Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The Nokia 5000 is a handset designed for emerging markets. In emerging markets, people don't have high levels of disposable income to purchase cell phones. But they want the product, and features, just like anyone. The solution is low cost phones like the Nokia 5000. It ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Samsung recently announced the addition of their first HSUPA (high-speed uplink packet access) mobile phone. This technology supports faster upload speeds than other mobile phones and is the first of it's kind for Samsung.
The SCH-M470 is a slider phone that can transmit up to 2M BPS when connected through a ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
It comes as no surprise that Nokia has an iPhone killer in the works. Nokia recently announced a Smartphone that's been codenamed the "Tube" and gives the iPhone a run for its' money.
"It's our first touch device" said Tom Libretto, vice president of Forum Nokia. Interfacing with the system ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
How does your cell phone smell? Well, that is a question that NTT plans to answer. They are offering a new phone that will allow you to download and "play" fragrances.
"Fragrance communication," in which pleasant odors are used to enhance indoor environments, dates back to 2005, the carrier ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Gameloft recently announced that Brain Challenge a game that stimulates your mind, is now available to Nokia N-Gage users. The game has 12 different activities in four categories including Memory, Visual, Logic and Math.
"With Nokia's breakthroughs in ergonomics, ease of use and technical support, a new ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Paymate, India's leading company in mobile payments, recently announced the addition of Giftmate - a new way to send voucher gifts from North America to India.
The process is simple. "Senders" choose from 4 different gift denominations then enter the "Receivers" Email address and mobile phone number and then complete the ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Today the European Union announced plans to begin licensing in-flight wireless services. The EU stated that wireless providers interested in providing in-flight phone services could get approval by the end of 2008.
The cost of making in-flight phone calls hasn't been determined, but EU officials are hopeful that operators will keep ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Today is the global launch of Nokia N-Gage with more mobile games than ever before. N-Gage is the mobile games service from Nokia, the world's largest cell phone manufacturer.
"With N-Gage we're offering a seamless experience for people around the world to try and buy games that are ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Relay For Life in New Hartford has announced a cell phone drive to celebrate Earth Day.
This gives people the chance to recycle their old cell phones, instead of tossing them into landfills. Every cell phone that gets turned in will mean additional donations for the American Cancer Society.
The cell ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
A 73 year old blind Japanese man, Sadao Hasegawa, has created a new mobile phone for people that are visually and hearing impaired. This phone was created with the assistance of Tsukuba University of Technology and sends out vibrations that represent Braille symbols.
Sadao Hasegawa demonstrates his Braille phone.
Mr. Hasegawa said ...
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