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Review Smartphone Nexian NX-251D
Nexian NX-251D is one smartphone besides Blackberry, iPhone and more. The dimension of this smartphones is 108 x 44.5 x 14.3 mm. The weakness of this smartphones is just have 0.3 MP for camera. The below is detail specification of smartphone Nexian NX-251D:

Specification

• Double SIM Card GSM - CDMA (Dual On)
• GSM: 900/1800/1900 Mhz, CDMA: 800 Mhz
• RUIM Card & SIM Card Slot
• Dimension / Weight : 108 x 44.5 x 14.3 mm, 75.2 Gr
• Display Screen : 1.77 inch, CSTN 65.536 colours
• Ringtones : Polyphonic, MP3
• Supports External Memory (microSD)
• Phonebook Memory : 1000, Messaging Memory : 300, GPRS : Class 10
• Bluetooth : v1.2, Messaging : SMS, MMS
• Camera : 0.3 MP with setting: White Balance, Scene Mode, Effect Settings, EV and Banding
• Multimedia: Image Viewer, Video Player & Recorder, Audio Player, FM Radio, Games (Copter & Robot)
• Organizer : Calender, To Do List, Alarm, Calculator, World Clock.
• Battery Type : Li-ion Battery 800 mAh, Standby 240 hours*, Talktime 400 minutes

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Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint® and Adobe® PDF files on your Android-powered Smartphone Tweet

Whether you’re an organization looking to mobilize your sales professionals or an individual looking to increase personal productivity, leaving your office or laptop behind does not have to mean leaving your crucial files and work behind.

Now you can get your work done no matter where you are by using Documents To Go to view, edit and create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as view Adobe PDF files on your Android-powered smartphone. And since it is full featured yet easy to use, Documents To Go is one mobile office suite that makes good business sense.

Key Features

* Supports latest Microsoft Office & Adobe formats (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx & pdf)

* Word To Go supports rich formatting including bold, italics, underline, font color, alignment, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, bookmarks, comments, footnotes, endnotes, track-changes, word count, find & replace, etc.

* Sheet To Go offers powerful data computation with support for 111 functions, cell, number and sheet formatting, row and column preferences, auto-fit options, freeze panes, sort, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, charting, etc.

* Slideshow To Go allows you to effortlessly “flick” through slides, review notes, rehearse timing and make last minute modifications to presentations when on the go.

* PDF To Go provides high-fidelity viewing of important reference materials with options for page view, word wrap, auto-rotate, bookmarks, search, select and copy text, and more...

* Total access with support for attachments, password-protected files, built-in file browser, memory card support, and new Live Folder for recently used documents

* Localized in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, traditional and simplified Chinese

* What's new in 2.003?
o Support for new Android OS 2.0 devices including the Motorola DROID
o Optimizations for higher resolution screens
o View and update charts
o Smaller application size
o Unlock key available for all regions
o Localized in more languages
o Bug fixes and optimizations

* Review version by version revision history

* See screenshots and detailed feature matrix



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* Full featured. Documents To Go is not just a viewer, it's a complete solution with a full range of viewing AND editing features. Customers can unlock premium features by purchasing the 'Full Version Key' from the Android Market or our online store.

* First & only. Documents To Go is the first mobile Office suite for Android that supports editing of native Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint files!

* Powered by InTact Technology. DataViz' acclaimed technology ensures all original file formatting is retained once a file has been edited on a smartphone and forwarded on.

* Send & receive attachments. Documents To Go is tightly integrated with Gmail and other e-mail applications like RoadSync for quick and easy native attachment downloading and sending.

* Native. Open Word and Excel files on your Android smartphone without any desktop or server conversion needed.

* Nothing new to learn. Documents To Go was designed and developed with the Android device user in mind - everything from the menus to the touchscreen to trackball is supported for a familiar look and feel.

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* Included on select handsets from leading manufacturers like the T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei U8220.)

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Nokia does not provide for MWC new devices, but the announcement of C-series smartphones will be held before Tweet

It was learned that Nokia will not represent new products at the upcoming exhibition MWC 2010. But soon, even before the event can take place announcement of new mobile devices in a series of C. Moreover, besides the already known models of Nokia C3 and C5, apparently, will be presented to another smartphone and C6. Initially, the source said that Nokia C6 - is already rumored device code-named Mystic - QWERTY-piece based on the Symbian 60 3rd edition. But then went on to say that after all Nokia C6 - it tachfon. Until about him no more details.

As Nokia C5, we wrote about it in the news. This decision is in the form factor of the classical candy bar with a digital keyboard and no touch screen, under the screen he located an optical trackpad. Smartphone, according to preliminary data, built on Symbian S60 3rd edition FP2. Among the characteristics of the device - 2.2-inch display with a resolution of QVGA, 3,2-Mp camera, GPS-receiver and FM-radio. If the provided data are correct, then the announcement of these three smartphones will be very soon.

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Russia's announcement mobile phone Philips X100 supports two SIM cards Tweet

Russia's division of Philips has announced the immediate availability of this month mobile phone Philips Xenium X100, which is characterized by long working hours and supports two SIM cards with a group of contacts, for a suggested retail price of 1,999 rubles.

In addition to the above advantages, this novelty is also a built-in flashlight, MP3 player, FM-radio, WAP-browser as well as support for removable memory cards.

Other specifications Philips Xenium X100:

* Support communications standards: 2x 900/1800 MHz, GPRS Class 12
* Dimensions: 102,8 h43, 8h14.9
* Weight: 52.7 oz.
* Display: 1.8-inch, TFT, resolution of 128x160 pixels, displaying more than 262 thousand colors
* Supported audio formats: MP3, AMR, WAV, Midi
* Multimedia and Entertainment: MP3 player with support for memory cards, FM-radio, three built-in games
* Other applications: Scheduler, Alarm Clock, Calculator, Calendar

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Photos of the new "dvuhsimochnogo" GSM phone Philips Xenium X503 Tweet

We're glad to share photos of the new, yet officially announced, the model of a mobile GSM phone Philips Xenium X503, supporting the work with two SIM cards and technology data - EDGE:

Other information about this news, and to date no.

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Motorola MOTOSPLIT: Android-smartphone with an original touch QWERTY-keyboard Tweet

Resource Android Community, presented the image smartphone Motorola MOTOSPLIT. We already wrote about it in the news, it was thought that this device is in an unusual form factor with the halves of the QWERTY-keyboard, slide out from both sides of the display. Then, too, was the image, although not particularly clear. In the new image-layout created, it is obvious from the description, construction MOTOSPLIT somewhat different. The device is equipped with a touch screen keyboard, slide out in different directions. Moreover, the buttons may have different functions depending on the applications you use (respectively, the change and refer to them). That is, it can be both digital and QWERTY-keyboard.

For convenience, print smartphone can be arranged at an angle with a special emphasis. The keyboard, by the way, is not of the usual buttons, and is, in fact, monochrome touch screen, which is placed on top of profile with the cells for more accurate contact with each button. Among the characteristics of Motorola MOTOSPLIT previously reported Qualcomm Snapdragon platform and operating system Android. Now the source said that the characteristics MOTOSPLIT almost the same as in BACKFLIP. Release of the new smartphone is expected in the third quarter of this year.

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Smartphone HTC Incredible: Qualcomm Snapdragon and OS Android 2.1 Tweet

The network has the first photos and videos Smartphone HTC Incredible. This model will be sold in U.S. operator Verizon (respectively, the mobile standard - CDMA). Exact timing of the device information yet, we only know that it will be released this year.

Smartphone HTC Incredible running the operating system Android 2.1 and executed in the form factor besklaviaturnogo monoblock. Most of the front panel display is (perhaps, AMOLED), its diagonal may be 3.5 or 3.7 inches, and resolution - WVGA. There is also an optical mouse.

Among other features HTC Incredible source refers to a processor with 1 GHz (chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon), 256 MB RAM and a camera with dual LED flash (it's easy to see in one of the shots). In addition, this smartphone in the main operating system interface is complemented Sense. Until more complete information about HTC Incredible no. Not clear is whether the manufacturer will prepare his version for other regions.

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Phone LG Arena Max in the photo Tweet

As we have already mentioned, the company LG Electronics, apparently decided to prepare a successor to his mobile phone Arena. The model is called the LG Arena Max LU9400, last year she passed the certification organizations Wi-Fi Alliance. But then it was not clear how it looks. And now there was an image and a photograph of this device. LG Arena Max is equipped with a 3.5-inch touch screen and deprived of hardware keyboard. Compared with the LG Arena the new phone looks bigger and slightly different in design, although the form factor similar to the predecessor.


Among the characteristics of LG Arena Max mentions the source of 5-megapixel camera, GPS-receiver and the wireless adapter Wi-Fi. The device is built on the 1-GHz processor (chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon). Apparently, the new phone will be released in South Korea in the near future, possibly in March (the images it under the logo Cyon - Asian mobile brand LG). It is likely that in the same period the model will appear in other markets.

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Ericsson has set a new world speed record in a network HSPA - 84 Mbit / s Tweet

The company Ericsson announced that one of the demonstrations at the World Mobile Congress (Mobile World Congress - MWC) it will be represented in the action of the world's first network of HSPA, enabling transfer speeds of 84 Mbps. Recall that in last year's MWC Ericsson demonstrated the world's first HSPA network at speeds of 42 Mbps - at present this technology is already available for commercial exploitation. In addition, at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas company Ericsson for the first time demonstrated the network, provides high-speed exchange of data at 56 Mbps.

January 20 operator 3 Scandinavia has announced the selection of Ericsson as a partner in the deployment of 84-megabit network HSPA. The network will cover all of Denmark and four major cities in Sweden. The initial phase of network deployment will begin in the first quarter of 2010. Commercial use of the HSPA network with speeds of 84 Mbit / s scheduled for the first half of 2011.

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Android-smartphone Motorola Zeppelin will be released in March as CLIQ XT? Tweet

The forum PPCGeeks appeared roadmap U.S. operator T-Mobile. It identifies the device, which he plans to release in the first quarter of this year. These include, for example, the communicator HTC HD2, which is already sold in other markets, and in the United States will be released on March 24. In addition, mention Nokia Nuron. Apparently, this "cheap tachfon with 3G support and Ovi Store" is a variant of the budget Nokia 5230 smartphone for the U.S. market. It will be released on March 17.

Another model - a Motorola CLIQ XT. Judging by the picture, this unit is already known in the network, only code-named Zeppelin. This, apparently, besklaviaturnogo version of Android-smartphone Motorola CLIQ, he will go on sale at T-Mobile on March 10. Perhaps the issue in other markets will be approximately at the same time. On the characteristics of Motorola Zeppelin is a little known: the reported 3.2-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, support HSUPA and Wi-Fi, GPS-receiver, and so on. However, these data are not officially confirmed.

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Details on Windows Phone 7 Tweet

Company Microsoft has confirmed that the operating system for mobile devices, Windows Mobile 7 will be demonstrated at the exhibition MWC 2010 in Barcelona. Resource PPCGeeks claims that in their possession were some details as to what will be Windows Phone 7. According to this resource, the main topic for presentation at the MWC will be the interface that is supposedly called METRO. This interface was largely borrowed from the platform Zune. At the same time reported that the OS is Windows Mobile 7 will not support the interfaces third-party developers.

But gamers can rejoice - promises full integration with the Xbox. There will also be full integration with the Zune, with the Zune desktop software will take place Windows Mobile Device Center. Social networks will be supported, but will not support the flash program, which is expected to be after the launch. Nor will NetCF compatibility, which indicates that the programs of other versions of Windows Mobile will not be supported. Service Windows Marketplace for Mobile will support the ability to test software before buying. It would not be able to upload and third-party programs, even through the memory card. The difference, again, not for the better will be the lack of multi-tasking: Windows Mobile 7 will behave as the iPhone OS, putting background applications on the "pause".

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11 Gb / s transmitter millimeter from Sony Tweet

Sony has announced the development of a system of data transmission in the millimeter range, which will provide high speed. Among the expected benefits of the new system - decrease in size and cheaper actual transmitters. Also, states and greater reliability. Used in the transmitter frequency - from 30 GHz to 300 GHz (wavelength - 1.10 mm). High frequency provides high-speed data transfer, and the use of millimeter waves allow for a maximum compact antenna.

High technology is already used by Sony. In the future, such as data transmission systems can be embedded in appliances, such as, for example, televisions. Currently, a prototype system was implemented on a chip using the rules of 40 nm CMOS (CMOS) process (the total area of the transmitter and the receiver was 0.13 mm2), with data transfer rate is 11 Gbit / s at a distance of 14 mm, and antenna size did not exceed 1 mm. The use of such transmitters instead of wired connections will increase the reliability of the system during transportation, as well as reduce weight and reduce the volume of the device, which will increase their mobility.

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Samsung S5230 WiFi - in the stores "The Messenger" Tweet

On February 8, in stores "The Messenger" will update your phone model Samsung S5230 with WiFi. The new model will allow owners to use wireless networks for Internet access. Samsung S5230 WiFi made in candybar without a keyboard. The compact size of the phone (104,0 x53, 0x11, 9 mm) can fit it in the palm.

Three-inch touch screen TFT-LCD has a resolution of 240 by 400 pixels and supports 256,000 colors display. With function Photo Contact can dial the desired number, flipping through photos in a notebook. The camera has a resolution of 3 megapixels function of recognition smiles and various shooting modes. The automatic display rotation allows you to instantly switch between vertical and horizontal modes, making it easier to view large images.

With My Location can determine the user's location on the map. Work in the Internet facilitates a full-featured browser, the possibility of vertical and horizontal views, quick access to Web applications, Google Mail, Google Search and Google Maps. Phone has a RSS Reader, which allows you to automatically receive news and entertainment material.

The phone gives the opportunity to record and upload files to your blog directly from your phone. Mobile widgets allow you to place the display clock, calendar, as well as stock quotes, weather and news headlines. Samsung S5230 WiFi supports most audio formats (MP3/AAC/AAC + / e-AAC + / WMA / WAV), has built-in FM-radio module is Bluetooth 2.1. and a slot for memory cards microSD. The cost phone Samsung S5230 WiFi will be 7990 rubles.

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LG GD510 Sun Edition is already in the Ukraine Tweet

In November last year, LG will provide the market model is a touch phone LG GD510. At the global announcement of the phone, it was reported that he receives as an optional accessory rear panel, which will be equipped with solar charging. However, the release of this enhancement took place somewhat later - only now on the Ukrainian market were presented first phones LG GD510 Sun Edition, Markets solar battery.

Phone LG GD510 Sun Edition is equipped with a standard lithium-ion battery, similar to those used in ordinary GD510. But in his set includes a removable panel with a solar battery that can recharge the device not only from the network or via USB-connector, but just putting it in direct sunlight. Charging the battery in the sun is 15 hours, subject to sunlight at an angle of 90 degrees constantly. However, in such a way to charge your phone is not recommended - long stay in direct sunlight leads to overheating of the battery. In addition to the sun as an energy source can be any source of bright light - car lamp, fluorescent lamp or table lamp, provided that the phone will be in close proximity to it.

As a permanent device for charging the solar battery is not recommended. Its main purpose - emergency situations when there is no possibility of charging of discharged apparatus. However, depending on the conditions of charge, 10 minute stay in the world can provide up to 2 minutes of conversation.

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Video review from Mobile-review.com: "The first look at the media player Sony Walkman A845" Tweet

As another "experimental" for the video review from Mobile-Review.com supports the new media player Sony Walkman A845:

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2.1 speaker system from Philips: a stylish addition to laptop Tweet

Philips has introduced new models of multimedia speakers SPA2360 and SPA4310, which focused on the use of a laptop, PC or MP3-player.

Dynamic Bass SPA2360 output of 44 W increases bass line with the volume settings: from the lowest to the highest. Moreover, the system SPA2360 draws attention to its design. Philips SPA4310 has a dynamic bass power of 60 W and with maximum gain without distortion at high volume. If planned a romantic dinner, the new speaker systems will also help create the right atmosphere, as they provide high-quality reproduction of the bottom of the range of frequencies at low volumes. As the producer, at any volume deep surround sound creates a sense of musical instruments at different distances from the listener.

Suggested retail price of multimedia speaker system Philips SPA2360 and Philips SPA4310 is 2,190 and 2,790 rubles respectively.

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New Sony Ericsson phone? Tweet

New Sony Ericsson phone?


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Inbrics to reveal M1 Android-based MID at MWC Tweet

Inbrics has announced it is to launch the Android-based MID M1 at next week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.

The "smartphone-like device" offers a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Specs include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 3G or WiMAX, a 3-megapixel camera, front-facing VGA camera, 16GB of internal memory and a microSD card slot.

As well as phone functionality, Inbrics sees the M1 serving as a media controller for other devices, in order to "make it easy for consumers to access and share their digital photos, music, movies and more from any device in their home and outside wireless networks".

"A consumer may have one or more of the following: a TV, a mobile phone, a digital camera, a laptop, a desktop and a DVR", says Inbrics. "The Inbrics convergence 'controller' acts as a conduit so the data can be pushed to any device the consumer chooses".

We'll try and bring you more from MWC about how real this thing is, but it looks like it will be a while before this becomes available - Inbrics says it plans to introduce the MID M1 in Europe in 2010 - "or early 2011".

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Acer’s Google Android Phone Sales Beat Expectations Tweet

-- Acer Inc., the world’s No. 2 computer vendor, said stronger-than-expected sales of its Google Inc. Android phone, named Liquid, have led to shortages of the device.

“Liquid is doing much better than our expectation,” Gianfranco Lanci, president of the Taipei-based company, said in an interview yesterday. “This is why we’re a little bit short of supply.”

The Liquid touch-screen handset, unveiled in October, competes against models from HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Inc. in the market for phones using the free Android platform. Acer expects its smartphone sales, including those using Microsoft Corp.’s Windows system, to total between 2 million and 3 million units this year, Lanci said.

Acer expects to ship at least 250,000 Liquid handsets by the end of this quarter, compared with initial expectations for 150,000 to 200,000, Lanci said. Smartphones will account for 10 percent of Acer’s revenue in about three years, one year later than initial company predictions because of last year’s global economic slump, the executive said.

“It’s a very competitive market and depends a lot on feedback from customers,” said Angela Hsiang, who rates the company “outperform” at KGI Securities Co. in Taipei. “If you launch a product and it’s successful, that’s very positive in helping marketing for the future.”

Acer shares lost 2.3 percent to NT$84.80 as of 11:40 a.m. in Taipei today, taking its decline this year to 11.8 percent compared with a 12.4 percent slide in the benchmark Taiex index.

Liquid is manufactured by Taipei-based Compal Communications Inc. while Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. will make a second Android handset for Acer this quarter, Jim Wong, president of Acer’s IT Products division, said Jan. 22.

Technical problems and slow consumer acceptance of Android led to Taoyuan, Taiwan-based HTC posting a 5 percent drop in revenue last year, its first annual sales decline. HTC, maker of Google’s Nexus One handset, shipped 11.7 million smartphones in 2009, it said in a Jan. 26 statement.

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IMPORTANT SOFTWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE FOR ROGERS' HTC DREAM AND MAGIC DEVICES Tweet

Rogers Communications customers who have purchased the Rogers HTC Magic or HTC Dream are advised to update the software on their handsets to ensure that 911 calls complete. An issue has been identified in these products that will prevent 911 calls from completing in certain situations. Specifically, calling 911 may reboot the phones if:

a) GPS is enabled on the phone; and
b) a customer is connected to the Internet either through the network or a WiFi connection.

Rogers disabled network internet access on these devices as a short-term fix. Rogers is strongly advising customers who have not yet updated their software to turn off GPS and WiFi connections and to update the software as soon as possible.

Rogers has reached out directly to Dream and Magic customers through multiple SMS text messages and voicemail messages, urging them to install an update that repairs this known issue. Internet service has already been restored for thousands of customers who have completed the update.

For detailed instructions on how to complete this update, customers should click the link for "Rogers HTC Dream/Magic Required Software Upgrade Instructions" below on this page. Customers will need to backup any personal items before the update process. Users of Windows 7 or Macintosh will need to call 1-888-Rogers1 for update instructions. Rogers has also removed all Dream and Magic inventory while updated software is installed on these handsets.

Rogers customers who are using HTC Dream and Magic devices that were not purchased from Rogers need to be aware that the same safety issue is present in some of these devices. HTC has reached out to some Rogers customers to advise that a mandatory software update is now available. As a precautionary interim measure, Rogers strongly recommends that customers turn off the GPS and WiFi capability to ensure 911 call completion. Customers with Dream or Magic devices not purchased from Rogers should contact HTC for further details at 1-866-449-8358. People who purchased HTC Dream or Magic devices from Rogers that are now being used on other networks should also disable GPS and WiFi and contact HTC for more information.

Rogers top priority is protecting the safety of its customers. Rogers sincerely apologizes for this inconvenience. Dream and Magic customers on data plans will automatically be credited for one month of data fees (excluding roaming). This credit will show up on invoices within 60 days.

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Archos posts 'full' Linux distro for Android tablet Tweet

Developers only, please.

Media player maker Archos has posted a full Linux distro that will run on its Archos 5 machine.

The 5 ships with Android as standard, but open sourcerers can download a special, emebedded build of Angstrom Linux and use it to replace the Google OS.
Angstrom on Archos

Angstrom on Archos

However, Archos said this is "special developer edition firmware" and warned that the operating system "consists of proof-of-concept software intended for experienced software developers only.

"If you are not a programmer/developer and would just like to try it out, understand that it will have capabilities inferior to that of the standard Archos operating system."

Angstrom was ported to the Archos platform late in 2009, but this is first time Archos has itself made the OS available to users. Angstrom was specifically developed for handheld devices, set-top boxes and the like.

Archos has provided the firmware as a standard software update, but cautioned that installation will remove Android and all Archos media software.

Android can be restored by booting the 5 into USB Mass Storage mode and copying over a .AOS firmware file from a connected PC.

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Google leaps language barrier with translator phone Tweet

GOOGLE is developing software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly — like the Babel Fish in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

By building on existing technologies in voice recognition and automatic translation, Google hopes to have a basic system ready within a couple of years. If it works, it could eventually transform communication among speakers of the world’s 6,000-plus languages.

The company has already created an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being honed by scanning millions of multi-lingual websites and documents. So far it covers 52 languages, adding Haitian Creole last week.

Google also has a voice recognition system that enables phone users to conduct web searches by speaking commands into their phones rather than typing them in.

Now it is working on combining the two technologies to produce software capable of understanding a caller’s voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language. Like a professional human interpreter, the phone would analyse “packages” of speech, listening to the speaker until it understands the full meaning of words and phrases, before attempting translation.

“We think speech-to-speech translation should be possible and work reasonably well in a few years’ time,” said Franz Och, Google’s head of translation services.

“Clearly, for it to work smoothly, you need a combination of high-accuracy machine translation and high-accuracy voice recognition, and that’s what we’re working on.

“If you look at the progress in machine translation and corresponding advances in voice recognition, there has been huge progress recently.”

Although automatic text translators are now reasonably effective, voice recognition has proved more challenging.

“Everyone has a different voice, accent and pitch,” said Och. “But recognition should be effective with mobile phones because by nature they are personal to you. The phone should get a feel for your voice from past voice search queries, for example.”

The translation software is likely to become more accurate the more it is used. And while some translation systems use crude rules based on the grammar of languages, Google is exploiting its vast database of websites and translated documents to improve the accuracy of its system.

“The more data we input, the better the quality,” said Och. There is no shortage of help. “There are a lot of language enthusiasts out there,” he said.

However, some experts believe the hurdles to live translation remain high. David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University, said: “The problem with speech recognition is the variability in accents. No system at the moment can handle that properly.

“Maybe Google will be able to get there faster than everyone else, but I think it’s unlikely we’ll have a speech device in the next few years that could handle high-speed Glaswegian slang.

“The future, though, looks very interesting. If you have a Babel Fish, the need to learn foreign languages is removed.”

In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the small, yellow Babel Fish was capable of translating any language when placed in the ear. It sparked a bloody war because everyone became able to understand what other people were saying.

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Megan Fox Motorola SuperBowl commercial Tweet

Megan Fox Motorola SuperBowl commercial

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HTC Hero Android phone controlling LEGO Mindstorms robot Tweet

ENEA at LARM (Linköpings Arbetsmarknadsdagar) showing an example of embedded programming. An Android phone is controlling a LEGO Mindstorms robot using radio network and the tilt sensor in the phone.

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A swype demo Tweet

A video produced by Swype, makers of predictive keyboard input technology

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Flashlite (Youtube) on Nexus One Tweet

Viewing youtube video on Nexus One's browser using flashlite.

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Nexus One: The Story - Epiosode 5: Day One Tweet

Nexus One: The Story. A series of short films documenting the making of Nexus One. Episode 5: Day One

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HTC Bravo - Orange internal documentation appears Tweet

The HTC Bravo has received a surge of interest since we first found out that it was about to appear on Orange. Many of you have been told the same by Orange customer service, and Nick Butcher has even stepped up with this PDF. The fact sheet was sent to him by Orange and appears to show the phone only having 320MB of memory.

A few other things are a little weird, like the Copyright notification reading 2008 and the actual image itself is pinched from a website (note the watermarks). However, we've seen little indiscretions on internal paperwork before and the email source info definitely stacks up, so we feel that this is legit infor.

Set to arrive in March, this is effectively the same specs as the Nexus One but with the added HTC Sense interface. The weeks just can't pass quickly enough!

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HTC Espresso being renamed for use on the MyTouch 2? Tweet

The thing about rumors is that sometimes things change, and what was once good intel fades to black - disappears without ever seeing the light of day. That may or may not be the case with this, I guess only time will tell.

It is not new news that the HTC Espresso will be in T-Mobiles 2010 handset line-up. Noteworthy enough though, is that we have now had two sources tip us that internally T-Mobile is prepping to launch the Espresso as the myTouch 2, NOT to be confused with the myTouch 1.2 which will be launching any day now. The Espresso is generally considered to be a refresh of the Hero, the 'with QWERTY' version. Spec'd as a device with that same old Qualcomm 528 Mega-Hertz processor, I would have to question the reasoning behind putting marketing dollars, let alone any other dollars into a device with an aging processor in a world of Tegra and Snapdragon. Yes...I said Tegra, but thats another story, for another day.

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Samsung Electronics 'Super ahmolredeupon' Development Tweet

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'Watch phone' leadership, strengthen policy trends

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Samsung's 5 times more than traditional phone ahmolredeu seconds clear definition of the 'Super ahmolredeu (Super AMOLED)' applied to develop mobile phones this year, 'MWC 2010' said the first publicly announced seven days.

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Samsung's "touch screen panel display on top of an existing display and otherwise physically joining 'Super ahmolredeupon' touch-screen panel that displays directly built almost no loss of quality," he said.

In particular, the world's No. 1 have been Samsung high-definition TV in the accumulation of improved technology for the mobile phones that include applying a super ahmolredeupone never seen the highest level of picture quality, picture phones have revolutionized the notice.

Samsung Electronics' Super ahmolredeu phone, constantly seonboyimyeo this year, watch phones, plans to strengthen the leadership of the trend. In particular, the super-high-definition video and application-specific ahmolredeue also plans to offer.

Samsung's "Super ahmolredeuponeun in quality is beyond the existing display and innovative new product in the history of strokes to draw the phone's display," he said.

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Nokia C5, C6 To Be Announced Soon Tweet

Nokia, as most of you might be aware, is not participating at the Mobile World Congress scheduled for next week at Barcelona. However, the company seems to be all set to launch its new range of phones from the C-Series.

Images of the first C-Series handset, the C5, was already leaked last week. The line-up is expected to include two more handsets as of now that will be known as the C3 and the C6. Just to refresh your memory, this has nothing to do with the Nokia C6 that the Finnish handset-maker had in its line-up back in 1997. The interesting thing about the C6 is that it will be a touchscreen handset - a cheap one at that. In fact, it seems, the entire C-Series is aimed at the budget market and will feature phones that will have as many features as other higher-end models - but at a cheaper price tag.

Nokia's existing lineup has the 5230 that holds the title of being the cheapest touchscreen phone from Nokia as of now. Will C6 replace 5230's reign? We will hopefully find that out at the Nokia event post the MWC this year!

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SAMSUNG Flexible AM OLED Tweet

SAMSUNG Flexible AM OLED

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HTC Incredible For Verizon Tweet

Here is a sneek peek at HTC's Upcoming Incredible for Verizon. Some key features Android 2.1 with HTC Sense Snapdragon CPU with 256MB of RAM, 3.7 WVGA screen. an optical mouse & dual LED flashes.

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Motorola Super Bowl 2010 Tweet

Motorola Super Bowl 2010

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Jelly Invaders for iPhone/iPod Touch - gameplay video HD Tweet

They are coming! They might be colorful, they might be funny, they might be even tasty! But all they want is to conquer your planet!

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HTC Incredible - First Look Tweet

First look at HTC's new Android 2.1 device, the HTC Incredible. Coming to a Verizon near you!

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motorola super bowl megan fox Tweet

Megan Fox in the Motorola SuperBowl Ad

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Dogfight! HTC HD2 vs. Google Nexus One - Part 2 Tweet

Dogfight! HTC HD2 vs. Google Nexus One - Part 2

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Nokia Messaging for Social Messaging Beta Tweet

Nokia Messaging for Social Messaging Beta

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Nexus One: The Story - Episode 4: Manufacturing Tweet

Nexus One: The Story. A series of short films documenting the making of Nexus One. Episode 4: Manufacturing

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Nexus One: The Story - Episode 3: Testing Tweet

Nexus One: The Story. A series of short films documenting the making of Nexus One. Episode 3: Testing

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Nokia Vision of 2015 concept video Tweet

From Nokia's The Way We Live Next 3.0 conference, a concept video showing what possible devices and usage scenarios we may experience in 2015.

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Gigabyte Laptop M1405 Tweet

First time ever seen in public, with a dock that gives you an additional GPU.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 preview ENG hands-on Tweet

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 preview ENG hands-on

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RealPlayer SP for the Mac Makes it Easy to Move Video Onto Mobile Phones, iPods and Other Devices Tweet

RealPlayer SP beta for the Mac available for free beginning today.

SEATTLE -- RealNetworks® (Nasdaq: RNWK) released RealPlayer® SP Beta for Mac at www.real.com, a free software download that lets people easily take videos from their Mac onto their favorite devices like the Apple iPod, home entertainment and game systems, and mobile phones, and also share them with friends on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. By working with Safari and iTunes, RealPlayer SP for the Mac is the easiest way to download, convert and share online and personal videos, without having to worry about file formats, conversion sizes and other more technical details.

"RealPlayer SP is the simplest way to take your favorite videos with you on your phone, iPod or other portable device," said Jeff Chasen, vice president of Video Product Development at RealNetworks. "We are developing tools that make it easy for people to enjoy and share their favorite videos wherever and whenever they are."

RealPlayer SP for the Mac is the only complete package enabling you to download, transfer, and share video. New features within RealPlayer SP for Mac include the ability to:

* Transfer videos directly to nearly any device, including Android phones, Blackberry smartphones, a range of Nokia S60 devices, Palm Pre, iPhone, iPod, Xbox, and many others through automatic conversion and transfer to the correct device format, including H.264, 3GP, MP3, and AAC.
* Automatically convert and add your videos to iTunes so they can easily be transferred to your iPod or iPhone.
* Easily share your favorite videos to Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.


RealPlayer SP for PC has already been used to download over 100 million videos since its beta launch last year. RealPlayer SP for Mac is available as a free download from www.real.com.

ABOUT REALNETWORKS

RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system or mobile phone. Real created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead the market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer, the first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and recording of Internet video; the award-winning Rhapsody® digital music service, which delivers more than 1 billion songs per year; RealArcade®, one of the largest casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at www.realnetworks.com/company.

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CEVA's New LTE Software Library Accelerates 4G Modem Development Tweet

CEVA LTE-Lib(TM) highly optimized software Library for CEVA-XC processor developed in cooperation with leading LTE vendors.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- CEVA, Inc., ( CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced the availability of CEVA LTE-Lib™, a highly optimized, comprehensive LTE software library for the CEVA-XC family of communication processors. Developed in cooperation with leading LTE vendors, CEVA-XC licensees can leverage this LTE library to significantly reduce development costs and time-to-market for their LTE software modem designs.

CEVA LTE-Lib is a set of C-callable, optimized functions addressing the entire LTE transceiver chain as well as common signal processing and communication kernels. Fully compliant with 3GPP Rel-8 specifications, the LTE software library constitutes a key component of CEVA's offering for LTE, giving CEVA-XC licensees a considerable head start in their software development process. The library implements the most demanding LTE PHY algorithms enabling licensees to minimize their project risks and ensure optimal performance in their LTE system.

The library algorithms and implementation were evaluated and benchmarked against hardware-based designs using leading vendors' reference algorithms. Crucially, the CEVA-XC processor architecture was defined in conjunction with these library algorithms, resulting in the processor delivering the industry's highest processing capabilities combined with a flexible programming model.

"Providing a comprehensive and fully optimized LTE software library for our CEVA-XC processor constitutes a key component of our strategy for LTE," said Erez Bar-Niv, CTO of CEVA. "The design and certification processes for LTE devices are extremely complex, and supplying these pre-optimized software libraries to our licensees helps to significantly reduce their development investment."

CEVA LTE-Lib™ Modules & Implementations

* The LTE library is built out of the following main modules:
o DL library functions, including: FFT, Pilot extraction, demapper, channel estimation, MIMO detectors, descrambler, etc.
o UL library functions, including: Turbo-Encoder, Sub-Block Interleaver, Rate-matching, DFT, PRACH, etc.
o DSP library functions, including: decimation filters, auto-correlation, FIR (complex, semi-complex, real), LMS, matrix mathematics, etc.


* The LTE library offers a generic flexible implementation, adaptable to multiple LTE profiles and use cases including:
o Different MIMO configurations: MIMO2x2, MIMO4x4, etc.
o Different modulation types: QAM64, QAM16, QPSK
o Different channel estimation algorithms: linear interpolation, 2Dx1D Wiener, 2D Wiener, etc.
o Different MIMO detectors: MMSE, SBFC, MLD, etc.


CEVA / mimoOn LTE Demonstration

At Mobile World Congress, February 15-18 in Barcelona Spain, CEVA will debut a real-time LTE user equipment demonstration based on the CEVA-XC processor and CEVA LTE-lib software libraries in collaboration with LTE PHY partner, mimoOn. The demonstration platform will feature streaming video using MIMO2x2 and QAM64. CEVA's booth is located at 1G45, in Hall 1.

For more information about CEVA's LTE offerings, contact info@ceva-dsp.com.

About CEVA, Inc.

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., CEVA is the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) DSP Cores and platform solutions for the mobile handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia, HD audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2009, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 330 million devices, including handsets from all top five handset OEMs – Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Today, more than one in every four handsets shipped worldwide is powered by a CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit www.ceva-dsp.com

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Rovi and FourthWall Media Collaborate on Enhanced TV Platform Solution Tweet

The Combination of FourthWall's ETV Platform and TV Widgets(R) with Rovi's Guide Offers Service Providers a Solution for Standards-Based Interactive Television and Applications.

PLANO, Texas and SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- FourthWall Media (formerly BIAP) and Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq: ROVI) announced that they have signed an agreement to offer an Enhanced Television (ETV) solution to many of Rovi's Interactive Program Guide customers throughout North and South America. In 2010, Rovi will begin to offer an integrated ETV Platform, including FourthWall Media's EBIF User Agent, ETV Server, and TV Widgets® as part of Rovi's guide solutions.

EBIF, or "Enhanced Television Binary Interchange Format," represents a standards-based platform for enhanced television. By deploying EBIF technology, service providers can easily offer targeted and interactive advertising, and interactive television widgets and applications across legacy and next-generation digital set-top boxes (STBs). Rovi's ETV Platform is designed to simplify the implementation of new applications, making it easier for service providers to bring more advanced features to consumers. According to analyst research firm, SNL Kagan, by year-end 2011, 89% or 42.9 million digital cable subscriber households in the United States will be EBIF-enabled.

"We are very excited to begin a relationship with Rovi," said Tim Peters, FourthWall Media CEO. "Its program guide has changed the way consumers watch television. Our integrated cross-platform solution will open the cable environment to further technology advancements. By working together, we can meet market needs to connect advertisers and programmers with their audiences."

Under the agreement, Rovi will make available seamlessly through its guides an initial set of pre-integrated TV Widgets® from FourthWall. These include eBay on TV, Yellow Pages on TV, News, Weather, and numerous Sports widgets for nearly every major league, team and college. Each TV Widget® can be hyper-personalized turning the television into an interactive, tailored experience for the viewer. In addition, the integrated solution will enable service providers to launch new EBIF applications developed by third-parties.

"Our collaboration with FourthWall enables service providers to deliver a more engaging and data-rich environment for the consumer that can be accessed through the program guide with the click of a remote control," said Corey Ferengul, executive vice president of product management and marketing, Rovi Corporation. "FourthWall, a leading EBIF platform and interactive applications provider, will help us bring an integrated offering to the market that will enable service providers to drive increased revenue streams through value-added services."

Rovi program guides with FourthWall's EBIF platform and applications will be integrated to work on STBs from Motorola, Cisco and Pace. Rovi currently serves close to 500 service providers in North America and South America, many of whom will now have access to this expanded product offering. To learn more about FourthWall Media TV Widgets®, visit http://fourthwallmedia.tv/Prod-TvWidgets.aspx. To learn more about Rovi's guide solutions, please visit http://www.rovicorp.com/products/service_providers/8660.htm.

About FourthWall Media

FourthWall Media™, formerly known as BIAP, is an advanced advertising solutions company that is fundamentally changing how television advertising is delivered and measured. This Emmy-nominated media company is leading the interactive television revolution through solutions that break through the 'fourth wall' to engage audiences, extend cable subscriber loyalty, and deliver detailed measurement and reporting. The company's set-top-box EBIF solutions include the Ad Widgets® end-to-end advertising system, AdAim Audience Measurement Suite, a soup-to-nuts audience measurement and behavioral profiling system; TV Widgets® applications such as eBay on TV, Fantasy Football and Yellow Pages on TV; and a technology platform for Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, Motorola and tru2way set-top boxes. FourthWall Media products and technology are distributed by Comcast Media Center, Time Warner Cable, DISH Network, and several other MSOs, and have been deployed in over 24 million set-top boxes. Learn more at www.fourthwallmedia.tv

About Rovi Corporation

Rovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. The company also provides extensive entertainment discovery solutions for television, movies, music and photos to its customers in the consumer electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online distribution markets. These solutions, complemented by industry leading entertainment data, create the connections between people and technology, and enable them to discover and manage entertainment in an enjoyable form.

Rovi holds over 4,400 issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous offices across the United States and around the world including Japan, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Rovi can be found at http://www.rovicorp.com/.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words "will" or "is expected to," or similar words that describe the Company's or its management's future plans, objectives, or goals, are "forward-looking statements" and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors are further addressed in the Company's most recent report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009 and such other documents as are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (available at www.sec.gov). The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.

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mimoOn and CEVA to Demonstrate Single-Core Real-time LTE UE Platform at Mobile World Congress Tweet

DUISBURG, Germany and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- mimoOn, a pioneer in LTE software implementation for programmable radio platforms, and CEVA, Inc. ( CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, announced a joint demonstration of a complete LTE UE PHY platform at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demo will exhibit an end-to-end HD video stream transport over LTE channel using MIMO2*2 and 64QAM. The demonstration platform is composed of a single CEVA-XC321 processor running mimoOn's mi!MobilePHY™ SW solution, based on CEVA's LTE library functions announced today.

Attendees at Mobile World Congress will be able to view the LTE UE demonstration in both CEVA's and mimoOn's booths, located at 1G45 in Hall 1 and 2B17 in Hall 2, respectively.

Previously, in 2009, mimoOn and CEVA announced a partnership to offer software-based, 3GPP compliant, integrated UE solutions for LTE wireless basebands resulting in a DSP optimized LTE UE implementation in a short period of time. This highlights the modularity and portability of mimoOn's software, as well as CEVA-XC's advanced processing capabilities and ease of programming using CEVA LTE libraries and CEVA-Toolbox™ SW development environment.

"With the build out of LTE networks underway with carriers worldwide, the focus is shifting towards the user equipment," stated Thomas Kaiser, CEO of mimoOn. "Our mi!MobilePHY™ LTE software implementation on CEVA's flexible and fully programmable processor technology speeds time-to-market for our mutual customers developing the next generation of mobile broadband devices."

"This fully integrated, end-to-end LTE demonstration with mimoOn represents a significant milestone for our CEVA-XC processor," said Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA. "The demonstration platform clearly illustrates the benefits of working with CEVA and mimoOn for the rapid development of software-based, standards-compliant LTE UE solutions."

mi!MobilePHY™ is a full-featured and certified LTE software solution for user equipment (handsets) that supports mandatory and optional features in the 3GPP Release 8 standard. mimoOn's software is modular and written in ANSI-C language, which allows flexibility and scalability, with advanced algorithms such as advanced MIMO detectors. mi!MobilePHY™ is written for low memory and power consumption.

The CEVA-XC is a high-performance, low-power configurable DSP designed specifically for 4G mobile handsets and wireless infrastructure. Even in its minimum configuration, a single CEVA-XC core can handle a complete 4G transceiver path in software. This single-core architecture eliminates the need for heterogeneous designs with multiple coprocessors, accelerators, or SIMD engines—and thus reduces time-to-market and software design complexity.

As a fully programmable solution, the CEVA-XC supports multiple air interfaces in software, including LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, and 3G. CEVA's highly innovative power scaling unit (PSU) approach makes CEVA-XC up to four times more power efficient than general purpose DSPs, addressing the strict power constraints of battery operated devices.

About mimoOn

mimoOn GmbH is the LTE pioneer in end-to-end software implementation and system design on SDR platforms. The company's scalable and modular 3GPP LTE infrastructure software families "mi!Femto™ & mi!Pico™" and terminal software family "mi!Mobile™" allows equipment manufacturers to fully exploit the numerous benefits of SDR. mimoOn's pre-certified Physical Layer (PHY) and Protocol Stack (MAC, PDCP, RLC, and RRC) software packages assure fast time to market, conformance to the latest release of the standards, ease of integration, and design to the lowest BoM. Thanks to SDR, mimoOn's LTE hardware product "mi!TestMOBILE™" delivers an affordable, highly flexible, portable test device enabling a reduction in CAPEX and OPEX for OEMs & network operators.

Due to the team's strong background from tier 1 mobile phone manufacturers and the company's ongoing research at leading-edge academic institutions, mimoOn is able to provide highly innovative solutions to the cellular industry. The company has been voted into EE Times annual list of Emerging Startups and also listed as one of Germany's most promising High-Tech companies. Visit www.mimoOn.de.

About CEVA

CEVA is the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) DSP Cores and platform solutions for the mobile handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia, HD audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2009, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 330 million devices, including handsets from all top five handset OEMs – Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Today, more than one in every four handsets shipped worldwide is powered by a CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit www.ceva-dsp.com

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Innovate!2010 - Global Competition to Identify the 100 Most Promising Technology Start-ups Tweet

Registration now open for applicants, judges, partners and attendees.

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON -- Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, has launched a global competition called Innovate!2010 to identify and promote a group of 100 top technology start-ups from around the world. The winners will form the Innovate!100 – an elite listing of start-ups poised to receive global recognition and validation.

Innovate!2010 comprises over 20 regional 'Pitch Slam' events in Europe and the US where start-ups present, members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem gather, and local players are connected to industry leading technology vendors, customers and investors, like Best Buy, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, O2, RIM, Sun, SWIFT, who leverage Innovate!2010 to help them more quickly identify and partner with startups.

At each Pitch Slam, start-ups are evaluated by a panel of expert judges using the G/Score, Guidewire Group's market leading assessment methodology, which has been proven as a reliable predictor of start-ups market success & business viability - including opportunity, execution, team and business model.

Applications seeking start-up entrants, judges, partners and sponsors for the competition are now being accepted through March 2010. Pitch slams in Europe will take place beginning in March across more than 10 cities including Dublin, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Helsinki, and more. The full schedule and further info on the Innovate!2010 program can be found at www.innovate100.com

Participating start-ups in Innovate!2010 will receive a number of benefits including:

* The opportunity to compete for cash and prizes valued over $100,000 from Microsoft, SWIFT, Guidewire Group and others
* A G/Score – based on a standardized, scalable methodology for assessing start-ups
* Coverage in some of the world's most influential business and technology media
* Incisive feedback from select investors, technology executives and successful entrepreneurs
* Qualified introductions to world-class partners and investors


About Innovate!2010

Innovate! is an is an annual program to identify and promote the top 100 global technology start-ups. The program enables the most promising start-ups to gain access to resources and opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies. Innovate!2010 also enables its partners which includes technology and telecommunications vendors, government agencies, professional services providers and technology scouts to engage thousands of start-up professionals around the world, engage hundreds of highly vetted, fast-growing startups face-to-face, and raise their brand profile in the global start-up community. Innovate!2010 sponsors and partners currently include Ballou PR, BestBuy, Comunicano, HP, HSBC, Microsoft, Hearst New Media, Milsal & Associates, Motorola, O2 Litmus, Quickstart Global, RIM, RougeFrog, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Sony, Swift, Verizon, and Zaragoza; European and US economic development agencies, and leading angel and venture capital investors.

About Guidewire Group, Inc.

Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm passionate about technology entrepreneurship. Our exclusive focus on early-stage companies and emerging technology markets drives insight and opportunity to our clients and community. At the heart of our offerings is the G/Score™, a proprietary assessment tool that brings clarity and focus to the art of transforming ideas into successful enterprises. Developed over the course of more than 20,000 startup interviews, the G/Score has proven a reliable predictor of start-up viability and promise. Our G/Score data helps technology investors, customers and platform vendors rapidly qualify and respond to startup deal flow from even thousands of startups. Our G/Score Assessment Tools help startups, investors, service providers and government agencies to identify and benchmark competitive strengths and weaknesses. And our Studio G business acceleration programs helps startups achieve their growth objectives with clarity of purpose, speed and efficiency.

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CEVA Introduces Comprehensive Partner Program Accelerating the Development of LTE, WiMAX and SDR Wireless Communications Solutions Tweet

CEVA-XCnet(TM) brings together critical technology enablers for SoC design based on CEVA-XC(TM) processor.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- CEVA, Inc. ( CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, announced its CEVA-XCnet Partnership Program, a comprehensive network of strategic third-party technology suppliers that together form a robust infrastructure around the CEVA-XC communications processor.

The CEVA-XC processor is designed and optimized for high-performance, low power communications processing, targeting SDR solutions including LTE and WiMAX for mobile terminals and infrastructure. The CEVA-XCnet extends CEVA-XC's high performance and ease of programmability with a unique community addressing the different development needs of multi-standard soft-modem solutions.

CEVA-XCnet brings together companies with a variety of critical and complementary technologies: wireless software and hardware IPs for 3G and 4G applications, DSP software design services, RTOS, SoC level prototyping and simulation tools. CEVA-XCnet members gain in-depth understanding of the CEVA-XC architecture, development environment and libraries, and have a direct link to CEVA's internal R&D resources. Consequently, CEVA-XCnet reduces development costs and risks and significantly accelerates the development of advanced wireless communications solutions.

"CEVA has a long history of forging strong partnerships with industry-leading technology suppliers that enable our mutual customers to develop full featured SoC products that meet specific market needs. With the CEVA-XCnet Program we have taken this model to a new level, focusing specifically on the unique requirements of advanced wireless communications needs – LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, SDR – and bringing together a wide array of expertise and technology that can be used to meet these very demanding development challenges," said Eran Briman vice president of Marketing at CEVA.

The initial partners in the CEVA-XCnet Program are:

ArrayComm, a provider of comprehensive LTE and WiMAX physical layer solutions for wireless infrastructure and client device applications. ArrayComm's Multi-Antenna Signal processing (A MAS™) software combines MIMO, beamforming, and interference cancellation to improve end user experiences and radio network economics.

Aricent®, a global innovation technology and services firm focused exclusively on communications and a leading supplier of end-to-end LTE software frameworks as well as telecom design, R&D and integration services. The company's library of over 125 licensable products, including communication modules and software stacks and pre-packaged frameworks jumpstart development cycles and help reduce design costs.

Carbon Design Systems, which provides virtual platform modeling design solutions. Its system validation solution for complex SoC designs provides critical components for accurate architectural analysis and pre-silicon hardware/software validation.

ENEA, a global supplier of RTOS and development tools for embedded applications. Annually deployed on over 100 million DSP targets, Enea OSEck is a full featured, compact, RTOS optimized to suit the specific requirements of high performance, memory constrained applications including single and multi-core devices.

IPG Communications, a provider of hardware and software communication IP and engineering services for mobile broadband. The company has developed advanced signal processing technologies for HSPA/HSPA+ for 3GPP standard release 8 with significant cost and power advantage.

Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of JTAG debuggers and real-time trace tools. Highest quality, innovation and expert support have lead to Lauterbach's worldwide leadership in the JTAG and in-circuit-emulator market.

mimoOn, is the LTE pioneer in end-to-end software implementation and system design on SDR platforms. The company's scalable and modular 3GPP LTE infrastructure software families "mi!Femto™ & mi!Pico™" and terminal software family "mi!Mobile™" allows equipment manufacturers to fully exploit the numerous benefits of SDR.

P-Product, a CEVA certified software design center. It specializes in developing, optimizing and porting communications, audio and video algorithms and applications for embedded CEVA DSP platforms. P-Product has extensive expertise in LTE and WiMAX technologies

TurboConcept, originated as a spin-off from Telecom Bretagne where turbo codes were invented. It's silicon-proven wireless PHY Cores offer the best level of performance in terms of silicon cost and power consumption and support three PHY layer specifications: HSPA, LTE and WiMAX.

About CEVA-XC

The CEVA-XC is a high-performance, low-power configurable DSP designed specifically for 4G mobile handsets and wireless infrastructure. Even in its minimum configuration, a single CEVA-XC core can handle a complete 4G transceiver path in software. This single-core architecture eliminates the need for heterogeneous designs with multiple coprocessors, accelerators, or SIMD engines—and thus reduces time-to-market and software design complexity.

As a fully programmable solution, the CEVA-XC supports multiple air interfaces in software, including LTE, WiMAX, HSPA, 3G, and 2G. CEVA's highly innovative power scaling unit (PSU) approach makes CEVA-XC up to four times more power efficient than general purpose DSPs.

About CEVA, Inc.

CEVA is the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) DSP Cores and platform solutions for the mobile handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia, HD audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2009, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 330 million devices, including handsets from all top five handset OEMs – Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Today, more than one in every four handsets shipped worldwide is powered by a CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit www.ceva-dsp.com

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Calling All Lonely Cell Phones: Don’t Spend Valentine’s Day Alone v Tweet

Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine Phone Recycling Program Is a Perfect Match For Old Phones.

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — This Valentine’s Day, Verizon Wireless is seeking all used cell phones that may have been tossed aside, tucked away in a drawer or long forgotten. With HopeLine®, Verizon Wireless’ phone recycling program, these left-behind phones can join other phones with similar backgrounds to help domestic violence survivors get a new start on life. A perfect match!

HopeLine makes it simple to donate old phones. Customers out shopping for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for their special someone can visit their local Verizon Wireless Communications Store and drop their old cell phones in the HopeLine bin. Anyone buying gifts online can also donate a no-longer-used wireless phone by downloading the postage-paid label available at www.verizonwireless.com/hopelinemailinglabel. The donation of a cell phone can help make a difference for survivors of domestic violence who need a vital link to emergency or support services in a time of crisis or a reliable, safe connection to employers, family and friends.

HopeLine accepts no-longer-used wireless phones, batteries and accessories in any condition from any service provider. Phones that can be refurbished are sold for reuse, and those without value are recycled in an environmentally sound way under a zero landfill policy. Proceeds from the HopeLine program are used to provide wireless phones and cash grants to local shelters and non-profit organizations that focus on domestic violence prevention and awareness.

Since the October 2001 launch of the HopeLine program, the company has collected more than 6.7 million phones, preventing those phones from being deposited in landfills. HopeLine has also distributed more than 90,000 phones with free wireless service to victims of domestic violence and awarded cash grants of more than $7.9 million to organizations working to prevent domestic violence.

For additional information on Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program and store locations, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

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comScore Reports December 2009 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share Tweet

Nearly Two-Thirds of America's 234 Million Mobile Subscribers used Text Messaging in December 2009.

RESTON, Va. -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry over the three month period between September and December 2009. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older, as well as the most popular forms of content and activity accessed via mobile device. The report found Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer with 23.5 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 41.6 percent market share.

OEM Market Share

A total of 234 million people age 13 and older in the U.S. used mobile devices in December 2009. Device manufacturer Motorola was the top ranked OEM with 23.5 percent of U.S. mobile devices. LG ranked second with 21.9 percent share, followed by Samsung (21.2 percent share), Nokia (9.2 percent share) and RIM (7.0 percent share).



Top Mobile OEMs

3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009*

Total U.S. Age 13+

Source: comScore MobiLens




Share (%) of Mobile Devices


Sep-09


Dec-09


Point Change


Total Mobile Subscribers


100.0%


100.0%


N/A


Motorola


24.9%


23.5%


-1.4


LG


21.7%


21.9%


0.2


Samsung


20.4%


21.2%


0.8


Nokia


9.6%


9.2%


-0.4


RIM


6.4%


7.0%


0.6





Smartphone Platform Market Share

RIM was the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S. in December 2009 with 41.6 percent share of U.S. smartphone devices. Apple ranked second with 25.3 percent share (up 1.2 percentage points), followed by Microsoft with 18.0 percent share, Palm with 6.1 percent share, and Google with 5.2 percent share (up 2.7 percentage points).



Top Smartphone Platforms

3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009

Total U.S. Age 13+

Source: comScore MobiLens




Share (%) of Smartphone Devices


Sep-09


Dec-09


Point Change


Total Smartphone Subscribers


100.0%


100.0%


N/A


RIM


42.6%


41.6%


-1.0


Apple


24.1%


25.3%


1.2


Microsoft


19.0%


18.0%


-1.0


Palm


8.3%


6.1%


-2.2


Google


2.5%


5.2%


2.7





Mobile Content Usage

In December 2009, 63.1 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device, up 2.1 percentage points from three months prior. Browsers were used by 27.5 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 1.5 percentage points), while subscribers who played games made up 21.6 percent (up 0.2 percentage points).



Mobile Content Usage

3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009

Total U.S. Age 13+

Source: comScore MobiLens




Share (%) of Smartphone Devices


Sep-09


Dec-09


Point Change


Total Mobile Subscribers


100.0%


100.0%


N/A


Sent text message to another phone


61.0%


63.1%


2.1


Used browser


26.0%


27.5%


1.5


Played games


21.4%


21.6%


0.2


Used Downloaded Apps


16.7%


17.8%


1.1


Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog


13.8%


15.9%


2.1


Listened to music on mobile phone


11.7%


12.1%


0.4





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Verizon Wireless And UNCF Announce Black History Month Essay Contest For College Scholarships In Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky Region v Tweet

High School Seniors to Address How Wireless Technology Has Changed the World We Live In for a Chance to Win Scholarships Up To $5,000.

DETROIT, MI — In honor of Black History Month, Verizon Wireless and UNCF—the United Negro College Fund—are offering high school seniors the chance to win one of 12 scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. To qualify for the contest, students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0, plan to attend a two-year or four-year college or university in the Fall of 2010, and currently reside in one of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

“With the economic challenges so many families are facing, it is more important than ever to support students looking to gain a college education,” said Greg Haller, president – Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky region, Verizon Wireless. “As a company, we embrace diversity because we believe it’s smart business and because it’s the right thing to do. We are excited to be able to help deserving students better prepare for the cost of their college education.”

The Verizon Wireless/UNCF Black History Month Essay Contest asks high school seniors to write an essay of no more than 500 words that addresses how the evolution of wireless technology has changed the world we live in. UNCF will review all the applications and score the essays, and the top 12 applicants will be awarded scholarships.

The awards are the following:

* First Place: $5,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card;
* Second Place: $4,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card;
* Third Place: $3,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card; and
* Fourth through 12th Place: $1,000 scholarships.

“The 21st century economy runs on technology,” said Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF President and CEO. “This contest is a great incentive for students to think about how that affects all our lives and to compete for help in paying for their college education. We thank Verizon Wireless for their ongoing support of UNCF and the aspiring young leaders who depend on UNCF for help in getting the education they need and our nation needs them to have.”

This Black History Month Essay Contest is one of a variety of educational and diversity programs supported by Verizon Wireless. With a diverse workforce of 83,000, Verizon Wireless drives workplace diversity by establishing programs to encourage the hiring and advancement of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.

Students are encouraged to visit http://www.UNCF.org for complete details of the essay contest and to apply online. The application deadline is April 15, 2010. For more information, contact UNCF Program Services at (703) 205-3400 or scholarships@uncf.org.

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Verizon Wireless And UNCF Announce Black History Month Essay Contest For College Scholarships In Illinois/Wisconsin Region Tweet

High School Seniors to Address How Wireless Technology Has Changed the World We Live In for a Chance to Win Scholarships Up To $5,000.

CHICAGO, IL — In honor of Black History Month, Verizon Wireless and UNCF—the United Negro College Fund—are offering high school seniors the chance to win one of 12 scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. To qualify for the contest, students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0, plan to attend a two-year or four-year college or university in the Fall of 2010, and currently reside in one of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

“With the economic challenges so many families are facing, it is more important than ever to support students looking to gain a college education,” said T.J. Fox, president – Illinois/Wisconsin region, Verizon Wireless. “As a company, we embrace diversity because we believe it’s smart business and because it’s the right thing to do. We are excited to be able to help deserving students better prepare for the cost of their college education.”

The Verizon Wireless/UNCF Black History Month Essay Contest asks high school seniors to write an essay of no more than 500 words that addresses how the evolution of wireless technology has changed the world we live in. UNCF will review all the applications and score the essays, and the top 12 applicants will be awarded scholarships.

The awards are the following:

* First Place: $5,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card;
* Second Place: $4,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card;
* Third Place: $3,000 scholarship, netbook and $100 Verizon Wireless gift card; and
* Fourth through 12th Place: $1,000 scholarships.

“The 21st century economy runs on technology,” said Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF President and CEO. “This contest is a great incentive for students to think about how that affects all our lives and to compete for help in paying for their college education. We thank Verizon Wireless for their ongoing support of UNCF and the aspiring young leaders who depend on UNCF for help in getting the education they need and our nation needs them to have.”

This Black History Month Essay Contest is one of a variety of educational and diversity programs supported by Verizon Wireless. With a diverse workforce of 83,000, Verizon Wireless drives workplace diversity by establishing programs to encourage the hiring and advancement of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.

Students are encouraged to visit http://www.UNCF.org for complete details of the essay contest and to apply online. The application deadline is April 15, 2010. For more information, contact UNCF Program Services at (703) 205-3400 or scholarships@uncf.org.

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