by Julie ~ April 28th, 2009
Samsung launches I7500, The Company’s First Android-Powered Mobile Phone.
Seoul (Korea Newswire) April 27, 2009 05:08 PM — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.
“Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone,” said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. “With Samsung’s accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers” he added.
The Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2″ AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google™ Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds.
The Samsung I7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, and Google Talk™. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.
Based on Samsung’s proven product leadership, Samsung I7500 comes with latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2″AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.
The Samsung I7500 will be available in major European countries from June, 2009.
News Source: my3G
Tagged: 32GB, 40GB, 5 Megapixel Camera, 8GB, AMOLED, android, Google Android, hsdpa, samsung, Samsung i7500, wifi
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by Julie ~ April 23rd, 2009
3 just made Skype on its mobiles completely free: the network’s just announced a new pay as you go SIM card with no monthly subscriptions that’ll make Skype calls for absolutely zilch. The best bit of all: it’ll cost just £2!
T-Mobile might see VoIP integration in to phones as inevitable in future, but 3 is embracing cheap internet calls right now.
Starting next month, you’ll be able to buy a Skype friendly 3 SIM card for just £1.99 that will let you make Skype to Skype calls and IMs for free over 3G, not just Wi-Fi like the Skype iPhone app out at the moment. There’s no subscription, no monthly top ups required, that really is it, and the 3 SIM cardwill work in any unlocked 3G handset from the Summer.
If completely free calls sounds like business suicide, think again: 3 is looking to nab customers from other networks with the offer, and get them spending on other 3 services. We’re sold: the other networks need to start looking over their shoulders. Skype has 433 million users worldwide, so at a price point like this, there’ll be no holding VoIP fans back.
Article Written by: my3G
Tagged: 3, 3 Pay As You Go, 3 UK, Free Calls, SIM Card, skype
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by Julie ~ April 23rd, 2009
Photos of the Palm Pre in the wild have cropped up today on Twitter (via lo_toney) and have since been removed. The photos show the YouTube videos application and composing an email on the Palm Pre. The YouTube videos application looks similar to the same app that appears on Palm’s Treo Pro.
Article from: my3G
Tagged: Palm, Palm Pre, YouTube App
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by Julie ~ April 22nd, 2009
The 3G mobile phone operator ‘3′ seems to have ground to a halt this afternoon, leaving thousands of people unable to make or receive calls. The outage has been over the last hour or two and is resulting in on-screen error messages such as ‘Call Failed’ or ‘Network Error’.
I phoned 3 earlier on as one of my phones appeared to be dead and was told by 3’s excellent customer services (sarcastic face) that is was probably my phone. I asked if he was sure as I had spoke to two other people with 3 phones having the same problem, and he assured me there was no problem with the network.
17:20 and my 3 phone starts to finally ring, and surprise, surprise it’s 3! The advisor confirms that there is in fact a nationwide outage with 3 which he claims is being rectified as we speak.
Have you been affected by today’s outage? Let us know.
Article Written by: my3G
Tagged: 3, 3 UK, Network Outage
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by Julie ~ April 22nd, 2009
One of the huge features missing from Android at its initial launch was proper widget extensibility — as far as the official SDK was concerned, what you saw on the home screen when you took your phone out of the box was what you got, no questions asked.
Fortunately, this is a marquis addition in 1.5, and the official Android Developers Blog is detailing exactly how this is all going to go down. In short, it looks like devs have complete control — as it should be — with the ability to infinitely tweak widget update intervals and appearance. As any G1 owner can attest, this action can’t possibly come soon enough.
Article Written by: my3G
Tagged: android, Google Android, T-Mobile G1, Widget
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by Julie ~ April 22nd, 2009
Apparently some shady hackers and cyber-criminals have recently started offering upwards of $30,000 for the Nokia 1100 which were manufactured at a specific plant in Bochum, Germany. You may ask yourself, “why?” Well, beyond the obvious answer (style), certain makes of the super-popular handset can apparently be reprogrammed to use someone else’s phone number, allowing them to receive text messaged bank passwords (common in parts of Europe), thus making it much, much easier to steal people’s money.
The software flaw has been pointed out by Ultrascan Advance Global Investigations, who were contacted by police who had noted the curiously high offering prices on the old-timey candybar. Nokia has contended that it has not identified any software problems which would allow such use, so it’s hard to say what exactly is going on at this point, but we’ll let you know if we hear anything concrete.
Article from: my3G
Serch eBay for a Nokia 1100
Tagged: Hacking, Nokia 1100
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by Julie ~ April 21st, 2009
T-Mobile UK are today announcing a range of Business SIM-Only plans designed to help UK businesses through the ‘Credit Crunch’. The SIM-Plans all come with a whopping 2000 voice minutes to any UK mobile or landline plus Unlimited text messages. You can also add unlimited email and internet for an extra £5 per month.
The SIM-Plan comes in 3 contract forms. 30 days which is priced at £30 per month ex-vat, 6 month’s which is priced at £27.50 per month ex-vat and a 12 month contract priced at £25 per month ex-vat.
The SIM-Plans obviously don’t come with your standard free mobile, but the value in these tariff’s for small businesses is fantastic and should not be overlooked if your planning on changing your contract at anytime soon.
Article Written by: my3G
Tagged: SIM Only, SIM-Plan, T-Mobile UK
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by Julie ~ April 21st, 2009
BT will take over as Wi-Fi operator at Starbucks coffee shops in the UK and Ireland, with T-Mobile losing out on revenue from more than 650 hotspots.
Announcing the deal today, BT said it will begin to install service in some stores this week, with rollout scheduled to be completed by the end of summer. The deal is for five years.
T-Mobile has operated Starbucks hotspots for the last 6 years on a subscription or pay as you go basis.
A spokesman for the mobile firm told The Register it now intends to focus on improving its mobile broadband network. Wi-Fi will remain as a “complementary” service in high demand areas such as airports.
BT’s Starbucks hotspots will form part of its Openzone network. BT’s home broadband packages include bundled Openzone minutes.
An existing public Wi-Fi deal with O2 means iPhone users will also get access at Starbucks, at faster speeds than offered by 3G. From summer this year, O2 dongle subscribers will also get bundled Openzone access.
While mobile operator rivals have seen rapid growth in mobile data use from by smartphone and dongle owners, BT has sought to expand its Wi-Fi coverage.
Following a setback last year, when it failed to agree commercial terms to continue a deal with The Cloud, it controversially enabled all its business broadbands routers as Openzone hotspots via a software update. Businesses who did not want their bandwidth to form part of the network were required to opt out.
Article from: 3 Mobile Broadband
Tagged: BT, Starbucks, T-Mobile UK, Wi-Fi
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by Julie ~ April 18th, 2009
Latest Eseries device from manufacturer now available at its flagship stores and online shop
Nokia’s latest Eseries device, the E75, is now available to buy in the UK.
The phone can now be purchased from Nokia flagship stores or at www.nokia.co.uk/shop for £379 SIM free. From April 28 it will be available from The Carphone Warehouse on £35 a month tariffs and through Orange Business from May 4 on £40 a month tariffs.
The E75 is the first device to offer Nokia Messaging, the latest email user interface from the manufacturer. It allows users to access both corporate and consumer email accounts and has two customisable home screen views for both business and personal use.
It comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and three-step email setup, as well as integration with Ovi services including Ovi Files for storing and accessing files and documents on a PC. Nokia Maps also comes pre-loaded as well as the manufacturer’s games service N-Gage, which is supported for the first time on an Eseries device
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by Julie ~ April 18th, 2009
Vodafone offer small businesses
5GB data allowance for £18 a month
Vodafone has launched a mobile broadband plan for small businesses offering 5GB of data and a free USB modem with 24 month plans.
30 day, 12, 18 or 24 month versions of the £18 a month tariff are available.
According to Vodafone the plans have been introduced due to demand for small businesses to have access to the web and emails on the move for a predictable monthly price.
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