Motorola’s iPhone-like QA4 Evoke a good sign for Motorola?

Motorola’s official announcement of the Motorola QA4 Evoke touchscreen slider may not have generated the hype (positive, or negative) that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) was hoping for, but there’s more to the Evoke than meets the eye. The Motorola QA4 Evoke may just represent the shift in design philosophy that Motorola needs to make a comeback. And make no mistake, Motorola needs a comeback. The Motorola QA4 Evoke sports some fairly decent features. It’s no smartphone, but with its iPhone-like widgets, a touchscreen display and full-HTML browser, the Evoke is certainly a refreshing change of direction from Motorola’s handset designers. Read more

Novatel bringing CDMA MiFi to Verizon as MiFi 2200

The Novatel MiFi Portable Intelligent HotSpot has been on our radar (and on our wishlist) since early 2009. We’re big fans of 3G routers around these parts, and Novatel’s completely wire-free MiFi 3G router takes top-billing as a portable hotspot. Sprint (NYSE: S)’s product roadmap has already confirmed the Novatel MiFi launching on Sprint’s CDMA network by June of this year, and now it looks like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is getting in on the 3G WiFi router party with their very own branded Novatel MiFi! Read more

RanksTel to provide communication service to NCC Bank

NCC Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with Ranks Telecom Limited for complete communication comprising voice and data in a single point. According to the agreement, NCC Bank will use the services to further improve communication for its different correspondences at an affordable cost, says a press release. Senior Vice President of NCC Bank Fakhrul Islam Chowdhury and Director of RanksTel Anwar Hossain signed the agreement on behalf of their respective institutions. Read more

New Zealand company hires hacker

A top New Zealand telecommunications company has hired a teenager who admitted to taking part in an international cyber-crime network, according to AP. TelstraClear said former hacker Owen Thor Walker was advising corporate customers on internet crime. Mr Walker had been at the centre of a criminal network that infiltrated more than a million computers globally. He was investigated by the authorities in the US, Europe and New Zealand while he was just 16 and still at school. Read more

Local companies join Oracle PartnerNetwork

More than 25 Bangladeshi IT companies, including IBCS-Primax Software (Bangladesh) Ltd and LEADS Corporation Ltd., have joined Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to offer innovative IT solutions to local companies in the telecom, financial services, manufacturing and government sectors. Oracle, which has more than 20,000 OPN members globally, will be welcoming more than 28 companies to OPN Days, a partner-focused event scheduled to take place in Dhaka today (Sunday). Read more

The Samsung i7410 is a smartphone with a built-in projector

Samsung’s details are a bit sketchy – the i7410 comes with a 3.2″ 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen and a 5 megapixel camera, it measures 112 x 57 x 17mm, but we don’t know what operating system it runs, although as an “i” series phone the i7410 should definitely be a smartphone. This is a 3G device with video calling, but there is no mention of WiFi support. We just have a single photograph of the i7410 to go on at the moment. Manipulating the press photo shows the front facing camera, a call and end button and a circular control pad. Read more

You-powered cellphones made possible with piezoelectric nanowires!

The trick thing about peizoelectric materials is that they can generate electrical currents through simple mechanical stresses – they essentially convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. The technology has great potential for future energy-generation solutions, including future cellphones powered by your body! New research breakthroughs in nanowire technology has allowed scientists to harness the energy of low-frequency vibrations (like a heart beat or the rise and fall of your chest as you breathe) using zinc oxide nanowires. Read more

Raziuddin calls for foiling all anti-state conspiracies

Minister for Post and Telecommunications Raziuddin Ahmed Razu here today urged all to forge unity against conspirators who are hatching conspiracies against the nation and also against the present democratic government. In this context, he also said a deep-rooted conspiracy has been going on with an ulterior motive of making the nation ineffective and termed the Pilkhana BDR carnage as part of long conspiracies. He noted that this is the high time to resist the conspiracies to safeguard the hard-earned independence, democracy and sovereignty of the nation and said the patriotic people should remain alert against the conspirators. Read more

BanglaLion to roll out nationwide WiMax

BanglaLion, one of the three WiMax licensees, yesterday said it is set to bring the whole nation under the WiMax network within one year, reaching out the benefit of wireless high-speed internet broadband services. The company earlier said it would be ready to launch WiMax services in Dhaka by June. Along with its rollout plan, BanglaLion disclosed its tariff plan at a seminar on ‘WiMax for Digital Bangladesh’ held at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre, on the sidelines of the BCS Digital Expo-2009. Read more

The Masters Tournament iPhone Application

I’m an avid golfer. In the spring, summer and fall I can often be found on the course playing a quick 9 or full 18 to take the edge off a solid day of work. With golf on the brain, I always get pumped come April… why?… Because my very favorite golf tournament of the year takes place, the Masters! This year it’s running April 6-12 in beautiful Augusta, Georgia (of course). In my anticipation of this years’ tourny, and with a thirst for more knowledge regarding the 2009 event, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Masters will very shortly have its very own iPhone app! Read more

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