Archive | November, 2009

Lenovo Acquiring Back its Lenovo Mobile Handset Business

Lenovo Group today announced that it is acquiring the entire interest of Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. from a group of investors led by Hony Capital. Consideration of the acquisition is approximately US$200 million in cash and Lenovo shares. Lenovo has previously sold the company last year, at around US$100 million.

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NTT DoCoMo Licenses Nissan’s Scratch Shield Paint Technology

Nissan Motor announced that it will license its “Scratch Shield” paint to NTT DoCoMo for mobile phone in Japan. The self-healing paint, currently applied to certain Nissan and Infiniti vehicles worldwide, was developed in collaboration with University of Tokyo and Advanced Softmaterials.

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Nokia X6 Available Now in Selected Markets

Bundled with the Nokia Comes With Music service, the Nokia X6, is now available in selected markets. The Nokia X6 is expected to retail for approximately EUR 450, before taxes and subsidies.

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3 UK Partners With Mobix Interactive To Launch Mobile TV Subscription Video-On-Demand Offering

Mobile operator 3 has launched the first mobile TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, giving subscribers on-demand access to entire episodes of hit TV shows. The breakthrough SVOD service, called ‘TV on Demand’, is fully managed and powered by Mobix Interactive.

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Sprint Launching Sanyo Incognito SCP-6760 Next Month

Sprint and Kyocera announced the launch of the SANYO Incognito SCP-6760. Chock full of media and messaging features, Incognito features a Titanium Black mirrored external surface that jumps to life with the activation of the phone’s glow-through keypad and OLED external display. Flipped open, the phone boasts a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.6″ QVGA internal display. Incognito [...]

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New Nokia 7230 Coming Q1 2010

Together with the Nokia 6700 slide, Nokia has introduced the Nokia 7230, scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2010. Its retail price is even lower at EUR 100, comes with 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch display and support 3G network.

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Nokia 6700 slide – Capture and share quickly and easily

With a choice of six fresh and vivid colors – pink, red, petrol blue, aluminum, lime and purple – the upcoming Nokia 6700 slide is a compact slider with aluminum finish. It supports 3G network, and will be available in Q1 next year for euro 160.

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BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone Lands on Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless has start selling the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone is for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan [...]

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AT&T and HP Introduce HP iPAQ Glisten

AT&T and HP announced the upcoming availability of the new HP iPAQ Glisten. It is AT&T’s first smartphone with an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) touch screen, featuring the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 and QWERTY hardware keyboard

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Else Intuition Linux Platform Officially Launched in London with First Else

Demoed in Japan a month ago, the new linux platform Else Intuition is officially launched today in London. Its website http://www.else-mobile.com is also opened for business to give you an idea of what it could offer with its First Else full touch screen phone. According to electricpig, Frist Else will only be available in 2010 with [...]

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