Technology has been known to perk up businesses and this time around, Vocera has unveiled its own batch of smartphones, aiming to assist medical professionals and staff in rendering efficient patient care and flexible mobile communication as well. The Vocera smartphone was jointly developed with Motorola, offering a one-touch voice-user interface running on the Mobile 6.1 operating systems.

With this new device, doctors and clinical personnel will be able to access business applications as well such as clinic system alerts, asset tracking and medical reference. It even allows them to communicate since it has corporate e-mail provisions as well.

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MetroPCS and Samsung Electronics officially launched the Samsung Code (SCH-i220) today, providing consumers another potential smartphone that comes equipped with a full HTML web browser, QWERTY keyboard and a 2.0 megapixel camera. Running on the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, mobile addicts now have an alternative to address their mobile needs for personal and business intent. The Samsung Code comes with a $50 rate plan when purchased from MetroPCS which includes unlimited talk, text and data, advanced Web browsing, e-mail and other multimedia functions.

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The Thuraya Telecommunications Company has been known to produce rugged satellite phones and now it looks like they will be releasing a new one in the Thuraya XT Satellite phone. The latest rugged satellite phone is water resistant, dust and shock proof and is certainly catered for industrial use.

The Thuraya XT complies with the world telecom IP54/IK03 standards and has a glare-resistant display for better readability outdoors. The satellite phone also has a battery life of up to 6 hours and standby-time of up to 80 hours which should count it among the reliable phones in the satellite phone category.

The new phone also has an in-built GPS-Navigation feature and provides standard features like SMS, e-mail, fax and organizer services. It supports 12 languages. It is compact and lightweight, weighing only 193 grams making it usable to customers who need a robust and compact phone on the go.

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The much awaited Motorla Surf A3100 is now available. For mobile users who have been upbeat on the availability of this mobile device, it is now available over at Newegg for $399.99, unlocked at that!

The A3100 is said to be an environmentally friendly phone that boasts of a 2.8 inch QVGA screen. It supports 3G, WiFi and also has a reliable 3.0 MP VGA camera. Aside from these features, it also comes with the standard highlights we normally see from mobile phones today such as USB and Bluetooth connectivity, multimedia support, web browsing and e-mail support.

If you want to get your Motorola Surf A3100 now you can follow this link to Newegg.

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We all know that the LG Xenon has been officially launched by AT&T. But what we don’t know is that there is a special promo right now, a limited Buy One Get One Offer. Just in time for parents looking to upgrade their recent graduates’ mobile phone, AT&T is offering a limited time, buy one, get one free after mail-in rebate promotion for the LG Xenon.

As seen on the popular MTV series “The Phone”, executive produced by Justin Timberlake, the LG Xenon, available only through AT&T, includes a stylish touch screen, a side-sliding full keyboard, instant messaging, mobile e-mail and AT&T Navigator.

New LG Xenon users receive a free 30 day trial of AT&T Navigator. Using GPS directly from the customer’s wireless phone, AT&T Navigator provides audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, including full-color moving maps. After the trial period has ended, customers can pay either a monthly subscription charge of $9.99 for unlimited routes or use the service with the $2.99 Day Pass option. Data usage charges apply.

Available in AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com in blue or red, AT&T customers can get two of the new touch screen 3G quick messaging phone for $99.99 after mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement. (Pay $149.99 for each phone, and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T Promotion Card for the first phone and a $149.99 card for the second.)

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There is something about this new iPhone app, the Tuner2.com that will make it one of the reliable and quality applications available at the Apple app store. It carries the Fraunhofer’s High Efficiency Advanced Audio Codec decoder library, promising better audio quality for iPhone owners.

Modulation Index and Tuner2 have chosen MPEG-4 HE-AACv2 (aka eAAC+) for its ability to deliver high quality stereo at only 32 kbit/s over 3G networks. Fully compatible with the 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards for audio streaming, the Modulation Index iPhone app uses RTP streaming for a more reliable mobile listening experience.

The iPhone app also supports HE-AACv1 and mp3 SHOUTcast as well as Icecast2 streams, instant song purchase, song tagging, album art, shake random station selection, station search, and e-mail/Twitter stream now playing information. Each custom iPhone app has its own dedicated directory service dynamically configurable by the radio network customer.

Available on hundreds of millions of cell phones around the world and streaming about 25 percent of all Internet radio stations, MPEG-4 HE-AACv2 is part of a large family of audio codec libraries available from Fraunhofer IIS for the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) and other mobile platforms. Amongst the SDK licensees are radio stations, service providers and media player manufacturers.

Fraunhofer’s audio codec offering for the iPhone SDK also include mp3 & AAC encoders/decoders, as well as MPEG Surround binaural decoders for surround Internet radio on the move or in the rear-seat of a car.

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Probably best known as a familiar brand if you are looking for a music player, Emgeton has a mobile phone division as well. And to prove it, they have released their latest handset, the Emgeton Enzo, a 3G candybar that kind of looks like Sony Ericsson’s C902. One thing that should be noted though, this phone does not come with the usual camera.

Features:

• 2.2 inch TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels and 260k colors
• Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900)
• HSDPA 2100 connectivity (only for the first SIM card)
• Bluetooth
• MP3 / video player
• E-mail
• 2MP camera
• VGA camera for video calls
• 50MB of internal memory
• MicroSD card support, up to 4GB
• Talk time: up to 5 hours
• Stand-by time: up to 10 days
• 117 x 49 x 16.5 mm
• 109 grams

This phone should be available starting April, carrying a SRP of $388.

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A Network Extender has been released by Verizon Wireless in an effort to boost cell phone reception. Apparently, many consumers are having some issues as far as cell phone reception is concerned and with this piece of hardware, they can expect better coverage and signals. The best part of it is that Verizon will not charge additional for it.

The Verizon Network Extender is essentially a mini-cell tower that works by using a customer’s existing broadband Internet connection to provide coverage in an area up to 5,000 square feet. The femtocell, which is made by Samsung, can also enhance the ability to send text messages, surf the mobile Web, and download e-mail, but it doesn’t support 3G speeds on Verizon’s 3G network.

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