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Telefonica and Portugal Telecom are not the only major carriers interested in the ever-growing mobile market of Brazil. Vodafone wants a piece of the action too, and apparently they have hired advisors to explore a possible acquisition of stake in TIM Brasil, Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit. According to local newspaper, O Estado de Sao Paulo,…
The Samsung Galaxy i5500 has been officially announced in Italy! It is sold as the i5500 Corby, which in some way is a milestone for the Corby family of devices. Specs wise, the first smart Corby comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3G and WiFi connectivity, A-GPS, DLNA, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, Android 2.1, 100MB…
Opera Software announced a new partner for Opera Mini – Brazil’s TIM, which will offer the latest version of the popular mobile browser through its WAP Portal. We’re guessing — though it wasn’t mentioned in the press release — TIM will provide its customers with a custom version of the browser that comes with set-by-the-carrier…
A little while back a leaked version of OS 5.0.0.341 hit the streets for the Storm2 9520… and while it wasn’t official, many Storm2 owners took the opportunity to update. Today, the carrier TIM over in Italy has decided to make this build all official. Of course, no changelog or further details have been made…
Motorola announced that “B” of the BRIC countries will get their Android 2.0-powered Droid. We’re talking about Brazil, of course, and since the carrier is TIM, it’s the GSM version of the phone called Milestone that will be available to interested users. The price is unknown and but the good news is that the version…
TIM Brazil announced a multi-platform app store, powered by Qualcomm’s Plaza Retail. Simply called TIM App Store, it supports a range of platforms including Java, Brew, Flash and Android; and it is also planed to add support for Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian and LiMo. The launch is planned for the first quarter of 2010, when…
No details on an exact launch date yet, but TIM is going to carry the HTC Magic, and it’ll cost a pretty penny. According to the product page that is already available on their website, the Magic will set one back €449 (roughly $595 USD). I’m not familiar with TIM’s policies but I have to…