Devices

SINGAPORE: Smart phones are just about to get smarter with more security functions in place to prevent theft. This after 1823 mobile phones were reported stolen in the first half of this year, said the Police. More companies are coming …

SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and PT MelOn Indonesia, the company’s joint venture with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, announced today the launch of an online music service called MelOn Indonesia (www.melon.co.id). This marks a major roll-out of SK Telecom’s global expansion plans under …

China Telecom and Samsung have announced the Samsung W899. Instead of the traditional flat design, Sammy is offering a flip Android smartphone. You’re probably thinking “this is just a flip phone, it’s probably an entry level Android phone.” Well … …

BEIJING, Dec 08, 2010 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd. will complete its final spin-off and restructuring on January 4, 2011. By then, the mobile terminal subsidiary of Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) will become an …

As of 20 October 2010, another 3G technology based product of Globalcctvsec is available for sales. Globalcctvsec customers can now use 3G+ Surveillance Cameras to have remote video surveillance. This device is presented to the mobile communication market of China …

From: techwenchcom China Telecom is the third largest Chinese wireless carrier in the service and is also the smallest China’s Wireless Carrier. Reports are that China Telecom will become the second wireless carrier for Apple’s popular iPhone.

Oslo, Norway – November 29, 2010 – Opera Software today announced a partnership with Entel Chile that will put a customised version of the Opera Mini mobile browser with widgets, developed exclusively for Vodafone, on handsets sold by the Chilean …

It is easy to own a mobile phone that is made in Vietnam these days, as phones with Vietnamese trademarks such as ABTel, Viettel, Hanel or FPT are available in many shops in Hanoi. With a comparable quality and much …

BigNews.Biz – Dec 09,2010 – eedong announced new products -F206 Quad Band Dual Cards Dual Cameras Color TV Bluetooth 2.0 Inch Screen China Phone – Blue Yeedong announced today some christmas gifts for its customers worldwide.Among them are: Yeedong F206 …

BigNews.Biz – Dec 09,2010 – After the implementation of China Unicom New Deal, consumers have severely questioned this New Deal. The person in charge of China Unicom, in an interview yesterday, said the new policy in line with international practice …

(PRBuzz) December 10, 2010 — Frbiz.com reports that in 2009, China smart phones market, Nokia is still a single big. Motorola brand promotion and new product release lack enough support and lack of enough dealer support, which causes the sales …

The explosion in the use of smartphones to access the internet can also result in a huge hole being blown in your bank account, as one subscriber found out when presented with a HK$183,000 mobile phone bill. To combat what …

The $985 cost of an iPad in Brazil provides a strong example of how high tariffs and protectionist policies hurt the nation’s consumers By Lucia Kassai and Cecilia Tornaghi for Business Week On the night of Dec. 2, almost 500 gadget-crazy Brazilians …

Wireless modem provider Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) filed a lawsuit against Franklin Wireless Corp., ZTE Corp. and ZTE (USA) Inc. claiming the firms have infringed on five Novatel patents related to its MiFi mobile hot spot device. Novatel claims those …

SINGAPORE, 9 DECEMBER 2010 – VOIP (voice over internet protocol) telco Skype has released an update to its Symbian App adding support for extra Nokia mobile phone models. In an announcement on its blog, Skype says the upgraded App ‘Skype …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) — DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd has further strengthened its position in the mobile internet market by introducing a new range of DiGi Internet offerings that include an additional Smart Plan for smartphones, phone bundling packages …

Singapore, 9 December 2010 – Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Motorola, Inc., today announced the launch of Motorola DEFY in Singapore. DEFY is a slim, pocketable Android smartphone that comes equipped with advanced Web-browsing capabilities and a 3.7” high-resolution touch …

Chloe Yu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 7 December 2010] China Unicom, currently the only sales agent of iPhone 4 in the China market, plans to lock iPhone 4s to its SIM cards in a bid to prevent contract-bundled purchasers’ reselling …

By Zhu Shenshen  |   2010-12-9  | A batch of 3G-capable slate personal computer, including iPad and device with Google systems, is expected to debut in the Chinese market next year. Some of them even support phone functions, Shanghai Daily learned from a …

By Chen Tairan 陈泰然 Economic Observer Online ~China Unicom iPhone4 consumers spent 3900 yuan writing 3 microblog message while on a business trip in Russia. ~If a consumer is found to use the iPhone with another operator’s SIM card, the …

The women taped phones to their torsos and were carrying iPads in large bags By Gregg Keizer | Computerworld US Published: 12:11 GMT, 09 December 10 Chinese customs officials last week arrested 14 women trying to smuggle 88 Apple iPads …

Taipei, Dec. 8, 2010 (CENS)–With sales of its own-brand smartphones surging steadily, High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), a Taiwan-based, world-caliber vendor of the devices, aims to double the sales to 50 million units in 2011 from an estimate of 25 …

Published: Thursday 9 December 2010 Region: Global Tags: Distimo I attended, and presented at, the GSMA’s Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong last month, featuring App Planet. A few weeks have passed, so here’s a timely review of our findings, …

For more than a decade, Kim Jung Yeon only bought phones from Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., passing on best sellers made by non-Korean companies such as Motorola Inc.’s Razr. Her loyalty ended with Apple Inc.’s iPhone. “The …