Archive | September, 2008

XOHM WiMAX Broadband Service Debuts in Baltimore

Sprint has officially launched XOHM mobile broadband commercial service in the first major U.S. city in Baltimore. With XOHM, consumers, businesses and local governments will ultimately be able to experience new forms of interactive communications, high-speed mobile Internet browsing, social-networking tools, location-centric services and multimedia including music, video and on-demand products at faster average downlink [...]

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SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Card Can Be Used on T-Mobile G1 Android Phone

With the newly announced SanDisk 16GB microSDHC memory card, Android Community has got the confirmation from Google that the upcoming T-Mobile G1 is ready to support the 16GB card. SanDisk’s 16GB microSDHC card has an MSRP of $99.99 and the 16GB M2 card has an MSRP of $129.99. The new 16GB capacity will be available [...]

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New Samsung Delve Spotted for U.S. Cellular

U.S. Cellular is said to be getting the Samsung Delve, a full touch screen phone similar to Samsung F480. Delve has a 3-inch touch screen, comes with a new generation of Touchwiz, 2 megapixel camera, HTML browser, bluetooth and threaded sms. It should be available by mid-November according to the source on BGR.

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ZTE Unveils U990 with HSDPA and TD-SCDMA Supported

ZTE Corporation announced the U990 device, the world’s first HSDPA TD-SCDMA mobile handset. The new handset was first unveiled last week and is ZTE’s third TD-SCDMA (China’s 3G Network) mobile handset model. The new model supports dual mode TD-SCDMA/EDGE allowing seamless transitions between the two networks. Its HSDPA speed is capable of reaching 2.8Mbps for downlink [...]

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SanDisk Announces 16GB MicroSDHC and M2

SanDisk today announced it is bringing to market its 16GB microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) mobile memory cards. Best Buy Mobile and Verizon Wireless stores are the first major retail outlets in the United States to carry the 16GB capacity. SanDisk’s 16GB microSDHC card has an MSRP of $99.99 and the 16GB M2 card has [...]

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Ericsson to provide mobile broadband for LG notebooks and netbooks

Ericsson is selected by LG Electronics, to provide mobile broadband modules based on HSPA. LG Electronics notebooks and netbooks will include mobile broadband modules from Ericsson in Q3 2008. HSPA provides a DSL-like experience wirelessly with true mobility and there are currently more than 207 commercially deployed HSPA networks globally, serving more than one billion subscribers.

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LG Announces KP500 Affordable Touch Screen Phone

LG announces the launch of LG KP500 with an affordable introduction price. Slim-profiled and lightweight, the LG KP500 is a GSM phone which can operate in four frequency bands and supports 39 languages. LG did not reveal the selling price but said it will be affordable to most mobile phone users. When available, it will come in [...]

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HTC: Windows Mobile and Android are complementary

Seems High Tech Computer (HTC) doesn’t want to put all the eggs in one basket and will continue to simultaneously develop smartphones based on Windows Mobile and Android platform. HTC is Taiwanese-based phonemaker for Android’s first phone, T-Mobile G1.

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Official Photo of LG KC780 8 Megapixel Camera Phone Leaked

GSMAreana has managed to obtain a press photo of the new 8 megapixel camera phone, the LG KC780. The slider phone was first leaked last week and is the second 8 megapixel camera phone from LG after LG KC910. Although it is built in slider form factor, GSMArena said it will be slimmer than Samsung [...]

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UK mobile music could reach 2.1 billion downloads

How to fight against illegal music downloads? Just offer the unlimited mobile downloads and it would be big business for mobile operators and also could shift consumers’ music habits away from older CD and PC-based technologies.

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