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Neonode Incorporated, which we used to know for their super-small touchscreen phones, announced the world’s first ultra-low power single-chip optical touch controller – NN1001. Here’s what’s it all about (from the press release): Developed in close cooperation between Neonode and Texas Instruments (TI), the NN1001 is specifically designed to reduce the bill of materials (BOM)…
Samsung announced a new member of its Galaxy family of devices in Korea – Galaxy M Style. The new smartphone can’t impress an über geek like the one writing this post, but it will definitely find its place among the folks who don’t want to pay too much for their phone. As such, the Samsung…
Samsung announced an updated version of its Galaxy Ace smartphone, simply calling it Galaxy Ace Plus. The main difference between this new model and the existing Galaxy Ace is in the processor used – Galaxy Ace Plus rocks a much faster 1GHz CPU. In addition, the new device also comes with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Wi-Fi…
Cellular signal booster maker Wilson Electronics is preparing to unveil the world’s first 4G mobile signal booster, the Sleek 4G-V, at CES in Las Vegas. Made to work with Verizon Wireless’ LTE network (at least that’s what the press release suggests), the new device also ensures strong 3G or 2G signals in areas where there’s…
Those of you looking to get a phone with MetroPCS contract may be glad to know that a selection of the carrier’s portfolio, including both feature phones and smartphone, is now available on Amazon.com. It’s not like buying a phone from MetroPCS’ website was a problem — it’s just that Amazon has its own clientele…
CES 2012 is only a few weeks away and among the announcements that we’ll see, we’re pretty excited for what Intel is going to announce. After a lot of talk, Intel looks like it will be officially breaking into the mobile space with a new reference design handset and a couple of more announcements along…
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) released the MMA Universal Mobile Ad Package v.2.0 for public comment. Created with participation from both the seller and buyer sides of the industry, the package was prepared to make it easier to buy, sell, and create mobile ads for smartphones, feature phones and tablets. The PDF document describing the…
Manufacturer and distributor of Mobile Device Charging Kiosks goCharge is teaming-up with Patrón Spirits in a deal that will give Patrón “high-profile exposure” within goCharge’s 50-location NYC Bar Network with exclusive branding for their Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat Vodka ultra-premium spirits. Each of the 50 Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat-branded goCharge kiosks feature a…
Yandex, which is the leading internet company in Russia and which search engine is now default on Windows Phone devices sold in the country, acquired SPB Software, the company that we best known for their UI software SPB Shell 3D as well as some other apps like SPB Brain Evolution, SPB TV and SPB Time.…
Let me repeat that – Motorola XT928 is the best Android smartphone the American handset maker has ever made. Forget about the RAZR, this is like Galaxy Nexus on steroids, with specs including: 4.5-inch 1280×720 pixels touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass Dual-core 1.2GHz processor 13-megapixel camera on the back!!! 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera 1GB of RAM…