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BlackBerry Warning, Weak Sales And Delays

Doug Tanner — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:45:24 +0000

Shares in BlackBerry-maker RIM slipped by as much as 7 percent in extended trading last night as the struggling firm reported another disappointing quarter, provided a weak sales outlook for the current period and pushed back the launch of its new device line. For the quarter ended 26 November, net income came in at US$265 million, down 70 percent from a year ago, while sales came in at US$5.17 billion, down from US$5.5 billion. Although RIM had earlier warned of the poor numbers, the figures were still below most analyst forecasts. It sold 14.1 million devices in the quarter, increasing its BlackBerry subscriber base to 75 million, up 5 million on the previous quarter. However, it shipped just 150,000 units of its PlayBook tablet. More bad news was revealed on the earnings call by co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, who said that the first devices running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system would not now appear until late next year. The delay is apparently due to the firm having to wait on critical chipsets becoming available. The delay could be highly damaging for the firm as it struggles to keep pace with rivals such as Apple, say analysts. “They've already got tepid developer support and then they're going to be rolling out these phones right smack in the (midst) of an iPhone 5 (launch) most likely," Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners, told Reuters. "By then the ecosystem runs the risk of being abandoned.” The guidance for RIM’s current quarter – which includes the key holiday sales period - was also below par. The firm guided that profit will be between US$0.80 and US$0.95 per share, and said that sales will be between US$4.6 billion and US$4.9 billion. Analysts had projected profit of US$1.08 a share and sales of US$4.85 billion, according to Bloomberg data. RIM said it expects BlackBerry shipments in the quarter to be between 11 million to 12 million. Analysts had projected 12.8 million units. According to Reuters, this would mark the first quarter-to-quarter decline in BlackBerry shipments for six years during the crucial sales season. In a statement, RIM said that it “continues to have strong technology, unique service capabilities and a large installed base of customers, and we are more determined than ever to capitalise on our strengths to overcome the recent execution challenges surrounding product launches and the resulting financial performance.” Its two co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, have agreed to take a pay-cut to just US$1 while they work through the problems. The firm faced renewed calls from shareholders yesterday to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive, which are currently held jointly by both Lazaridis and Balsillie. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Facebook To Launch Custom Android Phone

Doug Tanner — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:48:04 +0000

Facebook is working to develop a customised version of the Android OS which will appear on an HTC device codenamed ‘Buffy’, according to AllThingsD sources. The custom OS could attract users with deeper software integration and allow Facebook to monetise in-app payments. Previous phones featuring deeper Facebook integration - such as the HTC Status and Salsa – have failed to take off. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

AT&T To Deploy LTE-Advanced In 2013

Doug Tanner — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:10:03 +0000

AT&T Labs CEO Krish Pabhu has said the US operator is planning to deploy an LTE-Advanced network in 2013, reports Engadget. LTE-Advanced is the next-generation version of LTE with theoretical peak downlink speeds of around 100Mb/s in the wide area and 1GB/s in fixed situations, low latency and wide spectrum bandwidths of up to 100MHz. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Samsung Bendy-Screen Phones ‘Early 2012′

Doug Tanner — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:02 +0000

Bendy phones sound like science fiction - but the far-out gadgets could be on sale in just a few months' time. Both Samsung and Nokia are working on the technology. Samsung executives have given the clearest signal yet of when we should expect to see the first 'bendy' phones hit the market - early 2012. During a company results conference, investor relations chief Robert Yi said, 'The flexible display, we are looking to introduce sometime in 2012, hopefully the earlier part.' Yi said that the first devices to ship with flexible screens would be phones. Other possible applications include 'foldable' iPad-style tablets. It's not an out-there prediction, either. Rival smartphone giant Nokia unveiled a basic prototype of the Nokia Kinectic - a bendable smartphone - at Nokia World Kinectic allowed users to bend the screen to control functions such as music and video. Nokia refuses to say when its Kinectic smartphones will be on sale. Earlier Samsung demonstrations have shown off OLED screens which can be folded over. The company demonstrated 'bendable' AMOLED screens 4.5 inches across and just 0.3mm thick in January this year. Another paper by Samsung scientists showed off an AMOLED screen with a section that could be folded over completely without cracking. Earlier this year, reports leaked that Samsung had the capacity to manufacture large amounts of such screens by 'early 2012' - but no one knew what they might be for. Skin was a project carried out by design students using the Samsung logo and Galaxy trademark. Samsung's Galaxy Skin - unveiled as a concept earlier this year - could be on sale as early as Spring 2012, according to recent reports Layers of 'Graphene' - atom-thick layers of carbon - will be used to create paper-thin 'foldable' screens in the Samsung Galaxy Skin 'Flexible' screens have been demonstrated in various forms since as early as 2004 - with tech insiders suggesting that laptops or e-Book readers might one day take the form of a 'pen' housing a processor with a 'sheet' of paper-like screen wrapped around them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

HTC Android Devices “Massive” Security Flaw

Doug Tanner — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:36:01 +0000

03 Oct 2011 Android Police reported a “massive security vulnerability in HTC Android devices,” stating that any app on an affected handset can access data including user account details and location information. The report said the flaw was introduced with a recent update to “some” HTC devices, including a number of its flagship smartphones such as the Evo 3D, Evo 4G, and Thunderbolt. The company has added a “suite of logging tools that collected information” for an unspecified reason, without ensuring that this data is secured from other apps. It was suggested that “theoretically, it may be possible to clone a device using only a small subset of the information leaked here.” The information is accessed via the same system request that an app makes to connect to the internet. Android Police noted: “when you install a simple, innocent-looking new game from the Market that only asks for the INTERNET permission (to submit scores online, for example), you don't expect it to read your phone log or list of emails.” The report said that HTC was contacted on 24 September, with the company then given five business days before the vulnerability was made public. No comment was received in the interim. The company said it is “taking customers’ security seriously.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Samsung Original Galaxy Tab Updated

Doug Tanner — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:24:43 +0000

Samsung announced its Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, an update to the vendor’s first Galaxy Tab device, launched last year. The device gains support for the Android Honeycomb platform, which specifically targets tablet devices, and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It also includes HSPA + connectivity. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

All Smartphones Will Support NFC Phone Payments

Doug Tanner — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:37:49 +0000

All Nokia smartphones will support NFC technology in the future, according to various reports that quote Nokia VP Ilari Nurmi. NFC technology – which allows users to pay for goods using their phones, share content and connect to other NFC enabled devices - will appear on both Symbian and Windows Phone 7 devices. Nokia last week announced three new phones based on the next generation Symbian Belle platform, all of which support NFC. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

China Mobile Adds The iPhone In October

Doug Tanner — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:29:30 +0000

China Mobile is reported to have signed an agreement with Apple to start selling the iPhone 4 in China at the end of October, reports Cellular News, citing Chinese language website, ccidcom.com. The two firms have been in talks for some years about selling the iPhone in China, but the operator is hampered by its use of TD-SCDMA, which is not currently supported by Apple. It is not clear if Apple is developing a TD-SCDMA version of the handset or will simply sell its existing model offering only GSM and Wi-Fi functionality. According to recent reports, there are already as many as 6 million “unofficial” iPhones running on China Mobile’s network - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

eBay Powers Mobile-Payments With Zong Buy

Doug Tanner — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:31:56 +0000

eBay has made a major push into mobile payments, acquiring Silicon Valley-based Zong, a specialist in carrier billing. The online auction giant will pay approximately US$240 million in cash for the firm and expects the deal to close in the third quarter. Zong boasts connections with more than 250 mobile operators worldwide, offering “localised, secure and easy-to-use payments capabilities for digital goods and services” in 21 languages and 45 countries. eBay described Zong as a “complementary technology” to its existing online payments business, PayPal – a market leader with over 100 million active accounts. Zong will “strengthen PayPal’s leadership position in mobile payments and digital goods,” eBay said in a statement. Zong’s technology allows users to pay for virtual goods on mobile devices – such as game credits – using just their phone number with payments added directly to the operator bill. This space is also a current focus for PayPal. eBay launched ‘PayPal for Digital Goods’ earlier this year and claims that PayPal processed US$3.4 billion in payments for digital goods in 2010. “[eBay is] pushing faster and harder on mobile than any other company in the e-commerce payments landscape,” Colin Gillis, an analyst with BGC Partners, told Bloomberg. “[Zong is] one of the best private mobile plays out there and there aren’t many.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Microsoft To Buy Nokia?

Doug Tanner — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:46:59 +0000

The Internet is once again awash with speculation that Microsoft is planning an audacious move to acquire its smartphone partner Nokia’s handset business. The source of the latest gossip is an article by Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin, a long-term Nokia watcher who has previously correctly predicted several big moves at the handset giant. Murtazin noted in his latest post that the acquisition could be closed this year, with both companies “very much in a hurry." Microsoft and Nokia struck a high-profile deal in February for the ailing handset giant to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform as its primary smartphone OS. If Microsoft is deciding to go a step further and acquire Nokia’s handset business outright, commentators believe it will need to spend around US$30 billion. Murtazin’s track record in accurately predicting Nokia-related stories is impressive – much to the annoyance of Nokia, which last year appealed to the Russian authorities to force Murtazin to return its intellectual property. Murtazin correctly anticipated Nokia’s dumping of its Symbian OS; its partnership with Microsoft; and the appointment of ex-Microsoft employee Stephen Elop as its new CEO last September. Nevertheless, the latest rumour still seems far-fetched: many believe Microsoft has little desire to own Nokia now it has the handset agreement in place. Furthermore, the sale of its handset business would leave the remaining Nokia as a tiny firm: owning only its stake in Nokia Siemens Networks, its mapping arm Navteq, and its intellectual property. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Nokia W7 & W8 To Be New Windows Phones?

Doug Tanner — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:22:10 +0000

Nokia is still keeping mum on when its first Windows Phones will go on sale, with speculation that their debut could slip into 2012. But what will those phones be? Industry blogger Eldar Murtazin claims to know, predicting that Nokia's first two Windows Phone devices will be the W7 and W8. Eldar who? The Russian blogger has been something of a thorn in Nokia's side over the years, with regular leaks of new phones. In July last year, Nokia even involved the Russian authorities in trying to seize back prototype devices that had fallen into his possession. The point is he's regularly had an inside track on new Nokia devices, which is why this new rumour has credibility. Murtazin tweeted it yesterday: "In one words -- W7, W8 will be the first Nokia WP7 phones :) W7 like HTC Mozart, W8 -- N8 variant (chipset TBD)". Which is actually 21 words and an emoticon, but we'll let it slide. Engadget puts some flesh on the bones of this tweet, suggesting the W7 will -- as its name implies -- be not entirely dissimilar to the just-unveiled Nokia X7 Symbian handset, while the W8 will be an evolution of the existing N8. Its report claims both devices will be built using Qualcomm chipsets to conform to Microsoft's specs standards. Engadget also claims that according to Murtazin, Nokia is planning to release 12 Windows Phone devices in 2012 with various specs and form factors, using Microsoft's Mango update to the Windows Phone OS -- shown off this week at its MIX11 conference in Las Vegas. Earlier this year, a leaked photo of some Nokia Windows Phone prototypes emerged that looked like someone had been Photoshopping WP7 screenshots on to the Nokia C7, but using the X7 and N8 as the basis for the first commercial handsets makes sense. The N8's bullet-proof hardware teamed with the smooth Windows Phone software would be a strong combination indeed. We're hopeful that Nokia's first two Windows Phones will be affordable, too. In February, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop looked forward to a time when Windows Phones would reach "a very low price point", and said this had been a key discussion point in Nokia's negotiations with Microsoft before signing up to use its OS. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Microsoft’s Windows Phone ’07 To Beat Apple’s iPhone In Market Share

Doug Tanner — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:01:39 +0000

“IDC caused some chuckles to break out across the tech world when they predicted that Microsoft’s Windows phones will beat the iPhone in market share by 2015. Impossible! Absurd! seemed to be the default responses,” Jon Brodkin reports for Network World. “But is it really so far-fetched? Gartner, the other giant tech analyst firm, now agrees with IDC in a new report that says Windows phones will take 19.5% market share by 2015, compared to 17.2% for Apple’s iOS.” “While it’s tough to predict outcomes in such a volatile market four years in advance, there are plausible scenarios under which Microsoft can topple Apple in market share,” Brodkin reports. “To do so, Microsoft must position Windows Phone 7 as a low-end smartphone, almost like a high-end ‘dumb’ phone, while Apple continues going after the highest, most expensive end of the mobile market. If your phone can check email, surf the Web, and play music and videos it already does most of what a typical iPhone owner uses the device for. And if it’s free, rather than $200 to $300, many people will take it.” “The other factor working in Microsoft’s favor, of course, is the Nokia deal. Because of its dominant position outside the United States, Nokia still sells more smartphones than Apple,” Brodkin reports. “Today, those phones are Symbian-based, but they will be transitioned to Windows Phone 7 as fast as Microsoft and Nokia can make it happen.” Brodkin reports, “There have been some reports that Apple will develop a cheaper, smaller version of the iPhone to go after the low end of the market, but that still remains to be seen. 2015 is a long way away in the mobile market, but the combination of Nokia’s existing market share and a Microsoft strategy to target the low end of the smartphone market could well be enough to drive Microsoft sales ahead of the iPhone.” Jon Brodkin. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Smartphones To Be Smarter

Doug Tanner — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:15:45 +0000

BARCELONA, Spain — Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch. It may not sound immediately useful, but phones will get some surprising capabilities with the addition of chips for so-called Near Field Communications, a wireless technology with a range intentionally limited to just a few inches. The phones will be able to talk to payment terminals designed for “smart cards,” replacing credit and debit cards. They could be used as mass transit passes. You could tap two phones together to exchange contact information. Or you could tap a “smart tag” on a poster, product or sticker to get your phone to do something, such as retrieving information from the Internet or placing a call to the product's customer support line. Yankee Group analyst Nick Holland likens these tags to the links that take us from Web page to Web page, only now they're in the real world. Adding NFC is like adding a whole new capability on the level of GPS navigation or a camera, Holland said. The industry has been talking about including NFC in phones for years, mainly to turn them into “electronic wallets.” Beyond a few trials, nothing much has happened, except in Japan and Hong Kong, where these systems have caught on for mass-transit ticketing. But at the world's largest cell-phone trade show, held last week in Barcelona, Spain, it was clear that the log-jam has loosened, in part because NFC chips are now cheaper. Millions of NFC-equipped phones will be in consumer hands in the U.S. and Europe before the end of the year. Jim Balsillie, the co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., said at the show that “many if not most” BlackBerrys will have NFC chips this year. Google Inc.'s Nexus S already has one, and the company's latest Android software for that and other phones has NFC support. Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of phones, has committed to putting NFC chips in all its next-generation smart phones. (Page 2 of 2) Based on job postings at Apple Inc., there's speculation the new iPhone model due this summer will have an NFC chip. Apple wouldn't comment. NFC turns the limitation of short-range communications into an advantage. When an NFC terminal senses an NFC-equipped phone, it knows that's because the user is holding it right up close and wants to interact in some way — for instance, paying for a can of Coke. That means a lot of the complexity that comes with establishing wireless links — like logging on to a Wi-Fi hotspot or “pairing” Bluetooth devices with each other — can be dispensed with. Tap and something happens; but your phone will probably still ask you if you really want that can of Coke. The simplicity of NFC also lets it cut through the complications of existing mobile payment systems, which let you send money through an app or text message. These systems have been more popular in Europe. It's possible to upgrade some current phones with NFC chips. Small memory cards that are accepted by some phones can be given NFC capabilities. Both MasterCard and Visa are experimenting with “jackets” for the iPhone that have NFC chips, for instance. But not all phones are compatible with these solutions, so the most likely way to get NFC into consumer's hands is with new phones. Research firm Yankee Group estimates that there will be 151 million NFC-enabled phones in 2014, up from 834,000 in 2010. The wide support from phone manufacturers comes after nearly a decade of much talk but little action. Bill Gajda, head of Visa Inc.'s push into mobile payments, said the NFC idea has faced “a series of chicken-and-egg problems.” Phone makers didn't want to include the chips in their phones if the wireless carriers didn't want them. Wireless carriers saw no use for the chips if merchants didn't have terminals that accepted them. Merchants didn't want to invest in terminals if there would be no phones to use them. With phone makers and wireless carriers now supporting the idea, the hope is that stores will take the jump too, Gajda said. Written by PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Android Users Browse More Mobile Websites Than iPhone Users

Doug Tanner — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:38:24 +0000

There are significant variations in between different operating systems in terms of mobile web activity, according to a study by GfK Network Intelligence Solution (GfK NIS). The research method analysed mobile behaviour via operators' IP traffic. GfK NIS is already installed in several European markets and during the autumn of 2010, GfK measured more than 20 million website visits in four European countries to discover that the intensity of web usage differs significantly between operating systems. Android users were the most 'web intensive' with an average of 9.1 daily site visits per user, compared to iPhone (8.0), BlackBerry (5.7) and Symbian (5.2), the latter utilised more as a 'feature' phone as opposed to a 'smart' phone. GfK NIS also uncovered the variations in mobile usage in terms of handset screen size; <2" displays saw an average of 2.8 site visits per day per user, whereas >4" displays exhibit a marked increase, with 10.4 visits per day, per user. "GfK NIS provides operators with an exclusive opportunity to monetize mobile web usage as it enables all stakeholders of the mobile internet access to unique information" explained Fredrik Hallberg, Managing Director at GfK Retail and Technology, responsible for GfK NIS. "GfK is linking usage information with the feature of the model, enabling insight and analysis on these areas that were previously unavailable." Social networking sites continue to dominate the mobile internet picture, with a 28% share of all site visits. The importance of Facebook for example depends heavily on the operating system utilised. For users with a Symbian operating system, Facebook accounts for 24% of all visits while elsewhere the significance is lower; iphone (17%), Blackberry (16%) and Android (13%). Similar variations can be found for other popular sites; Google for example is hardly used at all by users with Symbian phones. The GfK NIS tool measures all websites visited using mobile internet regardless of the device; mobile phones, Smartphones, PC tablets and 3G Cards are all monitored and will be rolled out globally during 2011. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Motorola ATRIX, Smartphone With Laptop Power

Doug Tanner — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:53:38 +0000

The Motorola ATRIX is the latest most powerful smartphone that the world has ever seen. It boasts its Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor that powers this laptop like touchscreen mobilephone. It costs pretty high but is it worth money? Aside from having a fast CPU and having an Android OS v2.2 (Froyo), this smartphone also has features that you are going to love. The Motorola ATRIX has a Quad Band network connectivity, certainly is enough to have good calls and keep having good signals. It has GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 plus HSDPA 850, 900, 1900 and 2100. Definitely and excellent phone to bring on a trip or even anywhere in the world. It has SMS (Text Messaging) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging). It Predictive Text functionality to help you send messages fast when you really need it, its more useful for a touchscreen. You can also write and send an Email. The Motorola ATRIX, like most Smarphones, is an excellent mobilephone for Internet browsing. It has highly advanced technologies that enables high speed data transfers. The phone has a video calling capability that has 3G HSDPA which boosts the performance of your video calls, smooth, fast and efficient. Browsing is a breeze as it has GPRS and EDGE, both are popular technologies that allows super fast Internet connections. Having an EDGE connectivity doesn't need you to have a good signal when browsing the net, it is that great. The Motorola ATRIX is very favorable in coffee shops or restaurants or establishments with WiFi support as most of them offer these services for free. The Camera for the Motorola ATRIX is just also great. It has 5 Megapixel Camera which is now a standard among mobilephones and smartphones. It has LED Flash, autofocus and image stabilization all these make the Motorola ATRIX a good mobilephone for taking pictures. The Motorola ATRIX can last for an expected 264 Hours Standby or 8 hours continuous talk time. As you can observe, this mobilephone is efficient in its battery life use. In conclusion, the Motorola ATRIX mobilephone is an excellent mobilephone. This will undoubtedly top the market easily and best cash back mobilephone deals isn't that far away. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

YouTube Phone Video Views 200 Million A Day

Doug Tanner — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:19:55 +0000

YouTube on Wednesday said that it is serving up more than 200 million videos daily to smartphones and other Internet-linked mobile devices. News of the milestone came as the Google-owned video-sharing service began routing Vevo music videos from artists such as Lady Gaga and U2 onto smartphones powered by newer versions of Google-backed Android software. "As the world goes mobile and more people watch videos on their smart phones, we expect more partners will take advantage of these new mobile advertising capabilities and make more of their content available across more devices," YouTube mobile product manager Andrey Doronichev said in a blog post. Android smartphones running on "Froyo" or newer versions of the mobile operating software will be able to access Vevo's music video library using a free YouTube application, according to Doronichev. Vevo music website is a joint venture between Google, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media and has deals to feature content from EMI and independent recording labels. Revenue will be generated from advertisements played prior to music videos starting, according to YouTube. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

16MP Cameras On Smartphones Soon?

Doug Tanner — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:43:00 +0000

Japanese chip maker Renesas, which merged with electronics maker NEC in 2010, has announced it will be integrating 16MP cameras in future handsets. The CE150 image-processing system chip "will make it possible to produce 16MP phone cameras for the first time, up from the maximum 13MP that are currently available," explains Crunch. Users will also be able to use the cameras to shoot 1080p Full HD video. Renesas showed off a phone camera processor capable of such a feat in December 2008. The company will begin mass-producing in March, with up to 1 million units being produced each month. Sample units are available to handset makers for $48, now. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Motorola Sliced In Two

Doug Tanner — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:51:43 +0000

According to Motorola, Motorola Mobility will be focusing on mobile devices, while Motorola Solutions will provide business and communication products and services to enterprise customers. Motorola Mobility is responsible for launching 23 smartphones globally in 2010, including the highly successful family of DROID, as well as BRAVO, DEFY, FLIPSIDE, MILESTONE and others. “We are pleased that Motorola Mobility has reached this important milestone. After more than two years of planning, today we begin operating as a financially strong, independent company trading on the New York Stock Exchange,” said Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility. “We are well-positioned to build on the strong momentum we have in smartphones and end-to-end video solutions –and to take advantage of opportunities resulting from the convergence of media, mobility, computing and the Internet,” added Jha. The original blue M trademark will remain Motorola Solutions' trademark, while Motorola Mobility will be given another red M trademark. Along with Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO, Motorola Mobility Board of Directors also includes names such as: Jon E. Barfield, William R. Hambrecht, Keith A. Meister, Thomas J. Meredith, Daniel A. Ninivaggi, James R. Stengel, Anthony J. Vinciquerra and Andrew J. Viterbi. Greg Brown will be the chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions. “With more than 20,000 employees globally, 24,500 patents granted and pending, and a highly recognizable brand, we are able to deliver cutting-edge devices with differentiated software experiences. In addition, we will continue to work aggressively to capitalize on the next generation of converged devices and experiences to provide consumers with more intuitive and personalized services,” concluded Jha. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones ADD OUR FEED: COPY THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR NEWSREADER: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php OR: RSS2: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/ Atom: http://3ghomepage.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php/feed/atom/

Windows Phone 7 Selling Out, Market Share Up

Doug Tanner — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:32:24 +0000

It's perhaps still a bit early to call Microsoft's latest mobile operating system an out and out success, but Windows Phone 7 has certainly come out of the gate strong. The earliest sign of the OS's warm reception? The HTC HD7 has been selling out. Good news on that front, however--the handset will likely be in stock again the week. Heck, the whole thing is good news for Microsoft--much-needed news, in fact. The company has suffered a huge loss of market share in the space, thanks to both stagnation on its part and the runaway success of more recent entrants like Apple's iOS and Google's Android. According to predictions by tech analyst firm Gartner, Microsoft is set to increase its market share in the space from 4.7- to 5.2-percent next year--though the firm does expect things to sink down quite a bit in the following years. According to the firm's predictions, Microsoft will be at around 3.9-percent by 2014. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones

iPhone & Android Users Have Google’s Instant Search

Doug Tanner — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:45:57 +0000

Google Instant is going mobile. Google unveiled Instant, a search-as-you-type approach that works to serve up results on the fly with each keystroke, in September. Google developed Instant based on the idea of searching for partial queries and providing some interactive feedback while searching. Google's approach offers results for the most likely search, given what has already been entered into the search box. You might call it predictive search. With Instant, Google believes it has developed a system that is able to scale while searching as fast as people can type and think without compromising the relevancy of its results. The overarching advantage is a time savings. Instant Mobile Results Google is now making Instant available on most iPhone and Android devices in the U.S. Consumers can turn on Instant by going to google.com in their phone's browser and tapping the Google Instant "Turn on" link beneath the search box. Like the desktop version of Google Instant, when consumers type on their mobile device they will see predictions of what they might be searching for. If users type "anse," for example, they should see "ansel adams" along with other predictions. Results for the first prediction appear automatically, and tapping on the other predictions displays those results. Pressing the enter key or the search button skips the predictions and will display results for exactly what you've typed. "With Google Instant on mobile, we're pushing the limits of mobile browsers and wireless networks," said Steve Kanefsky, a software engineer at Google. "You will probably notice a big improvement in speed when you search, thanks to a new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with new results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query." Android Impacts Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, said Google Instant may motivate some people to use search more often on their mobile devices, and it may generate more mobile-search volume. "I suspect this will have a bigger impact on Android devices than on the behavior of iPhone users," Sterling said. "I don't know the precise numbers, but much of iPhone search-query volume comes through the Safari toolbar. Once instant comes to the toolbar -- which I believe it's supposed to -- that will more directly impact browser-based search queries." Auto-complete and search suggest already exist for the Google iPhone app, so Sterling said there's not going to be much change for those users. But the bottom line: "More queries equals more clicks and additional mobile-search revenue," Sterling said. Kanefsky said Google Instant for mobile works best on 3G and Wi-Fi networks, but since the quality of any wireless connection can fluctuate, Google allows users to enable or disable Google Instant without leaving a page by tapping the "Turn on" or "Turn off" link. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3G homepage.com The Number 1 Homepage Download into 3G Mobile/Cell Phones