Articles tagged with: Hspa and Gps

Football Clubs Add Wi-Fi to their Team Coaches

A UK travel firm which provides luxury coaches for football clubs has equipped its coaches with Wi-Fi services - utilizing Vodafone's hspa network for the backhaul. The coach kit is being provided by Icomera. more

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Airport Communter Buses to Get Free Wi-Fi Service

A fleet of buses running between Luton Airport and London, UK have been fitted out with free Wi-Fi services for passengers. The fleet of buses, operated by Arriva has been equipped with Icomera's Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway that provides Wi-Fi connectivity on the move with actual download speeds in excess of two megabits per second. The Green Line vehicles also leverage the Moovbox for GPS-based location, enabling Arriva staff to monitor and track the fleet's vehicles in real-time. more

Qualcomm Chipset Supports Simultaneous Voice and Data Usage

Qualcomm has introduced the industry's first chipset solution for Smartphones supporting CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B and Simultaneous Voice-Data Operation (SV-DO), as well as multi-carrier hspa+ and LTE. The MSM8960 chipset is scheduled to sample in mid-2010. more

Qualcomm Introduces 2nd-Gen Embedded Module for Mobile Internet Access

Qualcomm has introduced its second-generation embedded Gobi module, delivering multi-mode 3G mobile Internet access on either hspa or CDMA2000 EV-DO networks in markets around the world. The Gobi2000 module offers a wide range of enhancements, including support for additional radio frequencies, increased data speeds, enhanced GPS functionality and support for additional operating systems such as Windows 7. more

Related Tags: 3g, microsoft, qualcomm, rural, wind, mts, cdma, hsupa, netbook, mobile-internet, a-gps, cdma2000, umts900, windows, notebook, modem, ev-do, uplink, gobi

New 5 Megapixel Cameraphone from Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has shown off a 5 megapixel camera with sliding lens cover. The phone also includes recent software developments, including Face Detection, which finds up to three people in the frame at a time and Smile Shutter, which automatically picks out natural smiles. more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, edge, mts, ericsson, sony, lens

Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010

Gartner says that it has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. more

Qualcomm Doubles Computing Power of Snapdragon With New Dual-CPU, Single-Chip Solution

Qualcomm has announced a new dual-CPU Snapdragon single-chip solution that extends the reach of the Snapdragon platform by targeting more advanced mobile computing devices. The QSD8672 chip features two computing cores capable of up to 1.5GHz for greater processing capabilities, in addition to optimized battery life and a full range of 3G mobile broadband and peripheral connectivity capabilities found on all Snapdragon chipsets. more

Growing demand for location-based services in advanced mobile markets

Location-based services (LBS) in Asia-Pacific are expected to see strong growth in the next five years, with wider adoption in the more advanced and saturated mobile and mobile data markets. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the mobile LBS market covering 13 Asia-Pac countries earned revenues of US$383.6 million in 2007 and expects this to reach US$2.8 billion by end-2013, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 39.3 percent (2007-2013). more

Surprising New Markets Drive Six-fold Increase in GPS Shipments

With media attention currently focused on GPS-enabled cellular handsets and PNDs, the potential of emerging vertical markets for GPS and location services are going unnoticed by many. more

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HTC Launches New Business Oriented Smartphone

Taiwan's HTC Corp. has shown off its latest business phone - the HTC Touch Pro. The new phone utilizes similar styling and functionality of the highly anticipated Touch Diamond and introduces a variety of business-focused enhancements that make getting work done on the go quick and easy.

"The HTC Touch Pro and Touch Diamond have created a new generation of HTC touch devices that make the promise of the one-hand, one-touch mobile Internet a reality," said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. "HTC Touch Pro is for those customers that demand the ease of use and enjoyment of TouchFLO 3D and want the styling of the Touch Diamond but also need the powerful mobile business experience that HTC delivers." more

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