Here is another mobile computing device that should be a great asset for businesses that are integrating the technology hoopla for improvement in their daily operations. Maxatec unveils the HH8010 mobile computing device which operates on Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 thus providing a new way of access, monitoring and keeping track of employees and relevant information via a handy mobile platform. The Maxatec HH8010 comes with a kit that makes it flexible for standard use or for in-vehicles.

Available in black and yellow, the HH8010 also comes with a neck lanyard, hand strap, mini USB cable and headset, mains charger or vehicle charger, battery and soft case.

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Back in May, eBuddy was released mainly for the Android mobile platform. However today it makes its formal debut and compatibility to the iPhone offering a new app that will give users to ability to communicate with others using AIM, Facebook Chat, ICQ, Gtalk, Windows Live Messenger and similar communication apps.

Actually, the eBuddy app was already at the App Store as early as last week. It was not until now when it was promoted, bringing stiff competition to the likes of Nimbuzz and fring .

eBuddy differentiates its support for Apple’s Push Notification Service, which allows a third-party server to ping the service in order to push out notifications to your device over a persistent IP connection.

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Four new game apps are scheduled to be released by the fourth quarter of the year, titles familiar under the Activision Publishing Inc. Most of these games are quite familiar in the modern day gaming industry particularly Guitar Hero 5 and Tony Hawk: RIDE. The other two new games made for the mobile phones are Blur and Crash Mutant.

“Activision titles have proven to be very successful on the mobile platform,” said Dave Anderson, head of business development at Activision Publishing, Inc. “Glu has demonstrated superior studio capabilities in addition to strong deployment and carrier relationships worldwide, and we look forward to continuing to work with their team to bring titles like these to mobile consumers worldwide.”

Already proven to be great draws in the other game consoles like PlayStation, expect these new games to be likewise a hit for Glu Mobile.

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Initially, Zoho Mobile was made for the iPhone only. However, Zoho has expanded the compatibility of this software to cater to other platforms as well. Now Zoho Mobile is compatible with the Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian mobile platforms. Now, users can access Zoho’s on-line collaborative productivity applications from any of these mobile devices.

“Mobility is an important aspect for on-line applications like Zoho. With Zoho Mobile, we want to provide access to your data on your preferred mobile device,” said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. “All our current and future mobile initiatives will be available under Zoho Mobile as we expand mobile support for all our upcoming applications.”

Zoho Mobile is available now, free of charge.

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The Treo Pro Smartphone is now officially available in Canada through Telus as announced by Palm Inc. today. With its smartly designed high-resolution color touch screen and full web-browsing capabilities layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is the ideal smartphone for business users and consumers.

Treo Pro offers TELUS clients simplicity and productivity, including TELUS mobile email, TELUS Navigator, Wi-Fi, web and 3G network capabilities, to meet the needs of businesses and consumers alike. Treo Pro’s thin design blends style and functionality with an LCD touch screen, one-touch buttons and a full QWERTY keyboard.

The 3G-capable Treo Pro smartphone from TELUS helps optimize business processes by effortlessly mobilizing users with enhancements to the Windows Mobile platform, including:

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• High-resolution color LCD touch screen
• Dedicated email and calendar buttons for fast one-button access
• Ringer switch, which silences the device immediately
• One-touch Wi-Fi button for an easy, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g)(1)
• Screen saver, which lets users know at a glance – without turning on the device – what time it is and whether they have missed a call or have a new SMS message
• New voicemail indicator which flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting(2)
• TELUS Navigator, for audible turn-by-turn navigation
• TELUS Visual Voice Mail

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MSI offers two more notebook considerations in the X340 and the X600. After receiving accolades for its X320, MSI is further expanding its lineup with similar likes. The portable X340 notebook shares its spec sheet with X320 which includes golden ratio 16:9 cinematic 13-inch LED display, 1.98cm at the thickness point while measuring 6mm at the thinnest point and weighs just 1.3kg. You can pick any one among Splendid Champagne Gold, Elegant Pearl White and Stylish Techno Black colors.

Well, the X340 does come with new goodies and is specially designed for those with multimedia requirements. The X340 utilizes the Intel Centrino mobile platform with ULV CPU architecture that bundles up performance, multimedia functions and power saving advantages. It comes almost one sixth of total power consumed by other notebooks computers.

You’ll also see a complete multimedia feature set with full I/O ports, HDMI port, Blu-Ray support and 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional WiMAX modules for connectivity. MSI imbibes the ultra portability into its larger notebooks. The latest X600 comes equipped with a 15-inch display, 16:9 aspect ratio and weighs just 2kg.

The MSI X340 is priced around Rs.65,000 while the pricing details of X600 are not yet announced.

(Source) Tech Gadgets India

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Adhering towards the growing demand and fascination that the mobile industry has gotten, Exchange Media is pleased to announce that it plans to successfully launch a Mobile Multi-Media Video and Audio platform, commencing its service in Beijing, China.

The company’s customized software will allow the users to search, download, manage, and play published audio and video content and short clips.

Exchange Media’s newly developed platform has an excellent compatibility with numerous mobile phone models, it can support millions of subscribers of Nokia and certain Motorola phone brands, other brands will be added as we expand our service after full implementation in China and other areas.

The software will support all international audio/video codec based standards and will utilize the most efficient compression and optimization technology to help customers save bandwidth and money.

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ARM and Ubuntu have announced that they are working on a new Ubuntu version for the AMRv7 architecture, including the Cortex-A8 and A9 processors. The new version will get you low-power consumption and integrated graphics in a new platform for mobile devices. This new platform will be available for netbooks, internet tablet and other mobile devices excepting cell phones starting with April 2009. We’ll tell you more next year!

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Ericsson, yep, the other half of Sony for Sony Ericsson, has unveiled a mobile platform called the U500. The Ericsson U500 was designed in an effort to help manufacturers develop multimedia devices with multitasking capabilities. The platform is omprised of three ARM 11 CPUs (high performance microprocessors) as well as hardware accelerators. In addition to those, it also comes with a graphics processor. The U500 Mobile Platform could be used in mobile phones and other internet-capable devices. It can enable various features including 3D user-interface and gaming, CD-quality audio, 12-megapixel camera, high-resolution video for mobile TV, and high-quality camcorder. The Ericsson U500 will launch early 2009.

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