Rebtel launches its VoIP app for Android
June 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Technology
The ever-competitive mobile VoIP market is additionally heating up with Rebtel unveiling a new version (1.1) of its Android application, which brings low-cost international calls to all the users with smartphones running Google’s mobile OS.
Idea: It’s time Nokia adopts WVGA screens for their high-end phones!
June 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under TOP Ranking
Let me repeat that once again – it’s time Nokia adopts WVGA (800×480 pixels) screens for their high-end phones! nHD, which is 640×360 pixels, is just not enough. It was a great idea initially to provide users with 16:9 video watching experience, but the industry went forward. WVGA is now de facto standard for any high-end smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Evo 4G, HTC Desire, Nexus One, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Motorola Droid X, HTC HD2 are just some of many examples. Heck, the iPhone 4 rocks a 960×640 display and where’s Nokia? Still at nHD, even with their 12-megapixel camera equipped, Symbian^3-based N8. To be fair, there’s one Nokia smartphone with WVGA display – N900, but that’s more of a “geeks only” device than a mass market product.
Sony Ericsson eyes fix in HTC fight
June 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson X10 handset sales have been slow because of the popularity of the similarly specified HTC Desire, sources claim
The X10, Sony Ericsson’s first Android handset, went on sale at the start of April, around the same time the Desire hit stores, and has been outrun in sales terms by the Taiwanese handset.
Jawbone closes on UK top spot
June 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Top Stories
Accessories brand expects to regain top spot for UK value market share by end of June
Jawbone manufacturer Aliph expects to recapture the lead in the UK market by value share by the end of June, it told Mobile News.
Jawbone hit number one last September with 18 per cent value share of the UK accessories market, from one SKU primarily.
iPhone signal issue ‘a fact of life’
Signal issues with new iPhone described as a “fact of life” by Apple, rectifiable by holding the phone in a different way or buying a $29 case
Apple has issued an official response to customers complaining of dropped signal when holding the new iPhone 4.
Test Facetime for iPhone 4 through toll free number
June 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Technology, Top Stories
So you got your iPhone 4. Congratulations! Now you are probably wanting to use one of the coolest apps of the phone called Facetime. Facetime drives the new video conferencing that’s enabled through the latest generation of the iPhone. Of course, what do you do if you don’t have any friends with an iPhone 4? CrunchGear reports that Apple has your solution.
Future Nokia N-series phones to run MeeGo
Nokia has decided that future phones in its N-series will no longer use the Symbian operating system. Instead, the mobile phone manufacturer is moving to use the Linux OS MeeGo.
iPhone 4 Antenna Issue, Cont.
How big a problem is the iPhone 4′s possibility of antenna interference when you touch its lower left-hand corner? It’s still not clear. It might affect only some people or some iPhones. Or it might be a common issue with smartphones from all manufacturers which folks are only now noticing. (Me, I’ve attempted to replicate the problem by forcing my iPhone to drop calls . . . but so far, it’s not cooperating.)
MegaFon’s special Opera Mini offer now available across Russia
June 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Cell Phone
Opera Software, which is already dominating the Russian mobile web browser market, announced that MegaFon will extend its special package “Unlimited Internet with Opera Mini” to all Russian territories. Initially, the operator launched the package in Moscow region in September 2009, allowing people to browse the web through Opera Mini without any limits for just 7 roubles (0.18 EUR) per day. That trial obviously proved as a success and now the residents of Ural and Siberia will get to try out the service too, with the rest of the territories to follow shortly.
Samsung Galaxy S announced for Optus in Australia
June 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under TOP Ranking
Australia’s Optus announced the upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy S. The country’s second largest mobile operator will start selling the Android-powered device starting July 1st, when interested user will be able to grab it for free on a two-year ‘yes’ plan which starts at $59 per month.