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Qualcomm’s expertise in the radio space has once again been proven with the release of the MDM8225. It isn’t the sexiest name in the world, but it’s got full support for HSPA+ Release 9. What does that mean in English? It can do 84 Mbps download speeds using the cutting edge of what used to…
Handset vendors need to strike a delicate balance between putting an awesome camera sensor in their device, and matching it with equally impressive optics, or sacrificing image quality all in the name of trying to break the world record for world’s thinnest handset. Take the Nokia N8 for example, the uncontested leader of cameraphones, it…
Motorola is bringing the DROID PRO to Europe. Called Motorola PRO, it’s basically same as Verizon Wireless’ baby with the only difference between the two being in the mobile radio used. Instead of singing along CDMA networks, European version is made to work with GSM-based ones, supporting the fast HSPA data. Rest of the specs…
In its “Strong mobile adoption of Flash Player” press release, Adobe said that the new release of Flash Player with performance advancements will be available for computers and also for Android Honeycomb tablets and BlackBerry Tablet OS (PlayBook). The main new thing of version 10.2 is called Stage Video, which delivers much improved video performance…
Mobile barcode solutions provider Scanbuy has partnered with Orange France to power Flashcode, a mobile barcode service that will allow marketers in France to create, edit, manage and generate a rich set of analytics about their mobile barcodes. Scanbuy will provide its carrier grade self-managed platform, along with mobile apps for all major platforms that…
appMobi unveiled MobiUs, which is said to be the first-of-its-kind mobile web browser technology that allows developers to create Web applications that meet and even exceed the functionality possible with native apps. That’s right, using nothing but an HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, developers will be able to access phone functions such as accelerometer, camera, contacts,…
Marvell announced Kinoma, a software platform that’s touted to “dramatically transform the way consumers interact with the devices that fuel their digital lives.” Through its recent acquisition of mobile media software company Kinoma, Marvell now offers an experience and solution that is fully integrated from silicon to applications, creating new opportunities for OEMs and manufacturers…
Qualcomm has been known for making the high-powered Snapdragon processors for smartphones, and today the company is unveiling to the world their latest family of Snapdragon chipsets built using the new 28nm “Krait” micro architecture – the mobile industry’s first encounter with the 28nm process. The new family of Snapdragon will be capable of running…
Sagem Wireless is no more. The new company is called MobiWire and (as far as I’ve understood) it won’t make its own devices any more. Rather they’ll focus on making branded consumer electronics for other companies. To be fair, Sagem isn’t known for owning a decent percentage of the mobile phone market. The likes of…
Last year at the Mobile World Congress we couldn’t believe Ericsson is announcing its app store offering. This year ZTE is joining the party with its solution called iMarket. The idea of both telecom equipment vendors is to make some additional money out of small and medium-sized carriers all around the world and deliver them…