Sad news for the Samsung i75000 Galaxy owners – your device won’t get the Android 2.x update. According to the::unwired which got a chance to speak with few Samsung folks at the Mobile World Congress, the Korean giant will effectively abandon I7500 users. Actually, they may release the Android 1.6 Donut update, but that’s sooo…
ZTE and OKWAP unveil two solar-power phones and a charger
This one’s for emerging markets and super eco-minded folks, who are willing to exchange features for the green label. China’s ZTE and OKWAP unveiled a trio of solar-powered devices at the Mobile World Congress and they intend to sell them all around developing countries of the world. ZTE showed the S316, a super-simple candybar with…
Video: Hands-on With Garmin-ASUS nüvifone A50 and M10
Garmin and ASUS’ joint nüvifone family is expanding rapidly, and at Mobile World Congress, we got a chance to check out the newest addition, the Android-powered A50. Garmin-ASUS had announced the A50 and M10 just a few short days before the (arguably) biggest mobile event in Europe, although the M10 had already made its grand…
SRS Labs’ TruMedia comes to Android
SRS Labs may have joined the LiMo Foundation, but that doesn’t mean they are not looking into other Linux-based platforms, as well. Quite the contrary, the company announced that its suite of audio enhancement solutions, SRS TruMedia, is now available for use on Android-powered devices. Based on a modular platform, SRS TruMedia makes it simple…
Good Technology to offer Quickoffice Mobile Office as part of Good for Enterprise
Good Technology announced that it is teaming up with Quickoffice, to bundle their popular Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite Viewer and Editor in its Good for Enterprise mobile collaboration and management suite. The idea is to enhance Good’s mobile client’s capability across platforms — including iPhone, Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian. In other words, by…
SEVEN unveils Ping services to “push enable” messaging, social networking and apps
Mobile cloud services are set to boom and smart companies know that. Hence, we have SEVEN — which is usually known for its push email solutions — launched a new suite of services called Ping to allow operators and handset makers to “push enable” messaging and social networking on a range of devices, feature phones…
LG, Dolby demonstrate 5.1 multichannel surround sound on an Android smartphone
LG is known to use Dolby’s audio technology in its phones, and now at the Mobile World Congress, the two companies [LG and Dolby] are demonstrating 5.1 multichannel surround sound on an Android-powered smartphone! Dolby Mobile is the name of the solution and is made to “deliver rich, vibrant audio and dramatically improve listening enjoyment.”…
SanDisk introduces 64GB iNAND embedded flash drives
SanDisk introduced the new iNAND Embedded Flash Drives (EFD) based on 32nm 3-bit-per-cell (X3) NAND flash technology and with support for the e.MMC 4.4 specification, offering up to 64 GB of capacity in a single device! You’ve read that correctly, phones with 64GB of built-in storage are coming, like or not (and you like it).…
Freescale unveils new 3-axis accelerometer for mobile phones and smartbooks – MMA8450Q
Freescale Semiconductor unveiled what they say is the “latest in motion-sensing technology” for mobile phones – the highly accurate, power-efficient MMA8450Q accelerometer. The solution is designed for next-gen smartphones and smartbooks, and will “play a key role in Freescale’s smartbook tablet reference design,” which debuted last month at CES 2010. It offers a range of…
EPIX teams up with Adobe to bring its service to mobile users
EPIX — the service formed by such giants as Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Lionsgate — announced that it has added mobile capabilities to its multiplatform offer, “expanding the viewing experience across the third screen.” As a result, all interested parties (including cable, telco and satellite distributors) will be able to expand the EPIX…