AFP - Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.
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NewsFactor - The hype that began with Apple’s iPhone 3G launch Friday continued through the weekend and was almost as loud on Monday, with Apple adding to the fire. The company said it sold more than one million iPhone 3Gs and users downloaded more than 10 million applications from its App Store.
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Reuters - Palm Inc on Monday introduced
a new high-end Treo mobile phone, hoping to challenge the
BlackBerry’s dominance with business users, but its debut fell
in the shadow of the launch of Apple Inc’s debut of
its less pricey new iPhone which sold more than 1 million units
over the weekend.
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Apple today announced it has sold over one million iPhone 3Gs and users have downloaded more than 10 million applications, just three days after its launch.
The iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the U.S. - and will go on sale in France on July 17.
“The iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”
The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs over 800 third party applications available through the new App Store.
More than 800 applications are available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than $10. Developers have created mobile applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch.
“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Developers have created some extraordinary applications, and the App Store can wirelessly deliver them to every iPhone and iPod touch user instantly.”
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Sprint today introduced the Palm Treo 800w, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with high-speed EV-DO Rev. A data speeds, Wi-Fi for data and GPS capabilities.
The Treo 800w includes 802.11b/g WiFi and built-in Internet Explorer Mobile. The one-touch Wi-Fi button gets users connected at home, in the office or in Wi-Fi hotspots. With EV-DO Rev. A, the Treo 800w can quickly browse the web and send and receive emails at broadband speeds - peak download data rates of 3.1 Mbps and upload rates of 1.8 Mbps. Average download speeds are 600 kbps to 1.4 Mbps and uplink speeds are 350-500 kbps.
With integrated GPS, the Treo 800w offers maps, point-to-point directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches for locations such as restaurants or stores. POI search is integrated with contacts, giving customers access to the places they want to go. The Treo 800w also has Sprint Navigation for turn-by-turn directions.
The Treo 800w comes equipped with professional email. Microsoft Direct Push Technology connected to a Microsoft Exchange Server for automatic wireless updates from email, calendar, contacts and tasks. Users can download email attachments to view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files, view PowerPoint and PDF files, and open ZIP files.
“Palm is adding a unique stamp to the Windows Mobile experience with the Treo 800w,” said Stephane Maes, Vice President of Palm. “It’s an easy-to-use feature-packed smartphone that will keep users happy, empowered and productive.”
Palm innovations on top of Windows Mobile include:
Today Screen enhancements - Call, text, email, perform a web search and map a contact’s address, all directly from the Today Screen
Dial from the Today Screen - Enter the contact name, select the number and dial
Voicemail controls - VCR-like icons, such as rewind, delete and fast-forward, for easy navigation
Ignore with text - Ignore a call quickly by sending a text message, such as “In a meeting” or “Can’t talk right now”
Phone and call management - Dedicated mute, speakerphone, conference calling icons, or dial any number in an email or webpage, all with just one touch
Palm ease-of-use features - Hard buttons for email and calendar, a five-way navigation button and on/off ringer switch
“Sprint recognizes that businesses must stay productive and competitive with quick, always-accessible information and assistance for their own customers,” said Michael Hahn, Vice President of Sprint. “With instant access to email, messaging services and the web on the nation’s largest Mobile Broadband Network, Sprint provides its customers the mobile tools they need to increase productivity and improve competitiveness now.”
The Treo 800w can access Sprint content including:
Sprint TV for more than 50 live TV channels or video-on-demand with full-motion video to watch news, sports, weather, entertainment and movie trailers
Sprint Navigation for turn-by-turn voice-guided and on-screen driving directions, 3D moving maps similar to an in-car navigation system or personal navigation device, as well as local search, intelligent traffic alerts and one-click rerouting
Pocket Express to retrieve customized, up-to-date web content such as sports, weather, news, money and movie information
Sprint IM instant messaging to access Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger
The Treo 800w is available today for $249.99 after discounts and rebates with a two-year contract.
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Reuters - The cost of sending a text message
from the bar or the beach when mobile phone users are outside
their home state in the European Union will be cut by 70
percent from next year under new plans, an EU source said.
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PC World - The EU will cap SMS roaming charges despite arguments from mobile phone operators.
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PC World - China’s domestic 3G network will be put to the test during the Olympics when the system will be used by 18,000 Olympic…
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Reuters - The global economic slowdown has
started to crimp demand for new cellphones, leading top handset
research house Gartner to lower its market growth forecast, and
top phone-charger maker Salcomp to warn on profits.
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PC World - Acer is talking to 3G network operators at home and in Europe to supply them with Aspire one netbooks.
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