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The Worst Mobile TV Commercial!

Written by Kenson on March 10th, 2009
Filed under Wireless Industry News

By far, Boost had the worst mobile TV commercial. Let’s look at how bad it is.

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BlackBerry Bold Is Overheating

Written by Kenson on March 3rd, 2009
Filed under BlackBerry, Wireless Industry News

NTT DoCoMo in Japan suspended the sales of BlackBerry Bold because the phone is overheating. There are more than 30 customers of NTT Docomo experienced overheating issue that the Bold’s keyboard area had heated up.

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Nokia Criticized Google’s Android System Is Not Open

Written by Kenson on February 26th, 2009
Filed under Android, Wireless Industry News

Nokia, the world’s largest cellular phone maker by revenues, criticized Google’s Android system is not an open system despite Google launched Android’s source code last year.

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ZTE Announced Solar-powered ZTE Coral-200 Mobile Phone

Written by Kenson on February 20th, 2009
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ZTE, the largest telecommunication equipment maker in China, released Coral-200 solar-powered mobile phone in MWC 2009. The Coral-200 has a big solar panel attached to the back of phone, which is similar to Samsung Blue Earth. The move of ZTE is parallel to Samsung’s push to make mobile phone greener.

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Huawei Jumps into Android Bandwagon

Written by Kenson on February 18th, 2009
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China’s largest networking and telecommunication equippment maker, Huawei, plans to release 2 to 3 Android-powered phones in 2009. Also, Edward Chen, head of Huawei’s devices unit, said that they plan to release more mobile phones running on Google’s Android platform next year.

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Leaked Phone: Samsung Acme i8910

Written by Kenson on February 5th, 2009
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A new touchscreen phone from Samsung is leaked in the Internet. The phone is called Samsung Acme (i8910), and will be released in the coming Mobile Word Congress 2009 in Barcelona.

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Preview of 10 New Mobile Phones for Spring 2009 From KDDI

Written by Kenson on February 2nd, 2009
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I wish KDDI has services in United States. Imagine that one day you step into an AT&T or Verizon Wireless store, and you see not only 3, but 10 new mobile phones, how will you react. Yes, that is what KDDI in Japan is planning to do in the spring of 2009 – launching 10 new models at the same time. Among the 10 new phones, the most highly-anticipated is the Hitachi WOOO that features a 3.3-inch VGA organic EL display, 8-megapixel digital camera, and 3D viewing function.

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Wind Powered Mobile Phone Charger

Written by Kenson on January 26th, 2009
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The picture shown above is a HYMini charger, a charger that harnesses renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, for mobile phone. The charger also charges other popular gadgets, such as MP3 music player, iPod, Portable DVD player, and etc. You could view more information at HyMini website here.

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New Predictive Text Software for Mobile Phone

Written by Kenson on January 7th, 2009
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Ever wonder whether there is better predictive text software other than T9, the most popular predictive text software for mobile phones? Well, now you have other options. An Indian startup, myMobile Ergonomics, is set to launch a new predictive text software called CleverTexting.

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It is official! Nokia Bought Symbian Limited

Written by Kenson on December 2nd, 2008
Filed under Nokia, Wireless Industry News

Nokia today announced that it has successfully bought Symbian Limited, the world’s most popular operaing system for cellular phones. All conditions to Nokia’s offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that Nokia did not already own.

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Get Ready to Grab BlackBerry Storm. It Will Be Available at Verizon Wireless on November 21

Written by Kenson on November 14th, 2008
Filed under Verizon Wireless, Wireless Industry News

If you love BlackBerry PDA Phone, you are going to love this BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry’s first touch screen phone. The Storm phone is a strong rival of Apple iPhone, which both phones have their own edges. BlackBerry Storm, like its predecessors, is going to have state-of-the-art email solutions, GPS navigation system, MP3 music player, and Video Player. The only thing that user should be concerned is the Storm PDA doesn’t have physical QWERTY keyboard. Instead, the Storm features a virtual touchscreen keyboard, just like what Apple iPhone has. No matter what, please make sure you put the BlackBerry Storm release date in your calendar!

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How fast can you text? LG Launches “The World’s Fastest Texter ” Competition

Written by Kenson on October 28th, 2008
Filed under LG, Wireless Industry News

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Seoul, Korea, October 28, 2008 – It’s time to start exercising your thumbs as LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, launches the LG Mobile World Cup, giving participants a chance to show off the speed and accuracy of their text messaging skills. The competition began in Korea on October 27 and in Brazil closer to the end of the year.

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