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Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-11-13 07:02:05
The Dell Mini 3, a keyboardless touch-screen phone that runs Google Inc.'s Android operating system, will also be available in Brazil later this year. The computer maker, based in Round Rock, Texas, would not say when the phone would reach the U.S. ...
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Dell’s Android phone is coming to the U.S.
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-10-07 07:00:35
Rumor has it that Dell will bring the Mini 3i to the U.S. in the next few months to compete with other Android phones coming down the pike from HTC, Samsung, and Motorola. ...
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There's No Excuse For This
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-10-06 07:09:36
I really didn't want to beat up on WinMo here, because at this point it just feels tired. But man, come on Microsoft, you're giving me no choice. Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't just a letdown—it barely seems done....
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The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-09-24 06:40:38
Project Pink is Microsoft's secret new phone, their first major phone play since the iPhone. Here are the first pictures of Pink phones, Turtle and Pure....
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Windows Phones Launching on October 6
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-09-01 19:06:12
Word that Microsoft would be unveiling its own app store for Windows Mobile devices turned up in early July with a launch date pegged as this fall. Microsoft announced today that its next generation of mobile devices running Windows Mobile 6.5, also known as Windows Phones, will launch on October 6. ...
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Source: Dell Mobile Phone Launching In China Within Days
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-08-10 07:07:04
A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or at least announcing) a mobile phone in China in the next day or two. We are trying to verify the information and gather more details on the hardware and operating system now....
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Google Voice Apps For Android And Blackberry Are Here
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-07-15 06:25:04
Google Voice, previously called Grand Central, is rolling out the first mobile apps for the service this evening. The main function of the apps is to make it easier to use your Google Voice phone number by automatically routing outbound calls through Google and to the recipient....
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Acer said to introduce Android–equipped smartphone in September
submitted by gameboy at date 2009-03-24 07:14:07
Acer Inc., the world’s third-largest personal-computer vendor, will introduce a mobile phone in September that runs on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, an official at the Taiwanese company said. The A1, equipped with a touch screen, is among four handset models that Acer plans to debut that month, the person said, asking not to be identified because he’s not authorized to comment on the matter. Henry Wang, a spokesman at Taipei-based Acer, declined to comment. Marsha Wang, a spokesman at Google in Beijing, declined to immediately comment....
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Michael Dell hints at smartphones, mobile Internet devices
submitted by gameboy at date 2009-03-24 07:09:26
CEO says it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a smartphone or similar device from the company — IDG News Service) Michael Dell gave the strongest hint to-date that his company is developing a mobile Internet device or smartphone at a speech in Tokyo today....
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Second 'Google phone' is unveiled
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-02-17 07:02:22
A new phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The touchscreen HTC Magic will feature a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS, but no slide-out keyboard. ...
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Vodafone and HTC unveil Android-powered HTC Magic
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-02-17 06:59:59
Vodafone and HTC Corporation today announced the HTC Magic smartphone, Vodafone’s first Android-powered mobile, which will be available in the spring. The stylish new handset is exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany and France (SFR) and available on a non-exclusive basis in Italy. Customers can ensure that they are the first to receive information about the HTC Magic’s availability, pricing and pre-ordering by registering their interest via their local Vodafone website from today....
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Microsoft Smartphone Confirmed?
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-02-05 16:17:03
we have been able to identify NVDA’s second handset design win for the Tegra Applications Processor (our Jan. 12th note identified HTC). We believe that Tegra is also designed into an upcoming Microsoft smartphone (with a Qualcomm baseband solution). We believe that MSFT may announce one of the new phones at 3GSM....
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Is Dell's Phone Called The MePhone? (DELL)
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-01-30 07:33:04
Dell is supposedly calling its phone "MePhone." (Perhaps a code name?) The focus is "customization." It'll go on sale on Sept. 9 -- 9/9/09. ...
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Dell Plans Its Own Smartphone, Analysts Say
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-01-14 08:53:27
PC maker Dell may be readying its own smartphone, to arrive as early as next month. Dell could make an announcement at 3GSM or the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in mid-February 2009, say some analysts. ...
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Firefox on Your Cell Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-11-10 10:23:07
With the iPhone, Apple showed how to surf the Web on the small screen. Now, it seems, a modern version of the browser wars of the 1990s could be shaping up, with the battleground being the mobile phone. And there's a new list of contenders: Safari on the iPhone, Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Mobile, RIM's BlackBerry Web browser, and a version of Chrome for Google's Android phones. Within the next few months, there will be a new entry: a scaled-down, sped-up version of Firefox, called Fennec. ...
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HP Shows Off Two New iPaq Phones: One Touch, One Not
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-21 09:26:24
HP's rumored touchscreen handset has showed up in the for of the iPaq Data Communicator, a pop-out QWERTY Windows Mobile handset, with a solid but predictable spec sheet. You'll find a full range of 3G capabilities, Wi-Fi, a-GPS, a 3.1MP camera with autofocus and flash all behind a 2.8in, 320 x 240 screen, controlled with a 5-way "optical navigation" key. It measures in at the same respectable 1.7cm thickness as the T-Mobile G1 — a little thinner than its clear competitor, the HTC Touch Pro. For the old-fashioned types, you can find most of the same guts in the Voice Communicator, a sleek, half-qwerty candybar phone....
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T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-16 09:33:42
There is a lot riding on the shoulders of T-Mobile's G1 Android phone. In some ways, it carries the collective hopes of Linux, open source and Google fans everywhere. It's open, collaborative and community-based, in other words, everything the iPhone and Windows Mobile aren't. As so many onlookers crowd around this newborn phone, there's no way it can hold up all of their expectations—and it doesn't....
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Analysts cut 2009 mobile phone growth estimates
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-08 08:53:54
The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts....
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T-Mobile Lifts Bandwidth Cap for Google Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-09-25 07:04:25
We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G network. The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with current customers and potential new customers....
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Mobile web standards announced today
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-07-29 12:18:22
Today the WWWC announced new mobile web standards for webmasters to use to insure that all sites are easily accessible via the mobile device. The new standards look to not only create enjoyable mobile browsing experiences but also to insure that folks with disabilities can benefit from the mobile web....
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Virgin Mobile buying SK Telecom's Helio
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-06-27 20:57:56
Virgin Mobile USA Inc said on Friday it will buy SK Telecom Co Ltd's money-losing U.S. mobile unit, Helio, for $39 million in stock, hoping a combination of their youth-focused services will help weather a slowing economy. South Korea's SK will also invest an additional $25 million in Virgin Mobile, as will the Virgin Group, which jointly owns Virgin Mobile with Sprint Nextel Corp....
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Mobiado Reveals Thinnest Luxury Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-20 08:36:39
Mobiado have just launched what they claim to be the world’s thinnest luxury phone, the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF. The phone measures 109.3mm x 47.5mm x 10.6mm....
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Microsoft Launches Windows 6.1
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-01 12:34:27
Microsoft Corp. today announced improvements to Windows Mobile, including a plan to add desktop-browsing quality seen in Internet Explorer 6 for new smart phones by the end of the year. The new version of IE Mobile will make it easier to pan and zoom through Web pages and to access the Web at the outset from a phone, said John Traynor, senior director of mobile communications at Microsoft. "It's going to be much closer to the desktop experience," he said. ...
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Turn a Smart Phone into a Wi-Fi Hot Spot
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-26 15:50:04
TapRoot Systems says its WalkingHotSpot software will let you use a 3G, Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile or Symbian Series 60 handset as a Wi-Fi hot spot....
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