Cell Phones Zone

FCC Approves Pantech P9020 for AT&T

Doing a little snooping over at the FCC, the guys over at unwired view spotted the Pantech P9020 mobile phone which has now gained FCC approval for GSM 850/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900.

Apparently the Pantech P9020 User Manual makes mention of such things as AT&T Navigator and AT&T Music, so no doubt this mobile phone is destined for the Big Blue and shouldn’t be too long before it gets officially announced.

Detail wise, the Pantech P9020 measures 14.1mm thick and sports a 2.8 inch QVGA touch screen, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, email, a slide out QWERTY keyboard and microSD expansion.

No hard word on availability or what the Pantech P9020 will command price wise, but maybe AT&T will offer this one below $100 on the usual agreement terms.

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Apple Tablet, G-Phone Rumors

Silicon Alley Insider says Apple could unveil a tablet next month. According to mobile blog Boy Genius report, Apple is “100%” likely to announce a 7-inch tablet in January.

The FT also suggests that the four times larger screen of an iPhone, it is the “iPod touch HD” envisioned …
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Confirmed: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3, focus on version 7

It has now been confirmed that Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 is out there and a possible release is imminent, the question is “Why?”

There is an entry that appears on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Developer Center that details Widget development for Windows Mobile, apparently and according to neowin.net touchable tiles will replace soft keys.

We can see this being announced at the CES 2010 event by Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, he is also said to be holding a press conference with Sprint and LG where a new WiMax smartphone will be unveiled.

Please let us know if you think Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 is a good thing or a bad thing, many are saying that it is a pointless build and that MS should just concentrate on a Windows Mobile 7 Build. What do you think?

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Santa’s Helpers

An 85-foot-tall blue spruce from Arizona has become the Capitol Christmas Tree. TracktheTree.com, a web portal designed by SkyBitz, provided real-time tracking of the Capitol Christmas Tree Caravan, during its 21-day, 4,167-mile circuitous journey from Arizona to Washington DC.

The technology behind the tracking application is SkyBitz’s GLS210, a small box …
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Samsung Selects Winners of the Application Store Developer Challenge 2009

Samsung announced the winners of the Samsung Application Store Developer Challenge 2009, which was launched in October. The selection of winners was based on a review across various criteria including creativity, Samsung’s specialized application programming interface (API), and user-friendliness.

The two joint Platinum Award winners, who receive US$100,000 each, are:

• Ompass World Cities, an app produced by Korea-based developer HyongaSoft. Ompass World Cities is a digital compass application that provides global cities’ location coordinates using Augmented Reality.
• Cinetrailer, developed by Italy-based DDM Srl. Cinetrailer offers users the latest movie information such as What’s New, Now in Cinema, and Home Video through regular updates.

A total of thirty-six prizes including Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards will also be presented. In addition to prize money, developers will be offered a continuous partnership with the Samsung Application Store and will enjoy the opportunity to get new models SDK in advance.

“Through the Samsung Application Store Developer Challenge 2009, we were able to provide a venue to promote mobile applications among general developers as well as the opportunity for developers to generate profits,” said Dr. Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of the Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics. “Consumers can also experience a variety of useful applications. In the future, we will continue to promote the Samsung Application Store through various developer-friendly events.”

Users of the Omnia II (model I8000) in the UK, France and Italy, where the Application Store has launched, can download all winning applications for free during a special promotion period through April.

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Apple Stock Price rises to record $211.61

The maker of the iPhone and Macintosh computer Apple, climbed to an amazing record high of $211.61 on the NASDAQ following the report that sales of the devices may well have surged over the Christmas holiday.

Rising by 1.2% making the 6th straight day in increases. Apple’s shares have more than doubled in the year. Software downloads for Apple’s devices also increased by 51% in December from the previous month of November according to research firm Flurry Inc. This implies that sales of the iPhone and iPod touch jumped during the holiday season.

Apple offers more than 100,000 applications on its iTunes store giving both its phones and its media devices and edge over rivals, Google Inc, who’s Android operating system runs phones made by Motorola Inc and HTC Corp has around 12,000 applications.

And Apple’s downloads just continue to grow at the most staggering rates according to Peter Farago a spokesman for San Francisco based Flurry, iPod Touch devices must have flooded the market over Christmas. The 51% increase compares with just 22% for Android downloads states Flurry. For more information visit businessweek.com

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Top Ten Wimax & LTE Stories of the Decade

Welcome to The Top Ten WiMAX & LTE stories of the decade.

Dailywireless.org, has recorded achievements in broadband wireless for the last 8 years (since March 2002).

We are making a Top Ten of the Decade list in 10 categories.

Cellular

Wi-Fi

Municipal Wireless

Wimax/LTE (this page)
Bluetooth/UWB/Zigbee
Government Actions
Infrastructure
Satellites
RFID and Privacy
Devices and …
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The Missing Sync for Android version 1.1 Details

Thanks to the team at Mark/Space who have sent a note in relation to the missing Sync for Android, and it sure looks like this been updated now to support Android 2.0 devices.

The update brings with it the missing Sync for Android up to version 1.1 and comes crammed with more new features including the ability to save the phones call history to a home computer.

Maybe you haven’t even heard of the missing Sync family of applications before, basically it is an all in one application that Syncs all your information and media between your desktop Pc and your mobile phone.

Mark/Space currently have versions which are available for Android, the Palm Pre, the iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian, lots of Nokia devices and the HTC Touch and Sony PSP. To find out more simply visit intomobile.com

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Firmware Update v35 for Nokia N95 8GB, N95 and N82

Great news for Nokia fans and owners out there as we hear of three Nokia’s being blessed with a nee firmware update. The Nokia N95, N95 8GB and the N82.

They will all get the new firmware version 35.0.001 after the process has been completed. It is a little shady at the moment as to what is included in the latest firmware update

Having said that we would guess that some of the known bugs would have been fixed, some of the applications we would assume have been updated and maybe even more have been added.

We would also assume that Ovi Store client is now to be included with the phone although we are not sure about that. We would always advise you to keep you phone’s firmware up to date but please prior to pressing any buttons make a back up of your data just in case. Source - intomobile.com

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Top Ten News Stories of the Decade

C/Net chooses the top 10 news stories of the decade. They resonate with me, although there are lots of other legitimate possibilities. What do you think?

10. Hewlett-Packard acquires Compaq (2002)
9. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retires (2008)
8. Google acquires YouTube and legitimizes social media (2006)
7. Craigslist and the slow fade of …
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