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MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition is an embedded development platform that allows telephone operators to implement systems that feature high reliability, availability and serviceability. The latest release of this platform builds a whole range of new features on top of a Linux Standard Base compliant system powe... |
20 October 2009
08:01 GMT |
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Computer maker Acer is reportedly planning to ship a number of around 400,000-500,000 mobile phones before the end of the ongoing year. Moreover, it seems that the company is also set on shipping between 1.5-2 million units next year. The manufacturer, as you might already know, has just launched a series of mobile p... |
20 October 2009
07:39 GMT |
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A study conducted by the International Telecommunications Union has established that almost four billion people worldwide use mobile phones. That's nearly two-thirds of the Earth's population. The safety of mobile phones has been debated for quite some time but the scientists still haven't reached a... |
21 September 2009
06:06 GMT |
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According to the latest news on the Internet, Dell is set to release a mobile phone on the Chinese market within the following few days. It seems that the company is expected to announced the handset as coming towards mobile phone users in the country via a carrier that could be either China Mobile or China Unicom. ... |
10 August 2009
09:38 GMT |
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The fastest texter in the US is a 15-year-old girl from De Moines, Iowa, who has managed to beat stiff competition to win the much-coveted title and the $50,000 prize in the LG National Texting Championship, CNN informs. Kate Moore usually sends out about 500 texts a day and has often found herself in trouble for her... |
17 June 2009
07:39 GMT |
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Although the financial recession has influenced the mobile phone market a lot, it seems that sales remained strong during the first quarter of the ongoing year, and mobile phone vendors managed to ship a total of 258 million handsets in the three-month time frame. The figure marks an 11 percent drop compared to the s... |
27 April 2009
08:14 GMT |
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It seems that Microsoft might offer yet another new service to its mobile phone users in the second half of the ongoing year, a search one, which will be called Sift. According to the news on the Web, things are already set, as the Redmond company trademarked the service back in January. The software giant made hea... |
22 April 2009
05:23 GMT |
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A recently published study from ABI Research shows that next year won't be such a bad one for mobile phone makers after all, at least when compared to the ongoing one, when the industry is expected to see a drop in handset sales. According to the research firm, we should be able to see a flat growth in 2010 in m... |
1 April 2009
06:06 GMT |
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Last week's reports that Microsoft was planning to charge developers $99 for the updates they would make to the applications added to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, expected to be launched later this year, caused a lot of fuss around the Web, yet it seems that the Redmond company has decided to change its a... |
31 March 2009
04:21 GMT |
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One of the most interesting pieces of news we were able to recently spot over the Web is that the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea, SK Telecom, might intend to soon enter the phone manufacturing business, at least this is what some sources from the country are reported to have said lately. SK Telecom is... |
26 March 2009
07:24 GMT |
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Cricket and Samsung Mobile have unveiled the largest working phone in the world on Wednesday, March 11 in Pioneer Court in downtown Chicago. The two leading companies came on display with a working replica of the Samsung Messager phone.The device unveiled by the two in Chicago is around 15 feet long, 13 feet high, an... |
13 March 2009
08:02 GMT |
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Some of you might remember the Nokia Morph concept that surfaced to the Web about a year ago, but which went into the dark shortly after. A similar phone concept is now reported to have emerged, only that this time it comes from a company focused more on personal computer products, the giant chip maker Intel. The Sa... |
12 March 2009
02:50 GMT |
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As many of you already know, phones that are able to support two SIM cards at the same time have become quite popular lately, especially in Europe and Asia. And you should agree with the fact that they come in really handy, as there is no need to carry around two handsets instead of only one so that you can have both... |
11 March 2009
04:08 GMT |
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It’s a well known fact that Google has great ambitions when it comes to the mobile phone market. For starters, it plans to have one of the major mobile operating systems available on the market, and we've seen the Android 1.0 platform launched last year, along with G1, while this year we'll have Andro... |
26 February 2009
08:38 GMT |
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The GSMA, along with 17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers, announced plans to implement a cross-industry standard for a universally compatible mobile phone charger. This initiative is targeted at providing the industry with a common format for mobile phone chargers, while also delivering energy-efficient sol... |
18 February 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Soon after Samsung announced the development of a solar-powered mobile phone that would be showcased at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, we learned that another Korean phone maker, LG Electronics, also came forward with a similar device, meant to be demoed at the show as well. Although LG h... |
13 February 2009
06:54 GMT |
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According to the latest news on the Web, Samsung Electronics has managed to develop an LTE (Long Term Evolution) modem chipset for mobile phones and data cards. Moreover, the Korean mobile phone maker is expected to showcase the chipset at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. The development o... |
12 February 2009
10:34 GMT |
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The Israel-based manufacturer modu, developer of the lightest mobile phone in the world, announced today the first modu jacket portfolio for the modu phone. The new jackets are meant to complement the handset and are the first of an entire series to be launched in 2009. The company stated that these products would be... |
12 February 2009
03:26 GMT |
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Two more features of the upcoming webOS, the software platform of the Palm Pre mobile phone, have slipped during an interview with a member of Elevation Partners, the financial life support system of Palm. Roger McNamee from Elevation seems to like the Pre a lot, and he talked about two nice features of the operating... |
22 January 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Two pictures of the much-rumored Android-powered G2 mobile phone have been leaked on the Web today. The images have made it to gizmodo, and they are a little less blurry than the photos we have seen before with the device. For the time being, it is rather uncertain whether the phone will still be branded by T-Mobile.... |
21 January 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Kenyan manufacturer Mi-Phone has unveiled a new phone, which is branded with Barack Obama propaganda. The president-elect is known to be a crowd pleaser, and the fact that he now appears on a phone from Kenya does not come as too big a surprise to many. According to the news on the Web, the Kenyan phone comes with th... |
16 January 2009
11:35 GMT |
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A post on the Google Mobile Blog announces that the popular Google Maps service for mobile phones has been updated with a new feature, allowing users to find businesses while on the go. According to the post, users are now able to easily find stores, restaurants or other various points of interest by simply entering ... |
9 January 2009
04:50 GMT |
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State-run Xinhua news agency announced on Wednesday that China had finally granted licenses for third-generation mobile phones. The licenses were awarded to state owned mobile phone operators.According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Mobile Ltd., which can be nominated as the world'... |
7 January 2009
11:27 GMT |
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HTC, a global leading mobile phone innovator, has announced today the HTC Touch HD, a mobile handset that stands up mainly due to its entertainment capabilities. The new device is set to improve the communication experience of any user, courtesy of its 3.8-inch Wide-screen VGA display (WVGA), a 5-megapixel camera, wh... |
7 January 2009
10:36 GMT |
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It seems that the mobile phone market will see a rather negative growth in 2009, although the second half of the year is expected to be a better one. The previsions vary across different market areas, according to the speed and depth of the global downturn. One thing that almost all forecasts seem to agree on is the... |
7 January 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Today NEC Corporation has announced the development of an automatic software app to be used on mobile phones, which provides a fast and accurate interpretation of words and phrases that are usually associated with travel.According to the company, the new software has been designed to work on the CPUs of mobile phones... |
6 January 2009
09:46 GMT |
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A recent study by the British Association of Dermatologists has recently identified an allergic skin condition that it named “mobile phone dermatitis.” According to the study, the frequent use of the phone, besides running up users bill, can cause a rash to break out on the zones where the device comes in... |
17 October 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Sesca Mobile Software Oy is a Finish company that specializes in creating customized software for mobile phones. Today, it launched the iDial Mobile Community for mobile phone users. This application is free for download and install for users that have an account on the my.idial.fi website, and allows them to create ... |
7 October 2008
09:30 GMT |
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In a piece of news that might or might not be Digg-worthy, the mobile version of the popular social networking website has gone through a reconditioning process and is now said to be better than ever. Which means that you can digg and/or bury articles from your handset more efficiently (if there's any efficiency... |
2 August 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Although various analysts have predicted that Motorola will fall to the fourth or fifth place in the global handset industry, the American company remains on the third place when it comes to the number of mobile phones shipped in the second quarter of this year. Moto has issued today its financial results for the tim... |
31 July 2008
09:18 GMT |
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LG Electronics announced today its financial results for the second quarter of 2008, unveiling an excellent period for its mobile division. In Q2 2008, LG has shipped a total of 27.7 million handsets worldwide, surpassing Sony Ericsson (which only sold 24.4 handsets and registered considerable profit drops). The 27.7... |
21 July 2008
09:17 GMT |
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According to a report recently published by the trading standards officers, in the United Kingdom there might be several hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous devices used to re-charge an ever increasing number of portable electronics. Statistics indicate that most of them come from China and other countries... |
21 July 2008
02:56 GMT |
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Not long after unveiling the upcoming release of the new Walkman handsets (July 22 is the awaited date), Sony Ericsson has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2008, which are far from being great. The Swedish-Japanese joint venture reports a net profit of only 6 million Euros for Q2 2008, with 9... |
19 July 2008
04:28 GMT |
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After carrying a study on a total of 558 web pages that specialize in providing mobile phone ringtones and wallpapers, the EU has found that a staggering 80% of them are suspicious. The study, which was conducted at the beginning of June on all 27 EU member states, has revealed that most of these sites fail to provid... |
18 July 2008
06:32 GMT |
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Nokia just announced that during the second quarter of 2008 (April, May and June) it has shipped 122 million mobile phones worldwide. This represents 40% of the total number of phones sold by all the handset manufacturers in the same period, a number estimated at 303 million units, and reaffirms the Finnish company&#... |
17 July 2008
07:03 GMT |
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OpenMoko will start selling its Linux-based touch phone, Neo FreeRunner, in the US tomorrow. The device comes with a limited number of applications for calling and text messages, but software can be created or installed for free without paying other taxes (and it has a large community behind it, so you will surely ge... |
3 July 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Your mobile phone, be it high-end or only basic-featured, can do more things than you might be aware of. We're presenting some of these "tricks" below, hoping that they will be of help, although some of you might already know one or more of them. The GSM emergency call is the same all over the world: 112. T... |
28 June 2008
07:33 GMT |
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Announced back in May, the first mobile phone to bear the Christian Dior name will be available in two versions that differ only in terms of price and the luxury materials used in the manufacturing process. Named "My Dior", the handset comes in a clamshell form factor and has features that include a 2.6 inch internal... |
9 June 2008
06:48 GMT |
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All the mobile kids out there who dream of having their very own mouse-like cell phone can now finally get one (provided they have the necessary amount of money), as a new handset, simply called the Mouse Phone, is available for sale. Despite its name, the device doesn't look like a normal mouse, but more ... |
28 May 2008
09:00 GMT |
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Because technology has come a long way over the past decade, people are now able to do lots of things that weren't previously possible. One of those things is to access their email accounts directly from their handheld portable device, namely mobile phones. And, if you are Gmail user and have tried to connect to... |
28 May 2008
05:34 GMT |
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The first ever Christian Dior luxury mobile phone is now ready for all those mobile users who don't mind spending several thousand dollars on a new handset. The famous French designer created the new phone together with ModeLabs, the company that stands behind other exclusive and expensive mobile devices, like t... |
21 May 2008
06:38 GMT |
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The UK will be getting official Hello Kitty mobile phones this summer, as Times Online reports that Comment Retail Service partnered with Sanrio, the company that created the famous (among little girls) Hello Kitty character, in order to distribute the new handsets. Although the pink kitty is worshiped mainly by ... |
20 May 2008
08:30 GMT |
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There aren't too many ways to charge a mobile phone, but in the future this might change radically. One of the new methods to bring a handset to life could be from your bra - in case you're a woman, of course. A bra-charger concept that was recently presented in Japan shows us this is (somehow) doable. Cr... |
19 May 2008
08:43 GMT |
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I'm sure all of you know Justin Timberlake, whether you want it or not, but what you probably don't know is that the American pop singer, dancer, producer, actor (plus all his other "titles") will soon have a new reality show on MTV, dubbed "The Phone". Inspired by a Dutch show created by Park Lane Producti... |
13 May 2008
12:16 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson announced today its financial results for the first quarter of 2008, as well as the total number of mobile phones shipped in this period. The Swedish-Japanese joint venture managed to sell, worldwide, 22.3 million handsets until the 19th of March 2008, which represents a 2% growth when compared to the ... |
23 April 2008
11:53 GMT |
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Nokia just made public its financial results for the first quarter of 2008, unveiling net sales of 12.66 billion Euro, a 28% increase when compared to the 9.85 billion from the first quarter of 2007. The Finnish giant also announced it has shipped 115.5 million mobile phones worldwide (in 2008's Q1, of course), ... |
17 April 2008
09:51 GMT |
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The city of Graz, the second largest Austrian city after the capital Vienna, banned the use of mobile phones on public transport, following a decision taken by Siegfried Nagl, the conservative Mayor of the town. The regulation does not mean people cannot travel with their mobile phones while using the city'... |
17 April 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Motherboard manufacturer DFI has just issued a consumer warning about some fake motherboard models that are touted as manufactured by the company. However, despite the fact that the counterfeit units are similar with DFI's models, the imitations are stamped as DFI MCP78V and MCP68PV, two models that are not pres... |
14 April 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Since Motorola came out with MotoRAZR Maxx V6 Ferrari Limited Edition, a Ferrari phone is not a new thing to see. But the Maxx V6 only looks like a phone, and not like a car. Assuming that the world might need a phone that actually resembles a Ferrari, an anonymous producer came up with such a handset. And I'm ... |
11 April 2008
10:33 GMT |
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Food and mobile phones are both important for our lives, so why not combine them together? Cell phone straps that represent various food items are not something new, but these recently unveiled ones seem to be. Ever thought of wearing a bowl of soup with your phone? I know I haven't, and I also know I don't... |
7 April 2008
20:06 GMT |
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