LG and Samsung team up to develop and promote new Digital Mobile TV Standard
LG President and CTO Woo Paik met up with JongWoo Park, Samsung’s President for Digital Media Business today to discuss and sign an agreement for their companies to jointly develop and propose technology for a mobile/handheld DTV standard to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC).
The event was held at the Seoul Plaza Hotel in Seoul, [...]
Ericsson to provide HSPA/GPS modules for Dell laptops
In an online press release today the Swedish mobile company Ericsson announced their plans to supply HSPA/GPS modules for new Dell laptops, starting Q2 2008.
HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) is the world’s most widespread form of 3G broadband, capable of providing download speeds of up to 14.4 Mbit/s (in theory) and up to 7.2 Mbit/s in [...]
Swisscom reveals 3G iPhone prices, official colors and max size?
While asking iPhone users how they would feel about a black version of the iPhone brings mixed responses varying from the “I like my iPhone shiny just the way it is!” to the “Black is beautiful. Bring it on!” kind of answers, I wonder how they would react when they find out that the 3G [...]
First Full Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder coming to Verizon, Vodafone, further proof of 9900, 9300, and 9100-series
With the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone officially spearheading RIM’s new line of enterprise solutions, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if a new device is announced for the 9000-series, like say, a certain BlackBerry 9500. But if it’s going to be a full-touchscreen device, RIM’s very first full touchscreen device in fact, going nuts over [...]
LG’s new HB620T DVB-T phone offers free mobile TV to Germany
You can now officially kiss commercial-driven mobile TV goodbye with the LG-HB620T mobile phone, the first in the world to offer DVB-T or Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial, the cost-free free cousin of Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H).
The LG-HB620T is set to be released first in Germany, and O2, T-Mobile, and Vodafone, will be among the first ones [...]
Sony Ericsson wants to add mobile data functionality to the cameras
Getting cameras into mobile phones these days have become so commonplace, that it’s actually harder to find a phone without the camera, then one with it.
But what about doing things the other way around?
Instead of trying to cram the camera functionality into a mobile phone, why not add the phone functionality, or at least [...]
Opera Mini 4.1 officially released
Opera Mini 4.1 is now officially out of Beta, and now available for free download via the Opera Mini web site. (OperaMini.com)
What this new version does is repackage all the great features of the old one nicely, offering a better mobile Internet experience to the user.
Other than boasting all the great features of the old, [...]
Could WWDC 2008 see launch of dedicated Apple handheld gaming console?
Forget all those 3G iPhone rumors. Apple’s known to never announce something that’s lame in itself anyway. There’s always something in Apple announcements, keynotes, and launches that adds something new. And if the only thing the iPhone is getting by June this year (or September, at the very latest) is 3G network support, then that [...]
SK Telecom hoping to import BlackBerry to Korea
Though not all of our Asian brethren could be included in the first round of Asian carriers getting official iPhone lovin’ in the following months, there are still, of course, other solutions they can look to with regards to their mobile telephony. That’s what SK Telecom, Korea’s largest telecom service provider, is trying to keep [...]
T-Mobile delays launch of Nokia phones, scraps Motorola
It looks like T-Mobile customers who are eagerly awaiting to ditch their old mid-level phones for new ones are going to have to wait a little bit longer. An insider confirms that some of T-Mobile’s upcoming phones will be having a delay in launching, namely, a couple of Nokia music phones and a lone Motorola [...]