You can forget about seeing how Nokia fares in this year’s Mobile World Congress. The telecom giant has announced that Nokia will not take part this year, apparently tightening their belt in the midst of this financial crisis the world economy is in. Actually if you think about it, Nokia may not need to be there at all considering the popularity that they have among the leaders in the telecoms industry.

And while most consumers are sure to be disappointed, other companies like Samsung, LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson are apparently pleased of this development. Why? Well for one, they have lesser worries on competing for attention for their current mobile lineup, something that Nokia has been hogging through the years. If you want to sum it all up for Nokia’s adversaries, the time to shine is now!

(Source) Mobile Crunch

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LG Electronics has been showing promise like Samsung thanks to its aggressive release of various new mobile handsets and now it looks like it is finally paying off. In fact, LG was proud to report that since its release 5 months ago at the Mobile World Congress, the LG Arena (LG-KM900) has sold over 1 million phones to date.

The LG Arena actually overtook LG’s professional-level camera phone with touchscreen, the LG Viewty phone (LG-KU990). The LG-KM900 has actually been a hit worldwide thanks to its collection of multimedia features and 3D interface as well as the various look and feel that this phone has made. The LG Arena is likewise available in different colors too gray, baby pink, and aqua blue, thus making it an ideal and flexible handset suited to the taste that consumers yearn for today.

(Source) Press

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We are all aware that Acer is one of the many companies planning to dip their hands in the telecom industry and apparently with this announcement, people who feel that they were just rumors may finally take Acer seriously. Mobile distributor Data Select and IT distributor Micro P will distribute Acer’s smartphones as the manufacturer attempts to break into the mobile handset market. Discussions with operators are still ongoing.

The manufacturer revealed four Windows Mobile handsets at Mobile World Congress this year in Barcelona named the M900, F900, X960, DX900. The handsets will come with the new Windows Mobile 6.5 software.

Acer bought fellow Taiwanese manufacturer E-TEN in March 2008 in a clear bid to go for the mobile phone market. There are 10 smartphones set for this year. Acer has already released prices of two low-end smart phones costing just €49 (£43). The handsets are codenamed the C1 and E1.

(Source) Mobile Today

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An undisclosed OEM company has reportedly signed a purchase agreement for its Coolteq™-l handset development platform, the first since the technology was announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2009.

Prior to purchasing the development platform, the OEM conducted an in-depth assessment of Nujira’s Coolteq technology; the results of this assessment matched Nujira’s own claims for the technology.

Commenting, Tim Haynes, Nujira CEO said, “This is the first time Coolteq-l has been independently assessed by a major handset OEM and we are delighted that our own measurements of the power consumption and bill of materials advantages have been confirmed by our customer. Since announcing our handset technology at MWC we have experienced enormous levels of interest from multiple areas of the handset supply chain including the OEMs themselves and expect other deals to soon follow.”

Nujira Coolteq-l enables the creation of an efficient wideband RF front end, covering three to five times the bandwidth of a standard design with up to double the efficiency. Only two PAs (power amplifiers) would be needed to design a front end covering all of the fourteen different frequency bands defined in the 3GPP for LTE and all of the operating modes (GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, HSUPA and LTE), compared with seven or more without Nujira’s solution thus achieving a significant reduction in the handset Bill of Materials.

(Source) Press

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It looks like Acer is looking beyond the standards Windows platform for its smartphones. Acer is planning to produce smartphones running on platforms besides Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS by the end of the year, the company confirmed.

Acer representatives in Taipei, Taiwan, confirmed that they will launch handsets running on alternative platforms before the year is out, but declined to say which operating systems the phones would use. When Acer launched their lineup of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, company officials hinted that Acer was thinking of launching phones using Google’s Android platform.

All of Acer’s phones run on a widget-based version of Windows Mobile 6.1. Acer has said it plans on releasing phones later this year, most likely in the third or fourth quarter, running on Windows Mobile 6.5.

(Source) Fierce Wireless

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Anywhere you go, not all places may have sufficient coverage as far as being able to get a good 3G or 4G connections. Especially if you are at home, this issue can be a real problem if you don’t have the right equipment. But with reliable routers life becomes easier for you and it looks like here is a great device to store all your worries away, courtesy of C-motech.

C-motech unveils its 3G/4G mobile hotspot router at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, which will be released in April in N.Europe and Russian market.

(Source) Aving

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It seems that all eyes are at the Mobile World Congress 2009. Most mobile solution manufacturers will be there to showcase their latest mobile solution models and among them include the ZTE corporation which promises to unveil a new line of handsets. Among the expected handsets they will be unveiling include the Vodafone and China Mobile.

The VF 1231 model will be the highlight of ZTE’s showcase which has been developed especially for Vodafone. The smartphone is based on Windows Mobile platform and has a single chip for GSM and EDGE.

ZTE’s smartphones range from low to high-end handsets. Latest models include:

The ‘XIANG’ series of 3.5G super slim HSDPA/HSUPA handsets

The e760 (a GSM-based handset custom-made for China Mobile)

The D820/D810 (a CDMA-based handset custom-made for China Telecom)

The U981, a top-end smartphone that was deployed by China Mobile during the Beijing Olympic Games.

“The demand for smartphones has reached the point where they are no longer seen as a luxury or a strictly work-related item. ZTE has recognized this trend early on and invested in developing a range of smartphones that not only offer a sleek design, superior processing capabilities and attractive price end consumers desire, but also work smoothly on the carrier’s network. ZTE is meeting the specific requirements of leading mobile operators such as Vodafone and China Mobile, and helping smartphones become a popular item worldwide,” said Xiong Hui, vice president of handset division of ZTE Corporation.

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