HTC UNVEILS THE HTC LEGEND™ ON VODAFONE AND 3 MOBILE Tweet

Sydney, Australia – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, introduced the latest addition to its growing smartphone range – the HTC Legend™. The HTC Legend™ will be available from 3rd June exclusively on Vodafone and 3 mobile.

“HTC Legend™ is the newest addition to our fast-growing Android family of devices that brings a fresh, innovative and unmatched level of personalisation for our users,” said Anthony Petts, Sales and Marketing Director ANZ, HTC Corporation. “This device, launching on Vodafone and 3 mobile, allows users to create and define their own unique mobile experience through HTC’s user interface, HTC Sense. The HTC Legend™ also includes social media integration with Facebook™, HTC Peep for twittering and Friend Stream.”
"Exclusively on Vodafone and 3 we will be bringing customers the HTC Legend at a great price point, with all the benefits of our leading caps plans including unlimited free talk Vodafone to Vodafone or 3 to 3 within Australia. It's a highly anticipated mobile, combining great aesthetics with the evolutionary Android OS. It's a mobile we think our customers will love,” said Ross Parker, General Manager Devices and Pricing, Vodafone Hutchison Australia

HTC Legend™
Built around a newly enhanced HTC Sense, the HTC Legend™ boasts a unique design with a smooth, continuous surface, machined from a single aluminum block into a seamless compact frame. To complement its looks, the HTC Legend™ includes a stunning 3.2 inch, AMOLED HVGA display, and an optical joystick that is surrounded by a narrow button to make phone navigation even easier.

Key Features
• Automatically lowers the ringer volume as soon as the phone is picked up
• Mutes the ringer when the phone is flipped face down
• Backs up certain data and settings to the microSD card automatically, such as SMS/MMS messages, bookmarks, and Wi-Fi passwords
• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Social media integration including Facebook™, HTC Peep for twittering and Friend Stream
• News widget that combines news feeds into a single easy accessible place
• Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
• Video sharing on YouTube™
• Enhanced support for Exchange security features such as password protection and remote data wipe
• High fidelity experience with Adobe® Flash® support brings to life the vast video and gaming content of the Internet

HTC SENSE
HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting people at the centre by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were developed by observing and listening to how people live and communicate. These core tenets of Make It Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected continue to be the key to the new HTC Sense experience.

The new HTC Sense experience continues to focus on improving your interactions with your most important people. This begins with a new HTC application and widget called Friend Stream that seamlessly aggregates all of your social communication including Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr into one organised flow of updates. This simple aggregation makes it easier than ever to focus on what friends are doing as well as to view the images and links that they share. In addition to Friend Stream, people can be organised into specific social circles, such as groups of friends, colleagues or any other way that makes sense.

The new HTC Sense experience also introduces broad improvements to applications including the browser, email client and others. In addition, the new version of HTC Sense includes a new newsreader application and widget, as well as a new seven-screen ‘Leap’ thumbnail view for quick and easy access to specific screens.

Availability and Pricing
HTC Legend ™ will be available for $0 upfront on the $49 cap plan, or can be purchased outright for a RRP of $599. It will be available from Vodafone stores and dealers from 3rd June and launch dates to follow soon on 3 mobile.

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The NPD Group: Amazon Ties Walmart as Second-Ranked U.S. Music Retailer, Behind Industry-Leader iTunes Tweet

Digital music continued to gain on CDs in the first quarter, as iTunes increased its lead in overall U.S. music sales.

PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK - According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, Apple’s iTunes store continued to lead all music retailers, with 28 percent of all music purchased by U.S. consumers — gain of 4 percentage points since Q1 2009. Amazon gained three percentage points to tie Walmart for second position at 12 percent. Based on NPD’s latest music industry research, sales of digital tracks and albums accounted for 40 percent of overall music market share in the first quarter (Q1) of 2010, which is a 5 percentage point gain since Q1 2009. NPD’s data is based on a combined music-retailer ranking that reflects the combined sales of CDs and digital music downloads (i.e., 12 digital music track downloads are equivalent to one CD).

“Amazon’s growth reflects a stronger position in both the CD and digital formats,” said Russ Crupnick, vice president of industry analysis for the NPD group. “This dual-pronged approach of selling both digital music and CDs helps attract the most valuable and committed music buyer who prefers access to both formats.”

When reviewing sales of digital music separately from CDs, NPD’s MusicWatch data revealed that iTunes’s share of the digital-music download retail market has remained essentially flat since Q1 2009 -- growing just one percentage point to reach 70 percent of the digital music market last quarter. At the same time, AmazonMP3 grew by 4 percentage-points to reach 12 percent, while Amazon’s share of the CD market grew by 2 percentage points to reach 11 percent.

In NPD’s review of CD retailers, Walmart led U.S. CD purchases in Q1 2010 with 17 percent share of retail market. Best Buy followed Walmart with 14 percent, Amazon’s 11 percent share positioned them in third place.

“Unfortunately the decline in U.S. CD sales means that selection and merchandising of the physical CDs is suffering, which is one of the primary reasons consumers say they purchased CDs less frequently,” said Crupnick. “Online shopping offers consumers who still want CDs more variety than they would get in a brick-and-mortar store; plus, recommendations, and other interactive features that raise the overall value proposition for music buyers. ”

Data note: The information in this press release is from NPD’s consumer tracking of U.S. consumers, age 13 and older, who reported their purchases of physical product (CDs), digital music, and wireless over-the-air (OTA) transactions -- excluding ringtones. NPD’s combined music retailer ranking reflects combined sales of CDs and digital music downloads, where 12 digital music tracks are equivalent to one CD.

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Slap for Apple Tweet

Media firms tell Jobs they want Adobe's Flash.

Adobe's Flash video software has become a flashpoint in negotiations between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Big Media.

On a day when Apple execs probably cheered the fact the company had surpassed Microsoft as the world's most valuable tech company, Jobs was grappling with resistance from Tinseltown over Apple's ongoing fight with Adobe.

Sources said several large media companies, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, told Apple they won't retool their extensive video libraries to accommodate the iPad, arguing that such a reformatting would be expensive and not worth it because Flash dominates the Web.
Apple boss Steve Jobs faces a tough crowd in Hollywood, where execs refuse to heed his call to abandon Flash video software from Adobe in order to get their content on the iPad.
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Apple boss Steve Jobs faces a tough crowd in Hollywood, where execs refuse to heed his call to abandon Flash video software from Adobe in order to get their content on the iPad.

Though the iPad has been a huge hit, media companies are feeling emboldened in their rebuffing of Apple by the launch of rival touch-screen tablet devices, such as the ones coming from Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard, sources said.

In addition, one media executive pointed out that Apple's ability to dictate terms to the media giants will be weakened further by Google TV, a software product that enables viewers to watch online video on their big-screen TVs.

Jobs banned Flash software from running on Apple devices, arguing that the world's most popular video software is unfit for his devices. Instead, he favors video software written in Web software language called HTML5.

Said an Apple spokeswoman, "We believe in open standards like HTML5."

The media companies' refusal to cave in to Jobs marks another setback at a time when Apple has had its share of both good and bad news.

In the plus column, Apple's $221.1 billion market cap yesterday topped Microsoft's $219.2 billion, making it the most valuable tech company. However, Apple is facing scrutiny from the Justice Department over tactics it uses in pricing songs sold on iTunes.

Apple shares closed down $1.17 to $244.05. Microsoft shares fell $1.06 to $25.01.

In the Apple vs. Adobe fight, Big Media's decision not to acquiesce to Apple's demands will be a boon to Adobe, which has gotten beaten up by Jobs' withering criticism of Flash.

Time Warner, in particular, is against the walled-garden, subscription-only model promoted by Apple in part because Time Warner is promoting its "TV Everywhere" initiative, which aims to make content platform agnostic so long as users can prove they are pay-TV customers.

Not surprisingly, Disney, which counts Jobs as its largest shareholder, has created an iPad app that lets users watch ABC shows for free.

CBS, using an iPad-enabled Web browser, is also working with Apple, but to a limited extent, offering only a handful of shows.

Both Fox News (which, like The Post, is owned by News Corp.) and CNN offer free video clips using HTML5 on the iPad.

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Motorola's Jha: We Will Introduce New Droid Products For Verizon Tweet

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Motorola Inc. (MOT) plans to introduce new Droid smartphones for Verizon Wireless, according to Co-CEO Sanjay Jha.

Motorola benefited from Verizon Wireless's push at the end of last year for the original Droid phone. But with the launch of the Incredible from HTC Corp. ( 2498.TW), Motorola's flagship device has been pushed aside, bringing up the issue of how the company remains competitive with so many other players in the market.

Jha told analysts at an investor conference on Thursday that Motorola's size, brand and software provides it with the differentiation necessary to attract customers. He noted that the company will launch a new version of its Motoblur user interface later this year, and said that the company has made tremendous progress in its transformation to a smartphone maker.

While he would consider creating his own mobile operating system under certain conditions, he said that "nearly all of my focus is on Android today."

One of the problems that handset manufacturers have had to deal with are the constant revisions to Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android software. Jha said the changes to the underlying framework of the software has made it difficult to upgrade quickly, but added that things are getting easier to update.

He said he would be aggressive introducing Android 2.2 to phones, since it will enable Flash on its phones, which he said was important for the customer's Internet experience.

"Some don't, as I understand," in a thinly veiled shot at Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) stance against Flash on its iPhone and iPad.

On the feature phone side, Jha said he was managing the business for a modest profit, and that he sees the business stabilizing with more volume next year as it starts to benefit from its original equipment manufacturing deal. The company has outsourced the production of low end phones in an effort to maintain its brand in emerging markets, with the hope that customers from those countries will eventually buy a Motorola smartphone.

He said there is tremendous opportunity to sell smartphones to Chinese customers. He noted that demand is lower in Latin America because the networks aren't as advanced, but said he eventually expects growth in that area as well.

Jha, who will take over both the mobile devices and home divisions when the company splits early next year, added he also sees overseas demand for its set- top boxes, and said there remained an opportunity to install more multi-room digital video recorders and high-definition boxes in the U.S.

Jha hinted at the prospect of a Motorola tablet, noting that having a 7 inch to 9 inch display as a companion to a larger television is important, and that the company was "engaged in thinking about the right solution there."

He was also evaluating using Android to run a bigger device such as a TV, but noted he wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea yet.

Motorola shares rose 1.8% to $6.88.

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The Official Facebook SDK for Android Tweet

We're really excited to launch the beta version of the Facebook SDK for Android, which we demoed at Google I/O in San Francisco last week. Over 100 million people use Facebook on their mobile phones every month, and Android is one of the fastest growing mobile platforms. We're open-sourcing tools and example code that make it simple for the thousands of Android developers to integrate Facebook Platform into their applications and reach a large and ever-growing mobile audience.

The Facebook SDK for Android broadens our support for mobile platforms, which also includes iPhone apps and mobile websites.

You can begin integrating the following Facebook Platform features into your Android applications today:

* Strong authentication using OAuth 2.0
* Making requests to the new Graph API
* Publishing stories back to Facebook via Feed forms

The library is very simple. With only a few lines of Java, your application can become social. To get started, download the Facebook SDK for Android from GitHub. We would love to hear your feedback.

Steven, an engineering intern on the Facebook Mobile Platform team, loves Facebook's "move fast" ethic; he built this SDK in just a few weeks for his internship project.

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Motorola CEO plans to keep focus on smart phones Tweet

Android-based devices remain key as handset maker prepares for spin off.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The co-CEO of Motorola Inc. told investors Thursday morning that the company can carve out a strong piece of the fast-growing smart phone market despite the fact that it lacks its own mobile operating system, which has proven to be a distinct advantage for rivals such as Research In Motion Ltd. and Apple Inc.

At an investors conference sponsored by Barclays Capital, Sanjay Jha said Motorola /quotes/comstock/13*!mot/quotes/nls/mot (MOT 6.92, +0.16, +2.37%) plans to remain focused on the Android OS developed by Google Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 490.51, +0.05, +0.01%) . The company has launched a handful of devices on the platform and plans to release more later this year.

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Motorola Inc CEO Sanjay Jha with the company's Cliq smart phone.

"I would say that OS alone is not what consumers base their decision on, though it has become meaningfully more important," Jha said. "The look and feel of the device still matter."

Jha was responding to questions about how Motorola can differentiate itself against RIM's /quotes/comstock/15*!rimm/quotes/nls/rimm (RIMM 61.72, +2.40, +4.05%) BlackBerry family of smart phone devices as well as the popular iPhone from Apple /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (AAPL 255.22, +1.87, +0.74%) . The BlackBerry and the iPhone are the top-selling smart phone devices in the U.S. market, and analysts widely attribute much of their success to their tightly integrated operating systems.

Motorola, on the other hand, has chosen to go the route of using Google's Android to build its smart phone family. The company launched its Droid handset late last year with Verizon Wireless /quotes/comstock/13*!vz/quotes/nls/vz (VZ 27.50, -0.08, -0.29%) , and has since added the Cliq and Backflip -- the latter of which launched at AT&T /quotes/comstock/13*!t/quotes/nls/t (T 24.60, -0.03, -0.12%) , where it competes directly with the iPhone.
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When asked whether the company would consider building or acquiring its own OS, Jha said there is always a possibility, but that "nearly all of my focus is on Android today." He noted that any mobile OS would need to be able to match Android's capabilities, including free navigation and voice-activated services.

"I think it's possible to be negatively differentiated by having a platform that does not have those capabilities," he said.

The Droid has been a strong seller at Verizon, which gave the product heavy promotion through the first quarter of this year. However, there has been some concern that a new competing product -- the HTC Incredible -- will eat into sales of the Droid as Verizon shifts its focus to the newer product.

However, Avian Securities told clients in a note Thursday morning that shortages of the HTC Incredible seem to be helping sales of the Droid as the "closest comparable" device to the Incredible.

Jha also indicated strong sales of the company's other handsets. He noted that the company now has more than a million subscribers to its Motoblur service, which helps users integrate social networking services to their mobile devices. The Motoblur service is not available on the Droid.

Motorola is planning to separate into two publicly traded entities by early next year. Jha will continue to run the handset business, which will be combined with the company's cable set-top box business. He said Thursday that plans remain on track to accomplish the spinoff.

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Samsung GT-B7702C Tweet

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One Laptop Per Child's next move: the $100 tablet Tweet

One Laptop Per Child organization to shelve the actual laptops, aim for sub-$100 tablet.

The nonprofit organization that has tried for years to produce a sub-$100 laptop for children in the world's poorest places is throwing in the towel on that idea — and jumping on the tablet bandwagon.

One Laptop Per Child's next computer will be based on chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd.'s Moby tablet design. Marvell announced a prototype of the device earlier this year and said it costs about $99.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop Per Child, is optimistic his organization will be able to keep the price under $100 in part because Marvell plans to market its tablets widely to schools and health care institutions.

"We want to see the price drop, and volume is the key to that," Negroponte said.

The quirky green and white XO laptop sold by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) to governments and organizations in countries such as Afghanistan and Uruguay for about $200, on the other hand, wasn't meant for such a broad audience. It also had more moving parts. The physical keyboard had to be customized for students in countries that don't use a Latin alphabet.

Marvell's co-founder, Weili Dai, said the company has also found ways to cut costs in the way it's designing the chips.

The new tablets will have at least one, and maybe two, video cameras. They'll sport Wi-Fi connections to the Internet, "multi-touch" screens and have enough power to play high-definition and 3-D video. Unlike Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet, the device will also work with plug-in peripherals such as mice and keyboards.

Negroponte said he eventually wants the tablets to run some version of the free Linux operating software. But the first generation of the "XO 3.0" tablet will likely use Android, the mobile-device operating system from Google Inc., or something similar.

Although the group, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., worked with Microsoft Corp. to get its Windows operating system running on the XO laptops, Negroponte said the new tablets will not use Windows 7 because the software requires too much memory and computing power.

Negroponte said he plans to unveil the tablet device at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in January.

The One Laptop Per Child project has its share of skeptics, who have questioned everything from the possibility of manufacturing a laptop for $100 to the point of computers in countries that lack basic infrastructure. Negroponte said the last few months been a turning point.

"People are no longer asking `Does this work?'" Negroponte said. "The one question I hear all the time is, how do I pay for it? How do the economics work?"

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Exclusive: Palm Loses Mobile Design Guru Matias Duarte to Google Tweet

Looks like Palm is suffering a bit of post-acquisition talent drain.

Mobile user interface master Matias Duarte has left Palm and evidently hired on at the most obvious of places: Google.

Duarte, who led development of Palm’s webOS UI as the company’s senior director of human interface and user experience, has jumped ship, Palm (PALM) confirms. And while the company refuses to tell me where he’s going, multiple sources say it’s Google (GOOG), where he’ll presumably be working on Android, the company’s open-source platform for mobile devices–noncompete clauses permitting, of course.

Duarte’s departure is a significant loss for Palm and new owner Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which has said it plans to “double down” on webOS. His prowess with user experience and information design is well known in the industry. Before Duarte landed at Palm in 2007, he was design chief at Helio. And prior to that, he led the team that created the Danger Hiptop mobile device. When Palm announced the Pre at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2009, it was Duarte who introduced the design of webOS.

So, as I said, a real loss for Palm as it heads to its new home at HP. And a bittersweet moment for Duarte, who had great hopes for Palm’s reinvention. As he wrote in a 2009 blog post: “When I started in this field, the Palm V was the unquestioned leader in mobile devices. To this day I believe it represents one of the best consumer electronic products ever created. I always aspired to match Palm in simplicity, usability and design–so now that I’m here, I feel like a kid who’s just been handed the keys to Daddy’s convertible.”

Looks like you’ve got the keys to the Segway now, my friend.

Google and Duarte have not yet responded to requests for comment. I will update here if they do.

UPDATE: Google confirms that Duarte has joined Google as User Experience Director for Android. The company declined further comment.

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fring - 1st video call app on the Android Market Tweet

World's 1st Android video call over mobile internet (2-way video calls on iPhone- only a preview)

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Android 2.2 Froyo - Version non officielle pour HTC Dream et HTC Magic Tweet

Android 2.2 Froyo - Version non officielle pour HTC Dream et HTC Magic

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Prototype of communicator on the base Windows Of phone 7, now from Samsung Tweet

In the worldwide network burn photographs and video of the new prototype of communicator on the basis of the operating system Windows Of phone 7. they were made on the measure Of reMIX. Device is executed by the company Of samsung Of electronics, it resembles the model Of samsung Of omnia HD - this is [besklaviaturnyy] monoblock with the large sensory screen. Only this apparatus is based on you [chipsete] Qualcomm Of snapdragon with 1- GHz by processor.

As source reports, this can be simply prototype for the demonstration of the possibilities of new operating system. It is far from the fact that it sometimes will be put on the market. In this case, device completely worker, all its basic components - GPS, the transmission of data and even camera - were begun to operate during the demonstration. Let us recall, at the given moment is most widely known the prototype lg Of panther on the basis Windows Of phone 7, its release in the final version is expected at the end year. It is not clear, will be finally finished for sale this prototype Of samsung.

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Durable [raskladushka] Of samsung Of sGH-a847 Of rugby OF THE II Tweet

The American operator OF AT&T presented the cell phone Of samsung Of sGH-a847 Of rugby OF THE II. He is executed in the form factor of [raskladushki] and is concluded in the durable housing, protected from the dust, water, vibrations and other unfavorable actions in accordance with the military standard Of mil-STD-810G. Model is characterized by the sufficiently simple characteristics: it is equipped 2-[Mp] with camera, 70 mb. of the built-in memory and with slot for the maps of the memory of the size of microSD (map to 32 Gb), plus to this, there is a support of aGPS.


The diagonal of the main display Of samsung Of sGH-a847 Of rugby OF THE II is 2,2 inches, and the capacity of storage battery - 1300 [mAch]. It ensures to 3 hours of off-line operation in the regime of conversation. Telephone can work in the honeycomb networks of the second generation AT&T with the support of standard HSDPA. And this model is finally had the function of portable radio (service AT&T Of push to Of talk). The cost Of samsung Of sGH-a847 is $129,99 with the two-year-old contract and the reduction into $50. The production of telephone into sale takes place on June 6.

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Acer Of stream: Android 2.1, Snapdragon and HDMI- joint Tweet

Yesterday we already reported, that new [smartfon] of the company Of acer Of liquid Of stream was certifying federal commission for communications. Today this model was officially announced. Device built on the basis of the platform Of smapdragon with the processor 1 GHz is the straight competitor Of google Of nexus Of one, since also has the 3.7- one inch sensory screen, made on the technology AMOLED, and works under control of the operating system Of android 2.1. There are also by 512 MYu of working storage and 2 GB of that build it, are supported the wireless transmission of data on the standards HSDPA, Wi-Fi of b/g/n and Bluetooth. Advantage over Nexus Of one it is possible to name the presence of the built-in HDMI- joint.

[Smartfon] Of acer Of stream also obtained 5-[MP] the camera with the auto-focus, which was capable of removing video of high resolution with the permission to 720[r]. There is a slot of the expansion of the memory of the standard of microSD (they are supported the map of memory by volume to 32 GB). Uncommon for the company Of acer became [kastomizatsiya] of the interface: instead of the standard possibilities Of android UI are different panels, possibility of the survey of the started applications, and also addition of the support Of uPnP and DLNA, it is analogous with represented today [bukrideru] Of lumiRead. The thickness of housing is 11.2 mm, in which was located the place also for the receiver of the radio transmissions FM of range. For an improvement in sounding the built-in dynamic loudspeakers is realized the system of the volumetric sound Of dolby Of mobile.

[Smartfona] Of acer Of stream in the official press release does not communicate on the periods of entering into sale, the regions of deliveries and cost. Then in the network already appeared its [videoobzor].

Video Recensione Acer Stream da batista70phone from batista70phone on Vimeo.

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Compact BlackBerry Of pearl 3G was put on the market Tweet

The company Of research in Of motion during the official announcement of its [smartfona] Of blackBerry Of pearl 3G reported its neither cost nor period of entering into sale. This model is remarkable fact that in contrast to remaining [smartfonov] of the company of those having apparatus keyboard, Pearl 3G it is compact model. The size decrease it was possible to attain because of the failure of the use by standard QWERTY, which was substituted to hybrid SureType. “Hybridity” consists in the fact that SureType is neither customary QWERTY nor standard alphanumeric: it consists of 20 keys, on which the letters of Latin alphabet are grouped on two, and also there are separate keys for the punctuation marks and other functions.

Even to the official announcement unofficially it communicated, that BlackBerry Of pearl 3G will be represented first of all on native for the company RIM Canadian market. Now this information was confirmed. [Smartfon] from yesterday is accessible in Rogers's operator. Model was put on the market as Blackberry Of pearl 9100. The total cost of apparatus - $424.99, with the conclusion one-, two- or three year contract can [kolebatsya] from $150 to $375, and with the conclusion of the three year contract within the framework of [promo]- action will be $30 or $50, depending on the start in contract to the transmissions of data.

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The models of iPhone of the fourth generation can be distinguished not only storage capacity? Tweet

According to the information the analyst of the resource Of digiTimes Of [minga] [Chi]-[Kuo] (Ming Of chi-Kuo), the company Of apple deals with development, at least, two noticeably being differed versions of iPhone of the fourth generation. Thus, for instance, he indicates that the proven to be at the disposal of the representatives of the resource Of gizmodo model was defined as the model Of n90, but within the framework started still at the end 2008 of the project of iPhone 4G was created the model, which has the internal index Of n91, which just as radically does not differ from iPhone of 3GS, than known on the leakages N90. Also, Mr. [Ming] [Chi]-[Kuo] asserts that Apple ordered in producers not only new modules of working storage with a volume of 512 mb., but also 256 mb., analogous installed into iPhone of 3GS. However, he did not say that smaller in the volume the modules were intended for the more budgetary versions - it is completely possible that they were intended for the project Of n91, whose fate was unknown beyond the limits Of apple.

In the addition, from analyst DigiTimes's commentaries it is possible to learn that iPhone 4G will most likely obtain permission greater, than now it is proposed on the flag models Of android-[smartfonov]: 960x640 of pixels. The application of permission of 854x480 is highly improbable, since the relationship of sides is different, and into Apple is observed succession in the applications, that more important, that for iPhone 4G they will not create new AppStore. Will not obtain new iPhone and AMOLED of screen. To Tom there is a whole series of reasons. Samsung (only producer AMOLED of screens at the given moment) does not manage the already existing orders even for the less mass models of other producers, and into Apple they are not interested in the creation of the excessive scarcity of devices. The cost AMOLED of display almost is two times higher than in usual SMD, which are used into iPhone at the present moment, and the conducted investigations showed that this type of screen (SMD) more is suitable for reading. This also important position for Apple, since it actively moves the ideas of mobile reading.

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HTC Of aria will be presented by company AT&T on June 7? Tweet

The communicator HTC PC70110, which was certified BY FCC in the past month, can be soon represented officially. The resource Of android and Me reports that the operator OF AT&T plans to announce this model by the name Of aria already on June 7. It is known that this operator plans to represent during this day of [smartfon] with the operating system Of android 2.1 and the QWERTY- keyboard, which will be combined to the user interfaces HTC Of sense. To all these characteristics correspond data OF HTC PC70110 from [profayla] FCC.

At the present moment this operator has in his assortment only one Android-[smartfon], which is also equipped with apparatus QWERTY- keyboard, Motorola Of backflip. HTC Of aria will become its more expensive and move alternative. On the unofficial information, into sale of [smartfon] it can enter in the middle of the following month, and its cost with the contract will exceed the same for the model from Motorola, which is sold on price $100.

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ASUS and MSI will let out [kh]86 plane-tables under the pressure Of intel and Microsoft? Tweet

The Taiwan producers of computer technology ASUS and MSI undergo pressure from the side of the corporations Of intel and Microsoft, reports the resource Of digiTimes. The latter force producers to move the products, built on the basis of the architecture of [kh]86 despite the fact that both companies already made a decision about the reorientation to the devices on the basis of the platform NVIDIA Of tegra and with the operating system Of google Of android. As a result before the exhibition Of computex, which takes place in the beginning of June as the main things were acknowledged model on the basis of the processors Of intel (predominantly series Of atom), also, with OS Windows. The solutions on the basis of ARM- processors will be also demonstrated on this exhibition, but they proved to be moved aside to the second plan.

There is no single-valued answer to a question, as precisely Intel and Microsoft attained a change in the attitude of producers toward ARM to products. It is assumed that Intel could threaten with a change in the price policy, especially as relatively recently it communicated about the suspicion of this company of the attachment of the transactions, which make with unfavorable for its partners the use of equipment of that produced by the third companies. Microsoft has less durable positions and cannot directly influence producers “gland”, but as the most important supplier of software for the Taiwan companies (and not only); also it must have its levers of pressure.

Something similar could be observed, also, in the attitude of the company Of hewlett-Packard. Immediately by it the producer of [smartfonov] Of palm it communicated after purchase that for the change announced at the beginning of 2010 HP Of slate with OS Windows will be advanced the plane-table with OS of webOS and respectively by ARM- processor. Later this communication was it is disproved and now indicated that [planshetnik] HP will be represented by autumn and this there will be model on the platform Of intel and with the operating system from Microsoft.

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[Skay] the link of the beginnings of connection to “children's Internet” and “unlimited classmates” in by Khabarovsk edge Tweet

Operator [Skay] the link of the beginnings of connection to the [kontent]- tariffs in by Khabarovsk edge. To subscribers are accessible the unlimited [kontent]- oriented tariff plans “children's Internet” (“the children's Internet of up to 10 years”, “children's Internet of up to 14 years”) and “unlimited classmates”.

“Children's Internet” - the solution of the operator of mobile connection, intended for organizing the safe Internet- access of young users. In Khabarovsk two tariff plans are accessible: “Children's Internet of up to 10 years” and “children's Internet of up to 14 years”. Entire included in them [kontent] passed the examination of the regional public center of Internet- technologies ([ROTSIT]) and center of the safe Internet in Russia. Subscribers can select tariff plan in the dependence on the age of child. License fee on the tariff “children's Internet of up to 10 years” is 150 rubles per month, on the tariff “children's Internet of up to 14 years” - 250 rubles per month.

Tariff plan “unlimited classmates” is intended for the unlimited access to the Internet- resource www.odnoklassniki.ru. License fee is 100 rubles per month, access to the sites “[Skay] link” (www.skylink.ru, including forum and SkyPoint) does not tariff. With the turning to other Internet- resources the cost 1 mb. of traffic will be 4 rubles in the day time and 1,5 rubles in the night time.

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Network 3G from MTS acts in all regions of the presence of company in Russia Tweet

Operator MTS reported the completion of the sequential stage of works on the development of the networks of the third generation in the regions of Russia. Networks 3G are represented in all subjects of the Russian Federation.

Thus, joint stock company “of MTS” satisfied requirement on the starting of networks UMTS in all subjects of the Russian Federation until May 21, 2010 in accordance with the conditions of the obtained in May 2007 license for the assignment of services to the mobile radiotelephone circuit of standard IMT-2000/UMTS. The networks of the third generation are expanded in more than 200 cities in all subjects of federation.

During the presence in the zone of action of network 3G subscribers MTS can use the spectrum of services to the connection of the third generation, first of all, by high-speed Internet access. The technology of 3G/HSPA ensures the speed of transmission of data to 3,6 Mbit per second that it is compared on the speed with fixed wide-band Internet access.

MTS regularly performs work on the expansion of coating and an increase in the capacitance of its own acting 3G- networks. Since the beginning of 2009 coating network 3G in Russia grew 3,7, a quantity of subscribers, who use service 3G [SHPD] in the networks MTS, composes today order 1,6 million people.

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Mysterious plane-table Of acer: 7- one inch screen, QWERTY and OS Of android Tweet

The company Of acer conducted the presentation of immediately several its new products, but besides the officially announced models it was shown one more, about which known it is much less. This is plane-table with the 7- one inch display and the keyboard located under it. It is not thus far known even, as this device is called, it held in the hands during his appearance the President of the company Of acer [Dzhanfranko] Of [lantsi] (Gianfranco Of lanci). Apparatus is equipped with color picture screen and works under the administration of the platform Of android.

The head Of acer it did not begin to share details relative to the characteristics of this plane-table. It only hinted, that he has support of honeycomb networks and device can be sold in the telecommunication operators. On other possibilities, including the storage capacity, the clock frequency of processor, other wireless options and so on, there is no information thus far. It is known only that this plane-table will be released into sale in the fourth quarter of the present year.

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The company Of acer conducted the presentation of immediately several its new products, but besides the officially announced models it was shown one m Tweet

The developers of the operating system Of meeGo let out its [reliz] under number 1.0. It is intended for [netbukov] and [smartfona]- plane-table Of nokia Of n900, OS already it is possible to load here ([netbuki]) and here (Nokia Of n900). Let us recall, MeeGo unites in itself the operating times of the program platforms Of moblin from Intel and Maemo from Nokia, it was announced in February this year. In June developers promise to let out MeeGo for the communicators with the sensory screen and the plane-tables. Furthermore, according to them, approximately through half a year, in October, will leave the new version this OS - MeeGo 1.1

Possibilities Of meeGo 1.0:

* Access to the calendar, the tasks, the renovations of [sotssetey] and the recent files from the working table
* [Kontent] from the social networks in one window
* The browser Of google Of chrome (Chromium), into MeeGo Of handset will appear Fennec Of mozilla
* Applications calendar, electronic mail and [mediapleer]
* High productivity
* Several languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Russian and so on

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Samsung Of galaxy S will leave it will in June and obtain the renovation to Android 2.2 Tweet

According to the communication CNET Of asia, [smartfon] Of samsung Of galaxy S (GT-I9000) it will be put on the market in Asia already in June. There device will cost about $780. Let us recall, Samsung Of galaxy S - this functional [smartfon] on the basis OS Of android and 1- GHz of processor. It is equipped with the 4-inch sensory display Of super AMOLED, of 5-[Mp] by camera with the function of the record by video 720p, with the wireless adapters Of bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11n and so on. Characteristics completely are suitable for a flag model.

Source also reported that the device will leave with the version Of android 2.1 (Eclair) aboard. However, as soon as this will become possible, for it will be given the renovation of piercing from Android 2.2 (Froyo). About this described in the interview for publication the hatchway of Lee (Luke Of lee) - the [prodakt]- manager of the mobile subdivision Of samsung. At the same time, the precise periods of release renovation he did not open. But it is at least clear that the powerful flag officer the newest version of the platform Of android will accurately obtain.

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The application Of firefox Of home for iPhone will leave in June Tweet

Developers Mozilla described about the fact that now they were occupied with the creation of the application Of firefox Of home for iPhone. There is no valuable browser Of firefox for the communicator Of apple, but Firefox Of home will make it possible to examine on it the recent supplementary sheets, opened in the browser Of firefox, and also its history and layings. Application uses the technology Of firefox Of sync, which permits implementation of synchronization with “table” browser. In [bloge] Of mozilla even is video, which demonstrates the work Of firefox Of home.

[Dya] of that in order to obtain rapid access to the sites recently examined into Firefox, sufficient to collect only several symbols into Awesome Of bar - panel itself will propose prompt. According to the developers, Firefox Of home - this is free supplement. Its preliminary version RC (release of candidate) will be released at the beginning of the following month. Well and the release of the final version of the program Of firefox Of home 1.0 is planned to the middle of June: it will appear in the catalog of the Internet- store of the applications Of app Of store.

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Motorola ME600 3.2 inch touch screen Tweet

Motorola ME600 3.2 inch touch screen

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MochiGames Demo of Flash Player 10.1 on Nexus One Android Tweet

Ada and Eric from Mochi Media live demo Flash games running in browser on a Nexus One. Visit the MochiGames mobile site at http://m.mochigames.com.

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Windows Phone 7 hands-on on the Samsung prototype Tweet

Windows Phone 7 hands-on on the Samsung prototype.

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Wikitude Drive - Test Drivers Wanted Tweet

This video shows Wikitude Drive, an Augmented Reality navigation system.

Wikitude Drive (Android) US Beta Test Phase starts Thursday, May 20, 10:00am PST!!

After 2000 downloads we remove the app again from the Android Market.

Drive safe!! Use a car holder!!

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Firefox Home app for the iPhone Tweet

This is a preliminary, non-branded sneak peek of Firefox Home app for the iPhone. Firefox Home gives users access to their Firefox history, bookmarks, open tabs, Awesome Bar -- just the way they left it on their desktop. This application has yet to be submitted to the App Store. Enjoy!

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Unboxing Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini Tweet

Sony Ericsson's latest full touch screen phone Xperia X10 mini running on Android - unboxed! See what comes in the box in our unboxing video.

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Acer Stream Tweet

- the Perfect Entertainment Machine

Powerful. Spectacular. Cutting-edge technologies. State-of-the-art connectivity. Ultra-fast. Highly sensitive. These are just some of the words that best describe Acer Stream, the latest technological jewel of the Taiwanese company. Defining it a smartphone would be reductive. In fact, Acer Stream is the utmost expression of technology, design, performance and entertainment.

Acer Stream is a high-end multimedia smartphone, optimized for watching movies, listening to music and enjoying web browsing like at home. Perfect for most demanding users who look for the best in entertainment.

Elegant and minimalist in design, Acer Stream is made from highly resistant materials and offers truly outstanding user interface and technical features, all in just 11.2 mm, ensuring users a unique and unrepeatable experience.

The completely brand new user interface has been totally redesigned in order to focus on what is essential to users and guarantee a simple and quick access to what matters to them.
- Enjoy smooth animations and fine graphics: surf between photos and video thanks to the stunningly fluid 3D interface and unlock the phone by a ‘peeling’ gesture, assure a cool but very functional detail!
- Read information straight from the lock screen widget: accessing ambient information on the idle screen gives the user what he needs before he even asks for it.
- Quickly start your favorite applications with one tap: the status bar appears as an innovative divider between logical spaces. It shows all the essential information, providing shortcuts to most frequently used settings and its position allows a very easy access to the settings or notifications.
- Easily switch applications with the History panel: the top part of the Home screen has been dedicated to applications history, with the benefit of reducing complexity and providing significant cues for navigation.
- Reorder applications across several pages at their convenience: Apps can be moved around from one page to another or easily uninstalled by simply dragging them to the bin.
- Customize the phone according to specific needs:a simple customization page accessible from the Home screen will be a pleasant surprise, enabling customers to tailor their smartphone through wallpaper and sound personalization.

Coupled with three types of predictive keyboards, a smart dialer and a redesigned contacts list, the Acer user interface makes using the smartphone an efficient and delightful experience.

Social and entertaining: All the most popular applications are pre-installed: Nemo player to enjoy multimedia content to the fullest, Acer UrFooz to create your virtual “look-a-like”, add your profile and bookmarks and post it to your social networks, Facebook™ and Twidroid perfectly integrated into the address book.
And for music addicts Acer Stream features Spinlets™, a completely free streaming service that lets you browse and listen to major music labels and record companies for great music and instantly post what you find to your favorite Social Networking sites.

Main features:
Superb display quality: the touch screen with Amoled technology boasts 1.67 million exceptionally bright colors, through a generous 3.7” WVGA display. Furthermore, its incredible contrast (superior 2000:1) makes for clear images and perfect legibility in any environment and light condition. Moreover, this type of display consumes less energy to help increase battery life.

Ultrafast connectivity 3G+ for streaming: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps in download, Bluetooth and WiFi n, enabling faster transmission of multimedia content than ever!

Power and performance: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, with its 512 MB RAM, makes the Acer Stream one of the fastest and most reactive phones on the market. The operating system behind Stream is Android version 2.1, better known as
Éclair.

Unique and high-quality multimedia features, enabling the recording of HD videos up to 720p. Listening to your favorite music or the radio with RDS has never been so pleasant; enjoy the Dolby Mobile quality, with powerful bass and crystal-clear clarity for an unparalleled purity of sound. UPnP technology enables content sharing with other devices. Furthermore, a 5MP photocamera and integrated GPS system allow photos and videos to be geotagged. Last but not least, you can connect the Acer Stream to your home TV with HDMI port and watch a movie on a larger screen.

2GB of internal Flash memory is ideal for downloading tons of applications and 3D games, while an 8GB memory card as free bundle and a micro-SD card slot support up to 32GB enables users to enjoy their favorite multimedia content at all times.

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Installing MeeGo on your Netbook Tweet

Follow the steps for downloads and installing MeeGo on your Netbook and you'll be ready to go mobile!
Overview

Steps for loading the MeeGo live image on your netbook, nettop or PC:

1. Download the latest live image.
2. Byte-copy the image to a USB drive.
3. Boot the image on your netbook, nettop or PC.

System Requirements

* CPU: Intel Atom or Intel Core 2 CPU (support for SSSE3)
Note: MeeGo will not work on non-SSSE3 CPUs
* Platforms with the GMA-500, Nvidia, or ATI Graphics chipset are not supported.
* Tested netbook and nettop platforms

About Live Images

The MeeGo live image is designed to be used with a USB drive. A netbook or PC can be booted from the USB drive without modifying its hard drive or configuration. This lets you test drive an image before installing it. When you are done, just remove the USB drive and reboot. If you like what you see, you can then install MeeGo from the same live image.

1 Download the Live Image
The live image is available from the netbook downloads page. Save the image to a known location so you can access it in step 2.
2 Byte-copy the image to a USB drive
You will need a USB drive with at least the capacity of the downloaded image.

Note: A byte-exact copy of the image must be placed on the USB drive. It is not sufficient to simply copy the image file to the drive. Be aware contents of the USB drive will be completely erased.
Linux Instructions

Be sure the USB drive is unmounted before proceeding. Some Linux distributions auto mount the USB drive when it is inserted, which can cause corruption when writing.

# umount

Use either of these two methods:

* Image Writer (recommended, requires Python >=2.4)
Image Writer is a small python executable script that detects your USB drive and writes the image to it. The advantage of using image writer is that it will not inadvertently overwrite your system hard drive. Download Image Writer

# cd
# chmod a+x ./image-writer
# ./image-writer
* Use 'dd' from the command-line
Caution: 'dd' will overwrite any destination including your system hard disk. Make sure you know the correct value of before proceeding.

# dd bs=4096 if= of=

Proceed to Step 3: Boot the image
Windows Instructions

There is a simple way to put the MeeGo image on a USB drive.

1. Download the Win32DiskImager.exe program: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download (zip file)
2. Unzip the file and extract the contents to a known directory
3. Run W32DiskImager.exe (screenshot)
4. Select the MeeGo image file (.img)
5. Select the drive letter which corresponds to the USB key
6. Click the "Write" button to byte-copy the image to the USB drive.

Proceed to Step 3: Boot the image
Mac OS X Instructions

Be sure the USB drive is unmounted before proceeding. OS X auto mounts the USB drive when it is inserted, which can cause corruption when writing. You can press the eject icon in Finder or drag the USB icon to the trash.

Use this method (thanks to Many Ayromlou for the instructions):

1. Open a Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
2. Run
diskutil list
to get the current list of devices
3. Insert your flash media
4. Run
diskutil list
again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (for example /dev/disk2)
5. Run
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN

(replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
6. Run
sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1024
(replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the place you downloaded the image. You'll need your password for this.
7. Run
diskutil eject /dev/diskN
(where N is the number we found above) and remove your flash media when the command completes
8. You're done! Proceed to Step 3: Boot the image

3 Boot the image on your netbook, nettop, or PC
Insert the USB drive into your netbook, nettop or PC and reboot. Make sure that the boot order tries the USB drive first.

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Video Recensione Acer Stream Tweet

Video Recensione Acer Stream

Video Recensione Acer Stream da batista70phone from batista70phone on Vimeo.

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MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks (Google Chrome Browser) Tweet

Quick Start:
* Download the live image
* Follow the instructions on installing the image on your netbook or nettop.

The MeeGo Netbook User Experience includes:

* Visually rich Netbook user experience, building on the latest open source technologies.
* Instant access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files and real-time social networking updates through the home screen.
* Aggregation of your social networking content. This allows you to see your social networking activities on one screen, easily interact with your friends, and update your status and site information.
* For a fast and rich Internet experience the MeeGo Netbook user experience integrates Google Chrome or, if you prefer a fully open source browser solution, Google Chromium is also provided. Soon we will be releasing the MeeGo Handset user experience which will use the Fennec Mozilla Browser.
* Easy to use applications for email, calendar and media player.
* Highly optimized for power and performance.
* Languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, English, British English

The MeeGo v1.0 Core Software Platform Features include:

* Kernel based on 2.6.33
* DeviceKit and udev for interacting with hardware devices
* Modern 2D / 3D graphics stack including Kernel Mode Setting, non-root X
* Voice and data connectivity with Connman connection manager, Ofono telephony stack and BlueZ Bluetooth
* Qt 4.6
* Universal Plug and Play (gUPnP)
* Media frameworks
* Next generation file system BTRFS, as the default file system, with a other file systems also supported

Supported Hardware

In general MeeGo v1.0 for Netbook will run on Atom® based Netbooks and has been tested on the following platforms,

* Asus EeePC 901, 1000H, 1005HA, 1008HA, EeePC 1005PE, Eeetop ET1602
* Dell mini10v, Inspiron Mini 1012
* Acer Aspire One D250, AO532-21S, Revo GN40, Aspire 5740-6025
* Lenovo S10
* MSI U130, AE1900
* HP mini 210-1044
* Toshiba NB302

Installing

* Download the image above
* Load the image on your device or PC
* Requires copying to a USB drive or burning to CD
* Image size (img): 800~ MB
* Follow the instructions on installing the image. (Est time: 30 minutes to download, install, and reboot)

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MeeGo v1.0 Core Software Platform & Netbook User Experience project release Tweet

Today we are announcing the project release of MeeGo v1.0. This release provides developers with a stable core foundation for application development and a rich user experience for Netbooks. The MeeGo Netbook user experience is the first to appear, with the development of the MeeGo Handset user experience moving to the open in June.

MeeGo Netbook Myzone

Releases are planned on a six month cadence. MeeGo v1.1 will be released in October and it will include support for touch-based devices, such as Handsets, Tablets, and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems. The development tree for MeeGo v1.1 is now open and we will start releasing various components in the v1.1 tree, including opening the development of the handset user experience in June.

We are now releasing the MeeGo API which includes Qt 4.6, the MeeGo SDK with an integrated application development environment, and various other operating system tools. Currently, the MeeGo SDK is focused on Netbooks, but the next version of the MeeGo SDK, an early developer release in June, will support touch-based devices, such as Handsets and Tablets.
The MeeGo Netbook User Experience includes:

* Visually rich Netbook user experience, building on the latest open source technologies.
* Instant access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files and real-time social networking updates through the home screen.
* Aggregation of your social networking content. This allows you to see your social networking activities on one screen, easily interact with your friends, and update your status and site information.
* For a fast and rich Internet experience the MeeGo Netbook user experience integrates Google Chrome or, if you prefer a fully open source browser solution, Google Chromium is also provided. Soon we will be releasing the MeeGo Handset user experience which will use the Fennec Mozilla Browser.
* Easy to use applications for email, calendar and media player.
* Highly optimized for power and performance.
* Languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, English, British English

The MeeGo v1.0 Core Software Platform Features include:

* Kernel based on 2.6.33
* DeviceKit and udev for interacting with hardware devices
* Modern 2D / 3D graphics stack including Kernel Mode Setting, non-root X
* Voice and data connectivity with Connman connection manager, Ofono telephony stack and BlueZ Bluetooth
* Qt 4.6
* Universal Plug and Play (gUPnP)
* Media frameworks
* Next generation file system BTRFS, as the default file system

The following MeeGo v1.0 images are available for download:

* MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks (includes the full MeeGo v1.0 Netbook user experience) supports Intel Atom-based Netbooks. More details can be found in the Netbook release notes.
* MeeGo v1.0 core software platform for the Nokia N900 . More details can be found in the Core release notes.

Give us your feedback through comments on the MeeGo mailing lists, forums or by submitting bugs at http://bugs.meego.com. It’s with your input that we can further enhance MeeGo.

Many thanks to the Nokia MeeGo team, Intel MeeGo Team, Novell SuSE team, and of course the many contributors from the MeeGo community – and last but not least… all the contributions from the various upstream projects in freedesktop.org, x.org, kernel.org … please tell us there's someone else to thank :-)

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NI Technology Updates Outlooks for MIPS Technologies, MEMC Electronic Materials, Nvidia, Motorola and IBM Tweet

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq: MIPS), MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA), Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM).

Editor Paul McWilliams has displayed uncanny accuracy in identifying winners and losers during this challenging and historic period for the markets. After logging a very successful 2009 that included suggesting his readers buy a number of stocks that subsequently posted gains of 100% to 400%, he advised readers on May 3rd the markets were heading for a correction. As we know now, that correction started the very next day.

Now that the major indexes have fallen more than the ten percent required to classify the drop as a "correction," McWilliams has outlined what he views as the real risks and advised Next Inning readers how he thinks things will play out during the balance of 2010. That said, McWilliams has still managed to pick a few select names for Next Inning readers that are fighting the downward trend.

Trial subscribers will receive McWilliams' highly acclaimed State of Tech reports that offer in-depth sector by sector coverage of over 65 leading tech companies and McWilliams' specific guidance on which stocks he thinks investors should own and which should be avoided. These reports, as well as McWilliams' regular commentary and his earnings previews for this week, are available for free to trial subscribers.

In addition, a Next Inning trial subscription also offers access to a new special report on stocks that are likely to benefit most from the boom in demand for mobile bandwidth worldwide driven by Apple's iPhone and other smartphones. Finally, subscribers will have access to McWilliams' daily commentary and actionable alerts. To take advantage of this offer and receive these reports for free, please visit the following link:

https://www.nextinning.com/subscribe/index.php?refer=prn1024

McWilliams covers these topics and more in his recent reports:

-- Why might MIPS, which has until recently been only a niche player in the processor IP markets, be poised to gain traction in handset markets? Does McWilliams think MIPS poses a valid threat for the much larger and well-entrenched ARM Holdings? What makes the parts from MIPS unique and potentially more silicon-efficient than parts from ARM Holdings?

-- Shares of MEMC have dropped by as much as a third since McWilliams advised subscribers to sell the stock in March when it was trading at $15. Now that the stock has pulled back, is it time for investors to consider shares of MEMC again? What special paired trade did McWilliams suggest to readers that would reduce cash exposure to MEMC to a cost basis of roughly $8.00 and set up a highly probable 25% gain in only seven months?

-- Ahead of its last earnings report, McWilliams advised long-term investors to avoid Nvidia. Why might Nvidia become the "odd man out" in the graphics and computing markets?

-- Is Wall Street's nervousness over Motorola's planned split creating an opportunity for investors?

-- Hewlett-Packard and Oracle have both made large acquisitions during the past year that have improved their competitive positioning against rival IBM. Does McWilliams think IBM will try to fill its void in networking and, if so, might IBM go after its close partner Juniper Networks?

Founded in September 2002, Next Inning's model portfolio has returned 228% since its inception versus 18% for the S&P 500.

About Next Inning:

Next Inning is a subscription-based investment newsletter that provides regular coverage on more than 150 technology and semiconductor stocks. Subscribers receive intra-day analysis, commentary and recommendations, as well as access to monthly semiconductor sales analysis, regular Special Reports, and the Next Inning model portfolio. Editor Paul McWilliams is a 30+ year semiconductor industry veteran.

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Arbitron Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend; Holds Annual Stockholders' Meeting Tweet

COLUMBIA, Md. -- The board of directors of Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per common share. The dividend will be paid on or about July 1, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 15, 2010.

As of April 30, 2010, there were approximately 26,617,400 shares outstanding.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Arbitron Inc. held its annual stockholders' meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Arbitron stockholders elected eight individuals to the board of directors.

Shellye L. Archambeau, David W. Devonshire, John A. Dimling, Philip Guarascio, William T. Kerr, Larry E. Kittelberger, Luis G. Nogales, Richard A. Post were returned to the board for one year terms, expiring in 2011.

Ms. Archambeau is Chief Executive Officer of MetricStream, Inc.; Mr. Devonshire is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Motorola, Inc.; Mr. Dimling is the former Chairman Emeritus and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Media Research, Inc.; Mr. Guarascio is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PG Ventures LLC and former Vice President, General Manager of General Motors Corporation's North America Advertising and Corporate Marketing; Mr. Kerr is President and Chief Executive Officer of Arbitron; Mr. Kittelberger is the former Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations of Honeywell International, Inc.; Mr. Nogales is the Managing Partner of Nogales Investors LLC and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Embarcadero Media, Inc., and Mr. Post is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Autobytel Inc.

Stockholders also voted to approve an amendment to and restatement of the Company's 2008 Equity Compensation Plan and an amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Stockholders voted to ratify KPMG LLP as Arbitron's independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.

Voting results will be reported in Arbitron's current report on Form 8-K, which will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days.

About Arbitron

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is a media and marketing research firm serving the media - radio, television, cable, online radio and out-of-home - as well as advertisers and advertising agencies. Arbitron's core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. The company has developed the Portable People Meter(TM) device, a new technology for media and marketing research.

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Acer CEO shows off 7-inch Android tablet Tweet

Before the Acer event started this morning I was reading through the press pack and in there was a piece about the LumiRead e-book reader. It looks very much like other e-book readers and in the style of Kindle it has a physical keyboard below the display. Monochrome 6-inch display, 2GB memory, MicroSD card slot and you’ve pretty much got what it was all about.

I wasn’t very excited.

The e-book reader was shown on stage and still not much excitement. But my attention and that of everyone else quickly arrived when Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci pulled out something looking very much like the LumiRead but he said it was a tablet.

Indeed, Lanci showed off a 7-inch tablet running Android. We weren’t given much more information than that other than he said it had color screen (which we could also see obviously) and would arrive in Q4. Price was not yet determined and in talking about how they would go to market with it, he said they had not decided between traditional channels or operators. He said that operators were an “obvious” option, hinting at the tablet having a 3G connection, something he didn’t confirm.

I’ve been wondering why companies such as Acer have not yet introduced something rivaling Apple’s iPad and I’m still confused as they said this would arrive in Q4. Even the monochrome e-book reader comes as late as Q3.

This could be an interesting alternative to iPad if it’s fast enough (it looked pretty fast with sensitive touch when Lanci used it), and has options for getting digital content on to it, like books, music, movies, etc. Since it runs Android there should be plenty of apps available if only we had access to the Android MarketPlace on the devices bought in UAE.

All in all I think Acer raised more questions than they answered with this tablet display. Also, it made the tablet the most interesting piece of the event and not what was supposed to be the big thing, the Clear.fi system.

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Paul Price Joins Creative Realities as CEO Tweet

NEW YORK -- Creative Realities, a leader in creating innovative brand experiences, today announced the appointment of Paul Price as its new CEO.

Price, 48, most recently served as global president at Rapp. Previously, Price served as Chief Partnership Officer at Omnicom's DDB Worldwide, where he established a track record for marketing services innovation since relocating to New York from his native Australia in 2001.

Creative Realities is a fully integrated experiential design firm that assists marketers in creating uniquely interactive consumer experiences using innovative combinations of brand insight, creative design and digital expertise.

"In joining Creative Realities, I'm excited to pursue my passion for brands and creative ways of experiencing them," Price said. "Marketers are hungry for new ways to engage customers. Creative Realities brings a proven reality marketing approach that creates inspiring and actionable brand experiences."

Creative Realities is owned by an affiliate of Pegasus Capital Advisors, LP, a New York-based private equity firm, and retains David Bell as senior adviser. Formerly chairman of IPG, Bell is renowned for his marketing services industry leadership. On Price's appointment, Bell said, "We're thrilled Paul decided to join us. We're sure he'll lead Creative Realities to even more success."

Robin Reardon, Creative Realities' U.S. president, added, "We're excited such a respected industry innovator is joining us. Paul's leadership, experience and enthusiasm for creative marketing will propel Creative Realities even further."

Price Known as Global Innovator

Under Price's leadership, Rapp gained industry recognition in 2009 as one of Advertising Age's "A-listers" and as one of the world's largest customer relationship management and digital marketing services agencies.

Throughout Price's tenure at Rapp, the company experienced global growth due in part to the adaptation of its data-driven philosophy to digital marketing resulting new business wins. These new client gains included leading on Omnicom's behalf holding-company contests for Hewlett-Packard and Humana, digital assignments for Pfizer, COTY and GlaxoSmithKline, and multinational assignments for ExxonMobil, Johnson and Johnson, and Skype.

While at DDB, he initiated the transformation of the agency's global ExxonMobil retail assignment into an integrated marketing services agreement spanning 80-plus countries. After being promoted to the position of director of network operations in 2004, Price led an overhaul of the DDB 200-plus office network's multinational client service approach and subsequently led development of integrated marketing services solutions across the DDB group for major clients as its chief partnership officer.

About Creative Realities

Headquartered in New York, with offices in Atlanta and London, Creative Realities has helped market leaders such as Fidelity, AT&T and Samsung create uniquely interactive consumer experiences using fresh, novel combinations of brand insight, creative design and digital expertise.

About Pegasus

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a U.S.-based private equity fund manager that provides creative capital and strategic solutions to middle market companies across a variety of industries. The firm creates values from buying right and building businesses over time. Established in 1995, Pegasus currently manages close to $2.0 billion in assets through several private equity funds and has made more than 80 investments since its inception, generating very attractive risk adjusted returns. The firm employs over 60 uniquely talented investment and advisory professionals that work out of main offices in Cos Cob, CT and New York, NY, as well as several satellite locations.

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Innovate!100 Semi-finalists to Pitch in Tallinn, Estonia on June 2nd Tweet

Innovate!2010 features up-and-coming technology startups from around the world.

SAN FRANCISCO and TALLINN, Estonia -- Innovate!2010 is a global program produced by Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, to identify and promote 100 of the most promising technology startups. As part of the international program, Guidewire Group is hosting a regional 'Pitch Slam' event on June 2 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Taking place at Arengufond's offices, the Tallinn Pitch Slam will feature rapid-fire pitches by a dozen local startups that have been selected as semi-finalists in the Innovate!100 competition. At each session, the semi-finalists will receive invaluable feedback from a panel of expert judges that includes Heidi Kakko, Estonian Development Fund; Allan Martinson, MTVP; Margus Uudam, Ambient Sound Investments; Andrei Korobeinik, Rate Solutions; and Kaushal Chokshi, Quickstart Global.

Startups will be evaluated using Guidewire Group's proprietary G/Score™ assessment methodology, and the G/Scores from the Tallinn Pitch Slam will be aggregated with the results from over 20 other Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam events being held this year to determine the Innovate!100 – a list of top 100 technology, media and communications startups.

Further information on the Innovate!2010 program and the schedule of upcoming Pitch Slam events can be found at www.innovate100.com. To attend the Tallinn Pitch Slam, sign up online at: http://2010pitchslamtallinn.eventbrite.com/.

About Innovate!2010

Innovate!2010 is a global competition to identify and promote the top 100 global technology start-ups. The program enables the most promising startups to gain access to resources and opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies. Innovate!2010 also enables its partners, including technology and telecommunications vendors, government agencies, professional services providers, technology scouts and investors, to identify and engage hundreds of highly vetted, fast-growing startups and raise their brand profile in the global startup community. Innovate!2010 sponsors and partners include leading organizations like Alacatel-Lucent, BestBuy, Cisco Systems, Comcast, DifferenceEngine, eBay, EMC, HP, HSBC, Hearst, IBM, LaPoste, LG Electronics, Microsoft, O2 Litmus, Oracle, PayPal, PWC, Quickstart Global, RIM, SAP, Silicon Valley Bank, Sony, SWIFT, Turner Broadcasting, Verizon, and the City of Zaragoza; as well as European and US economic development agencies, and dozens of leading angel and venture capital investors.

About Guidewire Group, Inc.

Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm passionate about technology

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

About Estonian Development Fund

Estonian Development Fund activates the venture capital market by investing together with private investors into Estonian companies with international ambition.

Estonian Development Fund is also the think tank for foresight of Estonia's growth perspectives and the booster of startup entrepreneurship.

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CrunchGear - Hands on with WiFi Sync for iPhone Tweet

WiFi Sync for the iPhone, $9.99 on the Cydia app store.

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Vanessa Aiello Joins RPMC as Client Services Director Tweet

Former Senior IOC Marketing Exec Will Lead Key Global Client Relationships.

LONDON -- Vanessa Aiello joins RPMC (www.rpmc.com) as Client Services Director. The appointment was announced by Paul Kingsley, CEO of RPMC Europe. Ms. Aiello will operate out of London and be charged with leading key global client relationships for RPMC, whose clients include McDonald's, Sony Ericsson, Sony and AB InBev.

"Vanessa's appointment will help ensure that we continue to develop a first class service for our clients, at a time when they are looking for increased cost efficiencies and enhanced returns on their marketing and sponsorship investment," said Mr. Kingsley. "Vanessa will work across the business, but will also provide leadership on existing and new client programs for the London 2012 Olympics Games."

Additionally, Ms. Aiello is responsible for developing a strong consulting-led approach to engaging with clients within RPMC so as to maximize their brand activation strategies.

Commenting on the appointment, Jay Lenstrom, CEO of Red Peak Group, said: "Vanessa has invaluable experience in sports related business and marketing. She is truly global in outlook and will be a most valuable asset to our clients. We're delighted to welcome her to our growing, global team."

With more than a decade of international marketing experience, Ms. Aiello has held business development and brand advertising posts in Europe, Japan and Canada. Fluent in Japanese, she has worked on a range of key development areas with brand sponsors ranging from sustainability to digital. Most recently, she served as Manager, Partnership Marketing for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where she was responsible for overseeing the IOC's relationship with four of the nine worldwide partners—Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Omega and Atos Origin. During her tenure at the IOC, Ms. Aiello led the development of McDonald's Champion Kids Program—its first global marketing program related to the Olympic Games that enabled over 200 kids from 40 countries the opportunity to travel to experience the Games, meet Olympic athletes, visit cultural sights and interact with kids from across the globe.

"RPMC is uniquely positioned to build unparalleled brand experiences for its clients," said Ms. Aiello. "I look forward to playing a key role in delivering tangible results for clients and strengthening RPMC's longstanding reputation as an innovator in the space."

Prior, Ms. Aiello oversaw marketing and advertising initiatives for Procter & Gamble's prestige skincare line SK-II, while at Dentsu and the Leo Burnett agency Beacon Communications. She holds a MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.

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PC World to Open New Tottenham Superstore Tweet

- 7 new jobs created

LONDON -- PC World is to open a new Superstore in Tottenham on 28th May 2010. The opening has created 7 new jobs, with staff from the local area appointed to work in store providing first class customer service and expert technology advice.

At 14,000 square feet the store will offer over 6,000 of the latest IT, gadgets and technology products. It includes a huge range of TVs including the latest LCD TV from Panasonic, LG, Samsung and a gaming area, where customers can play the latest games in the comfort of specially designed gaming chairs and test out the very latest kit.

The store has been specially designed to help customers get the most out of their shopping trip with numerous 'experience zones' to where they can test out hundreds of products and new technologies throughout the store. Specialist trained store staff will be on hand to provide expert advice in the areas of Computing, Gaming, Vision and Cameras.

An interactive Apple play table, which will be situated on the right hand side of the store, will allow local shoppers to pick up, turn on and test out all of the very latest products from across the hugely popular Apple range. Products include the latest Ipad and imac/macbooks as well as the full iPod range.

The Tottenham Superstore will also boast a specialist dedicated Tech Guys clinic. The clinic will see 4 highly trained Tech Guys staff able to give specialist advice on everything from implementing parental internet controls to installing the latest software. The clinic will also operate a repair and maintenance service for a wide range of different IT and technology products.

Phil Offord, PC World Tottenham store manager, comments: "We're really looking forward to opening. Tottenham has a really vibrant retail scene with some fantastic shopping so it's only fitting that the UK's biggest computer retailer is there too. Whether it's the latest laptop, a camera or a bigger TV to watch England play we're confident you'll be able to find what you're looking for at the best price."

A free next day delivery service will be operated from the store for local shoppers, guaranteeing next day home delivery on products purchased in-store. A Reserve and Collect service will also enable shoppers to select products online at home before picking them up in-store.

With tens of thousands of small businesses in the area, the new Tottenham Superstore will feature a business centre, providing local small businesses with access to specialist advice and technology products designed specifically for business purposes.

All newly recruited staff at the local store are currently undergoing PC World's new training programme designed by the retailer to reinforce its commitment to customer service. Known as the 'training academy' the intensive 5 week training programme has been designed to inform staff about all the very latest products and technologies, and to ensure they deliver outstanding customer service.

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CEVA, Inc. Announces Expansion of Existing Stock Repurchase Program Tweet

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores for the mobile handsets, portable and consumer electronics markets, announced that its Board of Directors authorized the expansion of the Company's share repurchase program with an additional two million shares of common stock available for repurchase, representing approximately 10% of the Company's outstanding common stock as of March 31, 2010.

"The Board's decision to expand the stock repurchase program reflects its confidence in the long term growth of the company," said Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA. "We believe that the repurchase of our common stock is a solid strategic decision to add to shareholder value in light of the level of cash on our balance sheet."

The Company intends to use available cash to effect any stock repurchases. As of March 31, 2010, the Company had approximately 21 million shares of common stock outstanding and $107 million of cash and marketable securities.

Under the share repurchase program, one million shares of the Company's common stock may be repurchased from time to time pursuant to Rule 10(b)-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") outside of periods when the Company's trading window is closed. Such repurchases may be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions depending on market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors. The repurchase of the other one million shares of the Company's common stock under the share repurchase program will be made pursuant to a plan in accordance with Rule 10b(5)-1 of the Exchange Act to be established prior to the closing of the Company's trading window.

The share repurchase program, including the Rule 10b(5)-1 plan, may be commenced or suspended at any time or from time to time without prior notice.

About CEVA, Inc.

CEVA is the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) DSP Cores and platform solutions for the mobile handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia, HD audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2009, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 330 million devices, including handsets from 7 out of the top 8 handset OEMs, including Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and ZTE. Today, more than one in every four handsets shipped worldwide is powered by a CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit www.ceva-dsp.com

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PR Newswire Offers Sustainable Brands '10 Conference Sponsor Profiles Tweet

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- As the official and exclusive breaking news service of the Sustainable Brands '10 Conference (SB'10), PR Newswire is featuring profiles of the sponsoring organizations. To read these profiles, please see below.

SB'10 will be held from June 7-10, 2010 in Monterey, CA, at the Monterey Conference Center. For more information regarding SB'10, visit http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/events/sb10

Breaking SB'10 news from the event management, sponsors and other constituents can be found at the SB'10 Conference Online Press Room (http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/events/sb10/media) and on PR Newswire's event news portal, Virtual Press Office (http://www.virtualpressoffice.com).

Sponsor profiles (all profiles have been provided by the profiled company):

Fast Company

Business can be a force for change. Fast Company is the world's leading progressive business-media brand. With sustainability at its core, the editorial content inspires the most creative minds in business to think beyond traditional boundaries, lead the conversation, and influence the future of business.

http://www.fastcompany.com/

Citizen

Citizen Group is dedicated to building "citizen brands." The San Francisco-based agency helps shape values-based brand strategies and then brings them to life through compelling creative campaigns, social media, and community initiatives that inspire, inform, and invite audiences to participate. Clients include Amnesty International, Mighty Leaf Tea, Pabst Brewing Company, NRDC, Rock the Vote, USA Network, Wal-Mart (sustainability initiative), and World Wildlife Fund (Climate Savers initiative).

http://www.citizengroup.com

Cohn & Wolfe

Cohn & Wolfe is an award-winning public relations firm ranked among the top 10 global agencies. Our sustainability practice provides marketing services that enable companies to credibly and effectively communicate their environmental business strategies. C&W integrates research, traditional media channels and social media to develop creative and strategic communication campaigns.

http://www.cohnwolfe.com

Target

Sustainability at Target starts with smart design. Smart design leads to smarter solutions for our guests and the environment, like our energy efficient stores and partnerships with exclusive environmentally focused designers. At Target, we join our guests, team members and partners in making environmental commitments we all can keep. Since we opened our first store in 1962, Target has invested in the health and sustainability of our communities

http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/sustainability/

HP

For 50+ years, HP has valued and practiced environmental stewardship. We place particular emphasis on three key areas: climate and energy, product reuse and recycling and supply chain responsibility. These areas have strategic importance to our business, stakeholder concerns and our ability to make a positive impact.

http://www.hp.com/ecosolutions/

Dell

Dell was built on "finding a better way," from supply chain efficiency to making technology accessible for millions worldwide. We apply this same passion to protecting our environment. By finding practical, efficient ways to do business, build products and create solutions that make the least possible environmental impact, we'll help our customers and the planet thrive today and for generations to come.

SAP

As the world's leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that help accelerate business innovation for our customers. We believe that doing so will unleash growth and create significant new value – for our customers, SAP, and ultimately, entire industries and the economy at large. As one of the leaders in business process solutions, SAP is well poised to help companies worldwide holistically manage their sustainability strategy and achieve new levels of excellence.

http://www.sap.com/

The Mohawk Group

Part of Mohawk Industries, the world's largest flooring manufacturer, The Mohawk Group and its four commercial brands Karastan, Lees, Bigelow and Durkan is driven by a philosophy of "innovation that works" – for its company, customers and the environment. Mohawk continues to pioneer innovative and sustainable flooring products and services that positively impact business and the planet.

http://www.themohawkgroup.com

Domtar

At Domtar, not only are we proud to be North America's largest producer of uncoated printing papers, but we are also proud of our leadership when it comes to sustainable practices. For us, sustainability is a comprehensive framework whose three pillars - the environment, the economy and society - are fully embedded into our daily activities. Sustainability guides our policy-making, our operational decisions, and how we treat our community.

http://www.domtar.com/en/sustainability/index.asp

Shelton Group

Shelton Group is an ad agency exclusively focused on motivating mainstream consumers to make sustainable choices. And those consumers aren't who you think they are. It's the Hispanic Mom, struggling to make ends meet. The guy who throws his beer can in a recycling bin. The woman who brings reusable shopping bags to the grocery store in her SUV. Folks who are green on purpose–and by accident. We'd be happy to show you how to reach them.

http://www.sheltongroupinc.com/

EcoBonus

EcoBonus™ brings together a coalition of leading manufacturers who want to reach and reward consumers interested in learning about - and purchasing - more sustainable products. EcoBonus is the first ever coalition loyalty program targeting green-leaning consumers. We are a division of BI® Worldwide, with a 60 year history of providing business improvement solutions by engaging employees, sales channels and consumers.

http://www.ecobonus.com/coalition/

Credit 360

With proven expertise in sustainability and GHG data management, Credit360's web-based flexible system helps organizations track and measure environmental and social impacts. Delivering powerful analysis and reporting tools, a full audit trail and highly responsive support by sustainability experts, Credit360 offers specialist support for your sustainability strategy and reporting needs.

PGI

At PGI our sustainability goals are focused mainly on reducing our resource consumption and environmental impact, while improving performance with our stakeholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate. We have set specific annual and multi-annual public targets for the reduction of our carbon footprint, energy intensity, water consumption, non-renewable materials consumption, and generation of solid waste.

http://www.polymergroupinc.com/en/

Earth Era

EarthEra, created by NextEra Energy Resources, North America's largest producer of wind and solar power, helps companies and individuals balance their carbon impact and participate in the development of future renewable projects. 100% of EarthEra revenues are directed to EarthEra Renewable Energy Trust and used to build new renewable energy facilities in the US. To date, the Trust has over $23 million in commitments from leading businesses such as Sony, HSBC, Avis and Starbucks.

http://www.earthera.com/

EcoSecurities

EcoSecurities has spent the last 13 years focusing on the area of climate change mitigation activities and is now one of the leading organizations in the business of sourcing and developing greenhouse gas emission reduction projects. EcoSecurities' emission reduction portfolio covers a wide range of emission reduction standards (Gold Standard, Clean Development Mechanism and the Voluntary Carbon Standard), technology types and geographical locations.

http://www.ecosecurities.com/

Hanson Bridgett

Hanson Bridgett is a leading provider of legal services to organizations engaged in sustainable business. Our clients, who range from cutting edge start-ups and socially responsible investors, to large corporations, have selected us because we help them succeed. With over 150 attorneys in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, we understand our clients' businesses and practice law in a way that reflects that understanding.

http://www.hansonbridgett.com/practices_industries/index.php?id=22

Nokia

At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We take environmental and social considerations into account in managing our operations, and develop mobile solutions that hold a potential for changing the way we live, from improving livelihoods to embracing more sustainable lifestyles.

http://www.nokia.com/environment/

Neenah Paper

NEENAH GREEN is the sustainability platform of Neenah Paper and reflects our commitment to conservation through environmental stewardship. We are expanding our offering of papers made from well-managed forests, recycled fiber and alternative no-tree fiber to conserve forests and lessen the effects of climate change. A proud consumer of green energy, we are reducing our environmental footprint by using energy efficiently, investing in renewable energy and delivering our products in a responsible, fuel-efficient manner.

http://www.neenahpaper.com/neenahgreen/

Sterling Planet

A sustainability pioneer since 2000, Sterling Planet partners with clients seeking a carbon advantage turn to Sterling Planet for supply-side and demand-side solutions, including Green-e Energy certified renewable energy certificates, innovative White Tags(r) energy efficiency certificates and verified emission reductions (carbon offsets). Sterling Planet adheres to sustainable business practices and has committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions from its own company operations.

http://www.sterlingplanet.com/

Mohawk Fine Papers

A third-generation family, women-owned business, and leader in environmental stewardship, Mohawk is the first U.S. paper mill to match 100% of its electricity with Green-e certified renewable windpower energy credits and the first U.S. premium paper mill to shift toward carbon neutral production. You can find papers made with 100% postconsumer waste, FSC-certified papers, carbon-neutral papers, and process-chlorine free papers in a variety of shades, textures, and price points.

http://www.mohawkpaper.com/

Green Mountain Energy

Green Mountain Energy Company is the nation's leading provider of cleaner electricity products. Founded in 1997, Green Mountain Energy's products include renewable electricity, renewable energy certificates, carbon offsets, green ticketing and events, as well as LEED consulting. Contact us for more information on our unique products and services.

http://greenmountain.com/

Planet Earth Promotions

At PlanetEarthPromotions.com our goal is to help corporations and organizations in meeting their 'green' objectives by providing eco-responsible and environmentally friendly promotional marketing items. We want to provide avenues for businesses to "Be Seen Being Green" and work with them in strengthening their green branding.

http://www.planetearthpromotions.com/pilot.asp

Me to We Style

Me to We Style is a Toronto-based social enterprise committed to providing ethically manufactured, eco-friendly quality apparel for socially responsible consumers, organizations and companies. In addition, 50% of our profit goes to our charity partner, Free The Children, to support development projects in rural and impoverished areas across the globe.

http://www.metowestyle.com/Default.asp

Presidio Graduate School

Presidio Graduate School offers graduate education in Sustainable Management including an MBA, MPA and Executive programs. Presidio is the largest graduate school designed around the principles of sustainability, preparing students to lead organizations in ways that are socially and environmentally responsible and financially successful.

http://www.presidioedu.org/

Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek is a trusted source of essential, comprehensive insight that business leaders depend on to get ahead. As part of Bloomberg L.P.'s commitment to the communities in which we work, we engage our employees, vendors, and customers in setting standards, promoting clean technologies, and improving natural resource utilization.

http://www.businessweek.com/

Eco Imprints

Eco Imprints offers custom-branded promotional merchandise & apparel that is kinder to the planet. We help responsible businesses build brand, communicate ideas and connect with key audiences through a great line recycled, organic, sustainable, and ethically-sourced eco goods that can be imprinted with a logo or message.

http://www.ecoimprints.com/

Modern Bamboo

Modern Bamboo has produced award winning furniture with the highest quality materials, merging craftsmanship with state of the art production. Modern Bamboo is a pioneer in sustainable design and continues to expand its furniture offerings while consulting for various projects ranging from material acquisition, design consultation to custom fabrication and contract furniture.

h2O Natural Spring Water

h2O, Natural Spring Water is a sustainable option for "water on the go". h2O bottles are made mainly of paper, a sustainable, renewable resource, from responsibly sourced, well managed forests where new trees replace harvested ones. h2O's BPA free, aseptic bottle received The President's Sustainable Development Award from Al Gore.

http://www.onedrinkatatime.com/

Klean Kanteen

Klean Kanteen® is the original purveyor of stainless steel beverage containers to reduce environmental and health risks associated with single-use and polycarbonate plastic bottles. Since 2004, the company has been recognized for superior personal hydration designs and commitment to alleviating waste and pollution, including a 2009 Ocean Heroes Award.

http://www.kleankanteen.com/

Brown Forman

Brown-Forman Corporation is a diversified producer and marketer of premium spirits and wines, including Jack Daniel's, Finlandia Vodka, and Fetzer and Bonterra Wines. While our strategic imperative, "Be responsible in everything we do," is broad in scope, we concentrate on our most critical issues – from environmental sustainability to alcohol responsibility.

http://www.brown-forman.com/responsibility/

Honest Tea

Honest Tea, has made sustainability an integral part of its mission since it was founded. Honest Tea was the first company to introduce certified organic bottled tea and Fair Trade Certified™ teas. The company recently launched a plastic bottle that is made with 22% less resin, removing a million pounds of packaging from the market each year. Honest Tea incorporates sustainable practices throughout its business, including marketing programs and promoting green habits in its office.

http://www.honesttea.com/

People Towels

PeopleTowels, the newest concept in sustainability, are reusable personal hand towels made of organic, Fair Trade cotton meant to replace paper towels in public restrooms. White label PeopleTowels are a unique addition to a CSR initiative or marketing promotion, and help to save trees, reduce landfill waste and conserve water.

http://www.peopletowels.com/

Central Coast Vineyard Team

Sustainability in Practice (SIP) Certification is a project of the Vineyard Team, a collaborative, non-profit effort dedicated to sustainability for 15 years. In the vineyard, we strive to protect the resources valuable to our farms and communities. At home, we strive to consume a bit less, create a healthy home and lifestyle for our families, and give back in small ways. So join us. Grab a friend, grab a glass, and Sip the Good Life!

http://www.sipthegoodlife.org/

Blue Avocado

BlueAvocado™ offers reusable and collapsible lifestyle products that inspire people to easily reduce their environmental impact in style. Extending from the grocery aisle, to the lunch room, to travel excursions, BlueAvocado products are made with certified recycled materials, an audited carbon footprint label, and provide 1% sales to micro-entrepreneurs via Kiva.org.

http://www.blueavocado.com/

Earthbound Farm

Earthbound Farm began 25 years ago in a small backyard garden with a big commitment to organic farming. Today, we work with 150 dedicated farmers to grow our healthy and delicious certified organic gourmet specialty salads, fruits, and vegetables on 33,000 acres, which keeps about 10.5 million pounds of conventional agricultural chemicals out of the environment every year.

http://www.ebfarm.com/

About Sustainable Brands Conference

Widely reputed to be the most compelling sustainability conference of the year, Sustainable Brands 2010 will convene more than 800 brand leaders, top executives from the global brands leading sustainable innovation today, all types of designers participating in this global shift, and an unprecedented list of others. Registration is open and seating is limited: http://www.sustainablebrands10.com.

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