Indians can look forward to their own version of iTunes, Apple’s online music store, very soon. As music on the move becomes an integral part of the mobile experience, handset manufacturers are competing as well as co-opting with service providers by offering pre-loaded music on their phones.
via indiatimes
Mobile phone users in China at the end of April stood at 416.64 mln, up 23.22 mln from end-2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing figures from the Ministry of Information Industry.
via forbes
Every cut-off call or incomplete connection signals the need for more cellular equipment to keep local users’ conversations flowing.
Wireless carriers keep track of the dropped calls. They know where they need to enhance their networks. Believe them, they say, they’re working on it.
via hamptonroads.com
In Thailand: Most cell-phone users experience difficulty making successful calls and are angry about sub-standard service, claims an Abac Poll Research Centre survey released yesterday.
Who’s afraid of the big bad cell phone bill? A lot of people, apparently. A quarter of MinuteWatcher’s visitors on the first day signed up for the free service and started receiving semiweekly alerts about their cell phone usage.
“Three cheers for a free new service… MinuteWatcher seems like a no-brainer,” wrote engadgetmobile.com.”Hey, that’s pretty freakin’ handy!” concluded cellphones.ca. “Thank you for getting a version up for Telus so quickly,” wrote “Capital_Expert”, a Canadian blog user.
“The response has been wonderful,” said Peter Stevens, Co-Founder and Chief Architect. “Wireless overage fees really can double a person’s monthly phone bill. Many users were thrilled about MinuteWatcher and that it’s free. Privacy issues were a hotter topic than expected, so we had to ensure that customers understand how our privacy policy protects them.”
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Samsung has shipped the world’s first handset to support the HSDPA ‘Super 3G’ speed-boost technology, available only in South Korea.
In addition to allowing data to be downloaded at up to 1.8Mbps, the SCH-W200 slider phone can also pick up satellite-transmitted Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) TV programmes, displayed on its 2.12in, 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display. The handset has stereo speakers fed by a digital power amplifier and even a TV output connector, Samsung said. There’s a two-megapixel camera on board.
via reghardware
(06, Mar, 2006 / SEC)
SAMSUNG Unveils The World’s First 8Gb Hard Disk Embedded Phone - The i1310
Seoul, Korea March 6 th , 2006 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading provider of mobile phones and telecom systems, is reinforcing its technology leadership by unveiling the world’s first 8GB Hard Disk embedded smartphone (model: SGH-i310).
Samsung breaks the storage limit in mobile phones by introducing the world’s first mobile phone equipped with a 8GB hard disk drive (model: SGH-i310). With the large storage of 8GB, SGH-i310 will change the way people manage and use the mobile phone.
Samsung is the first to adopt a hard disk drive into mobile phones and has launched three models equipped with a hard disk drive; the world’s first 1.5GB HDD embedded phone (model: SPH-V5400), the world’s first 3GB HDD embedded phone (model: SCH-V7900) and the world’s first 3GB HDD Music smartphone (model: SGH-i300).
The i310 works as a perfect platform for users by combining a phone, a digital camera, and a MP3 player with its immense storage capacity. It enables users to carry around 2,000 songs (4MB/song) wherever they go.
The i310 comes with the latest version of Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone which allows users to view files and easily carry their music library with them. This Windows Mobile 5.0 enables users to sync the playlists, songs, and videos from their personal PCs so that the experience with the i310 is identical to the users’ personal computer. It also offers USB 2.0 and Plug & Play feature which allows the phone to be utilized as a removable hard disk. Businessmen and students can easily store and transfer files to/from their computers in any format conveniently.
The i310 has all the latest features including a 2 megapixel camera with flash, microSD slot, document viewer and TV output. Users can record video with the 2 megapixel camera in high quality resolution.
It also supports enhanced music function with Bluetooth® stereo (A2DP), digital power amp and dual speakers. Users can download music conveniently from online music store from their personal computer or directly via air.
Kitae Lee, President of Telecommunication Network Business of Samsung Electronics, said, “With the combination of first-class technology and premium design, Samsung has led the industry by offering various features of mobile phones. With great improvements in mobile storage, Samsung will continue to introduce a variety of useful functions for mobile.”
The i310 will be shown to public at CeBIT from March 9 th to March 16 th . It will be introduced in Europe market during the second half of this year.
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Samsung announced the 10 Megapixel SCH-B600 Cameraphone a while ago at CeBIT, and now a couple of pictures of the 10-megapixel camera phone were snapped at Comm Korea 2006.
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