Digital content services provider NewBay launched LifeCache Digital Vault 2.4 to provide music, photo and video cloud services for operators and device makers. LifeCache Digital Vault allows users to go beyond proprietary music clients like iTunes and access their image, music and video files from anywhere. In order to take advantage of the service, users…
Sierra Wireless unveils two new 4G mobile hotspots
Sierra Wireless used the Mobile World Congress to introduce two new 4G mobile hotspots – the AirCard 753S and AirCard 754S, both of which can connect up to five WiFi enabled devices simultaneously to the internet. The former sings along Dual-Carrier HSPA+ whereas the latter with LTE networks. Both products are scheduled for commercial shipments…
Nuance Flext9 four-in-one keypad app for Android hits Europe
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…
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…
Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 is an iPod Touch killer?
For some reason Samsung hasn’t used the “official press channels” to launch the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0. Rather, we’ve seen the small tablet device at Samsung’s booth and were amazed why it wasn’t properly announced. Alas, the all-touchscreen device lacks cellular radios and you can only connect to the Internet via WiFi. Sure you can…
Sonim XP3300 Force is super-tough, has the longest talk time in the world
Sonim Technologies announced a new member to its family of tough and rough devices – Sonim XP3300 FORCE. What sets the new Sonim phone apart is the super long talk time which, at 20 to 24 hours, is said to be the longest in the world. Like some other Sonim phones, the XP3300 Force is…
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,…
Marvell’s PXA978 single-chip solution sings along UMTS and TD-SCDMA 3G networks, clocks at 1.2GHz
Marvell announced what looks as a super-promising product – PXA978 single-chip solution that features 3G UMTS and China’s TD SCDMA standards with HSPA support. It is said this is the industry’s first such product which in addition to being able to provide fast mobile data in China and the rest of the world, also includes…
ViewPad 4 getting Gingerbread update in April
We’ve hinted before that the ViewPad 4 will get the Gingerbread update in April and now we have it officially confirmed. Moreover, I assume ViewSonic won’t be the only handset maker to release an Android update for its product — other companies will most likely follow at that time or even before. That said I’m…