Posts Tagged ‘Mobile’

Posted on October 27, 2009 - by admin

Palm Pixi lands Nov. 15, indicates a third webOS device

Today, Palm announced that the Pixi, the company's second webOS device and slimmer, lighter-weight cousin to the Pre, will be available for the holiday season on November 15 exclusively through Sprint.

With a 2.63" multi-touchscreen, 8 GB of internal memory, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a 2 megapixel LED flash camera, and integrated GPS, the Pixi lightens up on many of the Pre's specs (smaller screen, slower processor) and eliminates the Wi-Fi radio entirely.

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Posted on August 25, 2009 - by admin

Microsoft launches OneApp application platform for feature phones

As NPD recently showed, more than 72% of all phones being sold are feature phones, and though there are a few examples of app stores for these phones, the mobile app trend has largely missed the majority of phone owners. Today Microsoft announced its move to change that with OneApp, a mobile app environment which gives feature phones access to smartphone-style applications.

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Posted on August 25, 2009 - by admin

Nokia introduces its first notebook PC

Today, Finnish mobile phone leader Nokia introduced its first notebook PC, the Nokia Booklet 3G.

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Posted on August 13, 2009 - by admin

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone vies for streaming over 3G

SlingPlayer Mobile is an application for mobile devices that lets Slingbox users stream content from their television to their phone regardless of their location. Sling Media created apps for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian, PalmOS, and most recently, iPhone OS. The app for iPhone and iPod Touch was released in May, costs $30, and works with Slingbox Solo, Pro, and Pro-HD set-top boxes.

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Posted on July 4, 2009 - by admin

Apple sells 1 million new iPhones in three days

APPLE chief executive Steve Jobs says one million new iPhones have been sold in just three days.

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” Mr Jobs said in his first statement since taking medical leave in January.

The iPhone 3GS went on sale in the US last Friday, and Mr Jobs said the one million mark was hit by Sunday.

The new handset goes on sale in Australia this Friday.

Read the full story at HeraldSun

Posted on June 17, 2009 - by admin

Mobile mobility: app to check if your bus is late

The NSW Ministry of Transport is developing an official application for iPhones and other mobiles that will allow public transport users to plan trips and track their ferries, buses and trains in real-time.

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Posted on June 16, 2009 - by admin

Tethering may yet come to Palm Pre…Just wait for Verizon

Palm asked the Pre Dev site to remove its tethering Wiki, but mostly for Sprint’s benefit.

Apparently Palm is perfectly fine with cracking open the Pre and enabling tethering, but the smartphone company doesn’t think Sprint will be too keen on the idea.

In the Pre Developer Wiki, the subsection dedicated to tethering has been pulled down at Palm’s request, because “any discussion of tethering during the Sprint exclusivity period will probably cause Sprint to complain to Palm, and if that happened then Palm would be forced to react against the people running the IRC channel and this wiki.”

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Posted on June 16, 2009 - by admin

Samsung Pixon12 – world’s first 12 megapixel camera phone with full touchscreen

Samsung recently strengthened its position in the high megapixel cameraphone market by unveiling the Samsung Pixon12 (model number M8910) – the world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone with full touchscreen.

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Posted on June 1, 2009 - by admin

Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone – coming soon

Sony Ericsson have announced the Satio mobile phone, which provides you access to all your media in one place – just tap directly into your favourite features with the five standby panels and you’re ready to go.

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Posted on May 29, 2009 - by admin

Sony Ericsson produces a 12 megapixel monster

Sony Ericsson today officially announced Saito, its new 12 megapixel camera-equipped flagship mobile device that was formerly known as Idou.

Saito is the new high end camera phone, but doesn’t carry the CyberShot label.

All the details of the S60-based device have been revealed. Formerly, it was simply known as a 3.5″ 16×9 touchscreen device with the aforementioned high pixel density camera and associated xenon flash that dropped Sony Ericsson’s customary M2 memory card in favor of MicroSD.

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