LG has announced today that they will be releasing the BL40 in the United Kingdom from Orange and Carphone Warehouse. The unveiling of the phone happened back in late July. A few more specifications for the 3G phone were also revealed:

• 4.0-inch WVGA (800 x 345 pixel)
• 5.0 megapixel camera
• 1000mAh li-ion battery - 5 hours 3G, 6 hours 2G
• Wi-Fi
• HSDPA

No word on a price yet, but we’ll keep you updated.

Tags: 3G, cameraphone, Cell Phones, HSDPA, LG, LG bl40, united kingdom, Wi-Fi

One thing that people are looking for is to get budget-friendly costs when it comes to making international calls. And today, MyGlobalTalk brings its act to the iPhone, allowing owners to make cheaper calls through routing calls via this award-winning solution.

MyGlobalTalk features:

• Easy-to-use interface allows users to dial as they normally would
• Integration with native iPhone contacts list
• “Faves” and “History” lists for calls made only through MyGlobalTalk™
• Easy access to account information and balance

It works wherever mobile service is available, providing high-quality service without the need for a Wi-Fi connection. There are no contracts, connection fees or call minimums. It is strictly pay as you go.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, contracts, easy access, interface, iPhone, iPhone, making international calls, mobile service, Mobile Software, Wi-Fi, winning solution

For the people who are always on the go and need a reliable laptop or mobile device to carry along, here is a new functional netbook from Gateway that aims to integrate size and performance in a sleek stylish design. The new device is the Gateway LT3100 netbook which boasts of a high definition 11.6” display along with the necessary interfaces that a business professional or student would need.

“The Gateway LT3100 is a smart netbook choice – it gives customers the freedom to connect to the Internet for everything from staying up-to-date on the latest viral videos and enjoying digital music and photos, to checking on the status of projects and studying for classes,” said Ray Sawall, senior product marketing manager for Acer America.

Features:

• AMD Athlon 64 Single-Core Processor L110 (1.20 GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
• 11.6-inch WXGA High Definition LED back-lit display (1364 x 768 resolution and 16:9 ratio)
• 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory
• Integrated ATI Radeon X1270 Graphics
• 250GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
• Integrated Web Camera
• Two Built-in Stereo Speakers
• Three USB 2.0 Ports
• 6-cell Li-ion Battery
• 11.26W x 7.99D x 1.03H inches
• NightSky Black
• Microsoft Windows Vista Basic with Service Pack 1
• One-Year Standard Warranty

The Gateway LT3100 is available at retailers in various configurations with a starting MSRP of $399.95.

(Source) Press

Tags: acer america, card reader, core processor, high definition, Laptops, li ion battery, microsoft windows vista, mobile device, netbook, service pack 1, single channel, stereo speakers, stylish design, viral videos, web camera, Wi-Fi

Can you imagine being given the privilege of calling anyone from anywhere in the world for free? Now that is something all of us would need especially during these times. And thanks to Witel, you can do so. All you have to do is get one of these Witel Phones called the Jetter, look for a place that has good Wi-Fi connectivity and you are on your way.

The whole concept seems to be somehow familiar to Skype but the thing is, you don’t need a computer to aid you in making calls. The Jetter is all you will need, a handset that will allow you to make and receive calls on any Wi-Fi network. Using the Jetter is simple – just turn it on and enter your Witel phone number and password, and it will automatically begin sniffing for Wi-Fi networks. Once you’re on a network the phone is ready to be used.

Witel offers two calling plans priced at $9.99/mo and $19.99/mo respectively with no additional charges, no activation fees, no increases after several months, and no long-term contracts.

Witel plans are available to anyone in the world and are packed with incredible features such as:

• Free Global Witel to Witel calls – Any two Witel subscribers from anywhere in the world may place free calls.
• Free Global Incoming Calls – Say goodbye to roaming charges as incoming calls to a Witel phone are always free no matter where the subscriber may be on the planet.

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Tags: activation fees, calling plans, Cell Phones, connectivity, free calls, handset, incoming calls, Mobile News, phone number, planet source, roaming charges, subscriber, subscribers, Wi-Fi, witel

The Palm Pre adds another dimension towards its use thanks to DeviceAnywhere which has just announced that they have added the popular device under its line of touch-screen technology via the DeviceAnywhere platform. This means that the Palm Pre can now be used in the development of next generation applications, adding the new interface that should come in handy for companies into developing and testing mobile content.

The turn towards mobile device interface has become apparent and surely, the Palm Pre is no pushover. It is a device that has grown in popularity and being a great ally towards business needs and operations, this new technology promises to be one benefit that companies will certainly take advantage.

Developers can also run multiple activities at the same time, as the Pre allows for multitasking between different applications. Additional connections are supported including the use of email, Wi-Fi, and GPS.

The Palm Pre phone is available now on the Sprint network in the United States.

(Source) Press

Tags: developers, device interface, generation applications, mobile content, mobile device, Mobile News, Mobile Software, multitasking, new technology, Next Generation, Palm, Palm, popularity, pushover, sprint network, touch screen technology, Wi-Fi

Samsung Electronics is set to unveil a new phone that will be added to its Symbian S60 lineup with the entry of the Samsung B5100. This new phone is showcased by a metallic case that is somewhat similar to the i7110 that is likewise under the Symbian S60 roster.

Among the features that this phone boasts of include:

• QVGA display
• HSDPA connectivity
• Wi-Fi, GPS
• Bluetooth
• USB 2.0
• Supports DivX playback
• 3MP camera with LED flash

For now, there is no official word on when the Samsung B5100 would become available but many are speculating it may be along the price range of the i7110 valued at €499.

(Source) Unwired

Tags: 3mp, bluetooth, metallic case, playback, Samsung, Samsung, samsung electronics, usb 2, Wi-Fi

We all know that there are various ways to access PCs and for people who hold talks and presentations, the need for flexible interface is a need. Guess what? With an iPhone, you can control your PC from a distance with Air Mouse Pro!

The top half of the Air Mouse Pro Screen features a two-button trackpad, while the bottom half gives you a keyboard, along with controls for browsing the Web and playing movies and music. Using the accelerometer and touchscreen of either an iPhone or iPod touch, Air Mouse works over a local Wi-Fi network to control your computer’s mouse and keyboard.

Before using the app, you do need to install a small application on your computer-there’s a version for both Mac OS X and Windows users-which manages the connection and controls many of the mouse and keyboard settings.

Price: $6.00

(Source) PC World

Tags: accelerometer, Apple, Cell Phones, flexible interface, iPhone, iPhone, keyboard settings, mac os x, Mobile Software, mouse pro, mouse works, music, pc world, touchscreen, trackpad, Wi-Fi, windows users

There are a lot of things you can do with your iPhone and this is all thanks to the apps that have been developed for it. But one thing most people are going to love is this surveillance app that is now available at the Apple store.

Smartvue today announced that Smartvue for iPhone is now available on the Apple App Store. The app also adds video surveillance capabilities to any second-generation iPod touch.

“Smartvue for iPhone enables cost effective video surveillance using almost any network camera,” said Martin Renkis, Smartvue’s founder & CEO. “Smartvue for iPhone is a smart, simple, and elegant video surveillance solution for iPhone and offers a natural extension to the award winning line of Smartvue wireless cameras and network video recorders.”

The application delivers network video surveillance capabilities including:

• Supports an unlimited number of IP cameras
• Zoom, pan, and tilt with iPhone “pinch” and “squeeze”
• Free access to network video cameras worldwide (based on mobile package)
• Works with 3G, Wi-Fi, GPRS or EDGE

Smartvue for iPhone requires a JPEG enabled IP camera and supports most common cameras on the market today. Smartvue for iPhone’s point and click interface makes it simple to add network video cameras and edit camera profiles. Patent-pending 1-Click Surveillance offers an elegant interface for one click access to almost any IP camera.

The app uses Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS or EDGE (whichever is available) to access IP cameras. Smartvue recommends an unlimited data usage plan for using Smartvue over a mobile data connection to avoid being charged by a wireless service provider for 3G, GPRS and EDGE mobile data usage.

The Smartvue application for the iPhone or iPod touch is available for $0.99 from Apple’s App Store on both devices.

(Source) Press

Tags: Apple, apple store, Cell Phones, elegant interface, ip cameras, iPhone, iPhone, mobile data, mobile package, network camera, patent pending, smartvue, surveillance capabilities, video cameras, video recorders, video surveillance, Wi-Fi, wireless cameras, wireless service provider

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

(Source) Press

Tags: 3g network, color touch screen, full qwerty keyboard, lcd touch screen, mobile platform, Palm, palm inc, Palm Treo, sms message, Wi-Fi

Joost seems to be making waves today as far as being an iPhone app is concerned. And to help manage the ads coming out from this app, FreeWheel has lent a helping hand to make sure the video ads are displayed in the Joost iPhone ad properly.

Since its introduction last November, approximately 1.5 million iPhone and iPod Touch users have downloaded the free Joost app, which enables iPhone and iPod Touch users to enjoy thousands of hours of anime, comedy, drama, movies, music, documentaries, sci-fi and sports over their Wi-Fi connections. Users find videos through search, browsing genres, viewing what’s popular or choosing from an editorial selection of Joost’s picks. As a free, ad-supported application, the Joost app uses video ads, which are served into the shows via FreeWheel’s technology.

On mobile devices, as on the web, FreeWheel delivers the highest yielding ad creative based on semantic analysis while accounting for the revenue share whenever any creative unit is served. The company’s mobile ad-serving and management partnership with Joost will define new ways to monetize video content in mobile.

(Source) Press

Tags: Business, Cell Phones, freewheel, iPhone, iPod Touch, joost, mobile devices, mobile source, revenue share, video ads, video content, Wi-Fi

All eyes seem to be on the scheduled premier of Fast and Furious, the fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious flicks hence don’t be surprised if you see some games or apps come out in advance. I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, today announced the global launch of Fast & Furious for iPhone and iPod touch from the Apple App Store.

Developed in partnership with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group, the new Fast & Furious iPhone game is the sixth title to be released in the #1 best-selling mobile racing franchise in the world. The Fast & Furious iPhone game closely follows the story line of the new blockbuster movie from Universal Pictures, which brings back the original cast of the first film and releases in theatres on April 3rd.

The Fast & Furious iPhone game utilizes several cutting edge iPhone technologies such as social network and connectivity features like uploading your fastest races to YouTube for inclusion in global leader boards and contests, site posts and race challenges to name a few. Features like the high resolution graphics, ultra responsive accelerometer based steering controls, and the wi-fi connected Pink Slip racing truly deliver the speed, grit and adrenaline kick that only white knuckle underground street racing can deliver.

(Source) Press

Tags: accelerometer, Cell Phones, high resolution graphics, iPhone, iPhone, launch, Mobile Software, oberon media, Wi-Fi

LG Electronics launches another mobile phone in the mold of the Pantech WPP-8000 Mobile. This mobile phone is LG Electronic’s first Wi-Fi phone and sources have it that should this release be successful, succeeding phones may carry practically the same features.

The phone uses the providers myLG070 service which allows users to access the Web via a wireless LAN connection or iHub. Through this, they are able to get all the news, stock information or weather updates they require. All this without extra data charges. The WPP-8000 also supports text messaging and Caller ID. A simple phone in some regards, although powerful in it’s own right.

(Source) LG Korea

Tags: caller id, Cell Phones, ihub, korea, lan connection, LG, lg-electronics, mobile phone, mold, stock information, text messaging, weather updates, which allows users, Wi-Fi, wireless lan, wpp

Wi-Fi access can be a problem at times especially if you are located in an area that happens to be poor in reception. Thanks to Berkeley Varitronics Systems, a handheld solution called Beetle-BANG can help resolve these Wi-Fi issues.

BEETLE - B/A/N/G is a calibrated wireless test receiver system that verifies, sweeps, measures and optimizes all popular 802.11 Wi-Fi network standards including 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz), 802.11a (5 GHz) and 802.11n. When equipped with a BVS DF (Direction Finding) antenna, BEETLE - B/A/ N/G locates and pinpoints rogue MACs, APs, STAs and SSIDs.

Beetle-BANG includes both 2.4 & 5 GHz omni-directional antennae, charger, software and hard carrying case and is available now all for $3,500.

(Source) Press

Tags: antenna, berkeley varitronics, handheld solution, Mobile News, Portable Devices, receiver system, Wi-Fi, wireless test

Eye-Fi, a popular innovation tool that combines a SD memory card with Wi-Fi, has reached its 1 year of existence today, and to celebrate the achievement and provide something better for their current and upcoming customers, they decided to create an Anniversary Edition.

This special edition is better than the previous ones, because:

- comes with 4GB of storage capacity, the double of Explore and Home models
- it is faster in terms of memory speeds
- also has the feature to transfer photos directly from a camera to a photo sharing sites like flickr

The Eye-Fi 4GB Anniversary Edition is already available online for $130.

Tags: 4GB, anniversary edition, Digital Cameras, Eye-Fi, Portable Devices, Wi-Fi

The first-ever wireless gaming hub has been presented by PosiMotion with the codename “G-Fi VS”. The device works with WiFi 802.11 b/g, and has a range of 100 feet, close to 30 meters.

On top of being a hub made for gamers to be used on multiplayer mode, the G-FI VS is able to share media, file, and data, on devices that feature Wi-Fi. Thanks to being lightweight - 70 grams - and having small dimensions, it can truly be called a mobile gadget. The battery life can last 6 hours and gets recharged via mini-USB.

Clayton Kane of PosiMotion, comments:

The G-Fi VS was designed by gamers, for gamers, to provide the uninterrupted and latency-free gaming experience that serious gamers demand.

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Tags: Cell Phones, g-fi vs, hub, Mobile News, Portable Devices, posimotion, Wi-Fi

3, not a number, but one of UK’s largest mobile operators is set to release its very own wireless router, the D100 from Huawei. The company claimed that this router enables up to four people to share mobile broadband connection. The idea behind this is that you slot your 3G USB modem into the wireless router made by Huawei and others can access the Net via a Wi-fi link. The device will only work with a USB modem supplied also by 3.

Some people would like to disagree the need for such a device as its easy to share a mobile broadband connection just by turning your PC, Mac, or laptop into a wireless access point through software.

According to the official 3 UK online store the D100 is available in black or while and costs £69.99 as a one-off cost. The store also list which USB modems you can use with it.

Tags: broadband, D100, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Wi-Fi, Wireless Router

That’s right I am presenting a wireless laser printer. I have had my share of mishaps with printers, laser or not, old or new, USB or parallel, you name it. One of the biggest problems when working with multiple devices are cables and cords. Not only do you need plenty of space to arrange the power cables and then the connectors to your computer but you also need to make them look good. Especially if you are working in an office.

So it was only natural that more and more wireless (laser) printers get created.And now we have the Brother HL-2170W model ready to be purchased. Its price ranges from $99 to $150 with new cartridges priced at $45. If I was changing my printer I’d sure consider it. Imagine setting this baby up in the bathroom kitchen office and simply Wi-Fi all your documents over. Isn’t that a cool thing to do?

And let me give you a couple of specs for the HL-2170W:

Print Technology: B/W Laser Technology
Max. Black Print Speed: 23ppm Black
Print Resolution (maximum dpi): HQ1200 (up to 2400 x 600 dpi)
Standard Interface(s): Wireless 802.11b/g, 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, USB
Printer Driver Compatibility† Windows®, Mac OS® & Linux
Max. Monthly Duty Cycle: 10,000 pages
Recommended Monthly Print Volume: 250 to 2,000 pages
First Time to Print: Less than 10 sec.
Standard Memory (MB): 32MB Memory
Optional Memory (MB): No
Network-Ready: Yes

Continue reading: Add a Wi-Fi laser printer to your office for $99.99 shipped

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Tags: brother, HL-2170W, printer, Printers, Wi-Fi, wireless

iPhone owners can enjoy free Wi-Fi as they travel for business or pleasure through 13 North American airports during the month of August. This was announced by Boingo Wireless, Inc., a company that provides global Wi-Fi Internet access through the Boingo Roaming System, which comprises 100,000 hot spots in airports, hotels, cafes and other public places, including metropolitan hot zones.

This offer is available at a limited time to all iPhone owners. They can access the Wi-Fi networks with their iPhone, giving them an introduction to the world’s largest aggregated Wi-Fi network. iPhone owners who like what they see can sign up for and use a Boingo account to access hundreds of partner networks comprising 100,000+ hotspots.

“iPhone users are searching for Wi-Fi options that will keep the device’s coolest features and content functioning at lightning speeds when on-the-go,” said Dawn Callahan, Boingo’s vice president of consumer marketing. “With our extensive hot spot coverage, choosing Boingo is a no-brainer for iPhone users who are looking for public access options beyond EDGE. This free promotion is a great opportunity for iPhone users to see for themselves.”

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Tags: Apple, Apple, Cell Phones, iPhone, Mobile News, Wi-Fi, wireless