Archive for April, 2007

Samsung SGH-i400

At yesterday’s S60 Summit in Madrid Samsung launched a new slim and stylish smartphone that continues the company’s affiliation with the slider style of devices. The new Samsung SGH-i400 is one of the sleekest looking S60 devices we have seen, and comes with features to back up its style.

Samsung SGH-i400
The SGH-i400 features tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) [...]

April 26, 2007 • Posted in: Samsung • No Comments

LG TV tactile

LG have been working really hard lately to develop mobile TV phones that vibrate in response to action on the screen. The LG tactile broadcast phones will respond to certain events on the TV, such as the ball hitting the back fo a net, or a car exploding, by vibrating at the same moment. In [...]

April 26, 2007 • Posted in: LG • No Comments

Blackberry 8830 World Edition

Based closely on the BlackBerry 8800, the RIM BlackBerry 8830 World Edition (or alternatively the BlackBerry 8830v) is a dual-mode CDMA/GSM version of this popular messaging device.
Dual-mode GSM/CDMA handsets allow subscribers to US CDMA networks (such as Verizon) access to more common GSM networks when roaming abroad.

Blackberry 8830 World Edition
The 8830 is a dual band [...]

April 26, 2007 • Posted in: BlackBerry • No Comments

Motorola Launches Global Flagship Store in India

Motorola, Inc. has launched Motorola’s branded stores in key markets around the world. The opening of the latest Motorola “Global Flagship Store” in one of the busiest market areas of New Delhi’s National Capital Region (NCR) adds to the existing Motorola Flagship stores already open in Shanghai and Moscow. The opening was further supported by [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: Motorola, News • No Comments

AT&T Launches Mobile Remote Access for AT&T U-verse TV

AT&T Inc. last week announced that AT&T U-verse customers will be able to schedule and manage their U-verse TV recordings from AT&T wireless phones and devices. The feature brings the functionality and convenience of the U-verse TV digital video recorder (DVR) to the three screens central to many consumers’ lives: the wireless device, the TV, [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: News • No Comments

LCD and Solar Cell make Motorola Smart

To solve the cell phone battery life problem, Motorola recently received a patent for combining an LCD screen and a solar cell on a wireless device, giving a solution to this problem. Moto’s patent notes that this technology is better with black-only LCDs achieving up to a 75% light let-through rate. In thin-film processing of [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: Motorola, News • No Comments

Best Buy Rolling Out Wireless Stores

Best Buy will include 150 to 200 Best Buy Mobile wireless stores throughout the New York, Boston and Texas markets over the next 18 months. The concept is a joint venture with Britain’s The Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent mobile phone retailer in Europe, which is rolling out Best Buy’s Geek Squad service program throughout [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: News • No Comments

RIM Virtual BlackBerry Software

Research In Motion (RIM) announced plans to roll out new software that will let users turn smartphones running on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform into virtual BlackBerries. RIM plans to offer the software for a number of devices running Windows Mobile 6.0. Once installed, it will provide users with access to BlackBerry applications like its email, [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: BlackBerry, News • No Comments

Open registration for London ContentNext Mixer

Rafat Ali at MocoNews has announced that registrations for the next London ContentNext Mixer have opened.
There will be a great mix of people from big-media content companies, small and indie media/content providers, newspaper, entertainment, radio, television, mobile companies, technology/vendor companies, VCs, bankers, analysts, journalists, etc there, so be prepared for some lateral thinking while networking.
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April 24, 2007 • Posted in: News • No Comments

Mobile TV- a man’s world

A new study from comScore reveals that 2 out 3 mobile TV subscribers are male below age 35. And like many products, cost and quality are primary concerns. Moreover, the study reveals men prefer to watch local news, dramas, movies, and sitcoms. Serge Matta, senior vice president of comScore Telecom Solutions commented: “While the use [...]

April 24, 2007 • Posted in: News • No Comments