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Samsung SGH-F400 Music Phone Available in France in May

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:03 +0000

Samsung has announced that the SGH-F400 music phone will be available in May 2008. This handset, available in either black or white glossy finish, sports dual stereo speakers and a microSD card slot for extra music storage. Read the full story here.

Aliph Updates Popular Bluetooth Jawbone Headset

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:02:02 +0000

Aliph's new Jawbone 2 is an update to the popular original that is smaller and more streamlined, and comes with advanced NoiseAssassin noise-cancellation technology. It is available exclusively through AT&T in the U.S. for now. Read the full story here.

Nokia Plans to Ship 35 Million GPS-Enabled Handsets in 2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:44:01 +0000

Nokia's head of Location-Based Services, Michael Halbherr, recently stated at the Where 2.0 conference in California that the company has plans to ship 35 million GPS-enabled devices this year alone. Nokia's Maps GPS software is currently available for its S60-powered smartphones, with a version for non-smartphones expected later this year. Read the full story here.

Verizon Joins the LiMo Foundation as a Core Member

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:41:00 +0000

Verizon Wireless today announces that it will fill the last seat on the LiMo Foundation's board of directors. The LiMo Foundation is dedicated to promoting the use of Linux in the mobile industry as a way to encourage openness and reduce costs. Read the full story here.

LG and Samsung Team Up to Develop North American Mobile Digital TV Standard

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:25:59 +0000

LG and Samsung have announced that they are working together to develop a new standard for mobile digital TV to be used in North America. The two plan to take advantage of the existing terrestrial digital TV infrastructure in North America. Read the full story here.

Qualcomm Demonstrates Dual-Mode Mobile TV Chip

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21:58 +0000

Qualcomm has recently shown off a new chip that is capable of supporting both Qualcomm's MediaFLO mobile free over-the-air TV standard and ISDB-T, a standard with variants used in Japan and Brazil. Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless to Introduce Linux Phones

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:29:53 +0000

Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network. The No. 2 U.S. mobile service joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google. The announcement follows signals last month that AT&T would support Android, the Linux operating system being developed by Google and ab...

LG, Samsung to Develop Mobile DTV Standard

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:16:50 +0000

LG and Samsung will collaborate on developing technology that they intend to propose for adoption as the mobile digital TV standard for the North American market. The combined technology will be presented to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the international organisation which is establishing broadcasting standards for digital television, before 2009, they said. "LG and Samsung are already world-class in digital TV and mobile communications, said LG President and Chief Technolog...

AT&T Gives, Takes Away Free WiFi Access for iPhone Users

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:14:15 +0000

Recently, AT&T posted a note on its site saying that iPhone owners would have free access to its nationwide WiFi hotspot network. The note was then quickly removed. Read the full story here.

Opera Mini 4.1 Released

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:40:05 +0000

Opera Software today announced its newest version the Opera Mini browser, up to 50 percent faster that prior version. Opera Mini 4.1 searchs for text within a webpage, provides URL entry with recognition based on bookmarks and browsing history, uploads and downloads files without going into the phone's native browser and downloads pages for offline viewing. "More than 44 million people from all over the world have discovered and fallen in love with Opera Mini," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Ope...

Nokia to Add Nokia Maps to Ovi Portal for Synching with Handsets

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:59:12 +0000

Nokia has announced its plans to add a desktop feature to its Nokia Maps GPS solution soon, with the ability to create routes online and sync them to a compatible phone for use on the go. It is expected to be available some time this summer. Read the full story here.

Sprint Nextel Posts Q1 2008 Reports, Loses 1 Million Subscribers

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:45:48 +0000

Sprint Nextel has published its Q1 2008 reports, showing an 8% decrease in net operating revenues versus Q1 2007. The carrier also lost just over 1 million subscribers, with nearly all of them being post-paid accounts. Read the full story here.

Research In Motion and Microsoft to Bring Windows Live to BlackBerries

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:47 +0000

Microsoft and Research In Motion have announced that they will be working together to bring Windows Live services to BlackBerry smartphones this summer. Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail will be among the supported services. Read the full story here.

SingTel Bringing iPhone to Australia, India, the Philippines, and Singapore

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:44 +0000

Singapore's SingTel has announced that it will be bringing the Apple iPhone to several countries through its wholly and partially owned carrier partners in India, Australia, and the Philippines. Read the full story here.

Sprint's Loss Widens, Fewer Subscribers

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:04:36 +0000

Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 U.S. wireless service provider, said today it had a larger first-quarter deficit as revenue fell, it lost more than a million subscribers and it absorbed charges for severance and other costs. Sprint said its total subscriber base fell by 1.09 million to 52.8 million, including the loss of 1.07 million post-paid customers who pay a monthly bill - actually smaller than the 1.2 million in post-paid losses the company had forecast last quarter. The company reported a ...