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MetroPCS to offer live, local broadcast TV later this year
MetroPCS and Mobile Content Venture (MCV) are teaming-up to bring MetroPCS customers live, local broadcast television on their mobile phones later this year. The new service will be available on the upcoming Dyle Mobile TV-enabled Samsung smartphone, which is touted as a “premium Android device.” Mentioned Dyle Mobile TV is MCV’s consumer-facing brand that will deliver live mobile television content from 15 major broadcast groups including Pearl LLC, FOX, ION Television, Bahakel, Univision, Telemundo and NBC. At launch, MCV expects to offer the mobile video service on more than 72 … Read more
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Neonode NN1001 is touted as the world’s first single chip optical touch controller
Neonode Incorporated, which we used to know for their super-small touchscreen phones, announced the world’s first ultra-low power single-chip optical touch controller – NN1001. Here’s what’s it all about (from the press release): Developed in close cooperation between Neonode and Texas Instruments (TI), the NN1001 is specifically designed to reduce the bill of materials (BOM) cost, increase performance and add functionality for optical touch controller customers in a variety of end markets including smartphones, tablets, e-books and automotive… The NN1001 controller has a high scanning speed of 1000 Hz (latency … Read more
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Samsung Galaxy M Style with 1GHz single-core CPU and 4-inch Super AMOLED screen unveiled in Korea
Samsung announced a new member of its Galaxy family of devices in Korea – Galaxy M Style. The new smartphone can’t impress an über geek like the one writing this post, but it will definitely find its place among the folks who don’t want to pay too much for their phone. As such, the Samsung Galaxy M Style sports a single-core 1GHz processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, 1650mAh battery and 4GB of built-in storage. Moreover, it comes with a DMB mobile TV which is a must-have … Read more
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Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus announced
Samsung announced an updated version of its Galaxy Ace smartphone, simply calling it Galaxy Ace Plus. The main difference between this new model and the existing Galaxy Ace is in the processor used – Galaxy Ace Plus rocks a much faster 1GHz CPU. In addition, the new device also comes with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, 3.65-inch HVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera on the back, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microSD memory card slot, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread is running the show. Sammy’s own software comes built-in as well, including TouchWIZ UI, ChatON, … Read more
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Wilson Electronics to unveil the 4G Mobile Signal Booster at CES
Cellular signal booster maker Wilson Electronics is preparing to unveil the world’s first 4G mobile signal booster, the Sleek 4G-V, at CES in Las Vegas. Made to work with Verizon Wireless’ LTE network (at least that’s what the press release suggests), the new device also ensures strong 3G or 2G signals in areas where there’s no LTE around. As a result, users should expect fewer dropped connections and no-service “dead zones,” faster data transfer rates and improved battery life of their mobile devices. When it comes to the size, the … Read more
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Amazon.com now offers MetroPCS phones
Those of you looking to get a phone with MetroPCS contract may be glad to know that a selection of the carrier’s portfolio, including both feature phones and smartphone, is now available on Amazon.com. It’s not like buying a phone from MetroPCS’ website was a problem — it’s just that Amazon has its own clientele who more often than not prefer buying just about anything from the online retailer. After purchasing a handset on Amazon.com, customers will be able to activate service either by logging on to metropcs.com, visiting a … Read more
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Do you smell what Intel is cooking up for CES?
CES 2012 is only a few weeks away and among the announcements that we’ll see, we’re pretty excited for what Intel is going to announce. After a lot of talk, Intel looks like it will be officially breaking into the mobile space with a new reference design handset and a couple of more announcements along the way. Now that it intends to officially announce its entrance into the mobile space, Intel isn’t wasting any time to get devices out into the market and we could possibly see phones with Intel … Read more
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Mobile Marketing Association unveils universal ad unit guidelines
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) released the MMA Universal Mobile Ad Package v.2.0 for public comment. Created with participation from both the seller and buyer sides of the industry, the package was prepared to make it easier to buy, sell, and create mobile ads for smartphones, feature phones and tablets. The PDF document describing the mobile ad guidelines is available to all interested parties, which have the chance to review them during a 30-day public comment period. After comments are incorporated, all ad networks and publishers will have until the … Read more
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goCharge, Patrón Spirits team-up to offer free mobile charging kiosks across New York
Manufacturer and distributor of Mobile Device Charging Kiosks goCharge is teaming-up with Patrón Spirits in a deal that will give Patrón “high-profile exposure” within goCharge’s 50-location NYC Bar Network with exclusive branding for their Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat Vodka ultra-premium spirits. Each of the 50 Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat-branded goCharge kiosks feature a large digital touchscreen that entertains customers with brand specific content as they recharge their mobile phones. The goCharge kiosks can simultaneously charge up to 16 mobile devices, including nearly all models of phones and mp3 … Read more
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IT market consolidation in Russia: Yandex acquires SPB Software
Yandex, which is the leading internet company in Russia and which search engine is now default on Windows Phone devices sold in the country, acquired SPB Software, the company that we best known for their UI software SPB Shell 3D as well as some other apps like SPB Brain Evolution, SPB TV and SPB Time. Yandex wants a piece of the mobile phone’s homescreen market to push its cloud services to the end users. Hence it will use the knowledge and expertise of SPB Software to partner with the players … Read more
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Motorola XT928 is the best Moto phone and it’s heading to China Telecom
Let me repeat that – Motorola XT928 is the best Android smartphone the American handset maker has ever made. Forget about the RAZR, this is like Galaxy Nexus on steroids, with specs including: 4.5-inch 1280×720 pixels touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass Dual-core 1.2GHz processor 13-megapixel camera on the back!!! 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera 1GB of RAM Android 2.3 Gingerbread, obviously upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich The Motorola XT928 will be available in December through China Telecom and no, we’ve no idea when it will leave the mainland China. We know we … Read more