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O2, one of the leading mobile companies in the UK, wants to announce its supremacy in the field of recycling operations. The company now boasts a Guinness World title for its eco-friendly campaign which relies on the support of thousands of buyers, eager to recycle the phones they no longer need. The main goal was... |
17 November 2011
04:19 GMT |
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Today's mobile market is already amazing, but it seems that more will be coming in the next several years or so.
Handsets have already started to play a great role in the life of users, especially smartphones, which now replace even the computer at home, or the wallet in one's pocket.
Undoubtedly, t... |
22 July 2011
15:11 GMT |
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The upcoming PlayStation Vita might have a hard time competing with the mobile phones or tablets that are launched these days, at least according to the boss of Crysis developer Crytek.
The PlayStation Vita is set to be released around the end of the year or the beginning of 2012, and Sony is quite confident that ... |
18 July 2011
14:21 GMT |
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The most popular application available for download at the moment via the Android Market comes from Google themselves and is none other than Google Maps. At the moment, the software enjoys the highest number of downloads from the storefront, and Google seems keen on ensuring that this remains so. Thus, the compa... |
14 July 2011
02:00 GMT |
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Intel and Nokia announced a while ago the signing of a deal aimed at the release of mobile devices based on a new platform, MeeGo, resulted from the merger of Moblin and Maemo, but it all turned to dust earlier this year, when Nokia partnered with Microsoft for the launch of Windows Phone devices.
Intel already ... |
21 May 2011
05:11 GMT |
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The Chinese government is determined to crack down on fraud schemes that rely on mobile malware to steal money from consumers by sending unauthorized text messages or silently making phone calls.The problem has existed for a long time, but things have gotten worse lately with the increased popularity of Android-based... |
14 January 2011
12:25 GMT |
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Security researchers claim that many feature mobile phones, including some of the most popular models in the world, are vulnerable to SMS-based attacks which can disconnect them from the network or force them to shutdown.Dubbed the "SMS of Death," this type of attack was presented on Monday at the 27th Chaos Communic... |
29 December 2010
08:51 GMT |
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No more AMOLED shortages will affect production of various mobile phones out there, as Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) plans on ramping up production for these panels, increasing capacity to meet demand.With more and more handsets using AMOLED displays today, there have been supply issues with some of them, which affec... |
29 November 2010
05:50 GMT |
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Google Docs, the documents editor that Google put in place for its users, is now available for access from the browser on mobile devices as well, after being launched a while ago with support for desktop browsers. According to the Internet giant, the solution is aimed at offering users the possibility to be more p... |
18 November 2010
01:27 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, HP and Palm brought to the market a new handset and a new mobile operating system version, namely the Palm Pre2 and the webOS 2.0 OS, and it appears that they plan on launching a nice range of other handsets too.The webOS 2.0 Doctor, the solution that can be used to restore the ROM image on a handse... |
8 November 2010
04:54 GMT |
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Mountain Veiw-based Internet giant Google has made a new feature available for mobile phone users, namely Google Instant. The solution was already available for desktop users, and can now be enjoyed on Android and iPhone devices too, making search a little faster through displaying search results as users type.Back ... |
5 November 2010
03:24 GMT |
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A team of investigators believes that outfitting people with wearable, wireless sensors could form the basis of strong, powerful mobile Internet networks, that would provide uninterrupted access to the Web.The idea comes from experts at the Queen's University Belfast, who believe that such sensors would enable h... |
29 October 2010
06:54 GMT |
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Mobile phone users can now enjoy more on their handsets when on the road, as Yahoo! just announced that Yahoo! Answers went mobile. Basically, this move should offer mobile phone users the possibility to find various answers while not in front of their desktop PCs at home. There are a lot of things that one would en... |
22 October 2010
03:54 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced not too long ago the introduction of a new feature to its search engine, namely Google Instant, which offers a faster way to access search results. Currently available only on desktop computers, the solution should become available for mobile phones too before the ... |
16 October 2010
04:24 GMT |
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Norwegian software company Opera Software has just announced plans to offer better integration with Adobe Flash Player on its mobile browsers through joining forces with the Open Screen Project. The company, a worldwide leading provider of web browsers for mobile phones and other devices, is participating in the Ope... |
7 October 2010
11:21 GMT |
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MeeGo, the new mobile operating system that came to birth through the merger of Intel's Moblin solution and Nokia's Maemo platform, is expected to power mobile phones starting with the next yerar, but not sooner than that. According to Intel, the development of the platform is right on track, and the first... |
7 October 2010
10:02 GMT |
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Mobile phone users fond of Google Maps and on the various features the solution offers to them on their handsets should be happy to learn that some new enhancements are available for them. Street View in Google Maps for mobile now offers imagery from 7 continents, with the addition of new locations into the mix. Str... |
1 October 2010
05:06 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced a new feature to its Google Mobile Ads, which was aimed at delivering more locally relevant results to users searching for a specific business. The new feature was designed so as to provide users with info on the distance to the business they are looking f... |
30 September 2010
06:58 GMT |
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In case there are some of you interested in the purchase of an Android phone but not aware of all the handsets running under Google's mobile OS that can be found on the market, or others that would just like to learn more about this king of devices, Google has you covered.The Mountain View-based Internet giant ... |
30 September 2010
02:19 GMT |
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Today there are thousands of different mobile phones and every once in a while, when a new one comes out, its success will depend mainly on the public's expectations.This is what researchers from the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) suggests in a recent study, that will be published at the pr... |
20 September 2010
09:27 GMT |
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One of the nicest features that Google offered to mobile phone users out there was Search by Voice, enabling them to speak the words they want to search for over the Internet without having to type on the small screen of a handset. Of course, this enables users to search for what is of interest for them much faster ... |
15 September 2010
05:57 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is getting ready for the back to school period with a series of new promotions for students and families. According to the company, students and families should be able to find a new device to fit their needs from an extensive offering, regardless their lifestyle or study habits... |
5 August 2010
11:39 GMT |
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Officially, the first Windows Phone 7 devices won't land on the market before October is here. Although previous rumors suggested that we might be able to see such mobile phones available on shelves as soon as September, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft tends to disagree. The company has recently announce... |
3 August 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has unveiled back in February a new mobile operating system, namely Windows Phone 7, and the company has been working ever since to have the platform available on the market on handsets from various phone makers before the end of the ongoing year. Some of these partners have be... |
22 July 2010
13:11 GMT |
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The list of languages that can be used to perform searches while using Google Search by Voice has just been expanded with the inclusion of Korean. Mobile phone users who would like to perform a search and do not want to use the keyboard available on their Android, BlackBerry or iPhone device can now activate the voi... |
23 June 2010
05:01 GMT |
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On Thursday, Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc, announced the re-launch of its BestBuy.com/Mobile website. According to the company, the new solution comes around with a series of new features, including online purchasing and Instant Ship, while being focused on offering convenien... |
28 May 2010
13:51 GMT |
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A recently conducted study on the connection between the use of mobile phones and cancer shows that there might not be a link between the two in the end, at least not when two main types of brain cancer, namely glioma and meningioma, are involved. The researchers found that the regular use of mobile phones might act... |
18 May 2010
10:00 GMT |
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Mobile phone users who need a solution to organize relevant and useful information about places on Google Maps can benefit from the features of Place Pages, which now sports a new range of capabilities. A new version of Place Pages has been released from Google, offering access to information optimized for handsets.... |
28 April 2010
06:18 GMT |
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On Tuesday, leading push-enabled mobile email and messaging solutions provider SEVEN announced the signing of a global agreement with Samsung Electronics, through which it will power the handset vendor's social networking and integrated messaging application for mobile phones, the Samsung Social Hub. According ... |
31 March 2010
05:10 GMT |
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The Wi-Fi technology is being present more and more in new advanced mobile phones, as more and more carriers, handset makers, and end users are embracing the technology so as to benefit from enhanced coverage, bandwidth boost, and more. Thus, the Wi-Fi Alliance has just announced that a number of ten mobile phones h... |
24 March 2010
13:31 GMT |
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The first handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS are set to become available for purchase on the market sometime in late 2010, most probably in the fourth quarter of the year, yet we can already have a look at some of the prototypes that handset makers are working on. Three such phones were spotted ... |
16 March 2010
07:52 GMT |
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Mobile phone users who are fond of making searches using one of the most popular search engines on the market today, namely Google, are now able to enjoy a series of enhancements the company has just made to the appearance of the service. Google Search for mobile, accessible via a web browser from an Android or iPho... |
12 February 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Authorities have been trying for many years to educate drivers about the dangers of driving while speaking on their mobile phones, but it would now appear that texting is a lot more dangerous to the safety of these people, as well as of others in traffic and on sidewalks. A new scientific study has recently revealed ... |
21 December 2009
19:51 GMT |
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Computer maker Dell is reportedly getting ready to make more steps into the mobile phones area. The company has announced recently that it is working on the creation of a new business unit that will have as main focus communications and mobile devices, the latest news around the Internet show. This move is meant to ... |
7 December 2009
05:01 GMT |
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The Black Friday and the holiday shopping season are both upon us and there are quite many users already considering the purchase of a new mobile phone during this period, mainly due to the price cuts most carriers and retailers operate. Those living in the US will surely be able to enjoy a wide range of s... |
26 November 2009
06:46 GMT |
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The market for mobile augmented-reality (AR) services is expected to see a great increase during the following few years, according to a recent report from Juniper Research. The research firm notes that the services are to reach $732 million by 2014, as the revenues will be generated by paid-for application downloads... |
25 November 2009
14:01 GMT |
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A recent estimation published by Frost & Sullivan and Colibria shows that the mobile social networking is expected to register a great increase in Latin America and Africa within the following several years. By 2015, the area should have a number of around 527 million users, marking a ten-fold increase compared to t... |
19 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Near Field Communication, also known as NFC, is a technology that allows for very short-range wireless communication between two mobile devices, for example. The touch-based system is very simple and intuitive to use, and makes data transfers between two terminals accessible. All that users need to do is bring their ... |
4 November 2009
14:51 GMT |
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The personal navigation device (PND) market is reportedly being threatened by the growing presence of mobile phones that include GPS capabilities. Even so, it seems that the PND market is still expected to see growth during the following year, research firm In-Stat reports, though the growth rate is a very small one.... |
13 October 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Vodafone recently announced the addition of no less than eight new mobile phones to its lineup, some of which prove to be rather interesting handsets. One of the said handsets, Vodafone 541, comes to the carrier's offering as an entry-level touchscreen, and it the result of the operator's p... |
7 September 2009
01:42 GMT |
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In the near future, a newly developed piece of software for smartphones will allow users visiting ancient buildings to see what they looked like in their former glory, by just pointing the onboard camera at the structure. The software will automatically recognize the construction, and will display a picture showing t... |
17 August 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is reportedly preparing the release of at least five new handsets, as the company has trademarked their names with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The upcoming five phones should come to the market as HTC Vigor, HTC Dawn, HTC Interlude, HTC Imagio and HTC Ta... |
27 July 2009
10:05 GMT |
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A recent report published by research firm iSuppli Corp shows that accelerometers are expected to see a great adoption by next year, and that they will be included in one third of the mobile phones that will come to the market in 2010. According to the firm, this is the result of the important role this feature has i... |
10 July 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Amazon.com, Inc announced on Friday the launch of a new Web site that offers cell phones and service plans, namely AmazonWireless (amazonwireless.com). According to the company, the new site offers an easy shopping solution, eliminating the hassle of rebates, while also offering free Two-Day Shipping for devices from... |
10 July 2009
03:41 GMT |
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It seems that the mobile phone segment is beginning to get crowded in about all the aspects possible. Starting with the operating system area, the number of phone makers around the world, and going all the way down to the manufacturers of chipsets and microprocessors for the small computers in the palm of our hands, ... |
30 June 2009
02:53 GMT |
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Visual Travel Tours (VTT) announced on Tuesday the launch of its website, the first portal in the world where people can find professional multimedia tours. According to the company, these tours have been created specifically to be viewed on smartphones, cell phones or PDAs, but they can also be accessed through mobi... |
17 June 2009
08:20 GMT |
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Acer has been expected for quite some time now to opt for the Google Android platform for some of its future smartphones, and all has become official at the beginning of June, as the company announced it had joined the Open Handset Alliance, while also stating that it should be able to deliver its first smarphone run... |
3 June 2009
02:20 GMT |
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WMware, the world-known leader in virtualization solutions, stated recently that it was working on a VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, which is set to offer companies the possibility to virtualize smartphones and mobile devices as soon as next year. According to Stephen Herrod, VMware chief technology officer, m... |
22 May 2009
08:36 GMT |
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NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today the development of a new audio technology for mobile phones, a highly efficient mobile spatial audio transmission technology to be more precise, which is meant to allow users who are listening to multiple sound sources at the same time to “assign a spatial position to each sound... |
11 May 2009
10:38 GMT |
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The Wikimedia Foundation and the wireless carrier Orange have announced a deal through which the online encyclopedia Wikipedia will be offered to mobile phone users as a standalone product, but also integrated into the operator's existing content services. According to the two, Wikipedia will come initially to O... |
24 April 2009
02:58 GMT |
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