Nokia introduced two new inexpensive, candy bar phones, the C2-01 its cheapest 3G phone to date and the X2-01. The X2, with a full QWERTY keypad, arrives this quarter. – Nokia introduced two new mobile phones Nov. 22, including its most affordable 3G phone to date, the Nokia C2-01.
“Both [phones] aim to offer maximum functionality for the lowest price possible, but with a different emphasis to each to provide a fit for the needs of as many people as possible,” No…
Dell plans to replace its employees’ BlackBerry smartphones with Windows 7-running Dell smartphones, a move it says will save it 25 percent. RIM has its doubts. – Dell, a relative newcomer to the exploding smartphone market, will be
replacing employees’ Research In Motion BlackBerry handsets with new Dell
smartphones. Just as Microsoft’s Bill and Melinda Gates don’t let Apple
products cross
their doorstep, Dell is looking to keep RIM out of its workplace….
Twitter Oct. 28 rolled out Twitter for Windows Phone for Windows Phone 7 handsets. AT&T and T-Mobile will offer the first Windows Phone 7 devices next month. – Twitter Oct. 28 embraced Microsoft’s new smartphone platform with the launch
of Twitter for Windows Phone, a new application for Windows Phone 7 handsets.
Twitter said the app will help users access their tweets easily from any
Windows Phone 7 device, and includes the typical timeline, suggested…
Sprint 4G handsets such as the Evo and Epic will run AirStrip Technologies’ RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) health tools. – Mobile medical software company AirStrip Technologies and Sprint announced an agreement to offer AirStrip’s RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) applications on the carrier’s smartphones.
RPM is an enterprise platform that can deliver real-time patient data from a hospital monitoring station to a care…
Android handsets from Motorola, Samsung, HTC and the carriers that love them are coming to an enterprise near you. Be sure to ask these questions. – Android-based smartphone handsets continue the march into
consumers’ hands and into the workplace. When a new handset starts clamoring to
be a part of your corporate network, here are some the critical testing
criteria to use when evaluating whether the device can be a good corporate
citizen. Wh…
Google replaced its Google Nexus One Webstore on Sept. 29 with Google Phone Gallery, a Website where users can compare three Android handsets. – Google on Sept. 29 opened its Google Phone Gallery, a Website where users
can compare three of nearly 40 Android phones side by side and navigate to
purchase them from carriers.
For the Google Phone Gallery, Googles product search technology lets users
slice and dice results by country (16 list…
Polycom’s SpectraLink 8400 handsets feature barcode scanning for medical, industrial and retail environments. – Unified communications player Polycom
Sept. 21 introduced its SpectraLink 8400 series handsets, which offer barcoding
capabilities geared toward mobile workers in the health care, industrial,
retail and hospitality industries.
The SpectraLink 8400 is the first wireless handset to feature an inte…
The LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic feature touch screens, WiFi capability and run Google’s Android OS. – Electronics manufacturer LG announced the upcoming release of two
Google Android-powered smartphones, the Optimus One and Optimus Chic,
which will run the latest version of Android, Froyo 2.2. The Optimus
One boasts a 3.2-inch (320 by 480) HVGA capacitive touchscreen display,
170MB internal stor…
A Skype app for BREW-based Verizon Wireless handsets, such as the Samsung Reality and LG enV Touch and Chocolate, is now available. Verizon already offers such an app for Android and BlackBerry devices. – Verizon Wireless and Skype are expanding the handsets options on which
Verizon customers can download and run Skype’s voice-over IP (VOIP) mobile
application.
Following the launch ofthe
Skype app for BlackBerry and Android-running handsets, the two have announced
the availability of the Skype …
Oscar Electronics is a new company that offers a number of its cell phones to India. As a matter of fact, the maker introduces 10 new Dual SIM mobile phones. They include the following models: Z1, J3, J2, J1, J4, N2, N1, K2, as well as K3. The average price tag of the above mentioned [...]
After a number of HTC Evo 4G smartphone owners reported that an over-the-air update had damaged their devices, the carrier has reportedly halted the update and is looking into the matter. –
On June 28 Sprint began rolling
out an over-the-air update for the Evo 4G which quickly killed a number of
the handsets, according to Mobile Crunch.
Before the damage could spread further, Sprint reportedly quit the OTA update
midway and released the following statement:
While the vast …
The phone maker Sony Ericsson has introduced a couple of new phones in India that will be released by the end of this year.
The two new phones are under its Sony Ericsson Walkman series called Sony Ericsson Zylo and Sony Ericsson Spiro that enable access to music along with social networking tools.
The mobile phones feature [...]
Nokia has added a Skype app for handsets running the latest version of Symbian, as a free download in its Ovi Store. Ovi currently sees 1.5 million downloads a day, and Nokia hopes Skype will make that number climb.
– Nokia is the latest company to promote the availability of Skype
voice over IP services, announcing on its blog March 3 that the
application can now be downloaded free from its Ovi Store and is
compatible with the latest version of Symbian.
The application enables users to make free Skype-to-Sky…
Palm is expected to push out WebOS 1.4 to Palm Pre and Pixi handsets at any moment, according to several reports. The long list of expected improvements includes a fix to the browser and simpler options for making calls and interacting with contacts.
– Sprint has confirmed that Palm Pre and Pixi devices will receive an update
to WebOS 1.4 on Feb. 26, according to Engadget which later reported that the
Sprint blog post confirming the update had been removed.
The update has been expected for February, however, so time is running out.
Bo…
While the main focus at this year’s Mobile World Congress is on software like Google’s Android, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series and Samsung’s open source Bada, there are still a wide selection of handsets making their debut in Barcelona, including smartphone models like HTC’s entertainment-fueled HD2, handsets from LG and Samsung, and two Garmin-Asus smartphones packed with location-based applications and features.
– …
Handset maker Sony Ericsson offers two new versions of Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro, compact versions of Xperia X10, as well as the Vivaz pro featuring a QWERTY keyboard.
– Sony Ericsson debuted three smartphones at the start of this years Mobile
World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, including the Vivaz pro, which adds a
QWERTY keyboard to the touch-screen offering, and Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini
pro, compact versions of the companys Xperia X10 handset.
No p…
Chinese firms are making and exporting ever more suspect phones
CHINESE consumers appear fixated with Apple’s iconic iPhone. It draws throngs of eager buyers in Shanghai’s Xujiahui computer market. Similarly, at the Canton Trade Fair in October, vendors hawking familiar-looking silver and black slabs were convulsed in crowds, in sharp contrast to the deserted booths of rival brands, where lonely salesmen slurped disconsolately at noodles. So how can it be that China Unicom has seen dismal initial sales under its exclusive arrangement to sell the iPhone in China?
The explanation lies in China’s huge “grey” market for handsets, which includes some genuine phones imported without the manufacturer’s blessing but is mainly comprised of knock-offs. The iPhones at Xujiahui fall into the former category; those at the trade fair into the latter. Illicit phones comprise a staggering 40% of Chinese firms’ production, and 13% of the world’s, according to iSuppli, a research firm. It reckons China will produce 145m of them this year, up by almost half since 2008. This has hit sales of legal phones. …
Apple beat out long-time champ Nokia in the third quarter of 2009 to become the worlds most profitable handset vendor, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. The researcher said Nokia will have to fight Apple on Apples home turf.
– Dell, and any other PC makers looking to join the mobile
phone market, should take note: Apples the official example of what it
takes to become king of the mountain in only two years.
A Nov. 11 Strategy
Analytics report is showing that in the third quarter of 2009, Apple
surpassed the long-time…
Noisy environments can wreak havoc with voice quality on cell phones. Multipoint pairing is one noise suppression technology that helps to filter out background noise and shape the voice signal. Today, not many wireless handsets come standard with this or any noise suppression technology. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy explains why noise suppression technology should be a requirement for device manufacturers, and how they can cost-effectively include noise suppression technology in all their wireless handsets.
– I recently got a call from my wife Alicia regarding our upcoming travel plans. She was meeting with a bunch of her girlfriends at a popular but noisy Atlanta restaurant. She suddenly realized that she needed me to adjust our travel plans to an upcoming wedding in London. She called me and told me sh…
Noisy environments can wreak havoc with voice quality on cell phones. Multipoint pairing is one noise suppression technology that helps to filter out background noise and shape the voice signal. Today, not many wireless handsets come standard with this or any noise suppression technology. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy explains why noise suppression technology should be a requirement for device manufacturers, and how they can cost-effectively include noise suppression technology in all their wireless handsets.
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I recently got a call from my wife Alicia regarding our upcoming travel plans. She was meeting with a bunch of her girlfriends at a popular but noisy Atlanta restaurant. She suddenly realized that she needed me to adjust our travel plans to an upcoming wedding in London. She called me and told me …
