Archive | August, 2009

Samsung Application Store for Europe Available from September 14th

Samsung today announced that it will launch a new on-device application store for Samsung Smartphone users on September 14th. The Application Store will open in the UK, France and Italy, with more than 30 countries including Germany and Spain to follow. Initially, the store will be accessible to users of Omnia and I8910 HD devices [...]

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LG GW300 Branded as Viewty Series

From the first LG Viewty to the latest Viewty Smart (GC-900), it looks like the LG GW300 will be one of the Viewty family as an affordable messaging phone. According to GSMHelpDesk, the LG Viewty GW300 is already sold in France although it is not officially announced yet. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, QWERTY keyboard [...]

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SlashGear Reviews the Nokia E52 and E55

Announced in May this year, both the Nokia E52 and E55 have an impressive battery life, giving you up to 8 hours of talk time or 28 days of standby time. The Nokia E52 comes with a traditional numeric keypad, while the E55 equipped with a half-QWERTY keyboard. According to SlashGear review, “We found that with WiFi [...]

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LG GW880 OPhone for China Mobile

Soon to be available in China, LG planned to release its LG GW880 smartphone with China Mobile’s OPhone OS. The OPhone OS is based on Android OS, featuring iPhone-like interface and the company’s mobile software store called Mobile Market. OPhone SDK is compatible with Android SDK, Android software can be easily used on OPhone platform [...]

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iPhone 3GS and 3G Going to China via China Unicom

With numerous rumors in the past one year, the Apple iPhone will finally invade China market through the China Unicom. According to the company press release, the iPhone is planned to be launched in Q4 this year. It will have a 3-years exclusive agreement, though the launched details especially the service plan and selling price [...]

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Jitterbug Now Offer Service Through Verizon Wireless Network

GreatCall and Verizon Wireless today announced that Jitterbug will now run on the Verizon Wireless network through the open development program. Jitterbug monthly services now also offer more minutes and more affordable night and weekend calling than were previously available with Jitterbug plans.

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Nokia Unveils N900 Tablet with Maemo 5

Nokia has decided to announce its N900 tablet before the Nokia World next week, which featuring Linux-based Maemo software and a full touch screen. Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 supports multi tasking and packs a powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics [...]

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Palm Pre now available from Bell Mobility

The Palm Pre phone is now exclusively available at Bell stores and retail partner locations across Canada, costs as little as $199.95 on a three-year contract or $599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.

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Sirius XM Radio Announces XM SkyDock for iPhone

Sirius XM Radio today introduced XM SkyDock, a satellite radio controlled by an iPod touch or iPhone. The iPhone application allows control of the XM tuner using the capabilities of the iPod touch or iPhone Multi-Touch user interface. It also allows you to tag the songs you hear on the XM Radio for later purchase from [...]

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Samsung Star S5230 Sales Surpass 5 Million Units

Samsung announced that sales of the Samsung Star S5230 surpassed the 5-million mark this month. The Star (model number S5230), launched in May, is the fastest model in Samsung’s history to reach the milestone.

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