Sony Ericsson’s new but old PlayNow feature is being completed. Deals with 10 major record labels were announced, adding over five million new, and mostly DRM-free, tracks to the PlayNow arena catalog. Sony Ericsson makes deals with 10 major record labels — including Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, EMI, The Orchard, IODA, The PocketGroup, Hungama, X5 Music, Bonnier Amigo, and VidZone.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The two giants in IT industries, Google and Dell, are in the middle of development on creating new device. The handset is rumored to be announced in 3GSM Congress in Barcelona this mid of February. Will the phone/PDA phone be the first implementation of Google’s Android based phone to launch in public?
Source: MarketingWeek
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Responding to the Trolltech’s acquisition by rival Nokia, Motorola says they had already over with Trolltech for such period. Motorola built LiMo (the Linux Mobile Foundation), along with five other companies, to collaborate on mobile Linux. As part of its first specification, LiMo specifies GTK. One of most high-profile Linux-based phone implementation is RAZR2 V8.
Source: Linux Devices
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Biggest China telecom operator, China Mobile, plans to expand its business arm abroad. “(China Mobile) would like to acquire high-quality and profit-making telecommunications enterprises overseas,” Lei Yu, a spokeswoman of China Mobile’s Hong Kong-listed unit. Currently, China Mobile only holds share of one telecom company outside China. buying an 88.86-percent stake in Pakistan’s fifth-largest mobile operator Paktel for 284 million dollars in January 2007.
Source: AFP
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UK’s telecom giant, Vodafone, is planning to invest in Bangladesh. Bangladesh, a South Asia country, is one of the most dense populated country. The telecoms company is looking at a number of options including the acquisition of any of the six mobile phone companies now operating in the country. A Vodafone spokesperson in the UK confirmed the company ‘is interested in emerging markets with good growth prospects’, but would not expand further on the company’s plans.
Source: CNNMoney
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The phone has not yet being in the market, but echo has widely spread, including into classroom. The famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will likely to offer a class about Google’s Android-based software development.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Yes, rest of the world probably the step child of Sony Ericsson Japan product. Not that they don’t care, but the drooling product always be unveiled in Japan only. Until now, there are only 2 kinds that being launched from Japan’s to non Japan market. They are S700 and W900, and run on GSM network technology.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 29th, 2008 No Comments »
What a great idea by Nokia. If we have relatives or friends who are unable to see the phone display for making call or create message, now we can recommend Nokia N82 with special technology. Why is the phone becoming so special? Thanks to the cooperation with National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Technologies, text can be converted into speech with text-recognition application.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Finnish giant, Nokia, agreed to buy the Norwegian software maker Trolltech. Trolltech is the creator of Qt and Qtopia, application framework for Linux based system. Why Nokia buy Linux based software developer, while they have Symbian on their own?
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
Well, I think everybody is really wondering about this situation. Motorola is seems not going anywhere. After the resignation of their CEO and CTO, the declining sales, dull product, and not very convincing plan in 2008, will the American pride join the German once respected, Siemens, to the deadpool?
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
