Thursday, July 31, 2008

Vyke launches free/cheaper text service for Symbian handsets

Vyke Communications has launched an application for Symbian handsets that allows users to send free text messages.

FreeTxT is compatible with Symbian Series 60 handsets that allows Vyke customers to send and receive free text messages to fellow Vyke users, and send cheaper texts to non-Vyke users. The FreeTxT application intercepts outgoing text messages and sends them to Vyke’s server via the phone’s internet connection. know more...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

LG to Use Dolby Mobile System in Cell Phones

LG & Dolby Digital ,The two companies have reached a deal that will make LG the first cell phone maker to incorporate the Mobile version of Dolby's system into its handsets.

The first LG phones with Dolby Mobile are due out in the fourth quarter of the year. The company plans to build the technology into high-end multimedia handsets. read more

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Sony Ericsson W595

The SE W595 is the Slider phone with 3.2 MP camera and the 2.2" QVGA display. It supports Memory Stick Micro cards (up to 2GB)

Phone Specifications:

Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (all models)
UMTS 2100 (not W595a/c)
Screen : 240 x 320 pixels
Camera : 3.2 megapixels
Bluetooth : Yes
Infra-red : No
Memory card : Memory Stick Micro
Java : Yes

India to Get iPhone 3G on August 18

[new on tech2.com]
So after much digging, we've got information on the official date for the India launch of the iPhone 3G.
Vodafone will launch the iPhone 3G first on the 18th of August. Pricing and other essentials are still unknown. But worry not, we at Tech2 will keep you posted. You'll know as soon as we do.


Thursday, July 24, 2008

Samsung INNOV8


Samsung has announce global launch of the first S60 powered 8 megapixel camera phone.Samsung has practically killed Nokia N96.

Samsung today announced the launch of the almighty entertaining mobile phone, Samsung INNOV8, which is to be made available in the global market from August 2008.

The Samsung Innov8 is the Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone. Other features include WiFi, built-in accelerometer.

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Sony Ericsson W902


Sony Ericsson has announced the W902 Walkman. It has 8GB Memory Stick, QVGA display, with 5MP camera.

Phone Specification :

Screen
- 240x320 pixel
- 262.144 color TFT
5 megapixel camera
Outstanding music sound
Memory card: Memory Stick Micro
Data: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS(3G), HSDPA

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nokia shipped 122 Million handsets in the second quarter of 2008

Nokia announced that 122 million mobile devices has been shipped worldwind in Second quarter of 2008. It is 40% of total no. of phones sold by all the handset manufacturer in the same period.

As geographic area, the number of nokia handsets sold in Q2 2008 :

1. Asia Pacific - 36.4 million units

2. Europe - 27.1 million units

3. Middle East and Africa - 21.1 million units

4. Mainland China - 17.6 million units

5. Latin America - 15.3 million units

6. North America - 4.5 million units

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Sony Ericsson may buy Spice Mobile

Sony Ericsson is in talks to acquire BK Modi’s Spice Mobile. Sources close to the development confirmed that the Modi group had demanded Rs 80-100 per share, which values Spice Mobile at around Rs 700 crore. BK Modi directly owns about 64% in Spice Mobile. However, it is not clear if Sony Ericsson will accept this price. Spice Mobile shares closed at Rs 22.7 on BSE on Thursday, which gives the company a market capitalisation of around Rs 177 crore.

news on economictimes

Monday, July 14, 2008

Wordpress Blog App for iPhone

Wordpress has released iPhone app. This will allow user to blog directly from their iPhone. User can start new post , edit post through application. Even picture taken from iPhone camera can be uploaded through application.

New Samsung i8510 Symbian phone with 8 MP camera

Samsung i8510, a new slider symbian phone from samsung with 8 MP camera. Samsung i8510 also has GPS & Wi-Fi. It is QVGA device with Symbian 9.3 OS with S60 UI. This phone will be released in Mid of August. It will be available in 8GB and 16GB inbuild memory. It also has microSD memory card slot for expanding memory.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

emoze announces J2ME-based application

Free push-email provider, emoze has announced the J2ME-based application. The new application will be released next month and will work on an array of devices made by Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia (Series 40), among others. It will be the first in the world to use Lwuit technology in push communication.

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Powerset is the best iPhone-optimized Wikipedia

This is hardly a hot news, but it's ultra useful for the iPhone/iPod Touch owners. Powerset is the best iPhone-optimized Wikipedia.

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Another facebook application for windows phone

Snap2Face, It is another application which gives access to facebook account to windows mobile user. Snap2Face allows you to set your and view friends' status, browse profiles, send friendship requests, get notified on events, send messages & all.

you can download Snap2Face free from here.

LG 3 phones Dare, Decoy and Chocolate 3

The LG Dare is a sleek and slim phone featuring all touchscreen operations. It has 3.2 MP camera, with photo editing tool.

The Chocolate 3 is a stylish slider phone and includes various functions such as a control wheel on the outside and an FM transmitter. MP3 Player, 1 GB internal memory, Dual Speakers, 2MP camera.

The Dare and Chocolate 3 are expected to hit the market by July 2008.

sourceThe LG Dare is a sleek and slim phone featuring all touchscreen operations. It has 3.2 MP camera, with photo editing tool.

The Chocolate 3 is a stylish slider phone and includes various functions such as a control wheel on the outside and an FM transmitter. MP3 Player, 1 GB internal memory, Dual Speakers, 2MP camera.

The Dare and Chocolate 3 are expected to hit the market by July 2008.

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Facebook Application on Windows mobile

FriendMobilizer, application gives full access to Facebook account to the windows mobile user. This application can be downloaded free from www.FaceOfMobile.com.

Google talk for iPhone

New version of google talk for iPhone is released in US. From the iPhone browser, go to www.google.com/talk, sign in and start chatting. Google Talk runs entirely in the browser so there’s no need to download or install anything.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Nokia E71 and 6220 Classic now available

A good handset with business features (E71) is available in market now. It supports gmail, yahoo, with VPN also. Phone has 3.2 MP camera & video call feature. Cost of phone is 23,000

Nokia 6220 is another phone with 5 MP camera. It also has Integrated TV out feature for viewing videos in TV. Cost of phone is 19,960.

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Flash Lite ported to the iPhone

Flash Lite for the Apple iPhone? Apparently Thomas Joos has successfully managed to place Flash Lite onto the Apple iPhone. This means there is a strong possibility that the real deal with Flash support could happen in the future.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Nokia signs music deal

Nokia has signed a deal with Warner Music Groups.It will allow customers to browse and download music for a year with a single purchase.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

iPhone available without contract

iPhone is now available witout contract with AT & T, by paying $400 More. First iPhone was only available with 2 years of contract with AT & T by paying $199 for 8GB & $299 for 16GB. Those who don't want to go for the contract, can buy iPhone by paying $599 for 8GB & $699 for 16GB.

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