Similarly to China Mobile which has its own flavor of Android (OPhone), China Unicom has been working on UPhone and the accompanying Ustore application market. That store now has a new name, supporting not only Android, but other mobile platforms as well. The new name is Wostore, with WO coming from the brand of the…
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Datalogic Mobile teams-up with Skyhook to improve location performance on its industrial PDA products
Datalogic Mobile, which is a global player in the Rugged Mobile Computers market, is teaming-up with Skyhook to include Skyhook’s Core Engine on its latest generation of mobile computers (industrial PDAs). Here’s how it works (from the press release): Skyhook’s software-only location system determines precise device location quickly and accurately by synthesizing data from Wi-Fi…
SPB Online Games hits the AppStore
SPB Software is bringing SPB Online Games to more users. Already available on Windows Mobile, the popular collection of puzzlers is can now be downloaded by iPhone, iPod Touch and/or iPad owners. At the moment SPB Online Games has more than 100,000 registered players who have played about 2 million game sets, and these figures…
VoX Communications launches Nimbuzz-powered Android app and an unlimited voice calling plan
VoX Communications is teaming-up with Nimbuzz to launch a new VoIP application, VoX Mobile Out for Android, and an accompanying $4.95 a month unlimited voice calling plan. The new service is touted as a “compelling option for inexpensive cloud-based calling for Android phone owners within the US.” Pervasip (owner of VoX) is already a partner…
Juniper Research: Global tablet shipments to exceed 80 million annually by 2015
Juniper is bullish on the prospects of tablet computers, forecasting that the number of annual shipments for such devices will reach 81 million by 2015 as an increasing number of consumer electronics manufacturers enter the market. As we all know, Google’s Android OS encouraged many electronics makers to release their tablets and we see a…
Samsung Galaxy Tab hitting India on November 10th, Singapore three days later
Samsung keeps expanding the network of its carrier partners to sell the Galaxy Tab. Now we’ve found out that the Android-powered product is heading to India and Singapore. Those living in India will be able to grab Samsung’s tablet on November 10th for Rs. 38,000, which is about $826. In addition to the unlocked SIM…
Free Angry Birds Halloween iPhone Wallpapers
Angry Birds has been somewhat of a phenomenon for iOS. It seems that once a week, or maybe more, I hear some reference to it on late night television, or just in passing from a friend or colleague. The game is highly addictive for sure… if you have it loaded up on your iOS powered…
Body-to-body networks the next wave in mobile telecommunications?
The next generation of mobile communications maybe driven by small sensors carried by people in their handsets or other mobile devices. This idea of a cellular body-to-body network (BBN) is being researched by a team of engineers at Queen’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology in Belfast. This distributed-style network could ease many of…
Rumor: PayPal to join the Android Market on November 2nd
Earlier this week, PayPal accidentally leaked information that suggested the online payment giant is planning to join the Android Market as an alternative payment method. The announcement was expected to take place last week at PayPal’s X-Innovate Conference but that conference came and went without an official announcement. A source close to Android Central claims…
T-Mobile to Advertise HSPA+ as “America’s Largest 4G Network”
T-Mobile doesn’t have to seem to have a real 4G solution, so the next best thing is to fool everyone and call HSPA+ “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The carrier has been calling its HSPA+ mobile broadband speeds “4G-like” for some time now, and it has even raised the ire of competing carriers like AT&T. The…