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Jul
30
2010
 
Vodafone, TalkTalk sign tie-up deal – reportPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
LONDON (Reuters) – Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has signed a deal with Vodafone to launch a mobile phone service under its own brand, the Times reported on Friday. Read Full Story…
Jul
30
2010
Microsoft makes cloud deal with South Korean telcoPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Jul
30
2010
‘Suspicious’ Android wallpaper app nabs user dataPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Up to 4 million downloadsAn Android wallpaper application that collected data from users’ phones and uploaded it to a site in China was downloaded “millions of times”, according to mobile security firm Lookout.…
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Jul
29
2010
US carrier tailors 3G jacket for iPod touch?Posted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
A Peel for your AppleUS wireless carrier Sprint is slated to offer a kind of handset sleeve that could provide 3G wireless access to an iPod Touch, the Apple iPhone that’s not a phone.… Read Full Story…
Jul
29
2010
Cisco, NetApp and VMware offer end-to-end FCoEPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Cisco, NetApp and VMware have released what they claim to be the industry’s Read Full Story…
Jul
29
2010
Apple coughs to iPhone 3G IOS 4 upgrade problemsPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Where are we now?iPhone 3G users who’ve upgraded to iOS 4 are discovering that the roaming switch isn’t working any more, for those on O2′s network at least.… Read Full Story…
O2 UK recorded positive growth last quarter, again, with good contract additions, strong iPhone and BlackBerry sales, and market-beating churn Read Full Story…
Jul
29
2010
BT bullish about revenue dip as fibre rollout continuesPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
HSC to offer SIM-free BlackBerry Pearl 3G to dealers, supported by marketing package and exchange programme HSC has said it will be the first distributor to launch a SIM-free version of the BlackBerry Pearl 3G into the dealer community. The phone will be accompanied by exclusive marketing packs for dealers including point-of-sale and merchandise packs [...] Read Full Story…
Phone-home copy protectionAndroid now comes with an API allowing applications to phone home to check for a licence when launched, locking out pirates and anyone with an unreliable data connection.… Read Full Story…
Jul
29
2010
BT upbeat on government spending cuts, holds viewPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
LONDON (Reuters) – Telecoms provider BT said it did not expect to be overly damaged by looming British spending cuts and repeated its full-year outlook, shrugging off recent downbeat remarks from a rival. Read Full Story…
A crisp, bright screen makes this smartphone appealing – but Samsung’s new in-house operating system doesn’t What is it? Samsung Wave GT-S8500 – the first device to run Samsung operating system Bada Category: Hardware and software, given the newsworthy nature of operating systems these days.. You’d use it for… On the move, personal or business. It’s not going to intrude on BlackBerry’s ground as leading high-performance business mobile device, but the Wave sits happily as a phone suited to staying up to speed while on the move. First impressions: what is it like to look at, to hold, to use? Perfectly good look and feel to the phone, a sturdy but slender shell encasing a fairly high-spec bit of mobile kit. It’s when you activate the screen things start to go downhill. The home screen – quite separate from the screen of apps – has six iterations as you swipe your finger right-to-left, inching across a background of some picturesque eastern European town square. Each of these five modules is for housing a quick access single widget – but the access isn’t so quick after four or five swipes of the finger. Navigating from the home screen to your downloaded apps directory takes another click. Granted, the software is snappy and quickly responsive, but these things all pile up in the “pointless” file. And you can’t swipe up to the URL bar in the browser, forcing you instead to press an on-screen button. Seems needless. What does it really do well? Mobile internet has a well-suited clean font, made all the more appealing by the crisp super AMOLED screen. Put the Wave side-by-side with an iPhone 4 and a 3G – you’ll see the difference. FYI: guardian.co.uk looks better on a Wave than a 3G. Keyboard keys appear far too close together, but typing seems to work fine if not more usable than on the iPhone. When browsing the web, pinching zooms are clunky and not instantaneously responsive. Video playback is impressive, on the eyes and the ears. Creating media is a good experience too, the 5MP camera shooting strong video and stills taking allowing nifty features like user-directed focus. What’s the cost? Around £300 sim-free; a 24-month contract, free handset, will set you back between £25-£45 per month. What’s it up against? A smartphone market with less wiggle room than the App Store. It’s a relatively ruthless market out there for high-end devices, software increasing in consumer importance at a rate of knots. With Bada, Samsung is late to the party and forgot to invite its marketing muscle. For this reason alone, Wave falls short of the majority of recently-released Android devices – Samsung have plenty of work to do before the release of Bada-powered Wave 2. Blind us with the tech specs, then: Quite a few headline tech specs come with the Wave: the 5MP video/still camera will draw the punters – 5x zoom for stills and 720p video recording make the feature more than adequate; the Super AMOLED screen is a turn on, but likely only to the techies. As light as any iPhone, the Wave is slimmer but only at a stitch. At 3.3 inch, the Wave screen limits its viability as a comfortable-to-use mobile internet device. With 2GB internal memory as standard, most users will require a MicroSD card (up to 32GB capacity). What’s it good for? Taking and sharing decent-quality stills. It would be good for accomplishing tasks quickly if there weren’t so many naggingly bad points of user experience making pretty much any task an exertion. What are its failings? One word: Bada. A few more words: the cramped feeling while using SMS, the uneconomic use of the 3.3 inch screen made worse by the majority of the screen having a black (or very dark) background even when running apps. Will I have to read the manual? Does anyone still read manuals? If new to Samsung, you may need to Google “Help! I’ve accidentally locked my Samsung Wave – what now?” How long is the battery life? With its 3G signal sensor turned off, the battery will last you over 24 hours from full – more than can be said for any iPhone before 4. What’s its USP? The Wave’s USP would have to be the Super AMOLED screen which, on this score alone, puts it near top of the class for smartphones. That said, I don’t know one single person who’s been sold a phone on screen specifications – and it’s not great marketing fodder either. Rating out of 10: 6.5 Finally, is it worth it – yes or no? Not at the current price. There are countless devices (and countless yet to be released) doing a better job and with a better operating system. Don’t hold out for the Wave 2. Rating: 3/5
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HSC to offer SIM-free BlackBerry Pearl 3G to dealers, supported by exclusive marketing package HSC has said it will be the first distributor to launch a SIM-free version of the BlackBerry Pearl 3G into the dealer community. The phone will be accompanied by exclusive marketing packs for dealers including point-of-sale and merchandise packs designed to [...] Read Full Story…
Jul
29
2010
Cell phone eavesdropping enters script-kiddie phasePosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Get your GSM snooping tools hereBlack Hat Independent researchers have made good on a promise to release a comprehensive set of tools needed to eavesdrop on cell phone calls that use the world’s most widely deployed mobile technology.… Read Full Story…
LONDON (Reuters) – Telecoms provider BT posted a 6 percent rise in first-quarter adjusted core earnings, generated strong cash flow and reiterated its outlook after taking further costs out of the business. Read Full Story…
Details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net by a security researcher. Read Full Story…
Jul
28
2010
Apple fanbois not as data hungry as Big Phone saysPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Verizonites munch moreWhen AT&T’s wireless service buckles and chokes, defenders say that Big Phone’s infrastructure is being overloaded by iPhone users — but a new study shows that Josbian handheld owners’ data hunger is handily eclipsed by that of users of Verizon data plans.… Read Full Story…
Mildly diverting breakfasty promo shenanigansThe iPhone 4 gets its Swiss launch on Friday, with an odd choice of attendant gender-related promotional faff.… Read Full Story…
Jul
28
2010
Ofcom must conduct the spectrum auction as soon as possible, says VaizeyPosted by CompareMobiles.com in Mobile News
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has instructed Read Full Story…
Shebang Distribution to back Asda’s rollout of mobile stores as distributor and fuifilment partner Read Full Story… |
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