The South Korean mobile phone manufacturing giant is gearing up to do what no other manufacturer has done before – make OLED display panels with WVGA resolutions. Until now, active matrix OLED displays were limited to a 240 x 320 pixel resolution. But, with PenTile RGB technologies from partner Clairvoyante, Samsung SDI has announced that…
Motorola wins WiMAX infrastructure contract for Taiwan’s M-Taiwan project
Motorola is really working on their overseas infrastructure build-outs. The struggling mobile phone once-giant has announced that it has secured two WiMAX infrastructure contracts for Taiwan’s M-Taiwan project, which aims to create a “ubiquitous mobile” network in Taiwan. The project would have Taipei’s two largest counties, Jhonghe and Banciao, in WiMAX, 3G, and WiFi in…
Obopay partners with Yodlee; Adds instant bank account verification for mobile payments
The mobile payments solution provider Obopay has announced partnership with Yodlee to allow its customers to link their existing bank account to Obopay so they can move money between their bank account and Obopay more quickly and easily than ever. Yodlee’s secure Account Verification has already been proven and is currently used at more than…
Seiko Epson and Murata working on wireless power transmission
Charging adapters and charging cables are a staple of any tech-geek’s gear-bag (and anyone with an electronic gadget of their own). It’s an accepted fact that adding more electronic gizmos to our lives means adding more clutter in the way of charging cables and adapters. Well, Seiko Epson and Murata are working to change that…
AT&T looking to expand oversease?
It looks like Randall Stephenson is taking a gander at the overseas market, namely India, as a possible expansion opportunity. AT&T has entered a bid for a wireless license in Qatar, India in cooperation with India’s Mahindra Telecommunications. As the world’s fastest growing wireless market with 200 million mobile users, it makes sense for AT&T…
O2 brings MySpace and Facebook to mobile users in the UK
Social networking is definitely the hottest show in the tech-game right now, and bringing it to the mobile space is a logical step. O2 seems to understand the need to bring the most popular social networks to its customers – the UK wireless carrier has just inked deals with MySpace and Facebook to provide mobile…
A Nokia-branded Renault Twingo Nokia special edition? Lame….
What happens when a mobile phone manufacturing giant teams up with an automaker? Well, sometimes you get Ferrari phones, sometimes you get Porsche phones, and sometimes you get lame little cars from Renault that come with free Nokia 6110 Navigator and a little “Nokia” badge on the B-pillar. Renault is working with Nokia to turn…
Nokia inks video content deal with CNN, Sony
It looks like Nokia is really pushing their expansion of online mobile services. With their recent announcement of the Navteq buy-out, Nokia is poised to take mobile navigation to a new level. Now, Nokia has announced that they have inked a deal with video content providers like CNN and Sony to bring more content to…
Qualcomm being investigated by European Union for abusing its market position
Apparently, the European Union (EU) doesn’t take kindly to major players abusing their dominant market position to step all over competitors. And as such, the EU’s European Commission has kicked off their anti-trust investigation into Qualcomm‘s business practices in the mobile chipset market. The investigation was spurred by complaints from Nokia and Broadcom (surprise, surprise),…
Emblaze signs deal with Sharp and ACCESS to create revolutionary mobile device
Right, it’s easy to say that you’ll be bringing a “revolutionary” device to market when you’ve barely even hit the drawing board. Anyone can say that their device is all that and a bag of chips (anyone remember Gizmondo?), but the real test will come when this trio actually launches their device. Japanese electronics giant…