Mobility Phones – Mobile Phones

Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Tour(TM) - a powerful new 3G BlackBerry® smartphone for CDMA customers in North America. The new BlackBerry Tour smartphone offers state-of-the-art communications and multimedia capabilities with outstanding mobile performance and consummate styling. It is a feature-packed and highly refined world phone that keeps you connected and lets you tour the world in style. "BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at ...

The number of smart phone-devices for which developers can create native applications will be increasing rapidly in the coming five years, according to new research from In-Stat (www.instat.com). By 2013, In-Stat projects nearly 30% of Smart Phones representing over 100 million unit shipments will be based on an Operating System that supports app stores. Apple's highly promoted App Store set the stage for a flurry of similar handset-based application discovery and sales portals. Google's Android (included under "Linux - Other") was also conceived around a similar app store, as was the Palm WebOS, the replacement for Palm's ...

NVIDIA Corporation and industry partners unveiled 12 new high-definition mobile Internet devices (MIDs) all powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra™ processor, the world’s smallest and lowest power computer-on-a-chip. These new Tegra-based devices, which include netbooks and tablets, deliver desktop-class Internet browsing with Flash video and animation acceleration, and up to 1080p video playback. NVIDIA Tegra processors feature always-on operation for instant access to the Internet, which compares to that of cell phone-class power management, and up to 5x the battery life of current netbooks—making days of HD mobile Internet experiences a reality. “The mobile computing revolution has arrived,” ...

Sony Ericsson today announced Satio which provides you access to all your media in one place - just tap directly into your favourite features with the five standby panels and you're ready to go. First introduced in Barcelona as the 'Idou', Satio puts the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand. You can watch your favourite movies on the bus or catch up with your TV shows while on your lunch break thanks to Satio. "With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never ...

Today Sony Ericsson launches Yari the ultimate phone for mobile fun, whether it's gaming you're after or multimedia action. Nothing to hold, nothing to twist - except your body - gesture gaming technology gives users a unique gaming experience no matter where they are. With a variety of games to choose from, whether you want to keep fit and stay in shape or just want to beat your best score at tennis or boxing, Yari brings you fun wherever you are.

And with Yari there's always a new game to play. In addition to gesture games, there ...

Sony Ericsson today strengthens its commitment to providing unique entertainment experiences on the mobile handset with the launch of PlayNow(TM) arena with movies, the latest addition to the PlayNow(TM) arena content delivery platform. The announcement delivers upon the company's Communication Entertainment strategy which was shared at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. PlayNow(TM) arena with movies is a bundled movie service from Sony Ericsson, included out-of-the-box for selected handsets, allowing consumers to watch up to 60 movies a year on their mobile phone. Optimised to give consumers the best possible viewing experience, users can choose ...

Notable changes introduced in cupcake: Applications * MMS o New features + Save attachments from MMS. * Settings o New features + New menu option to list running processes in Settings->ManageApplications. * Music o New features + Music playback fades in after suspending for phone call. + New media search intent allows for 3rd party apps to launch or respond to media searches based on artist, album, or title. Affects: Music Player, YouTube, Browser applications. * Browser o New features + Updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008 WebKit version. + Support for new, optimized JavaScript engine (SquirrelFish). + Copy / paste is enabled in the browser. To copy with touch, ...

LIN TV Corp., a local television and digital media company, today announced an agreement with News Over Wireless (NOW) for the distribution of its market-leading news and video to a growing number of mobile users. “We are strategically accelerating the expansion of our mobile services, a business that was non-existent two years ago, and now attracts nearly five million impressions a month,” said LIN TV’s Senior Vice President New Media Robb Richter. “NOW’s customized mobile news platform will help further extend our newsrooms, increase brand loyalty and grow additional revenue streams.” LIN TV is also leveraging NOW’s technology ...

Direct and indirect revenues from mobile applications are expected to exceed $25bn by 2014, with growth fueled by a raft of store launches targeting both high-end and mass market handsets, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The mobile applications report found that while the overwhelming majority of application (app) revenues are currently accrued from one-off downloads, the increasing utilization of in-app billing to enable incremental revenues from additional mobile content will see value-added services (VAS) providing the dominant revenue stream by 2011. It also noted that many Tier 1 operators would seek to deploy their ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone. “Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone,” said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. “With Samsung’s accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing ...

Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of its newest full-touch screen mobiles – S5600 and S5230. With these latest products, Samsung is able to enhance its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch screen mobile market. “Samsung S5600 and S5230 are significant products to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, bringing stylish designs and intuitive user interfaces,” said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of Mobile Communications division at Samsung Electronics. “We are committed to strengthening our portfolio of full-touch phones by introducing a variety of handsets to suit every ...

Rising demand for complex multimedia-centric applications is forcing handset manufacturers to design increasingly ‘smart’ and highly personalised mobile devices. A new smartphones report from Juniper Research forecasts that these so-called ‘smartphones’ will account for 23% of all new handsets sold per annum by 2013. Driving interest in smartphones will be the proliferation of online stores selling specialised applications that will make these devices better suited to individual users’ needs. Vendors Adopt Apps Store Model The runaway success of Apple’s App Store – reportedly 300 million applications were downloaded by iPhone users within five months of its launch – ...

A new report from Juniper Research warns that, while its best case forecasts estimate that the mobile entertainment market will reach nearly $36bn in 2010, revenue growth will be markedly lower if the global recession fails to bottom-out over the next twelve months. Using a scenario-based approach to assess the impact of the recession on the mobile entertainment industry, the report found that average annual growth over the next two years declines from nearly 19% under the best case scenario to less than 7% in the worst case, with mobile TV, user-generated content and music amongst ...

Carbon Manna Unlimited announced today the initiation of a worldwide strategic-partnering campaign to support the world's first roll-out of its cell-phone-based Carbon Micro Credit system in Kenya, to include the town of Kogelo, Kenya, U.S. President Barack Obama's ancestral home town. The cell-phone-based Carbon Micro Credit system employs SMS (simple message service) and unique identifiers to allow millions of families in the Developing World to claim on a bi-weekly or monthly basis the carbon offsets they produce by using more efficient cooking methods such as a modern charcoal stove or solar cooker, instead of an inefficient open-pit ...

Boost Mobile customers can enjoy superior value in prepaid wireless services. By switching to Boost's $50 'Monthly Unlimited' plan, savings can increase up to $695/year when compared to T-Mobile's $99.99/month prepaid unlimited talk, text and Web plan. Further, Boost Mobile customers can save up to $42/year compared to Cricket's $45/month unlimited regional talk, text and Web offering, and up to $144/year compared to MetroPCS's $45/month unlimited nationwide talk, text and Web offering, because with Boost, there are no roaming charges, convenience fees or additional telecom taxes. Monthly Unlimited is the newly launched flat-rate prepaid plan from Boost, ...

Qualcomm Incorporated unveiled a new family of chipset solutions that expand its HSPA+ product portfolio. The new HSPA+ products, which include solutions for mobile handsets and data cards, will enable an enhanced user experience by combining support for advanced mobile broadband technologies with powerful processing and multimedia capabilities. The family of products also includes a new Qualcomm transceiver--the QTR8610(TM)--which supports worldwide 3G bands and integrates Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio, and necessary codecs to deliver a high level of functionality in a single chip. "As HSPA+ becomes an increasingly popular option for network operators looking to maximize their ...

Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin® Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. today announced the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20, an all-in-one phone, mobile web-browser and premium navigation system with a Windows Mobile operating system. The Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 will be on display at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 16-19, 2009, at the Garmin-Asus exhibit (Hall 7, #7C37). As the first Garmin-Asus nüvifone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with enterprise email, the sleek and colorful nüvifone M20 is designed for on-the-go professionals who want a fashionable and functional smartphone to manage their busy work and personal ...

Ericsson will launch its Connected Home Gateway software at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, giving consumers the freedom to access and interact with their home multimedia devices, services and media, wherever they are. The gateway also enables one single entry point for IPTV and multimedia telephony services into the home. Installed in the home, Ericsson Connected Home Gateway achieves all of this by providing a secure connection between consumers' digital home networks and the telecommunications network, and a single point of entry for IPTV and communication services, such as multimedia telephony. Consumers can then use their ...

OpenPeak, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP multimedia telephony systems, and Verizon Wireless announced today that OpenPeak(TM) has been selected by Verizon Wireless to serve as the exclusive hardware provider for the new Verizon Hub. An innovative new VoIP multimedia home communications system, the Verizon Hub reinvents the home telephone with touch screen access to voice, data and multimedia content to help busy families stay organized and connected at home and on the go.

Available now in Verizon Wireless stores and online, the Verizon Hub promises to revolutionize the home phone by providing an all-in-one communications command ...

AricentTM, a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on the communications industry, 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 ...