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Nano-fibers may Power Handsets in the Future
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on February 17, 2008
One day your clothing could power or help to power your handset. Researchers have created a nano-fiber that catches energy from movement making it possible to route that energy for practical uses.The fibers use the same mechanical principle as a self-winding watch but on a scale measured in billionths of a meter. Nano-generators are able to use energy from sound waves, vibrations and even the...
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Daem Interactive’s Skuair Image Reader
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on February 25, 2008
Daem Interactive has developed Skuair, new technology that it is calling the next generation of 2d code readers. Skuair isn’t limited to reading barcode lines and numbers but can read product logos or images. Skuair works with any mobile phone camera and is easy to operate. The user simply takes a picture of an advertisement or product logo and a low resolution image is sent to the recognition...
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Google Declares Era of Mobile Internet is at Hand
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on March 18, 2008
In recent months, Google has seen an acceleration of activity among mobile phone users. The company said this is evidence that the era of mobile Internet is at hand. Google has seen sharp increases in mobile Internet usage spurred by services Google has offered on BlackBerry, Nokia and iPhone devices.“We have very much hit a watershed moment in terms of mobile Internet usage,” Matt Waddell, a...
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VLC media player ported to iPhone/iTouch
via MobileCrunch by Greg Kumparak on June 04, 2008
... more on the way.Bad news: At the moment, its only available for ZodTTD’s beta testers.If you’re itchin’ for it now, you can drop ZodTTD a few bucks for donor access, which happens to come with access to the beta repo. Otherwise, just wait a few days - development is going pretty quickly, so a public release probably isn’t all that far off.For more information, check out ZodTTD’s site.
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T-Mobile Subscriptions near 1 Million Mark in 4Q
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on January 28, 2008
T-Mobile USA added 951,000 subscriptions between October and December of 2007. This gives the country’s fourth largest mobile phone company a subscription customer base of 28.7 million. T-Mobile’s sales were up 14.6% over 2006 numbers.Shareholders of Deutsche Telekom AG, the T-Mobile parent company, were asking for the sale of T-Mobile USA last year. Chief Executive Rene Obermann fended off...
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Over 25% of iPhones may be Unlocked
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on January 28, 2008
Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi thinks that over 25% of iPhones sold in the United States may have been unlocked. Sales numbers from Apple and AT&T revealed about 1.45 million phones were “missing in action” at the end of 2007.AT&T is thought to hold 480,000 handsets as inventory, leaving another 1 million phones, or 27%, that Sacconaghi said were unlocked so they could work on...
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MAXRoam: Easy international roaming with a SIM card
via MobileCrunch by John Biggs on February 09, 2008
Just a quick note to mention that MAXRoam.com is a really great service. Essentially it’s a reduced rate pre-paid SIM card that lets you add multiple numbers to the same SIM. For example, I now have a SIM card with four international numbers in Spain, Poland, Germany, and the US and they all work seamlessly in almost any phone. It basically lets locals call you at local rates and you call at...
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Remote smartphone support: Crazy good idea
via MobileCrunch by John Biggs on February 12, 2008
I popped by the LogMeIn booth today take a look at their RescueMobile package for smartphones. Essentially, the service lets technicians take control of a smartphone remotely, accessing all of its functions and repairing it over the air.LogMeIn Rescue+Mobile simulates a remote smartphone on a support technician’s local computer, who can then manipulate the screen, use its keypad, and control it...
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Rare Mobile Phone Viruses Feared by Public
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on February 12, 2008
A survey released at the Mobile World Congress today reports that 72% of those surveyed feared a virus may infect their handset. The poll was conducted by IT security specialist McAfee, and based on 2,000 people in Britain, the United States and Japan. Only 2% of respondents actually had a virus in their mobile phone.Nearly 12% said they knew someone who had a virus, while 86% of people said they...
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China Mobile Still Interested in iPhone
via MobileCrunch by John Kullman on March 02, 2008
China Mobile, the largest mobile phone operator, said today that it is still interested to hosting the iPhone. The companies aren’t in official negotiations China Mobile said, but it would like to bring Apple’s iPhone to the mainland. Talks between China Mobile and Apple broke down last January. It was rumored that China Mobile was unhappy with revenue sharing numbers.“We have not yet...
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