Month: December 2009

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Mobile News

Watching YouTube Video on a Smartphone == Sending 500,000 Text Messages

December 24, 2009

According to Derek McManus, chief technology officer for O2 UK “Watching a YouTube video on a smartphone can use the same capacity on the network as sending 500,000 text messages simultaneously.” This means, distributing mobile TV and VOD (Video On Demand) to an audience of that size is another matter, especially when mobile networks are feeling the strain of high volumes of data traffic. MobiTV, a provider of live streaming and VOD services to over 8 million subscribers, believes that if mobile TV is going to compete with traditional television, mobile operators must be able to address audience peaks in order to meet consumer demand for live TV and VOD. […]

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Mobile Apps

More Free SMS on Wadja.com During Christmas Season

December 23, 2009

During this Christmas holidays, Wadja.com offers extra SMS to all Wadja users. You can now send 3 SMS to the same number, 5 SMS to different numbers and even more SMS for all Wadja-to-Wadja users. You can also get your maximum allowance of free SMS by inviting your friends to Wadja. You can also purchase low-cost international and national packages through Wadja’s Premium SMS services. […]

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Mobile News

23 Percent of U.S. Homes Have Only Cell Phones – CDC Survey

December 22, 2009

According to a study conducted by the U.S. Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 23 percent of U.S. homes have only cell phones, up from 11 percent in 2006. The poor remain likelier than higher earners to live in households that only have cell phones, and the proportion of wireless-only homes at all income levels continues to grow. […]

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General

HTC Tattoo Android Phone in India – Price, Features

December 22, 2009

The HTC Tattoo smart phone has been introduced by Vodafone in India recently. Vodafone has announced a data plan for its HTC Tattoo customers with 20MB of free data transfer per month for first 3 months. Now the HTC Tattoo Android phone is available in India in its unlocked form. The HTC Tattoo will be available at a market operating price of Rs. 18,400/- in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and Rs. 16,990/- in the Rest of India at all leading authorised HTC resellers across the country. […]

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Mobile Apps

Mobile Phone Hacking and Security Software Needs

December 22, 2009

Now that mobile smartphones are actually replacing the regular personal computers, mobile security has got attention. Lookout, an aspiring mobile security company, began testing security software for phones running the Windows Mobile and Android operating systems, and it will soon introduce security applications for the BlackBerry and iPhone. […]

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Google

How to Kiss, How to Hack, How to Meditate?- Top Google India “How to” Queries

December 21, 2009

According to the 2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist India, it seems more people looked for ways to kiss, hack and meditate! The most popular “How to” search queries in Google India were, “how to kiss”, “how to hack”, “how to meditate” and “how to study”, followed by “how to swim”, “how to draw”. “how to flirt”, “how to chat”, “how to concentrate” and “how to download”. Interesting! […]

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General

HTC HD2 in India, Price, Special Offer at TATA DOCOMO

December 21, 2009

HTC Corporation launched the HTC HD2, the first Windows phone with HTC Sense, in India. TATA DOCOMO customers who purchase an HTC HD2 phone will get an exclusive offer to browse the Internet and download 500MB of data per month free for a period of 6 months. To avail the TATA DOCOMO offer, customers can SMS ‘WINDOWS’ to 54321 from their HTC HD2 Handset.The HTC HD2 will be available at a market operating price of Rs 39,990 in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, and Rs 36,990 in the other parts of the country at all leading authorised HTC resellers across the country. […]

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Gadgets

Netbooks : Asus Eee PC 1005PE, Dell Inspiron Mini 10, MSI Wind U130 & U135, HP Mini 210

December 21, 2009

Asus has introduced new Eee PC 1005PE with the recently announced Pineview 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. With the new Pineview processor, Asus Eee PC 1005PE boasts of Intel GMA 3150 graphics and standard netbook features. The Eee PC 1005PE will come with Windows 7 Starter edition. Asus offers 1GB DDR2 memory and 250GB hard disk for storage by default. The 10-inch LED-backlight display offers 1024×600 pixel resolution. The netbook also include a 0.3 megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi (b/g), LAN port, microphone, VGA port, headphone jack, three USB 2.0 port and memory card reader. The battery life is more than 6 hours. […]

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Gadgets

Intel Atom Processors – Atom N450, Single Core D410, Dual Core D510

December 21, 2009

The Atom N450 requires 5.5 watts of power, as per the company press release. The Atom N450 could lead to innovation in netbooks and tablets – paving the way to thinner models with less power requirement. It has a speed of 1.66 GHz – the same as a N289 netbook chip. It also integrates graphics and a memory controller so as to make the processing of multimedia faster. This would also make the Atom N450 capable of 720 pixel high definition graphics. The chip has 512kb cache, supports 667MHz DDR2 Memory and uses Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics for providing rich Internet browsing and entertainment experience. Netbooks powered by Atom N450 will run on Windows 7, Windows XP or Linux operating systems. […]