Internet Explorer Mobile 6: No Download/Upgrade for Existing Devices

11/20/2008, 10:50 | Cell Phones etc.

Those who are still holding on the notion that Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer Mobile 6 for download in the near future will greatly be disappointed to hear that it won?t be made available for installation on existing handsets. Citing that its “rich media experience” is too much for present devices to handle, an employee of the company has put to rest questions on whether the upgrade to Microsoft?s current ailing mobile internet browser will become available for download.

It?s really disheartening to hear such news especially since other developers have managed to come out with more capable applications and distribute them through the internet. It?s either Microsoft?s approach in developing their new internet browser is completely messed up or they just want to bolster sales of new Windows Mobile-powered devices by limiting the availability of Internet Explorer 6 on these devices. Anyway, I?m sure the general public won?t be too thrilled to hear this bit of news, and they?d rather install a 3rd party internet browser than be forced into buying a new mobile device just to avail of Internet Explorer 6.

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Analyst: 'big 'bang' to hit PC and handset industry

11/20/2008, 07:15 | CNET News.com

PC and handset industry will clash on tweener products like Netbooks and smartphones.

Android-like Google Sync now available for BlackBerry phones

11/20/2008, 06:23 | Cell Phones etc.

Thanks to the new Google sync, BlackBerry users will soon be getting a taste of how it feels to live the Android life. While the HTC G1 may lack a desktop sync tool, it does feature automatic syncing with Gmail?s address book and vice-versa, providing you with a safe way of backing up your contacts on the internet. This same feature is now headed BlackBerry?s way and, in true Google fashion, it?s free of charge.

For instructions on how to get the Google Sync update, just head on over to mobile.googl.com/sync and enter your phone number. Once complete, an appropriate link will be sent to your mobile phone. I guess this is Google?s way of spreading the love to the rest of the mobile community even if you?re not yet ready to hop on the Android bandwagon.

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Mobile Internet Browser Showdown courtesy of Gizmodo

11/20/2008, 05:15 | Cell Phones etc.

Internet browsing on your mobile phone today has definitely come along way from. Now you can enjoy visiting your favorite websites on your mobile phone as if you were seated right in front of your desktop PC. However, with a variety of different phones, mobile operating systems and mobile internet browsers out now, which phone has the best internet browsing experience? Gizmodo apparently had the same question when they conducted the great mobile phone internet browser face-off.

The following tables show some key figures regarding the different phones used in this showdown. Page rendering is rated as Fail to Excellent, while the color takes into account both page rendering accuracy and speed. Those in green are generally good scores, while those in red are failing marks.

This first table shows how the phones fared against each other using a 3G connection.

This second table, on the other hand, uses WiFi.

Based on their findings, despite lacking Flash support, the iPhone is still the best mobile phone/portable internet device in the market with a decent rating of A-. Coming in at number two is the Android-based G1 which merited a B+ while the Nokia E71 and BlackBerry Bold each got a B-. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer got the lowest mark with an F-. Interestingly, some phones such as the E71 managed to load some pages (Hubble on Wikipedia) better on a 3G connection as compared to WiFi.

Anyhow, this may be a limited comparison, but I guess it’s safe to assume that if mobile internet browsing is your cup of tea, you can’t go wrong with the iPhone, HTC G1, Nokia E71 or BlackBerry Bold. For more details on this great showdown, check out Gizmodo for their complete methodology and results.

T-Mobile USA Picks Yahoo For Search

11/20/2008, 02:48 | MoCoNews

It's not all bad news for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) these days. T-Mobile USA has picked the company's OneSearch platform for its default search engine on mobile phones, InfoWorld reports. The carrier will be placing a OneSearch button on phones under a deal expected to be announced at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco later this week. It's a notable win for Yahoo, particularly considering that T-Mobile just released the first Google-branded phone, the G1, last month. Yahoo didn't say whether the OneSearch button would get any play on that device. Marco Boerries, EVP and head of Yahoo's Connected Life Division, told InfoWorld that Yahoo let Google take away most of its market share in PC search and that it's working diligently to make sure the same thing doesn't happen in mobile. Yahoo now has deals with 26 mobile operators around the world, which count 850 million subscribers among them total. T-Mobile dropped Google (NSDQ: GOOG) search for Yahoo in markets in Northern and Central Europe last March.

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Irish the heaviest users of mobile phones: Ofcom (Reuters)

11/20/2008, 01:50 | Cell Phone Blog
Reuters - Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic video review is probably longer than you think

11/20/2008, 00:32 | Engadget

We've seen a review of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and several videos of the device in action. What we haven't seen, however, is a video review... until now. Over at MobileBurn they've posted a series of four review videos of the touchscreen handset, and though it starts out a bit shaky -- the stylus is "not very good" and the build doesn't feel very "solid" -- the reviewer changes his tune by the end of the opus, and his opinion seems like it's evolved to a resounding "not bad." Hit the read link, grab a bucket of popcorn and consider yourself in for the night if you want to watch the full review.

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Readers: Blackberry Storm or Google G1?

11/19/2008, 23:53 | Product Reviews Net
Over the past mast there have been two cell phones that stand out above the rest, the BlackBerry Storm and the T-Mobile G1 Google Android phone. The G1 has been on the marker for about a month now, and it has not made the impression that all the hype promised.

The BlackBerry Strom has been out for almost a week in the UK, and is due for release on Friday, in the U.S. There is a worry that the phone will not do well on this date, as it is Thanksgiving. It seems to me that Verizon have not thought the release dates through.

Both phones have a touch screen, but the G1 also comes with a QUERTY keyboard. Looking at both phones the BlackBerry Storm has the edge in style and design. Both handsets have their good and bad points, but I think that the Storm is going to do much better than the G1, but remember; this is the first Google phone and better is yet to come.

Japanese Carrier NTT DoCoMo Developing Android-Based Phone

11/19/2008, 23:33 | MoCoNews
NTT DoCoMo is developing an Android-based smartphone with an aim to launch it next year, a spokesperson with the Japanese operator confirmed to AFP via Business Standard. The phone could help the carrier compete with its smaller rival Softbank, which has been growing customers at a faster rate since launching the iPhone in July.

An earlier report from Japanese financial newspaper the Nikkei picked up by Reuters, said that the phone would be co-developed by DoCoMo's Korean partner KT Freetel. DoCoMo owns a 10 percent stake in the Korean carrier, and in the past the two have procured handsets together to get better prices. But the company's spokesperson said that they hadn't yet decided on any partners, nor was it confirmed if the handsets would sell in Korea.

The handset will be the first Android phone to be launched in Japan, where mobile devices are already among the most sophisticated in the world. DoCoMo lost out on the iPhone after months of talks with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which reportedly broke down after the Japanese carrier balked over the high revenue sharing terms that Apple was demanding to let it sell the handset exclusively.

But an Android-based phone may actually prove to be a better bet for DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM). Though Apple has helped lure subscribers to Softbank, it hasn't sold spectacularly in Japan, where users apparently still want features particular to the local market?including mobile payments and digital broadcast TV. It's been reported that Japanese consumers who have bought the iPhone also tote around a second phone that give them access to these features--which could be potentially included in an Android-based phone. DoCoMo and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), meanwhile, already have an "alliance" in place, when early this year DoCoMo agreed to integrate its search and email into its content service i-Mode.

The Nikkei also reported that DoCoMo would price the Android-based phone at about 20 percent lower than existing smartphones, since it would save costs on software development as Android is free.

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T-Mobile Pushes New Digital Photo Service

11/19/2008, 23:15 | MoCoNews
T-Mobile is getting deeper into the photo business. The carrier is offering a new service that lets customers email pictures straight from a cellphone to a digital photo frame?but it'll cost them. The frame, which holds a SIM card, sells for $100 at T-Mobile stores. On top of that, customers pay a $10 monthly service fee that lets them email an unlimited number of pictures from their cellphones to the frame. The frame, called Cameo, is apparently the first device of its kind in the U.S. that has a cellular connection. Separately, in an effort to lure holiday shoppers, T-Mobile today began offering free companion airline flight tickets to new and existing customers who sign-up for a two-year contract between Nov. 19 and Dec. 24.

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Nokia E71 finally coming to AT&T as E71x

11/19/2008, 21:39 | Engadget

We've been hearing for ages that there was a super-special version of the E71 with an AT&T ROM floating around somewhere in Nokia's skunkworks, but solid evidence of its existence has been scarce to say the least; some said it was canceled, some said it was just taking its sweet time going through the testing process, and some put a hand over our mouth and told us never to speak "AT&T" and "E71" in the same sentence again lest an agent overhear us. New in-the-wild shots give us -- and the North American S60-loving public -- newfound hope that the phone's gonna actually happen, but it'll emerge as the "E71x." That's a new suffix for Nokia, so we really have no idea what it might mean -- more internal memory would be cool, but we're not really counting on it. Word is that it'll be available for something in the $150 range when it finally hits, so if the 6650 isn't your cup o' tea, hang tight. (And by the way, guys, we're totally digging the black.)
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Kodak Sues Samsung, LG Over Digital Camera Technology Used In Phones

11/19/2008, 21:29 | MoCoNews
Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices. The complaints, which were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and with the U.S. International Trade Commission, involve technology related to image capture, compression and data storage and a method for previewing motion images.

Kodak is asking for compensation for damages resulting from the companies' alleged infringement and injunctions to prohibit the further sale and importation of products cited in the complaint, which are believed to be Samsung's Blackjack II and LG's Dare. Kodak didn't disclose how much money it was seeking in the suit. It said it's held discussions with both companies to try to resolve the matter, but they've been unable to reach agreement. Samsung and LG have both indicated their plans to fight the charges, but the dispute could, of course, end in a settlement before ever reaching a court's docket. Eastman Kodak makes a large slice of its revenue from licensing imaging patents to several companies including Panasonic, Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Olympus, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) and others. Kodak is making a bigger push in the mobile device space of late, most notably with the recent launch of the ZN5, a co-branded device from Motorola that features a 5-megapixel camera. Release.

Pictured: Samsung Blackjack II and LG Dare

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Lanzamiento oficial 8220 y 9000 en Digitel

11/19/2008, 20:30 | ConCaf�
�Caf� ma�anero! En horas de esta ma�ana como les contaba en cobertura en vivo, estuve en el lanzamiento de Digitel donde anunci�n un par de modelos que se suman a su cartera. Se trata del primer flip phone de Blackberry el modelo Perla 8220 con Wifi y el Bold modelo 9000.

All� estuvo presente Gonzalo Fernandez quien viene trabajando en Digitel desde hace poco tiempo e impulsar� el uso de Datos en el operador 412 le compa�aba de RIM Lidia Feraco - Gte. Mercadeo RIM Canada y todo el team Digitel que hizo y hace posible la f�cil implementaci�n.

Entre ellos Kelly Aular quien cumple importantes tareas en la plataforma Blackberry para Digitel.

La presentaci�n hizo conocer cada uno de los detalles que hacen posible estos dos equipos en nuestras cotidianos dias. Al estilo de “Quien quiere ser millonario” Se hizo “Quien quiere ser Blackberry Billonario” en cortas presentaciones con 13 preguntas los medios asistentes pudieron responder en detalles cada una de las caracteristicas del bold o el pearl flip phone.

Es as� como al final de la presentaci�n todos los asistentes nos hemos llevado un Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone para probarlo, verlo funcionar, medir experiencia para conocer nuestras opiniones al respecto.

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Digitel incorpora 2 nuevos tel�fonos inteligentes Blackberry a su portafolio

Digitel incorpora a su portafolio los tel�fonos inteligentes Blackberry Bold y Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, con el objetivo de ampliar su gama de equipos inteligentes adaptados a las necesidades de sus clientes

Caracas, VENEZUELA - 19 de noviembre de 2008 - Con el prop�sito de ofrecer mayores opciones de comunicaci�n a sus clientes, Digitel incorpora al mercado venezolano dos nuevos modelos de tel�fonos inteligentes Blackberry. Estos nuevos modelos vienen a satisfacer las necesidades del consumidor venezolano ofreciendo mucho m�s que un equipo de �ltima generaci�n.

Adriana Azopardo, Vicepresidente de Mercadeo de Digitel coment� ?Estamos muy complacidos con la incorporaci�n de estos dos nuevos modelos a nuestro portafolio de equipos inteligentes, estos nuevos dispositivos ampl�an y aumentan la diversidad de opciones que Digitel ofrece a sus clientes de acuerdo a sus necesidades de comunicaci�n?.

Los equipos que se incluyen en el portafolio de tel�fonos inteligentes de Digitel son el Blackberry Bold y el Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220.

Blackberry Bold

Realizado por dentro y por fuera con materiales de primera calidad que combinan la elegancia con un aspecto impresionante, el BlackBerry Bold est� dise�ado para ofrecer a los profesionales y usuarios finales, rendimiento y funciones sin precedentes en un smartphone BlackBerry intuitivo. Desde su flamante exterior en negro, su marco chapado brillante y su placa trasera de poli-piel, hasta su sorprendente display, su innovador dise�o, su sofisticada interfaz de usuario y nuevo dise�o de teclado QWERTY completo, el smartphone BlackBerry Bold es un s�mbolo de status y ambici�n.
La compatibilidad del smartphone BlackBerry Bold con las redes tribanda HSDPA y Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) y su procesador m�vil de pr�xima generaci�n de 624 MHz facilita el trabajo de descarga de archivos adjuntos en e-mails, el streaming de videos o la renderizaci�n de p�ginas Web.
El BlackBerry Bold tambi�n incluye memoria flash de 128 MB m�s 1GB de memoria interna de almacenamiento, y a la vez una ranura para tarjetas de memoria microSD/SDHC de f�cil acceso desde una ranura lateral. Incluye las c�lebres aplicaciones de productividad de BlackBerry, como tel�fono, correo electr�nico, mensajer�a, organizador y buscador, y es compatible con miles de aplicaciones m�viles empresariales y de estilo de vida, lo que hace m�s f�cil que nunca el mantenerse conectado, productivo y entretenido.
Gracias a este nuevo y potente smartphone, los usuarios pueden incluso hablar por tel�fono mientras env�an y reciben correo electr�nico o acceden a Internet y descargan archivos de Word, Excel o PowerPoint y editarlos directamente en el propio smartphone mediante el software DataViz� Documents to Go.

Un Display Sorprendente

El smartphone BlackBerry Bold cuenta con la pantalla m�s n�tida y atrevida que jam�s haya tenido un smartphone BlackBerry. Su pantalla LCD en color semi VGA (resoluci�n de 480 x 320 a 217 ppi) est� unida a la superficie inferior de la lente, con lo que las im�genes aparecen con una definici�n y una claridad extraordinarias. Las fotograf�as poseen un colorido y una nitidez sorprendentes, los v�deos se reproducen de forma fluida, y las p�ginas Web, los documentos, las presentaciones y los mensajes aparecen con una calidad y contraste excepcionales.

P�ginas Web como en una Computadora

Gracias a su buscador de alto rendimiento recientemente mejorado y a su pantalla ultra brillante de alta resoluci�n, el smartphone BlackBerry proporciona a los usuarios una experiencia de b�squeda en Internet en movilidad con una representaci�n de im�genes similar a la de una computadora desktop.
Su trackball imita al rat�n tradicional, lo que facilita la navegaci�n por sitios Web con formato de “visualizaci�n de p�gina” o “visualizaci�n por columnas”, o bien ampliar partes espec�ficas de una p�gina Web, mientras que diversas funciones de emulaci�n permiten a los usuarios elegir entre la presentaci�n de contenidos HTML como en un ordenador de sobremesa o la versi�n para m�vil. Asimismo, tambi�n se pueden descargar documentos adjuntos desde el buscador y se pueden ver v�deos en streaming (RTSP, protocolo de streaming en tiempo real).

Riqueza Multimedia

Aunque est� dise�ado para atender las numerosas necesidades del profesional de negocios a lo largo del d�a, el smartphone BlackBerry Bold tambi�n satisface su faceta como usuario durante las noches y los fines de semana. Posee una c�mara de 2 megap�xeles con grabaci�n de v�deo, flash incorporado y zoom digital de tres niveles. Su reproductor de medios mejorado es capaz de mostrar fotograf�as y diapositivas r�pidamente, de reproducir pel�culas de manera fluida en modo de pantalla completa y de administrar una colecci�n de m�sica entera. Se puede reproducir audio con los dos altavoces del equipo, que ofrecen un n�tido sonido est�reo, y cuando se utilizan auriculares con cable o altavoces externos, el reproductor de medios ofrece al usuario un ecualizador con once filtros predeterminados (como por ejemplo, “Lounge”, “Jazz” o “Hip Hop”) que potencian o suavizan las frecuencias de audio necesarias para crear el ambiente perfecto.
Para gestionar m�sica y v�deo, el software BlackBerry� Desktop Manager incluye Roxio� Media Manager para BlackBerry, as� como Roxio� Photosuite 9 LE, que facilita el retoque de fotograf�as y la creaci�n de �lbumes de fotos en el ordenador. A aquellos usuarios que administran sus colecciones mediante iTunes�, la nueva aplicaci�n BlackBerry� Media Sync les ofrece una manera sencilla de sincronizar las colecciones de m�sica digital* de iTunes con el smartphone. Su compatibilidad con puertos USB 2.0 de alta velocidad permite transferir todos los archivos entre el ordenador y el smartphone.

Potentes Sistemas de WI-FI y GPS

Para una cobertura de red de alta velocidad a�n mayor, el smartphone BlackBerry Bold es compatible con las normas Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, lo que lo convierte en un dispositivo ideal para su uso en LAN inal�mbricas de empresa o universitarias a trav�s de puntos de acceso (hotspots) Wi-Fi y en redes inal�mbricas dom�sticas. Incluye la nueva configuraci�n “Push Button Setup” para facilitar a los usuarios el acceso y la conexi�n a redes m�viles protegidas que requieren un proceso de registro.
Gracias a su GPS incorporado, el smartphone BlackBerry Bold puede indicar cu�l es su localizaci�n exacta, y es compatible con aplicaciones o servicios de localizaci�n. Mediante sus funciones de renderizaci�n mejoradas, su mayor velocidad de descarga y su capacidad para manejar simult�neamente voz y datos, el smartphone BlackBerry Bold permite a los usuarios incluso navegar mientras hablan por tel�fono.

Un Tel�fono de M�ximo Nivel

El smartphone BlackBerry Bold posee un nuevo dise�o ac�stico que incrementa la gama de condiciones id�neas de reproducci�n de audio del tel�fono, mejorando la calidad y la claridad de la escucha. Asimismo, incorpora numerosas funciones de m�ximo nivel, como reconocimiento de voz independiente del hablante (Speaker Independent Voice Recognition, SIVR) para la marcaci�n por voz (Voice Activated Dialing, VAD), Bluetooth� 2.0 que admite auriculares manos libres, auriculares est�reo, equipos de coche (incluidos aquellos que cumplen el perfil de acceso SIM remoto de Bluetooth) y otros perif�ricos Bluetooth.
Se trata de un tel�fono cuatribanda EDGE y tribanda HSDPA que permite roaming mundial y posee teclas espec�ficas para “enviar”, “finalizar” y “silenciar”, marcaci�n inteligente, marcaci�n r�pida, llamada en grupo y desv�o de llamadas. Igualmente, incorpora no s�lo una tecnolog�a que elimina ruidos de fondo, sino tambi�n un potente altavoz, y admite tonos de llamada polif�nicos y en formatos mp3 y MIDI.

Correo Electr�nico y Mensajer�a Robustos

Al igual que todos los smartphones BlackBerry, el BlackBerry Bold ofrece al usuario la soluci�n de mensajer�a m�vil l�der en el sector. Funciona con BlackBerry� Enterprise Server, que proporciona funciones avanzadas de seguridad y de administraci�n de TI en entornos IBM� Lotus� Domino�, Microsoft� Exchange y Novell� GroupWise�, as� como BlackBerry� Professional Software para peque�as empresas. Tambi�n utiliza BlackBerry� Internet Service, que facilita al usuario acceso hasta un m�ximo de 10 cuentas soportadas de correo electr�nico de trabajo o personales (lo que incluye las cuentas de los ISP m�s habituales) y el software BlackBerry� Unite! para usuarios de familias o de peque�as empresas.
Accesorios Pr�cticos
El smartphone BlackBerry Bold incluye diversos accesorios, como auriculares est�reo, cargador de viaje, estuche o funda para transportarlo y cable USB. Tambi�n viene con una bater�a extra�ble y recargable.

Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220

El nuevo BlackBerry Pearl Flip otorga a los fan�ticos de los tel�fonos ?flip? todo el poder del tel�fono inteligente BlackBerry en un dise�o divertido y familiar. Con un r�pido ?flip? en el auricular se abre un mundo de posibilidades con la soluci�n l�der en mensajer�a m�vil y un amplio rango de capacidades multimedia y de Internet impresionantes, todo en un tel�fono inteligente poderoso y accesible.

Con este dispositivo es posible enviar un mensaje a los amigos o familia, realizar una llamada, navegar por Internet, tomar una fotograf�a, mirar un video o escuchar la canci�n favorita. Con un simple ?flip? est� todo bajo el control del usuario.

El BlackBerry Pearl Flip con cuatribanda EDGE presenta un aspecto sofisticado con un dise�o lustroso y un acabado enmarcado en cromo que rodea su suave y luminiscente car�tula. Cargado de caracter�sticas poderosas y abundantes, pesa tan s�lo 102 gramos y mide aproximadamente 3.9? x 1.9? x 0.7?. Su pantalla de alta definici�n, el despliegue de colores sensibles a la luz y su pantalla LCD externa hacen que se pueda ver anticipadamente y de forma sencilla el correo entrante, los mensajes de texto y las llamadas sin tener que desplegar el tel�fono, al tiempo que su gran pantalla LCD de 240 x 320 en la parte interna despliega mensajes, videos y p�ginas Web con un detalle y contraste impresionante.

Un tel�fono de primera clase

El BlackBerry Pearl Flip es un tel�fono m�vil de nivel superior que se acciona abriendo la tapa y se adapta a la cara de forma natural y c�moda durante las llamadas. La calidad de la salida de voz es excepcional e incluye muchas otras caracter�sticas especiales, como el Reconocimiento de Voz Independiente del Altavoz (SIVR) para el Marcado de Voz Activado (VAD), tonos de llamada de mp3, llamada inteligente, llamada de conferencia, llamada r�pida, redirecci�n de llamada, contestador de devoluci�n de llamadas y mejora de la cancelaci�n del sonido ambiente.

Incorpora adem�s Bluetooth 2.0 para usar con manos libres, altavoces est�reo, accesorios para el autom�vil y otros de Bluetooth secundarios como un receptor GPS. La bater�a recargable y desmontable que permite 4 horas de conversaci�n y m�s de 14 d�as de guardia inactiva.

Mensajer�a poderosa

Su teclado SureType� QWERTY hace que la escritura de mensajes y el discado de n�meros sea m�s r�pido y f�cil. Adem�s, el BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, como todos los tel�fonos inteligentes BlackBerry, proporciona un acceso integrado a los servicios inal�mbricos de BlackBerry. Los usuarios pueden acceder de forma f�cil a hasta 10 cuentas soportadas de correo personal o profesional, enviar y recibir mensajes instant�neos, y conectarse con amistades, familia y compa�eros de trabajo en las redes sociales m�s populares.

El programa DataViz Documents to Go est� cargado previamente, y permite a los usuarios editar archivos de Microsoft Word, Excel y PowerPoint directamente desde el tel�fono. El BlackBerry Pearl Flip tiene el soporte del Servicio BlackBerry Internet, BlackBerry Unite!, BlackBerry Professional Software y BlackBerry Enterprise Server, que proporciona una fuerte integraci�n entre el sistema de correo de la empresa y las pol�ticas de control y seguridad del departamento de tecnolog�a que los clientes emprendedores requieren para permitir tel�fonos inteligentes de forma confidencial en su organizaci�n.

Multimedia para llevar

Con un reproductor avanzado para desplegar fotograf�as, escuchar m�sica y ver videos, el BlackBerry Pearl Flip es el centro de entretenimiento port�til perfecto. Los videos se reproducen de forma sencilla y la lista de canciones puede ser manejada directamente desde el auricular; incluye un ecualizador con 11 filtros programados- incluyendo “Lounge”, “Jazz” y “Hip Hop” ? para especificar las categor�as de audio cuando se usan los auriculares o los altavoces.

El BlackBerry Pearl 8220 funciona con la nueva aplicaci�n BlackBerry Media Sync que hace f�cil la tarea de sincronizar las colecciones musicales del iTunes* con el tel�fono inteligente y tambi�n tiene una ranura para tarjetas microSD/SDHC con capacidad hasta 16GB para un almacenaje completo.

Un conector USB 2.0 de alta velocidad permite transferir archivos r�pidamente entre un computador port�til y el tel�fono inal�mbrico, mientras que el BlackBerry Desktop Manager incluye Roxio Media Manager para BlackBerry� para ayudar a los usuarios a manejar de forma m�s f�cil sus archivos de audio y video. Tambi�n incluye Roxio Photosuite 9 LE para crear �lbumes y editar fotograf�as.

Un tel�fono ?flip? completo

El BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 contiene una serie de caracter�sticas impresionantes en su dise�o compacto, incluyendo el tel�fono, el e-mail, un organizador, un buscador y aplicaciones multimedia, y puede proporcionar miles de otras aplicaciones tanto para el d�a a d�a como para los negocios.

Tiene una c�mara de 2 megap�xeles con flash, zoom y grabadora de video** para capturar im�genes en movimiento. Un buscador HTML reforzado despliega p�ginas Web de forma atractiva en cada columna o p�gina y las m�ltiples funciones de emulaci�n permiten a los usuarios escoger entre un estilo de escritorio para el contenido HTML y la versi�n m�vil de las p�ginas Web.

El buscador proporciona RTSP para ver videos en l�nea desde p�ginas como m.youtube.com. Adem�s, el BlackBerry Pearl 8220 cuenta con Wi-FiWill (802.11 b/g), que extiende la cobertura del correo electr�nico y datos inal�mbricos y ofrece soporte del operador a llamadas de voz sobre redes inal�mbricas caseras, despliegues inal�mbricos empresariales y ?hot spots? Wi-Fi.

Motorola VE66 Slider Comes with 'Widgets'

11/19/2008, 19:21 | Mobiledia: Cell Phone News
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Motorola today announced the VE66 with CrystalTalk audio technology for clear conversations, a 5.0-megapixel camera and MP3 player.
The VE66 is a sleek, slider with the Motorola's new widgets integration. With downloadable widgets, consumers can get real-time information on weather, sports scores, stock tickers, flight information, social media and news headlines.
It captures high-resolution images on its 5.0-megapixel camera. Pressing a dedicated camera key quickly auto-focuses, activates an LED flash, and if necessary, stabilizes the image and reduces red eye. Automatic color saturation delivers whiter whites and crisper blacks.
An MP3 player with USB 2.0 provides high-speed data downloads on a PC. Wi-Fi connectivity makes browsing the Internet or sharing photos, audio or video files easy. An integrated FM radio with RDS can help listeners "name that tune" while on the road.
With CrystalTalk technology, conversations are amplified and background noises reduced for a noticeable difference in clarity. A second microphone further enhances audio quality by eliminating ambient background noise from calls.
FastScroll one-touch navigation wheel lets users quickly navigate through menus.
"The VE66 delivers on consumer's demand for more personalized listening and imaging experiences on a mobile phone," said Tracey Koziol, Corporate Vice President of Motorola.
The Motorola VE66 is expected to be available Q4 2008.
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Walmart will sell iPhones starting Dec. 28

11/19/2008, 19:00 | TUAW
Filed under: iPhone
Walmart will be taking a pass for most of the holiday shopping season with one particular item: the iPhone. It will begin selling the handset December 28, according to Jamie Townsend, of research firm JRPG.

Boy Genius Report also notes that the phone will be sold in some Sam's Club stores as well. The blog broke the news about Walmart's talks with Apple, but originally said the smartphone would hit shelves last Saturday.

Walmart seems to be capitalizing on post-holiday shopping fervor, with BGR's Zach Epstein speculating, "Won't people be happy when they find out Apple's handsets popped up at discount prices three short days after Christmas?" It depends on how meager Christmas is, I suppose.

The handsets will apparently be activated in-store. No pricing details were released.
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LG's fashionable Prada II (and watch) gets shown to the camera

11/19/2008, 18:32 | Engadget

Well, that didn't take long. Merely hours after LG's Prada II was treated to a dedicated microsite, along comes the hands-on photographs we've been expecting. CNET's UK branch was able to wrangle one in, and as predicted, the mobile didn't hesitate to pose for a few nice snapshots. Eagle-eyed readers will notice that it certainly put on a little heft since the first go 'round, but the slight downturn in attractivity is more than compensated by the inclusion of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Have a peek at the read link for more hands-on goodness, including a look at the matching Bluetooth wristwatch.

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Japan?s DoCoMo eyes ?Google phone? launch next year (AFP)

11/19/2008, 18:29 | Cell Phone Blog
AFP - Japan’s top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple’s iconic iPhone.

Original post by AFP

Mobile Data Revolution Brought to you by Apple

11/19/2008, 18:10 | JupiterResearch Analyst Weblogs
Admob just published their October metrics report. First, I should say - congratulations to Admob. They are at nearly SIX BILLION (5.8 billion to be exact) ad requests per month. That's a huge number compared to where they were a year ago. And, they don't represent the entire market.

There's a lot more mobile web browsing going on than they see. And what is crazy - or not so crazy - is that the majority of it is still on your basic feature phone. An astonishing four percent IS on iPhones. You have to go down to #10 on the list to get to another mid-sized device with a larger than average screen. The RAZR ranks #2. This creates an interesting development dilemma for content providers, but more on that later.

Page three of the report is dedicated to the impact of the iPhone on the market. It's definitely worth a read. I won't steal their thunder by listing all the highlights here. Topline - they had nearly 150 million requests from iPhones in the US alone. The requests about doubled between end of September and end of October. (Can't wait to see Apple/AT&T's Q4 earnings ... how many of these devices are you guys selling?)

How about 17 percent of ad requests coming out of Mexico coming from the iPhone? Can't remember which carrier Apple launched with there. T-Mobile won't tell me how much they are pricing iPhone data plans at in the US. (Kidding)

Admob and this industry are just getting started. Apple announced 200 million downloads a couple of weeks back. They haven't said what percentage are paid and what percentage are free. Let's assume the majority are free (I'll use myself and go with a sample size of n=1). There is a tremendous audience there that will likely be served ads in the future to support the free download model. Admob has some cool ad formats they've developed for the iPhone that we're just starting to see. Their report sites 400 iPhone apps and sites currently being served. I expect to see the traffic from iPhones continue to increase as more applications use their product.

The Safari browser on the iPhone is great, etc., but I only use it as a last resort if there isn't a widget or app that will get me what I need.

This is getting to be pretty exciting. Stay tuned.

Price confusion over Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mercifully ends (maybe)

11/19/2008, 17:11 | Engadget
It's probably fair to say that no one in Spain had a very good day on Friday when the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic showed up on Nokia.es for €429 (about $550), up from its earlier €279. Well it looks like the zaniness at least kind of has an explanation, though it's not one that's likely to cool any enraged heels. Apparently the base price of the phone was, and is €279, but "each country" can bundle it with whatever they choose, thereby upping the overall price. Sounds fun, right? So, in Spain, they've kindly bundled the 5800 with a €100 Nokia Music Store voucher and a 3-month subscription to Nokia Maps Navigation service. Presumably other countries can follow suit -- though these moves are apparently only valid through the holiday season, because the 5800, all by its lonesome, goes on sale in January for... you guessed it: €279.

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Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Which Phones Deliver The Real Web

11/19/2008, 17:00 | Gizmodo: Cellphones

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Before 2007, using the internet on your phone would make you want to kill yourself, if you were dumb enough to believe the crap splattered across that tiny screen even was the "internet." But the combination of increased bandwidth and better mobile software means that more phones really are promising to deliver the real internet, in living color. We tested eight different browsers, and while some put smiles on our faces, others proved that rendering HTML correctly is a far cry from actually giving you an awesome web experience. And what about 3G vs. Wi-Fi? Everything the carriers have told you is a lie. This is the true state of mobile web.

Before we give you the rundown of each of the most prevalent mobile browsers, here's how they all stacked up in a timed test of how fast (and how well) they could render websites, chosen for their diversity and particular challenges:

CHART KEY: Number value is time for complete page load in seconds; page rendering is rated from "Fail" to "Excellent" for each; and the color (red, yellow, green) indicates overall performance taking into account both speed and rendering accuracy: Green = good overall, Red = fail overall.

This second chart runs through the same procedure with all of the phones that had Wi-Fi options:

It's a pretty daunting pile of numbers, so let's break it down into standard prose, rating each browser as we go:
Android
A fast, smart mobile browser based on WebKit. It tackles most sites with (almost) unrivaled grace and speed. Panning and zooming could be smoother and more responsive, but with a ton of options for getting around a page—various touch methods and the trackball—few sites will be challenging to zip around. The only thing we really miss is multitouch for zoom. Buttons just aren't a very elegant or precise solution, and while the whole-page magnifying glass technique is nice, we'd love something a bit more refined. Overall though, we're happy campers on Android's browser. Grade: B+

BlackBerry Bold
Leaps and bounds ahead of the browser BlackBerry users have put up with for years, it renders most pages correctly, even if scripts give it a conniption fit (hence its long load times for Wikipedia and the WSJ). It uses the standard "click to zoom" metaphor, which works well enough, though getting around a page with the trackball can be kind of a work out for you thumb. The Column View, which squeezes a whole page into a single column, is fairly convenient and makes it easier to get around wider pages, even if it doesn't work equally as well on every site (nice on Wikipedia, ugly on Giz). Hopefully they fix the script performance in the Storm, which is using an updated version of the Bold's browser. We humbly suggest they ditch their home-baked browser for one based on WebKit, which would help out there. Grade: B-/C+

iPhone
What can we say? It's still got the best mobile browser around. It crushes basically everything but Android's browser—which is also based on WebKit—in speed and outclasses its still classy brother-from-another-mother (and everyone else) with the ease and elegance of its multitouch zooming. Some pages still give it fits, and it's missing Flash support, but it really does deliver an unrivaled mobile web experience. We love it, but make no mistake we're eagerly waiting for something better. (Mobile Firefox? Is it you?) Grade: A-

Nokia E71 Symbian S60
Hey look, another web browser with WebKit guts! It doesn't perform quite as well as Android's or iPhone's iteration where speed or render accuracy are concerned (can any Symbian nuts explain why?), but it does a serviceable job. The big thing it has going for it is Flash Lite 3 support, though performance there is kinda assy and memory intensive. Navigation is tougher with the E71's d-pad than with a trackball, but the whole page magnifying approach makes it easy enough to get around (too bad you have to dig through a menu or two to get to it). Not bad, but short of excellent. Grade: B-

Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile
Jesus Christ. This is a joke, right Microsoft? Hahaha. No really, this is the worst smartphone browser on the planet. It couldn't render its way out of an ASCII-art paper bag. It totally screwed up every single test page, except for Wikipedia, which it only mostly screwed up. Good luck navigating a page if you're granted the miraculous occurrence of it being rendered in a state that's usable. Grade: F-

Opera Mobile on Windows Mobile
Microsoft's own intentions notwithstanding, you can use the internet on a Windows Mobile phone. You just need Opera Mobile. It's kind of hobbled by Windows Mobile's assy performance, but it usually gets the job done. Not as quickly or always as accurately as its WebKit rivals, but it's definitely usable. Interestingly, it benefits more from the extra bandwidth offered by Wi-Fi than the WebKit browsers do. Menu-based zoom is annoying and imprecise. Touch-based panning worked okay, though a little laggy. We mostly navigated with the Samsung Epix's optical cursor, which worked pretty well, somewhere in between a d-pad and a trackball. Grade: C

Sprint Instinct
Holy CRAP. This is not the painfully lousy browser the Instinct shipped with not by a long shot. The original was slow and fairly feeble, even if it was the head of its (dumbphone) class. The new 1.1 browser really is a life-changing upgrade. It suffers in the chart because it's much slower than most other browsers, and zooming is still clumsy, but once the page loads, it's much smoother to pan and actually move around. I got a bit annoyed that it lied about pageload time, hanging at the last 2 percent of the status bar for half the load, but it usually gets things right. This is the best non-smartphone browser you can get. Grade: C+

LG Dare
Like the Instinct, the Dare proves you can actually get a usable browsing experience on a feature phone. It's a little nimbler at loading pages than its Korean blood rival, but the reason it ultimately posts lower marks than the Instinct is that it buckles way more easily under a moderate to heavy pageload, turning it into an unresponsive picture of the website you were trying to look at. Still, it renders most pages fairly accurately, and we like the sliding zoom scroll bar, at least in theory, since it seems like an intuitive way to deal with the zoom issue. Unfortunately, it works more like a glorified pair of buttons. (Note: I don't think the speed was actually a piddly 300 Kbps—I think it just had a problem dealing with DSL Reports' mobile speedtest, even though it's text-based for the dumbest of phones.) Grade: C

Methodology
We tested every browser only using the full—not mobile—versions of selected sites, over 3G and, whenever possible, Wi-Fi. All scripts were turned on, and the cache was cleared before each round of testing. We took the average of a series of five sequential speedtests to give us an idea of the bandwidth we're dealing with, and timed how long it took to completely load a site according to each browser's progress bar. We assessed whether or not it rendered the page correctly, on a scale ranging from "excellent" to "good" (a couple things out of place) to "utter fail" (I've seen prettier train wrecks).

A few additional issues to note: Internet Explorer would not work on Wi-Fi. Opera yes, our Skyfire install, yes, Internet Exploder, no. (Samsung suggested it might be because of Opera.) We didn't pursue the matter because of how IE did in the 3G tests: A page that looks like a pile of blended dog poo is going to look like that no matter how much faster it loads. Sprint's updated Instinct and Verizon's Dare, which we included as best-of-class examples of feature phones, don't have Wi-Fi capabilities. We left out Opera Mini and Skyfire, since they both leave most of the hard work to servers which essentially spit out a kind of image file—besides, we don't think this kind of internet-by-proxy browser will be around for much longer.

The Big Gulp
Remember our mantra it's code that counts? It's true for mobile internet too. An awesome browser can make up for a mediocre network, but a terrible browser delivers a crappy experience no matter how great the network is. It's all about the browser. As it stands, WebKit is clearly the best thing going, but even then, software implementation matters, or Nokia would deliver as good a performance as Android and iPhone. Proving the point, it's striking how little Wi-Fi actually boosted speed beyond 3G—hell, WebKit browsers on 3G slid past some of the others that were running on Wi-Fi.

Another thing to note is that the zoom metaphor is a tricky thing to nail. Buttons are too brutish, the magnifying glass is imprecise. Multitouch seems to be the best way to handle zooming in and out in a way that's intuitive and precise. Hopefully we'll see other developers start to use multitouch interfaces in touchscreen phones (*cough*ANDROID!*cough*).

As much as this blow-by-blow battlemodo shows you all the problems we encountered, the big picture is that really, mobile web is pretty dandy right now, and getting dandier. It could be more reliable, faster, maybe a little more versatile, but for the most part, yes, you can access the internet on your phone. Compared to just two years ago, that's really saying something. We can't wait to see what it'll look like in two years. Maybe Internet Exploder will actually work. Nah, that's a little too sci-fi.