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“smartphones”

Feb
17
2010

MWC 2010 : Verizon Wireless partners with Skype

Verizon Wireless and Skype have announced a strategic partnership for the integration of Skype service for smartphones from Verizon Wireless beginning in March. The announcement took place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Users of 3G smart phones with Verizon Wireless data plan can use Skype Mobile for unlimited calls to other Skype users [...]

Feb
16
2010

Verizon opens its mobile network to Skype

The U.S. telecommunications company Verizon and the pioneer of Internet telephony Skype announced Tuesday a “strategic alliance” that will allow Verizon customers to use Skype from their smartphones (multimedia phone). Verizon, the number one mobile phone operator in the U.S., will offer the service “Skype mobile” smartphone users with a subscription includes access to Internet [...]

Feb
16
2010

Verizon Wireless Weds Skype offering Skype App on Smartphones

Verizon Wireless customers can have a jolly good time making free calls on the other phones using the Internet phone service Skype. This would be the first U.S. operator to permit the Internet phone company on its network. A free skype application can be downloaded from next month. Verizon phone customers who have voice and [...]

Feb
16
2010

Microsoft Windows 7 Phone best phone since the iPhone

Microsoft Windows 7 Phone best phone since the iPhone :Today at the World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft revealed for the first time Windows 7 Phone. This brand new operating system will not come out before the end of the year, but it is a major breakthrough. Microsoft Windows 7 Phone is connected in the same [...]

Dec
31
2009

Nokia ups ante against Apple

In a move, which alleges Apple of infringement of patents in all almost all its products ranging from computers, to cell phones to music players; mobile phone manufacturing giant, Nokia, has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission. As per the estimates this lawsuit involves millions of dollars in royalties. This step is [...]

Dec
28
2009

People find connect on social networking

In a year marred by political and economical unrest, people of all ages find rest on social networking websites. Truly, social networking has come of age. It is now much more than just being an easy way for people to connect with friends and families. It has become a business on its own and an [...]

Dec
28
2009

2010 to be the decade of smart phones

‘Smart phones for smart people’ will rule the roost In the beginning there was simplicity, then came the era of complications, for good, though. What we saw in this decade was a prologue to what could be the decade of smart phone. Just over the past 18 months, at least 8 major manufacturers and mobile [...]

Nov
23
2009

Android 1.6 loaded with Google Map Navigation for road warriors

Google Map Navigation (Beta) now available for Android 1.6 and higher. Google launched its Google Map Navigation Beta for Android 2.0 a few weeks ago. The latest Android had the compatibility with Google Map Navigation but those Android lovers who had been using the platform since earlier would have felt left out kind of without [...]

Nov
11
2009

Samsung contends Android, Symbian with Bada OS

From Mobile making Samsung mobile is up to something new. Samsung is taking itself into straight competition with Apple, Google, Windows, and Symbian with the announcement of the launch of its new open operating mobile platform Bada. Synonym to Ocean in Korean language Bada would enables a richer user experience in applications on Samsung mobile [...]

Oct
29
2009

Google foray navigation with turn-by-turn uploaded Maps to navigate

The long dominated market of turn-by-turn navigation form Garnim and TomTom is finally intruded by Google with the launch of its Google Map Navigation for Android 2.0. The announcement made on Wednesday followed a drop in the share markets of both the PND’s manufactures. Google described Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Android 2.0 devices as [...]