Mobile and Wireless
Palm unveils ‘Artist Series’ Pixi phone
Palm has introduced the Palm Pixi phone – the second handset in its webOS range – for ‘intuitive and personal communication’. It is scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint before Christmas. In addition to linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo and LinkedIn integration to Palm Synergy and assembles [...]
Rubberduck Media Lab launches mobile TV service for O2
Rubberduck Media Lab, a provider of mobile TV and video services, has now launched a mobile TV and video service for Telefonica O2 Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Rubberduck Media Lab is providing a completely outsourced mobile TV service to Telefonica O2 Ireland including content acquisition and provision as well as technical support [...]
AT&T chooses Ericsson as key supplier for Wireline Business
Ericsson has been selected as one of two suppliers for AT&T’s Wireline Access products and services. The company will now be eligible to provide full system solutions within AT&T’s wireline access network. AT&T’s strategy is to shorten technology introduction cycles, increase supplier collaboration and focus spending on future technologies. Ericsson will offer AT&T full end-to-end [...]
Microsoft to deliver Windows phones
Microsoft has announced that Windows phones will be widely available at retail stores worldwide on 6 October 2009. The company said the new phones will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile phone software, and will seek to deliver new customer experiences through an improved user interface and [...]
Artificial Life, RDF Digital USA introduce interactive TV show in US
RDF Digital USA and Artificial Life recently announced a collaboration to produce an interactive animated TV show entitled ‘Sleuths’. Implementing Artificial Life’s MoPA-TV system (‘mobile participation television’ that enables live TV broadcasters to support real-time viewer interaction with their shows using their mobile phones), ‘Sleuths’ is being promoted as the ‘first’ television show in the [...]
BlackBerry App World launched in Latin America
Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced that BlackBerry App World is now available to BlackBerry smartphone users in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, with more Latin American country launches to follow. The new on-device application is available for BlackBerry smartphones that include a trackball, touch-sensitive trackpad or touch-screen running BlackBerry device software version 4.2 [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone to be launched in Spain
Orange and Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones. The smartphone provides mobile access to e-mail, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook and MySpace) and features a tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable typing. It also [...]
Rockstar Games to bring Beaterator to iPhone, iPod touch
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, has announced that Beaterator will be coming to iPhone and iPod touch this fall. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, Beaterator is a portable music-making application that allows people of all musical backgrounds and ability to create beats and songs. The game is being developed by Rockstar Leeds, [...]
RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 8520 in France
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone for customers in France. The smartphone provides mobile access to e-mail, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a tactile full-Azerty keyboard for comfortable typing. It also features multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and [...]
Cable&Wireless launches BlackBerry solution in UK
Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of the BlackBerry solution to Cable&Wireless customers in the UK. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow Cable&Wireless customers in the UK wireless access to e-mail, phone, messaging, social networking, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. RIM [...]
