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Stantum Slate PC with Multi-touch Hands On Tweet
Friday, February 19, 2010
Masaki from Stantum Japan is giving me a tour of their proof-of-concept Slate PC with a digital resitive multi-touch panel which is actually a modded Dell Mini 10.
Labels: Linux , Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Labels: Linux , Other mobile phone brands , Videos
AAVA Prototype Moorestown Phone running Moblin 2.0 Tweet
AAVA has created a prototype smartphone running Moblin 2.0. We also get a demo of Quake running smoothly as well as some of the applications running on this 3.7" Screen.
Labels: Linux , Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Labels: Linux , Other mobile phone brands , Videos
MWC: Nokia, Intel Partner on Linux-Based MeeGo Platform Tweet
At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) convention in Barcelona, Intel and Nokia step up their alliance by announcing MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform that aims to support multiple hardware architectures across multiple platforms.
Handset maker Nokia and chip set giant Intel announced a partnership to merge the existing Maemo and Moblin global programming communities into MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform that will support multiple hardware architectures across a broad range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
MeeGo offers the Qt application development environment, and builds on the Moblin core operating system and reference user experiences. Using Qt, developers can write once to create applications for a variety of devices and platforms, and market them through Nokia’s Ovi Store and Intel AppUpSM Center, said Nokia’s executive vice president of devices, Kai ĆistƤmƶ. He said MeeGo will be hosted by the Linux Foundation and governed using the best practices of the open-source development model. The first release of MeeGo is expected in the second quarter of 2010, with devices launching later in the year.
“This collaboration benefits developers, consumers, and software and hardware vendors. It’s a complete Internet experience,” he said, noting the company’s Ovi application store will be the main channel of distribution for applications built using MeGoo. “Applications and other content are not in a walled garden, rather the ecosystem is more like an open frontier.”
The partnership builds on the companies’ strategic collaboration announced in June 2009, and Intel's senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s software and services group, Renee James, invited participation in MeeGo from existing Maemo and Moblin global communities and across the communications and computing industries. “We are encouraging community contributions at MeeGoo.com and encouraging wider participation from the communications industry,” she said. “We will continue to collaborate and contribute, allowing partners to build value-add onto MeeGo.”
ĆistƤmƶ said MeeGo builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and its support for a wide range of device types and reference user experiences, combined with the momentum of Maemo in the mobile industry and the “broadly adopted” Qt application and UI framework for software developers. He said using Qt for application development means developers can write applications once and easily deploy them on MeeGo and across other platforms, for example, on Symbian. “We are not going to favor any particular OEM or hardware architecture,” he said. “MeeGoo will create a shared, single platform, which will drive the future of mobile computing.”
When asked if Nokia and Intel will collaborate more closely in the future on the hardware end, perhaps resulting in Nokia phones running Intel chip sets, both speakers declined to offer specifics, but ĆistƤmƶ said it would be “natural” to take the best hardware for future devices, suggesting Nokia phones with Intel chips in the future. However, ĆistƤmƶ and James reiterated MeGoo was an opportunity for developers to create applications from which many hardware manufacturers across several different markets could benefit. The aim of MeGoo is to be “broadly adoptable across several devices from different manufacturers,” ĆistƤmƶ said.
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Handset maker Nokia and chip set giant Intel announced a partnership to merge the existing Maemo and Moblin global programming communities into MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform that will support multiple hardware architectures across a broad range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
MeeGo offers the Qt application development environment, and builds on the Moblin core operating system and reference user experiences. Using Qt, developers can write once to create applications for a variety of devices and platforms, and market them through Nokia’s Ovi Store and Intel AppUpSM Center, said Nokia’s executive vice president of devices, Kai ĆistƤmƶ. He said MeeGo will be hosted by the Linux Foundation and governed using the best practices of the open-source development model. The first release of MeeGo is expected in the second quarter of 2010, with devices launching later in the year.
“This collaboration benefits developers, consumers, and software and hardware vendors. It’s a complete Internet experience,” he said, noting the company’s Ovi application store will be the main channel of distribution for applications built using MeGoo. “Applications and other content are not in a walled garden, rather the ecosystem is more like an open frontier.”
The partnership builds on the companies’ strategic collaboration announced in June 2009, and Intel's senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s software and services group, Renee James, invited participation in MeeGo from existing Maemo and Moblin global communities and across the communications and computing industries. “We are encouraging community contributions at MeeGoo.com and encouraging wider participation from the communications industry,” she said. “We will continue to collaborate and contribute, allowing partners to build value-add onto MeeGo.”
ĆistƤmƶ said MeeGo builds on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and its support for a wide range of device types and reference user experiences, combined with the momentum of Maemo in the mobile industry and the “broadly adopted” Qt application and UI framework for software developers. He said using Qt for application development means developers can write applications once and easily deploy them on MeeGo and across other platforms, for example, on Symbian. “We are not going to favor any particular OEM or hardware architecture,” he said. “MeeGoo will create a shared, single platform, which will drive the future of mobile computing.”
When asked if Nokia and Intel will collaborate more closely in the future on the hardware end, perhaps resulting in Nokia phones running Intel chip sets, both speakers declined to offer specifics, but ĆistƤmƶ said it would be “natural” to take the best hardware for future devices, suggesting Nokia phones with Intel chips in the future. However, ĆistƤmƶ and James reiterated MeGoo was an opportunity for developers to create applications from which many hardware manufacturers across several different markets could benefit. The aim of MeGoo is to be “broadly adoptable across several devices from different manufacturers,” ĆistƤmƶ said.
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Samsung demonstrates the first LTE netbook at Mobile World Congress Tweet
An extensive line-up of netbook and note PC showcase advanced mobile technology.
Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of future mobile and IT technology, is demonstrating the world’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) netbook PC at Mobile World Congress 2010. Samsung’s own in-house designed LTE modem chipset, Kalmia, enabled the development of a small form factor netbook with LTE capability. Following the company’s latest deployment of a commercial LTE dongle, Samsung reasserts its industry-leading position in next generation mobile technology with the largest line-up of devices.
Samsung demonstrates live video streaming via the company’s own LTE network equipment on the Samsung netbook N150.The Samsung netbook N150 is currently available in market with HSPA 3G communications and WiFi access and will become commercially available with LTE according to service schedule and market demand. The inclusion of LTE will deliver high speed, low latency and ubiquitous connectivity to all users who require high-volume data access whenever they want and wherever they are. For the first time, operators preparing for the deployment of next generation networks can deliver high-powered products to showcase network strength and the true benefits to end-users.
With its high-quality design and great value, the Samsung N150 offers users everything they need in a portable netbook. The N150’s 10.1” anti-reflective LED display gives users fine-tuned images with the sharpest detail and boldest colours, without the inconvenience of mirror effects under bright lights or in sunny weather. This energyefficient display also works with the N150’s optimized processing performance and Samsung’s proprietary-enhanced battery life solution to deliver exceptional battery performance of up to 8.5 hours*.
Using the integrated Easy Resolution Manager tool, screen resolution can easily be changed if a program or game needs to be viewed in 1024x768. Additional visual enhancements include an integrated Digital LiveCam for videoconferencing or live messaging. An integrated webcam, internal microphone and headphone-out connection also provide an easy and cost-effective way to stay in touch with friends and family using video-conferencing, live messaging or VoIP telephony.
“The N150 is the smart choice to meet all your essential mobile computing needs with style,” said Kyu Uhm, Vice President of Samsung IT Solutions Business.
He continued, “We see increasing demand for data services, regardless of whether the consumer is indoors, outside, or even on the move. With our end-to-end Total Solution from core chipset to a variety of devices, we are providing true value to our customers.”
Samsung has proven its leadership in next generation mobile technology and has a long history of involvement in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Collaboration with groups of telecommunications associations to make a globally applicable 3G and 4G standard is a natural progression for Samsung, who are also introducing the most upto-date LTE technology at the show.
Samsung’s public demonstration of Long Term Evolution (LTE) included a total solution from infrastructure to mobile devices. In particular, Samsung has developed its own access and core networks, which support multi-vendor interoperability. Besides the world’s first LTE embedded netbook PC, Samsung is also showcasing the dongle type device GT-B3710. Samsung’s LTE solution is fully compliant with the latest 3GPP LTE Rel-8 standard. Initial deployment of the service began in 2009 and active discussion and trial tests will continue in 2010.
Alongside the world’s first demonstration of the LTE netbook N150, Samsung also showcased an extensive line-up of netbook and note PCs at the show including N210, N220 and NB30.
Samsung N150 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 8.5 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 x 188 x 25.3~34.7 mm
Weight 1.24 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung N210 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 12 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 265 x 188.9 x 26.0 ~ 35.6 mm
Weight 1.34 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung N220 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 12 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 X 188.9 X 25.8 ~ 35.4 mm
Weight 1.32 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung NB30 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit*
10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), Touch screen, LED backlit*
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 11 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 x 188.9 x 27 ~ 39 mm
Weight 1.26 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
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Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of future mobile and IT technology, is demonstrating the world’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) netbook PC at Mobile World Congress 2010. Samsung’s own in-house designed LTE modem chipset, Kalmia, enabled the development of a small form factor netbook with LTE capability. Following the company’s latest deployment of a commercial LTE dongle, Samsung reasserts its industry-leading position in next generation mobile technology with the largest line-up of devices.
Samsung demonstrates live video streaming via the company’s own LTE network equipment on the Samsung netbook N150.The Samsung netbook N150 is currently available in market with HSPA 3G communications and WiFi access and will become commercially available with LTE according to service schedule and market demand. The inclusion of LTE will deliver high speed, low latency and ubiquitous connectivity to all users who require high-volume data access whenever they want and wherever they are. For the first time, operators preparing for the deployment of next generation networks can deliver high-powered products to showcase network strength and the true benefits to end-users.
With its high-quality design and great value, the Samsung N150 offers users everything they need in a portable netbook. The N150’s 10.1” anti-reflective LED display gives users fine-tuned images with the sharpest detail and boldest colours, without the inconvenience of mirror effects under bright lights or in sunny weather. This energyefficient display also works with the N150’s optimized processing performance and Samsung’s proprietary-enhanced battery life solution to deliver exceptional battery performance of up to 8.5 hours*.
Using the integrated Easy Resolution Manager tool, screen resolution can easily be changed if a program or game needs to be viewed in 1024x768. Additional visual enhancements include an integrated Digital LiveCam for videoconferencing or live messaging. An integrated webcam, internal microphone and headphone-out connection also provide an easy and cost-effective way to stay in touch with friends and family using video-conferencing, live messaging or VoIP telephony.
“The N150 is the smart choice to meet all your essential mobile computing needs with style,” said Kyu Uhm, Vice President of Samsung IT Solutions Business.
He continued, “We see increasing demand for data services, regardless of whether the consumer is indoors, outside, or even on the move. With our end-to-end Total Solution from core chipset to a variety of devices, we are providing true value to our customers.”
Samsung has proven its leadership in next generation mobile technology and has a long history of involvement in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Collaboration with groups of telecommunications associations to make a globally applicable 3G and 4G standard is a natural progression for Samsung, who are also introducing the most upto-date LTE technology at the show.
Samsung’s public demonstration of Long Term Evolution (LTE) included a total solution from infrastructure to mobile devices. In particular, Samsung has developed its own access and core networks, which support multi-vendor interoperability. Besides the world’s first LTE embedded netbook PC, Samsung is also showcasing the dongle type device GT-B3710. Samsung’s LTE solution is fully compliant with the latest 3GPP LTE Rel-8 standard. Initial deployment of the service began in 2009 and active discussion and trial tests will continue in 2010.
Alongside the world’s first demonstration of the LTE netbook N150, Samsung also showcased an extensive line-up of netbook and note PCs at the show including N210, N220 and NB30.
Samsung N150 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 8.5 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 x 188 x 25.3~34.7 mm
Weight 1.24 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung N210 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 12 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 265 x 188.9 x 26.0 ~ 35.6 mm
Weight 1.34 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung N220 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 12 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 X 188.9 X 25.8 ~ 35.4 mm
Weight 1.32 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
Samsung NB30 / Product Specifications
Processor Intel® ATOM™ Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 667MHz, 512KB)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic*
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter*
Genuine Windows® XP Home*
Memory 1 GB (DDR2 / 1 GB x 1)
LCD 10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), non-gloss, LED backlit*
10.1” WSVGA (1024 x 600), Touch screen, LED backlit*
HDD 160 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)* / 250 GB (5400 rpm S-ATA)*
Optical Disk Drive No
Graphics Processor Intel GMA3150 (Int. Graphic)
Wireless LAN 802.11bg/n
LAN 10/100 LAN
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate*
I / O Ports - 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
- 3 x USB 2.0 (incl. USB Sleep-and-charge)
- 1 x Headphone-out
- 1 x Mic in
- 1 x Integrated Mic
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x LAN Port
Multimedia Digital LiveCam
Battery Life 6 Cell Lithium-ion – up to 11 hours*
Speaker 3 W Stereo Speakers (1.5 W x 2)
Dimensions 264 x 188.9 x 27 ~ 39 mm
Weight 1.26 kg (incl. 6 cell battery)
Warranty International warranty*
* based on factory specification, Subject to change. Errors and omissions accepted. Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration. Warranty service availability and response times may vary from country to country and may also be subject to registration requirements in the country of purchase. OS reveals lower HDD capacity than the specification as the difference of the calculation way and recovery partition.
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HP loads Android onto a netbook Tweet
FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK, HP has joined Acer by putting Google's Linux-based Android operating system on a netbook.
Branded as a Compaq device, HP's Airlife 100 netbook is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor that's found in a number of recently released smartphones including Google's Nexus One.
In fact the main differences between the two devices seem to be the screen size and the almost full-size keyboard on the HP unit.
airlifeThe HP Airlife 100 has a 10.1-inch screen with a 16GB SSD bolstered by an SD card slot. This sort of back-to-basics netbook specification is livened up by integrated WiFi, 3G and GPS. It's the 3G connectivity that has led to HP partnering with Telefonica to provide wireless access.
Undoubtedly Android is an impressive smartphone OS, but it received a lukewarm response in its first outing as a netbook OS in Acer's D250 netbook. Complaints about it being too lightweight even as a netbook OS might carry some weight, but the upshot of such a nimble system is its impressive battery life. HP quotes 12 hours of active use for the Airlife 100 with up to 10 days battery life in standby.
Sadly HP has yet to incorporate the Android OS into its line of Ipaq devices. Its latest, announced on the eve of Mobile World Congress and named Glisten is, depressingly, shipping with Windows Mobile 6.5.
HP has confirmed that the Airlife will be coming to the UK through O2 fairly soon, although no firm date has been announced yet. Pricing has also not been announced, but we do expect this netbook will be available with competitive data tariffs.
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Labels: Android , Other mobile phone brands
Branded as a Compaq device, HP's Airlife 100 netbook is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor that's found in a number of recently released smartphones including Google's Nexus One.
In fact the main differences between the two devices seem to be the screen size and the almost full-size keyboard on the HP unit.
airlifeThe HP Airlife 100 has a 10.1-inch screen with a 16GB SSD bolstered by an SD card slot. This sort of back-to-basics netbook specification is livened up by integrated WiFi, 3G and GPS. It's the 3G connectivity that has led to HP partnering with Telefonica to provide wireless access.
Undoubtedly Android is an impressive smartphone OS, but it received a lukewarm response in its first outing as a netbook OS in Acer's D250 netbook. Complaints about it being too lightweight even as a netbook OS might carry some weight, but the upshot of such a nimble system is its impressive battery life. HP quotes 12 hours of active use for the Airlife 100 with up to 10 days battery life in standby.
Sadly HP has yet to incorporate the Android OS into its line of Ipaq devices. Its latest, announced on the eve of Mobile World Congress and named Glisten is, depressingly, shipping with Windows Mobile 6.5.
HP has confirmed that the Airlife will be coming to the UK through O2 fairly soon, although no firm date has been announced yet. Pricing has also not been announced, but we do expect this netbook will be available with competitive data tariffs.
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Labels: Android , Other mobile phone brands
Samsung Delivers Brilliant New Smart Phone Experience with Launch of Samsung Wave Tweet
· Full touch Super AMOLED offers the best ever viewing quality on a mobile
· Social Hub brings all your social networks together in one, unified solution
· TouchWiz 3.0 expands Smartphone usability to the next level
Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launch of the Samsung Wave (Model: S8500). This is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a smartphone for every lifestyle.
The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3” display that makes the screen truly come alive, a Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and hugely customizable user interface. The Wave’s high-speed CPU ensures swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion. The Samsung Wave has been built to offer users an unrivalled level of performance, customization and choice in how they connect with their world. The stunning full touch mobile will be available globally from April 2010.
“The Samsung Wave truly demonstrates our commitment to deliver rich, connected and innovative smartphone experiences to everyone,” said JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung Wave sees our platform vision become a reality. For the first time, developers have the freedom to create applications across multiple platforms, for consumption on a huge range of devices. In the Wave, our developer partners can see the ocean of opportunity that is offered by the bada mobile platform and our device technology,” he said.
Super AMOLED – Seeing is believing
With the Samsung Wave, seeing really is believing as it features the world’s first Super AMOLED display; delivering an unrivalled screen experience on a smartphone. The Super AMOLED offers much brighter, clearer, and less reflective AMOLED OnCell display, featuring a high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine) technology. DNIe technology is proven display technology which incorporated to Samsung’s LCD TV and LED TV lineups. With a free viewing angle and super fast response, the Samsung Wave display provides superb image quality for viewing both videos and photos.
Social Hub – my communities at my hand
Social Hub has been designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services directly into the Samsung Wave. With its TouchWiz 3.0 UI, it provides users easy-flow integrated experience of messaging, managing contacts and viewing calendar events. Social Hub is powered by the amazing push technology to deliver email messages, calendar events and SNS updates in real-time.
TouchWiz 3.0 UI – new and improved
The Samsung Wave provides superior levels of choice to all users via its fully customizable menus and home-page. For those who demand access to their social networking sites at all times, the device allows users to change the layout of the home-page to allow instant access to Twitter, Facebook and a host of other social networking services. For those who love music, the device home-page can be turned into an intuitive media player; while for those who take and share a lot of photos, the home page can be customized to feature favourite images. Users will also benefit from Quick Panel, a way of prioritizing and aggregating applications into one screen for instant access.
With its eye-catchingly brilliant screen, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 3.0 user interface gives a tactile, intuitive user experience, and includes iconic new features such as motion UI, Smart Unlock and customizable widget screen.
Speed, performance and beauty
The Samsung Wave benefits from a superb 1GHz processor which offers users the best graphic performance available today. Its speed makes the touch screen user interface incredibly responsive and intuitive and, more importantly, means that the 3D and memory-intensive graphic and video performance is unsurpassed.
The Samsung Wave is also one of the most attractive devices with seamless, streamlined body that has no parting or harsh lines. A beautiful and strong tempered glass display perfectly complements and enhances the vividness of the Super AMOLED display. Furthermore, with anti-smudge technology, those greasy thumb prints are a thing of the past.
Multimedia features and connectivity
Multi-codec support for DivX Xvid, MP4 and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound delivery transforms the device into a personal entertainment system and HD video (720p) decoding and recording capabilities make the Samsung Wave an outstanding device for capturing, sharing and viewing video.
For the first time in the world, Samsung Wave is incorporated Bluetooth® 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n standard.
Samsung Apps: unlimited expandability
Samsung’s bada platform allows mobile users to simply and easily download an abundance of applications from Samsung Apps, an integrated application store accessible from the device and online. Featuring a wealth of games, navigation, social networking, e-book, health and lifestyle applications, Samsung Apps gives users instant access to a huge choice of mobile experiences.
Samsung established its mobile application ecosystem through the launch of Samsung Mobile Innovator in 2008 and the Samsung Application Seller Site followed by Samsung Application Store as another key element of this offering. Already launched in the UK, France, Italy, Singapore, Germany, Brazil and China, this will be expanded to more than 50 countries all over the world in 2010.
Samsung Wave (S8500) / Product Specifications
Network 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G (WCDMA/ HSPA) : 900/2100 MHz
Display 3.3” WVGA (800x480) Super AMOLED with mDNIe
Camera 5.0 Megapixel camera w/ LED Flash, AF
Face/Blink Detection, Lomo Shot, Vintage Shot, Beauty Shot,
Smile Shot, Panorama Shot, Geo-tagging, Image Editor
Video HD(720p) video playing & recording, 5.1ch Mobile Theater
MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD Video Editor
Audio Music Player with SoundAlive, Music Recognition, Music Recommendation,
DISK UI, 3.5mm Ear Jack, FM Radio / Recording
Value-added Features Integrated Messaging ‘Social Hub’
Samsung Apps (*Availability of Samsung Apps differs by country)
TouchWiz 3.0 w/Integrated phonebook, Voice & Motion UI
Dolfin Browser 2.0 / One Finger Zoom (up to x10)
A-GPS, On/off Board Navigation(3D Map), LBS
SMS / MMS / Email / Video Messaging / Exchange ActiveSync
Accelerator Sensor, Proximity Sensor, GeoMagnetic Sensor
BPP(Basic Printing Profile), OPP(Object Push Profile),
PictBridge (USB Printing), Offline & No SIM Mode, Voice Command,
RSS Reader, Communities & Mobile Widgets
Connectivity Bluetooth technology v 3.0
USB v2.0 (Full -Speed)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Memory 2GB/8GB + microSD (Up to 32GB)
Size 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
Battery Life (Standard) Li-Ion, 1,500 mAh
Labels: Samsung
· Social Hub brings all your social networks together in one, unified solution
· TouchWiz 3.0 expands Smartphone usability to the next level
Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launch of the Samsung Wave (Model: S8500). This is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a smartphone for every lifestyle.
The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3” display that makes the screen truly come alive, a Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and hugely customizable user interface. The Wave’s high-speed CPU ensures swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion. The Samsung Wave has been built to offer users an unrivalled level of performance, customization and choice in how they connect with their world. The stunning full touch mobile will be available globally from April 2010.
“The Samsung Wave truly demonstrates our commitment to deliver rich, connected and innovative smartphone experiences to everyone,” said JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung Wave sees our platform vision become a reality. For the first time, developers have the freedom to create applications across multiple platforms, for consumption on a huge range of devices. In the Wave, our developer partners can see the ocean of opportunity that is offered by the bada mobile platform and our device technology,” he said.
Super AMOLED – Seeing is believing
With the Samsung Wave, seeing really is believing as it features the world’s first Super AMOLED display; delivering an unrivalled screen experience on a smartphone. The Super AMOLED offers much brighter, clearer, and less reflective AMOLED OnCell display, featuring a high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine) technology. DNIe technology is proven display technology which incorporated to Samsung’s LCD TV and LED TV lineups. With a free viewing angle and super fast response, the Samsung Wave display provides superb image quality for viewing both videos and photos.
Social Hub – my communities at my hand
Social Hub has been designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services directly into the Samsung Wave. With its TouchWiz 3.0 UI, it provides users easy-flow integrated experience of messaging, managing contacts and viewing calendar events. Social Hub is powered by the amazing push technology to deliver email messages, calendar events and SNS updates in real-time.
TouchWiz 3.0 UI – new and improved
The Samsung Wave provides superior levels of choice to all users via its fully customizable menus and home-page. For those who demand access to their social networking sites at all times, the device allows users to change the layout of the home-page to allow instant access to Twitter, Facebook and a host of other social networking services. For those who love music, the device home-page can be turned into an intuitive media player; while for those who take and share a lot of photos, the home page can be customized to feature favourite images. Users will also benefit from Quick Panel, a way of prioritizing and aggregating applications into one screen for instant access.
With its eye-catchingly brilliant screen, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 3.0 user interface gives a tactile, intuitive user experience, and includes iconic new features such as motion UI, Smart Unlock and customizable widget screen.
Speed, performance and beauty
The Samsung Wave benefits from a superb 1GHz processor which offers users the best graphic performance available today. Its speed makes the touch screen user interface incredibly responsive and intuitive and, more importantly, means that the 3D and memory-intensive graphic and video performance is unsurpassed.
The Samsung Wave is also one of the most attractive devices with seamless, streamlined body that has no parting or harsh lines. A beautiful and strong tempered glass display perfectly complements and enhances the vividness of the Super AMOLED display. Furthermore, with anti-smudge technology, those greasy thumb prints are a thing of the past.
Multimedia features and connectivity
Multi-codec support for DivX Xvid, MP4 and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound delivery transforms the device into a personal entertainment system and HD video (720p) decoding and recording capabilities make the Samsung Wave an outstanding device for capturing, sharing and viewing video.
For the first time in the world, Samsung Wave is incorporated Bluetooth® 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n standard.
Samsung Apps: unlimited expandability
Samsung’s bada platform allows mobile users to simply and easily download an abundance of applications from Samsung Apps, an integrated application store accessible from the device and online. Featuring a wealth of games, navigation, social networking, e-book, health and lifestyle applications, Samsung Apps gives users instant access to a huge choice of mobile experiences.
Samsung established its mobile application ecosystem through the launch of Samsung Mobile Innovator in 2008 and the Samsung Application Seller Site followed by Samsung Application Store as another key element of this offering. Already launched in the UK, France, Italy, Singapore, Germany, Brazil and China, this will be expanded to more than 50 countries all over the world in 2010.
Samsung Wave (S8500) / Product Specifications
Network 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G (WCDMA/ HSPA) : 900/2100 MHz
Display 3.3” WVGA (800x480) Super AMOLED with mDNIe
Camera 5.0 Megapixel camera w/ LED Flash, AF
Face/Blink Detection, Lomo Shot, Vintage Shot, Beauty Shot,
Smile Shot, Panorama Shot, Geo-tagging, Image Editor
Video HD(720p) video playing & recording, 5.1ch Mobile Theater
MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD Video Editor
Audio Music Player with SoundAlive, Music Recognition, Music Recommendation,
DISK UI, 3.5mm Ear Jack, FM Radio / Recording
Value-added Features Integrated Messaging ‘Social Hub’
Samsung Apps (*Availability of Samsung Apps differs by country)
TouchWiz 3.0 w/Integrated phonebook, Voice & Motion UI
Dolfin Browser 2.0 / One Finger Zoom (up to x10)
A-GPS, On/off Board Navigation(3D Map), LBS
SMS / MMS / Email / Video Messaging / Exchange ActiveSync
Accelerator Sensor, Proximity Sensor, GeoMagnetic Sensor
BPP(Basic Printing Profile), OPP(Object Push Profile),
PictBridge (USB Printing), Offline & No SIM Mode, Voice Command,
RSS Reader, Communities & Mobile Widgets
Connectivity Bluetooth technology v 3.0
USB v2.0 (Full -Speed)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Memory 2GB/8GB + microSD (Up to 32GB)
Size 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
Battery Life (Standard) Li-Ion, 1,500 mAh
Labels: Samsung
Samsung Launches Monte, the Perfect Fit for Full Touch Lifestyle s Tweet
Samsung Monte offers enhanced full touch functionality, social network integration & sleek design.
Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launch of Samsung Monte (model: S5620), its new full touch screen device for style-conscious mobile users.
The handset is launched with a host of multimedia features and a sleek, organic design with a sophisticated and glossy look, providing the style and performance of a high-end handset at affordable price. With a stunning design and an intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus User Interface (UI), the Monte is set to become the latest must-have full touch device.
Equally, the Samsung Monte has a lot to offer to the social network savvy consumer with a suite of native social networking applications including Facebook and MySpace, allowing users to access their profiles whenever and wherever they choose. This is teamed with advanced Twitter and Bebo widgets - and multi-IM capability – to provide users with the opportunity to chat in real-time via their chosen service. In addition, Monte users can enjoy full Internet browsing, with an accelerometer sensor allowing the onscreen image to automatically adjust as you rotate the phone.
To become the perfect accompaniment to a connected lifestyle, the Monte includes GPS supported by Google Latitude™, ensuring you know where you are – and can keep your friends updated on your location - at all times. This combines with Geo-tagging, allowing users to imprint their photos with geographic tags to share their travels and experiences with friends. Other connectivity features include optional anytime, anywhere Wi-Fi connectivity, Exchange ActiveSync for access to Outlook email accounts, and Google Sync™. This allows users to simultaneously update their social networks schedules and Outlook calendar, without the hassle of accessing each application individually.
“Samsung Monte is designed for those who appreciate beautiful design and outstanding performance at affordable price,” said JK Shin, president and head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The phone offers a compelling set of features, such as the native social networking applications, with an intelligent User Interface, design and connectivity options to provide users with the performance they demand.”
To showcase this feature rich and stylish handset, the Monte comes equipped with a 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen with 16:9 landscape viewing. It also boasts a 3.2-megapixel camera with many value-added features including smile shot, panorama shot, and face detection. For convenience, the phone also supports Smart Unlock and One finger zoom.
Samsung Monte (S5620) / Product Specifications
Network HSDPA 3.6Mbps UMTS (900/2100)
EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
Display 3.0” 262K WQVGA TFT (Capacitive Touch Screen)
Camera 3.2” HVGA(320x480) TFT
Camera 3.2 Megapixel with CIF
Video H.263, H.264, MPEG4, QVGA @ 15fps
Audio Poly 64, SP-Midi, i-melody, MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA,
3.5mm Ear jack, SoundAlive, FM Radio with RDS
Value-added Features A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Google Map 3.0
Native SNS Application, Multi IM, TouchWiz 2.0 Plus
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0 HS
Memory Internal memory: 200MB
External memory: MicroSD (up to 16GB)
Size 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm / 92 g
Battery Life 1000 mAh
Labels: Samsung
Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launch of Samsung Monte (model: S5620), its new full touch screen device for style-conscious mobile users.
The handset is launched with a host of multimedia features and a sleek, organic design with a sophisticated and glossy look, providing the style and performance of a high-end handset at affordable price. With a stunning design and an intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus User Interface (UI), the Monte is set to become the latest must-have full touch device.
Equally, the Samsung Monte has a lot to offer to the social network savvy consumer with a suite of native social networking applications including Facebook and MySpace, allowing users to access their profiles whenever and wherever they choose. This is teamed with advanced Twitter and Bebo widgets - and multi-IM capability – to provide users with the opportunity to chat in real-time via their chosen service. In addition, Monte users can enjoy full Internet browsing, with an accelerometer sensor allowing the onscreen image to automatically adjust as you rotate the phone.
To become the perfect accompaniment to a connected lifestyle, the Monte includes GPS supported by Google Latitude™, ensuring you know where you are – and can keep your friends updated on your location - at all times. This combines with Geo-tagging, allowing users to imprint their photos with geographic tags to share their travels and experiences with friends. Other connectivity features include optional anytime, anywhere Wi-Fi connectivity, Exchange ActiveSync for access to Outlook email accounts, and Google Sync™. This allows users to simultaneously update their social networks schedules and Outlook calendar, without the hassle of accessing each application individually.
“Samsung Monte is designed for those who appreciate beautiful design and outstanding performance at affordable price,” said JK Shin, president and head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The phone offers a compelling set of features, such as the native social networking applications, with an intelligent User Interface, design and connectivity options to provide users with the performance they demand.”
To showcase this feature rich and stylish handset, the Monte comes equipped with a 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen with 16:9 landscape viewing. It also boasts a 3.2-megapixel camera with many value-added features including smile shot, panorama shot, and face detection. For convenience, the phone also supports Smart Unlock and One finger zoom.
Samsung Monte (S5620) / Product Specifications
Network HSDPA 3.6Mbps UMTS (900/2100)
EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
Display 3.0” 262K WQVGA TFT (Capacitive Touch Screen)
Camera 3.2” HVGA(320x480) TFT
Camera 3.2 Megapixel with CIF
Video H.263, H.264, MPEG4, QVGA @ 15fps
Audio Poly 64, SP-Midi, i-melody, MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA,
3.5mm Ear jack, SoundAlive, FM Radio with RDS
Value-added Features A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Google Map 3.0
Native SNS Application, Multi IM, TouchWiz 2.0 Plus
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0 HS
Memory Internal memory: 200MB
External memory: MicroSD (up to 16GB)
Size 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm / 92 g
Battery Life 1000 mAh
Labels: Samsung
Samsung Introduces New Enterprise Mobility Solutions at Mobile World Congress Tweet
Partnering with Cisco, Formotus, MicrosoftSpring Wireless, Sybase, and Wipro, Samsung showcases enterprise solutions running on Samsung smartphones.
Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today introduced a range of new enterprise mobility solutions at Mobile World Congress 2010, demonstrating its strong commitment in the enterprise mobility market. Samsung enterprise solutions, delivered in collaboration with leading partners, encompass key mobile enterprise solutions such as Enterprise Email, Enterprise IM, Security, MDM (Mobile Device Management), UC (Unified Communications), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SFA (Sales Force Automation), BI (Business Intelligence) and vertical applications.
Samsung is actively discussing with major mobile operators to commercially launch the solutions in 2010. Most of the enterprise solutions showcased at MWC are expected to be commercially available by end of 2010.
“The Enterprise Mobility Solutions we’ve presented today at Mobile World Congress, really cement Samsung’s place as a major player in the enterprise mobility market” said WP Hong, Executive Vice President of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Support from leading enterprise partners and major operators, has proven Samsung’s commitment to deliver the comforts of the office computing environment to the smartphone – true mobility without compromise.”
The Samsung Enterprise Mobility Offering comprises a suite of solutions & devices specifically targeted to the needs of the enterprise customers. Samsung smartphones support the most robust enterprise solutions on Microsoft Windows Mobile, and soon offer enterprise solutions on Android platform. Samsung will expand the capability to offer enterprise solutions on LiMo as well as bada, its own platform in 2011, giving enterprise customers both the choice and flexibility they want.
In recent months, Samsung has greatly expanded its channel support structure with major carriers’ enterprise sales teams and has built strong relationships with premium solution partners such as Cisco, Formotus, Microsoft, Spring Wireless, Sybase, and Wipro. Samsung will continue to expand its collaboration model with major enterprise players such as Oracle, SAP and IBM in coming months. The details of each enterprise mobility solution available are as follows:
Cisco
At Mobile World Congress, Samsung and Cisco will demonstrate several prototype solutions that will be available in 2010 that enhance the mobile worker experience with embedded collaboration and security solutions.
Mobile web conferencing via Cisco WebEx solutions – It’s easier than ever before to collaborate in a WebEx meeting with unique Samsung-optimized features. With a single click, users can escalate a phone call to a Cisco WebEx Meeting Center meeting and launch it directly from e-mail or calendar invites from select Samsung smartphones.
Enhanced collaboration through Cisco Unified Communications – The Cisco mobile UC solution enhances collaboration by helping enable a mobile workforce to make calls via the corporate infrastructure, and giving mobile workers access to UC features, such as visual voicemail and unified presence capabilities which shows contacts’ availability status. This solution delivers improved connectivity and productivity to the mobile workforce while simultaneously reducing the enterprise’s mobile spend by extending the corporate unified communications network to Samsung smartphone users.
Formotus
Formotus extends SharePoint business productivity to people in the field by allowing mobile business forms designed just once to be used online or offline on all kinds of devices, including the new Android-powered and Windows phones from Samsung.
Formotus mobile apps put the new Samsung phones to work for business by creating solutions that capture touchscreen signatures, camera photos, and GPS locations, all of which can be submitted back to the office in forms that integrate with SharePoint and company workflows.
Rapidly create and instantly deploy custom forms over-the-air without writing a line of code. Formotus completes projects in days or weeks, not months or years. There’s no limit to the line-of-business apps possible using Formotus forms – mobile dispatch, field service, inspections, surveys, data collection, inventory, time and expense, workflow approvals, mobile healthcare apps, you name it.
Microsoft
Samsung Windows phones provide the leading support for enterprise mobile solutions for end users and organizations and come with Microsoft Office Mobile, which provides access to the applications people use all the time, like Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Samsung Windows phones make the most of enterprises existing assets without requiring the cost and complexity of adding and maintaining additional third-party middle-ware solutions.
Samsung Windows phones let enterprises reuse their existing Visual Studio and .NET development skills and server infrastructure to extend their applications to Windows Mobile devices and give users new experiences and solve new business problems,
Samsung’s Windows phones are designed to provide the best level of integration with Microsoft Exchange as well as great solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, SQL Server, Dynamics and hosted solutions such as Microsoft Hosted Exchange and BPOS.
Samsung SDS - offers a comprehensive mobile solution portfolio, compassing:
Mobile Groupware – push mail, calendar/contact sync, approvals workflow, and remote device management to enable collaboration anywhere, any time
Mobile CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SFA (Sales Force Automation), and Business Intelligence – cost effective mobilization of critical enterprise back-end applications and business processes, based on industry best practices
Flexible deployment models which include installation and maintenance behind the corporate firewall or access as a managed service through Samsung’s Mobile Cloud Center (SMCC)
Spring Wireless
The Spring Wireless solution enables enterprises to truly mobilize its sales forces. The field mobility solutions Spring Wireless provides helps organizations to seamlessly connect their mobile workforce to corporate systems with the information they need, when and where they need it
Sybase
Sybase Afaria is the industry’s most powerful, flexible and secure solution to manage mobility across the entire enterprise. Afaria simplifies the complex mobile world by providing an infrastructure that allows enterprises to manage and secure data, devices and applications over any network for any size of deployment. Whether workers are using personally-owned consumer devices or task-specific ruggedized devices on the frontlines, Afaria allows enterprises to manage mobility with complete confidence
Wipro
Wipro Technologies is a global service provider delivering technology-driven business solutions across multiple domains.
The Mobile Claim Adjuster solution demonstrated by Wipro at MWC enables adjusters to have real-time access to claims assigned to them, download loss information and upload loss photographs & appraisal reports back to backend systems and thereby increasing their productivity multi-fold. The offering is based on Wipro’s strong knowledge of the global insurance industry and mobile technology competencies.
Wipro understand the high potential of business mobility and has invested significant time and effort in building various reusable components, frameworks and solutions like the Mobile claims Adjuster solution with high investment from Wipro’s CTO office.
Labels: Samsung
Barcelona, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today introduced a range of new enterprise mobility solutions at Mobile World Congress 2010, demonstrating its strong commitment in the enterprise mobility market. Samsung enterprise solutions, delivered in collaboration with leading partners, encompass key mobile enterprise solutions such as Enterprise Email, Enterprise IM, Security, MDM (Mobile Device Management), UC (Unified Communications), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SFA (Sales Force Automation), BI (Business Intelligence) and vertical applications.
Samsung is actively discussing with major mobile operators to commercially launch the solutions in 2010. Most of the enterprise solutions showcased at MWC are expected to be commercially available by end of 2010.
“The Enterprise Mobility Solutions we’ve presented today at Mobile World Congress, really cement Samsung’s place as a major player in the enterprise mobility market” said WP Hong, Executive Vice President of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Support from leading enterprise partners and major operators, has proven Samsung’s commitment to deliver the comforts of the office computing environment to the smartphone – true mobility without compromise.”
The Samsung Enterprise Mobility Offering comprises a suite of solutions & devices specifically targeted to the needs of the enterprise customers. Samsung smartphones support the most robust enterprise solutions on Microsoft Windows Mobile, and soon offer enterprise solutions on Android platform. Samsung will expand the capability to offer enterprise solutions on LiMo as well as bada, its own platform in 2011, giving enterprise customers both the choice and flexibility they want.
In recent months, Samsung has greatly expanded its channel support structure with major carriers’ enterprise sales teams and has built strong relationships with premium solution partners such as Cisco, Formotus, Microsoft, Spring Wireless, Sybase, and Wipro. Samsung will continue to expand its collaboration model with major enterprise players such as Oracle, SAP and IBM in coming months. The details of each enterprise mobility solution available are as follows:
Cisco
At Mobile World Congress, Samsung and Cisco will demonstrate several prototype solutions that will be available in 2010 that enhance the mobile worker experience with embedded collaboration and security solutions.
Mobile web conferencing via Cisco WebEx solutions – It’s easier than ever before to collaborate in a WebEx meeting with unique Samsung-optimized features. With a single click, users can escalate a phone call to a Cisco WebEx Meeting Center meeting and launch it directly from e-mail or calendar invites from select Samsung smartphones.
Enhanced collaboration through Cisco Unified Communications – The Cisco mobile UC solution enhances collaboration by helping enable a mobile workforce to make calls via the corporate infrastructure, and giving mobile workers access to UC features, such as visual voicemail and unified presence capabilities which shows contacts’ availability status. This solution delivers improved connectivity and productivity to the mobile workforce while simultaneously reducing the enterprise’s mobile spend by extending the corporate unified communications network to Samsung smartphone users.
Formotus
Formotus extends SharePoint business productivity to people in the field by allowing mobile business forms designed just once to be used online or offline on all kinds of devices, including the new Android-powered and Windows phones from Samsung.
Formotus mobile apps put the new Samsung phones to work for business by creating solutions that capture touchscreen signatures, camera photos, and GPS locations, all of which can be submitted back to the office in forms that integrate with SharePoint and company workflows.
Rapidly create and instantly deploy custom forms over-the-air without writing a line of code. Formotus completes projects in days or weeks, not months or years. There’s no limit to the line-of-business apps possible using Formotus forms – mobile dispatch, field service, inspections, surveys, data collection, inventory, time and expense, workflow approvals, mobile healthcare apps, you name it.
Microsoft
Samsung Windows phones provide the leading support for enterprise mobile solutions for end users and organizations and come with Microsoft Office Mobile, which provides access to the applications people use all the time, like Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Samsung Windows phones make the most of enterprises existing assets without requiring the cost and complexity of adding and maintaining additional third-party middle-ware solutions.
Samsung Windows phones let enterprises reuse their existing Visual Studio and .NET development skills and server infrastructure to extend their applications to Windows Mobile devices and give users new experiences and solve new business problems,
Samsung’s Windows phones are designed to provide the best level of integration with Microsoft Exchange as well as great solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, SQL Server, Dynamics and hosted solutions such as Microsoft Hosted Exchange and BPOS.
Samsung SDS - offers a comprehensive mobile solution portfolio, compassing:
Mobile Groupware – push mail, calendar/contact sync, approvals workflow, and remote device management to enable collaboration anywhere, any time
Mobile CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SFA (Sales Force Automation), and Business Intelligence – cost effective mobilization of critical enterprise back-end applications and business processes, based on industry best practices
Flexible deployment models which include installation and maintenance behind the corporate firewall or access as a managed service through Samsung’s Mobile Cloud Center (SMCC)
Spring Wireless
The Spring Wireless solution enables enterprises to truly mobilize its sales forces. The field mobility solutions Spring Wireless provides helps organizations to seamlessly connect their mobile workforce to corporate systems with the information they need, when and where they need it
Sybase
Sybase Afaria is the industry’s most powerful, flexible and secure solution to manage mobility across the entire enterprise. Afaria simplifies the complex mobile world by providing an infrastructure that allows enterprises to manage and secure data, devices and applications over any network for any size of deployment. Whether workers are using personally-owned consumer devices or task-specific ruggedized devices on the frontlines, Afaria allows enterprises to manage mobility with complete confidence
Wipro
Wipro Technologies is a global service provider delivering technology-driven business solutions across multiple domains.
The Mobile Claim Adjuster solution demonstrated by Wipro at MWC enables adjusters to have real-time access to claims assigned to them, download loss information and upload loss photographs & appraisal reports back to backend systems and thereby increasing their productivity multi-fold. The offering is based on Wipro’s strong knowledge of the global insurance industry and mobile technology competencies.
Wipro understand the high potential of business mobility and has invested significant time and effort in building various reusable components, frameworks and solutions like the Mobile claims Adjuster solution with high investment from Wipro’s CTO office.
Labels: Samsung
Nokia N900 vs. Sony Ericsson Satio Tweet
A review and comparison video between the brandnew Nokia N900 and the Sony Ericsson Satio. Let's check out which device performs better !
Labels: Maemo , Nokia , Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
Labels: Maemo , Nokia , Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
Jay Bird to showcase its world best smallest Bluetooth headphone Tweet
Jay Bird showcased its world best smallest Bluetooth headphone at CES 2010.
Labels: Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Labels: Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Arctine running Windows 95 on the Nokia n900 Tweet
Nokia N900 GPS Navigation - Sygic Mobile Maps Turn-By-Turn Navigation Tweet
GT Racing: Motor Academy - iPhone/iPod touch - Release Trailer Tweet
The richest racing simulation is now live in the App Store http://tinyurl.com/yjmo2v6
More than 100 licensed cars and 14 tracks for the longest racing game on iPhone/iPod touch.
It's time for you to join the Academy!
For more information about the game, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gameloft and become a fan of Gameloft on Facebook www.facebook.com/gameloft
Labels: Iphone , Videos
More than 100 licensed cars and 14 tracks for the longest racing game on iPhone/iPod touch.
It's time for you to join the Academy!
For more information about the game, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gameloft and become a fan of Gameloft on Facebook www.facebook.com/gameloft
Labels: Iphone , Videos
Introducing the Street View snowmobile Tweet
Jabra GO 6430 Bluetooth headset review Tweet
Here's our video look at the Jabra GO 6430 Bluetooth headset for use with personal computers and software like Skype as well as with cell phones and other compatible devices. It's a large device, but it offers really full sounding audio.
Labels: Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Labels: Other mobile phone brands , Videos
Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Unboxing Tweet
Unboxing of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz.
The clip is shot with another Vivaz in 720p HD-video.
NOTE: Kit content varies between markets so this might not reflect the content for all markets!
Labels: Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
The clip is shot with another Vivaz in 720p HD-video.
NOTE: Kit content varies between markets so this might not reflect the content for all markets!
Labels: Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
VBA for Palm Pre 1.0.1 running Mario Kart Tweet
Doodle Bowling - FREE iPhone game Tweet
More fun than a box of crayons!
Don't let the crudely drawn lines fool you, Doodle Bowling is a full fledged bowling game with realistic physics and scoring. Send challenges by email or connect to Facebook and compete against the inner circle of your most trusted friends. But be warned: Once you start playing, you won't be able to stop until you beat them all!
Labels: Iphone , Videos
Don't let the crudely drawn lines fool you, Doodle Bowling is a full fledged bowling game with realistic physics and scoring. Send challenges by email or connect to Facebook and compete against the inner circle of your most trusted friends. But be warned: Once you start playing, you won't be able to stop until you beat them all!
Labels: Iphone , Videos
The Perfect Egg app for Nokia Tweet
NeuRoom goes Android : Home Appliance Control using Nexus One Tweet
Lee Williams announces Symbian^3 Tweet
Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro - first look Tweet
A Mobile World Congress first look at the new Vivaz pro, a device that is virtually identical to the Vivaz except for the addition of the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It runs on Symbian S60 5th edition.
Labels: Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
Labels: Sony Ericsson , Symbian , Videos
Google Nexus v iPhone 3GS 3D Performance Tweet
Nokia Money pilot begins in India Tweet
Windows Phone 7 Series Hands On Demo Part 2 Tweet
Microsoft demos the People Hub and Bing Search on the new Windows Phone 7 Series OS
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Labels: Microsoft , Videos , Windows Mobile
Digia demos Qt Quick Tweet
Nokia-Intel press conference Feb15 2010 Tweet
Nokia-Intel press conference Feb15 2010 (1part):
Nokia and Intel announced the merger of Maemo and Moblin to create MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform designed to work across a range of hardware architectures and devices including mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Nokia-Intel press conference Feb15 2010 (2part):
Moblin and maemo are merging! We are taking the best pieces from these two open source projects and are creating the MeeGo software platform.. Go to: http://meego.com/
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Nokia and Intel announced the merger of Maemo and Moblin to create MeeGo, a Linux-based software platform designed to work across a range of hardware architectures and devices including mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Nokia-Intel press conference Feb15 2010 (2part):
Moblin and maemo are merging! We are taking the best pieces from these two open source projects and are creating the MeeGo software platform.. Go to: http://meego.com/
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The Big Merge: A Message from Intel and Nokia Tweet
Doug Fisher, Intel Vice President, and Ari Jaaksi, Nokia Vice President, talk about each company's viewpoint on the merge and the innovations and opportunities this merge provides.
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Labels: Nokia , Other mobile phone brands , Videos
HTC HD mini - First Look Tweet
Say hello to HD mini, the impressive experience of the HTC HD2 in a compact package.
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Ericsson launches app store called “eStore” Tweet
The eStore is aimed at operators wanting to prevent churn.
Ericsson has teamed up with Opera to create its own application store aimed at operators wanting to prevent customers defecting to more advanced smartphone platforms.
The Ericsson eStore allows operators to set-up and offer an application store to their customers. Ericsson said it is already in discussions with a number of operators interested in the new service.
Launching the eStore at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Ericsson said it is designed for any mobile phone. The eStore already has more than 30,000 apps which are a mix of free and paid applications. Paid apps are bought via the user's phone bill.
Hans Vestberg, Ericsson's CEO, said: 'It will provide operators with an open landscape and an opportunity for them to quickly set up their own app stores. The revenue split will follow the traditional model, with Ericsson retaining only a small percentage.'
Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner said: 'With this additional revenue stream, operators can now better target new users groups and retain existing customers through new, useful applications that can run on multiple device types.'
Ericsson is hoping the eStore will attract developers, since it offers a one-stop shop for multiple operators.
Ericsson is the latest mobile player to challenge the supremacy of the Apple App store. However Ericsson faces competition from its own Sony Ericsson joint venture, which yesterday announced a partnership with Samsung, LG and 24 operators worldwide to develop an open international applications platform.
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Ericsson has teamed up with Opera to create its own application store aimed at operators wanting to prevent customers defecting to more advanced smartphone platforms.
The Ericsson eStore allows operators to set-up and offer an application store to their customers. Ericsson said it is already in discussions with a number of operators interested in the new service.
Launching the eStore at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Ericsson said it is designed for any mobile phone. The eStore already has more than 30,000 apps which are a mix of free and paid applications. Paid apps are bought via the user's phone bill.
Hans Vestberg, Ericsson's CEO, said: 'It will provide operators with an open landscape and an opportunity for them to quickly set up their own app stores. The revenue split will follow the traditional model, with Ericsson retaining only a small percentage.'
Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner said: 'With this additional revenue stream, operators can now better target new users groups and retain existing customers through new, useful applications that can run on multiple device types.'
Ericsson is hoping the eStore will attract developers, since it offers a one-stop shop for multiple operators.
Ericsson is the latest mobile player to challenge the supremacy of the Apple App store. However Ericsson faces competition from its own Sony Ericsson joint venture, which yesterday announced a partnership with Samsung, LG and 24 operators worldwide to develop an open international applications platform.
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Samsung Wave hands-on Tweet
HTC Legend Hands On Tweet
Which?: Sony Ericsson Aspen Greenheart smartphone Tweet
Sony Ericsson has launched a new Windows 6.5 powered Smartphone at Mobile World Congress, but the Aspen boasts green credentials as part of the Greenheart range.
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Labels: Sony Ericsson , Videos , Windows Mobile
Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10 - first look Tweet
Here's a first look of the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10 at Mobile World Congress. This Windows Mobile 6.5.3 device features a customized homescreen and Garmin's navigation features.
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Labels: Asus , Other mobile phone brands , Videos , Windows Mobile
Macworld 2010: Square demos their card reader for TUAW's Steve Sande Tweet
Imagine being able to take credit card payments with a small card reader attached to your iPhone. Then imagine that the card reader is free, that you don't have to sign up for a merchant account, and that the software enabling the technology only costs about $2. In April, you'll be able to start taking credit card payments with Square's new technology. TUAW editor Steve Sande visited Square's Jim McKelvey at Macworld Expo 2010 and finds out how the technology works.
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Nokia N900 over the air update Tweet
Sony Ericsson Vivaz & Vivaz Pro Tweet
Nice people from Sony Ericsson just talking briefly about the Vivaz and Vivaz Pro.
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Powermat at MWC 2010 Tweet
Powermat at MWC 2010
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Powermat at MWC 2010 from pda.pl on Vimeo.
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Opera product analyst shows off Opera Mobile for Android Tweet
Overview of the New Update for the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD(I8910XXJB1) Tweet
PhotoTranslator for Nokia N900 Tweet
PhotoTranslator is a neat application for Nokia N900. It allows you to translate text from pictures to various languages.
Imagine yourself walking on a street somewhere in a foreign country and you face a warning sign, but you have no idea what it says. Just take a picture of the sign and open it with PhotoTranslator, crop the text in the sign and PhotoTranslator translates the text to your language. In addition the PhotoTranslator can be used also for translating copy/pasted or typed text, not just for text from pictures.
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Imagine yourself walking on a street somewhere in a foreign country and you face a warning sign, but you have no idea what it says. Just take a picture of the sign and open it with PhotoTranslator, crop the text in the sign and PhotoTranslator translates the text to your language. In addition the PhotoTranslator can be used also for translating copy/pasted or typed text, not just for text from pictures.
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Global HSPA connections reach 200 million Tweet
Operators to spend $72 billion on mobile broadband in 2010, according to Deutsche Bank; biggest investment to come from Asia-Pacific.
The number of HSPA connections worldwide has passed the 200 million mark and looks set to grow rapidly with operators committing to hefty mobile broadband investment, according to new figures from the GSMA.
Operators will spend up to $72 billion on mobile broadband technologies – including HSPA/HSPA+, WCDMA and EVDO/CDMA – in 2010 alone, the industry body revealed, citing statistics from Deutsche Bank.
New HSPA connections currently stand at around 9 million per month, but will rise to "13 million per month by the end of this year," Dan Warren, director of technology at the GSMA, told Total Telecom when the figures were published.
HSPA connections will grow to 342 million by the end of 2010, he predicted.
Europe will account for the lion's share of these, with 120 million connections by year-end, followed by Asia-Pacific with 116 million and North America with 58 million.
However, Europe will fall behind the other regions in terms of mobile broadband spend this year.
While European operators will plough up to $14 billion into technologies like HSPA and WCDMA, their North American counterparts have earmarked capex of up to $19 billion and in Asia-Pacific the figure could come in at $34 billion.
According to the GSMA, mobile broadband will suck up 52% of operators' investments in mobile infrastructure worldwide in 2010. North America will come in well ahead of that though, with operators ploughing 80% of their mobile capex into mobile broadband.
The world's 200 million HSPA subscribers currently have 1,800 HSPA-enabled devices to choose from, from 150-plus suppliers.
There are 294 commercially live HSPA networks in 123 countries; 183 of those networks deliver peak data rates of over 3.6 Mbps. There are 37 commercially live HSPA+ networks, capable of data speeds of up to 21 Mbps.
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The number of HSPA connections worldwide has passed the 200 million mark and looks set to grow rapidly with operators committing to hefty mobile broadband investment, according to new figures from the GSMA.
Operators will spend up to $72 billion on mobile broadband technologies – including HSPA/HSPA+, WCDMA and EVDO/CDMA – in 2010 alone, the industry body revealed, citing statistics from Deutsche Bank.
New HSPA connections currently stand at around 9 million per month, but will rise to "13 million per month by the end of this year," Dan Warren, director of technology at the GSMA, told Total Telecom when the figures were published.
HSPA connections will grow to 342 million by the end of 2010, he predicted.
Europe will account for the lion's share of these, with 120 million connections by year-end, followed by Asia-Pacific with 116 million and North America with 58 million.
However, Europe will fall behind the other regions in terms of mobile broadband spend this year.
While European operators will plough up to $14 billion into technologies like HSPA and WCDMA, their North American counterparts have earmarked capex of up to $19 billion and in Asia-Pacific the figure could come in at $34 billion.
According to the GSMA, mobile broadband will suck up 52% of operators' investments in mobile infrastructure worldwide in 2010. North America will come in well ahead of that though, with operators ploughing 80% of their mobile capex into mobile broadband.
The world's 200 million HSPA subscribers currently have 1,800 HSPA-enabled devices to choose from, from 150-plus suppliers.
There are 294 commercially live HSPA networks in 123 countries; 183 of those networks deliver peak data rates of over 3.6 Mbps. There are 37 commercially live HSPA+ networks, capable of data speeds of up to 21 Mbps.
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Google Shopper Tweet
Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone's camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes. You can also speak the name of the product you're looking for. Use Shopper to make smart decisions about what to buy, what price to pay, and where to buy it. You can star items for later and share them with friends. Shopper also saves your history so you'll always have the information at your fingertips, even when you don't have a signal.
To learn more visit http://www.google.com/mobile/shopper
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To learn more visit http://www.google.com/mobile/shopper
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro hands-on video Tweet
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro went live at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and we had a chance to put hands-on the hardware. It's like a shrunken-down XPERIA X10, just like its spiritual sibling, the XPERIA X10 Mini. The X10 Mini Pro, has a slide-out keyboard, which is the only real difference between the two.
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Labels: Android , Sony Ericsson , Videos , XPERIA
Samsung Monte offers enhanced full touch functionality, social network integration & sleek design Tweet
Seoul -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced the launch of Samsung Monte (model: S5620), its new full touch screen device for style-conscious mobile users.
The handset is launched with a host of multimedia features and a sleek, organic design with a sophisticated and glossy look, providing the style and performance of a high-end handset at affordable price. With a stunning design and an intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus User Interface (UI), the Monte is set to become the latest must-have full touch device.
Equally, the Samsung Monte has a lot to offer to the social network savvy consumer with a suite of native social networking applications including Facebook and MySpace, allowing users to access their profiles whenever and wherever they choose. This is teamed with advanced Twitter and Bebo widgets - and multi-IM capability – to provide users with the opportunity to chat in real-time via their chosen service. In addition, Monte users can enjoy full Internet browsing, with an accelerometer sensor allowing the onscreen image to automatically adjust as you rotate the phone.
To become the perfect accompaniment to a connected lifestyle, the Monte includes GPS supported by Google Latitude™, ensuring you know where you are – and can keep your friends updated on your location - at all times. This combines with Geo-tagging, allowing users to imprint their photos with geographic tags to share their travels and experiences with friends. Other connectivity features include optional anytime, anywhere Wi-Fi connectivity, Exchange ActiveSync for access to Outlook email accounts, and Google Sync™. This allows users to simultaneously update their social networks schedules and Outlook calendar, without the hassle of accessing each application individually.
“Samsung Monte is designed for those who appreciate beautiful design and outstanding performance at affordable price,” said JK Shin, president and head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The phone offers a compelling set of features, such as the native social networking applications, with an intelligent User Interface, design and connectivity options to provide users with the performance they demand.”
To showcase this feature rich and stylish handset, the Monte comes equipped with a 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen with 16:9 landscape viewing. It also boasts a 3.2-megapixel camera with many value-added features including smile shot, panorama shot, and face detection. For convenience, the phone also supports Smart Unlock and One finger zoom.
Samsung is exhibiting at Mobile World Congress 2010, stand 8b 169.
Follow Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2010 at www.twitter.com/SamsungMWC
About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of seven independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
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The handset is launched with a host of multimedia features and a sleek, organic design with a sophisticated and glossy look, providing the style and performance of a high-end handset at affordable price. With a stunning design and an intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus User Interface (UI), the Monte is set to become the latest must-have full touch device.
Equally, the Samsung Monte has a lot to offer to the social network savvy consumer with a suite of native social networking applications including Facebook and MySpace, allowing users to access their profiles whenever and wherever they choose. This is teamed with advanced Twitter and Bebo widgets - and multi-IM capability – to provide users with the opportunity to chat in real-time via their chosen service. In addition, Monte users can enjoy full Internet browsing, with an accelerometer sensor allowing the onscreen image to automatically adjust as you rotate the phone.
To become the perfect accompaniment to a connected lifestyle, the Monte includes GPS supported by Google Latitude™, ensuring you know where you are – and can keep your friends updated on your location - at all times. This combines with Geo-tagging, allowing users to imprint their photos with geographic tags to share their travels and experiences with friends. Other connectivity features include optional anytime, anywhere Wi-Fi connectivity, Exchange ActiveSync for access to Outlook email accounts, and Google Sync™. This allows users to simultaneously update their social networks schedules and Outlook calendar, without the hassle of accessing each application individually.
“Samsung Monte is designed for those who appreciate beautiful design and outstanding performance at affordable price,” said JK Shin, president and head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The phone offers a compelling set of features, such as the native social networking applications, with an intelligent User Interface, design and connectivity options to provide users with the performance they demand.”
To showcase this feature rich and stylish handset, the Monte comes equipped with a 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen with 16:9 landscape viewing. It also boasts a 3.2-megapixel camera with many value-added features including smile shot, panorama shot, and face detection. For convenience, the phone also supports Smart Unlock and One finger zoom.
Samsung is exhibiting at Mobile World Congress 2010, stand 8b 169.
Follow Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2010 at www.twitter.com/SamsungMWC
About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of seven independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
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Features unveiled N87: Nokia N87 coming soon? Tweet
We have just received information about a future mobile, Nokia, the N87. We had already talked about at the time with a photograph of a document. This time we have 6 photos of documents that present the features of the Nokia N87.
We can expect a presentation at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona next week.
These are the specifications we have:
* Code Name: VASCO (N8X series)
* ARM Cortex 8 processor clocked at 600Mhz
* Dedicated GPU with OpenGL
* 256MB RAM
* Memory Internet 16 or 32GB
* Capacitive Screen 3.7 "AMOLED
AFN * 12 Megapixels with Carl Zeiss optics Xenon flash
* Radio FM radio transmitter
* Output audio and HD video
* WiFi
* A-GPS
* OS: Symbian
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We can expect a presentation at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona next week.
These are the specifications we have:
* Code Name: VASCO (N8X series)
* ARM Cortex 8 processor clocked at 600Mhz
* Dedicated GPU with OpenGL
* 256MB RAM
* Memory Internet 16 or 32GB
* Capacitive Screen 3.7 "AMOLED
AFN * 12 Megapixels with Carl Zeiss optics Xenon flash
* Radio FM radio transmitter
* Output audio and HD video
* WiFi
* A-GPS
* OS: Symbian
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First image of Nokia N98 Tweet
Following the announcement yesterday of some news that Nokia could present at the Mobile World Congress 2010, we received pictures of a Nokia mobile, smartphone touch 4 inches, to be called Nokia N98.
The letter N is dedicated to high-end mobile, this phone is for professionals.
According to some information we retrieved and confirmed internally, it would be expected for next Christmas. It is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of storage. For the price it is sold 450 euros.
Features unveiled N87: Nokia N87 coming soon?
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The letter N is dedicated to high-end mobile, this phone is for professionals.
According to some information we retrieved and confirmed internally, it would be expected for next Christmas. It is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of storage. For the price it is sold 450 euros.
Features unveiled N87: Nokia N87 coming soon?
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ANWB Demo: Routing information with Augmented Reality Tweet
This demo shows the possibilities for routing information on mobile devices. With Augmented Reality, virtual objects can be placed in reality. Imagine what this new dimensions can do for you!
Special thanks to Layar for making this demo work.
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Special thanks to Layar for making this demo work.
ANWB Demo: Routing information with Augmented Reality from ANWB Labs on Vimeo.
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Nokia renames its product lines: all news Tweet
Zoom few days of starting the Mobile Word Congress in Barcelona (MWC), we were able to get more exclusive information on new Nokia. Changing names and new ranges program are tactile.
First major upheaval, Nokia is moving towards the end of names as they are currently known: Classic XpressMusic, etc.. They are now letters and numbers that identify five ranges:
* C: input-end voice-based.
* X: focus on entertainment, music for a young target
* E: dedicated to business, solutions for e-mails
* N: upmarket
* S: very upscale and limited editions
The N8-00: Symbian 3 720p and HDMI
Among the specifications of the fourteen new that we were able to obtain five will be highlighted by Nokia as major models.
The C5-00 surf on a basic business trend. Equipped with a GPS, it will be available in June at SFR. The 6700 slide still has an old name. Sold approximately 140 euros, it will have a photo sensor to 5 megapixels, Carl Zeiss optics and is available in 6 colors (yellow excluded from Orange and SFR in pink). The C3-00 is a kind of multitasking S40 to allow receive e-mails. Equipped with a full keyboard, it will target young people for release in July. Nokia hopes to make good sales on this model sold only 46 euros in escrow account. The C5-01 will stand as a direct competitor to BlackBerry, a C3-00 better equipped. GPS and full keyboard, it will be launched in July this important market for Nokia.
Finally, the N8-00 will certainly be the biggest release of Nokia for the first half. Scheduled for summer, it will be fully touch and multitouch display thanks to its capacity of 3.5 inches. It will mainly be the first to offer mobile Symbian 3. Focusing on HD, it will carry a 12-megapixel sensor and capture in 720p at 30 frames per second. It will also be equipped with an HDMI output, it also refers to the reading of Divx, but the latter is not yet confirmed. Nokia will also make an entry into the web TV: in partnership with operators, VOD will be proposed, in part through its online store OVI. This will download episodes of series through a simple widget.
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First major upheaval, Nokia is moving towards the end of names as they are currently known: Classic XpressMusic, etc.. They are now letters and numbers that identify five ranges:
* C: input-end voice-based.
* X: focus on entertainment, music for a young target
* E: dedicated to business, solutions for e-mails
* N: upmarket
* S: very upscale and limited editions
The N8-00: Symbian 3 720p and HDMI
Among the specifications of the fourteen new that we were able to obtain five will be highlighted by Nokia as major models.
The C5-00 surf on a basic business trend. Equipped with a GPS, it will be available in June at SFR. The 6700 slide still has an old name. Sold approximately 140 euros, it will have a photo sensor to 5 megapixels, Carl Zeiss optics and is available in 6 colors (yellow excluded from Orange and SFR in pink). The C3-00 is a kind of multitasking S40 to allow receive e-mails. Equipped with a full keyboard, it will target young people for release in July. Nokia hopes to make good sales on this model sold only 46 euros in escrow account. The C5-01 will stand as a direct competitor to BlackBerry, a C3-00 better equipped. GPS and full keyboard, it will be launched in July this important market for Nokia.
Finally, the N8-00 will certainly be the biggest release of Nokia for the first half. Scheduled for summer, it will be fully touch and multitouch display thanks to its capacity of 3.5 inches. It will mainly be the first to offer mobile Symbian 3. Focusing on HD, it will carry a 12-megapixel sensor and capture in 720p at 30 frames per second. It will also be equipped with an HDMI output, it also refers to the reading of Divx, but the latter is not yet confirmed. Nokia will also make an entry into the web TV: in partnership with operators, VOD will be proposed, in part through its online store OVI. This will download episodes of series through a simple widget.
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Nexus One 3G Problem Part 2 - After the OTA Update Tweet
Frisk Built QR Code Tweet
QRchitecture from Tokyo creative agency SET showcasing mobile barcode built from Frisk mints and scanned
with QR reader Optiscan.
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with QR reader Optiscan.
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Garmin-Asus nĆ¼vifone™ A50: An Android™ Smartphone with More Location Technology Than Any Other Smartphone Tweet
BARCELONA, Spain--Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin® Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), and ASUSTeK® Computer Inc. (TAIEX: 2357), announced the Garmin-Asus nĆ¼vifone A50, a touchscreen Android-powered smartphone with multiple location technologies and apps. The A50 benefits from the personalization and enhanced features offered by the Android platform, and also includes Garmin navigation with turn-by-turn, voice prompted directions for use in a car or while walking. Location features are designed into virtually every function including email, text messaging, and photos. The A50 will be on display at the Garmin-Asus booth (Hall 8, #8B127) at Mobile World Congress, February 15-18, 2010.
“Location is relevant to everything you do”
“The A50 brings premium navigation features to the Android operating system, offering users a seamless location based experience along with access to the wealth of applications that the platform affords,” said Benson Lin, vice president and general manager of ASUS’ personal mobile devices business unit, handheld business group.
“Location is relevant to everything you do,” said Cliff Pemble, Garmin’s president and COO. “The A50 integrates navigation and GPS functionality throughout the device, which gives customers the versatility and reliability they need as they navigate their day.”
The elegant and thin A50 has a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display that incorporates a finger-friendly user interface. The QWERTY touchscreen keyboard makes it easy to send and receive messages, and predictive text helps customers type faster. It also comes with hardware features like 4GB internal storage, an expandable microSD card slot, and accelerometer so every screen can be viewed in portrait or landscape mode.
Access to thousands of applications
The A50 integrates Google™ mobile services with one-click access to Google Search™ by voice, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, calendar, contacts and Android Market™, where users can find more than 20,000 applications to expand and personalize their phone to fit their lifestyle.
Powerful enterprise email capability
The A50 includes on-device sync with Microsoft Exchange server, with the ability to wirelessly synchronize contacts, calendar and enterprise email. Account setup is quick and easy, and in a few simple steps users will have their contacts, calendar and email ready to go.
High-sensitivity GPS receivers with Garmin navigation
The A50 receives its location (latitude and longitude) information from multiple sources including satellite, network-based and terrestrial sources. These overlapping technologies ensure that A50 customers have the best location and navigation experience a smartphone can offer.
Garmin navigation is included and preloaded on the A50. Because maps are installed on the device, customers will not have to wait for third party maps to download from a server, nor will they lose their turn-by-turn, voice-prompted navigation if they are out of cell phone coverage. The A50 also has many of the same features as a high-end Garmin nĆ¼vi® navigation device such as lane assist with junction view that guides drivers to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit and realistically displays road signs. Ready for pedestrian or automotive navigation out-of-the-box, the A50 includes a custom Garmin car mount and vehicle power cable.
The A50 also supports cityXplorer™ maps so that customers can plan and use routes that include public transit options such as bus, tramway, metro and suburban rail systems. cityXplorer content is available as an optional download for select cities. Thanks to the A50’s e-compass, customers will know their heading even when standing still.
In addition to Android Market, the A50 has preloaded, apps through Garmin-Asus’ connected services, which includes real-time, location-relevant information like weather, traffic, fuel prices, safety cameras, flight status. Connected services information varies by country.
Customers also have access to Street View in Google Maps and 3D landmark images.
Surf the web
With a powerful, multi-touch capable WebKit browser, the A50 allows users to browse the web at quick speeds and view streaming content. In addition, it automatically identifies location information embedded within web pages allowing the user to quickly navigate to the locations published on the world-wide web.
Take quality photos
The A50 includes a three mega-pixel camera with auto-focus that automatically geotags images with an exact latitude and longitude reference of where the photo was taken. Customers may then save the image so they can navigate back to the location, or email the geo-tagged image to friends.
Availability
The Garmin-Asus nĆ¼vifone A50 is expected to be available in Europe in the first half of 2010. Specific availability and pricing details will be given in the future. Additional information about Garmin-Asus products is available at www.GarminAsus.com.
About Garmin-Asus
Garmin-Asus is a co-branded strategic alliance that enables Garmin Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. to combine their complementary resources to develop world class LBS-centric mobile phones.
About Garmin Ltd.
The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications since 1989 – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200.
About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among the top 10 IT companies in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100”, and has been on the listing for 11 consecutive years. ASUS was also selected by the Wall Street Journal Asia as No.1 in quality and service.
ASUS is a registered trademark of ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Garmin and nĆ¼vi are registered trademarks, and nĆ¼vifone and cityXplorer are trademarks, of Garmin Ltd.
About Google
Android, Google, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc.
All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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“Location is relevant to everything you do”
“The A50 brings premium navigation features to the Android operating system, offering users a seamless location based experience along with access to the wealth of applications that the platform affords,” said Benson Lin, vice president and general manager of ASUS’ personal mobile devices business unit, handheld business group.
“Location is relevant to everything you do,” said Cliff Pemble, Garmin’s president and COO. “The A50 integrates navigation and GPS functionality throughout the device, which gives customers the versatility and reliability they need as they navigate their day.”
The elegant and thin A50 has a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display that incorporates a finger-friendly user interface. The QWERTY touchscreen keyboard makes it easy to send and receive messages, and predictive text helps customers type faster. It also comes with hardware features like 4GB internal storage, an expandable microSD card slot, and accelerometer so every screen can be viewed in portrait or landscape mode.
Access to thousands of applications
The A50 integrates Google™ mobile services with one-click access to Google Search™ by voice, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, calendar, contacts and Android Market™, where users can find more than 20,000 applications to expand and personalize their phone to fit their lifestyle.
Powerful enterprise email capability
The A50 includes on-device sync with Microsoft Exchange server, with the ability to wirelessly synchronize contacts, calendar and enterprise email. Account setup is quick and easy, and in a few simple steps users will have their contacts, calendar and email ready to go.
High-sensitivity GPS receivers with Garmin navigation
The A50 receives its location (latitude and longitude) information from multiple sources including satellite, network-based and terrestrial sources. These overlapping technologies ensure that A50 customers have the best location and navigation experience a smartphone can offer.
Garmin navigation is included and preloaded on the A50. Because maps are installed on the device, customers will not have to wait for third party maps to download from a server, nor will they lose their turn-by-turn, voice-prompted navigation if they are out of cell phone coverage. The A50 also has many of the same features as a high-end Garmin nĆ¼vi® navigation device such as lane assist with junction view that guides drivers to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit and realistically displays road signs. Ready for pedestrian or automotive navigation out-of-the-box, the A50 includes a custom Garmin car mount and vehicle power cable.
The A50 also supports cityXplorer™ maps so that customers can plan and use routes that include public transit options such as bus, tramway, metro and suburban rail systems. cityXplorer content is available as an optional download for select cities. Thanks to the A50’s e-compass, customers will know their heading even when standing still.
In addition to Android Market, the A50 has preloaded, apps through Garmin-Asus’ connected services, which includes real-time, location-relevant information like weather, traffic, fuel prices, safety cameras, flight status. Connected services information varies by country.
Customers also have access to Street View in Google Maps and 3D landmark images.
Surf the web
With a powerful, multi-touch capable WebKit browser, the A50 allows users to browse the web at quick speeds and view streaming content. In addition, it automatically identifies location information embedded within web pages allowing the user to quickly navigate to the locations published on the world-wide web.
Take quality photos
The A50 includes a three mega-pixel camera with auto-focus that automatically geotags images with an exact latitude and longitude reference of where the photo was taken. Customers may then save the image so they can navigate back to the location, or email the geo-tagged image to friends.
Availability
The Garmin-Asus nĆ¼vifone A50 is expected to be available in Europe in the first half of 2010. Specific availability and pricing details will be given in the future. Additional information about Garmin-Asus products is available at www.GarminAsus.com.
About Garmin-Asus
Garmin-Asus is a co-branded strategic alliance that enables Garmin Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. to combine their complementary resources to develop world class LBS-centric mobile phones.
About Garmin Ltd.
The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications since 1989 – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200.
About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among the top 10 IT companies in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100”, and has been on the listing for 11 consecutive years. ASUS was also selected by the Wall Street Journal Asia as No.1 in quality and service.
ASUS is a registered trademark of ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Garmin and nĆ¼vi are registered trademarks, and nĆ¼vifone and cityXplorer are trademarks, of Garmin Ltd.
About Google
Android, Google, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc.
All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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Sony Ericsson - Persconferentie MWC2010 Tweet
Sony Ericsson - Persconferentie MWC2010
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Nokia Feel beta introduced at Nokia Beta Labs Tweet
Layar opens for mainstream business Tweet
Barcelona. Augmented Reality (AR) platform provider Layar announces the possibility for producers and publishers of AR content to offer their experiences for sale. In addition, Layar reached agreement with one of the top 3 mobile handset manufacturers for a global distribution partnership, which will bring Layar capable phones to the mass market. This will enable tens of millions of people to experience Layar AR content on their mobile phones in 2010.
The Layar platform allows brands, game developers, publishers and producers to engage with customers through the creation of rich immersive real world experiences. Already 375 layers have been published, with over 1200 layers in development. More than 2000 organizations in 70 countries are benefiting from the unique capabilities of the Layar platform, developing great content.
As of mid March 2010, all Layar producers and publishers will be able to generate a return from their investment in AR. They can offer both free and paid content through the Layar platform. Layar will facilitate global mobile payment processing and distribution in all currencies. Producers can fully focus on content – without having to worry about mass market distribution, developing for multiple mobile platforms, or financial administration.
Layar continues to strengthen its position in the Augmented Reality market with securing EUR 2,5 million (US $3,4 million) in funding by Sunstone Capital and Prime Technology Ventures, and surpassing the 1 million user mark. With this, Layar opens the door for mainstream business in the new medium of Augmented Reality.
Labels: Android , Software
The Layar platform allows brands, game developers, publishers and producers to engage with customers through the creation of rich immersive real world experiences. Already 375 layers have been published, with over 1200 layers in development. More than 2000 organizations in 70 countries are benefiting from the unique capabilities of the Layar platform, developing great content.
As of mid March 2010, all Layar producers and publishers will be able to generate a return from their investment in AR. They can offer both free and paid content through the Layar platform. Layar will facilitate global mobile payment processing and distribution in all currencies. Producers can fully focus on content – without having to worry about mass market distribution, developing for multiple mobile platforms, or financial administration.
Layar continues to strengthen its position in the Augmented Reality market with securing EUR 2,5 million (US $3,4 million) in funding by Sunstone Capital and Prime Technology Ventures, and surpassing the 1 million user mark. With this, Layar opens the door for mainstream business in the new medium of Augmented Reality.
Labels: Android , Software
Motorola Backflip en Milestone Tweet
Motorola Backflip en Milestone
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Mobile firms unite to offer applications Tweet
Twenty-four of the largest phone operators have banded together to challenge the dominance of mobile app stores, such as that operated by Apple.
The Wholesale Applications Community, as it is known, aims to make it easier for developers to build and sell apps "irrespective of device or technology".
The alliance, which includes Vodafone, China Mobile and Sprint, has access to more than three billion customers.
Analysts said it was an attempt by operators to "regain control of apps".
However, research firm CCS Insight warned that operators "have a poor track record with this type of industry consortium".
The app market is currently a lucrative business for mobile firms.
Analysts at Gartner have predicted that spending on the specialist pieces of software will hit $6.2bn (£4bn) this year with the number of downloads rising to 4.5 billion from 2.5 billion last year.
It predicts that downloads will top 21 billion by 2013, yielding almost $30bn.
Simple approach
Apple currently dominates the app market, with more than 3 billion downloaded from its app store in 18 months.
Blackberry, Google, Nokia, Symbian and Microsoft all offer their own app stores.
The mood this year should be grim after a 2009 that this industry like many others will want to forget
Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent, Barcelona
Read Rory's thoughts in full
As a result, developers often have to create different versions of apps and go through separate approval processes for each individual store.
The Wholesale Applications Community aims to overcome this fragmentation by offering a single "open platform that delivers applications to all mobile phone users".
It aims to develop a common standard for applications in the next 12 months.
As well as the 24 network operators, the work is also supported by hardware manufacturers such as LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as industry body the GSM association.
The consortium's approach to simplify application development and distribution is echoed by software firm Adobe.
The company has announced that it will begin to offer its AIR platform on mobile devices, starting with phones running Google's Android operating system.
AIR is currently available on desktops and allows developers to build desktop applications for services that are more commonly found in the browser.
For example, there are a number of Twitter applications that use AIR.
Until now it has been unavailable on smart phones.
The technology could make it easier for developers to create and publish apps that can run on many different platforms at the same time.
Apple has traditionally spurned some Adobe software - such as Flash - on its iPhone.
However, Adobe has now built a tool that allows developers to build an app for phone running AIR and easily publish a slightly different version which should also run on the iPhone.
"We enable developers and content publishers to deliver to any screen," said David Wadhwani of Adobe.
The announcements were made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from 15-18 February.
source
Labels: Mobile operators , Software
The Wholesale Applications Community, as it is known, aims to make it easier for developers to build and sell apps "irrespective of device or technology".
The alliance, which includes Vodafone, China Mobile and Sprint, has access to more than three billion customers.
Analysts said it was an attempt by operators to "regain control of apps".
However, research firm CCS Insight warned that operators "have a poor track record with this type of industry consortium".
The app market is currently a lucrative business for mobile firms.
Analysts at Gartner have predicted that spending on the specialist pieces of software will hit $6.2bn (£4bn) this year with the number of downloads rising to 4.5 billion from 2.5 billion last year.
It predicts that downloads will top 21 billion by 2013, yielding almost $30bn.
Simple approach
Apple currently dominates the app market, with more than 3 billion downloaded from its app store in 18 months.
Blackberry, Google, Nokia, Symbian and Microsoft all offer their own app stores.
The mood this year should be grim after a 2009 that this industry like many others will want to forget
Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent, Barcelona
Read Rory's thoughts in full
As a result, developers often have to create different versions of apps and go through separate approval processes for each individual store.
The Wholesale Applications Community aims to overcome this fragmentation by offering a single "open platform that delivers applications to all mobile phone users".
It aims to develop a common standard for applications in the next 12 months.
As well as the 24 network operators, the work is also supported by hardware manufacturers such as LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as industry body the GSM association.
The consortium's approach to simplify application development and distribution is echoed by software firm Adobe.
The company has announced that it will begin to offer its AIR platform on mobile devices, starting with phones running Google's Android operating system.
AIR is currently available on desktops and allows developers to build desktop applications for services that are more commonly found in the browser.
For example, there are a number of Twitter applications that use AIR.
Until now it has been unavailable on smart phones.
The technology could make it easier for developers to create and publish apps that can run on many different platforms at the same time.
Apple has traditionally spurned some Adobe software - such as Flash - on its iPhone.
However, Adobe has now built a tool that allows developers to build an app for phone running AIR and easily publish a slightly different version which should also run on the iPhone.
"We enable developers and content publishers to deliver to any screen," said David Wadhwani of Adobe.
The announcements were made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from 15-18 February.
source
Labels: Mobile operators , Software
Samsung Persconferentie MWC2010 Tweet
Samsung Persconferentie MWC2010
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LG Demonstratie Mobile World Congress 2010 Tweet
LG Demonstratie Mobile World Congress 2010
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Sonim XP2 Spirit Tweet
Sonim XP2 Spirit
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Labels: Other mobile phone brands , Videos
HTC Legend, Desire en HD Mini Tweet
HTC Legend, Desire en HD Mini
Labels: Android , HTC , Videos , Windows Mobile
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Labels: Android , HTC , Videos , Windows Mobile
Vodafone 360 Developer Conference at App Planet, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona 15th Feb 2010 Tweet
Many thanks to everyone who attended the Vodafone 360 Developer Day at App Planet, MWC. The event as a whole went really well with a great mix of sessions from our executive leadership, Peters Suh CEO of JIL (Joint Innovation Lab), Jon S. von Tetzchner - Opera Co-founder, Sam Dean - LastMinute.com, Peter-Paul Kock, Wolfram Kriesing and the Vodafone technical developer team who highlighted the Vodafone 360 cross-platform proposition. All MC'd by Mike Butcher from TechCrunch.
Aside from the developer day, Vodafone also sponsored the App Lounge at App Planet. Here there was a chance to chill out from the buzz of the show, with plenty of discussion around developing widgets.
Also during the event, 5 widget developers who attended the Vodafone 360 Developer day took to the stage for the Vodafone App Star Auditions, to show off their widgets in front of our live audience. The audience then voted for the top three winners (1st SmartRunner, 2nd Mobnotes and 3rd InfoBus Sevilla) via twitter.
So if you didn't get a chance to enter, don't forget we're still running the Vodafone App Star competition where you have a chance to win €100,000, deadline for entries is only 6 weeks away!
Don't despair if you didn't make it out to Barcelona. We're currently very busy getting the content ready to make it available to everyone and hope to have it live on our developer website next week.
Head over to our developer blog to find out more about our speakers and sessions.
Labels: Mobile operators
Aside from the developer day, Vodafone also sponsored the App Lounge at App Planet. Here there was a chance to chill out from the buzz of the show, with plenty of discussion around developing widgets.
Also during the event, 5 widget developers who attended the Vodafone 360 Developer day took to the stage for the Vodafone App Star Auditions, to show off their widgets in front of our live audience. The audience then voted for the top three winners (1st SmartRunner, 2nd Mobnotes and 3rd InfoBus Sevilla) via twitter.
So if you didn't get a chance to enter, don't forget we're still running the Vodafone App Star competition where you have a chance to win €100,000, deadline for entries is only 6 weeks away!
Don't despair if you didn't make it out to Barcelona. We're currently very busy getting the content ready to make it available to everyone and hope to have it live on our developer website next week.
Head over to our developer blog to find out more about our speakers and sessions.
Labels: Mobile operators
Kaspersky Lab publishes its annual report on threat evolution in 2009 Tweet
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the publication of its annual report on the evolution of spam and malware threats. The main trend in 2009 was the ever greater sophistication of malware technologies. Meanwhile, there were global epidemics, cybercriminals added to their repertoire of Internet scams and the number of new malicious programs started to level out.
A new level of threat and global epidemics
In 2009, malicious programs became significantly more complex. For instance, malware families with rootkit functionality not only became much more widespread but also markedly more sophisticated. Such threats which deserve a mention are Sinowal (the bootkit), TDSS and Clampi.
Unfortunately, predictions by Kaspersky Lab experts that there would be an increase in the number of epidemics proved to be correct. As well as TDSS, Clampi and Sinowal a whole series of malicious programs achieved the status of a global epidemic. The biggest epidemic of the year was Kido (Conficker), which infected over 7 million computers around the world.
For the first time, an international group was created to combat such a widespread threat. Called the Conficker Working Group, it brought together antivirus companies, Internet service providers, independent research groups, educational institutions and regulatory bodies.
Over the last 3-4 years, China has become the leading source of malware. In 2009, Kaspersky Lab detected 73,619,767 network attacks, of which 52.7% originated from Internet resources in China.
China remained the leader in terms of numbers of potential victims, but the number of attacks dropped by 7%. Other countries which were near the top of the table last year, such as Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam, now seem to be of less interest to cybercriminals. However, the number of attacks on users based in the US, Germany, Great Britain and Russia rose significantly.
Flourishing fraud
The frauds seen on the Internet are also becoming more and more varied. Common or garden phishing attacks have now been joined by sites which offer access to a range of services in return for payment. Russia is the leader in this area, and it is Russian scammers who have created a wide range of sites offering “services” such as “locate someone via GSM”, “read private messages on social networking sites”, “collect information”, etc.
In 2009, rogue antivirus solutions were increasingly used by scammers and cybercriminals. Today, rogue software is not only spread using other malicious programs (e.g. Kido) but also by Internet advertisements.
Alternative platforms
Operating systems for mobile phones and Mac OS X are attracting more and more attention from malware writers. In 2009, even Apple took notice of the threat by building an antivirus scanner of sorts into the new version of its OS. 2009 also saw the first malicious programs detected for iPhones (Ike worms), the first piece of spyware for Android and the first incidents of signed malicious programs for Symbian smartphones.
The appearance of Backdoor.Win32.Skimer, the first malicious program targeting ATM machines, was a unique event in 2009. Once an ATM was infected using a special access card, criminals were able to perform a number of illegal actions: withdraw all the funds in the ATM, or acquire data from cards used in the ATM.
Spam
Despite the effects of the crisis, spam in email traffic did not decline. The volume of unsolicited mail worldwide actually grew, albeit by only 3.1%. The average amount of spam in all email traffic in 2009 stood at 85.2%. The US was the biggest single source (16%), while Russia accounted for 8.5% of the world’s spam.
The main innovation in spam in 2009 was the use of YouTube for video spam. Another novelty was the use of mp3 attachments in emails.
What lies ahead?
The experts at Kaspersky Lab expect to see a gradual shift in the types of attacks on users: from attacks via websites and applications towards attacks originating from file sharing (P2P) networks. At the same time, malware is expected to become even more sophisticated.
The experts also forecast a rough ride for the iPhone and devices running the Android OS, as the number of malicious programs targeting them grows. Meanwhile, the decline in gaming Trojans witnessed in 2009 is likely to be repeated for rogue antivirus programs in 2010.
The full version of Kaspersky Lab’s annual Security Bulletin tracking malware evolution in 2009 is available on www.viruslist.com. The full version of the yearly spam report is also available on www.viruslist.com in the Analysis section.
Labels: Software
A new level of threat and global epidemics
In 2009, malicious programs became significantly more complex. For instance, malware families with rootkit functionality not only became much more widespread but also markedly more sophisticated. Such threats which deserve a mention are Sinowal (the bootkit), TDSS and Clampi.
Unfortunately, predictions by Kaspersky Lab experts that there would be an increase in the number of epidemics proved to be correct. As well as TDSS, Clampi and Sinowal a whole series of malicious programs achieved the status of a global epidemic. The biggest epidemic of the year was Kido (Conficker), which infected over 7 million computers around the world.
For the first time, an international group was created to combat such a widespread threat. Called the Conficker Working Group, it brought together antivirus companies, Internet service providers, independent research groups, educational institutions and regulatory bodies.
Over the last 3-4 years, China has become the leading source of malware. In 2009, Kaspersky Lab detected 73,619,767 network attacks, of which 52.7% originated from Internet resources in China.
China remained the leader in terms of numbers of potential victims, but the number of attacks dropped by 7%. Other countries which were near the top of the table last year, such as Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam, now seem to be of less interest to cybercriminals. However, the number of attacks on users based in the US, Germany, Great Britain and Russia rose significantly.
Flourishing fraud
The frauds seen on the Internet are also becoming more and more varied. Common or garden phishing attacks have now been joined by sites which offer access to a range of services in return for payment. Russia is the leader in this area, and it is Russian scammers who have created a wide range of sites offering “services” such as “locate someone via GSM”, “read private messages on social networking sites”, “collect information”, etc.
In 2009, rogue antivirus solutions were increasingly used by scammers and cybercriminals. Today, rogue software is not only spread using other malicious programs (e.g. Kido) but also by Internet advertisements.
Alternative platforms
Operating systems for mobile phones and Mac OS X are attracting more and more attention from malware writers. In 2009, even Apple took notice of the threat by building an antivirus scanner of sorts into the new version of its OS. 2009 also saw the first malicious programs detected for iPhones (Ike worms), the first piece of spyware for Android and the first incidents of signed malicious programs for Symbian smartphones.
The appearance of Backdoor.Win32.Skimer, the first malicious program targeting ATM machines, was a unique event in 2009. Once an ATM was infected using a special access card, criminals were able to perform a number of illegal actions: withdraw all the funds in the ATM, or acquire data from cards used in the ATM.
Spam
Despite the effects of the crisis, spam in email traffic did not decline. The volume of unsolicited mail worldwide actually grew, albeit by only 3.1%. The average amount of spam in all email traffic in 2009 stood at 85.2%. The US was the biggest single source (16%), while Russia accounted for 8.5% of the world’s spam.
The main innovation in spam in 2009 was the use of YouTube for video spam. Another novelty was the use of mp3 attachments in emails.
What lies ahead?
The experts at Kaspersky Lab expect to see a gradual shift in the types of attacks on users: from attacks via websites and applications towards attacks originating from file sharing (P2P) networks. At the same time, malware is expected to become even more sophisticated.
The experts also forecast a rough ride for the iPhone and devices running the Android OS, as the number of malicious programs targeting them grows. Meanwhile, the decline in gaming Trojans witnessed in 2009 is likely to be repeated for rogue antivirus programs in 2010.
The full version of Kaspersky Lab’s annual Security Bulletin tracking malware evolution in 2009 is available on www.viruslist.com. The full version of the yearly spam report is also available on www.viruslist.com in the Analysis section.
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