Posts Tagged Mobile

Skype Now Available for Nokia Smartphones

Skype Now Available for Nokia Smartphones

Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is downloadable

03.3.2010 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone. Even though the suit did not name Google Inc as a defendant, Apple's move was viewed by many analysts as proxy for an

03.3.2010 | Business, Featured Article, Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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67% Of The World’s Population Are Mobile Subscribers

67% Of The World’s Population Are Mobile Subscribers

A new report published yesterday by the UN indicates that 67% of the world’s population, or two-thirds total, are mobile subscribers- far outweighing Online access. 67% of the world’s population represents around 4.6B people, up from only 1B in 2002, indicating staggering continued growth. I

03.2.2010 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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EU to limit mobile internet bills

EU to limit mobile internet bills

A new Europe-wide rule to prevent mobile phone users from building up large bills for surfing the internet via their handset has come into force. Customers can now require their phone firm to cut them off when their bill reaches a certain level after accessing the internet in other European natio

03.1.2010 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Mobile application analytics firm Distimo has published some numbers on U.S. app stores that might surprise those who have had to wade through the mountains of free software on iTunes. As it turns out, it’s the Android Market that actually has the highest proportion of free applications availa

02.24.2010 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Google puts off launch of Nexus One in China

Guardian.co.uk wrote: Google has postponed the launch in China of a new mobile phone incorporating its email and web services, following its row with the government there over censorship and hacking of its internal network. "The launch we have been working on with [mobile carrier] China Unicom

01.19.2010 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Kodak Sues iPhone and BlackBerry

Kodak Sues iPhone and BlackBerry

Guardian.co.uk wrote: Kodak has launched lawsuits alleging that the iPhone and BlackBerry - two of the world's most popular mobile phones - infringe its patents. The photographic pioneer said on Thursday that it had filed a case in the Western District of New York against Apple and Canadian ha

01.14.2010 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Complaints about Google's Nexus One Smartphone

Complaints about Google’s Nexus One Smartphone

Reuters.com wrote: Google's Nexus One phone may have been one of the most anticipated devices of the last few weeks. But since the smartphone's launch last Tuesday, it has left a string of unhappy customers in its wake. Nexus One has been plagued by consumer complaints including spotty 3G connec

01.14.2010 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple to Launch iPhone 4G in April?

Apple to Launch iPhone 4G in April?

IntoMobile.com wrote: CES 2010 has barely shuttered its doors for the year and we’re already seeing next-generation iPhone rumors coming to light. According to a report citing comments from South Korea’s KT execs, Apple’s upcoming iPhone successor could feature a removable battery, OLED

01.13.2010 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple: 78 million handsets!

Apple: 78 million handsets!

By the end of December, according to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, Apple's will have sold 78 million iPhones and iPod touches worldwide. So where, exactly, are those devices? A report issued Friday tries to map the location of Apple's handsets country by country based on the number of user

12.18.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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