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TeliaSonera, which was the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network, has now turned on LTE in Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg, and say that thanks to equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks they’re averaging 85 to 90 Mbps download speeds and even hitting peaks of 100 Mbps. Upload speeds faired just…
It was only 5 days ago when Kelly covered that still unannounced Motorola Android smartphone for AT&T. Now we have the first leaked image to share, compliments to Engadget and their tipsters. As you can see from the blurry photo above, the Motorola MB520 Kobe which is also known under the codename “Diablo” looks like…
With over 4 million downloads as of December last year, Parachute Panic is one of the most popular iPhone games ever. It is also coming pre-loaded on the Samsung Wave (at least I got it), and now it’s heading to the mass market, courtesy of Connect2Media. The gaming publisher plans to launch the game for…
Yamgo, the global mobile TV network which we’ve already covered for few times in the past, has launched a mobile phone video viral marketing service to enable consumers to send videos to their friends without the need to download any software. This in turn opens a new distribution method for brands to use consumers to…
Fans of the HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography will be glad to know that the TrueHDR app has been updated to sing along the iPhone 4. As you can imagine, it was a better camera and Retina display iPhone 4 sports that prompted developers to upgrade their baby. In addition, the updated TrueHDR comes with…
By now you’ve probably figured I love covering Tata DOCOMO. The India-based carrier keeps innovating, launching new and interesting services and offers for its customers. Their new thing is called “Monsoon Bonanza Contest,” which is an SMS-based contest for both the operator’s existing and potential subscribers where they [subscribers] need to answer few questions based…
DivX Labs has officially released version 1.0 of its DivX Mobile Player for all S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition smartphones. The official word says this release has “numerous updates and simplifications to the UI” while also packing the touchscreen support for S60 5th Edition users. More from the announcement: Even if your phone isn’t…
Samsung’s mobile application store, Samsung Apps, is growing steadily. In its own backyard, it has crossed 4 million downloads which is a promising figure considering the store was launched in December of last year. At the moment, Samsung’s catalog contains more than 700 apps, and the top downloaded apps in the last few days include…
Samsung said that WiMAX networks based on its network infrastructure can now cover 200 million people and that number is set to hit 300 million by the end of the year. Unfortunately (for Samsung and WiMAX standard), only about 3 million subscribers (as of July 2010) connect to these networks, though the figure could grow…
Layar is pushing to the new platform – Samsung’s bada. The popular augmented reality browser is now available to more users with Samsung Wave smartphones. The Korean company’s first bada-powered handset definitely has the horse-power for the task, packing a 1GHz CPU and the beautiful Super AMOLED WVGA (480×800 pixels) touchscreen. As you know, Layar…