by admin on October 29, 2009
It is now official and will completely change the mobile and PND navigation market: Google announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 devices.
It features 3D views, turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting, but unlike most navigation systems, the Navigation was built from the ground up to take advantage of the phone’s internet connection.
And so Google’s navigation comes with recent map and business data (phone automatically gets the most up-to-date maps and business listings from Google Maps), search by voice (speak your destination instead of typing), traffic view (live traffic data over the internet), search along route (searching for a specific business along the route), satellite view (the same satellite imagery as Google Maps on the desktop) and Street View (shows the turn as you’ll see it, with the route overlaid).
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by admin on October 27, 2009
Sprint today announced Nov. 15 as the first day of nationwide availability for Palm Pixi. It will cost $99.99 with a two-year service agreement, after a $50 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate.
Running the Palm webOS mobile platform, Pixi comes with two ARM cores chipset, 600MHz applications processor, and a separate 400MHz modem processor, 2.63-inch multi-touch screen with 18-bit color 320×400 TFT display, integrated GPS, 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP, 8GB of internal storage, USB mass storage mode, MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, light and proximity sensors and 1150 mAh battery.
Also offers gesture area, full QWERTY keyboard, Palm Synergy, true multi-tasking, universal search and intuitive notifications, and adds Yahoo! integration to Palm Synergy, joining Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Exchange ActiveSync and LinkedIn.
Combined voice and data plans for the Pixi are priced starting at $69.99.
by admin on October 21, 2009
RIM today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700. It will be the first 3G-powered BlackBerry available through T-Mobile USA, and also the first smartphone from RIM that includes built-in support for both 3G connectivity and voice calls over Wi-Fi, T-Mobile informed .
Rumored as the Onyx, Bold 9700 comes with new BlackBerry OS 5.0, 624 MHz processor, 2.44? light-sensing display, 256MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording, full-QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive optical trackpad and micro SDHC 2GB card.
It includes support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world and provides all well known RIM?s mobile e-mail and messaging solution, and access to social networking applications.
Many applications from BlackBerry App World are readily available directly on the 9700, such as Slacker Radio (free music), TeleNav GPS Navigator (turn-by-turn directions), and visual voicemail.
The new BlackBerry is expected to be available in November.
by Techno Witch on September 15, 2009
?Your entire social life now in a single streem!? ? announced Motorola at GigaOM?s Mobilize ?09 conference, unveiling the company?s first Android phone, ?the first phone with social skills?. But all that buzz was not much about the new device, it was more about the new innovative interface solution.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is a solution that manages and integrates communications: it syncs contacts, posts, messages, photos, etc. – from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, e-mail – and automatically delivers it to live widgets on the home screen. There is no need to open and close different applications or menus.
Continue reading Motorola Introduces MOTOBLUR ? the New Vision of Android Phones
Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/09/2009
by Techno Witch on September 14, 2009
by Techno Witch on September 10, 2009
VIDEO INTERVIEW. At IFA 2009 in Berlin, Biz-News.com reporters interviewed Jacques Giribet, CEO & Founder of IDAPT.
He showed us the company’s star product ? a universal desktop charger that allows to charge several portable devices (such as mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, PDA notebooks, GPS, Bluetooth devices, game consoles, etc.) at the same time, through a system of interchangeable tips. According to the company, it?s compatible with over 3000 devices.
Continue reading IFA 2009: IDAPT Presents Universal Desktop Charger for All Devices
Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 10/09/2009
by Techno Witch on September 8, 2009
by Techno Witch on September 2, 2009
by Techno Witch on September 2, 2009
NOKIA WORLD 09. Nokia announced the launch of the new Nokia X6, the latest edition to the company?s Xseries touch-screen device portfolio.
This very slim (14mm) handset features stroke-sensitive, 3.2 inch 16:9 nHD widescreen, that enables to fit 20 shortcuts onto a home screen, 32GB internal memory, 5 megapixels with Carl-Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, built-in features to edit videos and show them on TV or online, GPS with Assisted GPS support, compass and Nokia Ovi Maps.
Continue reading Nokia Launches X6 ?Comes With Music? Device
Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/09/2009
by Techno Witch on September 1, 2009
The new phones will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest version of Microsoft?s mobile phone software.
The company didn?t unveil any new details, they just promised ?easy-to-use user interface?, ?better browsing capabilities? and ?access to valuable services?, which will be Windows Marketplace for Mobile (the company?s app store) and Microsoft My Phone (backup cloud service), that are also set to launch on October 6.
Continue reading Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones Coming October 6th
Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 01/09/2009
