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Huawei has set more than 20 million mobile broadband devices

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:02:00 +0000

The company Huawei Technologies announced that to date it shipped over 20 million mobile broadband devices to more than 115 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa and the Middle East. The company is cooperating in this area, with 230 operators worldwide.

Manufacturer notes that this year's global growth in sales of mobile broadband solutions, including card data, peripherals and embedded modems, significantly higher than in 2006 and 2007gg. Over the next three years, analysts expect average annual increase in the number of shipments of such products by 46%. By 2011. Annual sales of mobile devices, broadband, they estimated to reach 100 million units.

Recently, Huawei has become a partner in an international industry group GSMA. It was agreed to work together to products designed for mobile networks 3G. In the first phase of the joint efforts of Huawei and the GSMA will create applications that allow subscribers to share images, information and other data with mobile phones, computers or the Internet.

MySpace and RIM Shatter Download Records

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:26:00 +0000

MySpace for BlackBerry Smartphones Exceeds 400,000 Downloads in First Week

Los Angeles, CA and Waterloo, ON - MySpace, the world’s premier social network, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today announced record download numbers of the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application in its first week of availability.

Since the application’s launch on November 13, 2008 there have been more than 400,000 downloads which represents an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads. Through the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application, users collectively sent and received more than 15 million messages and updated their mood and status over two million times in the first week.

“We established an innovative and collaborative partnership with RIM to address a key desire of consumers to have greater mobile connectivity and interaction with their friends and the global community at large,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and chief executive officer of MySpace. “This record shows just how much of a force in the mobile consumer space RIM and MySpace have become.”

“This rapid adoption is a reflection of an evolving consumer lifestyle where social connectivity and information access are more important than ever,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Research In Motion. “This powerful new mobile application combines social networking and mobility in a highly personalized and empowering manner and we are very excited to see such a positive response in the first week.”

The MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones application is fully optimized to deliver rich content and data to users on the go. MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones integrates MySpace’s primary social networking components with the BlackBerry platform to provide instant, push-based messaging to users. It is available for download at www.blackberry.com/myspace or m.myspace.com from your BlackBerry® Browser. The application is available for a wide variety of BlackBerry smartphones, including the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Curve™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ and BlackBerry® 8800™ Series, and will be available to BlackBerry® Storm™ users beginning November 24, 2008.

About BlackBerry® Hub
The BlackBerry hub on My Space empowers the MySpace community to access the latest BlackBerry smartphone news, content, videos, games, ringtones, and skins.

About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. MySpace has created a connected global community by integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums. MySpace's international network includes more than 30 localized community sites in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, India, Japan, and New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS - News, NWS.A - News; ASX:NWS - News, NWSLV - News).

Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, September 2008. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to www.comscore.com.

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Nokia Snags Mobile Marketing Association Award for Innovative Unilever Campaign

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:41:45 +0000

ESPOO, Finland, -- Nokia took home a Mobile Marketing Association Award for its innovative work on a mobile advertising campaign for Unilever's Seda Teens Shampoo in Brazil. The initial goal of handsets sold for this product launch was met after only one month, prompting four increases in volume to meet retailer demand, still selling out after only two months.

The campaign, which won an award in the Branding Category for Latin America, drew consumers in with a branded mobile device, downloads, a game, a social networking site, and ads that ran on the Nokia Media Network. The Nokia Media Network is a premium, handset-agnostic mobile advertising network comprised of top-tier global publishers, operator partners and Nokia services such as Nokia.mobi.

"We were excited to take part in this new marketing initiative, allowing us to reach the consumers we want on the device they want," said Paula Lopes, marketing manager for Unilever. "This campaign shows how innovative both Nokia and Unilever are when it comes to reaching consumers."

Nokia and F.biz, Unilever's mobile agency, developed the mobile advertising campaign including:

-- A customized device -- the Nokia 5200 Pink packaging came with a Seda Teens-branded sleeve, phone jewelry and a folder presenting the Seda Teens offer;

-- Customized software preloaded with Seda Teens advertisements in the opening and closing screens, four Seda Teens 'themes,' a Seda-branded game and MP3s from a popular Brazilian band;

-- Bookmarks preloaded to the device, pointing to a Seda Teens game named "Dancing Star;"

-- A branded social networking site, accessible on both mobile and the traditional web, that allowed users to browse beauty and health tips, horoscopes and an area called "Experts," where they could submit questions on life; and

-- Banner ads that ran on the Nokia Media Network and decks of all major Brazilian mobile operators, leading to a download page for the game and the community site.

In addition to selling out inventory four times, the campaign generated twice the number of visits to the mobile site than the traditional website and more than 11,000 game downloads. The mobile website averaged a 10 percent click-through rate.

Nokia Interactive Advertising helps brands reach the potential global audience of 3.3 billion consumers with mobile devices. Through the Nokia Media Network and Nokia Interactive Solutions, Nokia Interactive Advertising provides brands with all they need to connect with and engage consumers with mobile advertising.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

Juniper Research: On-portal betting to push mobile gambling wagers to $27.5 billion by 2013

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:43 +0000

A change in operator attitudes towards mobile gambling, user interface improvements and the gradual introduction of legislation permitting remote gambling in selected markets are among the key factors which are expected to push total annual mobile wagers to more than $27.5 billion by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

However, Juniper argues that, while EU intervention was having some impact on the liberalisation of Europe’s gambling markets, little progress had been made in the US market, where remote gambling services are still prohibited and will likely stay so until 2010 at the earliest.

The research company also found that mobile sports betting will comprise the majority of annual wagers over the next five years. On the other hand, mobile lottery services will also grow as they are being increasingly deployed in key Latin American and Asian markets, and will attain the highest adoption level of nearly 400 million users worldwide by the end of 2013.

Other findings from the report include:

Global gross win from mobile gambling services will rise from just under $192 million in 2008 to $3.4 billion by 2013.
In terms of total wager, Western Europe will remain the largest regional mobile gambling market throughout the forecast period, but the relative contribution of the UK will decline significantly with the deployment of more services in continental Europe.
Gambling service providers should deploy text-based gambling services in developing markets to encourage mass adoption.

More information about Juniper’s report “Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries and Betting 2008-2013 (Fifth Edition)” is available from their website.

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AdMob: iPhone is the #1 device used on our network!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:05:03 +0000

AdMob is out with their monthly Mobile Metrics Report. This time they have a big news to report - iPhone has surpassed Motorola RAZR to become the #1 device used worldwide on their network, with 37% of requests coming from outside of the US.

The iPhone experienced particularly explosive growth across AdMob’s network following the launch of the company’s unique ad units for iPhone sites and applications in July 2008. At the moment, there are more than 400 applications and sites in the AdMob’s iPhone Network. During the month of October, AdMob reached more than four million unique iPhones, or about 30% of the devices in the market.

Other highlights from the October 2008 report:

17% of iPhone requests came from Western Europe and 8% from Asia. Top markets worldwide include the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Switzerland.
In the US the iPhone is the #2 device behind the Motorola RAZR and in the UK it is the #3 device, behind the Nokia N95 and Sony Ericsson K800i.
Traffic from Latin America and the Caribbean doubled in the past 12 months to 109 million requests in October 2008. The fastest growing countries in the region include Puerto Rico, Guyana, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico.
Motorola, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson all have more than 20% market share in Latin America and are leaders in different markets. The Motorola RAZR is the top device in the market, followed by the iPhone.
Worldwide requests grew 13.8% month over month to 5.8 billion. US requests grew 7.9% to 2.2 billion and UK requests grew 16%.
Sony Ericsson passed Motorola to become the #2 handset manufacturer worldwide. Apple jumped ahead of LG and RIM to become the #5 handset manufacturer worldwide.
The top 10 devices worldwide, in order, are the Apple iPhone, Motorola RAZR V3, Nokia N70, Motorola KRZR K1c, Motorola W385, Nokia 6300, Nokia 3110c, Nokia N73, Motorola Z6m, and RIM BlackBerry 8300.

The full October 2008 report with additional details is available from here.

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Huawei Ships Over 20 Million Mobile Broadband Units to Date

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Forms GSMA partnership to drive development of embedded mobile connectivity

[2008 GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, Macau – 19 November 2008] Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions worldwide, has announced that to date it has shipped over 20 million mobile broadband units to over 115 countries covering Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America, Middle East and Africa. Having worked closely with more than 230 international operators, Huawei' s mobile broadband is the preferred choice for operators around the world.

The growth in mobile broadband products including data card, dongles and embedded modems has far exceeded the forecast of the industry in 2006 and 2007 for two consecutive years. Over the next three years, industry analysts expect the mobile broadband market to grow at an amazing Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 46%, with annual shipments reaching 100 million by 2011.

"Huawei has emerged as the gold standard in partnering with operators for mobile broadband devices. Its proven ability to focus on operators' needs, to provide differentiated customization, including award-winning industrial designs, and to deliver robust applications suites has been recognized by operators globally," said Edward Chen, CEO of Huawei Communication Technologies. "Huawei' s robust R&D systems and processes are engineered to ensure a fast response to meet operators' terminal customization requirements. This has helped it achieve a commanding position in mobile broadband products. As the market leader, Huawei is firmly committed in its efforts to driving worldwide broadband penetration and the fast evolution of this technology."

Huawei also revealed today a partnership with GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry. The two have joined forces to help the mobile industry realize the huge potential market for consumer and industrial goods that can connect to 3G mobile networks. The cooperation will initially focus on bringing the benefits of continuous mobile connectivity to consumer electronics. Devices with embedded mobile connections can automatically exchange images, information and other data with mobile phones, computers or the Internet. The cooperation will help Huawei put forward more innovative products and solutions to people, business and society as a whole.

Gameboy Color Inside a TI-83 Series Calculator [DIY]

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Where, oh where were you, Nintendo Gameboy Color disguised as a Texas Instruments TI-83 Series calculator, when I was in school? Where? WHERE? Probably nowhere to be found, really, as Gameboy Colors weren't invented back then, and I was too busy trying to get off latin class to make out with girls in the backyard woods, anyway. But if you had existed back then, I would have been all over you too. That's how much I like you. [Make]

iDEN BlackBerry coming to Telus Mike service?

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:16:23 +0000

Telus BlackBerry 8350i mockup

RIM’s long-overdue BlackBerry 8350i has been locked into Sprint’s Nextel iDEN network, but we haven’t heard about many other international releases aside from Latin America. Well, word has is Telus’ push-to-talk service, Mike, will also be hosting the new BlackBerry Curve in the near future. No word on release date, but they say that this Curve will be a little more ruggedized than the average Curve, which is key for the industrial environments where PTT is most used, and especially necessary when the old Curve devices aren’t exactly the toughest phones on the block. In addition to the usual web browsing, e-mail and music capabilities that all the latest BlackBerrys enjoy, the 8350i will also be packing Wi-Fi and GPS - both handy features no matter what sector you work in.

[via BlackBerrySync]

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Merriam-Websters Unabridged Edition, Spanish-English & French-English dictionaries hit the AppStore

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:32:45 +0000

Again and again we see Paragon Software pushing new dictionaries through Apple’s AppStore. Their latest announcement involves release of Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries - one explanatory and two bilingual Spanish-English and French-English dictionaries.

America’s most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary, Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged provides the most extensive coverage of American English. Its database contains more than 476,000 entries with more than 143,000 etymologies detailing word origins, 100,000 quotations and 1,100 synonyms paragraphs. Once installed, the dictionary can be accessed anywhere, any time, without Internet connection or additional charges.

Merriam-Webster’s French-English Dictionary provides the most extensive coverage of Canadian French with more than 80,000 entry words and phrases and 100,000 translations, as well as abundant examples of words used in context. Merriam-Webster’s Spanish-English Dictionary covers Latin American and European Spanish, and contains more than 80,000 entries and 100,000 translations.

As expected, Paragon’s proven SlovoEd engine is running the show in the background, consuming minimum of memory space while at the same time allowing users to quickly perform multiple lookups.

As for the pricing, Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, Spanish-English and French-English are available for $59.99, $24.99 and $24.99, respectively from the AppStore.

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Dell's Vostro A860 yours for a song (and $379)

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Filed under: Laptops

The Dell Vostro A860 we've heard so much about has finally hit the Stateside scene, and it looks like we'll finally be able to get our hands on the laptop that those lucky folk in the "emerging markets" of Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America have been into since before it was cool (that is, late August). Starting at $379 with Dell's instant savings, the 15.6-inch, 5.4 pound laptop comes with either a Celeron or Pentium Dual Core processor, GMA X3100+ integrated graphics, up to 2GB of memory, up to 160GB storage, 1366 x 768 display resolution, WiFi and optional Bluetooth. This "speed demon" comes preloaded with Vista Home Basic or Vista Business and is available now at Dell's website.

[Via Laptoping]

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