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Archive for May, 2009

China Mobile + Ericsson = Big Time TD-SCDMA

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2009

China Mobile has selected ST-Ericsson’s company in China for TD-SCDMA gear. ST-Ericsson will support four of its customers to commercialize their mobile phones during 2009-2010. On January 7, 2009, China granted a nationwide TD-SCDMA 3G licence to China Mobile. ST-Ericsson, the 50/50 joint venture between Ericsson and STMicroelectronics, will develop a new low-cost platform to [...]

Nokia Opens the OVI Store

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2009

Nokia announced today its Ovi Store is open for business and available across more than 50 Nokia devices. It’s available for an estimated 50 million Nokia devices globally. Customers can shop with their credit card or can choose to have charges added to their phone bill. The world’s largest handset vendor said that the mobile [...]

Sweden Tests LTE

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 26th, 2009

Swedish cellular operator TeliaSonera has selected Ericsson to build the world’s first commercial LTE site in Stockholm. There are no paying customers on it, but it will be part of the Nordic carrier’s commercial LTE network in Sweden’s capital city. It is scheduled to go live in 2010. The Swedish carrier will also use LTE [...]

Solar WiFi Park Bench

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2009

Here’s a park bench that incorporates a solar panel, along with a rechargeable battery, a night-light and free wifi access. A 32 watt Unisolar panel ($300), a deep cycle battery ($100), and WiMAX/WiFi ClearSpot ($140) might do the trick for under $1000. Handy for newspaper reading, too. Put your name on the plaque. Put them [...]

Lenovo’s 12″ Ion Netbook: $500

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2009

Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12, arriving in August, will be the first Netbook with the Nvidia Ion processor. With power similar to the 9400M chipset already in Apple’s 13-inch MacBooks, IonNetbooks promise full-HD video output and actual gaming performance. The Ion-packing S12 with a 12.1-inch, 1,280×800 screen and Atom N270 processor will cost $499. For 50 dollars [...]

Android 1.5 Released

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2009

The Android 1.5 software platform is now available for downloading. It brings new features, improvements, and enhancements to Android-powered phones such as T-Mobile’s G-1. The free “Cupcake” upgrade will be pushed over-the-air to G1 phones over the next two weeks, according to T-Mobile, but you could install it manually yourself. Highlights include: Fast, smooth typing [...]