Archive for July, 2009

Android, Windows Mobile Phone Sales Slower Than HTC Expected (PC World)

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PC World – Taiwanese smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) lowered its 2009 revenue forecast due to slower than expected sales of new smartphones that use Google‘s Android mobile operating system and Microsoft‘s Windows Mobile.

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Mobile Phone Shipments Drop 11 Percent in Q2, IDC Says (PC World)

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PC World – The worldwide mobile phone market remained weak in the second quarter despite some encouraging signs in smartphone shipments, market researcher IDC said Thursday.

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Samsung Solstice Touch Screen Phone to Launch on AT&T

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AT&T today said the Samsung Solstice, a touch screen handset with access to Facebook and MySpace, will be launched on August 2.

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LG Chocolate BL40 has Wide ‘Split Screen’ Display

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LG Electronics today unveiled the new Chocolate BL40, a widescreen handset with “split screen” technology that can show two views simultaneously.

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Senators Want to Ban Texting by Drivers

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A group of Democratic senators are pushing a bill that would require states to ban text messaging by drivers or risk losing 25 percent of their annual federal highway money.

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Sprint Posts Wider Loss, Loses Fewer Customers

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Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless provider, said its loss widened in the second quarter but fewer subscribers defected as it started selling Palm‘s popular Pre smartphone in early June.

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Motorola rebounds, posts profit (AFP)

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AFP – Motorola, the largest US mobile phone maker, rebounded from three straight quarters of losses and posted a small quarterly net profit on Thursday.

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Motorola Post Profit Even as Revenue Falls (PC Magazine)

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PC Magazine – Motorola Inc posted a quarterly profit versus a year-earlier loss as it cut costs and shipped more cellphones than expected, although revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates.

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T-Mobile Unveils HTC Touch Pro2 Smartphone (PC Magazine)

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PC Magazine – HTC and T-Mobile have finally unveiled the long-awaited Touch Pro2, a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with 3G and Wi-Fi radios.

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HD video and 5 megapixel images captured by small, low-cost Kodak Zi8 camcorder

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As soon as smartphones and digital cameras were able to record video clips, we thought that it will not take long before bulky and heavy video cameras would disappear altogether. It did not happen as quickly as we thought, but recently the development has accelerated. Pocket-size, easy-to-use and low-cost camcorders are becoming mainstream products even [...]

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