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Dell Working on Smartphone with Touch Screen
According to published reports Dell wants to get into cell phones following Google's and Apple's lead. Dell is planning to enter the cell phone market because of sliding sales of personal computers.
The Texas-based computer manufacturer, who is the second-largest producer of PCs in the world, has been designing cell phone prototypes for more than a year.
Dell is planning to develop a touchscreen smartphone (based on Google's Android Operating system) to compete with Apple Inc.’s very successful iPhone and Research in Motion’s Blackberry smartphones. Dell recently announced that it had cut two Microsoft deals which includes switching its pre-installed default search tool from Google to Microsoft’s Live Search toolbar. The company also purchased the Microsoft consulting and solutions portion of Allin Corp. in a stock deal worth $12 million. | 
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ABI Research Report - Enter the Year of the Smartphone
According to a recent report by ABI Research, 2008 proved to be a Year of Two Halves. In the first half, mobile handset shipments happily chugged along at 14% YoY. In the second half, 3Q handset shipments slowed to 8% before crashing into the Red in 4Q with -10%. The underlying root cause? “Sheer fear sapped the confidence of consumers, enterprises and corporate users across the board,” says Jake Saunders, Asia-Pacific Vice-President of ABI Research. “As a result, 2008 signed out the year with 1.21 billion handsets shipped for an annual growth of 5.4%. Just a year ago we had +16%”.
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Nokia Announces 11 Finalists in Global Calling All Innovators Competition
Forum Nokia has announced the selection of 11 finalists in its Calling All Innovators global mobile developer contest (announced last September), designed to generate applications and solutions that help to improve the quality of life on the planet.
Nearly 1,000 developers answered Nokia's challenge to think big and create mobile applications and services that can help build a better world. Nokia will award up to USD 150,000 in cash and prizes to the ultimate winners, in addition to helping the winning developers distribute their mobile applications worldwide. The Calling All Innovators website received more than 246,382 unique visitors and more than 12,000 developers from around the world registered with Forum Nokia, the world's largest mobile developer community.
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Nokia Announces the Nokia 6700, Nokia 6303 & Nokia 2700 Classics
Nokia today announced the Nokia 6700 classic, the Nokia 6303 classic and the Nokia 2700 classic, three devices that build on the formula that made Nokia the world leader in mobile phones. The new trio combines the functionality and user experience required in today's hectic times, with premium designs and materials that make them the most beautiful, well built and competitively priced offerings available.
The Nokia 6700 combines smooth surfaces, rich materials and precisely crafted parts with a full metal keymat which completes the premium finish. Improving on all areas of its forerunner, the Nokia 6700 comes with a 5 megapixel camera, assisted GPS navigation with Nokia Maps, and high speed data access meaning sharing images or video is faster and easier than ever. | 
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Motorola Announces the i465 Clutch iDEN Phone with QWERTY
Motorola today announced the i465 Clutch. The handset is a new iDEN phone with full-QWERTY, PTT (push-to-talk), threaded SMS, MMS messaging, POP3 email support, Bluetooth 1.2, VGA camera, video capture, microUSB for charging and data transfer and is semi-ruggedized. The Clutch will be available second quarter of 2009 and will be sold by Sprint is compatible with Sprint's Boost's iDEN network.
Specifications for the Motorola Clutch i465
- Talk and Standby Time: 205 minutes/100 hours3
- Bands/Modes: 800/900 MHz
- Weight: 96g/3.4oz
- Dimensions: 54 mm x 112.8mm x 14.9 (mm), 2.1” x 4.4” x 0.6 (inches)
- Battery: 1130 mAh
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.22; micro USB; 5-pole, 2.5mm audio jack (mono)
- Display: 1.79” 64k TFT; 128x160
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Bell Mobility & LG Recall 45,000 LG 150 Cell Phones
Bell Mobility today announced that it is supporting LG Electronics Canada Inc. in its voluntary recall of approximately 45,000 LG 150 phones in use by Bell Mobility clients with a no-charge phone replacement program.
LG was notified by one of the independent bodies responsible for the certification of mobile phones that the LG 150 mobile phone is no longer certified as meeting the Radio Standards Specifications 102 (RSS 102), Radio Frequency Exposure Compliance of Radiocommunication Apparatus. Consequently, LG has decided to implement a voluntary recall of the LG 150 phone in Canada. The LG 150 was sold in Canada by Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile, MTS Allstream, SaskTel, Aliant Mobility, KMTS, NorthernTel, Sogetel, Télébec and TBayTel.
Health Canada is of the opinion, based on the review of test results and its assessment of current science, that the past and current use of the LG 150 should not pose immediate or long-term health concerns.
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Aricent to Joint Develop New Sprint One Click Feature
Aricent today announced its role in the joint development of the new Sprint One Click, a simple yet innovative user interface designed to offer Sprint customers instant access to the information and entertainment they want.
Aricent's global innovation arm frog design, along with its communications applications and mobile device practice, partnered closely with Sprint to integrate strategic planning, front-end design, software development and engineering into one concurrent end-to-end process that brought One Click to market in less than 10 months. The resulting interface provides a consistent user experience across a range of Sprint's consumer-friendly wireless phones and adds significant value to customers.
With a customizable carousel design, One Click allows users to customize their phones to get one-touch access to the things they use the most including text messages, Email, navigation, Web access, Google, music, entertainment and more. | 
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T-Mobile Launches the Shadow by HTC
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced the availability of the new T-Mobile Shadow. Featuring a more rounded and compact design with two new color options, support for T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling, and increased processing power, the new Shadow is the perfect device for sharing life’s special moments.
Available exclusively from T-Mobile, the Shadow is designed to significantly reduce the complexity often associated with many feature-rich devices, while maintaining the powerful calling, messaging and picture-sharing capabilities people crave to keep them connected. The Shadow is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and is the first Windows-based phone to provide support for T-Mobile’s Unlimited HotSpot Calling service, which provides great mobile coverage at home and unlimited nationwide calling from Wi-Fi networks, including T-Mobile HotSpot locations across the country. | 
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Virgin Mobile Launches LG Pink Flare to Help Fight Breast Cancer
Virgin Mobile USA announced that it is joining the fight against breast cancer with the launch of the LG Pink Flare limited edition handset, available exclusively at Best Buy stores nationwide.
Five dollars from the purchase of every Pink Flare handset, each priced at $29.99, will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization, funding life-saving breast cancer research and community health programs. Virgin Mobile USA and Best Buy are committing to donate a minimum of $150,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure's programs. "We couldn't be more excited to bring this partnership to our customers by offering such a great way for them to get involved in this important cause," said Joel Silverman, Vice President of Sales, Virgin Mobile USA. "It's our experience that Virgin Mobile USA customers look to actively support causes that they care about and this partnership with Best Buy and LG provides a new, visible opportunity for them to do so." | 
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Cell Phone Hidden Camera with DVR
Check out this Cell Phone Hidden Camera being sold by the folks over at Brick House Security. The phone can capture events On-The-Fly with its hidden camera via motion-activation.
The camera comes with a low-light-high-resolution CCD camera, a 16 GIG micro SD card for up to 16 hours of recording, a rechargeable battery and acts as a pocket DVR that plugs in external cameras.
The DVR Cell Phone delivers crystal-clear, high resolution video from a hidden pinhole camera built-into the phone. Leave the Cell Phone Hidden Camera out and let the motion-activated recording capture video for you the minute someone enters the area.
Clip it onto your belt and capture video even in low-light situations for the ultimate in hidden camera technology. With the press of a secret button, the phone's screen lights up to further convince people that this is a normal cell phone. | 
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Enhance Your Cell Phone Signal at Home with the Verizon Wireless Network Extender
Verizon Wireless customers now have a new option for enhancing wireless coverage inside homes where location, geography or structural conditions interfere with reception. Customers can purchase the Verizon Wireless Network Extender online, by phone or at select Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, allowing them to enhance the signal inside their homes using any Verizon Wireless phone.
Verizon Wireless Network Extender – a “mini-cell site” manufactured by Samsung – is about the size of a wireless router box or small attaché case and routes Verizon Wireless calls through the customer’s home broadband Internet connection. Network Extender is easy to set up and ready to use right out of the box and can provide coverage in an area of up to 5,000 square feet. The price is $249.99, plus local taxes, and there are no monthly fees.
Network Extender is ideal for customers who want to enhance the wireless signal when making voice calls, sending text/picture/video messages, accessing Mobile Web or accessing smartphone/BlackBerry data in situations that could include houses with structural barriers; basement rooms; or some remote, mountainous or hilly areas. | 
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More Entertainment & Sports Video Programming Added to Verizon's V Cast
The Disney/ABC Television Group, ESPN and Verizon announced today that a comprehensive portfolio of news, entertainment and sports video programming, including full-length episodes of shows from ABC Entertainment, ABC News and Disney Channel, as well as content from ESPN, will be available to Verizon Wireless V CAST Video and Mobile Web customers.
The agreement covers mobile distribution of on-demand, full-length episodes to V CAST Video, complementing existing short-form content currently available from ABC and ESPN. Full-length programs will include: | |
MetroPCS Launched myMetro - Customer Service Feature
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. has launched myMetro, a customer service feature that gives subscribers the ability to manage their account on-the-go. This revolutionary mobile care solution features real-time, no waiting account updates on an easy-to-use visual application.
The myMetro mobile solution puts the ability to check an account balance, pay bills, add money to the MetroPCS pre-pay bucket (Metro-Connect), change rate plans and features, and modify myMetro settings all at the subscribers' fingertips, without speaking to a representative. The myMetro application is offered at no charge, and it will come as a standard feature on new MetroPCS handsets.
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Record Your Wireless & Land Line Calls with the Call Recorder Card
Now there's a way to record all your wireless, business and home telephone call calls without needing a physical recording device or any software. CallRecorderCard.net's digital telephone recording service lets you keep a record of all your conference calls, sales orders, and other important communications for reference at any time.
CallRecorderCard lets you download or stream your recording at any time, from the internet or over the phone. We are also the ONLY way to record all your incoming phone calls!
The Call Recorder Cards contain instructions on how to reroute calls through our telecommunications-recording switch. Each call is channeled through a recording switch before it is answered by the receiving party. The Card does not in any way connect to the phone, nor does it replace existing phone service. Vist CallRecorder.com for more information. | 
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Get Paid By MobileXpression to Study Your Mobile Internet Usage
MobileXpression is a new market research panel from comScore, Inc. designed to understand the trends and behaviors of people using the mobile Internet. Are the most popular sites on the Internet also the most popular sites on the mobile Internet? Where are people surfing to and what mobile applications are they using? These are the kinds of questions MobileXpression can answer.
Just as the television industry uses rating services to determine which are the most watched programs and to affect the shows and commercials that air, the mobile community relies on services like MobileXpression to understand the likes and dislikes of mobile Internet users to make informed business decisions. Just by surfing the mobile Internet, MobileXpression panelists will be able to shape the future of the mobile web. What we learn from what they do and how they do it on their mobile phones will provide marketers and service providers with the information they need to make the mobile Internet better for everyone! | 
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Nokia Ships 1 Million 5800 XpressMusic Phones
Nokia has announced that it has shipped the millionth Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, a milestone that coincides with the successful sales start of the device in the UK. The latest in Nokia's XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the company's first mass market touch screen device.
Following its introduction in October 2008, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has seen successful sales starts in a number of markets, including Hong Kong and Moscow where the device sold out within hours of the sales start. Yesterday at the official sales start of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in the UK, more than 150 customers queued outside the Nokia Flagship Store on London's Regent Street to be among the first to own the device.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a complete music experience and features a number of music and entertainment essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry's most powerful sound. | 
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Verizon to Launch Home Hub Phone w/ Touch Screen on Feb 1st
On Feb. 1, 2009, Verizon Wireless will launch a new touch screen home phone system designed to replace old-style home phones with a souped-up home communications system, bridging wireline and wireless connectivity in one simple service, that runs on any broadband connection – whether supplied by Verizon FiOS Internet or DSL or any other high-speed service provider.
Families with active lifestyles and virtually anyone who wants to stay current and connected need a tool that helps manage their communications, contacts and calendars simply and smartly – all from one easy screen. The Verizon Hub is poised to help pave the way for people to stay in touch and up to date with the information they need to navigate their increasingly busy days and nights. | 
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Boost Mobile Launches Unlimited Monthly Plan for $50
Boost Mobile (owned by Sprint) has introduced the Motorola i290 handset, priced at only $49.99 without a contract or credit check. Also available starting today is the new Boost Mobile "Monthly Unlimited" plan offering unlimited anytime nationwide calling, text messaging, wireless Web and walkie-talkie services with a national calling area for only $50 a month.
Featuring a lightweight and thin design with services such as multimedia messaging, GPS and wireless Web, the Motorola i290 is the latest addition to Boost Mobile's expanding portfolio of wireless phones for 2009.
Featuring a lightweight and thin design with services such as multimedia messaging, GPS and wireless Web, the i290 is the latest addition to Boost Mobile's expanding portfolio of wireless phones for 2009. |
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Sprint Announces Exclusive Super Bowl XLIII Benefits to Its Customers
With Super Bowl XLIII mere days away, national attention has turned to Tampa Bay; host of this year's game. As a result, a number of exclusive benefits are available to Sprint customers, whether attending the game in Tampa or watching from home throughout the country. For all Sprint event schedules and more information, visit www.sprint.com/nfl. Sprint's Super Bowl content is now available on NFL Mobile Live, an exclusive application from Sprint, in a centralized Web page, "Super Bowl XLIII," formatted especially for wireless handsets. To access the Web page, Sprint customers/fans can download NFL Mobile Live or text "TAMPA" to 7777* using Sprint or Nextel service. On the site, customers will find links to useful and entertaining Super Bowl material. |  |
HTC Announces the Updated HTC Touch Cruise
HTC Corporation today announced its latest personal navigation handset with inbuilt GPS. The new HTC Touch Cruise, an update to 2008’s popular HTC GPS device of the same name, boasts a new, more compact design and a host of new capabilities to offer a richer and more intuitive experience in one powerful package. The new HTC Touch Cruise is the first mobile phone to offer HTC Footprints, an application experience that enables people to permanently chronicle their special moments by capturing a digital postcard on their phone. Once captured, Footprints provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip of that favourite restaurant or special place while identifying its specific geographical location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS co-ordinates, Footprints also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area. Flipping back through their photos, HTC Touch Cruise users will be able to retrace their steps to that exact location in just a few touches. |  |
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