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Wed May 21, 2008 1:15 pm
French luxury-goods company Christian Dior unveiled a line of mobile phones priced from $5,500 or $7,900 and up, driven by demand in new luxury markets such as China and Russia.
The cell phone offers all the regular features - a touch screen, a camera, ringtones - but with a new gimmick: a miniature phone barely bigger than a USB key. Dior said the mini "My Dior," as it is called, is handy for women who don't want to rummage through their bags to find their phones. Instead, the mini version o... [Continue reading Dior Phone Comes with Remote Control, Starts at $5,500]
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Wed May 21, 2008 12:39 pm
The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies by capping cancellation fees for cell phones.
Cell phone carriers routinely charge customers $175 or more for ending their service early. Under a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), companies would give consumers the opportunity to cancel service without any penalty for up to 30 days after they sign a cell phone contract or until 10 da... [Continue reading Cell Phone Users May Get Break on Cancellation Fees]
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Wed May 21, 2008 12:14 pm
T-Mobile today announced the May 28 availability of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone, offering external music controls, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, wired stereo headsets, and USB cable for side-loading music.
The Nokia 5310 offers an iconic design in a sleek finish. For music fans, the it offers up to 18 hours of music playback, with memory for up to 3,000 songs on an optional 4 GB microSD card.
The 5310 also comes preloaded with two hits - one from rock sensation Panic At The Disco an... [Continue reading Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Phone Planned for T-Mobile]
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Tue May 20, 2008 10:55 am
Spurred by the popularity of Apple's iPhone and user interface, global shipments of touch-screen display modules are expected to more than double from 2008 to 2012, according to iSuppli.
The worldwide market for touch-screen modules will amount to 341 million units and $3.4 billion in 2008. iSuppli forecasts the market will grow to 833 million units by 2013, expanding by 19.5 percent from 2008. Global touch-screen module revenue is forecast to grow to $6.4 billion by 2013, rising by 13.7 perc... [Continue reading Touch-Screen Shipments Expected to Reach 833 Million by 2013]
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Thu May 15, 2008 11:11 am
Samsung today unveiled the F400 music phone, a dual slider it said was designed to bring top quality music and sound.
Equipped with ICEpower technology by Bang & Olufsen, users can enjoy naturally sounding music. The F400 offers Smart Bass technology for deep and powerful sound, and Smart Limiter to control the amplitude threshold. Other enhancements include Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSe) 2.0 which brings custom music experiences for every genre of music.
When slide up, the F400 m... [Continue reading Samsung F400 Slider Offers Bang and Olufsen Sound]
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Wed May 14, 2008 1:29 pm
Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.
The No. 2 U.S. mobile service joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google.
The announcement follows signals last month that AT&T would support Android, the Linux operating system being developed by Google ... [Continue reading Verizon Wireless to Introduce Linux Phones]
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Wed May 14, 2008 1:16 pm
LG and Samsung will collaborate on developing technology that they intend to propose for adoption as the mobile digital TV standard for the North American market.
The combined technology will be presented to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the international organisation which is establishing broadcasting standards for digital television, before 2009, they said.
"LG and Samsung are already world-class in digital TV and mobile communications, said LG President and Chief Tec... [Continue reading LG, Samsung to Develop Mobile DTV Standard]
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Tue May 13, 2008 2:40 pm
Opera Software today announced its newest version the Opera Mini browser, up to 50 percent faster that prior version. Opera Mini 4.1 searchs for text within a webpage, provides URL entry with recognition based on bookmarks and browsing history, uploads and downloads files without going into the phone's native browser and downloads pages for offline viewing.
"More than 44 million people from all over the world have discovered and fallen in love with Opera Mini," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of ... [Continue reading Opera Mini 4.1 Released]
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Mon May 12, 2008 11:04 am
Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 U.S. wireless service provider, said today it had a larger first-quarter deficit as revenue fell, it lost more than a million subscribers and it absorbed charges for severance and other costs.
Sprint said its total subscriber base fell by 1.09 million to 52.8 million, including the loss of 1.07 million post-paid customers who pay a monthly bill - actually smaller than the 1.2 million in post-paid losses the company had forecast last quarter.
The company repor... [Continue reading Sprint's Loss Widens, Fewer Subscribers]
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Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 am
Sprint and Google are partnering to bring services such as Google Maps for Mobile and YouTube to Sprint customers. As part of the deal, Google will also become Sprint's preferred mobile search provider.
"Our partnership with Google is a great example of how Sprint is making the mobile Internet experience even more customer-friendly and useful to our customers," said Kevin Packingham, vice president of product management at Sprint. "Sprint looks forward to extending its partnership with Google... [Continue reading Sprint, Google Expand Mobile Partnership]
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