Samsung, NXP Semiconductors and T3G Technologies just announced the world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone. Samsung SGH-T578H uses a software-defined modem, which is capable to achieve data transfer rates of 2.8Mbps. That’s about 20 times faster transfers than GPRS, which should prove great when transferring personal files, music or even videos. The performance makes [...]

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NEC announced the launch of N905i? in Japan market. It is equipped with Yamaha’s audio engine supporting high quality sound with size 12.9-mm-thick. It will be available in Japan market on November 26. [Source]

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Verizon launched BlackBerry Pearl 8130, the company’s first Pearl model. The design holds close to the reference model with a 2-megapixel camera, 3G data access through EVDO, and an externally accessible microSDHC card slot that holds up to 8GB of music, videos, and other data. The candybar phone’s signature GPS is intact and can be [...]

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The largest corporate investment in preschool care and education in rural China was announced today by mobile technology leader Nokia and leading international children’s organization, Plan. In a landmark partnership, Nokia will provide funds of over EUR 6 million (about RMB60 million) to enable Plan to dramatically increase its preschool and early childhood care and [...]

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Gameloft has just announced the release of Heroes: The Official Mobile Game, based on NBC’s most talked about television series. The game also brings players a sneak peak on what season two of the movie will have to bring to its fans. The Season Two spoiler is available only through the mobile game, challenging players [...]

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Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected by Uruguay’s leading telecom operator, Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ANTEL), to be the supplier for its dual 2G/3G core network modernization program. Under the contract Ericsson will be the integrator and take full turnkey responsibility for the supply of equipment, deployment, integration, and live migration. Rollout has started while the [...]

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AT&T released the Pantech Duo, a true dual-mode slider phone. Initially known as the C810, the handset follows the same style as the Helio Ocean and lets users either slip out a lateral QWERTY keyboard for messaging and browsing in landscape view or else a vertical number pad for quickly placing a call. The Duo [...]

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