MIT Glimpses Future of Google's Cell Phone Operating System

05-14-2008
What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system. In the process, they re...

RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120

05-14-2008
T-Mobile isn't the first U.S. carrier to offer the Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry Pearl 8120 ( AT&T Wireless launched its 81...

Shiny Video Preview: Sony Ericsson G502 HSDPA mobile

05-14-2008
The G502 was announced by Sony Ericsson a couple of weeks ago, but I managed to get my hands on a preview model just two days later. It's being dubbed as the 'most affordable HSDPA phone ever', and should make the average consumer quite happy, with Google Maps, push email, a 2.0-megapixel camera, media player and the usual Bluetooth technology....

Sony Ericsson patenting geotagged songs

05-14-2008
Sony Ericsson is patenting a system that would tie songs to specific locations, says a new filing within the US. Proposed technology for a "location dependent music search" would use GPS or a similar mapping method to determine the phone's location and promptly find music associated with the area, whether on the device or on an Internet server. T....

Sony Ericsson signs Usher as face of Walkman

05-14-2008
Sony Ericsson has signed US R&B singer Usher as its new brand ambassador. He will feature in the mobile company's marketing from next month and will spearhead the launch of the latest Walkman phone....

Qualcomm Demonstrates Dual-Mode Mobile TV Chip

05-14-2008
News by Ricky Cadden on Wednesday May 14, 2008. Note: Sponsored advertising links, if any, are in green. Qualcomm has recently demonstrated a new chip that features support for both the premium MediaFLO mobile TV standard and the free-to-air ISDB-T standard being used in Japan and Brazil....

Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones

05-14-2008
Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network....

Is AT&T Working on a Skype Competitor?

05-12-2008
You may have noticed that some people are abandoning or supplementing their conventional phone services in favor of VoIP, largely because it can be much more affordable to make calls -- both local and long distance -- over Skype than it is to make the call over a landline or a cell phone.
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CGC launches Nokia N500 Auto Navigation in Qatar

05-12-2008
(CGC), the biggest retailer of mobile phones and the largest Telecom and IT solution provider in Qatar, has launched a very useful Nokia N500 Personal Navigation device....

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