Motorola is launching its newly unveiled Flipout smartphone in Germany. The Android-powered device will be available starting July via Vodafone, O2 and The Phone House, for 349 EUR ($428) free of contract. I guess the two carriers (Voda and O2) will also offer it on some contract which I’m guessing will involve giving away the…
Baidu, Symbian Foundation team-up to enable “Box Computing” on Symbian platform
Symbian Foundation and China’s largest search engine Baidu agreed to co-establish a joint laboratory with the goal to bring wireless “box computing” to the Symbian platform. As a result, developers will be able to incorporate robust search functionality into their apps and leverage this “platform within a platform” to expand the Symbian/Baidu ecosystem. From the…
Syndiant, Foryou Multimedia and ASTRI Labs develop super tiny pico projector engine
I’m pretty excited every time I get a press release related to pico projectors. That’s the way of the future and I can’t wait for a day to have such a device (which must be a smartphone, BTW) as my primary phone. On that note we bring you this story which involves three companies —…
E3 2010: Nintendo Unveils Nintendo 3DS; Takes 3D Pictures; No Glasses Required
During Nintendo’s E3 press conference, it was revealed that they would be jumping into the 3D gaming scene with the Nintendo 3DS. The Nintendo 3DS will be the first 3D consumer device that doesn’t require 3D glasses in order for them to function. The Nintendo 3DS comes with a 3.5″ widescreen display on the top…
SoundHound launches free and premium applications for Android
If you use Shazam for your Android phone now, then its time you saw the light – the superior SoundHound music tagging app is now available on the Android Market, and has more features and capabilities than any competitor of its kind. SoundHound is a music recognition application, which is similar to the popular Shazam…
Samsung Announces Five Phones, Running Android, Windows Mobile, and Bada
Samsung just unloaded a whole lot of phones, running the gamut of Android, Windows Mobile, and Bada operating systems. For Android, there’s the Galaxy 3; for Windows Mobile 6.5, there’s the Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5; finally, for Bada, there’s the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. It’s quite an impressive spread to…
Nokia 5230 Now Available in White and Black at WIND Mobile
This is just a quick-ish update for those that follow the goings on of WIND Mobile in Canada. You may recall WIND going live with the Nokia 5230 way back in April. Back then, the device was launched in white livery only. Well, the S60 5th edition-packing device must be doing well WIND, as they’ve…
U.S. Cellular deploys Zed’s mobile entertainment content solution to enhance its Tone Room Deluxe Storefront
U.S. Cellular is deploying Zed’s Master Content Service Provider (MCSP) solution to centralize the way mobile entertainment content (ringtones and ringbacks) are merchandized, marketed, programmed and distributed whether accessed through the web or mobile phone. Here’s what it means for the end users – they will be able to assign ringback tones to both individuals…
Akamai acquires mobile services platform provider Velocitude
Akamai is acquiring mobile services platform provider, Velocitude, in a move to “further its strategic position in the mobile market.” More precisely, Akamai will add mobile content transformation functionality to its existing suite of cloud services for optimizing web content and applications, and the delivery of HD video and secure e-commerce to mobile devices. Analysts…
U.S. Bank to launch mobile person-to-person payments in partnership with CashEdge
While the big banks are still somewhat struggling to get out of recession or at least to get some respect back from the general public, U.S. Bank — the nation’s 5th largest commercial bank — is innovating. Together with “Intelligent Money Movement services provider” CashEdge, they are set to launch person-to-person online and mobile payments…