Motorola and Opticon Settle on Cross Licensing Agreement
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Rogers Set to Launch Embedded Social View App Along With 3 New Plans
Are you a Social Addict? How about a Socialite? If you are (not that we know what those are, per se), then you may want to head up to Canada (if you’re not already there), and check out the new plans that Rogers is apparently cooking up. Along with a new, embedded Rogers-based application called Social View, it seems that the Canadian wireless carrier is jumping on the whole social network bandwagon. And they’re doing it in a big way.
Go big or go home is apparently Roger’s new mantra. The wireless carrier is set to launch Social View, which is a built-in Rogers application that’s meant to aggregate the content from all of your favorite social networking sites. Well, maybe not all of them, but the biggest ones at least. Pulling feeds from Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, along with the most recent content from text messages, phone calls, and Instant Messages from your contacts, is all done in real-time, and brought to your attention right on your homescreen.
It’s a built-in application, but there’s no word on which handsets it will be on. Our bet is Android-based handsets, even if HTC’s already implemented the same feature, called FriendStream. Either way, it’s Roger’s own thing, so we’re sure they’ll be happy to implement it on any device they want. In addition to the app, Rogers will introduce three new plans to go along with it: “Unlimited Social Addict Plan,” “Unlimited Socialite Plan,” and finally the “Unlimited Social Master Plan.” There’s no telling what differentiates any of the plans, but hopefully we’ll get a clearer picture here soon.
[via Mobile Syrup]
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HTC Droid Incredible Accessories and User Manual
The much awaited Verizon HTC Drodi Incredible smartphone is now available and not too lo9ng before the handset hit Verizon, the HTC Droid Incredible user manual hit the net waves which showed that the device would indeed sport the same processor at older handsets reports softpedia.
There has now been a few HTC Droid Incredible accessories become available such as an extended battery priced at $59.99, a battery covers for $14.99, a pack of three display protectors at $12.99 and a rubber case which will sell for $29.99.
On the Droid Incredible user manual side of things we learn the smartphone will indeed sport a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, run Android OS 2.1, have a 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen, and 8 megapixel camera.
Spec wise it’s revealed that there will be EVDO Rev. A along with 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and will pack a 1300mAh battery, aGPS, proximity and light sensor, 3.5mm jack and measure 4.63 x 2.30 x 0.47 inches with a weight of 4.6 ounces; so pretty much what we all expected.
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Nokia Announces N8
Nokia unveiled details of its first phone with new Symbian 3 software today. It’s designed to challenge the iPhone and Blackberry, although Nokia has delayed the sales launch of Symbian 3 phones until the third quarter.
Nokia, which has yet to show the phone to journalists or analysts, is counting on the new software to […]
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Motorola Announces First-Quarter 2010 Financial Results
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Vodafone 845 Android Smartphone to be Affordable
Made by Huawei and branded as Vodafone devices, the new Vodafone 845 is coming soon next month 12 Vodafone markets, including the UK. The Android powered smartphone has a 2.8-inch touch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, built in WiFi, bluetooth and updated with the latest Android OS 2.1. A live demonstration video is available below.
Other than the Vodafone 845, Vodafone also announces other 7 handsets, all are designed with competitively priced and internet access enabled.
Patrick Chomet, Group Director of Terminals said, “Our aim is to offer our customers the best choice of compelling mobiles as well as the best-in-class experience of new services over Vodafone’s reliable network. This regular portfolio refresh ensures that we continue to deliver contemporary and relevant Vodafone branded devices to our customers across all our markets.
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HP and Palm Deal Prompts Acer to Introduce Four New Smartphones
HP and Palm together has prompt Acer to introduce four new smartphones, yesterday we reported that HP was buying falling Palm for $1.2 Billion or $5.70 Per Share, and we also mentioned that HP said that Palm WebOS is Prize Asset and the possibility of this operating system being incorporated into HP tablets.
Well since the HP and Palm deal Acer has decided to introduce four new smartphones according to Reuters, which could help boost sales profits. The smartphone market is big business and everyone wants to be a part of it, big companies such as Apple and RIM are right up there with its smartphones and continue to grow immensely, can HP and Acer follow suit?
Acer seem to be doing very well with its laptop PCs and so much so profit margins have risen by a whopping 62 percent in first-quarter earnings.
As soon as we hear about Acer’s new smartphones we will let you know about each of them, at the moment all we know is that Acer will be introducing new handsets. All tongue and cheek at the moment as they say.
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Atom Supporting DDR3 Memory
Intel is preparing to launch more Atom-based processors for netbooks, reports Digitimes. It will support DDR3 memory and dual-cores, says Engadget.
Intel launched its second-generation Atom N450 and N470 processors in January 2010 and is planning to launch DDR3-supporting Atom N455 and N475 shortly.
In June, Intel is set to reveal more details about its third-generation netbook […]
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LG Optimus Android Smartphone Available 1 May in UK
LG today has announced the new LG Optimus (GT450) and will start offering the Android smartphone in UK from 1 May. The full touch screen phone uses a 3-inch resistive touch screen (320 x 480). It comes with Android 1.6, 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and microSD card slot.
On top of the default Android UI, LG has created the SN Manager (Social Network). It allows you to easily keep track of their Facebook, Twitter and Bebo accounts. The Social Networking System (SNS) widgets provide real-time status updates directly to the home screen without having to access any other applications. Up to seven homescreens can be customized to display the information you need.
Visit the company’s new LG Optimus site at http://www.lg-optimus.com for more info.
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iPhone More Popular Than BlackBerry for US Opera Mini Downloads
Well now the Opera Mini mobile browser if you remember gained over a million download just 16 days after it becoming available, and now according to an article over on Gizmodo by way of tech crunch, the iPhone version of Opera Mini, Opera Mini for iPhone has now snatched the number one slot in the good ole US of A.
This knowledge comes by way of Opera’s State of the Mobile Web for March 2010 and shows that the iPhone version of Opera Mini has now taken over BlackBerry at the number one downloads slot.
Looking at the top ten countries according to usage of Opera Mini the US and the UK are where the iPhone grabs the number one slot for Opera Mini users. The figures show that in March 2010 Opera Mini had in excess of 55.2 million users which is an increase of 9.3 percent on February.
On a global scale though, the iPhone still sits at third place with Nokia and Sony Ericsson dominating the top 20 list of Opera Mini downloads.
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