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CSR gives the world’s first public demo of Bluetooth low energy in a handset

CSR gave the world’s first public demonstration of Bluetooth low energy technology provided by CSR’s BlueCore7 in a mobile phone handset. The demonstration took place at the San Francisco meeting of the Bluetooth SIG Medical Working Group and consisted of a set of weighing scales and a temperature sensor connected via Bluetooth low energy to a cell-phone. The Bluetooth SIG expects final adoption of Bluetooth low energy technology in Q1, 2009.

The demonstration showed the two Bluetooth low energy devices transferring data to the handset using a Bluetooth low energy advertising packet without any prior configuration or pairing. When a button is pressed on the weighing scales the embedded Bluetooth low energy radio wakes up and sends a short burst of data to the handset. The temperature sensor transmits data continuously. The name and value of both sensors are then simultaneously displayed on the phone. The application automatically updates the display with the new value each time a new advertising packet is received.

The mobile phone handset was modified for the purpose of the demonstration to incorporate CSR’s BlueCore7 dual mode silicon (Bluetooth low energy and Bluetooth v2.1), and a Java API and MIDlet application to provide a simple user interface for displaying the information received.

Bluetooth low energy (previously known as Ultra Low Power Bluetooth or Wibree) is designed to be used to transfer simple data sets between compact devices. The technology uses fewer frequencies (3 rather than 32) to make connections compared with standard Bluetooth, resulting in lower power consumption when connectable.

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Mobile phone speakers sales boom to the tune of a million

Mobile phone accessories such as speaker sales have increased in the past six months, and the reason for this is the growth of music enabled mobile handsets along with download services that become more and more popular.

According to a report on Mobiletoday in excess of £1 million worth of mobile phone speakers had sold last month, this compares to the £500,000 sales during the Christmas period and only $146,000 during May 07.

Senior vice president of digital at Universal Music, Rob Wells, states: “More and more people are downloading tracks and listening to music on their handsets. In the UK, between 15% and 20% of Universal’s digital music business is on mobile. This will increase to around 35% next year and to about 50% the year after.”

Mobile handsets incorporating MP3 players and FM radios now account of in excess of 65% of the market which is up from 44% on April 07.

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Qik Goes Live — Everywhere

Qik has opened its beta program, letting anyone with a compatible cell phone broadcast their own videos on the Web. Qik (pronounced “quick”) opened its doors to all comers Monday, moving from the invitation-only alpha it began late last year to an open beta program.

The company also announced new …
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Motorola Adventure V750

This CDMA phone with PTT has a thin, rugged clamshell body similar to the V950, with similar features as well. Key features include EVDO Rev A data, 2 megapixel camera, memory card slot, large QVGA main display, large external display, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS navigation.

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New Sony Ericsson W902 Comes with 8GB Memory Card

Sony Ericsson today officially announces the new candybar W902 walkman phone. The walkman phone provides stereo sound with clear bass, comes bundled with a 8GB memory stick micro and HPM-77 headphones. The slim W902 also has a 5 megapixel camera and a 2.2-inch display screen.

The W902 Walkman will be available in selected markets in Volcanic Black, Wine Red and Earth Green in Q4 of 2008. Unlike the new W595 which will be available in EDGE or HSDPA version, the W902 will support UMTS/HSDPA 2100 and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 in a single version.

W902 Walkman W595 Walkman

• 5 megapixel camera with Auto Focus
• Walkman player
• Clear stereo
• Clear bass
• Shake control
• Java
• FM Radio
• Geo tagging of photos (cell-id)
• Access NetFront Web browser
• Polyphonic ringtones
• Dedicated music keys
• Bluetooth 
• USB mass storage
• USB support
• Size: 110 x 49 x 11.7 mm
• Weight: 99.8 grams
• Display Screen: 262,144 colour TFT
• Resolution: 240×320 pixels
• Size: 2.2 inches
• Phone memory: Up to 25MB
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) support
• Talk time GSM: Up to 9 hrs
• Standby time GSM: Up to 380 hrs
• Talk time UMTS: Up to 4 hrs
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 360 hrs
• Video call time: Up to 2.5 hrs
• Music listening time: Up to 25 hrs
• Networks: UMTS/HSDPA 2100 GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

More Photos at next page

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AT&T Navigator Global Edition to take in 20 countries

Yesterday AT&T announced that the new AT&T Navigator Global Edition the software which provides navigation capabilities is to extend its reach in 20 countries.

AT&T’s Navigator Global Edition coverage areas on AT&T powered smartphones will include most of Western Europe, North America and the U.S, the Caribbean along with the six cities in China which will be hosting the Beijing Olympic Games.

Senior vice president, Mobility Marketing and Operations for AT&T’s wireless operation, Jeff Bradley says: “The introduction of AT&T Navigator Global Edition is just another example of how AT&T is the nation’s leading provider of international wireless services. AT&T not only gives customers the ability to use their mobile phones in more countries than any other U.S. carrier, they now can use our robust GPS-based navigation offering whether at home or abroad to easily get from point A to point B or to find and get directed to a local business or service.”

Probably good news for the globetrotting business people out there which is who it looks like AT&T are targeting for a healthy $19.98 monthly charge as not to get lost worldwide.

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Mobile Banking on Verizon

Verizon Wireless has announced mobile banking for BlackBerry users.

The carrier introduced a mobile banking application that works on BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphones. The mobile banking application also is available on several Get It Now-capable phones, said the company.

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Samsung SGH-A227 / A226

This no-frills clamshell GSM phone is similar to the A127, but trades a camera for quad-band world roaming. Keys features include MMS, external display, speakerphone, WAP browser, and downloadable games, ringtones and graphics.

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Nokia completes Plazes acquisition

Nokia announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Plazes (www.plazes.com), a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. The deal was initially announced on June 23, 2008.

By acquiring Plazes, Nokia will extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity planning features. Plazes adds the elements of “place” and “time” to social networking through features that allow people to alert friends of their activity and location; review their own and others’ past activities; share their experiences and make plans with friends, who are then able to respond with comments and suggestions as well as their own location information.

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Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman: affordable and has modest specs

We have told you about the Sony Ericsson W902 and then the Sony Ericsson W595 and now we bring you the last mobile phone that Sony Ericsson announced today which is the very affordable and modest spec Sony Ericsson W302.

The Sony Ericsson W302 is going to be the cheapest of the bunch and will have modest specs but yet still a very good phone to have.

It features a 2 megapixel camera and course still has the Walkman feature, so you know that you are getting a very good music mobile phone, it also sports a 176 x 220 pixel 262K color TFT display.

The downside to this phone is that it comes with NO 3G but it does have FM radio with RDS, it is also the slimmest of the bunch at only 10.5 mm.
It will be available in n Midnight Black and Sparkling White and will hit the shelves in Q4 2008.

Check out the Sony Ericsson W302 specs: 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - 110 x 46 x 10.5 mm - 78 grams – 2 inch TFT Display 256K colors/176 x 220 pixels – AAC, Polyphonic & MP3 Ringtones - Vibration - Phonebook - Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls - 20 MB internal memory plus Memory Stick Micro (M2), 512 MB card included - GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps - HSCSD - EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps - Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP - USB - SMS, EMS, MMS & Email Messaging - WAP 2.0/xHTML Browser - Games - 2 MP Camera 1600×1200 pixels, video - Java MIDP 2.0 - TrackID music recognition - FM radio with RDS - Walkman player – Organiser - Voice memo - Built-in handsfree - T9 - Up to 300 hours standby time plus Up to 7 hours talk time.

For more information on the Sony Ericsson W302 please visit the official website of Sony Ericsson here.

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