Spurred on by the relentless cracking of the new product whip, Samsung’s factory drones have unveiled three brand spanking new phones with “luxurious, stylish designs and innovative features” backed by a full suite of multimedia features.
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Samsung Slip Out A Salvo Of Sleek Phones
Microsoft Revamps MSN Mobile
With a swish of the ceremonial curtain, Microsoft has launched its updated MSN Mobile service offering, boasting a “redesigned, reinvented” portal.Designed for ‘net connected mobile users, the MSN Mobile service offers “one stop” access to news, email, local movie listings, maps, directions, yadda yadda, as well as Windows Live services like Hotmail, Live Messenger, Live Spaces and Live Search.
London, King Of The Wi-Fi Cities
When to comes to Wi-Fi amongst the big financial cities, London is now The Don, according to a new survey.Just like the Stereo MCs, the RSA Security report tried to get connected, donning its supercharged Pringle tin receiver and prowling the streets of London, New York and Paris.
(more…)Beijing Could Go Wireless: Rumour: WBFA
It was mentioned at the World Broadband Forum Asia in Beijing that an unnamed Chinese Government Official has said that they hoped that Beijing will become a city bathed in Wireless before the World Fair arrives in China in 2010.They also hope for Shanghai to benefit from city-wide coverage too.
We’ll dig around to try and find out more over the next few days.
I’m in Beijing for the Broadband World Forum, so thought it would be interesting to pick stories from the local press on their reporting of technology news.
HTC Smartphone Launch, London
There was a large assemblage of HTC bigwigs in town for the global launch of their new Touch smartphone.A sleek little fella sporting GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Tri-band radio (900, 1800 & &900), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, the Touch launches in two flavours: “elegant soft black” and the truly daft sounding, “alluring wasabi green.”
The big news about the phone – hyperbolically described as, “a watershed as important as the introduction of the mouse” – is HTC’s new TouchFLO system, which lets users navigate screens by sweeping their finger across the phone.
(more…)“World’s Smallest” SMS M500 Watchfone Wristwatch Ready To Ship
Proudly proclaiming itself as the world’s smallest mobile phone, the SMS M500 Watchfone looks to be more than a gimmick, packing in a useful slab of technology in a wristwatch sized package.Despite its diminutive dimensions, the M500 is a fully fledged quad-band mobile, sporting audio and video player, a touchscreen, Java support, WAP, Bluetooth and SMS and MMS functionality.
(more…)VoIP On PSP Offered By BT And Sony
Sony and BT have just signed a four year deal to extend the function of the Sony PSP to have it act as a Wi-Fi video and voice ‘softphone’.We’ve been digging a bit as the initial information offered by BT was sketchy to say the least.
(more…)T-Mobile US Announces the T-Mobile Wing Smartphone
T-Mobile USA has launched the Wing QWERTY Smartphone to replace their popular MDA Pocket PC smartphone.Built by mobile maestros HTC, the new T-Mobile Wing comes stuffed full with the latest technology, offering quad-band GSM/EDGE support, 802.11g Wi-Fi, a 2.8″ touch screen display and a slide-out, 40-key QWERTY keyboard.
(more…)Avis Offers In-Car Wi-Fi Service
Car rental giants Avis have starting offering their Autonet Mobile-based Wi-Fi service – known as Avis Connect – in their rental vehicles.The service – priced at an upmarket $10.95 (unlimited usage) a day in addition to the car rental fee – lets multiple users connect to each other and to the Internet via a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot device, powered by the car’s power adapter or cigarette lighter.
(more…)SMC HotSpot In A Box: Potential Consequences Of UK Use
SMC have launched a business friendly Wi-Fi HotSpot in a box (SMCWHSG14-G).It’s designed to support up to 100 concurrent users and comes with a printer so Wi-Fi access codes and invoices can be issued simply.
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With a swish of the ceremonial curtain, Microsoft has launched its updated MSN Mobile service offering, boasting a “redesigned, reinvented” portal.
When to comes to Wi-Fi amongst the big financial cities, London is now The Don, according to a new survey.
It was mentioned at the World Broadband Forum Asia in Beijing that an unnamed Chinese Government Official has said that they hoped that Beijing will become a city bathed in Wireless before the World Fair arrives in China in 2010.
There was a large assemblage of HTC bigwigs in town for the global launch of their new Touch smartphone.
Proudly proclaiming itself as the world’s smallest mobile phone, the SMS M500 Watchfone looks to be more than a gimmick, packing in a useful slab of technology in a wristwatch sized package.
Sony and BT have just signed a four year deal to extend the function of the Sony PSP to have it act as a Wi-Fi video and voice ‘softphone’.
T-Mobile USA has launched the Wing QWERTY Smartphone to replace their popular MDA Pocket PC smartphone.
Car rental giants Avis have starting offering their Autonet Mobile-based Wi-Fi service – known as Avis Connect – in their rental vehicles.
SMC have launched a business friendly Wi-Fi HotSpot in a box (SMCWHSG14-G).