Nokia represented its two-symconfrontation models of cell phones Tweet

Finnish company Of nokia today in Kenya officially [prezentovala] its first models of cell phones with the support two SIM of the maps: [S]1-00 and [S]2-00, which are characterized by moreover, the low price: 30 and 45 Euros respectively.

Nokia C1 -00, from the words of producer, makes it possible to work in the standby mode to six weeks in a row, has the built-in lantern, Fm- radio receiver and 3,5 mm audio joint under the head sets.

Technical characteristics Of nokia C1 -00:


* Support of the standards of the connection: GSM of 900/1800 MHz
* Interface: Series 30
* Sizes: 107,1[kh]45[kh]15 mm
* Weight: 72,9 deg.
* Display: TFT, by the permission of 128[kh]160 of points, that reflects are more than 65 thousand colors
* Built-in dynamic loudspeaker of the loud connection
* Support Of mP3-[ringtonov]
* Built-in games
* Lantern
* Fm -[radipriemnik]

The model Of nokia Of c2-00 is “moved itself” (and by road) in today's announcement and proposes to use the simultaneous support two SIM of maps, moreover second SIM map can be substituted in “hot” regime. Furthermore, this model has the predetermined kit of tools Of ovi Of life. Furthermore, here there is the place for Fm- radio receiver, to musical [pleeru] with the support of microSD of the maps of memory with volume to 32 Gb, VGA to camera, to support GPRS and the wireless technology Of bluetooth.

The beginning of sales Of nokia Of c2-00 is planned for the 4th quarter of this year.

Brief technical characteristics Of nokia Of c2-00:


* Support of the standards of the connection: GSM of 900/1800 MHz, GPRS of class 12
* Interface: Series 40
* Sizes: 108[kh]45[kh]14,65 mm
* Weight: 74 deg.
* Display: TFT, by the permission of 128[kh]160 of points, that reflects are more than 65 thousand colors
* Build it BY MP3 [pleer] with the support of microSD of the maps of memory with volume to 32 Gb
* VGA the camera
* Fm -[radipriemnik] with the possibility of the record of the programs
* Support to the wireless technology Of bluetooth
* Presence 3,5 mm of the audio joint

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Nokia C1 -01 Nokia C1 -02: inexpensive and functional cell phones Tweet

Together with the announcement of the cell phone C1 -00, which supports the installation two SIM of maps, the Finnish company Of nokia represented the two additional models of cell phones under the index C1, but allowing for itself only one SIM the map: Nokia C1 -01 Nokia C1 -02.

Both novelties are built on the platform Of series 40 and have at their disposal colored [ZHK]- display, Web browser, musical [pleer], Fm- radio receiver, slot under the maps of memory, the client of electronic mail, and also support to the wireless technology Of bluetooth. Furthermore, “expensive itself” from these two novelties - C1 -01 has even and VGA a camera.

Nokia C1 -01:


Brief technical characteristics Of nokia C1 -01:

* Support of the standards of the connection: GSM of 900/1800 MHz, GPRS of class 10
* Interface: Series 40
* Sizes: 108[kh]45[kh]14 mm
* Weight: 78,8 deg.
* Display: TFT, by the permission of 128[kh]160 of points, that reflects are more than 65 thousand colors
* Build it BY MP3 [pleer] with the support of microSD of the maps of memory with volume to 32 Gb
* VGA the camera
* Built-in Web browser
* Stereo Fm -[radipriemnik] with the possibility of the record of the programs
* Communications: USB (microUSB), Bluetooth
* Presence 3,5 mm of the audio joint

The beginning of sales Of nokia C1 -01 they are outlined for the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year on the recommended price of 39 Euros.

Nokia C1 -02:


Brief technical characteristics Of nokia C1 -02:

* Support of the standards of the connection: GSM of 900/1800 MHz or GSM 850/1900, GPRS of class 10
* Interface: Series 40
* Sizes: 108[kh]45[kh]13,8 mm
* Weight: 77,4 deg.
* Display: TFT, by the permission of 128[kh]160 of points, that reflects are more than 65 thousand colors
* Build it BY MP3 [pleer] with the support of microSD of the maps of memory with volume to 32 Gb
* Built-in Web browser
* Stereo Fm -[radipriemnik] with the possibility of the record of the programs
* Communications: USB (microUSB), Bluetooth
* Presence 3,5 mm of the audio joint

The beginning of sales Of nokia C1 -01 they are outlined for the end of the fourth quarter of this year on the recommended price of 35 Euros.

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[Smartfon] Of samsung Of galaxy S left in Europe Tweet

The company Of samsung Of electronics of [zyavila] about the output to the market for our [smartfona] Of samsung Of galaxy S. let us recall, this functional apparatus in the form factor of [besklaviaturnogo] monoblock is built on 1- GHz processor and OS Of android 2.1 with the interface Of touchWiz 3.0. It is equipped large sensory screen with the diagonal of 4 inches, executed on the technology SUPER AMOLED. From other special features of this model are worthy the references of 5-[Mp] camera with the function of the record by video 720p, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi of 802.11 b/g/n and 8/16 Gb of the built-in memory.

According to the communication Of samsung, [smartfon] Of galaxy S already it enters sale on the European market. But in all company already concluded agreements more than 100 operators in different countries of world. , Europe will become the first region, where they begin sale of device, and then Samsung Of galaxy S will be extended also in other countries, including in the USA (potential operators - T -Mobile and AT&T). In this case, with the release on 110 markets simultaneously the discussion, apparently, does not deal.

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[SITRONIKS] will support [billing] the Mts- Ukraine Tweet

The operator of mobile connection “MTS the Ukraine” and company “[SITRONIKS] information texnologies” reported the conclusion of agreement about the technical support of the applications of [billingovoy] system MTS.

On the conditions of agreement, “[SITRONIKS] information texnologies” will ensure for “MTS the Ukraine” the complex tracking of all auxiliary modules of [billingovoy] platform (Non-core). In MTS they expect that this it will allow:

* to increase the effectiveness of IT- subdivisions with the introduction of new products and services - due to the attraction of the resources of the supplier of services;
* to reduce load on its own IT- specialists, after freeing them from the nonspecialized activity in the region of development and support of applications to the [billingovoy] system;
* to optimize work with the suppliers, due to what to decrease the expenditures, connected with the attraction of strange consultants and developers for the support of the auxiliary solutions;
* to create prerequisites for the renovation of [billingovoy] system, having thus increased its quality.
* Within the framework project will be carried out testing the indicated modules with the installation of renovations for the system, and also with the changes in very moduli as a result of a change in the business- functions.

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Megaphone delivers impact according to the mobile swindlers Tweet

The operator of mobile connection “megaphone” declared about the start of his new Internet- project, dedicated to fight with the mobile swindle of stopfraud.megafon.ru.

As operator reports, on the new site it is possible to find the detailed description of the most common knavish diagrams and recommendation to subscribers how to act in order not to become the victim of criminals. In the megaphone the introduction of harmful software and a number of others note that in this year the wide acceptance of Russia obtained such forms of fraud as swindle with the use “short numbers”, to [spam] for the purpose of extortion. Operator asserts that on its site are represented the practical councils for opposition to swindlers in the typical situations. Also on the new site it is possible to find useful reference information - in particular, tariffs on the sending SMS bells to “short numbers” of official [kontent]- providers.

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New photographs Of motorola Of droid Of shadow/Xtreme Tweet

In the Internet appeared the new photographs of [smartfona] Of motorola Of droid Of x/Xtreme/Shadow. Previously model was more known under the code name Of motorola Of shadow, but information then appeared, that it will leave in the operator Of verizon Of wireless in a series Of droid. Another name of model - Xtreme. It became also known that it will leave into sale already under control OS Of android 2.2. Although, according to others data, the model will obtain only Android 2.1. It is interesting that [smartfona], apparently, will not have the interface Of motoblur. Are more precise, those, this interface does not please whom, they can it hide and not use, although it will continue to work in the background.


According to others data, in Motorola Of shadow is provided metal housing, 9 starting screens, special button for chamber control and HDMI output. But according to the earlier information, [smartfon] is based on the processor TI OMAP 3630 with a clock frequency of 720 MHz, it is equipped with 8 Gb of the built-in memory and 8-[Mp] by camera, the diagonal of display is 4,1 inches. The announcement of device is expected already in this month.

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the QWERTY- telephone Of nokia C3 left into sale Tweet

The company Of nokia declared about the release into sale of the cell phone Of nokia C3. Let us recall, it was announced in [apredle] of this year. Apparatus is interesting fact that it is the first telephone, but not [smartfonom], company with the QWERTY- keyboard. Nokia C3 is monoblock with the 2,4- one inch QVGA- display and the integrated keyboard simple according to the characteristics. It works only in the networks of the second generation, is equipped 2-[Mp] with camera, Fm- radio, adapters Of wi-Fi of 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth of 2.1+EDR and with slot of microSD.

Besides this, Nokia C3 is supported the electronic mail Of ovi Of mail, Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail, and also other services POP and IMAP. But for the exchange of instantaneous communications it is possible to use Windows Of messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Of talk and Ovi Of chat. Nokia C3 has already been sold in such countries as Indonesia and Great Britain. The cost of device is 90 Euros without taking into account of taxes and reductions. Thus far nothing it is known about that, when the first QWERTY- telephone Of nokia begins to be sold in other countries of world.

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Megaphone declared about the conclusion of transaction on the purchase Of [sinterry] Tweet

Operator [MegaFon] declared about acquisition by 100% of actions of the privately held company “Of [sinterra]” in the group “Of [promSvyazKapital]” (Synterra Of cyprus Of limited (it manages 99,99% of actions Of [sinterry]) and Burnham Of advisors Of limited (it manages 0,01% of actions Of [sint]e[rry]).

Transaction will make it possible to strengthen the positions of operator on the markets for long-distance communication, fixed and mobile wide-band Internet access, convergent services. As megaphone notes, the extensive net infrastructure Of [sinterry] will strengthen its own [optovolokonnuyu] network of megaphone, after ensuring platform for the intensive development of business in the future.

The sum of transaction was 745 million dollars taking into account the debt of the group of companies “[Sinterra]” before the third sides. Megaphone plans to carry out payments by several [transhami]. By the financial consultant of transaction appeared company renaissance capital, juridical - Linklaters CIS. The management of megaphone is planned at the end June to present to board of directors the plan of the integration Of [sinterry] and its daughterly companies into the business of companies.

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First photographs of [smartfona] Of blackBerry Of curve 9300 Tweet

The resource Of crack Of berry published the first photographs of [smartfona] Of blackBerry Of curve 9300, its code name - Kepler. Device is executed in the traditional design of the series: is monoblock with the horizontal screen and the built-in QWERTY- keyboard. The permission of display composes 320[kh]240 of points. Model is a somewhat [usovershenstvovannoy] version Of blackBerry Of curve 8500, only it has the support of the honeycomb networks of the third generation and wireless standard Of wi-Fi 802.11 n.


Furthermore, BlackBerry Of curve 9300 have only by 256 mb. of memory, whereas in the majority of new [smartfonov] of this rule it is provided by 512 mb. Also it is possible to note that the device works under the administration Of blackBerry OS 5.0. It remains to hope that these deficiencies are characteristic only of this prototype, and in the commercial realization of [smartfon] Of blackBerry Of curve 9300 will be obtained by OS Of blackBerry 6 and 512 mb. of memory. At the given moment there is no information about that, when the new representative of the rule Of blackBerry Of curve is put on the market.

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“United calculation” for the subscribers [MGTS] and MTS Tweet

The operator of MTS and company [MGTS], one of largest operators of the fixed connection of Europe, entering the group MTS, reported the starting in Moscow of convergent service “united calculation”, which will allow subscribers in the united calculation [MGTS] to pay services to mobile connection MTS.

The advantages of new proposal can use subscribers, who use a mobile, and fixed connection from the group of companies MTS. Such subscribers can give statement to the start of additions for their cell phone, and also for the cell phones of the members of their family in united calculation [MGTS], after turning into any of the client halls [MGTS].

Subscriber, who connected service “united calculation”, obtains the possibility to transfer payment for the shown services to connection to the following month. To pay united calculation is possible by all methods, allowed TO [MGTS]: in the departments of banks, in the post offices, in the salon- stores MTS and the client halls [MGTS], with the aid of the mobile service “MTS -PAy”, with the aid of different terminals of the method of payments and Internet- systems. In this case the subscribers MTS as before can pay services to mobile connection separately from the payment of united calculation with any methods, allowed by operator MTS. The connection of service “united calculation” for the subscribers MTS and [MGTS] is achieved free of charge. License fee for the use of service is not provided.

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Acer to launch netbook and tablet PCs with MeeGo preloaded Tweet

Acer president Gianfranco Lanci at Intel's e21FORUM 2010 meeting at Computex 2010 pointed out that Acer will launch netbooks and tablet PCs that adopt Intel's latest Atom processor and will also preload the MeeGo platform on them.

At the meeting, Intel announced that the company will add dual-core Intel Atom processors to its netbook platform and is on track for production next week. Based on the Pine Trail platform, and on shelves before this winter holiday shopping season, mobile dual-core Intel Atom processors will deliver a noticeably snappier, more responsive consumer experience in the same compact form factors, and with the same great battery life, Intel said.

Intel also revealed the thin Canoe Lake platform, which will enable the world's thinnest netbooks platforms based on Pine Trail. At just 14mm thin, Canoe Lake can accommodate both Pine Trail single-core and dual-core Intel Atom-based platforms. Enabled by Intel's thermal design, it runs cool and quiet and is up to 50% thinner than the netbooks currently on the market today, Intel said.

Intel Oak Trail, a codename for its upcoming Intel Atom platform optimized for tablets and sleeker netbook form factors due to its reduction in power consumption and thermals will be available to customers early 2011. Oak Trail is optimized for sleek tablet and netbook designs, and will deliver up to a 50% reduction in average power consumption with full HD-video playback and targeting a choice of operating systems including MeeGo, Windows 7 and Google OSes, Intel said.

Intel noted that Asustek Computer is launching the Asus App Store and will be the first manufacturer to ship netbooks pre-installed with a client based on the Intel AppUp Center. These netbooks are scheduled to begin shipping in fall 2010 on all devices running Windows. Asustek also plans to ship netbooks running an open source MeeGo-based operating system at a later date.

Intel continues to invest in the Intel Atom processor for netbooks and entry-level desktops with the addition of DDR3 memory technology support. Intel announced the Intel Atom single-processor N455 and dual-core processor N475 for the netbook market and dual-core processor D525 and single-core processor D425 for entry-level desktops, as well as a variety of form factors including all-in-one PCs, small form factor and standard desktop PCs. Systems available based on the new D525 and D425 processors for entry-level desktop PCs are scheduled to be available beginning June 21.

Intel highlighted its next-generation Intel Atom platform targeted at the high-end smartphone, handheld and tablet market segments. Formerly called Moorestown, the platform brings power reductions for great battery life in small handhelds. The platform includes the Intel Atom Processor Z6xx series (formerly Lincroft SoC) and the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) MP20, (formerly Langwell). It also features a dedicated Mixed Signal IC (formerly Briertown) and wireless communications options, including 3G/HSPA.

Intel is enabling a new Smart TV category with the Intel Atom processor CE4100, which integrates broadcast TV with the Internet and personal content. The CE4100 processor is suited for this new category and offers the compute power, world-class HD video and audio support, and advanced graphics to bring personal content, apps, favorite websites and social networks to your TV. Just announced Google TV, a platform based on Android, is a premier example of a Smart TV experience that offers an easy-to-use interface and unique features such as universal search for access to an infinite amount of content in a simple way.

Intel also announced the availability of two unlocked desktop processors, the Intel Core i7-875K and Intel Core i5-655K. These new SKUs are identical to the existing Intel Core i7-870 and Intel Core i5-650 product besides the fact that the core ratios are unlocked to support enhanced performance tuning. The Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K are priced at US$342 and US$216 respectively.

With millions of subscribers and networks growing, 4G WiMAX is starting to enjoy mass market adoption and is expected to cover one-fourth of the globe in the next 2-3 years. As of today more than 500 WiMAX networks exist in 147 countries, with more than 80 vendors offering Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) client device designs and more than 20 major infrastructure vendors, Intel said.

A group of WiMAX industry players recently launched the WiMAX 2 Collaboration Initiative to accelerate the WiMAX technology roadmap in order to meet explosive market demand for mobile broadband services. The WiMAX Forum will add new system profiles for certification later this year to enable vendors to accelerate implementation of new features in an interoperable manner. The forum also announced it would accelerate profile development and certification tests for the next generation of WiMAX, called WiMAX 2, based upon the IEEE 802.16m standard.

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the Android- plane-table Of samsung Of galaxy Of tab on the photo Tweet

The company Of samsung Of electronics, in all likelihood, prepares for the release the plane-table by the name Of samsung Of galaxy Of tab. At least in the Internet already appeared its photograph to the pair [smartfonom] Of samsung Of galaxy S. model it was equipped with 7- one inch sensory display it works under control OS Of android and interface Of touchWiz. On the characteristics of plane-table it is thus far known very a little: source mentions only frontal camera for the [videokonferents]- connection and 3,5- mm joint for the head sets.

By the way, photograph placed the subdivision Of samsung Of south Of africa in its Of twitter. As far as the release of the plane-table Of samsung Of galaxy Of tab is concerned, at the given moment there is only unofficial information. According to these data, the device will leave in August. It is interesting that Samsung is not assembled to, apparently, stop on the achievement. It will let out in October 8 - one inch plane-table, and in December - 10- one inch. True, very company of similar statements officially did not make.

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Compal Readies Windows, Android and MeeGo Tablets Tweet

The world's second-largest contract manufacturer of laptops is spreading its bets on tablet PC operating systems. It is building tablets running Microsoft Windows, Google's Android, and the MeeGo OS backed by Intel and Nokia.

Taiwan's Compal Electronics, which develops and manufactures laptop computers for global PC vendors including Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Acer, has also joined the ranks of companies planning to create its own user interface (UI) and other software to support the tablet market.

"We have a lot of customers that are very interested in tablets," said Ray Chen, president and CEO of Compal, at a news conference in Taipei on Tuesday, adding that "demand is getting better and better because of the iPad."

Compal will have a few tablet PCs in mass production in the third quarter or fourth quarter, he said.

Apple's iPad has had a profound impact on the way companies look at mobile devices, and has spurred the rush to build rival products. Apple said Monday that it has sold 2 million iPads since the device's launch in early April.

Compal plans to invest more in software to boost its tablet business, including creating a UI and working more with Linux software, said Chen. The company, which has focused on computer hardware for decades, now boasts 250 software engineers.

"It's clear that apps are important," he said. The main challenge for tablet PCs going forward will be to become more user-friendly, he added.

Arm Holdings displayed a Compal-made tablet at its press conference on Monday, a device with a 7-inch touchscreen that runs Android and uses Nvidia Tegra chips. The chips have Arm-based processing cores. Compal showed off a few more tablets at its press conference, including a 10-inch tablet, but representatives declined to discuss their specifications.

Compal will also make tablets with Intel's x86-based chips, Chen said.

On Monday, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International both revealed tablet PCs using Microsoft Windows OSs and one using Google's Android. MSI put its own UI on its Wind Pad 100 tablet.

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Wistron W1 Tablet on Moorestown with MeeGo Tweet

http://www.carrypad.com at Computex with the Wistron W1, the first Moorestown-based tabet. Running Meego, apparently.

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ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Form New Company to Speed the Rollout of Linux-Based Devices Tweet

inaro unites industry leaders to foster innovation in the Linux® community through a common foundation of tools and software.

* ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments have created the not-for-profit company, Linaro, committed to providing new resources and industry alignment for open source software developers using Linux on the world’s most sophisticated semiconductor System-on-Chips (SoCs).
* Linaro will invest resources in open source projects that can then be used by Linux-based distributions such as Android, LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and webOS.
* Linaro will provide a stable and optimized base for distributions and developers by creating new releases of optimized tools, kernel and middleware software validated for a wide range of SoCs, every six months.
* Linaro's base of software and tools will be applicable to a wide range of markets, helping reduce time-to-market for products such as smart phones, tablets, digital televisions, automotive entertainment and enterprise equipment.
* Linaro's first software and tools release is due out in November 2010, and will provide optimizations for the latest range of ARM® Cortex™-A family of processors.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - June 3 2010 -ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company dedicated to enhancing open source innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing. Linaro's work will help developers and manufacturers provide consumers with more choice, more responsive devices and more diverse applications on Linux-based systems.

Linaro aligns the expertise of industry-leading electronics companies to accelerate innovation among Linux developers on the most advanced semiconductor SoCs (System-on-Chip). The current wave of "always-connected, always-on" devices requires complex SoCs to achieve the performance and low power consumers demand. Linaro was formed to increase investment in open source, address the challenges in developing products for sophisticated consumer markets and provide the support of a broad array of semiconductor products from multiple companies. By providing the common foundations of tools and software for other distributions and stacks to build upon, Linaro enables greater operational efficiency for the electronics industry.

Background

Traditionally, the Linux and open-source software communities focused on solving the software problems of enterprise and computing markets with a limited choice of processor platforms. The open source community is transitioning to create advanced Web-centric consumer devices using high profile open source based distributions and a wide range of high-performance, low-power ARM®-based SoCs. Linaro will make it easier and quicker to develop advanced products with these high profile distributions by creating software commonality across semiconductor SoCs, from multiple companies.

Consumer Benefits

In addition to providing a focal point for open source software developers, consumers will benefit by the formation of Linaro. Linaro's outputs will accelerate the abundance of new consumer products that use Linux-based distributions such as Android, LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and webOS in conjunction with advanced semiconductor SoCs to provide the new features consumers desire at the lowest possible power consumption.

"The dramatic growth of open source software development can now be seen in internet-based, always-connected mobile and consumer products," said Tom Lantzsch, executive officer, Linaro. "Linaro will help accelerate this trend further by increasing investment on key open source projects and providing industry alignment with the community to deliver the best Linux-based products for the benefit of the consumer."

Linaro Software and Tools

Linaro will work with the growing number of Linux distributions to create regular releases of optimized tools and foundation software that can be used widely by the industry, increasing compatibility across semiconductors from multiple suppliers. As a result, Linaro's resources and open source solutions will allow device manufacturers to speed up development time, improve performance and reduce engineering time spent on non-differentiating, low-level software. Linux distributions, open source and proprietary software projects will benefit from Linaro's investment, with more stable code becoming widely available as a common base for innovation.

To further its mission, Linaro aims to unite the open source engineering resources within its member firms with the broad open source community. Linaro engineers, leveraging their extensive embedded knowledge, will contribute to a wide range of open source projects covering areas such as tools, kernel, graphics and boot code. Linaro intends to work in partnership with the Linux Foundation to align on core operating principles.

The company's first release is planned for November 2010 and will provide performance optimizations for SoCs based on the ARM CortexTM-A processor family.

In addition to ARM and IBM, four of the world's leading application processor companies, Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, will align open source engineering efforts within Linaro.

Linaro is a growing organization with additional partners expected to join, thus expanding the range of expertise that is brought to the open source community. Companies interested in joining are invited to discuss membership with Linaro executives. For more information on the company and future access to software and tools, visit www.linaro.org
Founding Member quotes

"ARM and our partners have a long history of working with, and supporting, open source software development for complex SoCs based on the ARM architecture," said Warren East, ARM CEO. "As a founding member of Linaro, we are working together with the broader open source community to accelerate innovation for the next generation of computing, focusing on delivering a rich connected experience across the diversity of devices in our daily lives."

"Freescale is taking a leadership position in shaping the future of consumer electronics by enabling entirely new categories of smart mobile devices," said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's Networking and Multimedia Group. "Linaro represents an important step forward in developing the ecosystem for these smart mobile devices through dramatically speeding and simplifying software development cycles and leveraging the power and strength of the open source community."

"IBM believes that leadership with Linux solutions begins with effective collaboration in the community, and IBM's ten year history of working with the Linux community has resulted in a strong, mutually beneficial relationship," said Daniel Frye, vice president, open systems development, IBM. "IBM's ongoing collaboration has contributed to the widespread adoption of Linux throughout the data center. We are strong proponents of working with partners such as ARM to further our commitment, ensuring Embedded Linux is the leading platform for innovation in the mobile and consumer electronics markets."

"Samsung is an industry leader in high performance, low power application processors for mobile handset and other consumer devices. We fully appreciate the significance of having an optimized Linux software foundation and tools for our ARM CPU core base products, to support our customers' needs with high quality solutions," said Yiwan Wong, vice president, System LSI marketing, Samsung Electronics. "We are pleased to join Linaro as a foundation member and work together with ARM to serve the interests of our customers."

"Open source has become an engine for innovation in the smart phone and consumer electronics market," said Teppo Hemia, vice president, 3G Multimedia Platforms Business Unit of ST-Ericsson." Being an active contributor in the open source community, we are excited to be one of the founding members of Linaro and expect our combined efforts to accelerate the development of Linux-based devices."

"Linaro is intently focused on delivering critical open source components to enable developers building on ARM-based processors. An important element of that delivery is a more complete, higher quality development toolset that increases performance. In our leadership role, TI will support Linaro's efforts by leveraging our open source expertise-evidenced by our participation in Linux kernel enhancement submissions and our support of popular industry development boards," said Remi El-Ouazzane, vice president and general manager, OMAP Platform Business Unit, TI.
Industry quotes

"The existence of Linaro will significantly simplify the process of making Linux-based consumer devices available to market," said Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical. "By standardising many of the core software components, companies can focus on creating great user experiences on embedded devices through to smart phones. Canonical is delighted to participate in what will be a significant driver of the success of Linux on ARM, in the consumer electronics market."

"We welcome the launch of Linaro as a new industry organisation with similar values and a complementary focus to LiMo Foundation," said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. "We look forward to working collaboratively with Linaro to deliver greater efficiency within the mobile Linux value system."

"The Linux Foundation is happy to see ARM and Linaro increase their investment in Linux," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. "We are supportive of any investment that contributes to the mainline kernel and the many upstream open source projects that make up Linux based operating systems today."

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MeeGo Services Tweet

Movial leverages its domain proficiency in Maemo, Moblin and Qt to offer device manufacturers immediate and unparalleled design and integration expertise for fast and easy commercialization of compelling devices and applications on MeeGo.

Our end-to-end MeeGo Services include

* Graphic acceleration, UI optimization and custom UI design
* Qt application development and porting to MeeGo
* Qt widgets and custom widget development and porting to MeeGo
* Integration of IMS, RCS clients, VoIP and video calling to MeeGo
* Addition of new native services to the MeeGo platform
* Solutions to hardware specific problems and porting issues
* Flash 10 enablement and certification on both system-on-chip hardware platforms and end-user devices
* MeeGo/hardware integration and optimization
* Integration of HW peripherals.







As a multi-architecture open platform covering the broadest range of device segments, MeeGo presents intriguing opportunities for device manufacturers looking to develop new, innovative next generation devices.

Movial has been deeply involved with the predecessors of MeeGo since their beginning –
with OSSO/Maemo ever since 2001, and with
Moblin since it was released in 2007.

With a track record of over 100 successful Maemo, Moblin and Qt projects, and extensive experience in user experience design, Movial has the know-how and expertise to deliver on all aspects of MeeGo-based device development.

Device manufacturers requiring MeeGo design and integration support need look no further than Movial's highly skilled and experienced designers and engineers.

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Chip giants establish Linux group for phones, TVs Tweet

IDG News Service - A group of chip makers including IBM, Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments on Thursday unveiled Linaro, a new software-engineering foundation dedicated to improving Linux distributions, including Android, MeeGo and Ubuntu, used in consumer devices.

The new foundation hopes to take the success Linux has seen in large enterprise software and translate that to the consumer world of TV, tablets, smartphones and netbooks, which is dominated by several main OSes, including Windows, Symbian, Blackberry and Apple's iPhone OS.

A total of six companies have pledged to fund the non-profit venture with "tens of millions of dollars" per year, said Tom Lantzsch, interim CEO of Linaro and an executive vice president at Arm Holdings, said at a news conference in Taipei. Arm, Freescale Semiconductor and ST-Ericsson are the other three initial members of the group, which is open for anyone to join.

The member companies will unite their open source engineering resources in Linaro and will contribute to a wide range of open source projects. Linaro will partner with the Linux Foundation to align on core operating principles, according to a statement.

Currently there are around 20 engineers already working at Linaro, but the foundation will soon have over 100, Lantzsch said.

Linaro plans to create developer tools for Linux makers so they can take better advantage of the complex chips made by the founding members of the group, mainly chips with Arm processing cores. The chips are complex because smartphones and other small gadgets require a lot of technology to be work and remain connected to networks and the Web all the time. Chip makers often say software developers could make much better use of the power inside the chips.

Despite its lean towards Arm, the group said it would welcome Intel and that it plans to offer tools for all kinds of processors. The MeeGo OS, which the group highlighted in its news release, was created by Intel and Nokia for small devices and also supports processors including Intel's Atom as well as Arm.

Linaro aims to put out new releases of software tools, kernel and middleware every six months. The software will already be validated for a wide range of chips, which will help companies get their gadgets to market a lot faster.

One example of a project already in place is for fast boot kernel technology, so Linux distributions start up faster on devices.

Linaro is currently seeking a new CEO. Lantzsch was responsible for forming the foundation, but he plans to return full-time to Arm once a replacement is found.

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SUSE Moblin is now SUSE MeeGo Tweet

SUSE Moblin combined with Intel Atom Processor-based netbooks and nettops equals a paradigm shift in computing.

Novell has introduced SUSE® Moblin, the first fully-supported desktop operating system for netbooks and nettops. Leveraging the enterprise-class capabilities of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Moblin is optimized for Internet, social media, and Web-centric collaboration usage.

SUSE Moblin features an array of office productivity and social media applications making it the premier operating system for the Atom-processor platform. From the business executive to the field service worker; college student to pre-teen; all users will benefit from this new release. It marries the quick boot time and usability features of Moblin with the legacy of innovation from Novell.

SUSE Moblin will have the following applications preloaded: Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Novell Mono, Novell Moonlight, OpenOffice.org Novell Edition (office productivity suite), and integrations into social media applications (Facebook, Last FM, MySpace, Flickr).

SUSE Moblin was demonstrated at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with partners MSI and Samsung. Products are available now in select geographies.
About Moblin

Moblin is an open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation, that provides an optimized Linux platform for the next

generation of mobile devices including netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, and other embedded devices. Moblin is optimized for Intel Atom Processor-based devices.

Novell has worked closely with Intel and the Linux Foundation to bring this innovative and completely new user experience to end-users by developing rich media management, collaboration software, and user interfaces optimized to run on netbooks with Moblin v2.1. This is the crystallization of the promise announced to the world in Spring 2009 by Intel and Novell.
About Meego

In February 2010, Intel and Nokia merged their popular open-source platforms (Moblin and Maemo, respectively) into a unified Linux-based platform called MeeGo. MeeGo will run on a multitude of hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices including netbooks, tablets, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and others. The platform will be hosted by the Linux Foundation as a fully open source project.

The extensive leadership that Novell has shown in the commercialization of Moblin v2.0 and v2.1 will remain with MeeGo. In fact, our current efforts on Moblin v2.2 are being merged into MeeGo.com. Moblin as the core operating system platform remains largely unchanged resulting in an easy transition for Novell to the new platform.

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Competition to the best survey of program. Tag “of journey” Tweet

Began summer, time of leaves and leisure, time of journeys, and means, time to begin new joint with HTC monthly competition to the best the article- description of program on android.mobile-review.com. In this time we decided to somewhat complicate task to participants, but also to make competition is a little more interesting. Each month there will be they will be determined sequential conqueror and each following month we will change the theme of competition (tag, marker), the first marker become “journeys”.

Participation conditions in the competition are simple as the first time. From you is required the article- description some program, which refers to journeys. This can be the application of map or utility for the armoring of hotels, program with the information about the sights or even application- note, than not assistant during leave? The main thing this is what, if you write about the program, belonging with which with the tag “of journey” is not obvious, try to describe in article itself, why you consider this application useful during leave or journey. To become acquainted with the remaining requirements is possible here.

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Linpus Lite Tweet

Linpus Lite, the choice of several of the world's largest ODMs in the netbook space, is a Linux operating system specially designed for a better mobile Internet and netbook experience. It is includes an extremely intuitive user interface and is optimized for web-centric processors. The new version of Linpus Lite, Linpus Lite 1.3, is built around the concept of choice and freedom. Its new tab and icon interface gives you opportunity to completely organize your applications, your way.
You have gained control in several ways - All the default menu tabs can be renamed and the applications inside freely moved around by dragging and dropping between the tabs or from an All Applications pop-up menu. In additional, you can also create an extra three tabs by right-clicking on the menu bar and choosing the 'create a new tab' option from the pop-up menu. Once you have created or renamed a tab, you can choose or change an icon for that tab. If you delete then you can find that application in the All Applications tab.

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Nokia to cut 100 strategy jobs globally Tweet

The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will cut globally 100 strategy jobs out of a total 330 jobs across its operations, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

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Nokia N8 : New Ovi Store and Wikitude Demo Tweet

Here is a new video showing us a nice new Ovi Store interface. Maybe it is the Ovi Store V2.0 ?

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First look at MeeGo v1.0 netbook operating system Tweet

MeeGo Linux is a custom operating system designed for netbooks, smartphones, and other internet-connected devices. Today MeeGo v1.0 was released, and this video provides an overview of some of the features of the operating system.

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GPON Sales Surged in the First Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group Tweet

Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, and Ericsson are Top Vendors.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, first quarter GPON equipment revenues from both Optical Line Terminals and Optical Networking Terminals surpassed EPON revenues for the first time and hit a record level, growing almost 40 percent sequentially and 70 percent over the year ago period.

"GPON growth in the first quarter was largely due to deployments in China," said Tam Dell'Oro, President of Dell'Oro Group. "China Unicom and China Telecom are deploying both EPON and GPON. China Mobile, which was recently granted permission to deploy broadband and for which GPON is its preferred technology, also contributed to first quarter GPON growth. Other sizeable GPON shipments in the first quarter included those to Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, the UAE and the US," Dell'Oro added.

The report shows that Huawei maintained its lead for GPON revenue largely due to being a primary supplier in the China market. Next was Alcatel-Lucent, which narrowed the gap with Huawei due to growth of its ONT shipments to North America and EMEA. Rounding out the top four was Motorola followed closely by Ericsson, which doubled its share mainly due to growth in their GPON shipments to China.

About the Report

The Dell'Oro Group Quarterly Access Report provides complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and port/unit shipments for Cable, DSL, and PON equipment. Network infrastructure equipment includes Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS), Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers ([DSLAMs] by technology ADSL, G.SHDSL, and VDSL), and PON Optical Line Terminals ([OLTs] by technology BPON, EPON, and GPON). The report also covers Cable and DSL Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) technology and PON Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs). To purchase this report, call Emily Kendall +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email Emily@DellOro.com.

About Dell'Oro Group

As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com.

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URL Integration Announces Appointment of Bruce A. Kelling to Board of Directors Tweet

Kelling Brings Wealth of Experience in Information Management Technology and Business Development.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- URL Integration (www.urlintegration.com), a technology consulting firm specializing in IT integration solutions for government and business, today announced the appointment of Bruce A. Kelling to its Board of Directors. Kelling brings more than 30 years of experience in building and managing companies specializing in technology solutions for information management with particular focus on the public safety and justice markets.

Kelling is the managing principal of Bask Enterprises, LLC, which he established in 2002 to help companies develop and execute successful business strategies. In 1980, Kelling founded and became the Chairman and CEO of Tiburon, Inc. where he played a key role in the design and development of the company's product line. From 1980 – 2002, Kelling led Tiburon to annual revenues over $50M, several mergers and acquisitions, and outside investment from Motorola, Compudyne Corporation, and American Management Systems, among others. In 2002, he led the merger team as Tiburon became a subsidiary of Compudyne Corporation.

Before founding Tiburon, Inc., Kelling worked for Planning Research Corporation (PRC) where he was Vice President of the Americas and Asia division. He previously held project and business unit management positions at System Science Development Corporation (SSDC), which was acquired by PRC in 1972.

"We are fortunate to have someone with Bruce Kelling's extensive experience join URL Integration's Board of Directors," said Dave Usery, President and CEO at URL Integration. "He brings extensive experience in working with government and, in particular, with public safety and justice organizations to apply technology solutions to solve issues in information management. His knowledge and expertise will serve as a valuable asset as we continue to expand and provide solutions to clients in the corporate sector and state and local government."

Kelling is a past member of the Board of Directors at Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute where he chairs the FBI NIBRS/N-DEx Advisory Committee and the IJIS Funding and Development Committee. He also sits on the Board of Directors at VisionAIR.

About URL Integration

URL Integration offers a full range of information integration services and solutions. It is focused on assisting organizations achieve even the most complex information integration projects in industries ranging from criminal justice to health care. With corporate clients, as well as state and local government agencies, URL Integration has been at the forefront of developing national standards that promote information-sharing across agencies. The company has a long history of partnering on key projects and other ongoing efforts funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to develop and evolve the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) standard and its predecessor, the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM). URL Integration is a privately-owned company headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

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Vertu – strategy change and plans for 2010 Tweet

Mobile-review have posted an article about Vertu – strategy change and plans for 2010. Here is their final conclusion.

Many people view Vertu phones just as curiosity they will never buy. A quick guide to 2010 collection is not the reason to go to the shop and buy such a handset. It just allows getting insight into Vertu range, learning about the prices and appreciating the design and materials. The main message of the article is that Vertu is on the change trail and in the future the collections will be updated quicker with the number of offered products to be increased. This way Vertu reacts to the emergence of other market players, which promises interesting solutions in terms of design and materials.

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Threeplicate Takes Winning Spot at Innovate!100 Milan Pitch Slam Event Tweet

Innovate!2010 - Global competition to identify the 100 most promising technology start-ups.

SAN FRANCISCO and MILAN -- Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, held a regional 'Pitch Slam' event in Milan, Italy on May 28, 2010 and Threeplicate, an Italian startup whose mission is to create "software that works," beat out stiff competition to take first place. Runners-up at the Pitch Slam included Sentimetrix, a startup that helps measure sentiments or opinions expressed via electronic media, and Pantea, which allows companies to build tailored mobile media marketing solutions.

The Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam in Milan is one of over 20 Pitch Slam events that Guidewire Group is hosting this year across Europe and the United States. At each Pitch Slam, startups are evaluated by a panel of expert judges using the G/Score, Guidewire Group's proprietary assessment methodology for evaluating startup success and business viability. The judges at the Milan Pitch Slam were: Maria Teresa Aviles, project manager at the University Incubator of Politecnico di Milano; Evan Nisselson, founder and CEO of Digital Railroad; and Matteo Rizzi, innovation leader at SWIFT.

The G/Scores will be aggregated from all of the Pitch Slams, normalized across markets, stages and segments, and then ranked to determine the Innovate!100. Innovate!2010 partners with market leaders like Best Buy, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, O2, RIM, Oracle and SWIFT and serves as a platform for these corporations to quickly identify and partner with high-potential startups.

More information, including videos from the Milan Pitch Slam, can be found at www.innovate100.com. Congratulations to all of the startups that were invited to present in Milan:

DriveK: Car configuration platform designed to change the way people select, configure, compare and buy their new car.

GET Corporation: Geo-location service to help customers find the nearest taxi driver.

Intelligrate: Application to detect anomalies in user behavior during online banking transactions to prevent fraud.

LiquidWeb: Creator of WiTube, an interactive lamp delivers Web content like podcasts and news through a wireless Internet connection.

LM: Monetization tool for code and content owners to get paid wherever their work appears on the open web.

Noesis: Revenue optimization platform with automatic real-time learning and adapting capabilities.

Pantea: Provides pre-integrated tools that allow customers to build tailored mobile media marketing, mobile media and social media solutions.

Pervactive: Developer of a new genre of Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) that uses a proprietary, patented MMPGTech engine to allow users to play the same game on a PC and on a mobile device.

Sentimetrix: Technology framework to measure sentiments or opinions expressed in electronic media, such as news, blogs or newsgroups.

Spreaker: Social web radio: a platform for creating and broadcasting audio content over the Internet.

Threeplicate: Simplifies and automates the software UI localization process by integrating with existing tools already in use at software development firms.

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.

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Canatu Takes Winning Spot at Innovate!100 Stockholm Pitch Slam Event Tweet

Innovate!2010 -- Global competition to identify the 100 most promising technology start-ups.

SAN FRANCISCO and STOCKHOLM -- Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, held a regional 'Pitch Slam' event in Stockholm, Sweden on June 1, 2010 as part of the Innovate!2010 competition and top honors at the event went to Canatu. Based in Finland, Canatu is a leading developer of a new class of versatile carbon nanomaterial-based components. The runner-up at the event was TaxiPal, and two other companies tied as the second runners-up: BehavioSec and No Excuse Accounting.

The Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam in Stockholm is one of over 20 Pitch Slam events that Guidewire Group is hosting this year across Europe and the United States. At each Pitch Slam, startups are evaluated by a panel of expert judges using the G/Score, Guidewire Group's proprietary assessment methodology for evaluating startup success and business viability. The judges at the Stockholm Pitch Slam were: Lea Bajc, Investment Manager, Northzone; Kaushal Chokshi, Chairman and Founder, Quickstart Global; and Richard Lind, Director, Technology and Platforms at Microsoft AB.

The G/Scores will be aggregated from all of the Pitch Slams, normalized across markets, stages and segments, and then ranked to determine the Innovate!100. Innovate!2010 partners with market leaders like Best Buy, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, O2, RIM, Oracle and SWIFT and serves as a platform for these corporations to quickly identify and partner with high-potential startups.

More information, including videos from the Stockholm Pitch Slam, can be found at www.innovate100.com. Congratulations to all of the startups that were invited to present in Stockholm:

Apica: Offers Web performance monitoring and optimization services.

BehavioSec: Analyzes keyboard and mouse behavior in order to identify unauthorized computer users and prevent information theft.

Canatu: Produces carbon-based components tailored to increase performance of optical, energy generation and storage and electrical devices, and reduce environmental footprints.

ClaroVision: Software platform that creates a hybrid television/Internet experience by making Internet services and media accessible through a television screen.

Intellus: Offers tools and services to help companies modernize their AS400 RPG to a new UI based on Silverlight, and to migrate RPG code to C#.

Jobita: Online employment marketplace for selling skills and buying services for home or the office.

No Excuse Accounting: Mobile application that enables independent contractors to send a well-documented invoice to their clients instantly from their iPhone.

Nuiteq: Offers multi-touch hardware, software and services for a variety of devices and platforms.

Synble: Language localization tools for lean software development.

TaxiPal: Mobile app that provides information on nearby taxi companies and allows the user to place orders without having to make a phone call.

Vidispine: Content management platform for developing innovative rich media software.

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, Best Buy, 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.

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LG TO SUPPORT DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS' CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT MALNUTRITION Tweet

LG to provide donation and products to help raise awareness.

NEW YORK — LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in the flat panel display and audio-video devices market, announced its sponsorship of "Starved for Attention," a new campaign by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to raise awareness for and fight childhood malnutrition, a crisis affecting 195 million children worldwide. The LG Home Entertainment Company will contribute $500,000 toward the campaign and MSF's treatment programs along with dozens of its flagship INFINIA televisions for use in multimedia exhibits of the campaign.

"LG's support for MSF's Starved for Attention campaign reflects our shared goal of helping people across cultural and geographic borders and underscores LG's belief that no child should have to suffer from malnutrition," said Simon Kang, president and CEO of LG Home Entertainment Company.

Dr. Matthew Spitzer, President of MSF in the United States added, "LG's sponsorship of the Starved for Attention campaign is an important contribution to our medical teams' efforts to respond to this crisis and provides us with the latest technology to speak out about this unacceptable situation that requires a sustained response." In 2009, MSF treated 250,000 malnourished children in 34 countries.

The campaign will feature a series of multimedia documentaries, spotlighting the childhood malnutrition crisis, in "Starved for Attention" exhibitions across the world. The documentaries, produced by MSF in conjunction with VII Photo, will be displayed at the exhibitions using LG INFINIA televisions as canvases. The first exhibition will launch at the New York Times Center in New York City on June 2, followed by Milan, Toronto and other venues (for a complete list, please visit www.starvedforattention.org).

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MLSListings, Inc. Launches Mobile Real Estate Application to Search All Homes for Sale on iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm and Standard Cell Phones Tweet

MLSListings, Inc. and Smarter Agent expand MLS Mobile Strategy for Northern California.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- MLSListings, Inc. (MLSListings), based in Sunnyvale, CA, announced the launch of a new mobile application that works on standard cell phones and smart phones across all mobile carriers. The public can download the application to their phone to view all homes for sale in northern California.

MLSListings' mobile application uses GPS, when available, to locate the user and display listings in the immediate area. Users can also search by address, city or zip code to see property details for all homes for sale in a specified area, including price, square footage, estimated mortgage, taxes, features, maps, pictures and more. The "Refine Search" feature lets users select a price range, property type and the number of beds and baths to help them find just what they're looking for.

MLSListings partnered with Smarter Agent, the leader in mobile real estate applications, to be able to offer clients and prospects a mobile house-hunting application available across all carriers on standard cell phones such as Samsung, LG and Motorola and smart phones including BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and the Palm Pre and Pixi.

"The addition of Smarter Agent to our mobile technology platform gives agents and homebuyers expanded opportunities for house-hunting beyond our website and MLS system," said Jim Harrison, President and CEO. "We can reach virtually every cell phone user with reliable, local MLS information through a few key strokes on their standard cell or smart phone device."

MLSListings' app - part of MLSListings' core member benefits – connects a potential buyer directly to the listing agent's phone. A separate upgrade - provided to MLSListings' subscribers at a discounted price - allows agents to provide their own privately branded mobile app to clients. With the privately branded app, the "Call" feature connects the buyer back to their agent, regardless of who listed the property.

Consumers can text MLSL to 87778 to send MLSListings' mobile app to their cell phone or visit www.mlslistings.com to download the mobile real estate search.

About MLSListings, Inc.

MLSListings Inc. is a not-for-profit, California mutual benefit corporation formed in 2007 by a consortium of eight Northern California REALTOR® associations (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley, San Mateo, Monterey, Watsonville, San Benito and Central Valley associations of REALTORS®). Currently, MLSListings represents more than 20,000 MLS subscribers, in 6,000 firms, in an area covering 28,000 miles representing more than $70 billion in annual real estate transactions. For more information, please visit www.mlslistings.com.

About Smarter Agent

Smarter Agent® creates mobile, location-aware (such as GPS) search applications that help consumers and professionals learn about, interact and transact with the world around them as never before possible. Smarter Agent invented and patented mobile, location-triggered real estate search and is now the largest mobile real estate portal in the world. Smarter Agent creates apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, Palm and hundreds of feature phones on Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile. Brokers and Agents can private label the Smarter Agent apps giving them a powerful marketing tool. CTIA, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, named Smarter Agent the Winner in its Emerging Technology Awards LBS/GPS category.

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Mobile Digital Television Launch Gives Detroit Automakers Ideal Mobile Video Test Bed Tweet

WDIV and WXYZ Among Leading Broadcast TV Stations in the Nation to Transmit Programming to Mobile DTV Devices.

DETROIT -- With the Detroit television market among the leaders in the nation now launching Mobile Digital Television (DTV), product development teams in the automobile industry now have a local resource for testing reception of Mobile DTV -- the groundbreaking new service that delivers favorite broadcast TV programs to Mobile DTV devices including specially-equipped in-vehicle infotainment systems, mobile phones, netbooks and laptops, DVD players, and other devices.

Detroit's Mobile DTV channels on two local TV broadcast stations were officially launched today during a special event sponsored by the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), which represents hundreds of broadcast TV stations throughout the country. In addition to an informative seminar about the technology staged for the benefit of automobile industry executives, today's kickoff event included an in-vehicle demonstration showing a variety of Mobile DTV devices receiving the programs broadcast live from WDIV and WXYZ.

"The introduction of Mobile Digital Television in Detroit changes the broadcast landscape in dramatic and exciting ways. When Mobile DTV consumer devices are widely available, people will be able to take their favorite news, information and entertainment programs with them wherever they go," said Marla Drutz, Vice President and General Manager of WDIV-TV Detroit, the flagship station of Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc., a leading member of the OMVC. "WDIV is proud to be one of the leaders in broadcasting to mobile digital TV devices, and we know our viewers will appreciate taking along our newscasts, weather, sports and their favorite entertainment programs."

"WXYZ is committed to being a trusted source of Detroit-area news and information, whenever and wherever our audience demands it – whether it's on air, online or, with today's announcement, on the go," said Ed Fernandez, the vice president and general manager of WXYZ, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Detroit. "This mobile technology marries the promise of better and faster information for our valued viewers with the potential to help our area's businesses strengthen their marketing programs."

"The launch of Mobile DTV broadcasting in the Detroit market is critical for the success of this exciting new technology, because this is where decisions are made about the future of automotive infotainment systems. Complementing favorite recorded programs offered on DVD, the addition of Mobile DTV to an automobile will mean instantaneous access to local traffic reports, news, developing weather, and of course your passenger's favorite shows. WDIV and WXYZ are taking a leadership role in the broadcast TV industry, and we're delighted to add them to the list of stations around the country now offering Mobile DTV capability," said Anne Schelle, Executive Director of the OMVC, which represents nearly 900 broadcast TV stations throughout the U.S.

Today's OMVC workshop for automotive industry executives was co-sponsored by LG Electronics and Harris Corporation, co-developers of the ATSC Mobile DTV Standard. Harris is the leading provider of mobile TV broadcast equipment, and LG is the leading supplier of mobile DTV receiver chips for automotive and other applications.

The Detroit television market is among the first in the nation to begin transmitting Mobile DTV signals of broadcast programming. Last week, the Open Mobile Video Coalition launched the first-ever Consumer Showcase of Mobile DTV with hundreds of local viewers in the Nation's Capital now experiencing Mobile DTV on specially-equipped cell phones and netbooks with ongoing focus group studies featuring DVD players and mobile receivers equipped to pick up Mobile DTV signals.

About The Open Mobile Video Coalition

Representing nearly 900 TV stations across the country, the Open Mobile Video Coalition is a voluntary association of television broadcasters whose mission is to accelerate the development of mobile digital television in the United States. The OMVC is composed of 30 members that own and operate over 500 commercial television stations, as well as the Association of Public Television Stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service, which represent an additional 360 public television stations. Membership in the OMVC is open to all U.S.-based television broadcasters. For more information, please visit www.omvc.org.

Contacts:

Anne Schelle, OMVC, anne.schelle@omvc.org">anne.schelle@omvc.org, (443) 857-0200

Dave Arland, dave@arlandcom.com, (317) 701-0084

About Post-Newsweek Stations

Post-Newsweek Stations is owned by The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), a diversified education and media company. Post-Newsweek Stations owns and operates six television stations: WDIV, the NBC affiliate in Detroit; KPRC, the NBC affiliate in Houston; WPLG, the ABC affiliate in Miami; WKMG, the CBS affiliate in Orlando; KSAT, the ABC affiliate in San Antonio; and WJXT, an independent in Jacksonville. Post-Newsweek also has ownership interests in LATV Networks and Internet Broadcasting (IB).

Contact:

Mike Katona, (313) 223-2223

About Scripps

The E.W. Scripps Company is a diverse, 131-year-old media enterprise with interests in television stations, newspapers, local news and information Web sites, and content syndication. The company's portfolio of locally focused media properties includes: 10 TV stations (six ABC affiliates, three NBC affiliates and one independent); daily and community newspapers in 13 markets and the Washington, D.C.-based Scripps Media Center, home of the Scripps Howard News Service; and United Media, the syndicator of approximately 150 features and comics. For a full listing of Scripps media companies and their associated Web sites, visit http://www.scripps.com/.

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LG Electronics Demonstrates Mobile DTV Receiver, Related Technology to Detroit Automaker Audience Tweet

DETROIT -- With two local broadcasters in Detroit among the first in the country transmitting Mobile Digital Television signals, LG Electronics today demonstrated its industry-standard mobile DTV technology to representatives from the automobile industry and discussed how easy it will be to integrate Mobile DTV reception into existing and future car "infotainment" systems.

LG's Mobile DTV is the first consumer electronics product certified to comply with mobile digital television (DTV) technology now being deployed by American broadcasters. The DP570MH mobile receiver is the electronics industry's first portable, battery-operated mobile DTV in the United States that is designed to receive new rugged over-the-air signals being transmitted by local broadcasters as well as display closed captioning information for viewers who rely on text for the full enjoyment of TV programs.

Ideal for Automotive Applications

The new product, which will be available later this year, is ideal for backseat viewing by passengers and the technology can easily be integrated into car video systems such as those demonstrated today in Detroit.

"It's easy to receive the new mobile DTV broadcasts with our new portable DTV, which comes equipped with a built-in antenna and the ability to play DVDs and CDs," said Tim Alessi, director of product development, LG Electronics USA, Inc. "And this technology can be easily integrated into rear-seat screens as well."

A First for Mobile Viewers

Ideal for reception of Mobile DTV any time, virtually anywhere, and at any speed, the DP570MH Mobile DTV offers the flexibility of both over-the-air reception and the convenience of built-in DVD playback. Equipped with stereo speakers and a 7-inch wide screen to display crystal clear digital TV images.

The DP570MH comes equipped to play DVD movie discs and audio CDs, and it can also display .JPG photos and play WMA music files from its USB2.0 connection. The Mobile Digital Television comes equipped with two earphone jacks so that more than one passenger can enjoy Mobile DTV shows or movies in the back seat of the car, or on a train.

Equipped with a removable battery that powers the device for up to 2.5 hours in TV mode or up to 4.5 hours during DVD playback, the device includes both AC and Auto power adaptors. The DP570MH Portable Television with integrated DVD player will be available later this year at a suggested retail price of $249.

Chips Available for In-Car Infotainment Systems

Co-developer of the technology at the heart of the Mobile DTV standard, LG began mass production of the critical component for Mobile DTV reception – the LG2160A integrated circuit (IC) chip – a year ago. The latest version, the LG2161R single chip design that includes both the tuner and demodulator, is much smaller – only seven millimeters square – and it consumes less power than earlier versions, supports various interfaces and provides improved performance.

This key component of automotive mobile DTV receivers already can be found in a variety of new products being introduced by various manufacturers this year for mobile DTV, from laptop USB accessory receivers to netbooks with integrated mobile DTV tuners and other products.

Standardized by the Advanced Television Systems Committee and formally adopted as the mobile DTV standard last October, the new Mobile DTV standard allows broadcasters to use a portion of the existing 19.4 Megabit-per-second DTV channel capacity to transmit data with extremely robust characteristics suitable for mobile, pedestrian and handheld applications. The mobile DTV signal is also compatible with 8-VSB DTV, which was also developed by Zenith, LG's U.S. research and development lab.

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Soccer Fans: Watch 2010 FIFA World Cup Matches Live with ESPN Mobile TV on HTC EVO 4G, Other Sprint Phones Tweet

Sprint customers can tune in to 56 live matches, including semifinals and final.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. --Whether they're cheering for the U.S. team or the favorites from Brazil, soccer fans won't have to worry about missing a World Cup match when they're away from their television if they're a Sprint customer. Sprint (NYSE: S) is teaming up with ESPN to bring the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) to Sprint phones, including HTC EVO 4G launching tomorrow. With ESPN Mobile TV available through Sprint TV(R), soccer fans can tune into 56 live World Cup matches as the action happens, right in the palm of their hand.

"With World Cup matches taking place during the morning and afternoon in U.S. time zones, soccer fans may not be at home to tune in, but Sprint and ESPN Mobile TV have the solution with live matches customers can watch no matter where they are on the Sprint network," said Len Barlik, Sprint vice president of wireless and wireline services. "Sprint is committed to delivering the best mobile video experience and the content our customers want, like live World Cup matches they can watch in high-quality video on EVO 4G."

For Sprint customers with the new HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone, the mobile video viewing experience will be richer than ever before. With HTC EVO 4G's large 4.3-inch screen, high-quality video streaming at 3G and 4G speeds, Sprint customers using this award-winning new phone will be able to watch 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) matches on ESPN Mobile TV in high-quality video that far surpasses what is possible on other phones today. HTC EVO 4G even includes a built-in kickstand for easy hands-free viewing.

In addition to live matches, ESPN Mobile TV coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) on Sprint phones also will include the opening concert on June 10, the semifinals July 6-7, the final match on July 11, and robust highlight and recap content.

The World Cup is one of more than 800 live events this year - including MLB, NBA, Grand Slam tennis and college football - that are available through ESPN Mobile TV on the majority of Sprint's current phone lineup, including HTC EVO 4G, HTC Hero, Samsung Moment, Samsung Instinct, Blackberry Bold and many feature phones. ESPN Mobile TV is part of the Sprint TV package, which is included with Sprint Everything Data plans at no additional charge. With Sprint TV, customers get access to everything from news, weather and sports to children's programs and comedy, including Disney Channel and ABC.

Sprint's affordable Everything Data 450 plan with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM gives customers unlimited calling with any mobile phone in America, unlimited text and picture messaging, and unlimited Web, e-mail and social networking for just $69.99 - the same price AT&T and Verizon charge for unlimited talk only (pricing excludes surcharges and taxes). Existing Sprint customers can switch to an Everything Data plan without extending their service agreement. New lines of service require a two-year service agreement.

Sprint customers can access ESPN Mobile TV's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) anywhere on the Sprint 3G network. No one has a more reliable network than Sprint based on a 13-city 3G performance test by PC World.1

Sprint customers with HTC EVO 4G will be able to take their viewing experience to the next level with even faster data speeds anywhere on the Sprint 4G network. Sprint is the only national wireless carrier with a 4G network. Sprint 4G currently is available in 3 cities across the country. For additional information on 4G coverage, visit www.sprint.com/4G.

With the new Sprint Free Guarantee, the most robust satisfaction guarantee in the wireless industry, customers can try a new line of service with Sprint for 30 days. If they aren't completely satisfied with Sprint during that period, they can cancel service and return their device to be reimbursed for the device purchase and activation fee, get the early termination fee waived, get a full refund for monthly service plan recurring charges incurred and get all associated taxes and fees waived. In addition, Sprint will waive the restocking fee for new customer exchanges as part of this policy. Refund excludes usage not included in the plan, premium content, third-party billing and international charges.

About ESPN Mobile

ESPN Mobile is devoted to extending the ESPN brand and content over the wireless medium. ESPN content and applications on mobile platforms can be accessed any time, anywhere via licensing agreements with every major domestic carrier. ESPN's first wireless offering launched in 1995 with the ESPN To Go pager for scores, and including ESPN's industry-leading collection of mobile Web sites, mobile apps, mobile games, mobile alerts and mobile video (ESPN Mobile TV and Video on Demand clips).

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Activision Blizzard, Nokia, and 'Alan Wake' Creator to Present at Exclusive Transmedia Event on June 14, 2010 Tweet

Exclusive Group of 150 Senior Decision-makers from Leading Games, Film, TV, Media and Tech Companies to Gather at International Game & Film Lounge.

LOS ANGELES -- Digital Media Wire today announced speakers for the 2nd annual International Game and Film Lounge (http://www.gamefilmlounge.com) to be held at the Figueroa Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, June 14, 2010, the day the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) opens its doors at the LA Convention Center.

The International Game and Film Lounge –produced by Digital Media Wire in association with Variety and Nordic Game - brings together an eclectic mix of leading companies, talent and celebrities in film and games from the United States, Europe and Asia, to share ideas about international and transmedia aspects of the games and film industries and how to create new business opportunities at the intersection of these two exciting fields of media.

The event includes the following keynotes and special presentations:

Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment, will give a special presentation on how digital download/add–ons are continuing the shelf life of the fiction his company is creating. Matias will also be featured in an interview by Sten Selander, Director of Business Development, Nordic Game, about his views and experience with transmedia aspects of games, film and television. Remedy's latest project, Alan Wake, published by Microsoft Game Studios, was recently released for Xbox 360 and is currently a top selling game in Europe and the U. S. The story plays out in an episodic format, with a television show-style presentation where each episode/chapter brings another piece to the puzzle of the main plot. Remedy has confirmed that Alan Wake is only the first season of a bigger story, opening the door for future sequels.

Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Dan is an industry veteran of over 15 years, with stints at Activision, Disney Interactive and Electronic Arts. Before entering into the world of Video Games, Dan spent 4 years playing professional baseball for the Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He also spent 6 years as an actor with appearances on day time TV, commercials and various other TV shows. After getting his start at Activision in 1993, working on various titles including Mechwarrior 2, he spent 10 years at Disney Interactive where he eventually became Vice President of Product Development. Under Dan's leadership, Disney Interactive contributed to or co-released over 50 games including: Kingdom Hearts, Tarzan, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, Tron, etc... After a stint at Electronic Arts as Executive Producer of Medal of Honor: European Assault, Dan rejoined Activision in 2005 to oversee Developer Relations and Acquisitions.

Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood will deliver a keynote presentation on the future of mobile media and entertainment. At Nokia, Ronald leads a team that is exploring the question: What are new forms of compelling media that take advantage of the strengths of mobile devices? In Dec. 2009, his team built and performed The Westwood Experience, our first exploration into location-based experiences. This is a new form of mobile entertainment that blends a compelling story with physical locations augmented with digital content.

Garry Schyman, Award Winning Transmedia Composer, to deliver Keynote Presentation. Evocative motifs, epic themes, aleatoric dissonance or apocalyptic intensity: composer Garry Schyman explores a stunning spectrum of sonic possibilities. The creator of music for the multiple award-winning video game BioShock – winner of Best Original Score from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Spike TV's Video Games Best Score Award, G4 Television's Soundtrack of the Year and four awards from the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) including Music of the Year, Best Interactive Score, Best Original Instrumental and Audio of the Year-- he has emerged as one of the medium's foremost composers. A composer whose work spans feature films, prime time television series, mini-series, movies of the week, video games and documentaries, Garry studied composition at the University of Southern California and later, privately with the renowned composer George Tremblay. Just out of the university he was then employed by the legendary Mike Post and Pete Carpenter organization where he worked on the team's roster of top rated series.

Mike Reagan, Award-winning Film, TV and Video Game Composer, joins Garry Schyman, Transmedia Composer, to discuss sonic possibilities in the intersection of games and film in a recently added session. An award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer, Mike Reagan's scoring credits include the romantic comedy UNBEATABLE HAROLD (starring Dylan McDermott and Henry Winkler), the animated television series APE ESCAPE (Nicktoons) and WOW WOW WUBBZY! (Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.) and video games such as CONAN (THQ), DARKSIDERS (THQ) and Sony's best-selling franchise GOD OF WAR.

These individuals join a top caliber speaker group that includes:

PANELISTS & MODERATORS


Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Business Dev. and Communications, Sulake Inc. / Habbo Hotel


Per Stromback, Spokesperson, Spelplan - Association of Swedish Game Developers


Martyn Brown, Studio Director, Team17


Stefan Lampinin, Founder, Speltjanst


Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors


Peter Shiao, Founder, CEO and Chairman, ORB Media Group


Josef Fares, Award Winning Film Director, Jalla! Jalla!, Kopps, Farsan, Leo


Cathy Schulman, President, Mandalay Pictures


Drake Pruitt, SVP Business Development, Ascent Media


Orvar Safstrom, Film/Game Journalist, Producer of Game Music Concerts


Brent Weinstein, Head of Digital Media, UTA


Bill Kispert, VP, Interactive, NBC Interactive


Stu Levy, Founder, CEO and COO, TOKYOPOP


Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com


Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME


Sean Malatesta, CEO, Marengo Knoll


David Reitman, Director, Content & Ent. Practice, Equinix


Jonas Eneroth, Director, ProCloud Media Invest


Paul Childers, President, NA, Rubber Duck Media Lab


Mark Friedler, Partner, Worlds and Games LLC


Alex Barkaloff, Executive Producer, Digital Media, Lionsgate


Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil


Bill Sanders, President, Pervasive Media


Dave Bell, VP of Business Dev, Playphone Inc


Michael Cai, Vice President of Video Games, Interpret


Lee Clancy, SVP, Product Management & GM, Direct Revenue, IMVU


Bjorn Book-Larsson, COO & CTO, K2 Network


Richard Borenstein, SVP, Worldwide Sales, Zong


Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia


Adam Caplan, Vice President - Virtual Currency, Super Rewards/Adknowledge


Sean Ryan, Head of Games and Social Media, TAG Strategic



Event sponsors and media partners include: Variety, Nordic Game, Donya, Team 17, Starbreeze Studios, Imagination Studios, CRE Computer and Audiovisual Solutions, New York - Tokyo, Social Radius and Terpin Communications.

For complete agenda, registration, press pass and event details please visit: http://www.gamefilmlounge.com

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include LA Games Conference, NY Games Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Music Forum East & West, Digital Media Insider @ CES and Digital Media Conference East and West.

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:

Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry news portal. For more information, please visit: www.dmwmedia.com.

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New Sprint Campaign Links Iconic "Firsts" with America's First 4G Phone, HTC EVOTM 4G Tweet

Tech-Savvy Sprint Ad Invites Consumers to Make History with First True 4G Experiences on the Sprint 4G Network.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. --Sprint (NYSE:S), the first national wireless carrier to offer a 4G phone, HTC EVO(TM) 4G, launched an integrated marketing campaign to support the phone's nationwide availability. The campaign links iconic "firsts" with HTC EVO 4G, which goes on sale nationwide on June 4.

The integrated campaign includes TV, print, online and direct-mail elements that position Sprint as the first national carrier in America with a 4G phone and 4G network. Initial print ads highlight key HTC EVO 4G features and attributes, such as live video streaming to the Web and the phone's mobile hotspot capability, which allows connections for up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices. Subsequent out-of-home advertising, including ads seen on billboards, street furniture, bus shelters, transit, and mall kiosks will feature headlines and copy that leverage Sprint's ongoing "Now Network" marketing campaign. For instance, "First Isn't Later. It's Now" and "EVO, the First 4G Phone."

In 30- and 60-second TV spots, "Firsts," a voiceover underscores the breakthrough nature of Sprint 4G's rollout by stating that, "First resets everything." The spot's visuals showcase a succession of inventions through time - the wheel, the train, the rotary phone, the camera - culminating in Sprint's delivery of the nation's first dual-mode 3G/4G phone.

"Sprint is leading the evolution to 4G and this campaign reinforces our 4G leadership position while highlighting what consumers can do with this incredible phone, whether it's on 3G or 4G," said Bill Morgan, senior vice president of Corporate Marketing, Sprint. "There have been a number of notable 'firsts' in our country's history and just like many of those innovations Sprint is reshaping how we live, work and play with HTC EVO 4G."

One element of the campaign invites consumers to participate in history by capturing, sharing and ultimately bragging online about a variety of 4G firsts: the first tweet at 4G speed, the 4G first wedding vows streamed live, or the first photo of an eight-person 4G hotspot. EVO 4G users who are the first to post specific 4G experiences receive virtual badges validating their submission of 4G "firsts" for posting to their Web site or other online social networking space. More details are available at www.sprint.com/firsts.

With the launch of EVO 4G, Sprint customers will be able to enjoy capabilities they have never experienced before with a new video chat service from Qik. The two-way voice and video capability will be available as an upgrade to the preloaded Qik app on HTC EVO 4G to enable conversational, interactive, real-time sharing between mobile devices or from mobile-to-desktop.1

HTC EVO 4G provides access to unprecedented capabilities and features the latest version of the increasingly popular Android platform, Android 2.1, offering more than 35,000 apps. Among the phone's other features:

* Two cameras - an 8.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with HD-capable video camcorder and a forward-facing 1.3 megapixel camera.
* Mobile video chat, so you and your children can see each other when you say goodnight while away on a business trip.
* Simultaneous voice and data in 4G and certain Wi-Fi coverage areas, so you can look at a seating chart while dialing in your order for theater tickets.
* Super-fast 1GHz Qualcomm(R) Snapdragon(TM) processor, ensuring a smooth and quick movement within phone menus whether in 3G or 4G service areas.
* As a new way to search with pictures instead of words, Google Goggles(TM) works with everything from books, DVDs and barcodes to landmarks, logos, artwork and wine labels.
* A custom Web browser is optimized for the large 4.3-inch display for a rich Internet experience.

Created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the new campaign builds on last year's award-winning Sprint "Now Network" push. That effort, also created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, recognized that the world has changed, and Sprint's mobile phones offer an experience closer to that of having a PC in your hand. The campaign extends this idea by alerting consumers that Sprint now is putting mobile broadband in consumers' hands for an even faster, richer multimedia experience. The new advertisements also pay subtle homage to Sprint's impressive legacy of technology "firsts": its launch of the world's first Public Data Network, its history-making move as the first carrier to offer commercial Internet access, and its boundary-breaking push as the first wireless carrier to complete a nationwide 3G 1X upgrade.

HTC EVO 4G will be available in all Sprint retail channels, including Sprint.com and national retail partners, RadioShack, Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Sprint will price the award-winning device at $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate (taxes excluded) with a new line activation or eligible upgrade on a select service plan with Premium Data add-on. Pre-registration is available now at www.sprint.com/evo.

In order to provide the best experience, HTC EVO 4G will use Sprint's industry-leading Everything Data or Business Advantage Messaging and Data plans, which include, while on the Sprint network, unlimited Web, texting and calling to every mobile in America with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM. Everything Data plans start at $69.99 per month. A required $10 Premium Data add-on will allow customers to take advantage of all HTC EVO 4G features.

Additionally, an optional pricing add-on will turn HTC EVO 4G into a mobile hotspot, connecting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, gaming devices and digital cameras, simultaneously at 4G speeds where available and at 3G speeds anywhere on the Sprint 3G network for just $29.99 per month - half the monthly cost of the current Mobile Broadband plan (pricing excludes surcharges and taxes).

With the Sprint Free Guarantee, customers can take advantage of HTC EVO 4G for 30 days. If not completely satisfied, customers may deactivate service and return the device within 30 days to have the opportunity to receive a full refund.2

Sprint 4G offers a faster wireless experience than any other U.S. national wireless carrier, and Sprint is the only national carrier offering wireless 4G service today in 33 markets. Sprint 4G delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G3,giving HTC EVO 4G the fastest data speeds of any U.S. wireless device available today.

As the first national wireless carrier to test, launch and market 4G technology, Sprint made history by launching 4G in Baltimore in September 2008. Today, Sprint 4G covers 41 million people and expects to have up to 120 million people covered by the end of 2010.

In 2010, Sprint expects to launch service in multiple markets, including Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Sprint is harnessing the power of 4G as the majority shareholder of Clearwire, the independent company that is building the WiMAX network. Sprint is the only national wireless carrier to offer 4G services on the Clearwire WiMAX network. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.

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