a minimalist look on the front screen. The only button on the front of the phone is a Home button, which not only takes you back to the main screen but also serves to reactivate the phone after the backlight dims. Along the right-hand side, you'll find a power button (which doubles as the screen lock button), as well as volume up and down buttons, and a dedicated shutter button for the 2.0 megapixel still and video camera. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The touch screen is the raison d'etre of this phone--you won't even consider buying it if you're not into the idea of a touch screen. The screen itself uses capacitive touch technology, which means it relies on the electromagnetism of your fingers in order to perform an action. If a button is large enough for the pad of your fingertip, using the phone will be a breeze. But, if you're trying to be precise about where you touch (for example, when you're using the Web browser), this type of touch screen can be frustrating--especially on a small screen like this one (the display measures 240 by 440 pixels). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Although this phone has an HTML Web browser and can handle messaging, its smarts are limited--no notepad or document handling, for example. Even the smarts of the browser are limited: For example, you can only browse by holding the screen horizontally, which means you get little real estate for actually reading content on the crisp, 262K color screen; and, if you're on a page with a phone number, the browser isn't smart enough to turn that phone number into a link that invokes the phone's dialer, as my trusty Palm Treo 680 does. Omissions like that limit this phone's usefulness.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/145619-SCH-u940_qwertyfront1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 105px;" src="http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/145619-SCH-u940_qwertyfront1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Glyde's QWERTY keyboard slides out to the left from the underside of the phone; it simply glides open with ease. The keyboard is one of the best I've used; the square keys are wide and roomy, and easy to press.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The home screen offers buttons for accessing the dial pad, contacts, and the main menu, with access to Verizon's extra cost services (including VCast music, ringtones, games, and VZ Navigator).</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In my use, I found audio quality acceptable; audio sounded boomy and full-bodied, with little background noise.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">We'll update this review with our battery life test results, as well as the final pricing (which we didn't receive as of this writing).</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">If you're in the market for a basic touch screen phone with a great keyboard, this model may suit your needs--depending upon its price.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6531316304933297071?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-41888562381751658732008-04-09T15:36:00.000-07:002008-04-09T15:37:47.565-07:00<span class="copyright"><span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a id="link_48" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nic_Marin">Nic Marin</a><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For many people the cellular phone is a necessity but for young people it is a fashion accessory; teenagers today have not known a world without them. Industry and professionals everywhere use the modern cell phone for much more practical purposes. For example, journalists are able to send images within minutes to the desks of their editors. Technological improvements have made manufacturers incredibly competitive, they are continually trying to think up new ways to beat their competition. Audiovox cellular phone accessories are one company that has seen the market for cell phone accessories and jumped in with both feet to develop new designs.</div><div id="body"><p style="text-align: justify;">With improvements in battery life, size, design and capabilities it is amazing what can be packed into an Audiovox cell phone not to mention they accessory range. The power cord accessory for example helps to condition the cell phone battery as well as charge it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other accessories are obviously aimed at the more mature marketplace such as the SIM Card Cloner and Belt Clips which can be used with any cell phone not just those manufactured by Audiovox. A particularly clever device is the headset that allows you to use the cellular phone without having to hold it which is a great idea for drivers or people that need their hands free while they work. I am sure you can see the benefits of this device when it comes to driving because both hands are now free to control the car.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, the over ear portable hands-free kit from the wide array of Audiovox products, also functions to provide hands free telephony with a built in feature that reduces background noise. With this new technology you should always be able to hear the other person clearly and safely.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Jabra hands free headset is one such model in the range able to do this. Doubling as a speaker phone as well, Jabra is also very small and so light you will soon forget you have it on.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">By using the multi functional antenna attached to you vehicle, the signal strength is increased and improves the connection. Audiovox cellular phones should be supplied with an earphone to help communication while you are driving so be sure to check when purchasing your model. Talking on your cell phone whilst driving can sometimes be dangerous so this type of phone accessory could be a life saver as well as help you carry out your job more effectively. Remember, the Audiovox cellular phone accessories are there to help you make the most of your cell phone.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Nic_Marin"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4188856238175165873?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-40574096796539513992008-04-09T15:34:00.000-07:002008-04-09T15:35:55.505-07:00<span class="copyright">By <a id="link_48" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Josh_Riverside">Josh Riverside</a><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cellular phones offer additional services along with their main purpose, that of communication. Many cellular phone models provide features such as a built in digital camera, an MP3 music player, a phone book directory, a variety of customized alerts and integrated organizer features. There are cellular phones that allow Internet and Email access. Most cellular phone service providers extend optional services to access Internet and Email. Some models receive and play video and TV programs. Different types of cellular phone service accessories are required for these facilities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;" id="body"><p>There are two main types of cellular phones, such as analog cellular phones and digital cellular phones. Digital cellular phones are widely used due to low power consumption, high security and high sound quality. Smart phones are digital phones that allow easy access to Email and Internet. The cellular phone service accessories required are different for different phones. Cellular phone models with headset, Bluetooth and wireless connection system are also available.</p><p>Cellular phone service providers give ring tones to alert users to incoming calls. Separate ring tones can be set for different callers. Thus the user can easily identify the caller. Wallpapers are cellular accessories that can feature movies, actors and music groups. These cellular accessories are usually downloaded from the Internet. Cell phone battery is an important accessory. A long lasting and high quality battery is essential for maximizing the talk-time. Chargers and hands free headsets are other common accessories. Different types of connection cables are required to access additional services.</p><p>Cellular phones have both software and hardware accessories. Most cellular phone service providers give all the accessories required for their services. Connecting a cellular phone to a computer is possible with a few additional accessories. Wireless connection between the cellular phone and computer is another feature.</p><p>Cellular phones and their accessories must be protected from external stress. There are coverings and cases to protect the phone.</p></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Josh_Riverside"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4057409679653951399?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-513508396009515102008-04-03T05:21:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:30:07.512-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">At the Growing Together 2008 conference held today in Johannesburg, Nokia introduced four new budget cell phones, intended for the emerging markets. The company said, it is trying to meet the growing demand for cell phones with better functionality in such areas, without bumping the price too high. All of the four new models, which include 2 candybars, one slider and a flip-phone, are dual-band GSM (with U.S. and European versions), run on series 40 software and are in the 50-90 Euro ($79 – 142) price range, before taxes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16162&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 116px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16162&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a>The first model, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-5000-phone-p_2720.html">Nokia 5000</a> has support for the local mobile email solution (Webmobile), developed exclusively for people in South Africa. The candybar phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera, a high-resolution QVGA display, an FM radio with recording functionality and supports the MP3 file format. It also supports Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, Bluetooth and GPRS connectivity. The Nokia 5000 is expected to hit the selected market Q2 2008 at EUR 90 ($142), before subsidies and taxes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16163&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 64px; height: 80px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16163&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-2680-slide-phone-p_2719.html">Nokia 2680 slide</a> is the first budget slider model from the manufacturer and it has a media oriented personality. It is a slim cameraphone that is user-friendly and includes an FM radio with recording capability and supports MP3 ringtones. The Nokia 2680 slide is scheduled for a launch in selected markets in Q3 2008 at the price of EUR 75 ($117) before subsidies and taxes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16161&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 104px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16161&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-1680-classic-phone-p_2717.html">Nokia 1680 classic</a> is the second candybar presented in Johannesburg today. As the manufacturer claims, the phone is its “most affordable cameraphone to date”. Which means that besides basic phone functionality, the entry level device offers the advantage of having a basic VGA digital camera for pictures and video. On top of that you get e-mail support. The Nokia 1680 classic is scheduled to begin shipping to selected markets in Q2 2008 at the modest price of EUR 50 ($79) before subsidies and taxes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16164&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 151px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16164&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16165&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 152px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=16165&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a>The only flip-phone presented today was the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-7070-Prism-phone-p_2721.html">Nokia 7070 Prism</a>. It is a budget fashion phone with geometric patterns, resembling diamonds and external light effects. The manufacturer has emphasized on the personalization options, providing themes, wallpapers, and “MP3-grade” ringtones. The 7070 Prism, which includes voice recorder and integrated hands-free speaker, is expected to begin shipping to selected markets in Q3 2008 and it will cost EUR 50 ($79) before subsidies and taxes.<br /><br />Nokia introduced not only 4 phones, but also the Webmobile email solution exclusively for South Africa in collaboration with Webmail International (PTY). The solution, configured for the new Nokia devices launched today, will be available in the Q2 2008.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-announces-4-new-phones-article-a_2638.html">Source</a></span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-51350839600951510?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-28245590205181695192008-04-03T05:13:00.000-07:002008-04-03T05:14:58.955-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Peter Svensson<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Verizon Wireless is joining Sprint Nextel Corp. in jumping on the latest craze in the wireless world: little boxes called femtocells that boost cell-phone coverage in subscribers' homes.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">"Our plans are to deploy femtocells in 2008," Verizon Wireless' Chief Technology Officer, Tony Melone, said Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless industry show in Las Vegas.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Much is unclear about the plan, including how much Verizon Wireless plans to charge. But Melone said the company was gearing up for a full-fledged rollout.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sprint is the only other carrier that is conducting more than a small trial with the technology, but it is selling femtocells only in Denver, Indianapolis and Nashville, Tenn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When it launched the program last year, Sprint said it was planning to take the offer nationwide this year, but it hasn't announced any specific plans to do so.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Femtocells address a challenge for the industry as more and more people drop their landlines: poor cellular coverage within the home. Femtocells tackle that by projecting a cellular signal in the home, much like a base station for a cordless phone. They look much like Wi-Fi routers, which have become a common household appliance. The term femtocells contrasts them with cellular towers that provide coverage outdoors — "femto" is a scientific term for something very small.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But are customers ready to bring another electronic box into the house?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Femtocell vendors at the show say "yes" — because the devices solve a lot of problems for carriers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"It's so much to their benefit to get these into people's homes that they're going to subsidize these things," said Paul Callahan, vice president of business development for Airvana Inc. The Chelmsford, Mass., company makes femtocells that are being tested by several carriers around the world.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Not only do femtocells improve coverage indoors, where the carrier has a hard time reaching, they also reduce the load on regular, outdoor cellular towers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps best of all, the device sends all calls over the subscriber's home broadband connection, usually DSL or cable, so the carrier doesn't have to pay to carry the traffic from the femtocell to its network. "Backhaul" traffic, which runs calls from cellular towers to the wired network, is a major cost for carriers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There's still some skepticism toward the technology. Carl-Henric Svanberg, chief executive of major telecom gear supplier LM Ericsson AB, sounded a note caution at the show.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Every year there is a bit of a hype around something," Svanberg told an industry audience. "Femto on the surface has a lot of promises ... but there are interference issues around it. The more you dive into it the more question marks arise."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sprint spokeswoman Emmy Anderson said customer feedback has been positive and there haven't been any issues with interference between the femtocells and towers. The company charges $49.99 for the box. Another $15 a month gives a customer unlimited calls from the home.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The price of the boxes is a major obstacle for the carriers. Current models cost around $200, meaning that Sprint is already subsidizing the units substantially.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Where we spend a lot of time is figuring, 'Where is that balance? Where does it makes sense for our customers, and where does it fit into our strategy?'" Melone said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Airvana's Callahan believes that by next year, the cost will come toward $150 as more suppliers get into the market.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">T-Mobile USA is taking another and potentially less costly route — selling phones that can use either cellular networks or Wi-Fi, which many broadband households have already. Households that lack Wi-Fi routers can buy them cheaply. That technology, called Unlicensed Mobile Access, has traction among overseas carriers as well. The drawback of UMA is that it requires mobile phones with Wi-Fi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">With Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile USA all using or planning to use femtocells or UMA, that leaves AT&amp;T Inc. among the four largest carriers. Spokesman Mark Siegel said the company is looking at the technology, but is in the very early stages of doing so.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin thinks the real opportunity is for landline phone companies to bundle femtocells with DSL. Indeed, French electronics maker Thomson has said it is building an Airvana femtocell into a DSL modem. So maybe there's no need for another box in the home.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iaHctCbJK9Nt7AqiGrJ_N20-rBwAD8VQ07UO0"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2824559020518169519?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-71368465729567708172008-03-29T18:00:00.000-07:002008-03-29T18:07:23.137-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />While the information regarding the LG <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX8560-phone-p_2712.html">VX8560 </a>and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX9700-phone-p_2669.html">VX9700</a> is a bit hard to come by, we were sent two of the best looking images of the devices that we've seen so far. The VX8560 is a flip phone and could possibly replace the current VX8700. From the image, we can see a TFT display on the front (with a camera lens above it) and a newly designed silver audio control, as well as a dedicated Music and Camera button on the right side.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Update-4-with-picture-LG-VX9700-is-Verizons-PRADA-like-phone-article-a_2532.html">VX9700 </a>will be Verizon's Prada-like phone featuring a large WQVGA touchscreen, 3.2MP camera with Schneider Kreuznach lens, on-screen QWERTY keypad, microUSB data port, and microSDHC memory card slot. From the new image we can see that the volume buttons will be on the right side, just below the microUSB port, and there is a third button at the bottom edge, possible a camera or smart button. Located under the touchscreen are the send, clear, and end buttons. There also appears to be a light sensor at the top-left, possibly to control the brightness of the display.<br /><br />There are still no firm release dates or prices, but we've heard that the VX9700 slated for a mid-to-late Q2 launch (May, June), with the VX8560 coming soon after. It is also rumored that the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX9700-phone-p_2669.html">VX9700 </a>will be called the <span style="font-weight: bold;">LG Dare</span> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX8610-phone-p_2629.html">VX8610 </a>will be the <span style="font-weight: bold;">LG Decoy</span>. Remember to check our CTIA coverage (April 1-3) as upcoming devices are often displayed for the first time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7664/lg8560nt7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 196px;" src="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7664/lg8560nt7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>LG VX8560 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX8560-phone-p_2712.html">Preliminary Specifications</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2084/lg9700gh6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 224px;" src="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2084/lg9700gh6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>LG Dare <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX9700-phone-p_2669.html">Preliminary Specifications</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/First-photo-of-the-LG-VX8560-and-updated-VX9700-image-article-a_2609.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-7136846572956770817?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-65569038371325810572008-03-29T17:56:00.000-07:002008-03-29T18:09:00.894-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15974&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15974&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a>The successor of the 8800, the 9000 evolves the design, but is a real revolution software-wise. It runs on similar, yet much different software with animations.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />EngadgetMobile got exclusive images of the new RIM BlackBerry 9000. This is the successor of the 8800 (and the 8700) and as it can be seen from the comparison picture, evolves the design language. What is more interesting though, is the software. The videos, the lucky insider managed to capture, point out BlackBerry phones will get a new contemporary look of their user interface, with animations and cool looking icons. Though obviously consumer oriented, we may hope to see some better multimedia implementation in these otherwise business phones.<br /><br />There is no solid information about the specifications of the phone, but you may take a look at the preliminary specs we’ve published.<br /></div><br />RIM BlackBerry 9000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/RIM-BlackBerry-9000-phone-p_2710.html">Specifications</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/BlackBerry-9000-brings-new-interface-article-a_2606.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6556903837132581057?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-55031157326835244252008-03-29T17:52:00.000-07:002008-03-29T17:54:03.370-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Martyn Williams<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Researchers in Japan have demonstrated one part of an envisaged molecular level system that might one day enable cell phones to keep a regular watch on their owners' health.<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&amp;symb=DCM" title="NTT DoCoMo">NTT DoCoMo</a> hopes some future cell phones will contain "DNA chips," devices capable of analyzing molecules from the user's body, to provide a warning about a possible virus, high-levels of stress or other factors that might affect health.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But for the DNA chips to get the samples required, the molecules to be analysed must be transported into the phone from the user's body. This is where the latest research in so-called "molecular communications" comes in.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The work carried out by NTT DoCoMo and researchers at The University of Tokyo proved the feasibility of transporting a specific molecule between two set points using chemically-engineered motor proteins, said Shuichiro Ichikoshi, a spokesman for NTT DoCoMo in Tokyo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Motor proteins are typically found in muscles and nerve cells and in the research they were depositied on a glass substrate in the chip to create paths to the DNA-chip. When a molecule arrives via the user's sweat the motor proteins transport it to the sensors for analysis.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The entire process requires no electrical or mechanical input or control so can work on its own.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The development is just one piece of the research required before such a system can be commercialized. NTT DoCoMo's Ichikoshi expects the entire system to be feasible in a laboratory about five years from now and not ready for commercial use for perhaps another five years after that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">NTT DoCoMo, which is more usually concerned with transporting of digital data across its cellular network, has been working on molecular communications for some time and previous research involved a program with the University of California.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E1849257419002B576C.html?ref=technology"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5503115732683524425?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-66314061738899810952008-03-28T03:15:00.000-07:002008-03-28T03:17:51.805-07:00<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> If <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_0">Japan</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_1">NTT DoCoMo</span> has its way, future mobile phones will feature data speeds of 250 Mbps and biochips that could analyze a drop of blood or sweat for illness or stress. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> In research findings released this week, the Japanese <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_2">mobile phone service provider</span> tipped its hand on distant future product plans, although it may take several years for many of them to reach the market. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_3">DoCoMo</span>'s labs in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_4">Yokosuka, Japan</span>, tested a technology called Long Term Evolution and hit data rates of <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/207000254/26880135/SIG=11k54inaf/*http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=149317"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_5">250 Mbps on the downlink.</span></a> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the biochip work, DoCoMo said its experiments with researchers at the University of Toyko were able to successfully demonstrate what it calls "the world's first molecular delivery system for molecular communication." The researchers combined communication technology and biochemistry to use molecules as a communications medium. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"DoCoMo aims to develop systems that could transmit information about the biochemical conditions of living organisms, such as excitement, emotion, stress, or disease," DoCoMo said in a release. The approach could eventually lead to the creation of a biochemical analyzer or a fingertip-sized biochip that would be useful in medical and health situations. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Included in a mobile phone, the biochip could generate data and send it to medical specialists using standard <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_6">wireless transmission techniques</span>. In addition to health and environmental applications, DoCoMo suggested it also could have entertainment purposes: it could be used for long distance fortune telling. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> As for the research in LTE, which it calls Super 3G, DoCoMo said it will discuss the results of its tests in detail at next week's <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_7">CTIA Wireless event</span>. DoCoMo has an aggressive deployment schedule for the ultra high-speed technology and has targeted 2010 for initial rollout. Many mobile phone service providers have committed to LTE, although actual deployment schedules still are vague. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_8">Verizon Wireless</span> (including its <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_9">Vodafone Group equity</span> partner) recently said it plans to move to LTE and the GSM Association, representing most of the world's cell phone service providers, also has endorsed LTE. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> DoCoMo picked Ericsson as its partner to supply LTE infrastructure. Ericsson also has been soliciting winners of the recent <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/207000254/26880135/SIG=12ff8dfi6/*http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903278"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1206678992_10">700-MHz</span></a> spectrum auction as candidates for its LTE infrastructure technology.<br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cmp/207000254;_ylt=AiNlrwNjQ0JxIQQScmJX0gv6L5A5"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6631406173889981095?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-58522903973216210012008-03-28T03:08:00.000-07:002008-03-28T03:09:56.743-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a title="Raina Kelsey" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/raina-kelsey/23015.htm">Raina Kelsey</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The concept of VoIP phones is gaining in popularity as it provides great effectiveness and usefulness to its users. <a id="KonaLink0" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/voip-phones-the-best-way-to-stay-connected-370593.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">VoIP</span></span></a> is an abbreviated form of Voice over Internet Protocol. The phones that make use of this facilitating <a id="KonaLink1" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/voip-phones-the-best-way-to-stay-connected-370593.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">technology</span></span></a> are just like your conventional telephony instruments, which are utilised for making effective long distance phone calls. However, the divergence lies in the prices and the transporters, which transmit the signals from one place to another. <a id="KonaLink2" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/voip-phones-the-best-way-to-stay-connected-370593.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">IP </span><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">telephony</span></span></a> is completely correlated to the Internet services, which means you make your calls using the Internet. On the other hand, the call rate that you get through IP telephony is much cheaper as contrasted to the customary PSTN lines.<br /><br />In addition, you can be certain of the quality of voice that remains undisturbed. The sound quality is impressive and is comparable to the sound output obtained in the traditional phones. The service reduces the telephone bills for its users.<br /><br /> You can accept your incoming calls from anyplace around the world, as the calls are unswervingly routed to your <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobilespectrum.co.uk/internet-phones.asp"> Voip Phones</a>. All you have to do is to remain connected to the Internet with the help of some instruments. You will also need the subscription from any VoIP service provider. In such services, instant messaging also becomes possible. With these phones and a service in place, the users can make cost effective calls to any corner of this world. As a matter of fact, the concept of VoIP phone services have turned out to be really helpful for the call centres. As the agents, they can operate their functions from everywhere around the world using the means of IP telephony.<br /><br />In recent times, Toshiba has instigated two such phones named as Toshiba G500, and Toshiba G900. These devices are adding more strength to the concept of Voice over IP phones and related services. There are also several other mobile phones that can be used for making calls routed through the internet. With the design and development of such phones, the concept of IP telephony is gaining ground. A large number of people who were not familiar with it earlier now know the various benefits that these high-end gadgets can deliver.<br /><br />Indubitably, the Voice over IP phones have made things simpler for us, and are evolving to be the latest sensation in the field of long distance communication.<br /><br /><div id="AuthorBox"><strong>About the Author<br /></strong>Raina Kelsey is an expert author, and writes about latest gadgets.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobilespectrum.co.uk/internet-description.asp?id=5">BT Freestyle 3500</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobilespectrum.co.uk/internet-description.asp?id=2">BT Synergy 4500</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/voip-phones-the-best-way-to-stay-connected-370593.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5852290397321621001?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-70875426143357162742008-03-20T21:32:00.000-07:002008-03-20T21:34:05.232-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a title="Matt Sharp" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/matt-sharp/41815.htm">Matt Sharp</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> Meet the sleekest, most fashionable <a id="KonaLink0" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-w380i-fashion-meets-music-in-the-world-of-mobile-phones-365233.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">music </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">phone</span></span></a> Sony Ericsson have ever made: the sumptuous W380i.<br /> <b>Sony Ericsson W380i - a music phone in catwalk clothes </b><br />It's a well-known fact that Sony Ericsson make exceptional music phones, under the Walkman banner. And it's equally well-known that they make mobile phones aimed at the more fashionable end of the circuit, for the catwalk-crowd, as I like to call them. But what would happen if those two worlds collided? What would happen if Sony Ericsson made a Walkman music phone for the catwalk crowd?<br /> Basically, you'd get the new Sony Ericsson W380i, a mobile phone that deftly combines the sheer musical ability of a <a id="KonaLink1" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-w380i-fashion-meets-music-in-the-world-of-mobile-phones-365233.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">Walkman </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">phone</span></span></a> with the sheer classiness of something that would be more at home on the Paris catwalk!<br /> <b>Musical beauty </b><br /> Equipped with the best music player you'll ever find in mobile phones (the fabulous Walkman player from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/mobile-phones/sony-ericsson/sony-ericsson-mobile-phones.php"><b>Sony Ericsson</b></a>), the music playback from the W380i is pure quality. You can even control the playback through the outside of the flip, with the playback controls tastefully matching the beautiful, chic shell. But of course, the fun doesn't end there, as you also get te rest of the features you'd expect from other mobile phones. Camera, FM radio, bluetooth... the list just goes on, and it makes the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/mobile-phones/o2/contract-mobile-phones/index.php"><b>O2</b></a> Sony Ericsson W380i something you'll realy want to own!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-w380i-fashion-meets-music-in-the-world-of-mobile-phones-365233.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-7087542614335716274?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-28412747073315989252008-03-20T21:31:00.000-07:002008-03-20T21:32:32.202-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a title="Matt Sharp" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/matt-sharp/41815.htm">Matt Sharp</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Join me as I look into my crystal ball to see what mobile phones and <a id="KonaLink0" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/in-the-crystal-ball-array-mobile-phones-and-mobile-broadband-in-2008-365232.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">mobile </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">broadband</span></span></a> will be hot in 2008!<br /> <b>Mobile phones - into the future! </b><br />So, as we roll on through 2008, what can we expect from the world of mobile phones? What surprises are in store for us? Well, first off, we're going to see new features in phones. 2007 was dominated by two types of 'feature-phone': the camera phone and the <a id="KonaLink1" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/in-the-crystal-ball-array-mobile-phones-and-mobile-broadband-in-2008-365232.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">music </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">phone</span></span></a> (best dionstrated by the Sony Ericsson brandings of Cyber-Shot and Walkman). In 2008, one feature we're going to see MUCH more of is GPS, or to put it another way, mobile phones with sat nav built in. Even just in the next couple of months, loads have been announced; the Nokia N82, the Samsung G810, the Sony Ericsson X1 and so on and so on. 2008 is <i>definitely</i> GPS's year!<br /> Another big area is entertainment, specifically gaming and <a id="KonaLink2" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/in-the-crystal-ball-array-mobile-phones-and-mobile-broadband-in-2008-365232.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">mobile </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">TV</span></span></a>, both of which are set to make their big splash in 2008. On the gaming front, both Nokia and Apple are pushing headlong into the market, with the N-Gage platform on <a id="KonaLink3" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/in-the-crystal-ball-array-mobile-phones-and-mobile-broadband-in-2008-365232.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">Nokia </span><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">mobile </span><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;">phones</span></span></a>, and Apps Store on the iPhone. Lots of big name publishers have signed up already, so expect mobile version of the best games on the amrket! And then, of course, there is one mobile phone (if it happens) that will really be the ultimate gaming phone (if they release it, which they haven't said they will, but let's face it, they'd be stupid not to). That's the Sony PSP-Phone.<br /> Mobile TV is a bit harder to pin down, but now that the EU have <i>finally</i> decided on one standard to use, there's nothing to stop this going stratospheric!<br /> <b>Mobile Broadband - the future of the internet! </b><br />Mobile broadband is something that, I can almost guarantee, you hadn't heard of 6 months ago. And yet, in that short time, it's grown from everyone going, "Eh? What's that?" to people going, "<i>THIS IS THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET</i>"! It may sound obvious what it is, but mobile broadband is, quite simply, broadband when you're mobile. See? Simple!<br /> Ok, maybe I can explain it a bit better than that (after all, why should <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/"><b>mobile phones</b></a> get all the love?!). Imagine you're on the internet, on your laptop. Imagine that you're surfing around, and doing everything that you'd do on your home PC. Now, imagine that you're doing all that at broadband speeds (anywhere up to 7.2Mbps, currently). <i>NOW</i> imagine that you're doing that in a field, nowhere near a destop connection, or a WiFi hotspot. <i>That's</i> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/mobile-broadband/index.php"><b>mobile broadband</b></a>. And <i>that's </i>why it <i>is</i> the future of the internet. Broadband wherever you are, whenever you want. Personally, I can't wait!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/in-the-crystal-ball-array-mobile-phones-and-mobile-broadband-in-2008-365232.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-2841274707331598925?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-46778543685805969472008-03-20T21:28:00.000-07:002008-03-20T21:31:10.842-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a title="Matt Sharp" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/matt-sharp/41815.htm">Matt Sharp</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's take a look at an upcoming, super-advanced <a id="KonaLink0" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-x1-xperia-all-hail-superadvanced-mobile-phones-365231.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">mobile </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">phone</span></span></a> from Sony Ericsson; the stunning X1 Xperia.<br /> <b>The Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia - say hello to the future! </b><br /> Announced at the 2008 Mobile World Congress, the <a id="KonaLink1" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-x1-xperia-all-hail-superadvanced-mobile-phones-365231.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">Sony </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">Ericsson</span></span></a> X1 Xperia is one of the new wave of <i>super</i>-advanced mobile phones. In fact, it really is a phone full of firsts. It's the first Sony Ericsson to ever be built around Windows Mobile. It's the first Sony Ericsson smartphone with built-in GPS. It's the first m mobile phone I've ever seen with a touch-sensitive trackpad, just like you get on a laptop. And it's the first <a id="KonaLink2" target="_new" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-x1-xperia-all-hail-superadvanced-mobile-phones-365231.html#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:#009900;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 153, 0); color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">phone</span></span></a> to feature the cool new 'arc slider' design (more on that in a while).<br /> In other words, the X1 from Sony Ericsson is a groundbreaking phone in lots and <i>lots</i> of ways. Or, to put it another way, say hello to the future of mobile phones!<br /> <b>Showing other mobile phones how it's done! </b><br /> Key to the mindbending awesomeness (a phrase I will <i>never</i> grow tired of) of the Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia is its extensive and comprehensive features list. What you're basicaly looking at is the mobile phone that will do everything (with the possible exception of making you a nice cuppa in the morning... and even then, it can only be a matter of time till someone makes a 'make me a cup of tea' accessory). But what exactly do you get for your money?<br />Well, for starters, it's based around a brand new version of the great Windows Mobile systi, seen in so many top-end mobile phones, so you get an entirely new, never-seen-before 'panel interface', that lets you select your homescreen depending on your needs, whether that's for music, calendar, office or so on. Of course, you'd expect Sony Ericsson to have put a camera in the phone, and you'd be right! They've stuck in a really nice 3MP camera, which will also record high quality video at 30 fps (so, DVD quality, then).<br /> The killer feature of the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/mobile-phones/sony-ericsson/sony-ericsson-mobile-phones.php"><b>Sony Ericsson</b></a> X1, though has to be built in GPS, a fabulous addition that means that theoretically, you'll never get lost again... although, at least a passing knowledge of how <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobileshop.com/"><b>mobile phones</b></a> work would be needed...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/the-sony-ericsson-x1-xperia-all-hail-superadvanced-mobile-phones-365231.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-4677854368580596947?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-81032680831750265562008-03-19T16:46:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:42:04.615-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />A picture of the new Sony Ericsson W580 in “jungle green” surfaced recently. Even though no such information has been mentioned, the new color has the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, which is celebrated on March 17. Now, it is already listed on the Sony Ericsson official website. The new color solution joins the gamma, which also includes white, black, grey and pink.<br /></div><br />Sony Ericsson W580 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sony-Ericsson-W580-phone-p_2059.html">Specifications</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15778&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 553px; height: 161px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15778&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sony-Ericsson-W580-gets-a-jungle-green-image-article-a_2567.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-8103268083175026556?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-56849858095558886792008-03-19T16:42:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:42:16.370-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Today, Nokia officially announced a new variant of its N82. The new version is colored in black instead of silver, but all of its specifications are kept the same. The software is slightly updated, now with the "geotag" option that allows GPS coordinates to be added to a captured photo. The black N82 is expected to start shipping within weeks, at a price of approximately EUR 400 ($631).<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Nokia N82 is a Symbian S60 smartphone, targeted to the multimedia audience. It is the first Nokia phone to be equipped with Xenon flash, which helped it win our last <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/5-megapixel-GSM-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2007-review-r_1889.html">5-megapixel cameraphone comparison</a>.<br /></div><br />Nokia N82 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-N82-phone-p_2487.html">Specifications</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15833&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15833&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-N82-now-in-Black-article-a_2575.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5684985809555888679?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-69894923828829131242008-03-19T16:32:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:42:27.756-07:00Newly leaked press photos emerged today showing the upcoming <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Samsung-SCH-U940-phone-p_2469.html">Samsung Glyde U940</a> in all its glory. It is also rumored that the Glyde will be released near the end of April with pricing similar to the LG Voyager.<br /><br />We all need to reserve judgment until we actually have one in our hands, but we have to admit -- the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/glyde">Samsung Glyde</a> for Verizon sure seems to get more beautiful every time we get new shots of it. These particular shots, of course, are designed to be especially beautiful since they're stock photos to be used for press and promotion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/03/glyde_open_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/03/glyde_open_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/03/19/samsung-glyde-in-pictures"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6989492382882913124?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-54973087205985488942008-03-19T16:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:42:37.293-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Well, there’s nothing official about this yet, but one of the three FCC approvals of the Nokia 5610 Xpress Music, exposes it with the T-Mobile logo stamped on the front panel. Although it is not 100% sure that it will be available, that’s enough to give us hope . T-Mobile is currently offering the 5300 and the 5610 was announced as its successor. By default, 5610 upgrades 5300 with 3G support, but the version with the T-Mobile logo is only 2G quad-band GSM, so it should be considered as its replacement, instead of successor.<br /><br />Nokia 5610 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-5610-XpressMusic-phone-p_2363.html">Specifications</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15834&amp;v=thumb"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15834&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.phonearena.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-5497308720598548894?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726618170342841903.post-60979894199588382192008-03-19T16:07:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:42:47.597-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Samsung Electronics introduced the “world’s first” ultra-thin 8-megapixel camera module for cell phones. Currently the best cameraphones offered on the U.S. market are with only 5-megapixel camera. The small size (8.5-mm thick) and the resolution capabilities are not the only innovation offered by the new CMOS sensor. Here we also have a “Low Light Trio”, which includes an anti-shake system, the “super” noise processing technology and the ability to use ISO 1600 level of sensitivity. . The new mini device is also capable of Super Macro shooting up to 1 cm.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The face detection seen in the previous models of the company (such as G800, Soul, G400), now features “photography Smiles” and “eye flicker recognition” features. We guess, the first one automatically snaps a picture as soon as it detects a grin on a face in the viewfinder and the second one lets the camera know if there are eyes “seen” as closed so it waits before snapping the photo.<br /><br />The sensor is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2008.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15863&amp;v=thumb"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 184px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15863&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15862&amp;v=thumb"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 184px;" src="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&amp;f=name&amp;id=15862&amp;v=thumb" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.samsung.co.kr/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1726618170342841903-6097989419958838219?l=blogcellularinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917617600704894691noreply@blogger.com0