GSMPress - Worldwide GSM http://www.gsmpress.com eng http://www.gsmpress.com/images/gsmpress_rss.gif http://www.gsmpress.com 60 48 GSMPress Nokia's Services & Software unit today announced plans to refine parts of its global research and development activities. While Nokia continues to grow its investments in consumer Internet services, the unit plans to integrate some of our content delivery services into a single service to create a better experience for consumers and to continue increasing investments into key initiatives. Nokia's Internet services strategy continues unchanged with a focus on key service areas such as music, games, messaging and location based services. Nokia.com postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokias-services--software-unit-grows-and-focuses-its-efforts.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Nokia today introduced the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, a new premium mobile phone that marries the timeless design of the Nokia 8800 Arte range with materials that reflect a new exclusivity based on refinement and authenticity.  Engineered from carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is for individuals who appreciate uncompromised high performance. Carbon fibre is an ultra light and strong material that expresses a woven pattern that is both high-tech and sensuous.  Custom built to ensure the precision engineering that these materials require, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte features 3D patterns that express the inherent performance and lustre of carbon fibre. Inspired by the use of these materials in a range of areas, including architecture, sports cars and aerospace, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte reflects a modern feel through the unique tones, textures and sculpted shapes that carbon fibre and titanium deliver.  In keeping with the tradition of the Nokia 8800 Arte range, each detail of the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is carefully considered to enhance the premium value and quality of the device. The minimalistic and seamless surfaces, slide mechanism and impressive weight of the phone all feature throughout the Nokia 8800 Arte line.  Also available on the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte are soundtracks and wallpapers created exclusively for the range. Combining timeless style with superb functionality, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte offers the unique tap-for-time feature - consumers can tap the steel surface below the display twice and a clock appears on the screen. Background images organically change during the day, giving a unique appearance to the display.  The turn-to-mute silencing mechanism allows individuals to silence incoming calls in a discrete manner by turning the phone over, screen-side down. In addition to the 3G capabilities and 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera and high quality audio, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte boasts a stunning OLED display and built-in memory that has been expanded from previous offerings in the range to 4 GB. Meanwhile, Nokia's anti-fingerprint coating reduces smudges on metal and glass and unsightly outer seams are hidden by a unique all-in-one microUSB connector. Enhancing the experience, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is delivered with an exclusive range of accessories. These include a Bluetooth touch-sensitive volume control headset, a stylish desk stand and a beautiful leather carrying case. The Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte will be available in the 3rd quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of  EUR 1,100 exclusive of subsidies and taxes. postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-8800-carbon-arte-reflects-authenticity-and-performance.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The European association EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association), which structure includes 50 specialized editions from 19 countries of the Europe, has recognized Sony Ericsson W980i as the best musical phone of the year. In opinion of the experts, the given device possesses the best sound quality among competitors and the most convenient navigation musical keys. Besides that, there were separately noticed the quite original and convenient SenseMe and Shake Control functions and also the possibility of sound broadcasting to the automobile radio with the track names through RDS. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-w980i--the-best-music-phone-of-this-year.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Mobiado Company, known as a manufacturer of exclusive, luxury phones, has presented its new development – the Luminoso Lucido phone. The case of this novelty is made of aluminium, all buttons - from stainless steel, and the screen is hidden under sapphire glass. But, the main thing is that the model will be released only in 200 copies. On the right side of each phone will be specified the serial number. Such kind of phones can seldom brag of outstanding technical parameters. Luminoso Lucido did not become an exception. All that it can offer is - the QVGA-screen, 2 Mp digital camera, microSD slot for cards up to 2 Gb and the built in player reproducing the MP3, MP4, AAC and eAAC + formats. The release date on the market and the price were not informed yet. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-mobiado-luminoso-lucido-limited-edition.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Motorola ZN200 has officially appeared on the Motorola’s global site - earlier this device has been presented only in the Brazilian market. This fact has allowed us to receive qualitative photos of the slider. Let's remind, the sizes- 47x105x15,9 mm, the device does not support 3G, weighs 115 g and has a 810 mAh battery. The TFT-display with the diagonal of 1,9" possesses a 176x200 pixels resoltion at 262 thousand colors. The phone has a 2Mp built-in digital camera, MP3-player and radio FM. It also supports MicroSD-cards up to 2 Gb. It is expected, that phone will be available for sale globally in the III-rd quarter. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-zn200-officially-presented.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT China remains the assembly shop for the mobile industry - according to CCID Consulting, the mobile phone manufacturing in the country, will exceed 605 million pieces till the end of 2008. Under Strategy Analytics’ forecasts, which, in general coincide with the main market participants vision, in 2008 it will be produced 1,28 billion phones. As it’s easy to count, in China it will be made a little less than half of all phones of the planet. It is interesting, that from 605 million of phones, 66 % (400 million) will go on export, 205 million will be sold on the local market. 65 % of phones which are made in China, are created for "the big five" mobile manufacturers - Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-about-half-of-all-mobile-phones-in-2008-will-be-made-in-china.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Hundreds inhabitants of Ghana have recently came out on the area near the parliament of the country in Akkra. The reason of demonstration is unusual - citizens protest against the plan of selling the Ghana Telecom Company to the British operator Vodafone. Vodafone has offered to pay $900 million for 70 % of shares in the company, however, as the opposition members consider, the telecommunication active of the company is underestimated. Ghana, a state in the Western Africa, due to a plenty of minerals and a quite liberal economic trend, remains a developed enough state with a GDP per capita approximately at the level of Mongolia. Simultaneously with the protests against Vodafone’s expansion, the Ghana Telecom employees have organized their own march - to support the sale plan. Level of mobile communication penetration in Ghana - 33 %. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-hundreds-of-ghana-residents-staged-a-demonstration-to-protest-against-the-vodafone-expansion.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Just recently, the High Court of London has allowed four operators of Britain (also they are the largest European operators) to initiate litigation in the European Court. O2 (Telefonica), Vodafone, Orange (France Telecom) and T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) consider, that Eurocommissioner Vivien Reding had no power to introduce the severe law limiting the roaming rates. Today informs Financial Times. Operators have repeatedly showed their disapproval with this law - independently, and through different types of lobbist organizations. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-largest-operators-in-europe-will-initiate-a-litigation-against-the-eurocommissioner-because-of-the-roaming-law.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The phone VEVA S60 – a Chinese answer to Vertu - enjoys deafening popularity in China. Till now, about 100 thousand pieces of this phone which case is covered with gold and 129 Swarovski stones was sold in China. The most surprising at this phone is not the price - $290 – but the fact, that the manufacturer Qiao Xing has achieved a profitability of 61 % on this project. In other words, the cost of the device with gold and stones is nearby $110. On the success heights, the company plans to sell 200 thousand more models. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-chinese-luxury-phone-with-golden-coating-and-swarovski-stones-for--290.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Gartner has formulated the forecast of the mobile market development for 2008. In the analysts’ opinion, the sales will grow with approximately 11 % - in the world will be sold 1,28 billion of mobile phones. This forecast as a whole, coincides with the manufacturers’ expectations. Gartner expects that to the most dynamical will become the 4-th quarter of the year for which the basic manufacturers prepare the novelties. The most significant growth of phones will be observed in Asian-Pacific region, where it will be sold nearby 472,5 million phones – this is with 17,9 % more than a year earlier. The European and Japanese market shows regress - the phones’ sales in the Old World will decrease with 1,5 %, in Japan - with 9,1 %. This forecast – is especially bad news for Sony Ericsson: the Japan-Swedish company feels most confidently in these exactly in these regions.   Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-gartner-the-sales-forecast-on-mobile-phones-for-the-iv-quarter.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Sagem Company which now changes the owner, has declared the availability of four new phones of average and budgetary classes. Informs Mobil.cz. my519X The bar form factor my519x offers an enough standard design (the intensively-pink version is accessible too) and the main "cherry" is the Wi-Fi. The display remains with the same 176x220 pixels resolution, the device is equipped with a 3,2 Mp digital camera. The phone’s dimensions - 108x48x11,2 mm, weight - 89 g. The phone supports MicroSD-cards up to 4 Gb. The device allows to broadcast music on wireless headphones in format A2DP. my421Z Simple and inexpensive slider, it has a 1.3 MP digital camera,  FM-radio and supports MicroSD-cards up to 4 Gb. The phone’s dimensions - 96x46x13,7 mm. my234x and my231x Two models absolutely identical on design and functions, the unique distinction - 231 has FM-radio. Not too functional models (digital camera is not present), are equipped with good battery (1250 mAh). The phones’s dimensions - 106x46x12 mm, weight - 75 g. The display - 128x160 pixels. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sagem-has-proposed-four-new-models.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Boy Genius Report has published "live" pictures of the new Palm Treo 850 Communicator. Till now, the device is known only a bit: a model based on Windows Mobile, the design resembles the Palm Centro. Of the Treo 850’s characteristics, Boy Genius Report mentions only the processor with a clock frequency of 400 MHz and 100 MB RAM. Other foreign resources has reported that the Communicator works in the networks of GSM / GPRS / EDGE and UMTS / HSDPA, supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, as well as equipped with a GPS-receiver (how reliable is the information we don’t know). Treo 850 works under the administration of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. The announcement date and the estimated cost have not yet been notified.Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-boy-genius-report-has-published.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The designer Tamer Koseli has developed, perhaps the longest and thinnest concept of a mobile phone. The name of the device is NEED. According to the designer, this phone is meant to be used only as a communication device and has no unnecessary functions such as embedded camera and multimedia player. The device has two displays: on one of its sides is posted a touch screen, through which is made all the management, on the other side - an OLED-display. The NEED’s dimensions – 140x20x5 mm. From a point of view, the long screen is convenient to display lot of information that can be viewed without having to scroll (for example, contacts list). But, will someone like the construction, or will the manufacturers be interested in such a decision – remains a question to which only the time will answer. Perhaps, NEED will join the series of concepts that will never be realized.Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-need-the-longest-and-thinnest-phone.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Nokia has patented a new mobile phone form factor. It was named Tube, the housing looks respectively - it has a cylindrical shape. The two halves of the cylinder, where are located the display and the keyboard, can be rotated. On top of them is located a ring, which can be moved along the axis of the cylinder up or down, opening in this way the access to certain functions. When we’ll see phones in the new form factor – is not known yet. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-patents-a-new-form-factor.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Samsung Armani is simply gorgeous, both to look at and to hold. Beyond the dashing design lies the elegant grace of Armani cool cachet. Custom designed Armani graphics and interface alight the touch-sensitive 2.6" display, enhanced by a gentle haptic response mechanism. Slim, light and yet suprisingly robust, the credit-card sized Samsung Armani is simply the most compact touchscreen phone ever. We present this most bijou beauty to you clad with elegance in 24k Gold.Exclusive to Continental Mobiles. Go to shop! postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-giorgio-armani-luxury-mobile-phone.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The international portal GSMPRESS.COM, offers new opportunities for its visitors. Each registered visitor can place postings of sale, purchase or exchange of a mobile phone. The service is free of charge. The interface is convenient and allows publishing your posting in a few minutes. The next opportunity which gsmpress.com offers the users is the dialogue and/or discussion on our forum. Today the forum is offered in English, but other language versions are on the way. We shall be glad to cooperate with moderators and we invite all the users on the forum. One of the most conceptual services who has become available on www.gsmpress.com, is the worldwide SMS sending service. Each registered user receives 10 SMS-es free of charge for testing. The service interface is simple enough and convenient. You can send SMS-es in more than 400 networks around the world, you have SMS history, phonebook where to keep all the contacts and the opportunity to send SMS-es to unlimited number of addresses. We wish to make this service completely free of charge! We work in the direction that each user of our site would have received the most technological services of the present day! Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-new-possibilities-on-gsmpresscom.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT  A stunning colour combination of 24k gold, silver and obsidian create a triumph of design convergence. With its rounded corners and graceful features, the Nokia 8600 Luna mobile phone sports a fashionable and futuristic appearance. Smooth to the touch, the unique smoked glass body reflects superbly in the easy-to-read high-resolution display. The delicate appearance of the piece belies the strength of its 24k yellow gold chassis and protective sliding cover.Exclusive to Continental Mobiles.   Go to shop postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-luna-luxury-mobile-phone.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT As the Daily Mail tabloid informs, Apple intends to start one more iPhone version - iPhone nano. It is supposed, that this version will be the "facilitated" iPhone model, executed under the iPod nano trend - thin design and elegant "appearance". According to the source, the phone will cost the O2 subscribers $300 and it is intended Prepay packages. Rumors about Apple’s intentions to release more than one iPhone version, were circulating before the official release too. Till now is quite difficult to say, whether these rumors are truthful or not. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-apple-will-launch-the-iphone-nano-till-christmas.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The main financial director of HTC Hu-Ming Chen has declared that the company intends to begin deliveries of phones with OS Android in the IV quarter 2008 - as well as was planned. Phones will receive the company’s ODM-customers too, who will produce Android devices under their own brand. Chen also has confirmed that the Xperia X1 deliveries of the Sony Ericsson company will begin in the III quarter. Chen has named the SE smartphone an "ODM-phone". Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-htc-will-supply--os-android-handsets-as-planned.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Stunning sleekness conceals the revolutionary design and ease-of-use of The Nokia 8800 Arte. This is not just a pretty face. An ambient light sensor dynamically adjusts the brightness and contrast of the 2" screen according to its surroundings, whilst a deft inversion of the phone allows for i tant and inconspicuous muting of incoming calls. Comprised of precision ball bearings and a unique spring mechanism, the ultra-smoothe slide cover is a sensory pleasure in itself. This bijou marvel is ensconced in gleaming Platinum, and tactically enhanced by 5 pristine white diamonds. PRICE TAG: £2395 GBP Sterling postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-8800-arte-platinum-diamond-luxury-mobile-phone.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Prada phone by LG combines Prada's attention to detail and uncompromising quality with LG mobile's technological supremacy. A vast Touch Screen - perfect to enjoy the DMB TV/Radio and video player - invites the play of fingers. The fine lines of this beautiful piece are reinforced here by Platinum and shimmering parallel diamond accents, highlighting shape and form. Avant-Garde and delightfully distinctive aesthetics merge with function for this stunning design. The result is a radiant work of art.Exclusive to Continental Mobiles. PRICE TAG: 1299 GBP Sterling postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-ke850-prada-luxury-phone.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT The most iconic and coveted phone ever conceived is now available, unlocked and ready for any network, in an impeccable Continental tailored coat of Platinum. Blending seamlessly with the 3G iPhone's distinctive and graceful curves, the hand-crafted case exudes a sensual confidence and allure that is impossible to resist. Exclusive to Continental Mobiles. Go to shop!     postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-platinum-apple-3g-iphone-8gb-black-luxury-phone.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT After the health care department of Toronto statement on reduction the mobile phone time of use, it came the turn of the Health Ministry of Israel. Meanwhile, no scientific proofs of mobile phones’ harm were discovered. "The society is quite interested in the radiation problems from mobile phones, but continues to use these devices as before. The purpose of the advices which we have published is to suggest a wisely use of cellular phones", - has declared Sigal Sadetzki, the head-chief of the Epidemiological Institute from the Sheba Medical Center. As she said, the research lead in cooperation with 16 experts from other countries, has revealed an "obvious link" between the mobile phones use and the risk growth of getting a salivary glands cancer. As the newspaper "Harets" writes, the Health Ministry of the country has recognized the research results of the scientists and has called the society to raise the vigilance. However, as the source declares, a precise proof of link between cellular phones’ radiation and the cancer does not exist. Let's remind, earlier, the health care department of Toronto has given instructions that children up to 8 years should use the mobile phones only in emergency cases. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-in-israel-the-health-ministry-called-the-society-to-limit-the-use-of-mobile-phones.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Smart, efficient, versatile and discreet. The E71 is a busy executive's dream PA. With it's subtle backlit centre key to show you when an event is due or an e-mail has arrived, compatibility with Exchange or your favourite personal e-mail provider such as GMail or Yahoo and a full, responsive and accurate QWERTY keyboard all wrapped up in the slimmest case of its kind, this phone is an immediate "must have" for those on the move.Finished in 24k Gold, this phone will charm everyone who encounters it and represent you as someone with taste, style and organisational finesse. PRICE TAG: £799 GBP Sterling postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-e71-luxury-mobile-phone-24k-gold.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT With glossy tempered glass giving extra resistance to scratches on the front complementing the stylish, 3D designed, carbon-fibre on the back this phone will endure punishment that others cannot. Enhanced by our team of experts, the warm glow of 24k gold perfectly offsets the dark tones of the piece. Ambient light detection ensures that the display is always balanced for the environment and with subtle touches like the blue ripples of light emanating from the touch-sensitive LCD control panel as a gentle vibration goves you sensory feedback, this phone is a connoisseur's delight. Exclusive to Continental Mobiles. PRICE TAG: £699 GBP Sterling postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-secret-24k-yellow-gold-luxury-mobile-phone.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT LG Electronics and Dolby Laboratories, have signed a contract according to which, LG becomes the first manufacturer of mobile phones supporting the Dolby Mobile sound technology and which will be commercialized at global scales. The LG mobile phone with Dolby Mobile will support the following accompanying technologies:- Mobile Surround (will provide a realistic volumetric sound in headphones) - Sound Space Expander- Natural Bass- High Frequency Enhancer - Graphic EQ - Sound Level Control- Mono-to-Stereo Converter. With other words, the LG phone with Dolby Mobile support, will allow to listen music with tremendous realistic and volumetric sounding. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-will-release-a-mobile-phone-with-dolby-mobile-support.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The site www.gpsandco.com states, that XPERIA X1, the most expected smartphone from Sony Ericsson, will appear on sale on October, 13th and will be sold at the price of EUR700 (about $1090). Earlier sources informed that the British operator Three will start to sell the phone in November. The XPERIA X1 model has been presented in February at Barcelona and has caused a real agiotage. The terms of the sales beginning till recent times have been covered by mystery and uncertainty. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-xperia-x1-will-be-on-sale-october-13th-for-eur700.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The main administrative director of Apple, Tim Cook, has declared that he looks at the future iPhone 3G supplies without fears. We shall remind that recently we are witnesses of a total Apple phones deficiency worldwide. "I like the tendencies which I see in the manufacturing process", - said Tim Cook. Representatives of the company have specified, that on August 22, iPhone 3G will be released in another 20 countries which are not known yet. In this way, Apple has confirmed the intention to sell iPhone in 70 countries up to the end of the current year. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-apple-is-cool-in-what-concerning-the-iphone-3g-deficit.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Under the terms of the new 15 year agreement, Nokia has been granted a license under all Qualcomm's patents for use in Nokia's mobile devices and Nokia Siemens Networks infrastructure equipment. Further, Nokia has agreed not to use any of its patents directly against Qualcomm, enabling Qualcomm to integrate Nokia's technology into Qualcomm's chipsets. The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM and OFDMA. The specific terms are confidential. "We believe that this agreement is positive for the industry, enabling the market to benefit from innovation and new technologies," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia Corporation. "The positive financial impact of this agreement is within Nokia's original expectations and fully reflects our leading intellectual property and market positions."  "I'm very pleased that we have come to this important agreement." said Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm. "The terms of the new license agreement, including the financial and other value provided to Qualcomm, reflect our strong intellectual property position across many current and future generation technologies. This agreement paves the way for enhanced opportunities between the companies in a number of areas." postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-and-qualcomm-enter-into-a-new-agreement.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT According to DigiTimes, the Arima Company will start to ship the 5MP LG phone, which will be on sale with the KC index not later than the end of 2008. In addition to this, Arima, which is one of the best OEM and ODM partner of the Korean company, will start for LG another 2-3 new phones in the fourth quarter of 2008. Considering the significant growth of the LG indexes, the cooperation of the Korean manufacturer with Arima prospers. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-prepares-a-5-megapixel-phone-together-with-arima.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The American company, Slydial, gives the opportunity to subscribers to avoid uncomfortable conversations by phone. Henceforth, the subscriber can leave the message as a voice mail even if the intended phone is on and is in the coverage zone. For this purpose, the one wishing to avoid a conversation should dial the service number and then the number of the person. The service is paid through small advertising which the user listens before connection. There is also possible to skip the advertising by paying 15 cents for the call. As a result, the interlocutor will receive a “new message” notice. However, in some cases he may see a missed call. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-new-mobile-service-in-the-us-avoids-embarrassing-conversations.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The USA Federal Communications Commission has published the information about the future budgetary clamshell Motorola Ischia. It is expected, that the phone will be available only for the markets of Asian-Pacific region. The model has modest characteristics: VGA digital camera, microSD support, FM-receiver with translations record. It is necessary to note that Motorola recently has released many budgetary models, and also many phones intended for certain regions. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-information-available-about-the-new-budgetary-motorola-clamshell.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The main financial director of Apple, Peter Oppenheimer has declared that Steve Jobs is not going to leave the company. This rumor has come during a telephone conference when one of the analysts has asked a question, concerning Jobs's health. According to Oppenheimer, the health of the company’s head-chief is "a private matter". "Steve loves Apple. He works as the CEO and this is a pleasure for Apple's board", - has declared Oppenheimer. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-steve-jobs-is-not-going-to-leave-apple.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Sony Ericsson has presented some new headphones which can suppress extraneous noise by means of the technology borrowed from Sony. The HPM-88 headphones use for this purpose the power of the Sony Ericsson mobile phone (compatible models). Additional "silence" is provided also by the special form of the accessory. Besides this, the company has offered the Bluetooth-headphones HBH-IS800. The manufacturer has assured that it is the smallest device of such kind on the market. The HPM-66 headphones are intended for active playing sports. The fastening mechanism provides their immovability behind the ears of the user. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-introduced-the-headphones-with-external-noise-suppression.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Unlike the concepts which do not have any special "meaning", the design of the new phone from MobiFrance is quite recognizable not only for Parisians. MobiFrance has signed an agreement with Sony Ericsson to create a French Luxury (FL) phone concept, executed from the sideway view in the form of Tour d'Eiffel. The FL mobile phone, which has a touchscreen on all the front surface and which release is dated for the France Independence Day, has a 7,2 megapixel digital camera, capable of video recording and playback, and supports a set of others multimedia functions. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-french-luxury-or-a-gift-from-paris.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Philips has presented a novelty calculated for those who constantly forget to recharge the phone. The mobile phone Philips Xenium 9@9q (in registration Phantom Black or Chic Red) is capable to work in stan-by about one month, in conversation mode – up to 9 hours, and the MP3-player – can play music up to 22 hours. The new mobile phone Philips Xenium 9@9q is equipped with a TFT-screen capable of 262000 colors, and, to notice a new SMS or incoming/missed calls it is enough to look at the icons from the external panel. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-long-lasting-clamshell-philips-xenium-99q.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT LG has decided to begin the sales of the KS360 phone model in Europe, whose QWERTY-keyboard is intended for heavy texting. Such devices, not in the last instance due to LG, are quite popular in the USA - apparently, the Korean company plans to bring the tendency in Europe too. The device is equipped with a 2,4 " touchscreen, 2 Mp digital camera, a multimedia player, FM-radio and support for MicroSD. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-ks360-designed-for-text-communication-comes-to-europe.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Samsung systematically develops its Duos series of phones: there was some information about a new device - D980, in which the touch screen interface is used. The phone possesses the following characteristics: • Display: 2,6 ", 240х320, QVGA 262K• Digital camera: 5 MP, auto focus, flash• MicroSD slot• Bluetooth 2.0/USB To be short, this is not the first attempt of Samsung to create a touchscreen DuoS phone – the device P720 Armani has been cancelled. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-d980---duos-touch-screen.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Lee Kun Hee, ex-chairman of Samsung directors’ board, has been declared guilty of evasion from taxes and he has received a conditional three-year prison sentence and a penalty of $110 million. The prosecutors insisted on a seven-years sentence. Lee, who has retired in April after he had been accused, had apologized: "I apologize that I’ve caused so much troubles to people". In 1996, Lee has already been found guilty of bribery to two ex- presidents of South Korea, he was sentenced to two years of prison conditionally, but has been pardoned by the president Kim Young Sam. The Samsung Company is one of the largest corporations of South Korea, incorporating 18 % of all Korean export. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsungs-ex-boss-conditionally-convicted-will-pay-more-than--100-million-fine.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Data transmission in Italy in the 3G network now is possible with a record speed - 5,8 Mb/sec (it is meant the outgoing data – the uplink channel). The innovation already operates in the commercial network of the 3G operators the “heavy” Internet applications can be handled more effectively now. Besides speed growth of data transmission on the uplink channel it also was reduced the network’s latency, which will allow using the network for video streaming and other similar services. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-ericsson-and-3-italia-tuned-the-hsupa-network-up-to-58-mbps.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The new smartphone, Touch Diamond from HTC causes a quite big interest among the British users - on the British Orange e-shop, all the pieces have been bought. According to Msmobiles.com, Touch Diamond became the sales’ leader of several others the e-shops. According to the same source, HTC plans to sell 4-5 million of HTC Touch Diamond phones which is a quite realistic forecast. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-htc-touch-diamond-enjoys-considerable-popularity-in-britain.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. ("MTI Micro"), the developer of Mobion® off-the-grid portable power solutions and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology, Incorporated ("MTI") (NASDAQ: MKTY), today announced that it has achieved 2,700 hours of continuous operation with a Mobion® laboratory cell — the building block of the Company´s Mobion® chip and systems. In comparison, a typical cell phone plan in the U.S., marketed to moderate to heavy users, includes 3,000 minutes per month which, over the life of a typical 2 year contract, translates to only 1,200 hours of use. In an industry report published by the Journal of Power Sources, tests conducted on direct methanol micro fuel cells show degradation of up to 35% after only 360 hours of operation. In addition to the 2,700 hours of continuous run-time, our Mobion® test, which is still ongoing, successfully demonstrated a significant achievement by showing power degradation of less than 15% - which we believe is a breakthrough for the micro fuel cell industry. "Our test results are a clear indication of the technical progress we have made on performance metrics including life, degradation, temperature, and humidity levels which are required to bring products to market in the consumer electronics industry. To our knowledge, there are no other published results that match ours," said Jim Prueitt, Vice President of Engineering and Operations at MTI Micro. "With these results, we believe we continue to be a leader in the micro fuel cell industry as we work toward the commercialization of our Mobion® power sources." postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-mti-micro-today-announced-that-it-has-achieved-2700-hours-of-continuous-operation-with-a-mobion-laboratory-cell.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT In his interview for Connect magazine, the top-manager of HTC, Lars Weisswange (director on the regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland) has stated some curious ideas regarding the usability of the Windows Mobile operational system and its impracticality combined with the modern interfaces with touch input. As he said, the operational system Windows Mobile is not bad for business-users, but it is difficult for ordinary users to work with this OS when it comes to touch screens. For this reason, HTC has develop the TouchFLO interface - including its 3D-version TouchFLO 3D. Weisswange also has declared that the Internet Explorer browser for Windows Mobile is exposed to significant critics. To avoid its users’ disapproval, HTC adds in its products browsers of the other companies - for example, Opera Mobile 9.5. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-htc-windows-mobile-is-too-complex-to-use-for-the-consumer.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The known manufacturer of lighters, cheap shaving blades and pens BIC, from now on extends his brand under mobile phones too. Together with the mobile operator Orange, the company sells BIC phones which cost 49EUR and is packed with 60 free-of-charge minutes. The device is on sale in orange or bright green colors and offers the base functionality - as well as all BIC products. The phone could be named “one time use”, but the 49 EUR price is a little bit high for this purpose. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-bic-phone-has-started-to-be-sold-in-france.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The first 3G iPhone  has been sold on July, 11th to the 22-years student from the New Zealand, Auckland, which has started the queue with three days before the sales beginning of the new smartphone from Apple, France Presse declared. "I shall put it to be charged, I shall play a little with the phone, and then I shall have a good sleep", - has declared Jonny Gladwell who already on 8th July has installed the tent near the Vodafone shop. The iPhone sales in New Zealand have begun after midnight, and, during the first hours have been sold about 400 devices. Queues of several hundreds of persons were made at the Softbank’s shops in Japan too. Apple has released the new iPhone model on the Asian market for the first time, explains the agency, earlier, these smartphones were on sale only in the USA and some countries of the Europe. Since July, 11th, the smartphone that is capable to work in the third generation networks, will start to be on sale in more than two tens of countries, and by the end of 2008 it can be bought in 70 countries of the world. It is expected, that the sales volume of the new iPhone will reach 10,5 million pieces at the end of 2008. However the Apple novelty’s critics assume that its popularity will be blended by the high tariffs for communication, the contracts without the possibility to change the operator and the activity of the "grey" market. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-first-buyer-of-the-new-iphone-has-become-a-student-from-auckland.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Chronologically, LG has presented the phone with touch screen a little before then Apple’s presentation and till now it sells phones based on this interface of input successfully enough. Since the moment of sales beginning with the Prada model, in shops had arrived 11new LG touch screen models, which had been sold in a quantity of 7 million pieces till today. By analysts estimations, the market of mobile phones with the touch screen technology will only grow up: in 2008, as Strategy Analytics forecasts, it will be sold 18,1 million pieces only in the USA - from them, 6,3 million phones will be Apple iPhone. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-has-sold-7-million-phones-with-touch-screen.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Asus could not transfer the quite successful marketing experience of the Lamborghini brand on mobile phones - as the rumors testify, the Asus ZX1 Lamborghini smartphone is cancelled. The cost of the phone should have been nearby EUR1000. The device should have been worked on Windows Mobile 6.1 and possessed rather quite good functions. The phone should have been appeared on sale in May. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-rumors-the-asus-zx1-lamborghini-model-was-cancelled.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The ABI Research Company has carried out a study of mobile phones users’ preferences from seven countries. The purpose of interrogation of 1402 respondents was to find-out: what phone’s functions for them have crucial importance? 47 % of consumers consider, that in a phone should be a digital camera with more than 2 Mp, 34 % believe, that Bluetooth is obligatory, 32 % think that cannot live without a player/FM-radio. All users was less interested in Wi-Fi, mobile TV and games. In what concerning the people behaviour in relation with a mobile operator - it is constant. According to the research, consumers choose the operator, being guided by familiar factors: price, quality of coverage area and presence of friends/members of family already connected to the operator. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-camera-bluetooth-and-player---the-most-desired-functions.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT On Friday, July 11th, in the USA will begin the sales of the second Apple iPhone generation with 3G support. People already are waiting for "the second coming": near the central Apple shop, on the Fifth Avenue in New York it is a queue of interested persons to buy the device since the last Friday. We mean, of course, it does not necessarily stand up, the people are sitting or are laid down in tents near the shop. The shop’s employees are not against this fact - for them, it is the best advertising. In fact, if for the sake of the iPhone purchase, people are ready to live a week in tent in the street – that means it really worth the costs. Though, maybe, people have simply nothing to do something else. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-new-york-week-queue-for-3g-iphone.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Motorola prepares for release a clamshell for the CDMA-networks under the name VE20. Stars from the sky the novelty will not gather neither by the way of design, nor by the way of functionality: in front of us is an ordinary "working horse ". Externally it is similar to the KRZR devices and inside - EV-DO support and two touch keys on the top panel for player management and access to on-line musical shop. Also there is Bluetooth support with A2DP, 2 MP digital camera and a voice call. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-new-motorola-ve20.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Several days ago have appeared some information about the future budget smartphone of Samsung, which cheapness is reached by radical methods: the device does not support a third generation network, does not transfer data via EDGE and even do not have a Wi-Fi connection. The device works under Windows Mobile 6.1 on a powerful enough (642 MHz) processor. The smartphone is equipped with a 2,8” TFT-screen with QVGA-resolution. It also has a built in 3 Mp digital camera with auto focus and flash. The only possibility, more or less fast, to transfer files is Bluetooth (A2DP). The device is equipped with a MicroSD-card slot (up to 4 ГБ). The look of the device is quite good – the phone is executed with application of metal elements. The phone’s dimensions  - 107x59x13,8 mm. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-i740--a-budget-smartphone-without-3g-edge-and-wi-fi.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Accelerometers have reached Samsung too - according to the Czech site Mobil.cz, the Korean company prepares for release a musical phone called M3510. The look of the phone is quite interesting. The device possesses such dimensions like 109x46x9,9 mm, QVGA-screen with 262 thousands of colors. Pictures can be made via the 2 Mp digital camera. The accelerometer provides control of the musical tracks (just the same as shake-control from Sony Ericsson), the music can be stored on a MicroSD card, as on the phone only 20 MB of an empty space is available. The phone will appear in the end of summer at the price of approximately $330, which is not so expensive. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-is-preparing-a-musical-phone-m3510-equipped-with-accelerometer.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Spanish Telefonica, which works in the mobile markets of Spain and Britain under the brands Movistar and O2, has declared that almost 300 thousand of subscribers have reserved the iPhone before the beginning of the official sales. Certainly, it does not mean that all 300 thousand will buy it, however the number is impressive, considering, that О2 has sold 8 thousand iPhones of the first generation in the first day of sales in Britain. Just recently, the French Orange has declared that iPhone 3G will appear in France on July, 17th, the 8 Gb version will cost 149 EUR. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-300-thousand-of-clients-have-reserved-the-3g-iphone-in-spain-and-britain.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Google has just released the web-version of the widely known Google Talk messenger, specially intended for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Google Talk works only with the Safari browser – if you just switch to another application’s window , then the session will interrupt, however, the connection will be restored, when you come back. To take advantage of the service is very easy – just enter on this site: http: // www.google.com/talkсо from your iPhone. You do not have an iPhone? Well, maybe an iPod Touch is available? Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-google-talk-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Japanese operator Willcom, has presented a new mobile phone with a modest index of 9. In the press release it is said, that this is the first phone from the manufacturer equipped with integrated support of all Google services. But the device is interesting more likely because of its uncommon appearance, overall this clamshell reminds a small brick. According  the Japanese concept, exactly in this way an extremely simple phone should look. And the technical characteristics evidently show, that Willcom 9 is really at the beginning of the phone series: QVGA-screen, 1,3 MP digital camera and 24 Mb built in memory. The novelty will be available only to Willcom’s subscribers. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-willcom-9---a-simple-japanese-phone-with-support-for-all-google-services.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Samsung Company has informed that at the international airport of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, have been installed by own company’s means, charging stations for portable devices. In total, on the airport’s territory, have been installed 22 charging stations. Unfortunately, Samsung has not informed, whether will be possible to charge with their Samsung charging stations the competitors’ mobile phones. Earlier, Samsung has established 54 stations at John Kennedi's international airport and 51 stations at the international airport of Los Angeles. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-has-equipped-airports-with-charging-stations.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Last night, the Apple Company has published on their site a videoclip telling about the iPhone’s functionality. For all the iPhone adepts (and the new ones that will come), this video will describe in details the new version of the device. It is better for the iPhones critics not watch - the roller is rich with phrases like "From the moment of its creation, this phone became the standard of design and ergonomics, having reconsidered the features of a mobile phone". Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-apple-suggested-a-videotur-for-the-future-3g-iphone-buyers.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT The FTN Midwest analyst, JoAnne Feeney has expressed her opinion that the new Apple iPhone generation will use the Intel Atom processors. This fact should occur in 2009-2010. Let's notice, that this information has not yet found an official confirmation. However, the use of inexpensive processors with low energy consumption (exactly like Intel Atom is) can bring to the company a significant income of 250 million dollars from 25 million of sold iPhones. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-intel-atom-processors-will-be-used-in-the-future-iphones.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT On the English portal Phonemag.com, devoted to novelties of the mobile industry, there were new photos and video of the most expected continuation of the HTC Touch  series – the lateral slider with Qwerty-keyboard Touch Pro Raphael. Judging by photo and video, the novelty’s ergonomics, as well as at predecessors, is at height - all the sharp corners of the device were smoothed and the smartphone lays conveniently in the hand. The Qwerty-keyboard Touch Pro can be slid without visible efforts and is reliably fixed in the opened and closed position. We shall remind that the exact starting date of retails and the price of the novelty are still unknown. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-new-photos-of-htc-touch-pro.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT France Telecom has refused the plan of absorbing the TeliaSonera holding. The official version is that the parties could not agree about mutually advantageous conditions of the transaction. France Telecom offered to shareholders $42 billion cash, however the transaction has been rejected by both private shareholders and the Swedish government, which possesses 43,5 % of the holding actions. Therefore, after the announcement that France Telecom has the intention to buy TeliaSonera, its actions price has fallen in with 21 %. If the transaction would be made, in Europe would have appeared the largest operator of communications, serving 237 million of subscribers. Thus, the costs, by 2013, also would have decreased by 700 million euro. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-france-telecom-did-not-buy-teliasonera.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Because of the fact that Sony Ericsson has cancelled the Bei Bei smart phone’s release, the engineering versions of the phone which were dispatch worldwide, have got the status of collection models. One of the HowardForums.com users is selling two BeiBei phones - one engineering sample has already left for $530, the second will be sold after an "offers which the seller cannot refuse ". However, it is quite probable, that Sony Ericsson nevertheless will let out the BeiBei (as well as Paris) phone in a limited series for the Asian market. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-beibei-have-got-the-status-of-a-collection-model.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT On the official site of Nokia, there was a video clip evidently showing what the Nokia N96 will be. I shall remind, the double slide Nokia N96 will appear on sale this quarter, it will be equipped with a 2,8-inch screen, 16 Gb built in memory, A-GPS and 5 MP digital camera with flash and video recording. The novelty will approximately cost 550 EUR, but the price will vary depending on the operator and the tariff plan. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-n96-is-live.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The operator of mobile communication T-Mobile, has announced today the sale release of a new mobile phone - Motorola ROKR E8. The musical mobile phone sales will begin on July, 7th, 2008, the cost of Motorola ROKR E8, under the condition of signing a contract with T-Mobile, will be 200 US dollars ($199.99 - if to be exact). Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-rokr-e8-is-coming-on-sale.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Company Motorola has informed on signing the contract with the Vietnamese operator of mobile communication Vinaphone (belonging to company Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT)) according to which, company Motorola will build a GSM network for the Vinaphone operator in 12 provinces of Vietnam. The sum of the contract is 28 million US dollars. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-will-build-gsm-network-in-vietnam.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT As the vice-president of Nokia, Kai Oistamo has declared at press conference in London, mobile phones based on a uniform Symbian mobile platform with a standardized interface will released, aproximately, in 2010. We shall remind, that the companies Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO on the 10th anniversary day of Symbian have declared the creation of a noncommercial organization Symbian Foundation. The participants have planned to create a common platform with an uniform user interface based on S60, UIQ and MOAP. Kai Oistamo has informed that within two years the new Symbian-platform will be accessible under the open-source license. Also, as he said, the first S60-elements for the unified operational system will be ready in the beginning of 2009. The S60 3rd edition Platform and the Symbian Foundation releases will be reciprocaly compatible. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-symbian-smart-phones-with-a-single-interface-will-appear-in-2010.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Semcblog.wordpress.com blog, which usually is publishing accurate information in general, has reported new details on the Sony Ericsson phone, under the code-name of Linda. It is a Walkman-slider on the A2 platform, with a 3.2 Mp camera and, according to some rumours, the same display as the W760 has. We have to mention that in the Sony Ericsson’s lab, there is another clamshell Walkman - phone, under the code-name Alicia. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-linda-code-name-of-the-new-walkman-phone.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The well known source The Boy Genius Report has published preliminary information about the new phone, which is supposedly now being developed in the Motorola Company under the working title Alexander. So far, neither the image nor the full specifications of the device, but the source said that this will be a new flagship model of the Motorola range. It maybe that this will be the last flagship in the company's history, he is seen as "the last line of defense." It is reported that Motorola Alexander will receive a 5 Mp digital camera, maybe even 8 megapixel. Also it is mentioned the graphics chip from NVIDIA, embedded GPS-receiver, touch screen and operating system Symbian UIQ, perhaps even 4.0 or more. Motorola Alexander announcement is expected in October 2008. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-alexander.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Nokia Company has announced the sales commencement of the new multimedia mobile phone - Nokia N78. The first multimedia mobile phones Nokia N78 will be able to buy the U.S. residents. The recommended price of Nokia N78, in the U.S., is 560 dollars. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-n78-for-sale.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The analytical company "Informa Telecoms and Media", has recently published a report accordingly to which, the number of 3G services subscribers in Europe exceeded 100 million. That’s why, the penetration of 3G in Europe is 11.1%. The total number of subscribers in Europe is 910 million. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-3g-network-conquers-europe.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT It's no secret that Palm remains on the flow mainly because of the inexpensive Centro smartphones. Until today, Centro were only available to subscribers of several foreign operators, but the company decided to release the smart phones on the free market. This means, that very soon, it will be possible to buy a GSM-version of Palm Centro at a price of around $ 300. Together with the above stated, the Palm representatives have declared that in the list of standard software will be included such useful tools from Google as Maps and My Location, which allows the user to determine its location and display it on the map. For the operators’ Centro versions, later will be released a special update that will add the Google services. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-palm-centro-get-rid-of-the-operators-handcuffs.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Human kind is getting closer to the standard of living, established by many science-fiction movies. As writes Silicon.com, thanks to the Indian company Infosys research, the mobile phones will be able to demonstrate 3D-images, movies, games and other content. For example, the portable devices will be able to create a volumetric image of the accident’s place, so that the doctors can remotely support those who provide first aid. The three-dimensional image will be created with the help of a certain number of two-dimensional images. Between two devices, will be transferred a relatively compressed information on precisely these pictures, the device at the other end will create the hologram by itself. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-mobile-phones-will-be-able-to-reproduce-holograms-already-by-2010.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The rumours about cancelling the Paris and BeiBei smartphones found their confirmation on this weekend - the blog.se-nse.net blog has published the information that the project is officially closed because of the specialists’ negative feedback received based on the engineering samples. However, as the source is mentioning, the phones are likely to survive and then reincarnate on the selected Asian markets, since they are almost ready for production. In this situation, the next official Sony Ericsson Smartphone remains the excellent XPERIA X1, announced at the Mobile Congress in Barcelona. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-sony-ericsson-paris-and-beibei-smartphones-are-cancelled.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Nokia Company has announced today the signing of an agreement with a private company called Plazes, under which Nokia buys all the Plazes assets. Also, under the administration of Nokia will be forwarded 13 Plazes employees. We remind that with the help of Plazes service, people registered in Plazes and being nearby, can "find" each other and get acquainted. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-buys-the-plazes-service.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The need to install their own Google phone services, is delaying the release of the Android smartphone for such operators as Sprint and China Mobile, has announced today’s Wall Street Journal. It is expected that in these two cases, the phone will be delayed at least until 2009. However, the phone with OS Android, which will be released in the U.S. under the T-Mobile logo, as expected, will appear at the end of 2008. If the Wall Street Journal is true, it can be assumed that the Google smartphone will be released at the end of the year, but not for all the operators. The delayed release of the phones with OS Android for some operators could play as a good card for Apple. Judging from what has recently revealed Google, the functionality of the Android platform is fully capable to compete with iPhone. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-some-operators-will-delay-the-os-android-phone-release.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT In the Symbian’s history is coming an important day – on June 24, 1998, Symbian Ltd. was founded. Its founders became the companies: Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion. Currently there are 1493 employees working in the Symbian Company. The company's co-owners are Nokia (47,9%), Ericsson (15,6%), Sony Ericsson (13,1%) Panasonic (10,5%), Samsung (4,5%) and Siemens (8,4%) . Since Symbian was founded, 206 million of phones were produced under same name operating system. To celebrate the anniversary, the Symbian Company has opened a special section on its Web site. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-june-24-2008---symbian-marks-10-years-of-activity.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT At the Communicasia 2008 exhibition was presented a new phone-slider with sliding QWERTY-keyboard from the LG Company. LG KS360 – a compact device for those who still prefer instead of the touch-screen keyboard / tactile administration, the hardware QWERTY text input method. The novelty works in the GSM / EDGE networks (tri-band), it is equipped with a 2.4 - inch display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels, MP3-player, FM-radio, 2 Mp camera, Bluetooth and USB interface. At the moment, the LG KS360 sales began only in Asia, although, shortly, the device may appear in other regions too. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-ks360-slider-with-a-qwerty-keyboard.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT According to the iShare company research, about 91% of mobile phone users in Japan are not going to buy the iPhone. The survey was conducted before the iPhone 3G presentation in San Francisco. More than half of those who still plan to buy a phone, are the clients of the Softbank operator – the same which will offer iPhone in the Country of the sun rising. According to iShare, approximately 77.1% of respondents prefer phones with a replaceable battery, while 22.9% was not concerned by this fact. In the survey took part 402 respondents. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-poll-91-of-japanese-do-not-intend-to-buy-the-3g-iphone.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Portelligent Company, which has conducted a cost analysis of the first iPhone components, believes that the cost of the iPhone 3G components do not exceed $ 100. This is what EETimes.com writes today. For comparison, the cost of the first generation iPhone components was $ 170. According to Forward Concepts analyst, Will Strauss, the Apple Company is not only continuing to use the relatively inexpensive Infineon chip, but it also acquires the GPS-modules from a German company. According to Portelligent, the value of the assembled sensitive display is about $ 30, 8 GB NAND-memory costs about $ 20.The new Infineon chipset with HSDPA support could be just $ 15 more expensive, and another $ 5 for the GPS-module. In general, apart from the operators’ subsidies, Apple earns on each 3G iPhone 8 GB $ 99. However, we must bear in mind that this is the direct cost only for components - the cost of iPhone developing and marketing is not included. Overally, Portelligent concludes: the Apple Company expects excellent financial prospects with the new iPhone. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-cost-of-the-3g-iphone-components----100.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The LG Company has started the LG Decoy sales in the mobile communications network of the Verizon Wireless operator. LG Decoy is interesting primarily because of the wireless phone headset attached. It’s included in the package content. The headset pocket is located on the rear side of the phone. The LG Decoy’s price, when signing a two-year contract, is 170 U.S. dollars. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-lg-decoy-is-on-sale.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT From several sources we have gathered “live” photos of the Sony Ericsson C905 device – a new photo-phone that is the spear’s edge of the Japan-Swedish company at the moment. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-there-are-available-more.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The German network SMS-shop (it really exists) uses in its promotional materials, which announce "new Nokia players", the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic – an iPhone-like monoblock with touchscreen. Till now it’s really difficult to say how close to the beginning of 5800 sales we are, and whether the image is real or fake. But this poster allows us to take a glimpse at the touchscreen interface of the novelty. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-5800-xpressmusic---already-on-advertising-posters.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Worst fears were confirmed - the Sony Ericsson company introduced five new phones (among them a new gaming phone and photo-phone), but the BeiBei and Paris smartphones (which, apparently, have received the P10 index) were not among them. When these handsets will be announced - is not known. However, it is noteworthy that the traditional for Sony Ericsson VIP support for these phones, including planned "leakage" of information on the Internet, give us the idea that most likely, the Japanese-Swedish company assumed that the devices would be launched sooner. We also have to mention that, according to some rumors, the P10 release was already postponed several times. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-has-not-presented-the-beibei-and-paris-smartphones.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Motorola’s crisis is not weakening at all. As it became known just recently, the U.S. Company intends to close the design center in Birmingham, which now provides 120 jobs. It is expected that 50% of the center’s workforce will be reduced and the rest will be moved to new locations. Earlier, Motorola has announced the dismissal of 150 employees of the Research Center. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-closes-the-design-center-in-birmingham.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Tomorrow, Sony Ericsson will introduce another middle class device - S302. It is not difficult to guess from the title, the phone has a fairly average camera, which allows making images on the go, but does not care very much about their quality. Characteristics:      • Screen: 176x220 pixels, 2 ", TFT      • Camera: 2 Mp, without autofocus      • Memory: 20 MB + M2 card      • Browser: NetFront xHTML      • Multimedia: BT 2.0, A2DP, FM / RDS, TrackID      • Dimensions: 101x46 x11 mm, weight - 79 g Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-s302-snapshot---another-middle-class-phone.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT So far, the potential Sony Ericsson buyers could see only the photos of the white prototype C905 slider, which were not too impressive. Now the se4m.com site shows pictures of the black slider version. The phone looks more presentable, but it is evident his thickness. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-new-black-sony-ericsson-c905-live-photos.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT As reported by Akihabaranews.com, on June 20, the Toshiba Company will introduce a new smartphone - G810. The device works on Windows Mobile 6.1 and will support HSDPA / HSUPA. The device will be equipped with a 2,83 "QVGA-screen, 3 Mp camera, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, FM / RDS, integrated GPS with A-GPS and up to 4 GB of memory on board (microSD). Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-june-20-toshiba-will-introduce-a-new-smartphone---g810.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Motorola dismisses 20% of the staff of one of the main company’s units - the research department. Exactly this department’s staff, at his time, designed a huge number of technological innovations, including, in fact, the mobile phone itself. 120 of the 600 engineers will be laid off and the work of another 180 will be reorganized. On this background, there were unconfirmed rumours that the company postpones the launch of many Motorola phones. In general, since the Congress in Barcelona, no new products were presented, except the ones in "espionage" form. The leaders of the Motorola Company have chosen the plan to separate the mobile phone unit, but some analysts have assumed that the initial difficult financial situation practically ensures a quick financial death of the new separated company. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-crisis-becomes-even-worse.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT On the uncertainty background surrounding the Motorola Company, the American manufacturer continues to fuel the interest in the ZN5 phone (it is the supposed index), which uses the Kodak photo brand to attract public attention. In late of May, on the web have even appeared some test pictures - which have totally failed to impress. The Justamp.blogspot.com blog has just served a new batch of images. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-there-are-available-more-regular-photos-of-the-motorola-zn5.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Italian Vodafone site has just published the prices for the new iPhone 3G, which can be purchased without a contract. 8 GB model will cost EUR499, 16 GB - EUR569. If converted in US dollars the price is approximately $ 750 and $ 850. Judging all the circumstances, it seems that this will be the price of the "free" iPhone in Europe, if any of the operators will decide to sell them. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-new-free-3g-iphones-will-cost-about-eur499569-in-italy.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The HP Company has reported that the sales of the first Communicators of the iPAQ 900 Business Messenger series will begin in June 30. These devices are targeted as it is easy to understand from the title, mostly for the business users. The Communicator works under Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it operates on the second as well as on the third generation networks. The iPAQ 900 series models have the following specs: QVGA-display, 3 - Mp camera, built-in GPS-receiver, support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The HP Company notes that the new communicators will be available worldwide beginning on 30 June (although, in various regions, the date of initiation may vary), their value has not yet been reported. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-hp-ipaq-900-communicator-sales-start-on-june-30.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT As the semcblog.wordpress.com blog writes, Sony Ericsson is ready to present the middle class phone F305, which will have pronounced gaming features and there will be also FM-radio and stereo speakers.  The device’s appearance is not known yet, but the source suggests that the phone will be presented on June 17 in the global announcement of Sony Ericsson. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-is-ready-to-present-the-new-gaming-phone---f305.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The musical phone, Sony Ericsson W760, has already managed to earn the love of many users. And now we were told about a new modification of this device, called Sony Ericsson W760 MTV. The phone’s functionality remained unchanged, which cannot be said of its appearance. Sony Ericsson W760 MTV was painted in a funny, cheerful pattern of colors, which will stand out in any situation completely, and raise anybody’s mood. Let’s recall that the phone is equipped with a 2.2 - inch display, QVGA resolution, 3,2 - megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth supporting stereo profile, Walkman 3.0 player and support for HSDPA. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-w760-mtv---a-new-look.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Recently we have already written about the the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone appearance on the Canadian site of the Rogers Wireless cellular operator. And now we’ve found out that Rogers and RIM have officially presented the device. Let’s remind that the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 has a processor with a 312 MHz frequency, 2.2 - inch TFT LCD-display with a resolution of 260 x 240 pixels, 2 - megapixel camera, Bluetooth-module, Wi-Fi and slot for microSD memory cards. When signing a 3 year contract with the operator, BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will cost 148 dollars. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-blackberry-pearl-8120-was-officially-presented-in-canada.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT On the esato.com forum has appeared "live" pictures of the forthcoming Sony Ericsson phone. The device is compared with RAZR, which gives an opportunity to evaluate its size. It is noteworthy that the name Q440i on one of the screen-shots is the codename. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-there-are-available-live-photos-of-the-sony-ericsson-c905.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The available Apple iPhone for $ 199 (two-year contract with AT&T) is the same as iPod nano with the same amount of memory (in USA). It is true that iPhone sales could seriously damage the iPod. Arithmetic is not favorable for players - iPod touch with 8 GB memory it is sold with $ 100 more than the iPhone; iPod touch with 16 GB memory, it’s also more expensive with $ 100 than the similar iPhone 3G model. Given that iPod sales are making 40% of the total Apple’s income, and the U.S. - the largest market of the Cupertino company - is experiencing a slowdown in consumer activity (also due to the fuel prices growth and the economic recession), the Apple products users’ behavior will be closely monitored. While the investors are waiting: yesterday, the Apple shares finished the day with a 2.13% decline and the NASDAQ stock index fell by 0.61%. This means that the market is not confident in the Apple profits growth. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-iphone-could-be-harmful-to-ipod.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The fast downfall of the iPhone value can be explained simply: AT&T will subsidize the phone, attracting new customers. This is a standard practice for the American operator. According to AT&T, such a scheme would allow the company a profit only in 2010. AT&T - the largest GSM-operator of the country - has signed with Apple a multiyear partnership agreement. It worths to be mentioned that many observers had expected such a subsidy at the time of the first iPhone debut. How much it will cost in the overseas markets and what conditions of subsidy are planned – is not known so far. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-att-subsidizes-iphone-to-attract-new-customers.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Christian Dior House and the ModeLabs Company have decided that the phone with the same name that costs $5 thousand - is too cheap. Therefore, was set up a special version of Lady Dior, generously encrusted with Swarovski stones (that are not even precious stones). The price of the new phone - $ 28 thousands.As in the case of Vertu, it’s meaningless to check the phone’s technical specifications: QVGA-screen, 2 Mp digital camera.Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-christian-dior-phone-has-become-even-more-expensive.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT A couple of months ago, on the web has appeared the information that another U.S. operator Verizon Wireless will begin selling the Palm Centro smartphone. And if then we could not tell you exactly when Verizon Wireless will begin selling this smartphone and how much it will cost, now we will share this information. The internet portal PhoneArena has reported that Palm Centro will be on sale from June 13. Without a contract with Verizon Wireless, it will cost $ 389.99, when signing a two-year contract, it’s slightly cheaper - $ 269.99. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-june-13-palm-centro-will-be-on-sale-at-the-verizon-wireless-operator.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The third-largest U.S. cellular operator Sprint announced the launch of updated up to Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM- operating system of smartphones Motorola Q9c. Update software of these smartphones will be able to all subscribers of Sprint. It is necessary to remind that the original device is running on Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The phone has a 2.4-inch TFT-display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels, 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth module and 128 MB of memory. Source: GSMPress postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sprint-has-updated-os-motorola-q9c.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Sony Ericsson Company has signed a contract with Warner Music. By its terms, the new music phones of the company will be sold along with preloaded Madonna’s content. The devices will include either the new Hard Candy album, or individual tracks. The promo will be applied, at least in 3 dozen of countries. In the first place, the opportunity to acquire such a mobile will be given to South America’s residents, a month later – to Europe. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-sony-ericsson-phones-will-be-sold-with-the-new-madonnas-album.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Just recently, the Newsweek magazine wrote that the entire distribution network of Quanta companies and Apple are working with an incredible intensity, and the boxes with mysterious contents are shipped to distributors even in Australia. All this may indicate that the new version of iPhone expects a global launch. Within a month it could be spread throughout the world. The boxes in Australia, according to the Mactalk.com.au, are sent as secret military directives, with the indication not to open them up to June 10, 2008. It is expected that the phone's debut in Australia will happen on June 17 - at the same time when Apple store in Sydney will be opened. As recently known, the O2 British operator representatives were told to expect a "hot" first half of July. The key speech of Steve Jobs is scheduled for June 9. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-is-apple-preparing-a-massive-iphone-launch.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Traditionally for Japanese devices, Panasonic 921P is made in the clamshell form factor and has a traditional design. New product can operate in networks as WCDMA and GSM and is equipped with an internal 3.1-inch display with very high resolution of 854x480 pixels, 262 K colors and external monochrome display with a resolution of 128x36 pixels. For the shooting it is 5.1 MP camera with self-focusing, image stabilization function and the recognition of faces. There are also front VGA camera for video calls, slot microSDHC, module Bluetooth, IrDA, GPS module and digital TV tuner that works in the format 1-Seg. The size of the device is of 109x50x17.5 mm, and the weight is of 125 gr. The price of Panasonic 921P is yet unknown. Source: GSMPress postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-panasonic-921p---powerful-cameraphone-from-japan.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT A few days ago we had already published a picture of new cell phone Nokia 7310 Classic. And now there are several more high-quality images of the device, showing a novelty in all beauty. It is necessary to remind that Nokia 7310 Classic provides 2.2-inch display with QVGA-resolution capable to reflect of up to 16 million colors, 3.2 MP camera with self-focusing, Bluetooth 2.0 with support for stereo profile, FM-tuner, 3.5 - mm audio connection and slot for memory cards microSD. Source: GSMPress postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-new-photos-of-nokia-7310-classic.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Canadian cellular operator Fido started selling the cell phone Sony Ericsson Z750i. It is necessary to remind that this device has an internal 2.2 - inch display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels and an external 1.1 - inch display with a resolution of 128x36 pixels, 2 MP camera with the possibility of video recording, Bluetooth 2.0, FM-tuner and Media player. With the weight of 110 gr the phone size is only of 97 x 49 x 20.1 mm. If you conclude a 3-year contract with the operator Sony Ericsson Z750i will cost you only 101 dollar. If you choose a 2-year contract you will purchase this phone for 327 dollars, and its price without a contract is 402 dollars. Source: GSMPress postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-z750i-appeared-in-canada.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in the Locust Corner area west of the village of Amelia that improves its network coverage along State Route 749 from US Route 52 to Lindale, along 10 Mile Road from State Route 749 to White Oak Road, and along Bradbury/White Oak Road from 9 Mile Road to 10 Mile Road. With the improved network coverage, more customers can use their wireless phones to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; download music, games and ringtones; and view high-quality videos while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls. "Network reliability is the No. 1 reason that customers choose and stay with Verizon Wireless," said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "Getting through on the first try and maintaining a connection are important to our customers. We continue to optimize our network so that it remains the most reliable in the nation." This new cell site is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Ohio and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $45 billion since it was formed -- $5.5 billion on average every year -- to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services. Last year, the company invested nearly $190 million in its Ohio network improvements. postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-verizon-wireless-activates-new-cell-site-in-clermont-county-ohio.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Businesses can stay connected to their corporate e-mail using their everyday wireless phones with RemoSync, the newest out-of-the-box e-mail application available to Verizon Wireless customers. Available on select Get It Now(R)-capable phones, RemoSync allows customers who use Microsoft Exchange Servers for their businesses to manage their e-mail, calendar and contacts in real-time on their phones -- all for less than $10 monthly access. RemoSync, developed by Remoba, is ideal for small and medium business and enterprise customers who need the tools to manage their business activities, without purchasing separate smartphones or PDAs. The Direct Push Technology allows customers to automatically view their e-mail when they launch the application on their phones. "The addition of RemoSync gives our business customers the added features of a business device on the phones they carry with them every day," said Andrea Caldini, executive director of product management and development for Verizon Wireless. "We expect the average customer to use between one and two megabytes of data per month, making RemoSync an affordable solution for businesses. Plus, since the phones run on the most reliable wireless voice and data network in the country, our customers can stay connected to their business communications when they are on the go." postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-verizon-wireless-phones-can-now-access-corporate-e-mail-with-remosync_767.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced that its subsidiary Stratos Wireless Inc. has been granted a spectrum license by Industry Canada to offer the BGAN mobile satellite service to Canadian businesses and government agencies. Stratos is the first company licensed to offer BGAN to the Canadian market. Stratos is one of the world's largest distributors of Inmarsat's BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network), a mobile satellite service that uses portable, lightweight terminals to provide simultaneous, high-speed data (up to 492 kbps) and voice connectivity anywhere in the world. BGAN is ideally suited to enable communications in areas where terrestrial or cellular networks are damaged, congested, or non-existent. Since its introduction in 2006, BGAN from Stratos has been widely adopted by military & NGO agencies, media organizations, first responders and professionals in many other industries worldwide. Stratos now boasts BGAN customers in 185 countries, which cover 95 percent of the BGAN footprint. These customers fully utilize the Stratos Advantage, a suite of value-added services that help make BGAN usage more productive and affordable. "Now that we offer BGAN from Stratos to the Canadian market, we expect a significant number of professionals and government officials to benefit from the same high levels of convenience, performance and productivity that BGAN has been providing to others worldwide," said Stratos President and CEO Jim Parm. "We look forward to working with leading Canadian organizations to demonstrate how Stratos can make mobile broadband satellite solutions easy to use and efficient to own." postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-stratos-is-first-company-licensed-to-offer-bgan-mobile-satellite-service-to-canadian-market.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The company Samsung presented a new cell phone called the Samsung Steel. The name of the phone let us know that it is not an ordinary Korean company device. Samsung Steel fully justifies its name – the body of device is made of steel. Navigation panel reminds us a little Samsung Soul, but the functionality of the device is much weaker. Samsung Steel is intended for use in the networks of GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz), has the support of HSDPA and can offer users 2.2-inch display, Bluetooth module, DAB-receiver and slot for memory cards microSD (up to 8 GB). New product will appear in the sales of the cellular network operator Vodafone in June this year. Source: GSMPress postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-samsung-steel-for-vodafone.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Nokia E66 smartphone has appeared in our news not only once. And now we’ve found out that the device has received the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. Let’s recall that the business smartphone is made in the slide form-factor. It can offer to users a 3.2 - megapixel camera, 128 megabytes of embedded memory, GPS-module and support for the third-generation networks.   Other information about Nokia E66 has not yet appeared. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-nokia-e66-was-approved-by-fcc.html Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT Among the phone manufacturers using the brands of automobile manufacturers, has appeared a new player. Following the expensive Motorola-Ferrari and Asus-Lamborghini, Sony Ericsson has decided to launch a luxurious handset for the Ducati bikes fans. Sony Ericsson Ducati Z770 represents a clamshell, which will appear in Italy this summer - in June. The novelty is based on the SonyEricsson Z770 platform and will be different through the Ducati style – the body pattern, themes, screensavers, videos and even the Bluetooth-headset HBHDS-220 will remind the famous Italian stable. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-sony-ericsson-ducati-z770-is-going-to-conquer-italy.html Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT Morodo Ltd is pleased to announce that its popular low-cost calling software, MO-Call, is now available for Blackberry mobiles. MO-Call provides seamless international calling from the Blackberry Curve 8300, 8310 and 8320; Pearl 8100, 8110, 8120 and 8130; and the Blackberry 8800, 8820 and 8830.Andrew Reid, Managing Director at Morodo stated that, "Blackberry users can now benefit from the substantial savings of MO-Call. Business users finally have a viable alternative to the very expensive outbound international calling tariffs levied by Mobile Network Operators. No change in user behaviour is required to use MO-Call, there's no need to change handset, mobile number or network provider, that's an important consideration for IT Managers responsible for reducing costs whilst maintaining vast fleets of company mobiles." Mr. Reid said.James Barnes, Morodo's Technical Director, said, "MO-Call for Blackberry mobiles has been developed to offer a seamless way of using the MO-Call service. It's simple to make calls, once the application is switched on, just dial and save."Mr. Barnes went on to say that he was, "Very happy with this achievement as it represents a good example of porting an existing application to yet another technology platform. Morodo's Research and Development team in Beijing, China intends to provide software applications for every popular mobile device group, operating system and manufacturer, offering the widest possible hardware footprint for the MO-Call service. Today we support 550 devices." Source: GSM Press postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-low-cost-calls-from-blackberry-mobiles.html Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT Skycore, LLC, developers of Cellyspace, has today launched their Point-Of-Purchase (POP) messaging application enabling brands and retailers to increase sales by engaging in-store shoppers with coupons, product information and fun content sent to their mobile phones.This Cellyspace POP-to-MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) application enables marketers to expand the reach of traditional digital signage and POP/POS displays with informative and promotional MMS messages sent directly to the shopper's phone while on location. They can promote across all stores or at select specific retailers and regions.In a typical implementation, marketers would tag a custom Cellyspace keyword and shortcode on a product, its packaging or corresponding POP/POS display. As shoppers consider purchasing that item, they opt-in to receive the brand's message by simply texting the keyword to the shortcode."What makes this technology unique is its broad reach - up to 75% of mobile phones are now MMS enabled - and the ability for marketers to cost- effectively inform and engage prospective customers on location at that critical point of sale," said Rich Eicher, president of Skycore, LLC.Source: GSM Press postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-receive-mms-including-coupons-content-and-product-reviews.html Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT A month ago we already have wrote that the HTC Touch Dual smartphone received the approval of the USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC). And now we’ve found out that this device will be available to users in the American chain stores - Best Buy. HTC Touch Dual will be on sale at a price of 549 dollars. Let’s recall that this device runs under Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. HTC Touch Dual is equipped with a 400 MHz frequency processor, 128 megabytes of RAM, 256 megabytes of ROM, 2,6 - inch touch screen, Bluetooth 2.0 and memory card slot for microSD. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-htc-touch-dual-will-appear-in-the-best-buy-network.html Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Canadian company, Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturer of the Blackberry smartphones, rejected the request of the Indian authorities, to allow them access the data exchanged between subscribers, reported BBC News. India fears that the criminals and terrorist can use the Blackberry services of data protection for their aims. That’s why the Indian side requested the key for decryption. However, representatives of Research in Motion have responded that the system of corporate e-mail protection, which the Blackberry clients use, had been originally designed to exclude the access to the personal information of the third parties, including the producer-company. According to the BBC data, today in India's BlackBerry service, which is offered by the Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone and BPL Mobile operators, are enrolled about 115 thousand people. Even so, the number is constantly growing. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-blackberry-does-not-allow-to-spy-its-clients.html Wed, 28 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The South Korean company, Samsung Electronics, today, at the recently opened "S60 Summit" in Barcelona, has officially announced its business smartphone, L870, in the slider form factor, based on Symbian operating system with the S60 interface. This model has become the 79th in the list of devices based on the Series 60 interface. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-the-company-has-officially-announced-the-samsung-l870-symbian-smartphone.html Wed, 28 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Dutch site with a very life inspiring name, MacFreak,  shows photos of the phone, which, according to the author, is the new 3G iPhone. According to the source, the photos were received from a European manufacturer of accessories for mobile phones. The new images generally coincide with those previously appeared on the Internet. However, there is no guarantee that this is the real phone. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-a-dutch-site-shows-more-photos-of-the-3g-iphone.html Wed, 28 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT In the global network have just emerged the official images of the forthcoming business smartphones Nokia E66 and Nokia E71. We have already written about them in the news: Nokia E66 - a slider, and Nokia E71 – a monoblock with integrated QWERTY-keyboard. The devices’ release had been expected for long time already, but for some reason has not yet taken place. According to the already known, although unconfirmed information, both smartphones are equipped with QVGA-display, GPS-receiver, 3.2 Mp camera and supports the second and third network standards. Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-official-images-of-nokia-e66-and-nokia-e71.html Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Taiwan resource, ePrice, has published information and many photos of the Motorola A810 mobile phone, which has not yet been officially announced. This phone is for sale, mainly on the Asian market. Let’s recall that about a month ago, the device was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ePrice had the opportunity to explore the Motorola A810 prototype, and the result proved that the majority of previously known information on this model was confirmed. One of the useful features is the device’s possibility of handwriting recognition. The source notes the following features of Motorola A810:      * Networks GSM / EDGE      * 2.4 inch touch screen with a resolution of 240x320 pixels      * 2 Mp digital camera      * 21 MB internal memory      * MicroSD-slot      * 3.5 mm connector      * Interfaces: USB, Bluetooth (with A2DP profile)      * MP3-player      * FM-radio Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-motorola-a810-new-details.html Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The Japanese mobile operator WILLCOM, which provides services in the PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) standard, today has announced a new communicator model, WILLCOM 03, which operating system is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic. This model is manufactured by Sharp and also has another internal name: WS020SH. This communicator has the side slider form factor, but on the front side, under the main display, is located a touch pad, which, depending on the mode of input, can also change its management status: when dialing a number – it shows numbers, when you enter text - characters, and while "walking" on the menu - navigation keys. Brief WILLCOM 03 (WS020SH) specifications: Communication standards and wireless data transmission support: PHS, WLAN (IEEE802.11b / g), Bluetooth 2.0, IrDA Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic, Japanese Edition Processor: Marvell PXA270 520 MHz  Display: 3 inch, Mobile ASV (with a touch pad), resolution of 480x800 pixels, displaying more than 65 thousand colors. Memory: Flash 256 Mb / SDRAM 128 MB, microSD memory card Built-2 MP camera with autofocus Built-TV tuner (one-segment) Dimensions: 50x116x17,9 mm Weight: 135 grams (including battery) Source: GSMpress ® postmaster@gsmpress.com News http://www.gsmpress.com/eng/news-willcom-03-the-new-windows-mobile-communicator-from-sharp-for-phs-networks.html Mon, 26 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The new, interesting, stylish and easy to use mobile phones Philips 198 and Philips 199 will make the communicat