The Android is a lot of things but it also needs a lot features as well. And the latest offering from SPB software should be really tempting as they release the SPBTV made for Android phones. With the SPB TV, Android users can now tune in to publicly available digital TV channels all over the world. Among the features included the picture-in-picture mode and giving the mobile subscribers easy access to over hundreds of international TV channels which they can view directly from their phones.

Features:

• 100+ international live TV channels, in a 20+ languages
• Unique TV browser with quick channels preview and list of current & upcoming TV shows
• Integrated full week’s TV guide
• Ability to set Calendar reminders for TV shows of interested
• Fast channel launching and switching technology
• Picture-in-picture mode (quick channel preview while in another channel)
• “Transparent” on-screen controls (sound, brightness) as on a regular TV
• Full support of hardware buttons controls

The SPB TV 1.0 retails for $9.95 at the Android Market where available.

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Not only AT&T had a great first quarter, Verizon Wireless did too. Verizon brought in $26.6 billion which is 11.6% more than last year. Cash flow is up 20% at $6.4 million compared to 2008. Verizon also managed to get a net 1.3 million new wireless subscribers. As for FiOS TV the company brought in 299,000 new net subscribers and 298,000 new FiOS Internet customers. As you can see Verizon manages to survive without the iPhone when it comes to its wireless business. What will happen when the iPhone finally hits?

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For people who often find themselves browsing the web using their mobile devices, you don’t have to worry anymore about compatibility and complicated issues thanks to Bytemobile.

Bytemobile today announced its MobileMatch application, which is designed to assist users in navigating the increasingly complex Web on mobile devices.

Unlike existing solutions, the new software enables operators to dynamically present users with personalized content and services through real-time analysis of browsing behavior, application data and subscriber data.

“With 85% of consumers reporting that their wireless device is too difficult to use for web browsing, the MobileMatch application allows operators to simplify and enhance the process,” said Adrian Hall, chief marketing officer of Bytemobile. “The new software pinpoints content that a particular user is most likely to seek and virtually puts it at his or her fingertips. The result is a productive and satisfying mobile internet experience without extensive search and navigation.”

The MobileMatch software is a new application of Bytemobile’s Optimization and Services Node (OSN). Deployed in the core data path of the network, the OSN provides intelligent policy-based gateway functions and optimization services that enable operators to improve network efficiency, capacity and scalability while delivering faster web browsing to mobile subscribers.

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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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Photobucket is familiar to us as an online host for standalone photos and as a video sharing site. The problem is, to be able to upload such files, PC access via the Internet is needed. However today, a new interface that allows T-Mobile phone owners to upload their photos has been announced.

Photobucket announced the availability of an innovative mobile photo service exclusively for T-Mobile that enables users to send photos directly from mobile handsets to several destinations: a Photobucket album, a PC hard drive, or an email address.

To utilize the application, T-Mobile subscribers can download the application for a free 21-day trial to select handsets, including Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl and three Windows Mobile devices. T-Mobile subscribers that do not currently have a Photobucket account can create one for free at http://photobucket.com, and then link their T-Mobile phone to their Photobucket online photo album via the new service.

Once the mobile uploader software has been downloaded, the application allows users to choose where photos taken from their mobile phones should be automatically uploaded to: a Photobucket album, their PC’s hard drive or directly to an email address.

The Photobucket Mobile Uploader for T-Mobile is available initially on five select handsets in both free and premium versions. Following the 21-day trial, users can continue using the free version or purchase the full software for a special holiday one-time purchase price of $19.99.

The expired trial version allows users to upload only to Photobucket, while the premium version gives users access to Photobucket, as well as the ability to send photos to their home PC or to any email address.

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The last place on earth that one would think holds mobile subscribers would be Africa and apparently one region over there has over 61 million subscribers. The region in focus is Nigeria which has now surpassed South Africa as the largest mobile telecom market in Africa, and continued growth over the next five years is expected to trigger more intense competition among a growing number of network operators, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

“Communications Markets in Nigeria” offers a complete analysis of the country’s converged telecommunications, media, and technology sectors based on exclusive and proprietary data from Pyramid’s research in the Nigerian market.

The 28-page report provides detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the market shares of technologies and services, and monitors the introduction and spread of new technologies such as WiMax, IPTV, and VoIP. The study offers a detailed forecast of the Nigerian communications market by analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term opportunities, and assessing upcoming risks factors.

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Ericsson launched a new social networking software for mobile devices, the Pixl8r and the Social Media Portal. These new technologies offer a simplified way of sharing user-generated content between friends across networks.

The Pixl8r initiative is an open-standard solution that allows real time sharing of photos. Mobile subscribers can easily share social media across different portals and receive SMS notifications from friends’ activities. Pixl8r creates a federation of community portals that can connect the world’s about four billion mobile users.

With Ericsson’s Social Media Portal, operators can deliver a Pixl8r-compatible social networking service quickly and cost effectively. Consumers can easily connect to the social web using any mobile phone. The solution does not require client downloads, making it easy to use, and encourages posting and accessing of real-time, user-generated content to diverse internet communities.

Content is automatically backed up on a community portal that offers personal storage, synchronization, unified messaging and services for sharing content such as photos and videos with friends and family.

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Mobile gadgets and phones seem to have gone beyond the world of communication and messaging. At least that is what this latest report from comScore is trying to tell us.

comScore reports that the number of mobile game downloaders grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008 when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device.

“The rapid growth in smartphone adoption in the United States has provided a boost for mobile gaming, as 34 percent of those downloading a game in November did so using a smartphone,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, comScore.

“Last year, not one smartphone appeared in the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads. This year, six out of 10 are smartphones, excluding devices with smartphone-like functionality, such as the Instinct and Voyager, which also make appearances.”

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