Archive | March, 2008

3G iPhone has mounting evidence for its upcoming release

Evidence for a 3G iPhone is mounting at an alarming rate. First there is the next iPhone firmware which won’t be released until the WWDC, which supports the idea that there is likely to be a new version of the iPhone hardware released to coincide with the new firmware. Then there is the reports of [...]

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Advanced mass data handling and location based services technologies launched on Symbian OS

Symbian today announced Symbian SQL and an advanced Location Based Services (LBS) architecture. Symbian SQL and the new LBS architecture will help Symbian licensees develop handsets that handle very large amounts of data, and which provide users with relevant information based on their current location, in tune with consumer demand.

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One-million Centro in Market Now

Palm has sold its one-millionth Palm Centro smartphone in 10 countries worldwide, including Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the UK, Germany, Spain, Ireland, France and Italy. First introduced in the United States last September exclusively with Sprint, and more recently introduced on AT&T in February, the fully featured Centro smartphone is available from both carriers for [...]

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Dolby Laboratories Brings Rich Audio Experiences to Symbian OS Smartphones

Dolby Laboratories has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program, offering Dolby Mobile for Symbian OS. This new solution enables rich and vibrant surround sound from various types of mobile entertainment content, including music, movies, television, and games, to Symbian smartphone users around the world. Dolby Mobile offers Symbian licensees the ability to differentiate their multimedia-focused [...]

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Verizon Wireeless and LG Introduce the Slim enV2

Verizon Wireless and LG today announced the enV2 by LG will be available in April. The successor to the popular enV by LG, the new enV2 gets a makeover with a new slim redesign and sophisticated black or maroon finish. The enV2 supports a number of features and services that customers have come to expect [...]

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Verizon Wireless Introduces The BlackBerry Curve 8330

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone will be available in May. Packaged in a liquid silver-colored finish with chrome highlights, smooth edges and soft curves, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is backed by Verizon Wireless’ high-speed Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 offers the following capabilities [...]

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iPhone SDK Beta 2 – time to make things look good

The major addition that the second beta of the iPhone SDK brings is the Interface Builder. This nifty little tool will allow you to drag and drop in order to build the user interface for your application. Tools like that make it on par with languages such as Visual Basic which make building new apps [...]

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Samsung Alias Dual-Hinge Flip Phone Reaching Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the Alias by Samsung will be available in mid-April. The successor to the Samsung SCH-u740, the Alias sports the familiar dual-hinge design but is packaged with an updated easy-to-read full-QWERTY keyboard. In addition to sending text messages, customers can use Wireless Sync, Verizon Wireless’ proprietary personal information management solution, to [...]

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Alltel Wireless Debuts Two Bold Choices, Moto Q 9c and Moto Q 9c Lime

Alltel Wireless will be getting the MOTO Q9c in licorice and MOTO Q9c lime, expected this summer. The smartphones got a QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash and fixed focus. In addition to the 128MB of on-board memory, MOTO Q 9c and MOTO Q 9c lime are future-proofed and will support up to [...]

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Pantech Concept Phone for Year 2010

Selected from a mobile phone design contest in Korea, here are 5 concept phones selected from student designs of various universities. We might not see these phone hits the retail market, but concepts are always fun to see.

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