Archive for January, 2007

Dubai free zones, VoIP ban

Monday, January 29th, 2007

VoIP calls will be blocked from Dubai's free zones from next month following the latest ruling by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, reported Gulf News. du, which runs services in the free zones, said the decision to bar VoIP calls will affects all calls from PCs to fixed or mobile phones via the Internet. Last November, […]

Google wants us to have free cell phones

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Free cell phones to be support by targeted advertising Read more

Photos: Five worst cell phones of Q4

Monday, January 29th, 2007

These overpriced handsets got no love from CNET reviewers. Check out the five worst cell phones of the tail end of 2006. Read more

Photos: Cell phone style, good and bad

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Which phones work best, from a design standpoint? CNET News.com asked designers which devices make their best-dressed and worst-dressed lists.
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The devil wears a Prada phone

Monday, January 29th, 2007

As cell phones increasingly wed tech and fashion, designers from both worlds chime in about which devices make their best- and worst-dressed lists. Photos: Phone design hits and misses
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Sony Ericsson takes No. 4 spot in handset shipments

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Nokia remains No. 1, but Sony Ericsson shipments surpassed those of LG and gained on Samsung during fourth quarter.Read more

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Launches

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Hutch India and Research In Motion (RIM) have jointly launched the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone in the country.
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Shanghai stages 4G telephony rollout, claims a world first

Monday, January 29th, 2007

SHANGHAI - China has launched a trial run of home-grown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shan… Read more

LG's New Phone Resembles IPhone

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's LG Electronics Co. said Thursday it will start selling next month a new mobile phone that incorporates a buttonless touch-screen resembling the much-hyped iPhone from Apple Inc.
LG Electronics, a pioneer in consumer electronics and mobile phones, and PRADA, one of the world?s leading brands in the luxury goods industry […]

Onyx concept mobile phone from designed by Pilotwish in partnership with Synaptics

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Synaptics, in partnership with industrial design studio Pilotfish, collaborated in the design of the next-generation phone concept, Onyx. Enabled through Synaptics clear, capacitive sensing technology, Onyx illustrates the future of mobile communications by combining an intelligent and adaptive user interface with sleek industrial design and next-generation user interaction design.The new concept phone uses Synaptics’ ClearPad, […]