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Microsoft Sponsors London Taxi Cab Wi-Fi Service

­microsoft is sponsoring free Wi-Fi services in 225 of London's taxi-cabs in a three month promotion. The CabConnect has been developed with technology specialists Track4Services.  more

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Microsoft Publishes Source Code for Wi-Fi Mapping Service

­microsoft has published some of the source code it will be using in its own Wi-Fi hotspot mapping service, in a move that will seek to avoid the fuss caused when Google was found to be collecting similar details when its StreetView cars drove around cities.  more

Related Tags: windows-phone, wp7, google


Intel, Microsoft, Dell band together for WiGig

Wi-Fi, WiMax, WirelessHD, WHDI and now ... WiGig? Computer and home entertainment industry leaders, including Intel, Microsoft, Dell and Panasonic, said Wednesday that they're forming a new association to create an even faster wireless technology for zipping large files around the home. more

Related Tags: wimax, wirelesshd, whdi, wigig, intel, dell, panasonic


Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America

The consumer location-based services (LBS) market has steadily evolved over the past few years, always promising significant revenue generation, but never quite delivering the critical mass of subscribers that were expected. Now, a number of factors - including the development of third-party location databases and technologies - are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones.  more

Related Tags: google, , nokia, iphone, sms, apple, itu, gps, tim, ovi, lbs, skyhook, e-911, skyhook-wireless, a-gps, tower, nokia,, apps,


Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli.  more

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Samsung Shows Off Touch Screen WiMAX Phone for the US Market

Samsung Mobile has announced the upcoming availability of its WiMAX enabled mobile phone, the Samsung Mondi. The touch screen Mondi, which takes its name from the Latin word for "world," is designed for use with the Clearwire WiMAX  network.  more

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Fujitsu Launches "Colour Kindle" for Japanese Market

Japan's Fujitsu Frontech has announced the commercial launch of its "colour Kindle" device, which it says is the world's first color e-paper mobile terminal. The Fujitsu FLEPia features an 8-inch display screen capable of showing up to 260,000 colors in high-definition, in addition to being equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.  more

Related Tags: kindle, bluetooth, wind, e-book, fujitsu, battery, windows, e-paper, display, touch-screen, Japan


Toshiba Offers Up Details of Snapdragon Smartphone

Toshiba has announced the details of its much heralded Snapdragon based smartphone - the Toshiba TG01. The Toshiba TG01 will be available across Europe in Summer 2009.  more

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i-mate Shows Off Windows Mobile Based TouchScreen User Interface

microsoft Mobile based smartphone vendor, i-mate has launched Go, a new user interface for i-mate handsets. With the tap or slide of a finger, i-mate Go navigates through the full suite of Windows Mobile tools. Users can customise the interface adding their own icons for one touch access to the things they use every day from emails, notes and text messages to pictures, the internet or music.  more

Related Tags: windows-mobile, smartphone, qualcomm, bluetooth, rsa, smartphones, wind, text-messages, battery, windows, i-mate, i-mate


Mobile substitution to have bigger impact than credit crunch on fixed voice spend in enterprises

The financial crisis may be putting the squeeze on business budgets, but mobile substitution will be a far bigger threat to fixed enterprise voice spend in Western Europe in 2009. Analysys Mason predicts a decline of 15% in fixed voice spend next year as a result of mobile substitution.  more

Related Tags: voip, rcom, analysys-mason, fmc, presence, dual-mode, cagr


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