AUO 2.4" Transparent Multi-touch Screen Focused on GPS Tweet

Display Taiwan had a few gems in it and this 2.4 inch transparent AMOLED multi-touch screen was one of them! The screen is targetted at GPS and before you say, why would I need a transparent GPS screen, think about having something like this on your windshield. Might need longer arms but the idea is still cool. The display could have had brighter colours but we were told that the screen would not have been as transparent.

For functionality of the touch screen when looking at the pictures up and down actions are supported but in the drawing application anything goes. This 2.4 inch display is a prototype as they are also working on 4" and 7" displays. Putting something like this into your windshield interesting but the multi-touch capabilities seem a bit wasted. This was the only suggestion offered to us for use of such a screen. What do you guys think? What would you use a 2.4" transparent multi-touch AMOLED screen for?

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HTC EVOTM 4G Breaks Sales Records for Sprint on Launch Day; America’s First 4G Phone is a Hit with Customers Tweet

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. –Friday, June 4, was an early morning for thousands of customers who lined up several hours before Sprint (NYSE: S) stores opened their doors in anticipation of the first day of sales for America’s first 3G/4G phone, HTC EVOTM 4G. Customers were anxious to get their hands on HTC EVO 4G providing record sales figures for Sprint stores around the country.

Friday sales of HTC EVO 4G marked the largest quantity of a single phone sold in one day ever for Sprint – the record was previously held by both Samsung InstinctTM and Palm PreTM. In addition, the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined.

“HTC EVO 4G is a clear winner for customers with the powerful combination of an amazing multimedia experience in 3G coverage areas that becomes even better in our growing number of 4G markets. It is terrific to see customers react so positively to this device and the innovative experience it brings to them,” said Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO.

The record pace of HTC EVO 4G sales led to temporary shortages of the device at some of the 22,000 sales locations across the United States, including Sprint retail stores, national retail partners including RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart, and indirect dealers. Sprint and HTC are diligently working around the clock to increase inventory in all sales channels. Additional shipments are arriving in retail stores on a regular basis with many stores seeing daily deliveries.

“HTC EVO 4G has more than lived up to our expectations that it would be one of the most anticipated technology products of the year,” said Kevin Packingham, senior vice president – Product Development for Sprint. “We are working closely with our partners at HTC to increase the supply and get EVO 4G into the hands of everyone who wants one as quickly as possible.”

RAVE REVIEWS ROLLING IN

Respected technology and telecommunications media and analysts lavished HTC EVO 4G with praise through its opening weekend:

“Sprint HTC EVO 4G! There, do we have your attention? Of course we do, it’s hard to ignore the phone that has proven to be the hottest Android kit for the foreseeable future.” -IntoMobile
“If you want the biggest, brawniest, most ridiculously muscular phone you can buy, it’s the Evo.” – Gizmodo
“Entertainment – this is where the EVO 4G really shines – there’s so much to do, it can actually be hard to decide; there’s mobile video, games, a fully featured music player, and web browsing at blazing fast speeds.” – Brighthand
“The HTC EVO 4G represents a huge step forward for both the Android platform and Sprint’s 4G network.” – PC World
“When it comes to 4G, Sprint is the sheriff in town … EVO 4G is simply the most advanced phone today.” – Ubergizmo
In the June 4 issue of Investor’s Business Daily, Ken Dulaney, Gartner analyst, commented, “The device is magnificent. It’s a work of technological art.”
“It will certainly fly off the shelves as one of the most advanced 3G smartphones available… With a 4.3-inch 480 x 800 pixel LCD display and a rear kick stand, the EVO looks more like a mobile TV than a phone. I would not mind watching the Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals on this screen in a pinch.” – Berge Ayvazian, Yankee Group analyst
CNET, LAPTOP Magazine and eWeek gave HTC EVO 4G awards for Best of Show when it was announced at CTIA this spring. It was also recently cited on MobileTechReview’s Best Smartphones and Best Touch Screen Phones lists.

Sprint customers joined in the praise as well:

“I woke up and thought it was Christmas. This phone is so innovative and Sprint is so far ahead of everyone else when it comes to innovation. I’m so excited and looking forward to getting to know EVO better.” – Peggi Terzakis, Chicago, Ill.
“I couldn’t wait until the phone was released. I’ve been sitting everyday just counting the days until launch. I’m a musician so I’m most excited to test the sound quality, all of the multimedia capabilities and the front and back-facing cameras. This is one unique device.” – Orlando Williams, Atlanta, Ga.
“I’ve been using the EVO for two days now and this is the best smart phone I’ve had! Sprint’s 3G network is reliable and it will provide our AfterCollege employees throughout the country with reliable internet access. With Sprint’s network and hotspot feature, we will have significant cost savings.” – Robert Angulo, San Francisco, Calif.
“I’m excited about this phone. It’s huge and I can finally watch videos.” – Jordan Grinevitch, Phoenix, Ariz.
“I’m most excited about the 4G speed and the hotspot. I can get rid of my wireless cards!” – Terence Govan, Lewisville, Texas
Customer favorites on HTC EVO 4G’s long list of features include the 4.3-inch screen, dual 8MP video camera capable of capturing HD quality and front-facing 1.3MP camera. They also appreciate the HDMI output jack making it simple to start a movie for your children in the backseat of the car with the phone and then connect to an HDTV to finish it when you arrive at home. 1 Business customers highlight its super-fast 1GHz processor, simultaneous voice and data capability in 4G or Wi-Fi coverage areas enabling Web surfing and more during conversation, and built-in mobile hotspot for up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices.2

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Cellular South Sets Milestone with Plans to Offer Android™-Powered Smartphone from Motorola with the World’s Thinnest QWERTY Keyboard Tweet

Advanced Touchscreen Device Features Latest Android™ 2.1 Mobile Operating System, Largest High-Resolution Screen and Powerful, Built-in Google™ Mobile Services.

Milestone First of Several Hot, New Android-Based Smartphones Wireless Carrier Plans to Unveil This Year.

RIDGELAND, Miss.--Cellular South, the nation’s largest privately held wireless communications provider, announced plans to offer one of the world’s most advanced Android-powered touchscreen smartphones – the Motorola Milestone™. The Milestone is the first of several new Android-based smartphones the carrier plans to launch this year.

“We’re looking forward to bringing the benefits of the Motorola Milestone and other Android devices to our customers”

Featuring high-speed web browsing, access to thousands of applications from Android Market™, voice-activated search and a 3.7” widescreen display over one of the best 3G networks, the Android-powered Motorola Milestone from Cellular South sets a new standard for speed, performance and reliability.

The Milestone features the best of both worlds with a full QWERTY keyboard, the thinnest in the world, and advanced touchscreen navigation integrated with built-in Google mobile services, including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™ and Google Maps Navigation™ BETA with voice-aided turn-by-turn directions.

“We’re looking forward to bringing the benefits of the Motorola Milestone and other Android devices to our customers,” said Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer of Cellular South. “This phone delivers one of the richest consumer experiences on the market today and pairs it with a very advanced keyboard to satisfy a range of users. This device takes full advantage of Cellular South’s advanced 3G high-speed mobile broadband data network, the best in the industry.”

Following on the heels of Cellular South’s record-breaking introduction of its first Android-powered touchscreen smartphone, the Motorola Milestone is one of several new Android-powered touchscreen smartphone devices the carrier plans to offer its customers this year. Cellular South was one of the first U.S. carriers to introduce an Andriod™-powered smartphone with the launch of the HTC Hero™ last November.

Highlights:

* Powered by Android 2.1 mobile operating system from Google with pinch to zoom, Live Wallpapers and a full HTML web browser
* Superior call quality with CrystalTalk™ Plus that filters out background noise and enhances voice quality
* 3.7” high resolution (16:9 widescreen) screen display with 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels so you can see more of the web, e-mail, and more
* Access to thousands of apps available through Android Market™. Navigate seamlessly back and forth and keep up to six applications open and running at a time. Android Market™ currently has over 50,000 applications available for download and about 65 percent of them are free of charge.
* Full suite of Google applications including: Google Maps™, Gmail™, Google Talk™, and YouTube™
* Google Maps Navigation™ BETA, which provides turn-by-turn voice directions as a free feature of Google Maps along with live traffic, Street View and satellite imagery

* 5 megapixel digital camera with dual-LED flash, AutoFocus and image stabilization and DVD-broadcast quality advanced video record and playback (30 fps) in 16 million colors with easy 3G or Wi-Fi YouTube™ uploads

* An 8 GB memory card included (up to 32 GB capable) for storage of your favorite music, pictures and video
* When placed in its multi-media station, the Milestone transforms into a multi-media hub for movies, music, pictures and can even act as your bedside alarm clock.
* Use stereo Bluetooth® to take calls and listen to music hands-free
* Plug your favorite headphones into the 3.5mm headset jack and kick back to your favorite music or movies

Pricing and Availability

* The Motorola Milestone is expected to be available for sale online at www.cellularsouth.com and in Cellular South retail stores soon. For more information or to sign up to be among the first to receive the Android-powered Motorola advanced touchscreen smartphone, visit www.cellularsouth.com/DiscoverCenter/phones-apps/android/coming-soon.jsp. No final retail price has been set yet for the device.
* To make owning the Milestone an even better experience, Cellular South has the industry’s best value for smartphones with its Smartphone Unlimited plan – the only one of its kind in the nation – that makes the enriched user experience more accessible to individuals, families and businesses. For only $59.98 a month per line for two lines, customers can talk, text, access the Web, and e-mail on the smartest network for smartphones without worrying about counting minutes, megabtyes or surprise bills.
* With better coverage, fewer dropped calls and more 3G high-speed data services than its competitors, Cellular South is the smartest place to get Android smartphones and offers the best mobile broadband experience for the Motorola Milestone.

Motorola and the Stylized M logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Android, Google, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Android are trademarks of Google, Inc. HTC Hero is a trademark of HTC Corporation.

About Cellular South

Cellular South is a privately-owned diversified mobile communications company passionately committed to helping customers get the most out of their wireless devices and services. The nation’s largest privately owned wireless communications carrier accomplishes this goal by providing the most reliable and advanced 3G nationwide wireless voice and data network, offering industry-leading smartphone devices and accessible flat rate plans, and through its online and in-store Discover Centers, which give customers easy, simple and convenient tools, tips, advice and information to get the most out of their mobile phone. For more information about Cellular South and its products and services, as well as its ground-breaking Cellular South Original user generated programming, visit www.cellularsouth.com. This news release and other announcements are available at http://www.cellularsouth.com/news/.

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HelloSoft Presents TriPhoneTM, a $100 4G Android-based Tri-mode Reference Handset Tweet

The TriPhone -- a Tri-mode WiMAX/GSM-EDGE/WLAN Android-based Entry-level Feature Phone Reference Design -- Makes Its Debut at WiMAX Taipei (Computex)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN--- HelloSoft announced the debut of the TriPhone™ 4G reference handset at WiMAX Taipei, on June 1-5. The TriPhone is a tri-mode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE/WLAN reference feature phone jointly developed by HelloSoft and Comsys Mobile, to provide OEM/ODMs with a quick & easy path to an affordable, feature-rich Android based handset enabling mobile WiMAX operators to achieve mass-market uptake.

A unique comprehensive pre-integrated hardware/software reference platform, the TriPhone incorporates both companies' award-winning solutions:

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HelloSoft's optimized VoIP stack and Convergence Client suite running on its highly integrated ultra low-power HS100 IP convergence processor,

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ComMAX® CM1125 -- the industry's only multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE communication processor -- optimized for low power, small footprint and full mobility.

This combination of field-proven solutions enables a cost-efficient, low-power, full-mobility Android-based feature phone with ubiquitous connectivity, seamless handover between IP based and circuit switched networks, a rich set of features and an enhanced user experience.

To reduce development costs and time to market, the TriPhone is delivered with complete schematics, a detailed documentation package including system, software & hardware design guides, a pre-integrated Android-based feature phone application platform, and a comprehensive production support toolset.

"There is a strong demand for low-cost WiMAX feature phones to address the increasing adoption of WiMAX globally. In particular, the market has a need for affordable tri-mode phones supporting mobile WiMAX, GSM-EDGE and WLAN, to meet the demand in both emerging markets and mature markets," said Ronny Gorlicki, Comsys Mobile's Executive VP Sales. "The TriPhone enables OEM/ODMs to capitalize on this need by providing a turnkey solution for mass-production of such phones, built around the unique solutions developed by Comsys Mobile and HelloSoft."

Allan Johnson, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development at HelloSoft, says, "The 4G TriPhone™ offers by far the richest feature set available anywhere for a 4G phone at a feature phone price point. It comes fully loaded with HelloSoft's award winning VoIP and state-of-the-art convergence software suite for Android that delivers a seamless user experience across any IP network -- be it 4G high speed data-on-the-go with integrated VoIP, or be it standard ubiquitous cellular. This phone solves the dilemma 4G carriers have with needing a phone in their portfolio that does everything a user's current phone does at a similar price point (including the very important category of low cost phones), at the same time providing 4G high speed data-on-the-go where it is available as carriers expand their 4G footprint. The price-point of 4G phones to date has been a barrier to rapid volume shipments and we have seen a large pent-up demand from 4G service providers and ODMs/OEMs for this category of affordable 4G phone with many exciting features."

All are invited to view the TriPhone platform at booth #A515 at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan.

About HelloSoft (www.HelloSoft.com)

HelloSoft is the world's leading provider of VOIP and convergence technologies. The company enables mass deployment of low-cost, power-efficient, full-featured multi-mode wireline and wireless devices through its convergence chip and highly optmized and comprehensive VOIP, IMS, VCC and DSC software products with superior voice quality, QoS, and efficient call/data session switching specifically designed for next generation end-points. The comprehensive portfolio of award winning products enables OEMs, ODMs and semiconductor manufacturers to deliver convergence products with a short time to market schedule.

HelloSoft is headquartered in San Jose, California with an R&D facility in Hyderabad, India. HelloSoft's customers include top semiconductor manufacturers, Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) globally, including Skype, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Accton, Toshiba, Wistron NeWeb Corp, Panasonic, Orange, Jajah, BenQ and 5V Technologies. HelloSoft's partners include Sonus, Wolfson, Tango, Newstep, ARC, ARM, Texas Instruments, Intel, Microsoft and Symbian.

About Comsys Mobile (www.ComsysMobile.com)

Comsys Mobile is a fabless semiconductor vendor specializing in communication processors for 4G mobile devices. The ComMAX® line provides comprehensive multimode solutions optimized for low power and small footprint, supporting 2G-4G standards such as GSM/EDGE, mobile WiMAX, and 3GPP-LTE. ComMAX chipsets come with reference designs incorporating complete pre-integrated ecosystem for accelerated time-to-market and reduced development costs.

Comsys Mobile's advanced solutions provide exceptional performance, supporting multi-radio coexistence for service continuity and enhanced user experience.

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Samsung seeks to challenge Apple’s iPad Tweet

Samsung Electronics looks to challenge Apple in the nascent tablet PC market with an aggressive marketing plan.

An industry source told The Korea Herald that the company plans to launch the tentatively named sPad in August and sell hundreds of thousands of units at competitive prices.

The plan is aimed at taking a lead in the domestic market before Apple’s hugely popular iPad arrives in Korea as early as the third quarter of the year.

Samsung will roll out the devices via SK Telecom, the nation’s top mobile carrier, said the source.
An Apple Inc. iPad tablet computer is held by an Apple employee at the store in London, U.K., on Thursday, May 27, 2010. (Bloomberg)

The sPad will run on Google’s Android operating system and initially feature a 7-inch touchscreen, the high-ranking industry official said on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the matter. Samsung will add an 8-icnh model in October and a 10-inch model in December, he added.

“Samsung and SK Telecom plan to launch an aggressive sales drive for the sPad,” he said.

Samsung declined to comment on the release date and other details of the sPad.

KT, the No. 2 mobile operator, which exclusively sells the iPhone in Korea, reportedly plans to launch the iPad in Korea by the end of this year.

Samsung is striving to catch up with Apple in the smartphone market, even on its home turf, and to prevent a repeat in the tablet category. Apple’s iPhone sales have surpassed 700,000 units just six months of its introduction in Korea.

Many analysts doubt, however, whether Samsung will be able to lure customers away from the iPad given a dearth of content, which is key in the larger-screen device.

Google’s Android Market lags far behind Apple’s App Store in terms of the number and variety of applications available, especially ones for entertainment/ebook devices. Apple said on Monday that there are over 5,000 applications for the iPad, which will also run almost all of the more than 200,000 applications from the App Store, including apps already purchased for iPhones or iPod Touches.

“I expect the iPad to have the upper hand in content. In terms of hardware, the screen size of the sPad is somewhat small,” Choi Nam-kon, an analyst at Tong Yang Investment Bank, said. The iPad features a 9.7 inch touch screen.

“The iPad is a proven model. Given that the sPad is not yet proven, it is not even a matter for discussion which one is better,” he said.

The iPad is surging in popularity, with its international sales surpassing 2 million units in less than 60 days of its launch, Apple’s announced Monday.

A number of PC and handset makers including LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Nokia are expected to jump into the tablet PC market with devices mostly powered by the Android operating system.

The global media tablet market is expected to jump six-fold by 2014, according to recent data from IDC. The market research firm forecast on May 20 that worldwide media tablet shipments will grow from 7.6 million units in 2010 to more than 46 million units in 2014.

“These are early days for media tablets, an altogether new device category that takes its place between smartphones and portable PCs. IDC expects consumer demand for media tablets to be strongly driven by the number and variety of compatible third-party apps for content and services,” noted Susan Kevorkian, program director, Digital Marketplace: Mobile Media & Entertainment.

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Big in Japan (ShopSavvy) Feeling the EVO 4G Effect Tweet

Qik is not the only company feeling the effects of the EVO 4G and its massive sales figures. ShopSavvy developers Big in Japan are reporting similar workloads and finding that some of their retailers are "not fairing as well under the load." That's a great thing for them as it means the app has been downloaded in droves. Overall scans traffic is up 50% since the launch of the EVO 4G. In fact, Big in Japan is seeing a record number of downloads thanks to Sprint's latest handset.

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Moove - Use Hand Motion to control this cool MP3 shuffler! Tweet

Control Moove MP3 shuffler without touching your phone!
Simply place your hand over the phone and let the music begin! Place your hand over the phone again to Pause.
A hand gesture above the phone will skip to the next song wave again and skip to the next, and to the next...

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