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Entries from December 2008

LG LG-GD910 3G HSDPA Wrist Phone debuts at CES 2009

December 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

LG apparently continued to further develop the watch phone concept they showed at the CES 2008. At the CES 2009 LG unveils with the LG-GD910 the world’s first 3G touchscreen watch phone.
The LG-GD910 is not just 3G it actually supports HSDPA with 7.2Mbps download speeds. On the watch face is a video camera to use [...]

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Tags: Cellphones · Gadgets · LG Mobile Phone · Watch

Samsung S8300 spotted

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Samsung’s U900 Soul handset was first unveiled in February of this year, and has been available on the market since a few months after that. It seems Samsung has seen fit to create a successor of sorts to the U900 Soul - the S8300, which has recently been leaked.

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Tags: Rumor · Samsung · Smartphone

Voice Coming to WiMAX Networks in Korea

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The South Korean government has approved a new standard that will enable voice service on the country’s existing and future WiBro networks. WiBro is a Korean brand for Mobile WiMAX technology. Mobile WiMAX networks have previously been limited to data service only.

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Tags: In The News · WiMAX

Mobinnova ICE announced

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Mobinnova, who are set to develop Sony Ericsson’s next XPERIA-branded handset - the first of which, the X1 was created by HTC, have shown off their flagship handset, called the Mobinnova ICE, which, like the X1, runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1. OS.

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Tags: Cellphones · HTC · Sony Ericsson · WCDMA · Windows Mobile 6

8GB iPhone 3G AT&T refurb units selling for just $99

December 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re still a little heartbroken over the fact that the whole $99 iPhone 3G Walmart rumor wasn’t true, then maybe the $99 AT&T refurbished iPhone 3G can turn that frown upside down and cheer you up a little bit. Sure, it’s not a completely new device, but the savings you’ll be getting are off [...]

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Tags: 3G · AT&T Wireless · Apple · iPhone

RIM Sues Motorola Over Jobs

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Research In Motion has filed a lawsuit against Motorola, alleging that the U.S. company is improperly blocking it from hiring former Motorola employees. The two companies agreed in February that they would not solicit one another’s employees. RIM says that agreement dissolved in August, but Motorola disagrees. RIM is seeking unspecified damages, and cites unfair [...]

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Tags: BlackBerry · In The News · Motorola

Apple files gesture-based text editing patent

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Apple have filed a patent, which is called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards. The patent shows the use of swipe gestures, to give users quick ways to accomplish something. This is achieved, by, as you can see below, swiping you fingers. For instance, swiping your finger to your right would accomplish a backspace, and, [...]

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Tags: Apple · SMS · iPhone

iPhone Xenon Flash accessory in the works

December 25th, 2008 · No Comments

For what it’s worth, the 2-megapixel camera of the iPhone does a pretty good job especially in adequate lighting, but what if you’re shooting at night or indoors with poor ambient light? Well, that’s where the Snapture Labs’ Xenon flash accessory would nicely come in once it becomes commercially available. It’s half camera accessory and [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Apple · Camera · iPhone

Nokia N96 Comes With Music Edition launches in the UK

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

As has been expected for a few weeks now, Nokia have launched a Comes With Music version of their N96 handset, in the UK. The N96 now joins the N95 8GB, and 5310, to come with the Comes With Music service. The N96 Comes With Music edition will sell for £540/€570/$800, which is approximately £60 [...]

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Tags: Nokia · Portable Audio · Portable Video · Ringtones

Over 4 Billion Mobile Phones in the World

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

GSM focused trade body, 3G Americas says that a historic milestone was achieved for the wireless industry in December 2008 with 4 billion connections to mobile devices worldwide.

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Tags: Cellphones · In The News

Rural Carriers Make Push for Reinstating Spectrum Cap

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

A band of rural network operators, called the Rural Telecommunications Group, has approached the FCC about limiting carriers from owning more than 110MHz of spectrum below the 2.3GHz band in any one market. They feel having that much spectrum gives carriers too much power over the local competition. Wireless network operators such as AT&T, Sprint, [...]

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Tags: AT&T Wireless · FCC · In The News · T-Mobile · Verizon Wireless

Nokia N97 widget competition announced

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Nokia have announced a competition where you can design a homescreen widget, for their upcoming N97 handset, which is set to launch sometime in the first half of next year. To create the widget for the homescreen, Nokia have provided a design package, for download. Once finished, you can upload your widget, where others can [...]

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Tags: Internet · Nokia · Smartphone

New LG-LU1400 T-DMB Phone with WVGA Screen

December 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

LG has released a new midrange cellphone, the LU1400. The phone’s primary feature is its 2.8-inch LCD, which supports resolutions up to 800×480, and can rotate to a horizontal layout for tasks such as e-mail and instant messaging. Like a number of devices from South Korea the 1400 also supports the T-DMB standard, which provides [...]

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Tags: LG Mobile Phone · Portable Audio · Portable TV · Portable Video · SMS

Nokia intros 18K plated 8800 Gold Arte handset

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Nokia has announced yet another variation of its 8800 slider phone, the Gold Arte. As the name implies, the handset is plated in 18K gold with white leather covering it where the gold plating isn’t. The tri-band GSM handset has support for the WCDMA 2,100MHz band for 3G data. Users can browse the web using [...]

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Tags: 3G · 3GSM · Camera · Luxury · Nokia · WCDMA

A new “perv” pack for Shade… Hanako !

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Shade is a Japanese 3DCG software (a bit like 3ds Max, Blender and so on), but with a small particularity… e-Frontier, the publisher of Shade propose some pretty interesting pack in order to spice things a little on Sahde… And here you are the forth alliteration of these packs… the Hanako pin-up pack.

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Tags: Software