01 Apr 09 RIM Opens Blackberry App Store
Who says that the iPhone is the only one with an App Store? Apparently, RIM has opened its own app store for the Blackberry. While RIM releases some of the most popular business smart phones — Blackberries — it has lost some ground to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s G1 phone which both feature an application marketplace.
Now it has launched its BlackBerry App World store, its response to these competitors. Support for the store will be rolled out onto Blackberry phones nationwide. The store will offer both free and priced applications available via over-the-air download. The store is currently only available in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, but more countries will soon be added.
The front page of App World will feature a carousel like design of featured applications, which will vary weekly. A list of most popular applications is also included. The site features a keyword search capability, as well as reviews and recommendations. People can send recommendations via email, PIN, SMS message or BlackBerry Messenger
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31 Mar 09 The Daily Wrap Up
New Diablo III Screenshots, Gameplay Information
Samsung 2009 Blu-ray Players Have Prices Now
Acura ZDX
Road Runner iScooter
Demekin Pocket Fisheye Camera
Mad Mad Mario Online Review: Just One Joke, But It’s Pretty Funny
3 Blogging “Rules” To Forget
BodyLogicMD Launches New Website
Triflow Taps
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31 Mar 09 Today on Mobilewhack.com
RIM to Use 1GHz Processors in Future Smartphones
HTC Touch Diamond2 Will Arrive in Europe in Mid-April
Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace Makes a Video Appearance
ST-Ericsson Announced New Chip for Music Playback on the Phone
Driving to Work Safely with the iPhone
Orange to Launch Vegas Touchscreen Phone
Lenovo Bags Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Bundle
Buzzwire Keeps You Up to Date with American Idol News
Igloo Releases Blackberry Application
LiveFromYou Personal Media Application for Mobile Phones Launched
First Hotel Global App Launched by Choice Hotels
ZTE Replaces Motorola as the 5th Largest Handset Maker
Callpod Portable Chargers Now Available at Best Buy Stores
Agile Messenger for iPhone Now Available
AT&T Announces New Lineup of SmartPhones
Sierra Wireless Unveils the AirCard 402
Verizon to Launch MiFi 2200 EVDO Hotspot
Huawei Android Phone Scheduled for Q3 Release from T-Mobile
New Samsung Instinct S30 Revealed
Samsung’s New Instinct For Sprint
Sprint Brings LG Lotus Back: Now in Red
Cheap, touchscreen touting LG Neon revealed
Apple sued over App Store, iTunes, iPhone camera
Samsung’s not so smart Magnet
AT&T talks about new Samsung Propel
Skype hits North American App Store
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31 Mar 09 iPhone Third-Generation Concept
Let’s face it folks, it’s that time of the year again. Remember last year how the Internet was buzzing with all sorts of rumors regarding Apple’s iPhone 3G? Well get ready to witness it once again as all signs indicate that a third-generation concept is going to be unveiled in June.
Today we have one more iPhone concept. As you can see it’s even flatter and slimmer than the previous version. Other than that it looks pretty much exactly as its predecessor. Can we expect a better camera? How about a front facing one? And isn’t it too thin? We’ll keep monitor the web for other iPhone third-gen concepts as we have a little over two months to go until the next iPhone will be revealed.
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31 Mar 09 RIM to Use 1GHz Processors in Future Smartphones
During May 5-7, the Wireless Enterprise Symposium will be underway in Florida and RIM is said to unveil a new device which will have inside a fast 1GHz processor. We’re actually anxious to see what BlackBerry RIM has been working on, especially since we already are waiting for a Toshiba smartphone wearing a 1GHz processor this year. Doer RIM already have a competitor for the TG01 and for the third generation iPhone? WES 2009 will certainly reveal more information about RIM’s new devices, but feel free to send in your hot tips if you have them.
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31 Mar 09 HTC Touch Diamond2 Will Arrive in Europe in Mid-April
I guess some of you folks are waiting the second Diamond, a Windows Mobile able to run Windows 6.5 when it comes out. In case you’re waiting for it in Europe, you will be happy to know that HTC will launch the HTC Touch Diamond2 in Europe sometime in the middle of next month. T-Mobile Germany will probably be the first carrier to offer both the Touch Diamond2 and the Touch Pro2 in the first half of the year. According to rumors the HTC Touch Diamond2 will sell for $600 but we definitely need more info on that.
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31 Mar 09 Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace Makes a Video Appearance
Are you really anxious to see Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace in action? Microsoft has decided to put together this video here to showcase their upcoming app store. Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary here. We will have tons of apps to choose from. We will be able to rate them, browse through them and buy the ones we like straight from our Windows phone. After downloading them we’ll also be able to ask for a full refund if we’re not exactly happy with them. How convenient, right?
And that’s about it. Microsoft’s Marketplace isn’t amazing in any way yet. We’ll be waiting for the official launch for more information. At least we enjoyed that HTC handset which got some free publicity out of this video.
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31 Mar 09 ST-Ericsson Announced New Chip for Music Playback on the Phone
Ericsson partnered up with STMicroelectronics and the two allies have already come up with a new product. The next-generation STw52111 chip is a mobile audio chip which will double the music playback on your future music phone or MP3 player. The new digital-to-analog converter will let manufacturers build new devices capable of offering you the highest levels of audio quality and the longer playback time. The two companies have combined PTE or Playback Time Extender with a technology with “102dB signal-to-noise ratio through the whole audio path”. The STw5211 will have the following features:
- 66dB THD (Total harmonic distortion)
- 8 to 192kHz sample rate conversion
- 32kHz RTC clock-only operationSystem clock generator
- 2.6 x 2.6mm footprint (only few external components required)
The chip will be available in April for inspections and testing and it will go into massive production in August. Are we going to see new Walkman handsets from Sony Ericsson equipped with the technology? What about new MP3s?
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31 Mar 09 Driving to Work Safely with the iPhone
It looks like there may be some exceptions as far as using mobile devices while driving. At least that is what this press release is sort of trying to imply. Njection.com added another layer to their Speed Trap mapping system today by including traffic accidents and fatalities to enhance their data visualization system.
This addition will allow drivers to see where accident black spots and problem areas are. An updated Njection Mobile iPhone application [iTunes] that allows drivers to be alerted to these high accident areas is awaiting approval from Apple.
Njection.com has acquired accident data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and global weather conditions from WeatherBug.com, and coupled this information with Microsoft Virtual Earth to produce a unique use of data visualization.
This Virtual Earth mash-up not only allows users to view 5 years of accident data collected from the NHTSA based on local weather conditions but to see it in 4-hour blocks updated every hour from the current time.
For example, if it is 12PM and a user selects the “4 hour history” radio button, they will be shown a history of accidents that have occurred between 11AM and 3PM based on the local weather conditions.
Njection.com is also working on acquiring more accident data to provide more detailed information for visitors to view. Future additions will allow users to print driving directions that will include high accident locations, red light cameras and police speed traps along their route.
In addition, future additions will involve acquiring more detailed accident data from individual states to enhance the system. Njection.com’s Video section will be added to allow automotive enthusiasts to upload and share videos. In addition, a contest, scheduled to begin April 2nd, is planned to reward subscribers.
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31 Mar 09 Orange to Launch Vegas Touchscreen Phone
Orange will be launching a new touchscreen phone, the Vegas which will be really affordable and available to pay as you go plans. So let’s see what you’re going to get for your $92:
- Bluetooth
- MP3 player
- FM radio
- 1.3MP camera
- 64MB of internal memory
- 1GB MicroSD card
- Talk time: up to 3 hours
- Stand by time: up to 7 days
- 84 grams
The phone has been already posted on Orange UK’s site but it can’t be purchased just yet. If you want an entry-level touchscreen phone then the Vegas is the way to go.
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31 Mar 09 Lenovo Bags Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Bundle
When it comes to buying a laptop, check out the add-ons and the freebies. In this case, the Lenovo Thinkpad seems to have a great bonus added to it as it has announced that it is the first PC maker to offer laptops that are Optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.
As a certified partner in the Microsoft Partner Program, this qualification means that the Lenovo ThinkPad X301, T400 and T500 laptop PCs meet Microsoft’s stringent requirements for high quality audio and video, giving users an excellent unified communications experience, while also lowering the total cost of ownership for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environment.
Unified communications refers to the convergence of multimedia including voice, video and data over a common Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure. Customers can communicate through voice and video conference calls, email/calendaring and instant messaging in real-time, irrespective of the communication device.
The network requirements for VoIP, call set up and call quality management are important functions to build upon for customers who want to expand the capabilities of their network.
To help customers maximize their networks, Lenovo has extended unified communications capabilities to several ThinkPad laptops.
With the market for unified communications continuing to grow, many companies are seeing the benefits including increased productivity, greater efficiency and reduced travel and communication costs.
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31 Mar 09 Buzzwire Keeps You Up to Date with American Idol News
One TV show that is followed by a lot of people is American Idol. And while most people cannot constantly follow this show, worry no more as your iPhone can keep you up to date with the latest happenings.
Fans leverage the Web to vote for their favorite contestants, and instantly keep up on the best and worst performances, get the inside scoop on the favorites, and all the behind-the-scenes gossip. Now, Buzzwire, Inc. is making things easier than ever for fans by giving them the quickest news and gossip on their mobile phone, wherever they are.
Buzzwire is the first editorially directed, community-driven mobile site featuring the best of the mobile Web. Anyone with a mobile device and a web browser can now go to m.buzzwire.com to quickly and easily access all the latest results, news and gossip on American Idol and Dancing with the Stars in one convenient place.
With mobile quickly becoming the preferred means for Internet browsing, m.buzzwire.com lets mobile users easily discover, experience, and share the most popular content on the mobile web. The Buzzwire “Song & Dance” mobile portal features all the latest on both shows and give fans anytime, anywhere access to the best related stories, gossip, blogs and more — all from their mobile phones.
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31 Mar 09 Igloo Releases Blackberry Application
For the people who love to stay online and put in their thoughts on various social networking communities, get your Blackberry ready as Igloo today announced the release of its BlackBerry Client application. Community members can now access and contribute content to their online communities not only from a standard web browser, but also from their BlackBerry Smartphone.
This client application extends IGLOO’s current mobile strategy for the BlackBerry, taking it beyond simple web browser and email application support. In this first release, members are able read blog articles, browse recent discussions, see and post comments, send and receive email notifications, search the community and access personal social profiles.
Subsequent releases of the IGLOO BlackBerry Client will focus on taking advantage of dedicated BlackBerry features, including calendar synchronization, messaging, uploading of photos, videos and documents to an online community directly from the mobile device.
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31 Mar 09 LiveFromYou Personal Media Application for Mobile Phones Launched
When it comes to logging on to social networking sites like Facebook, subscribers just seem to want to log on and showcase images and some excerpts according to them. When they are away from their PC, the nearest device to use is the mobile phone on a limited capacity. But not anymore!
GoTV Networks, Inc., the industry’s largest mobile media network, today announced the launch of LiveFromYou, a new personal media application for mobile phones and social networks.
LiveFromYou is a mobile and web product that enables users to share the stories of their lives in pictures, videos and words with friends and family on their social network page. LiveFromYou automatically organizes pictures, videos, and other media for easy and instant sharing via an application widget loaded onto a user’s Facebook or MySpace page.
LiveFromYou curates and organizes media, whether it is currently present on the user’s social network page or ready to upload from a collection stored on a desktop PC, digital camera or mobile phone. Media is automatically presented in chronological order, either individually or grouped in user-defined albums on the innovative LiveFromYou timeline. When geo-code data is present, the media items or albums are also viewable on a map.
LiveFromYou is now available for Facebook and MySpace. In one easy process users can load the application to their personal page. The LiveFromYou application widget automatically imports the media from a user’s social network profile.
Key Features:
- Multimedia Sharing
- Easy Access
- Instant Media Uploads
- Map/Geo Tracking
- Security
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31 Mar 09 First Hotel Global App Launched by Choice Hotels
Choice Hotels is bound to get on the map with this news that they have developed a global app for iPhones aimed at easing the travel planning process through the launch of the Choice Hotels Locator iPhone application. This free-of-charge application allows users to book rooms anytime, anywhere using one of the most popular wireless devices available on the market.
“The new iPhone app extends Choice’s position in the hospitality industry as an eCommerce innovator,” said Chris Malone, chief marketing officer for Choice Hotels. “Choice has taken its highly successful distribution platform and extended its reach to customers using mobile and GPS devices around the world.”
Customers can now find and book Choice properties worldwide via a wireless version of ChoiceHotels.com available through any web enabled mobile device. Travelers can also locate our hotels around the world on the majority of Global Positioning Devices in use in cars, hand held devices and even on golf carts.
This new application now provides over 11 million iPhone users with unprecedented access to over 5,800 hotels right in the palm of their hand.
Features of the initial release of the Choice Hotels iPhone App include the ability to:
- Search and book the closest hotel to any given location worldwide using GPS technology
- Make changes to or cancel existing reservations
- Find hotel locations on a map based on current position
- See street view hotel images
- View hotel photos
- Choice Privileges rewards program account access
- Get door-to-door directions to and from hotels
- Get hotel details and amenities
- Locate hotels by city, zip code, airport code, address or popular attraction
- Call hotels directly or 800.4CHOICE
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31 Mar 09 ZTE Replaces Motorola as the 5th Largest Handset Maker
ZTE is one of the largest telecommunication equipment makers in China and that seems to be good enough to make ZTE the 5th largest handset maker in the world. The position was formerly held my Motorola but this will all change this year. Nokia, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson will lead the pack with ZTE and Motorola following. It looks like ZTE has shipped 45 million phones in 2008 and it seems ready to surpass Motorola in the first quarter of 2009. ZTE might also be able to leave Sony Ericsson behind which isn’t doing that good momentarily.
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31 Mar 09 Callpod Portable Chargers Now Available at Best Buy Stores
Chargers are pretty important these days and without them, people may have issues as far as power requirements for their devices. For that, Callpod has announced several of its products including the award-winning portable chargers, the Fueltank and the original Chargepod, 6-in-1 device charger are now being offered at select Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores nationwide and at bestbuy.com.
The Chargepod and Fueltank are perfect for power-hungry cell phone owners, gamers, commuters, frequent travelers, gadget lovers, college students, families, businesses and anyone that owns more than one portable device.
“Callpod is honored to be working with Best Buy and feel that our products are a perfect fit for its customers,” said Darren Guccione, Callpod’s CEO and Co-founder. “Callpod products are versatile and used by anyone almost anywhere including for home use, office use, on the road use, for use in mobile homes, cars, trucks, boats, planes, camping etc.; we make something for almost everyone.”
Callpod’s products are currently available online and at select Best Buy locations. Callpod products are also available at Walmart.com, Costco, OfficeMax and Callpod.com.
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31 Mar 09 Agile Messenger for iPhone Now Available
Instant Messaging via your iPhone just got better with the new Agile Messenger software from Agilemobile.com Ltd. The company today announced the release and immediate availability of its award winning Agile Messenger for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
Agile Messenger is available for immediate download from Apple’s iTunes App Store. Agile Messenger provides seamless access to all of the popular IM networks, while you are on the go, from your iPhone or iPod Touch
Agile Messenger is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for mobile phones and provides a seamless connection to the public instant messaging networks of ICQ, AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, GoogleTalk and any other XMPP network.
Features include Agilemobile.com’s multi-media messaging technology which, enables users to send instant picture, and voice messages from mobile to mobile and mobile to PC. Agile Messenger for the iPhone and iPod touch provides an always connected experience to end users by using the iPhone’s existing push email technology, and will support the new iPhone Push Notification service offered by the soon to be released iPhone OS 3.0.
In addition to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch platform, Agile Messenger is already available for Windows Mobile, Symbian Series 60, 80, 90 and Symbian UIQ.
Agile Messenger for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch is available for immediate download from Apple’s iTunes Appstore as of today, and will be available to early adopters at the special introductory price of $9.99 for the first 30 days.
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31 Mar 09 AT&T Announces New Lineup of SmartPhones
Just in time for Spring, AT&T is making sure that the growing number of mobile subscribers will be covered. AT&T today announced a fresh new lineup of smartphones and quick messaging phones that make it easier for customers to message with friends and family and manage their business and personal lives on-the-go.
Arriving in AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com in the coming weeks, these integrated devices add to AT&T’s leading mobile phone portfolio.
In the smartphone category, AT&T debuted the Nokia E71x and the Samsung Propel Pro, two stylish smartphones that inspire fun, while delivering serious functionality. In addition, the Samsung Impression and Samsung Magnet, and LG Xenon and Neon emerge to the lead AT&T’s lineup of quick messaging phones and expands the number of full-keyboard mobile phones in AT&T’s lineup to seven.
- For the Nokia E71x, pay $149.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card.
- For the Samsung Propel Pro pay $199.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card.
- For the Samsung Impression pay $249.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card.
- For the LG Xenon pay $149.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card.
A two-year service agreement is also required. AT&T promotion card valid wherever major credit cards are accepted and for 120 days after issue date. May be used to pay wireless bill. Not redeemable for cash and cannot be used for cash withdrawal at ATMs or at automated gas pumps.
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31 Mar 09 Sierra Wireless Unveils the AirCard 402
Here is an add-on for portable devices, like laptops, that is sure to be a great peripheral for people who don’t have the luxury of time. Sierra Wireless today introduced the Sierra Wireless AirCard 402, the first product in the Sierra Wireless AirCard product line to offer 2-in-1 functionality.
The AirCard 402 is a PC Card that offers the convenience of switching to the ExpressCard form factor whenever required. By offering both PC and ExpressCard form factors in a single device, Sierra Wireless spares customers the expense of purchasing a new mobile broadband device when they upgrade their notebook computers.
Designed for time-crunched mobile professionals, the AirCard 402 data card is remarkably compact and simple to use. It can be safely stored in the computer’s PC Card slot or ExpressCard slot for quick and easy internet access on-the-fly – its low profile and durable design allows users to carry the notebook with the card in place, and the AirCard 402 can be set to reconnect automatically when the computer is reopened.
Sierra Wireless will demonstrate the AirCard 402 data card at CTIA Wireless 2009, to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 1 to 3.
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