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AT&T Announces New 3G LaptopConnect Device

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

AT&T announced a new 3G LaptopConnect device from Sierra Wireless, the AT&T USBConnect Lightning, will launch in retail stores beginning November 22. The Lightning will be compatible with AT&T’s High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology. It comes pre-loaded with AT&T Communication Manager (ACM) 7.0 software to help customers manage their connections. With the upgrade to HSPA...

• AT&T announces USBConnect Lightning for HSPA Mobile Broadband - Krunker
• 7.2Mbps USBConnect Lightning Modem AT&T - 100Cute - SoCute
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The Nokia N900 shipments have started

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | yesterday

The shipments of the Nokia N900, Nokia’s latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software, have now started. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November with an estimated retail price of EUR 500, excluding sales taxes and subsidies. At the heart of the Nokia N900 is its powerful ARM Cortex-A8 [...]

• Smarter than a Smartphone: Nokia N900 Mobi-Computer Shipping Now On Sale in November - Wireless and Mobile News
• Nokia Starts Shipping the Nokia N900 - Cell Phone Digest
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Bsquare Signs Windows Mobile Distribution Agreement With Microsoft

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bsquare today announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. under which Bsquare will be the first company to distribute Windows Mobile software and mobility applications internationally. Bsquare will begin supporting approximately 30 select Windows Mobile partners with licensing, technical support and go-to-market activities as their current direct agreements with Microsoft end. Bsquare...

Samsung Creates its Open Mobile OS called Samsung bada

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | yesterday

Samsung has announced the launch of its own open mobile platform, Samsung bada in December. The name ‘bada’, which means ‘ocean’ in Korean, was chosen to convey the limitless variety of potential applicationswhich can be created using the new platform. Dr Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics said, [...]

• Samsung to Launch Open Mobile Platform - Tech2.com India

Nokia initiates charger exchange program

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Due to a potential product quality issue with certain battery chargers, Nokia has issued a statement that it will offer free replacement to the affected models. The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched [...]

Car stereo built for iPhone

Gadgetell (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Section: Audio , Car Audio , Communications , Cellphones , Smartphones Integrating your phone into your car isn’t clean. For most of us, power cords, FM transmitters and dashboard holders are all involved to get the job done, only to have to futz with the FM station during lengthy drives. Thankfully, a new stereo is on the market that is smart enough for us to take notice: the Parrot RKi8400....

Rogers Wireless first to Offer LG Eve GW620 in Canada

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

LG and Rogers Wireless announced the LG Eve (GW620) Android smartphone, featuring an application called Social Network Services (SNS) Manager, which brings together a user’s Facebook, Twitter and Bebo networks into one place, letting them check status updates in real time. The SNS Manager leverages social networking by putting a person’s address book contacts as the central [...]

Europe and Asia to Get HTC HD2 Mid-Nov, Coming to US Q1 2010

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

HTC has confirmed its upcoming HTC HD2 shipment to Europe and Asia mid-this month, and is planning for a US version in early 2010. The HD2 uses the first capacitive touch display on a Windows phone to make viewing, zooming and resizing websites, Microsoft Office files, PDF documents and pictures easier with just a pinch [...]

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Apple announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store. Apple continues to improve search and discovery with new features including Genius for Apps, App Store Essentials selections, sub category listings and more valuable customer reviews. With the recently introduced iTunes 9, it’s also now easier than ever to organize and [...]

Parrot RKi8400 Car Stereo Makes US Debut at SEMA

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Parrot has launched the Parrot RKi8400 in the United States. The Parrot RKi8400 is an FM/AM RDS car stereo that features multiple connections for both the iPhone and the iPod. It is designed with a storage compartment behind the removable front panel, ideal for protecting and recharging an iPhone or iPod. Parrot RKi8400’s iPhone and iPod connections have [...]

Samsung Mobile Announces Availability of the Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Samsung announced the availability of the Samsung Mythic, a full touch screen device with AT&T Mobile TVSM capability, and the Samsung Flight touch screen phone that comes with a QWERTY hardware keyboard. The Mythic’s 3.3″ full touch screen features Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz™ user interface, which allows users to simply drag and drop widgets for their favorite and [...]...

Global Telecom Companies Announce a Standards Based Solution for Voice and SMS Services over LTE

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide. The above telecommunications industry leaders have jointly developed a technical profile for LTE voice...

Samsung Jack Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade Release

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Samsung has release a Windows Mobile 6.5 software update for its Samsung Jack, a QWERTY smartphone released in May by AT&T US. The software update not only includes the OS version upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard, it also brings several enhancements and features. Click here for more info. The Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for the [...]

Sony Ericsson Kurara suffers leakage, reveals HD label?

Engadget Mobile (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Filed under: Handsets , Sony Ericsson , Symbian Boy, we sure do love our early glimpses of pre-release hardware, and today we have not one, but two sources of purported pictures of the Sony Ericsson Kurara. Touted as a sibling to the Satio , the Kurara is mooted to have a 3.5-inch AMOLED touch-sensitive screen, 8.1 megapixel camera and, wait for it, 720p video recording. The image above seems to confirm...

• Sony Ericsson Kurara suffers leakage, reveals HD label? - Friendship Cybet Net
• Sony Ericsson Kurara suffers leakage, reveals HD label? - Engadget
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Vuzix Launches New Wrap Video Eyewear

SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Vuzix Corporation today officially launched its new line of sunglasses-styled Wrap video eyewear products across Europe. The Wrap video eyewear product range provides customers with a virtual viewing choice from 44 inch to 67 inch, compatible with devices which have composite video-out and comes with an iPod/iPhone adaptor. Other devices the Wrap video eyewear connects to, with [...]