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China is famous for exporting 3 things: delicious food, communism, and mobile phones that look remarkably similar to devices sold in the west, but are sold for far cheaper since they’re nothing but clones built in shady factories that the government turns a blind eye to. With the release of the Nokia E68, or Nokla…
SD cards are ubiquitous and many of you have them inside your mobile phone to either carry your entire music collection on the go, record HD video, or to snap thousands upon thousands of photos, but don’t you sometimes wish that they were just a teeny bit faster? With the upcoming SD 4.0 specification [PDF],…
MetroPCS has another low-end device in its offering – ZTE-made E520 aka Agent. The entry-level candybar is the fifth ZTE phone offered by the carrier, sporting such features as 1.3-megapixel camera that can take both photos and videos, 2.4-inch QVGA display, music player, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, 900mAh battery and a microSD memory card slot.…
3D functionality and technology innovations such as dual-core processors will drive the high–end smartphone market over the next five years, according to Juniper Research. Today’s smartphones features like the app store connectivity and touchscreens will be present in over 80% of handsets shipped in the U.S. by 2015. Western Europe and Far East & China…
Talk about craving for mobility… Brazilian police has detained a 17-year-old teen after he shot arrows with mobile phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side. According to authorities, the boy was caught after one of the arrows he launched struck a police officer on…
Here’s one phone we’ll be talking about in the next few weeks. It’s the “still not officially announced” Samsung I5510, which was caught at this year’s IFA in Berlin, Germany. From what we can tell, it’s not as bad-ass as the Galaxy S Pro, but since it will be more affordable (once released), I’ve no…
K-12 teaching web tools provider Teachscape launched an iPad app for instructional leaders to help them gather Classroom Walkthrough (CWT) data. Here’s what’s it all about (from the press release): Teachscape Instruction | Mobile is implemented as part of the Teachscape Classroom Walkthrough process – a process that uses walkthrough data to engage instructional leaders…
No matter if you’re just a curious onlooker, or a seasoned astronomer, Star Walk from Vito Technology has long been favorite iPhone app for Star-gazers. Having fiddled around with it a bit myself, I can attest to how cool (and educational) the app is. It helps you discover everything about the night sky, from the…
Jeep is another car maker to take advantage of the iPhone as a marketing channel. Their app is called TripCast and it’s an app-service combo made for “Jeep fans and everyone with a sense of adventure.” You could think of it as some sort of a sport/exercise tracker app with an important difference – you…
Although India is one of the biggest mobile markets in the world, not everyone is making money at the moment. According to Bloomberg’s report, Telenor has racked up 3.4 billion NOK ($556 million) in operating losses, prompting analysts to doubt the company’s goal to become profitable in three years. Telenor owns 67.25% of Uninor, offering…