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Sling Player Mobile for smartphones running Windows Mobile

Published on: 29th January, 2010

Sling Media has updated its Sling Player Mobile utility meant for smartphones that are using the Windows Mobile platform. The 2.0 version has a revamped interface and includes design elements geared for navigation using fingers rather than a stylus. The Windows Mobile version allows users to watch television through their 3G of Wi-Fi connections, while [...]

Apple almost totally controlling the mobile applications market

Published on: 25th January, 2010

Apple and its App Store seem to have near total control of the mobile applications industry, according to researchers. The fact is that about 2.5 billion iPhone applications were downloaded in 2009 and the 3 billion total downloads milestone has been reached this month. Compared to the only 16 million applications downloaded last year through [...]

Motorola’s Droid Migrates to Europe – Name is Milestone

Published on: 3rd November, 2009

Motorola’s Droid Migrates to Europe – Name is Milestone
The Milestone is confirmed by Motorola as an international version of the Droid. Being the first Android phone with a multi-touch feature, the Milestone sports an 854×480 touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera and is priced at $596 with a discount and without a contract. It will have Wi-Fi [...]

Still no Google phone yet

Published on: 3rd November, 2009

Google denied, on October 31, 2009, making its own smartphone. Andy Rubin, the Android project president said that the company will remain loyal to its customers, offering Android as an operating system only for other hardware manufacturers. He also admitted that Google’s influence on the G1 from T-Mobile was rather negative, as the company is [...]

Verizon Finally Ships BlackBerry Storm 2

Published on: 31st October, 2009

After a two weeks delay from the launching date, Verizon finally revealed details of its version of RIM’s BlackBerry Storm 2.
This new version of the original Storm adds CDMA and EVDO Revision A for its initial phone as well as 3G networking. Quad-band GSM/EDGE and single-band 2,100MHz HSPA 3G allow roaming in other areas. A [...]

Dell Android Phone Next Year

Published on: 21st October, 2009

Last year Dell was trying to produce an iPod competitor. The outrageous success of the iPod touch –a music device mostly but with the leverage of web access – hit a significant spot in the market. Dell tries now to bring smartphones to the United States, perhaps based on the Chinese mini 3i series. One [...]

Droid – the First Motorola Android-based Phone

Published on: 21st October, 2009

Motorola will soon come with its first mobile device developed in partnership with Google to feature the next-generation open Android platform phone, named Droid. It is slightly thicker than the iPhone but has the thinnest touch QWERTY slider available on the market. It seems to be the fastest Android device and it’s no surprise because [...]

PayPal Mobile Trying to Prevent Hackers’ Attacks

Published on: 16th October, 2009

The greater and greater popularity of smartphones and usage of mobile banking and bill payments creates new problems regarding the security of the transactions. mobile banking is not yet very much affected by hacking but companies are trying to prevent such threats which could seriously impact on customers’ trust in such modern methods of payment.
PayPal [...]

White BlackBerry Bold available at AT&T

Published on: 16th October, 2009

On October 13, 2009, AT&T announced the availability of the first white Blackberry Bold since the device’s release, in 2008. The mobile phone will be available online, on October 18, 2009. There is no official announcement regarding the price, but it will most likely be somewhere around $200, the same as the black version. Features [...]

LG Mobile Phones Awarded as Highest in Customer Satisfaction

Published on: 13th October, 2009

J.D. Power and Associates recently awarded LG Mobile Phones in the 2009 Wireless Traditional Mobile Phone Satisfaction section. LG was highest in every major category – physical design, operation, battery function, and, of course, overall satisfaction.
The study measured customer satisfaction with traditional wireless handsets and LG ranked above other traditional mobile phone makers, receiving top [...]

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