Archive for May, 2009
Sprint Flogs Palm Pre as Verizon, AT&T Wait Their Turn (CIO Today)
With all the anticipation surrounding the Palm Pre smartphone, which is scheduled to be launched exclusively through Sprint Nextel on June 6, other carriers are scrambling to let potential smartphone buyers know they will eventually have the Palm Pre on hand. Verizon Wireless this week said it will soon offer several new smartphones, including the Palm Pre, the next-generation BlackBerry Storm, …
Read More..>>gwabbit Now Available for BlackBerry Smartphones
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 /PRNewswire/ — Technicopia, LLC, the only provider of automated solutions for the contact cloud today announced the availability of gwabbit for BlackBerry(R) smartphones on BlackBerry App World(TM), and online at www.gwabbit …
Read More..>>Google Android Smart Phone Plays ‘Catch-Up’ in Japan (Update1)
May 28 (Bloomberg) — As Ichiro Suzuki steps up to the plate for Japan in the 10th inning of the World Baseball Classic final with the score tied, Yuki Yamaguchi is among the spectators — watching the action on her mobile phone. The 35-year-old …
Read More..>>Nvidia Netbooks: Windows now, Android later
Nvidia has its own grand scheme for Netbooks, the tiny laptops that have gained wide acceptance running on software and hardware from Microsoft and Intel, respectively. At the giant Computex conference starting Tuesday in Taiwan, Nvidia will be …
Read More..>>Japanese university to track attendance with iPhone
As a college student I frequently didn’t go to class when I overslept, when I didn’t feel like it, or heck, when it was Friday. I’m imagining that Japanese students are the same. That’s why Aoyama Gakuin University ’s new plan to keep its students in …
Read More..>>‘Cashmere’: Another (possible) destination on Microsoft’s embedded …
Microsoft is considering releasing this year a new version of the core embedded operating system that powers Windows Mobile phones and other devices. That new Windows Embedded Compact release, codenamed ‘Cashmere,’ could introduce a host of new …
Read More..>>Palm Pre On Its Way to Verizon, and Possibly AT&T (Brighthand)
Earlier this week, Verizon’s CEO promised that his company will release the highly-anticipated Palm Pre , making it the second U.S. carrier to commit to this device. AT&T’s CEO also recently expressed interest.
Read More..>>Sony Ericsson to launch Play Now Arena Movies service
Watching movies on the mobile phones is not a new thing but with its all new Play Now Arena Movies service Sony Ericsson hopes to re-invent the wheel. The films will still be phone based but will now come on storage cards. A selection of flicks is …
Read More..>>Air mishap averted at Mumbai airport
An inquiry has been ordered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in a near-miss incident involving two passenger aircraft at the Mumbai airport. DGCA officials were awaiting data from the cockpit voice recorder as well the Flight Data …
Read More..>>Samsung Spark T749 Passes FCC on way to T-Mobile USA
A new Samsung mobile phone has just passed the FCC and is the Samsung Spark T749 which is apparently destined for T-Mobile USA according to a report on cellphone signal . The Samsung Spark T749 is a mid-range handset much like the Samsung T349 and …
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