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LG UK Blog: Tweet n Follow to Win Optimus 3D Mobile Phones
2012-01-15 05:57:00 LG in UK blog just launched a competition entitled, "Tweet n Follow". It’s easy to join the contest and only takes seconds to be a participant. All you have to do is to tweet the contest, follow the LG twitter account, and that’s it. But first, you have to visit their UK website and search ...
The Top 5 Mobile Phones Of 2011
2011-12-19 09:23:00 2011 has been a year filled with some incredible phone launches paired with lots of new software features. In a year where 4G became the catch-phrase and high definition video became a must-have, the number of impressive mobile phones to choose from was promising, but also a bit daunting for someone looking to buy. We’ve ... Related posts:The 8 Ugliest Cell Phones On The Planet Why iPhone 5 Features Will Break Sales Records Blackberry 8700G now on T-Mobile USA Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
By: JoeTech.com
Mobile phones
2011-12-19 03:28:00 I heard an interesting statistic the other day about the number of people who now only have a smart phone as their internet access point. I’ve resisted using a smart phone as I don’t want to be thinking about business 24/7, but they are the future of mobile phones as we know them. They are ...
Classic Phones for the Classy Guy
2011-12-05 09:00:00 Add a classic touch to your home or office with a phone from an earlier era.Expires Dec 19, 2011
Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to SE Phones in March
2011-11-30 13:32:00 Ice Cream Sandwich ? the latest update to the Android OS ? is one of the most popular topics for the geeks all over the world. Which phones will get the new Android 4.0 update? When? Why? The most powerful phones manufactured by Samsung and HTC are already rumored to get the update soon, and ... Related posts:First smartphone with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) – Samsung Galaxy Nexus Sony Ericsson rolls out update for the Xperia X10 and X8 family Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V
#UK #Met police using surveillance #system to monitor #mobile #phones
2011-11-02 02:07:00 Via Scoop.it – Revolutionary newsTHE GUARDIANShow original Tags: surveillance system, mobile phones <BR/>
By: News for Greens
Primary Role Of Mobile Phones In India Shifting From Just Voice Calls: ASSO
2011-10-31 11:54:00 The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) made a statement today,”Mobile phones are fast moving beyond their primary role of voice communication and becoming multi-tasking devices as the number of wireless subscribers in the country totals 89.2 crore.” For those unaware, ASSOCHAM is the umbrella body of chambers of commerce in India. The organization represents the interests of trade and commerce in India, and interacting with the Government of India on policy issues, and liaising with their international counterparts to promote trade between India and other nations. They cover over 2lakh companies and professionals in India. They said that with India being the 2nd fastest growing Telecom sector Worldwide and with the rising disposable incomes of the average Indian, the mobile phone has been seeing more and more sales. There are now around 89 Crore or 890 Million Mobile users in India. It is the bridge between a utility device and something o...
By: WATblog
Now You Can View Free Movies On Samsung Galaxy Phones, Courtesy BigFlix
2011-10-24 12:48:00 Samsung the maker of Galaxy Line of Phones, has tied-up with BigFlix to offer free content. This Video-On-Demand (VOD) facility will be made available via a free app “My Movies”. However, it is currently restricted to Samsung Galaxy S, SII and Galaxy Tab 750 (10.1” Tablet). ‘My Movies‘ will offer over 2000 hours of Videos – Movies, Trailers, TV shows & Music Videos, FREE all powered by BIGFlix . The App will also offer premium content on subscription as well – This subscription service will supposedly allow the user to watch full length feature films and over 1000 movies with no interruption from ads. Mr. Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile & IT, was quoted in a press release “By providing consumers with India relevant applications and rich content on our Smart Mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, we are seeking to make their experience with our devices more engaging and immersive.” BigFlix already has a friend for the B...
By: WATblog
Auto Crash Lawyer – Cell Phones, Texting, and Other Accident Causes
2011-10-22 13:12:00 Hiring an auto crash lawyer allows you to fight for a proper settlement when you're the victim of an auto accident. There are thousands of accidents on the roads every single day and some are more serious than others
What women want (I'm talking cell phones here)
2011-10-10 16:06:00 Remember that movie What Women Want (2000) starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? It’s about a hotshot male advertising executive that gets the power to read what women are thinking through a freak accident? I wonder what kind of capabilities our phones would have if cell phone manufacturers could read our thoughts. The old adage... Read more »
Cell Phones Have Evolved but Are You Still Operating Yours Like It?s the Da
2011-09-26 16:17:00 Not all that long ago, a cellular phone was anything but portable, cost thousands of dollars to buy, and a small fortune to operate. We?ve come a long way since 1983, baby. Mobile phones can do more than ever. They can take pictures and video, play music, get you onto the internet where you can ...
Philips Xenium Phones Coming To India: Concentrate On Battery Life
2011-09-12 10:41:00 Philips exited the Indian Mobile Phone Market 5 years ago, but is now making a comeback. They will enter the Indian market through China’s Shenzhen Sang Fei Consumer Communication Co., which owns the rights to its branding in India. The phones introduce a new technology known as Xenium Technology. They are supposed to be more battery efficient than anything out in the market. With standby time of almost a month, it is expected to give people battery life of over a week. Targeted at travelers and power users desiring long battery life, the range of phones are equipped with Dual SIM technology. Here are the specs of some note-worthy phones in the Xenium Range. Pricing is given wherever available: Xenium X513 2.2 inch Display with 262k Colors 2000mAh Battery with 16 Hours talktime 60 Days standby, 80 Hours Music Playback Dual SIM 1000 SMS Storage microSD Slot expandable up to 16GB 2MP Camera No 3G or WiFi Priced at Rs. 4776 Xenium X806 3 inch display with 262k Colors 5MP Aut...
By: WATblog
MTS Launches Two Sub 5k Android Phones In India
2011-09-05 08:27:00 In India, its all about the price factor. Nokia released their cheapest phone ever. Reliance’s 3G Tab and Beetel’s Magiq opened up Tablets to new demographics. Now MTS has decided to play the price game: by launching two Android phones at less than Rs. 5,000 each. MTS is a CDMA Service Provider having over 12 Million subscribers. They launched the MTS MTag 3.1 and MTS Livewire, both Android 2.2. running smartphones. While GSM users have 3G services for fast internet, CDMA users have something called EV-DO. These MTS devices run EV-DO Rev A. which supports high quality voice and internet services. Here are more details on the devices: MTS MTag 3.1 This device is built by Huawei, its hardware being that of the Huawei C8511. It has a 2.8″ Capacitive touch screen with a 240*320 resolution. 3.2 MP Camera and a Multi-Format AV Player with 3.5mm jack. Preloaded MTS TV Application for Live Video and On Demand Playback. Snapdragon S1 Processor. Exact clock speed not c...
By: WATblog
Use PS3 Controller with Android Phones with Sixaxis Controller
2011-08-12 13:02:00 PlayStation 3 controllers (Sixaxis and DualShock 3) can now be used on Android phone to play games or just navigate through the phone! Sixaxis Controller is a paid Android app for rooted phones that allows you to use your PS3 controller with your phone. The best part is, this app is also compatible with PlayStation ...Original post from: Use PS3 Controller with Android Phones with Sixaxis Controller See here for more posts: Sizzled Core - Android, Internet Media, Gadget Reviews - A technology blog based on Android, iPhone, brings you a wide coverage of Internet media news, gadgets reviews and tips/tricks that you won't find anywhere else! Learn how to tweak Firefox, Facebook tricks, unlock iPhone, iPad and root Android phones.
By: Sizzled Core
There Are 851.7 Million Mobile Phones In India, Reveals a Survey
2011-08-10 11:08:00 Every day we read and hear from various sources on how India has a large base of mobile phone users. Well, the fact is proven now as according to a recent official data released on Monday, India with 1.2 billion people, now has 851.7 million mobile phone subscribers, with 11.41 million connections added in June itself. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the wireless user base grew 1.36 percent, from 840.28 million in May. The data revealed that the broadband subscriber base grew 1.64 percent from 12.12 million in May to 12.32 million in June 2011. Therefore the total number of telephone subscriber base touched 885.99 million, registering a substantial growth of 1.29 percent. “However, of the total 851.70 million wireless subscribers in March, only 594.77 million were active subscribers on the date of peak visitor location register (VLR). VLR is an impermanent database of the subscribers who have roamed into the particular area which it serves. Each bas...
By: WATblog
Nokia Partners With Hungama.com To Bring Live Concerts To Phones
2011-07-13 12:16:00 In an attempt to try to differentiate itself from its competitors, Nokia has partnered with Hungama.com to let Nokia phone owners enjoy live concerts on their handsets. This isn’t the first time Nokia is making an attempt to offer perks to its users in order to retain its market share, it has previously offered unlimited music downloads, partnered with various VAS players and currently under its ‘iDoALotMore’ campaign it is showing users how the N8 can control a car. ZOMGitsCj had few days ago found a video about an unreleased product from Nokia called “perks” (Nokia is making its intentions very clear), which would let users avail discounts, kind of like Groupon. Hungama.com already has experience in streaming concerts over the web. They would now be delivering this content to Symbian 3 and S60 phones through an app named ‘Nokia Smart Night’ which would be available on the Nokia App Store very soon. An interesting thing to note here is...
By: WATblog
3G On Corporate Phones? Not So Soon
2011-07-12 07:43:00 Deepak Halan over at ConsultBenefIT has an informative article about 3G services and the role it will play in the enterprise sector. Service providers are surely seeing large companies and businesses as huge revenue sources with respect to 3G services. At a time when 4G launch rumours are doing the rounds on the internet in India, many companies are yet to make the jump to 3G services. This maybe because of initial apprehension, unavailability of capable handsets, high prices or the simple reason of a company not needing 3G. A study conducted by IMRB revealed that 85% of their sample audience was aware of 3G and nearly 75% felt that it would help their businesses. Halan goes on to describe various situations under which a businesses might benefit from 3G services. For instance if a company’s workforce has to travel a lot or if they need to handle outstation clients, 3G, specifically video calling can come in handy. Apart from just video calling and conferencing the huge nu...
By: WATblog
Cell phones- A Unique Way To Make The Ads Interactive
2011-06-14 07:30:00 Bangalore : After the launch of a new product a company generally advertises to promote it in various ways such as through magazines, hoardings, etc. If you notice there is vital information in the corner of the ad on how to download a mobile application called IntARact. Upon downloading the application your phone camera will start operating and when you direct your camera towards the advertisement or the company logo, it will give you a detailed description of the product. What you see might be a video, links to product tests and reviews by magazines, peer comments and testimonials—or in case of products such as cars, you can view a three-dimensional model that you can walk around or go inside to inspect the interiors. The application already has over 200,000 users and many of India’s top brands on board, including Nike, Ford, Fiat, Nokia and Godrej after it was launched in June 2010 by Telibrahma Convergent Communications Pvt. Ltd. The developer of the IntARct, Telibrahma Co...
By: WATblog
Upload Photos to TwitPic from Android Phones with Picture Tweeter
2011-06-13 21:58:00 There are a number of Twitter clients available that allow you to upload photos directly to TwitPic and other Twitter photo-hosting services, but what if you don’t want to upload using a Twitter client? Picture Tweeter does that job. It is a separate Android app that provides a very simple interface to upload photos to ...Original post from: Upload Photos to TwitPic from Android Phones with Picture Tweeter See here for more posts: Sizzled Core - Android, Internet Media, Gadget Reviews - A technology blog based on Android, iPhone, brings you a wide coverage of Internet media news, gadgets reviews and tips/tricks that you won't find anywhere else! Learn how to tweak Firefox, Facebook tricks, unlock iPhone, iPad and root Android phones.
By: Sizzled Core
Rural Tech – Irrigation Systems Controlled By Mobile Phones
2011-06-09 06:23:00 The best part about technology isn’t how it makes the already hassle free urban life easier but how it impacts the rural sector. Technological advancements have been very slow in trickling down to the rural population. There are a lot of problems in rural areas which if solved through technology, would make lives in villages much easier. Agriculture has been the principle occupation in Indian villages from ancient times. Since there haven’t been a lot of advancements in the agricultural sector, a simple task like switching off the irrigation systems also has a lot of danger associated with it. In many villages, night is only the time when uninterrupted power supple is available. So when a farmer has to either switch on or switch off the irrigation system at this time, he has to walk all the way to the fields and at times encounter snakes as well. M.P. Rajkumar, a 45 year old engineer from Tamil Nadu chose to tackle this problem and automate the whole process of switc...
By: WATblog
Paymate Brings Interbank Fund Transfer To All Phones
2011-06-07 09:25:00 Mobile Payment seems to be the hottest trend right now. In the past few weeks itself there have been a lot of announcements by companies ranging from Google to the Indian Postal Department taking a shot at mobile payments. Paymate, a mobile payment company has announced that it will be powering the Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) of three banks in India, namely Syndiacate Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank and South Indian Bank. IMPS is a service that allows instant inter bank fund transfer through mobile phones. As long as RBI guidelines are followed, it can be implemented either by SMS, USSD or through mobile apps. This service can also allow users to pay bills, shop and pay money to various organisations through mobile phones. Although IMPS had been in place in twenty Indian banks for more than 7 months Paymate claims that the adoption rates have been low because of the fact that there is a limit to the amount a person can transfer via SMS. There are smartphone apps which don&rs...
By: WATblog
Celebrity and Their Cell Phones Exposed Via Twitter
2011-05-13 21:17:00 Almost all of the prominent celebs have an account with Twitter typically publishing via their cell phone. And through their Twitter account, if they’re accessing it through their smartphone, it can be an opening into what sizzling mobile technology device those particular celebrities are using. It’s something anyone is able to check out by going to their favorite celebrities Twitter stream and checking it out for themselves. All of these smartphone applications are providing information on just what smartphone the tweets were sent from. As an example, a celebrity is using a Blackberry if their tweet comes from TwitterBerry. Never fear, we’ve got the phones of some of the most popular celebrities to save you the time of trolling through Twitter feeds in order to determine which smartphone particular celebrities are using. Keep in mind that there is a new term which has been popularized for these new smartphones, which is “application phone”, meaning tha...
By: Music Juice
Google Testing Video Chat For Android phones
2011-04-26 15:51:00 Despite having the infrastructure for video chat since 2008 (at a time when android was in its infancy) google never really capitalised on this advantage by introducing video chat in smartphones before anyone else. They didn’t even bother to update their desktop client to include video chat. I hate having to open up gmail to use all the new features like group chat, video calling which Google chose to not include in its desktop counterpart. This seemed to be changing when google announced honeycomb, it had inbuilt video chat with google talk. It seemed obvious that video chat would be making its way to phones in the next release of android, but that didn’t happen although some evidences were found in the Android 2.3 SDK. Instead google took time, and has apparently chosen to introduce video calling at Google IO 2011. This tweet from a samsung employee indicates that google will introduce video chat for gingerbread phones at google IO in May Just had a video call u...
By: WATblog
CNN Apps Launch For Android Phones Globally
2011-04-19 12:04:00 CNN Apps for Android Phones are now available around the world for free in Android markets, Reports CNN. This launch is sponsored by Lexus. These apps will help the users get direct access to the CNN global resources like user generated content, live reporting, interviews and podcasts. These Apps are said to present the news in form of text, audios and photos, live or on-demand video. CNN iReport is an interesting space where users get to voice their opinion. The users can easily switch between International and U.S editions by clicking on the menu button. The CNN Apps features CNN Radio section with an hourly news updates, reports from CNN radio correspondent, interviews, etc. The users can personalize their radio by selecting audio ‘favorites’, creating their own listening channels. The users also get to personalize their profile with the help of these Apps. Text stories and images can be shared directly from the App via email, Facebook and Twitter. The widget allows ...
By: WATblog
CATRA: Cataract Maps with Snap-on Eyepiece for Mobile Phones
2011-04-11 04:12:00 Can we create a device that makes people aware of their early cataract condition? Using a light-field display, the researchers' method projects time-dependent patterns onto the fovea. Interactive software measures the visibility and point spread function across subapertures of the crystallin lens. By repeating this procedure for several light-paths, the cataracts size, position, density, and scattering profile are estimated.Created by the MIT Media Lab, Camera Culture's research group with Vitor Pamplona, Erick Passos, Jan Zizka, Manuel M. Oliveira, Everett Lawson, Esteban Clua and Ramesh Raskar, CATRA utilizes a forward scattering technique, which allows the user to respond to what they visually experience.Their device scans the lens section by section. The user sees their projected patterns and presses a few buttons to map the light attenuation in each section of the eye. This information is collected by the device creating an attenuation map of the entire lens. This allows in...
By: architectradure
How To Extract Text From Images On Windows Mobile Phones
2011-04-09 13:26:00 There are sometimes awesome text on images and at times you just want to copy those text and not the images. I am talking about Windows Mobile Phones here and if that is the case, check out TextRact. TextRact allows to take a picture and then lets you extract text from that image. Optical Character ...
LinkedIn Partners With Snaptu To Bring App For Feature Phones
2011-03-16 06:53:00 LinkedIn has over 90 million users worldwide and its popularity is growing by the day. The professional social network does not want its users to be just a part of LinkedIn by only registering with it, but want them to actively use the website. They have even launched three features recently to keep them engaged — Today, Skills and InMaps. Nowadays, users access the web readily on mobile phones. LinkedIn has apps for smartphones, but being popular in countries worldwide, the social network needed an app with which feature phone users could access as well. To make that happen, Linked has partnered with mobile app platform Snaptu to bring a LinkedIn app for feature phones. Adam Nash, VP of Product Management at LinkedIn said, “With the rapid growth of mobile professionals around the world, we’re thrilled to partner with Snaptu to expand our global reach and be accessible wherever our members work.” Snaptu specialises in supporting smartphone-like experiences o...
By: WATblog
New phones coming!
2011-02-16 13:00:00 Happy Wednesday to everyone out there. Another hump day to get over. Everyone who is reading this and living in Chicago must be really enjoying this really nice weather, but as we all know by now. One day you will be enjoying nice tempsand then the next day you will have to break out your winter coat. Onto today'stopic of discussion. As we all may have seen during the superbowl there was a commercial showing off the new creation from Sony, what we called as the Playstation phone but it turns out that the phone will be called Xperia Play. This phone will be released duringthe month of March. It features an HD screen on the top and your regular Playstation controls on the bottom and...
MoneyControl.com Launches Free Apps For iPhone And Nokia Touch Phones
2011-01-07 10:20:00 Moneycontrol.com, one of the most well known financial portals in India, has launched new versions of its Markets on Mobile app for Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s touch phones. The mobile app keeps Moneycontrol up to date with what’s going on in the market. Here’s what the app offers : A real time stock ticker and the ability to receive quotes for any stock. Portfolio Management : If you’re a moneycontrol.com user, you can keep an eye on how your portfolio is doing. A News section – pretty much self explanatory. Messages – Which lets you see MessageBoard that is on their website. Live TV lets you watch CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz. It also has a video on demand section which seems to have clips from these channels. I spent about 5 – 10 minutes with it. Seems to have all the basic features you’d expect. Various Indian Indices as well as foreign markets. Market movers across various categories such as Top Gainers, Top Losers, Most Acti...
By: WATblog
How The Young Buy Mobile Phones : Report
2010-12-16 13:25:00 Neilsen has released a whitepaper tited : Mobile Youth Around the world. It goes into details of how they select their phones, who decides what phone they buy and factors they take into consideration – in the first half of 2010. The surveyed individuals were all within the age group 15-24. The main countries featured are UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Russia, India, China, US. Some of the findings are as one would have expected. Others are quite intriguing. Who chooses the phone? The study took the following options into consideration : Self, Employer, Parent(s), Friend(s), Spouse/Partner(s?), Other Predictably a vast number select their own phones. UK and Germany report the highest percentage here. US has the lowest percentage here, preceded by India and China. Only 16 percent of all the people surveyed said that their parents selected their cell phones. Almost no one reported that their employer made that choice. The US saw the largest number saying they were influence...
By: WATblog
More Than 300,000 Android Phones Activated Daily, Reports Google
2010-12-10 06:00:00 For the second time in a row, Andy Rubin, VP, Engineering at Google resorted to Twitter to make another announcement. He tweeted, “There are over 300,000 Android phones activated each day,”. Earlier he tweeted on Apple’s remark that Android has stopped. This is a huge figure considering the earlier announcement by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in October that the company activated about 200,000 Android devices daily. This is a clear sign of Android beginning to rule the mobile market of the world. It could also become the top mobile OS in the world by next year. The coming has been so fast and analysts have indicated it to be a fivefold increase from what it was last year, possibly giving its competitors a reason to think again. Rubin had already unveiled the new Google Samsung Nexus S Smartphone running Android 2.3. He called it a “pure Android, pure Google phone”. Again, he demonstrated a Motorola Tablet prototype, which is an Android “Honeycomb” tablet. The 10-inch...
By: WATblog
Mobile Phones – What Indian Teenagers Can’t Live Without!
2010-12-07 09:40:00 Every person in this world has his or her most valuable asset in life, so called the thing that he or she cannot live without. Indian teenagers today seem to have a big obsession for Mobile phones that these have become their most valuable assets in life. Literally, they cannot imagine a life without mobile phones. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) conducted a “Toy to Tool” survey, under its ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation (ASDF) on adolescents of 15-18 years of age and found that 88% of them possess mobile phones as against 40% of teenagers aged 13-15 years who actually use them. Also 66 % of them between 16- 18 years of age have a tendency to flaunt a mobile phone while at school tuition or public places. This trendy yet bizarre tendency is due to factors such as more pampering by parents, more pocket money, no day-to-day parental control, urbanization and western influence. Conducted across Mumbai, Goa, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Pat...
By: WATblog
New ID Packs Coming to Sprint ID Phones
2010-10-28 09:17:00 Sprint announced new partners for its Sprint ID Android interface concept, including AOL, UPS, Canvas, IHG and BodyMedia.
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RockeTalk beats Facebook, Twitter and Orkut on Mobile Phones
2010-10-27 07:39:00 Mobile Analytics company Informate has released a report on Indian mobile usage and Mobile social networking. What they found, may come as a surprise to many. I may have killed the suspense with the title of this post. Nevertheless, the numbers are interesting. Using data over a period of six months, the study finds that RockeTalk is the most used mobile social networking application. Orkut comes in at a respectable second. Followed by Qeep, Facebook and Twitter. Airtel reported recently that almost 80% of data usage happens in non metros. If this pattern of usage is similar on other networks, the findings are not too surprising given that the popularity of Facebook and Twitter is mainly restricted to Metros as of now. But yes, It certainly did surprise me! That the application is designed specifically for mobile usage perhaps explains its popularity. With over 350 million page views per month, 3.2 million Indian users and over 100,000 communities the network draws its main tract...
By: WATblog
Download Angry Birds for Symbian^3 Phones
2010-10-27 05:23:00 [FREE] Download Angry Birds for Symbian^3 Nokia Phones After the success in the IOS and the Android platform, the game developer Rovio Angry Birds finally bringing the game into the Symbian^3. Starting today Nokia phone users can download these games on Ovi Store. Reported by Games Press, Tuesday (26/10/2010), Angry Birds for Symbian^3 has approximately 105 ...
By: Speedytown
Download Final Fantasy Games on Java Mobile Phones
2010-10-25 15:23:00 Download Final Fantasy X Fantasy War Multiscreen game of Java multiscreen games to your cell / mobile phone or PC for free. To work it better, go on “settings” and active “scale to fit” and “keep proportions”. Don’t forget to show the framerate. Game type : Multi-player – Java Dimension : 320×240 games File size : 659k Download ...
By: Speedytown
Mobile phones for farmers in Africa: Myth or reality?
2010-10-17 12:17:00 My first trip to Africa, goes back to 1994: Angola in the midst of the civil war. I "left" the continent end 1999, moving from Uganda to Kosovo. Through my five years in Africa, I travelled extensively throughout. I was a first-hand witness of the the mobile phone networks rolling out in different countries. From the old AMPR system and 2 kg mobile phone/walkie talkie bricks in Congo (then Zaire), to the new generation MTN-types using the latest technology, huge bandwidths, and connectivity... Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org
Windows 7 phones coming!
2010-10-13 22:34:00 Happy Wednesday to everyone out there. Another hump day to get done with and then we will be ready for another weekend. Today's topic will be an interesting one thateveryone that has been waiting for these phones to come out, they will be out on themarket very soon. The phone that I have mentioned is the Windows 7 phone. That will be the OS on thephone. The chief exec from Microsoft mentioned that 9 phones would be carrying the new OS. The phone companies that will have the Windows 7 on their phones are LG, Samsung, HTC and Dell. Yes! You heard that right Dell is coming out with their own phone. Some of the phones will have keyboards for you to text faster to...
Skype app now available for Android phones
2010-10-07 07:38:00 Skype has finally announced its app for wide range of Android phones. The new app is loaded with features that allow users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls, send and receive IMs for free or call phones over WiFi or 3G. However, the app is available for smartphones powered by Android 2.1 or higher version of the OS. That’s a bit strange considering the large number of smartphones with lower version of Android OS still in use, at least in India. This coveted app should have ideally been introduced long back owing to the increasing acceptance of Android OS. But it’s better late than never. At present Skype for Android supports features which include Instant messaging (IM), Group IM, Skype-to-Skype calling, Calling phones and mobiles, Synchronizing with Android phone book ,Call forwarding , Receiving Skype calls and calls to Online Numbers. Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G are free. However, operator data charges may apply while using Skype over a 3G or WiFi mobile data connection. Fe...
By: WATblog
Teens and Cell Phones: 5 Outrageous Stories
2010-10-07 03:05:00 Let's put aside for a moment the issues of texting while driving and sexting. Here are five just plain outrageous stories involving teens and their cell phones....
CTA news: Bus shelter crime scene, goodbye phones
2010-09-21 15:31:00 "Going Public" rounds up the weekend and early week news.>> A CTA bus shelter on Cottage Grove Avenue was part of a crime scene overnight.>>&n-bsp;No more pay phones at CTA stations.>> Late-nig-ht delays on the CTA this week.>> Police shot and killed a man at the Garfield Red Line station a couple of days ago but accounts differ on whether the man was armed. Here's a look at crime at the Garfield stop and weapons violations on CTA trains courtesy of Everyblock.>> Chicag-o TV star calls the CTA "God awful.">> Man says he got shot and rode a CTA bus to the hospital last week though the police question his story....
Apple Aquires Polar Rose? Future Phones May Turn Friend/Adviser
2010-09-21 07:51:00 Polar Rose might not be a name you have heard before. The company has co-developed a software called Recognizr that allows a user to point the camera in their phone at a friend’s face and instantly get links to their social networking profiles and updates. So why are we talking about the company all of a sudden? Well, if rumors were to be believed, Apple has bought Polar Rose for $22 million. Hmmm we wonder why? With the mobile phone market heating up, iPhone may want to pip competitors for the niche market like Android and BB and this seems like a perfect platform for it. According to reports, Android is set to overtake iPhone and BB by the year 2010 so getting something like Recognizr on the iPhone could be a major boost. But then again, doesn’t Apple already have iPhoto which uses facial recognition to tag people in photos? Recognizr takes it to the next level when it comes to social networking. Phones with facial recognition -- first of its kind? Apple don’t ...
By: WATblog
Live Wallpaper ?Roaches? for Android Phones
2010-09-10 13:50:00 Yesterday while going through the “Just In” apps in the Android Market, I came across a very cool live wallpaper that I’m now using on my Samsung Galaxy S. I’m not much of a fan of live wallpapers as they eat more battery life, but this one is a simple, yet fun to use live ...
By: Sizzled Core
Jailbreak PS3 for Free with Android Phones
2010-09-07 03:57:00 You can now jailbreak PlayStation 3 using an Android phone! Previously, we reported about a USB mod that was discovered to jailbreak PS3, but was being sold for $150. But now you can still jailbreak PS3 for free, that is, if you have an Android phone! Not all Android-handsets support this, but PS3 jailbreak has ...
By: Sizzled Core
Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 Dual-Sim Phones Launched – Last Ditch Effort?
2010-08-31 08:32:00 Recently, we reported how customers tend to hang on to multiple SIM cards due to various reasons ranging from lifetime validity of the card, to good deals on messages or calls. With increasing customers having more than one SIM card, it was important for mobile phone manufacturers to introduce dual-sim phones. Many Indian manufacturers came out with such models, but one of the companies to lead the race is Micromax. According to a recent report, Micromax has made a foothold in the mobile market, and its customer base continues to grow at the expense of Nokia. Nokia has also been losing out in the smartphones market thanks to the likes of iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android. In an effort to recapture the Indian market, Nokia have launched the Nokia C1-00 and the Nokia C2-00 which have dual-sim capabilities. Features The C1 and the C2 boast of similar features like Dual-Sim, Music, and Messaging. However, the C2 does have some extra features like Camera and Internet Capability. The C1 a...
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SEBI Draft Model Holds Good – Allows Trading Through Mobile Phones
2010-08-30 09:59:00 In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Board of India had issued a draft model to enable stock trading via mobile phones. According to this draft, brokers who offered internet-based trading services could offer their clients trading via wireless technology. It might have seemed a bit optimistic at the time but now SEBI has finally announced guidelines to allow trading via mobiles using the same protocols as for internet-based share trading. Big retail brokers like Kotak Securities, India Infoline, and Motilal Oswal Financial Services will be more than happy with this announcement by SEBI and will be eager on launching mobile-based trading services at the earliest for their existing and prospective customers. Mobile Trading Benefits Internet trading brought to the table a lot of advantages like Reduced Cost of Transactions, Greater Liquidity, Greater Competition, Increased Transparency, and Tighter Spreads. When it comes to trading through mobiles, it not only brings in all these ben...
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Jobs, Travel, Mobile Phones Top Keywords on Yahoo! Search – Is There
2010-08-26 06:45:00 Jobs, Mobiles and Travel have become the metaphorical roti, kapda and makaan (or bijli, sadak and pani) of Yahoo Search in India. A press release by the company on Yahoo’s “Top 10 Most Popular Search Keywords” report. Jobs seem to be most sought after, with Travel and Mobile Phones following at a close second and third. Fourth is Matrimony. Other facts currently available: Nokia Mobile and Broadband are other popular keywords Naukri was ranked at No. 1 among job portals followed by Monster.com and Monster Jobs. Across Asia, the No. 1 keyword is ‘travel’, next comes ‘gaming’. In Hong Kong, the top most popular searches were ‘after -school tutoring programs’ and ‘English training programs’, an indication of how English is being recognized across Asia as the harbinger of opportunity. Gauging from the ‘Top 5 Growing Businesses in Search Marketing’, travel and tourism, education and medical cosmetolo...
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MobileASL Brings Sign Language to Mobile Phones
2010-08-17 09:20:00 Mobile Revolution – the more we talk about, it the less it seems. From talks of mobiles leading digital revolution in India, to the increase in mobile social networking, to mobile internet users increasing exponentially each month, we have spoken about it all. Considering almost everything that could have been done via mobiles has been done and written about, is there scope for more? Of course there is. And University of Washington (UW) emphasizes that point with MobileASL, a mobile tool that they are testing that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language and transmit those images over U.S. networks. The intention behind conducting such a study is that many-a-times the tone or message send via text are misinterpreted and as a result the next few texts are spent in explaining the initial message. To avoid such confusion, the University started testing MobileASL with a group of 11 students to examine how deaf or hearing-impaired people in the U.S. use mobile vide...
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Nokia To Give Away Phones For Free In 5 Villages
2010-08-05 12:41:00 Nokia have definitely taken a lot of steps to penetrate the Indian market. First it tied up with Tata DoCoMo to provide Nokia Ovi Life Tools. This was a good move considering DoCoMo’s reach in rural India was very good. Yesterday, we reported that TripAdvisor and Nokia joined hands to provide all of TripAdvisor’s tools preloaded on Nokia phones. Now. Nokia has tied up with Idea and Datamation Foundation to give away mobile devices to over 500 households to 5 villages in the Raebareli Area in Uttar Pradesh. Datamation Foundation is engaged in advocating, designing and implementing innovative Information and Communication Technology enabled initiatives. In order to achieve this, the foundation has teamed up with Nokia to give phones to Pure Rajaram, Pure Tilak Ram, Bhalbhadra Khera, Baletha and Poore Chamaar villages in UP. They are also giving away pre-paid cards worth INR 200 to the villagers every month. Whats in it for Idea and Nokia? We are all for social service...
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Mobile Phones Will Lead The Digital Revolution In India
2010-08-02 16:00:00 We all know how much mobiles have progressed since its inception. Thanks to all the mobile applications, these days you can do pretty much anything through your mobile from getting answers to questions on your mobile to banking. So what part will the mobile phone play in the digital revolution? Mr. Anil Arjun, CEO, Reliance MediaWorks, Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE says that the way mobile has taken off is remarkable. Music industry benefited immensely from mobiles. Music industry grew 8% thanks to mobile industry. This is largely due to the affordability quotient of the mobile service. However, he is quick to add that the content has to be worth the price. Consumer will look at what hes paying for. Mr. Vish Iyer, VP, Service Provider, Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., adds to this by saying that after the 3G and 4G auctions in India, mobiles with 3G and 4G will be the next device to consume videos. Can this happen in a way it is af...
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