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- January 2005
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Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:34 pm
Macromedia announced a licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics to provide Flash Lite 1.1. A variation of Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Lite 1.1 is specifically designed for mobile devices, giving the ability to view interactive Flash content.
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Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:16 pm
Samsung and Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider, today announced the February 1 availability of the SCH-A890, the first wireless handset from Samsung for Verizon Wireless' VCAST service - the nation's first 3G wireless multimedia service. The innovative A890 will allow consumers to access a variety of VCAST applications, including Video on Demand (VOD), designed to inform and entertain wireless customers.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:13 pm
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi has revealed plans of creating an accessory attachment to give cell phone and wireless functionality to its PlayStation Portable gaming system.
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:57 pm
Results from a University of York study showed using hands-free headsets reduce cell phone radiation by as much as 47%. The study, part of the UK's Mobile Telecommunications Health Research program, concluded that radiation was cut by nearly half when using a wired hands-free kit running up from the torso, rather than directly talking on a phone against the head.
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:40 pm
Two years ago, top designers at Motorola began a secret project - to develop a phone the size of a credit card, featuring all the latest multimedia features including a camera, video recorder, and MP3 player.
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:27 am
Since Siemens announced it plans to abandon the cell phone market, it has been accepting offers from rivals companies to sell off its mobile phone division. Perhaps the most interested may be Korean manufacturer LG Electronics; however there have been conflicting reports.
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:30 pm
Today, Motorola announced it beat expectations and rode strong fourth quarter sales to regain the No. 2 position from Samsung. Spearheaded by the RAZR V3, Motorola released a massive 20 phone portfolio resulting in a 34% increase in fourth-quarter profits; solidifying its position behind Nokia.
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:17 pm
Plastic may be a thing of the past as handset manufacturers begin integrating computer chips into phones; storing account information necessary to make purchases similar to credit cards.
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:28 am
After cutting 5,000 jobs, Siemens Mobile is prepared to leave the phone industry due to struggling profits and the increasingly competitive marketplace. Being the fourth largest phone manufacturer with 7.6% market share, Siemens is looking for a joint partner, much the Sony Ericsson agreement, to save its struggling division rather than abandon it completely.
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Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:13 pm
It was only a matter of time before Asia's two most celebrated pop culture icons were combined; the cell phone and Hello Kitty. Actually Nokia previously created one, but Taiwanese manufacturer, OKWAP, has taken it one step further by created the A267 and i516 clamshells for Hello Kitty's 30th anniversary.
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