Nuance is bringing its multi-modal FlexT9 app for Android to Europe with support for six languages, including US and UK English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. The FlexT9 combines various Nuance products like Dragon Dictation, T9 Trace, T9 Write and XT9, giving consumers ability to choose how they want to communicate with their friends and…
Motorola acquires 3LM, mobile enterprise security solution developer
As part of efforts to push Android to enterprises, Motorola announced that it has acquired Three Laws Mobility aka 3LM, a developer of mobile enterprise security software and solutions and mobile device management products for the Android platform. The agreement was completed in late 2010 and terms of the transaction were not disclosed. By addressing…
OmniVision OV8830: 8 megapixels worth of second generation backside illumination technology
OmniVision, the firm that’s responsible for making the camera sensor inside Apple’s iPhone, have announced the OV8830, a brand spanking new 8 megapixel imaging sensor that’s the first to use the second generation of OmniVision’s backside illumination (BSI) technology. Since the OV8830 is 1/3.2 inches in size, the pixels are each 1.1 microns small. It’s…
Android Ice Cream Sandwich to bridge Gingerbread and Honeycomb
This won’t be much of a surprise if you’ve been following this space lately, but during a keynote at MWC, Eric Schmidt confirmed that the next version of Android will merge Gingerbread and Honeycomb together. After we heard that Honeycomb was indeed just for tablet devices, many people (including myself) thought that Google was consciously…
The Weather Channel for Android Updated to Version 3.0
Received a note earlier today from the folks at The Weather Channel. They wanted to let me (and you) know about an update to The Weather Channel app for Android. This latest release brings the app up to version 3.0, and a bunch of new features are included. Key enhancements include: Voice search now allows…
GSMA: Global HSPA connections surpass 400 million; LTE connections to hit 300 million by 2015
GSMA used its Big Show to unveil some cool numbers regarding GSM-based technologies adoption. We crunched the numbers to bring you only the key points: HSPA mobile broadband connections have increased by 100% year-on-year, passing 400 million globally. More than 17 million HSPA connections are being added each month around the world, compared to nearly…
Cricket brings Muve Music service to 13 new markets, adds more music
Cricket Wireless is expanding its Muve Music service to more places across the U.S. The company announced the addition of 13 new markets where users can enjoy unlimited music downloads, including Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; San Diego, California; Milwaukee and Madison,…
Orange launching contactless payments in UK, France, Spain and Poland in Q2
Orange is the fastest European operator to adopt contactless payments. The France Telecom-owned company plans to bring NFC-enabled services firstly in the UK, France, Spain and Poland, with plans to expand to other Orange markets across Europe at a later point. The company is starting with the Bada-powered Samsung Wave 578 — which we covered…
Telstra launching 4G LTE services later in the year
Australia’s Telstra unveiled plans to upgrade its Next G network with 4G LTE technology later in the year. The company will focus on central business districts of all Australian capital cities and selected regional centres, and use its existing 1800MHz spectrum to bring 4G to areas where traffic demand is most concentrated. At the same…
Skype Access offers WiFi access in 500,000 hotspots around the world
Skype is teaming-up with hotspot operators around the world to offer its users pay-as-you-go Internet access starting at £.04/€.05/$.06 per minute. Dubbed Skype Access, it relies on your existing Skype Credit to charge users, requiring no daily and/or monthly vouchers to get online. Already the VoIP service provider has a number of partners on board,…