by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
One would think to offer the Apple iPhone 3G as a free mobile handset something must be drastically wrong with sales, but apparently that?s what is happening in Japan with Softbank.
CrunchGear reports that Softbank is attempting to push sales of the Apple iPhone 3G and intend on offering the 8GB version for free with a two year contract while on the same two year contract you can have the 16GB Apple iPhone 3G for just $100.
This offer by Softbank will run as of today until the end of March and furthermore, data plans for the Apple iPhone 3G are being discounted to roughly $45.00 rather than the usual $60.00 per month.
by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Unify4Life is hoping to deliver to the Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm one of the best applications available, the Unify4Life AV Shadow software.
Yep, the rumour is Unify4Life is working on a version of their AV Shadow application which will turn the BlackBerry Storm into a remote.
by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Here we have a little touch of humour for BlackBerry smartphone fans. As we all know the rivalry between the BlackBerry and the Apple iPhone is blatantly obvious, as we?ve seen the iPhone take a beating from a BlackBerry in a cartoon video before.
But today we have the ?BlackBerry Bullet? video for your merriment, where you will see the ?BlackBerry Bullet? rip through the ?Apple? with ease.
by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Samsung being Samsung they have their feet embedded in the dual SIM mobile phone market and as such have announced yet another dual SIM mobile phone aimed at the low to mid range arena.
The Samsung C5212 is dual band GSM 900/1800MHz is of the Candy-bar form factor and features a 1.3 megapixel camera, music player, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.1, dual SIM slots and a microSD expansion slot for up to 8GB.
Samsung had placed a price tag of 152 EUR which is roughly $194 on the Samsung C5212 which is destined for Russia, certain parts of Asia, and a few East European countries.
by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
The evolution of the media phone product segment may just be beginning but it has the potential to become the 4th screen in the home.
That’s according to a report by In-Stat, which said the device could also become a next generation business IP phone.
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by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Mirial has released version 6.2 of its video conferencing software that steps the Softphone up from 720p to 1080p.
Cristoforo Mione, business development director at Mirial, said that with Full-HD resolution up to 1080p for both decoding and encoding, the upgraded version set the pace of the evolution in video and VoIP technology.
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by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Frank Grillo, Cypress Communication’s executive vice president of marketing, is the winner of the voip-biz.news’ Person of the Year award.
In nominating him for the title, the telecoms professional was described as a “visionary executive” and “innovative thinker” with “technical acumen”.
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by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
Two innovative products dominated voting to share the honours in voip-biz.news‘ Product of the Year 2008 competition.
With 33 per cent of the nominations, MyGlobalTalk’s VoIP calling solution earned praise for its sound quality and call rates, as well as features such as no contract being required, no connection fees and no minimums.
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by Techno Witch on February 27, 2009
VoIP provider Vonage had a revenue increase of 9 per cent to USD $900 million in 2008.
However, reporting on its fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 earnings report, the company said it lost a net of 14,700 subscribers in Q4.
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by Techno Witch on February 26, 2009
Forget about hiding your keys under the doormat or in the mailbox any more, those are old methods that are straight out from the textbook. Why not do something more imaginative? For example, the